董贝父子中董贝的形象 双语小说连载:《董贝父子》第7章 Part 5

双语小说连载:《董贝父子》第7章 Part 5  

'His mother
my dear
' said Miss Tox
'whose acquaintance I was to have made through you
does he at all resemble her?'
'Not at all
' returned Louisa.
'She was - she was pretty
I believe?' faltered Miss Tox.
“她——她长得漂亮吧。我想？”托克斯小姐迟疑地说道。
'Why
poor dear Fanny was interesting
' said Mrs Chick
after some judicial consideration. 'Certainly interesting. She had not that air of manding superiority which one would somehow expect
almost as a matter of course
to find in my brother's wife; nor had she that strength and vigour of mind which such a man requires.'
Miss Tox heaved a deep sigh.
'But she was pleasing:' said Mrs Chick: 'extremely so. And she meant! - oh
dear
how well poor Fanny meant!'
'You Angel!' cried Miss Tox to little Paul. 'You Picture of your own Papa!'
If the Major could have known how many hopes and ventures
what a multitude of plans and speculations
rested on that baby head; and could have seen them hovering
in all their heterogeneous confusion and disorder
round the puckered cap of the unconscious little Paul; he might have stared indeed. Then would he have recognised
among the crowd
some few ambitious motes and beams belonging to Miss Tox; then would he perhaps have understood the nature of that lady's faltering investment in the Dombey Firm.
If the child himself could have awakened in the night
and seen
gathered about his cradle-curtains
faint reflections of the dreams that other people had of him
they might have scared him
with good reason. But he slumbered on
alike unconscious of the kind intentions of Miss Tox
the wonder of the Major
the early sorrows of his sister
and the stern visions of his father; and innocent that any spot of earth contained a Dombey or a Son.
注释：1. superiority n. 优越，优势；优越性词组：air superiority 空中优势；空优战斗机；空优superiority plex 优越感；自尊情结；过于自尊overwhelming superiority 绝对优势例句：(1). They won the battle because of their superiority in numbers.他们在数量上占了优势，所以取得了战争的胜利。(2). Information means superiority
and knowledge leads to progress.信息就是优势，知识就是发展。(3). The resources are the superiority for the development of west China.这些资源对于开发中国西部来说是一种优势。(4). The moral superiority of the west was also expressed through its ideology.西方的道德优越感还通过其意识形态表现出来。(5). America's material superiority could operate only in a more limited time span.美国在物质上的优势只能在有限的一段时间起作用。(6). Friendships last when each friend thinks he has a slight superiority over the other.当朋友之间人认为彼此都比对方优秀一点时友谊才能长存。
2. speculation n. 投机；推测；思索；投机买卖词组：speculation about n. 关于…… 猜测例句：(1). She lose all her money in stock exchange speculation.她将所有的钱赔进了股票投机生意。(2). They have much speculation over the cause of the air crash.他们对飞机坠毁原因有多方推测。(3). Speculation has reached such a pitch that a decision will have to be made immediately.这种胡乱猜测甚嚣尘上，已经到了必须立即解决的程度了。(4). By reducing the cost of speculation
they encourage bubbles.通过减少投机的成本，他们催生了泡沫。(5). Human exposure to various chemicals has been the subject of much speculation.人类所置身其中的各种化学物质已成为思考的对象。