2.THE GARDEN OF LIVE FLOWERS花园里会说话的花-双语名著无障碍阅读丛书——《爱丽丝镜中奇遇记》

C THE GARDEN OF LIVE FLOWERS "I should see the garden far better, "said Alice to herself, "if I could get to the top of that hill: and here's a path that leads straight to it-at least, no, it doesn't do that-." (after going a few yards along the path, and turning several sharp corners), "but I suppose it will at last. But how curiously it twists{①}! It's more like a corkscrew② than a path! Well this turn goes to the hill, I suppose-no, it doesn't! This goes straight back to the house! Well then, I'lltry it the other way." And so she did: wandering up and down, and trying turn after turn, but always coming back to the house, do what she would. Indeed, once, when she turned a corner rather more quickly than usual, she ran against it before she could stop herself. "It's no use talking about it," Alice said, looking up at the house and pretending it was arguing with her. "I'm not going in again yet. I know I should have to get through the Looking-glass again- back into the old room-and there'd be an end of all my adventures^③}!" ·032· 第二章 花园里会说话的花 “要是我能爬到那山顶上去,”艾丽丝对自 己说,“花园里的景色就能看得更清楚。这条小 路是直通山上的......至少......不对,不通山顶 的....” (她沿着小路走了几步,又猛拐了几 ①wist/twtst/v.缠绕,曲折 个弯。)“我想,最终应该通山顶的。路这样拐 前进 ② corkscrew /'ko:kskru:/ n. 来拐去的多怪啊!说它是条路,还不如说它是 (拔软木塞的)蝶丝 开瓶子的蝶丝刀呢!哼,拐过这个弯应该到达 小山了吧,我想......不行,不往那儿去!这是 直接回屋里的路!那么,我试一试另一条路 吧。” 她试了,弯来曲去,走上走下,拐过这个 角,又拐那个角,但是不管她怎么试,总是走回 屋子跟前。有一次她拐弯拐得确实比平常快,还 来不及停下来,就撞到房子上了。 艾丽丝抬起头来望着房子,假装是在跟它争 论:“说也没用,我现在还不想进去。我知道,我 ③ adventures /ad'ventfa(r)/ n. 奇遇,险 应该再穿过镜子,回到那老房间去。不过那样子 我的历险就全结束了!” .033· Througi the fooking-Gfass, and what Afice FoundThere So, resolutely{turning her back upon the house, she set out once more down the path, determined to keep straight on till she got to the hill. For a few minutes all went on well, and she was just saying "I really shall do it this time-"when the path gave a sudden twist and shook itself (as she described it afterwards), and the next moment she found herself actually walking in at the door “Oh, it's too bad!"she cried. "I never saw such a house for getting in the way! Never!" However, there was the hill full in sight, so there was nothing to be done but start again. This time she came upon a large flower-bed^②, with a border of daisies{③}, and a willow-tree④ growing in the middle. “O Tiger-lily!" said Alice, addressing herself to one that was waving gracefully{} about in the wind, "I wish you could talk!" "We can talk, "said the Tiger-lily, "when there's anybody worth talking to." Alice was so astonished that she couldn't speak for a minute: it quite seemed to take her breath away. At length^{}, as the Tiger-lily only went on waving about, she spoke again, in a timid{}voice-almost in a whisper. "And can all the flowers talk?" “As well as you can, "said the Tiger-lily. "And a great deal louder." “It isn't manners for us to begin, you know, "said the Rose, "and I really was wondering when you'd speak! Said I to myself, 'Her face has got some sense in it, though it's not a clever one!'Still you're the right colour, and that goes a long way." "I don't care about the colour, "the Tiger-lily remarked. “If only her petals{}curled up a little more, she'd be all right." ·034. 艾丽丝镜中奇遇记 ① resolutely /rezolju:tl/ ad 她说完之后,坚决转过身去,沿着小路又走 坚决地:果断地 了,并决心一直朝前走,非走到山上不可。头几 分钟,一切都很顺利,她正要说:“这一次我真的 应该成功了......”突然,小路扭了起来,晃了起 来(她后来是这样形容的),接着她发现自己正 往屋门里走去。 “啊,太糟糕了!”她喊叫起来,“我从来没见 过这样碍事的房子!从来没见过!” 不过,那座山就在眼前,除了再试一次,没 ② flowerbed /flauor'bed/ n 有别的办法。这一次,她发现一个大花圃,边上 花床,花雨 ③daisy /derzi/ n. 罐 种着雅菊,中间长着一棵柳树 ④willow-tree n. 柳树 “啊,营草^{①}!”艾丽丝向一棵随风摇摆的营 tiger-lily n. 