不期而爱小说连载第80章 双语小说连载:《董贝父子》第14章 Part 13

双语小说连载:《董贝父子》第14章 Part 13  

In those days immediately before the holidays
in short
when the other young gentlemen were labouring for dear life through a general resumption of the studies of the whole half—year
Paul was such a privileged pupil as had never been seen in that house before. He could hardly believe it himself; but his liberty lasted from hour to hour
and from day to day; and little Dombey was caressed by everyone. Doctor Blimber was so particular about him
that he requested Johnson to retire from the dinner—table one day
for having thoughtlessly spoken to him as 'poor little Dombey;' which Paul thought rather hard and severe
though he had flushed at the moment
and wondered why Johnson should pity him. It was the more questionable justice
Paul thought
in the Doctor
from his having certainly overheard that great authority give his assent on the previous evening
to the proposition(stated by Mrs Blimber) that poor dear little Dombey was more old—fashioned than ever. And now it was that Paul began to think it must surely be old—fashioned to be very thin
and light
and easily tired
and soon disposed to lie down anywhere and rest; for he couldn't help feeling that these were more and more his habits every day.
At last the party—day arrived; and Doctor Blimber said at breakfast
'Gentlemen
we will resume our studies on the enty—fifth of next month.' Mr Toots immediately threw off his allegiance
and put on his ring: and mentioning the Doctor in casual conversation shortly afterwards
spoke of him as 'Blimber'! This act of freedom inspired the older pupils with admiration and envy; but the younger spirits were appalled
and seemed to marvel that no beam fell down and crushed him.
Not the least allusion was made to the ceremonies of the evening
either at breakfast or at dinner; but there was a bustle in the house all day
and in the course of his perambulations
Paul made acquaintance with various strange benches and candlesticks
and met a harp in a green greatcoat standing on the landing outside the drawing—room door. There was something queer
too
about Mrs Blimber's head at dinner—time
as if she had screwed her hair up too tight; and though Miss Blimber showed a graceful bunch of plaited hair on each temple
she seemed to have her own little curls in paper underneath
and in a play—bill too; for Paul read 'Theatre Royal' over one of her sparkling spectacles
and 'Brighton' over the other.
在早餐或午餐时，丝毫也没有提到晚间的仪式；但屋子里整天都在忙乱着，保罗在漫步的过程中，看到了各种奇怪的长凳和烛台，还看到竖立在客厅门外梯台上的罩着绿色大外套的竖琴。午餐时布林伯夫人的头也有些变得奇怪，仿佛她把头发卷得太紧了；布林伯小姐虽然每个鬓角各有一根雅致的辫子，可是她自己的短短的卷发似乎下面也用纸卷扎，而且还用剧场节目单卷扎；因为保罗在她的闪闪发亮的眼镜一边的上方看到“皇家剧院”几个字，在另一边的上方看到“布赖顿”几个字。
There was a grand array of white waistcoats and cravats in the young gentlemen's bedrooms as evening approached; and such a smell of singed hair
that Doctor Blimber sent up the footman with his pliments
and wished to know if the house was on fire. But it was only the hairdresser curling the young gentlemen
and over—heating his tongs in the ardour of business.
When Paul was dressed — which was very soon done
for he felt unwell and drowsy
and was not able to stand about it very long — he went down into the drawing—room; where he found Doctor Blimber pacing up and down the room full dressed
but with a dignified and unconcerned demeanour
as if he thought it barely possible that one or o people might drop in by and by. Shortly afterwards
Mrs Blimber appeared
looking lovely
Paul thought; and attired in such a number of skirts that it was quite an excursion to walk round her. Miss Blimber came down soon after her Mama; a little squeezed in appearance
but very charming.
Mr Toots and Mr Feeder were the next arrivals. Each of these gentlemen brought his hat in his hand
as if he lived somewhere else; and when they were announced by the butler
Doctor Blimber said
'Ay
ay
ay! God bless my soul!' and seemed extremely glad to see them. Mr Toots was one blaze of jewellery and buttons; and he felt the circumstance so strongly
that when he had shaken hands with the Doctor
and had bowed to Mrs Blimber and Miss Blimber
he took Paul aside
and said
'What do you think of this
Dombey?'
注释：propositionn. [数] 命题；提议；主题；议题
vt. 向…提议；向…求欢
词组：
value proposition 价值主张；价值定位；价值命题
make someone a proposition ◎[口语]向某人提出一项办法(或提议)
unique selling proposition 独特的销售主张
例句：
(1) Do you favor her proposition ?
你赞成她的主张吗？
(2) Not a bad proposition if you ask me.
如果你问我，这是个不错的提议。
(3) A basic proposition of economics is that talk is cheap.
经济学的一个基本命题是，言语是廉价的。
(4) There are three problems with this proposition.
关于这个提议，有三个问题需要考虑。
(5) That idea has some merit
but is still a risky proposition.
这种想法部分正确，但仍是一个危险的主张。
(6) It is also a risky proposition.
这同样是一个冒险的提议。
(7) Career change can sometimes be an expensive proposition.
有时转行可能是一个昂贵的议题。
(8) But the proposition elicited an immediate if predictable response from another quarter.
然而这一命题立刻引起了别人预料之中的反应。
(9) It is not an attractive proposition.
这可不是什么有吸引力的主张。
(10) Their proposition clearly is simplicity and good value and very good design.
很明显，他们的主张那就是简单、花得值，并且设计美观。
approachn. 方法；途径；接近
vt. 接近；着手处理
vi. 靠近
[ 第三人称单数approaches 过去式approached 过去分词approached 现在分词approaching ]
词组：
new approach 新方案；新做法
an approach to 学习...的入门；学习...的途径
basic approach 基本方法
approach with 以…方式处理；向…提出建议
design approach 设计方法；设计方式
例句：
(1) So
which approach should you use?
那么，应该使用哪种方法呢？
(2) This seems
therefore
to be an approach worth exploring.
因此，这似乎是一个值得探索的方法。
(3) How to maintain consistency of approach and delivery?
如何保持方法和交付的一致性？
(4) While I still like this approach
it also has flaws.
尽管我仍然很喜欢这个方法，但它还是有缺陷的。
(5) This approach represents the next level of rigor in modeling.
此方法表现出建模中的下一个精确级别。
(6) I know that not everyone will be able or willing to use this approach.
我知道不是所有的人都能或者都愿意去使用这个方法。
(7) All this is very nice
but there are some problems with this approach.
虽然所有的内容都非常简单，但是这种方法存在一些问题。
(8) In the US
we like to take the "all or nothing" approach to weight loss.
在美国我们喜欢采用“全部都要或什么都不要”的方法去减肥。
(9) However
we find that there are some issues with such as approach.
不过，我们发现使用这样的方法存在一些问题。
(10) But for this approach to work
there should be a message correlation mechanism.
但是要使此方法正常工作，应该存在消息相关性机制。