狄更斯双语小说:《董贝父子》第15章Part11

'Staggs's Gardens, Mr Walter!' said Miss Nipper; 'if you please, oh do!'

“斯塔格斯花园，沃尔特先生！”尼珀姑娘说，“劳驾您，帮个忙吧！”

'Eh?' cried Walter; 'what is the matter?'

“什么？”沃尔特喊道，“出了什么事了？”

'Oh, Mr Walter, Staggs's Gardens, if you please!' said Susan.

“啊，沃尔特先生！斯塔格斯花园，劳驾您！”苏珊说。

'There!' cried the coachman, appealing to Walter, with a sort of exalting despair; 'that's the way the young lady's been a goin' on for up'ards of a mortal hour, and me continivally backing out of no thoroughfares, where she would drive up. I've had a many fares in this coach, first and last, but never such a fare as her.'

“您瞧！”马车夫以一种兴高采烈与灰心绝望交织的神情，向沃尔特恳求道，“这位姑娘已经反反复复地说了老半天，她想要去的地方路走不通，我正想把车子转过身来找条出路呢。 乘坐过我马车的客人可多啦，可我从没见过像她这样的乘客。”

'Do you want to go to Staggs's Gardens, Susan?' inquired Walter.

“您想到斯塔格斯花园去吗，苏珊？”沃尔特问道。

'Ah! She wants to go there! WHERE IS IT?' growled the coachman.

“对啦！她想到那里去。它在哪里？”马车夫抬高嗓门，粗声大气地说道。

'I don't know where it is!' exclaimed Susan, wildly. 'Mr Walter, I was there once myself, along with Miss Floy and our poor darling Master Paul, on the very day when you found Miss Floy in the City, for we lost her coming home, Mrs Richards and me, and a mad bull, and Mrs Richards's eldest, and though I went there afterwards, I can't remember where it is, I think it's sunk into the ground. Oh, Mr Walter, don't desert me, Staggs's Gardens, if you please! Miss Floy's darling—all our darlings—little, meek, meek Master Paul! Oh Mr Walter!'

“我不知道它在哪里！”苏珊疯狂似地大声说道，“沃尔特先生，我亲自到过那里一次，是带着弗洛伊小姐和我们可怜的、可爱的保罗少爷一起去的，就在您在城里找到弗洛伊小姐的那一天，因为在回来的路上我们把她丢了，理查兹大嫂和我，还有一条疯牛，还有理查兹大嫂的大儿子，虽然后来我去过那里，可是我却记不得它在哪里了，我想它已经塌陷到地底下去了。啊，沃尔特先生，别抛弃我不管，斯塔格斯花园，劳驾您！弗洛伊小姐最亲爱的宝贝——我们大家最亲爱的宝贝——、非常非常温顺的小保罗少爷啊！啊沃尔特先生！”

'Good God!' cried Walter. 'Is he very ill?'

“慈善的上帝！”沃尔特喊道，“他病得很重吗？”

'The pretty flower!' cried Susan, wringing her hands, 'has took the fancy that he'd like to see his old nurse, and I've come to bring her to his bedside, Mrs Staggs, of Polly Toodle's Gardens, someone pray!'

“可爱的花朵儿！”苏珊绞扭着手哭道：“他一时想起想要看看他从前的奶妈，我就是来领她到他床边去的，波利·图德尔花园的斯塔格斯大嫂，谁来帮帮忙啊！”

Greatly moved by what he heard, and catching Susan's earnestness immediately, Walter, now that he understood the nature of her errand, dashed into it with such ardour that the coachman had enough to do to follow closely as he ran before, inquiring here and there and everywhere, the way to Staggs's Gardens.

