1.LOOKING-GLASS HOUSE镜子里的房子-双语名著无障碍阅读丛书——《爱丽丝镜中奇遇记》

Lewis Carroll 1 LOOKING-GLASS HOUSE ONE thing was certain,that the white kitten hadhad nothing to do with it-it was the black kitten's fault entirely.For the white kitten had been having its face washed by the old cat for the last quarter of an hour (and bearing it pretty well,considering):so you see that it couldn't have had any hand in the mischief. The way Dinah washed her children's faces was this:first she held the poor thing down by its ear with one paw2,and then with the other paw she rubbed its face all over,the wrong way,beginning at the nose: and just now,as I said,she was hard at work on the white kitten,which was lying quite still and trying to purrno doubt feeling that it was all meant for its good. But the black kitten had been finished with earlier in the afternoon, and so,while Alice was sitting curled up in a corner of the great armchair,half talking to herself and half asleep,the kitten had been having a grand 5 game of romps with the ball of worsted Alice had been trying to wind up,and had been rolling it up and down till it had all come undone again;and there it was,spread over the hearthrug, all knots and tangles,with the kitten running after its own tail in the ·002· 第一章 镜子里的房子 可以肯定，小白猫没有调皮捣蛋，完全是小 黑猫的过错，因为老猫正在给小白猫洗脸，足足 洗了一刻钟（小白猫能耐着性子，够乖的了）。 所以说，恶作剧的不可能是它。 ①mischief/mistfuf/n恶作 剧，淘气 老猫黛娜是这样给孩子洗脸的：它先用一只 爪子抓住那可怜虫的耳朵往下按，然后用另一只 2pwp:/n.手掌：爪子 爪子把脸擦一遍。倒着来，先擦的是鼻子。我说 过，刚才它正花力气给小白猫洗脸：小白猫几乎 ③pur3:/(猫)鸣鸣叫 一动也不动地躺着，还高兴地鸣鸣两声，显然感 n鸣鸣声 ④curl up卷曲：蜷曲 到这是为它好。 ⑤grand/graend/a.宏伟的： 重大的 但是小黑猫在下午早早就洗完了，因此当 6worsted/wustid/n.精纺 艾丽丝蜷缩在大沙发里，一边自言自语，一边 毛纱，精纺毛料服装a精 纺的 昏昏欲睡的时候，小黑猫尽情嬉戏，耍弄着艾 wind up,卷起，卷拢 &hearth/ha:0/n.炉边，壁 丽丝绕的毛线球，滚来滚去，一直到毛线球全 炉边 ⑨ug /rng/n.(小)地毯 散开了才罢休。瞧，壁炉前地毯上的毛线变成 目knot/nDt/n.结：g把… 打成结 一团乱麻，小黑猫在中间转着身子追逐自己的 重tangle/ta0g3lu(使周乱作 尾巴。 一团混乱：困惑 ·003· Throughthe Looking-Glass,and What Alice Found There middle. “Oh,you wicked,wicked little thing！”cried Alice,catching up the kitten,and giving it a little kiss to make it understand that it was in disgrace."Really,Dinah ought to have taught you better manners! You ought,Dinah,you know you ought!"she added,looking reproachfully 3 at the old cat,and speaking in as cross a voice as she could manage-and then she scrambled back into the arm chair,taking the kitten and the worsted with her,and began winding up the ball again. But she didn't get on very fast,as she was talking all the time, sometimes to the kitten,and sometimes to herself.Kitty sat very demurely 5 on her knee,pretending to watch the progress of the winding,and now and then putting out one paw and gently touching the ball,as if it would be glad to help if it might. 送 “Do you know what to-morrow is,Kitty?”Alice began.“You'd have guessed if you'd been up in the window with me-only Dinah was making you tidy,so you couldn't.I was watching the boys getting in sticks for the bonfireand it wants plenty of sticks Kitty!Only it ·004· 艾丽丝镜中奇遇记 “哦，你这最最淘气的小东西！”艾丽丝喊了 ①wicked/wikid/a淘气的 一声，把小黑猫抱起来，轻轻吻了一下，表示主 2 disgrace /dis'grers/n. 辱，不光彩：丢脸的人（或 人不喜欢它了。“真的，黛娜早应该教你懂礼 事)K使丢脸 貌。黛娜，你早应该这样做，你知道这是你分内 reproachfully rr'praotffalu/ad.