狄更斯双语小说:《董贝父子》第18章Part 04

The father, with a hastier step, pursues his way to the coach. When the other three, who follow closely, take their seats, his face is hidden for the first time—shaded by his cloak. Nor do they see it any more that day. He alights first, and passes immediately into his own room. The other mourners (who are only Mr Chick, and two of the medical attendants) proceed upstairs to the drawing-room, to be received by Mrs Chick and Miss Tox. And what the face is, in the shut-up chamber underneath: or what the thoughts are: what the heart is, what the contest or the suffering: no one knows.

这位父亲以更快的步伐走向马车。当紧跟在他后面的另外三个人在马车里坐下时，他的脸第一次被掩盖着——被他的外衣捂着。那天他们再也没有见到它。他首先下了马车，立刻走到他自己的房间里去。其他参加葬礼的人（他们只不过是奇克先生和两位医生）上楼到客厅里，由奇克夫人和托克斯小姐接待他们。至于楼下关闭着的房间里的那个人，他的脸上是什么表情，他在想些什么，他的心情怎么样，有什么冲突或痛苦，谁也不知道。

The chief thing that they know, below stairs, in the kitchen, is that 'it seems like Sunday.' They can hardly persuade themselves but that there is something unbecoming, if not wicked, in the conduct of the people out of doors, who pursue their ordinary occupations, and wear their everyday attire. It is quite a novelty to have the blinds up, and the shutters open; and they make themselves dismally comfortable over bottles of wine, which are freely broached as on a festival. They are much inclined to moralise. Mr Towlinson proposes with a sigh, 'Amendment to us all!' for which, as Cook says with another sigh, 'There's room enough, God knows.'

地下室厨房里的人们只知道：“今天像星期天。”他们心里总觉得，外面街道上那些穿着日常服装，为日常工作奔忙的人们，在他们的行为中如果没有什么邪恶的东西的话，那么总还是有一些不对头的地方。窗帘已经卷上，百叶窗已经拉开，这是件不同于前几天的新鲜事情。他们像过节一般尽情地喝着一瓶瓶的酒，以此消愁解忧。他们都很喜欢劝善戒恶。托林森叹了一口气，举杯祝酒道，“让我们都来改过自新吧！”厨娘也叹了一口气，说：“上帝知道，要改过自新的地方多着哪！”

In the evening, Mrs Chick and Miss Tox take to needlework again. In the evening also, Mr Towlinson goes out to take the air, accompanied by the housemaid, who has not yet tried her mourning bonnet. They are very tender to each other at dusky street-corners, and Towlinson has visions of leading an altered and blameless existence as a serious greengrocer in Oxford Market.

晚上，奇克夫人和托克斯小姐又做起针线活来。在同一个晚上，托林森先生跟女仆一块出去兜风，她直到现在还没有试戴过服丧的软帽。他们在阴暗的街道拐角，彼此十分亲热；托林森希望有朝一日到牛津市场去当一名殷实的蔬菜水果商人，过另一种不同的、无可指责的生活。

一ive:v.接到, 收到, 接待
【语法用法】
receive与accept的区别：
receive意为“收到”，表示客观的，accept意为“接受”，表示主观的。
当accept a gift时，表示接受了礼物，不会再退回，而receive a gift时，只是收到了礼物，可能还会退回。
receive只是一时的动作，因此不能说I have received your letter 3 days.应该改为It is 3 days since I received your letter；
receive from/of的意思是“从某处或某人那收到（款项）”，如received from/of Sam seven pounds；
在英美英语中回信中的第一句话，通常是Your letter of ... received，常省略is，has been。
【错句举例与错句分析】
错句: All I hope is that you will receive my invation and come here.
订正: All I hope is that you will accept my invation and come here.
翻译: 我所希望的是你能接受邀请并过来。
分析: receive invation与accept invation的区别用法，一个是客观的收到，一个是主观的接收邀请。
【词义辨析】
accept, receive, admit, take
这些动词均有“接受、接纳”之意。
accept强调主动地或自愿地接受，或者说，经过考虑后同意接受。
receive着重仅仅接到或收到这一结论或事实，而不含采取主动或积极行动的意思。
admit作“接受”讲时，强调准许或批准。
take与receive同意，是receive的日常用法，侧重不带主观意愿地收下或接受。
【例句用法】
I was on vacation last week and didn't receive your fax.
上星期我正在度假，没收到你们的传真。
I didn't receive an acknowledgement of my application.
对我的申请,我还没有收到复信告知收悉。
二er:n.角落, 转角, 困境 v.将 ... 逼入困境, 转弯, 垄断 adj.位于角落的
【词义辨析】
angle, corner
这两个名词都有“角”之意。
angle几何学上的用词，指两条直线相交而成的角。也可引申指看问题的方面或角度。
corner多指物体的棱角或房间、街道的角落。
【例句用法】
She'll need luck to get out of a tight corner like that.
她要靠运气才能摆脱那样的困境。
By defeating their main competitor this firm has cornered the wheat market.
这家公司击败了主要的竞争对手而垄断了整个小麦市场。