沃尔特听了这番话大为感动，苏珊的焦急心情立刻传到他身上；他明白了她这次任务的性质，就满腔热情，火速地投身进去。当他跑在前面，这里那里到处打听通往斯塔格斯花园去的道路时，马车夫好不容易才紧紧跟上他。

一er:n.事情, 事态, 问题, 关于...的事情, 物质, 重要性 v.有关系, 要紧
【词义辨析】
ir, business, matter, concern, thing
这些名词均含“事情”之意。
affair含义较广，侧重指已发生或必须去做的任何事情或事务。复数形式多指重大或较复杂的事务。
business通常指较重要或较难而又必须承担的事情，也可指商事。
matter普通用词，着重指一件考虑中的或需要处理的事。
concern往往强调与个人或团体利害有直接或重大关系的事。
thing用作“事情”解时，词义较笼统、含糊，多用于指不很具体的事。
rial, matter, substance, stuff
这些名词均含“物质，东西”之意。
material通常指组成客观存在物的部分或其原料。
matter通常指构成实物的物质，与精神相对立。在科学上，指占有空间，并能以某种方式被感官觉察的一切东西。
substance多指某一种形式的物质，既可指元素也可指化合物。
stuff多用于日常生活中，非正式用词，常指构成整体的所有部分、物体或项目，有时指劣等材料，含轻蔑意味。
lem, question, issue, matter
这些名词均含“问题”之意。
problem指客观上存在的、难以处理或难以理解的问题。
question通常指用口头或书面提出来要求回答或有待讨论解决的问题。
issue多指意见能达到一致的问题，但要通过争论或讨论解决。
matter含义不很具体，暗示人们考虑和关心的事和话题。
【例句用法】
I want to speak to her in the matter of my salary.
我想跟她谈谈我的薪水问题。
Is anything the matter?
有什么问题吗？
二ow:v.跟随, 追赶, 紧接着, 注意, 遵循, 沿着, 明白 n.跟随
【语法用法】
follow可表示“在……之后”，常作及物动词，后面不需要再加介词after。
The duckling followed its mother everywhere.
小鸭子们紧跟着母鸭到处走。
as follows属于固定的习惯用语，在以词组形式出现的时候，follow不可以单数形式出现，不管句子主语是单数或复数，只可以as follows的形式出现。
The rule is as follows.
The rules are as follows.
规则如下。
follow后的介词如upon有时可省略。
A strange thing followed upon the incident.
这个事件后跟着出了很奇怪的事情。
(as) in the following同as follows一样都属于固定搭配，两者不可混用，如不可随意更改成as following或in the follows；
the following可同时作单数或者复数，随句子的意思而改变。
The following is my full name.
The following are our full names.
following有时以介词形式出现，常见于报纸上。
Following the ceremony a reception was held.
在典礼之后，会举行一场招待会。
要注意，follow后不能接宾语和不定式的结构。
I followed him to go into the house.
这种说法是不可以的。应改成I followed him into the house。
【错句举例与错句分析】
错句: The pages are all mixed up; this should follow after that.
订正: The pages are all mixed up; this should follow that.
翻译: 这些页全部都错乱了，这一页应该是跟在那一页后面的。
分析: follow可表示“在……之后”，常作及物动词，后面不需要再加介词after。
【词义辨析】
pursue, follow, chase, hunt, trace, track, trail
这些动词均含“跟随、追踪”之意。
pursue指坚持不懈、毫不动摇地紧跟、追赶某人、某物或某个事业。
follow普遍用词，含义最广，多指跟随起引导作用的人或物，跟随的动机可以是善意的，也可能是恶意的。
chase指快速追赶或决心追踪，褒义贬义均可用。
hunt原义为“追猎、猎取”，现用于指追捕或搜寻逃犯等。
trace指根据线索或足迹进行跟踪。用于抽象意义时指找到某事物的根源。
track指沿着人或动物留下的印迹或行迹追踪。
trail一般指跟踪追击。
【例句用法】
The President's wife follows his every word.
总统夫人总是注意听他说的话。
Not wanting to make my controversial views known yet, I preferred to follow the crowd for a while.
我还不想公开我那些会引起争论的观点，宁可暂且随大溜。