责备地 的事！”她用责备的眼光看着老猫，尽量装出生 ④scramble"skrambal/攀 气的样子。然后，她抱着小猫，拿起毛线回到沙 登，爬行 发，重新绕了起来。她绕得并不快，因为她一直 说着话，有时是对小猫说，有时是跟自己说。小 猫一本正经地坐在她的膝盖上，假装看着绕毛 5 demurely /di'mjool/ad. 线，还时时伸出一只爪子，轻轻碰一下，仿佛它 装成端庄地，认真地 乐意帮忙似的。 (图略) “小猎，你知道明天是什么日子？”艾丽丝 tidy'taId/a.整洁齐)的 ,(使)整洁，（使）整齐 说，“刚才你要是跟我一起上窗台，你就会猜到 bonfire /'bon,faia/n. 火，营火 的。不过黛娜那时正给你梳洗，你没法跟我去。 团stick/stk/n棍，棒，手杖 我看见那些男孩子在捡树枝，准备生篝火。小 ·005· Throughthe Looking-Glass,and What Alice Found There got so cold,and it snowed so,they had to leave off.Never mind,we'll go and see the bonfire tomorrow."Here Alice wound two or three turns of the worsted round the kitten's neck,just to see how it would look: this led to a scramble,in which the ball rolled down upon the floor,and yards and yards of it got unwound again. "Do you know,I was so angry,Kitty,"Alice went on,as soon as they were comfortably settled again,"when I saw all the mischief you had been doing,I was very nearly opening the window and putting you out into the snow!And you'd have deserved it,you little mischievous darling!What have you got to say for yourself?Now don't interrupt me!"she went on,holding up one finger."I'm going to tell you all your faults.Number one:you squeaked twice while Dinah was washing your face this morning.Now you can't deny it,Kitty:I heard you! What's that you say?"(pretending that the kitten was speaking)."Her paw went into your eye?Well,that's your fault,for keeping your eyes open-if you'd shut them tight up,it wouldn't have happened.Now don't make any more excuses,but listen!Number two:you pulled Snowdrop away by the tail just as I had put down the saucer5 of milk before her!What,you were thirsty,were you?How do you know she wasn't thirsty too?Now for number three:you unwound every bit of the worsted while I wasn't looking! "That's three faults,Kitty,and you've not been punished for any of them yet.You know I'm saving up all your punishments for Wednesday week-Suppose they had saved up all my punishments?"she went on, talking more to herself than the kitten."What would they do at the end of a year?I should be sent to prison,I suppose,when the day came. Or-let me see-suppose each punishment was to be going without a dinner:then,when the miserable day came,I should have to go without fifty dinners at once!Well,I shouldn't mind that much!I'd far father ·006· 艾丽丝镜中奇遇记 猫，生篝火需要很多树枝的！可惜天太冷了，雪 又下得那么大，他们只好停下来。不要紧，我们 明天要去看篝火的。”艾丽丝说到这里，用毛线 在小猫的脖子上绕了两三圈，想看看是什么样 D unwound /'An'waond/a. unwind的过去式和过去 子，结果小猫一阵挣扎，毛线球滚落在地板上， 分词，（从卷绕状态】松开 一码一码长的毛线又散落开来。 的 “你知道吗，小猫？”她们舒舒服服坐下之 后，艾丽丝又接着说，“当我看见你干着那一件 2mischievous /'mist frvas/ 件调皮捣蛋的事时，我是多么生气。我几乎要打 a恶作剧的 开窗户，把你扔到雪地里去！那你就该吃苦头 ③squeak/skwi:k/,吱吱叫 了，你这个淘气的小宝贝！你想为自己辩护吗？ m短促的尖叫声，吱吱声 得了，别打断我的话！”她伸出一只手指头。 “我要一一列举你的罪状。第一条，今天早晨黛 娜给你洗脸时，你尖叫了两声。你否认不了，小 ④tight /tant/a.牢固的：密 猫，我听见你叫了！你说什么？”她假装在听小 封的ad.紧紧地 猫说话，“她的爪子碰了你的眼睛？哦，那是你的 过错，谁叫你把眼晴睁开了。要是你把眼睛紧紧 5 saucer /s::sa/n.茶托，谋 子 闭上，就不会出这样的事。好了，别再找借口 了，只许听我说！第二条，我刚把一碟牛奶放在 小白猫雪花跟前，你就抓住它的尾巴往后拉。什 么？你渴了？你怎么知道它就不渴呢？现在说第 三条，你趁我没看见，把毛线球全拆散了！ “这是三条罪状，小猫，还没有惩罚过你呢。 你知道，我要等到七天后的星期三才跟你算总账 …他们是不是也会跟我算总账？”她自言自语， 不像是对着小猫说，“他们年底会怎么处罚我呢？ 我猜，到了那一天，会把我送进监狱的。我看 看，要是罚一次是不许吃一顿饭，那么到了那悲 惨的一天，我一下子要饿上五十顿饭！哼，我才 ·007· Throughthe Looking-Glass,and What Alice Found There go without them than eat them! “Do you hear the snow against the window panes①，Kity?How nice and soft it sounds!Just as if some one was kissing the window all over outside.I wonder if the snow loves the trees and fields,that it kisses them so gently?And then it covers them up snug?,you know, with a white quilt and perhaps it says 'Go to sleep,darling,till the summer comes again'.And when they wake up in the summer,Kitty, they dress themselves all in green,and dance about-whenever the wind blows-一oh,that's very pretty！”cried Alice,.dropping the ball of worsted to clap her hands."And I do so wish it was true!I'm sure the woods look sleepy in the autumn,when the leaves are getting brown." ·008· 艾丽丝境中奇遇记【 不在乎呢！我宁可饿着，也不去吃的！” ①pane /pein/i窗格玻璃 “小猫，你听见雪花落在窗玻璃上的声音了 吗？多么好听，多么柔和的声音啊！就好像有人 在外面把窗户从上到下都吻一遍一样。我猜白雪 2 snug /snAg/a.舒适的：贴 身的 是爱上了树木和田野，不然为什么那么温柔地亲 3quit/kwt/.被子 吻它们呢？你知道，雪花随后用一条白被子把它 们裹得暖暖和和的，也许它还说，‘睡吧，亲爱 的，一直睡到明年夏天。’小猫，它们在夏天醒 来时，都穿着绿衣服，风一吹就翩翩起舞。啊， 那真是美极了！”艾丽丝把毛线球一扔，拍手叫 了起来，“我多么希望这是真的！我肯定，秋天树 叶变黄的时候，树林就会显得昏昏欲睡。” (图略) ·009· Throughthe Looking-Glass,and What Alice Found There “Kitty,can you play chess①？Now,don't smile,my dear,T'm asking it seriously.Because,when we were playing just now,you watched just as if you understood it:and when I said 'Check!'You purred!Well,it was a nice check,Kitty,and really I might have won, if it hadn't been for that nasty Knight that came wriggling down among my pieces.Kitty,dear,let's pretend-"And here I wish I could tell you half the things Alice used to say,beginning with her favourite phrase "Let's pretend".She had had quite a long argument with her sister only the day before-all because Alice had begun with "Let's pretend we're kings and queens";and her sister,who liked being very exact, had argued that they couldn't,because there were only two of them,and Alice had been reduced5 at last to say "Well,you can be one of them, then,and I'll be all the rest."And once she had really frightened her old nurse by shouting suddenly in her ear,"Nurse!Do let's pretend that I'm a hungry hyena,and you're a bone!" But this is taking us away from Alice's speech to the kitten."Let's pretend that you're the Red Queen,Kitty!Do you know,I think if you sat up and folded your arms,you'd look exactly like her.Now do try, there's a dear!"and Alice got the Red Queen off the table,and set it up before the kitten as a model for it to imitate:however,the thing didn't succeed,principally,Alice said,because the kitten wouldn't fold its arms properly.So,to punish it,she held it up to the Looking- glass,that it might see how sulky it was,"-and if you're not good directly,"she added,"I'll put you through into Looking-glass House. How would you like that?Now,if you'll only attend,Kitty,and not talk so much,I'll tell you all my ideas about Looking-glass House.First, there's the room you can see through the glass-that's just the same as our drawing-room,only the things go the other way.I can see all of it when I get upon a chair-all but the bit just behind the fireplace.Oh!I ·010·