营草 6 gracefully / qreisfol/ ad 草打招呼,“我真希望你会说话!” 优美地,斯文地 营草说:“要是有值得交谈的人,我们是会说 话的。” 艾丽丝惊讶极了,一时竟哑口无言,愣在那 里。后来她看到营草只是在那里跳舞,就胆怯地 7at length最后,详细地 小声问道:“是不是所有的花都会说话?” ⑧timid/tmid/a. 羞怯的 胆小的 “说得跟你一样好,”营草说,“声音比你响多 了。” “先说话是不礼貌的,这是我们的规矩,”玫 瑰花说,“我刚才确实在想,你什么时候才张嘴说 话呢!我还对自己说,她看样子还懂事,但是 不算聪明!'还有,你的颜色也正,要很长时间 才褪色的。” “我不管她的颜色怎么样,”营草说,“要是她 的花瓣再卷一点点,那就好了。” petal /petl/ n. 花卿 ①草:百合科,供观赏用植物,花为橙红色或黄色。--译注 ·035· Through the fooking-Gfass and what Afice ToundThere Alice didn't like being criticized, so she began asking questions. “Aren't you sometimes frightened at being planted out here, with nobody to take care of you?" “There's the tree in the middle, "said the Rose. “What else is it good for?" “But what could it do, if any danger came?" Alice asked. "It could bark,"said the Rose. "It says 'Boughwough! '" cried a Daisy."That's why its branches are called boughs{①}!" “Didn't you know that?" cried another Daisy. And here they all ·036· 艾丽丝镜中奇遇记 (图略) 艾丽丝不喜欢听人家评头论足,因此开始提 问:“种在这个地方,没有人照顾你们,难道不害 怕吗?” “中间有一棵树,”玫瑰花说,“它就是干这个 的。” “要是有了危险,它又能干什么呢?”艾丽丝 问。 “它会汪汪叫{①}。”玫瑰说。 一朵雏菊喊了起来:“它会发出,吱吱鸣呜' 的声音,要不然,那些柳条怎么叫树枝呢!” “你连这个也不知道吗?”另一朵雏菊喊了一 ① bough /bao n. 树枝 ①英语的“树皮”和“汪汪叫”同字同音。--译注 ·037· Through the fooking-Gfass, and what Afice FoundThere began shouting together, till the air seemed quite full of little shrill① voices. "Silence, every one of you!"cried the Tiger-lily, waving itself passionately②} from side to side, and trembling③} with excitement."They know I can't get at them!"it panted, bending its quivering④ head towards Alice, "or they wouldn't dare to do it!" "Never mind!" Alice said in a smoothing tone, and, stooping down} to the daisies, who were just beginning again, she whispered, "If you don't hold your tongues, I'll pick you!" There was silence in a moment, and several of the pink daisies turned white. “That's right!" said the Tiger-lily. "The daisies are worst of all. When one speaks, they all begin together, and it's enough to make one wither to{ hear the way they go on!" "How is it you can all talk so nicely?" *Alice said, hoping to get it into a better temper^{②}by a compliment^{} "I've been in many gardens before, but none of the flowers could talk." “Put your hand down, and feel the ground, " said the Tiger-lily. “Then you'll know why." Alice did so."It's very hard, "she said: "but I don't see what that has to do with it." "In most gardens, " the Tiger-lily said, "they make the beds too soft-so that the flowers are always asleep." This sounded a very good reason, and Alice was quite pleased to know it. "I never thought of that before!" she said. "It's my opinion that you never think at all, " the Rose said, in a rather severe tone. "I never saw anybody that looked stupider, "a Violet} said, So suddenly, that Alice quite jumped; for it hadn't spoken before. “Hold your tongue!" cried the Tiger-lily. "As if you ever saw ·038. 艾丽丝镜中奇遇记 ①shrill/frl4尖锐的,刺 声。接着它们一齐喊了起来,空气中似乎全是不 耳的 太响但却刺耳的尖叫声。“安静,你们全都安 ② passionately /" paefanrtl ad.多情地:热烈地 静!”营草喊起来,还激烈地摆来摆去,全身按 ③tremble /trembl/ v. 发抖 捺不住在颤抖。它把微微抖动的头弯下来看着艾 震颤 ④ quivering /" kwIvarin/ a. 丽丝,气嘴吁吁地说:“它们知道我够不着,不然 颤抖的 的话,它们是不敢这样放肆的!” stoop down 音m “不要紧!”艾丽丝用轻柔的语气说,然后俯 下身来,对着那些又开始尖声喊叫的雏菊低声说 了一句:“你们要还不闭嘴,我就把你们拔了!” 它们马上鸦雀无声,几朵雏菊粉红色的脸变 得繁白。 wither/wIOv(使)干枯 “这就对了!”营草说,“雏菊是最坏的了。只 (使)枯萎 要有一个说话,大家都开始说。听它们那样吵吵 temper/tempa/n. 气 ⑧ compliment 嚷嚷,会催你凋谢的。” /komplmant/n. 赞美 “你们都这么能说话,是怎么回事?”艾丽丝 说,她希望这一句恭维话,会使它们高兴起来,“我 去过许多花园,但是没有一朵花是能说话的。” 营草说:“你伸手摸摸地,就知道原因了。” 艾丽丝照它说的做了:“地很硬,但是我不懂 这跟会不会说话有什么关系。” 营草说:“园丁在大多数花园里把花圃锄得太 松软,结果花都睡着了。” 这听起来很有道理,艾丽丝很高兴又长了见 识。她说:“我以前从来没有想到这一点!” “照我的看法,你从来也不动脑筋。”玫瑰花 说,语调相当严厉。 oviolet /yaalat/ n. 紧罗三 “我从来没见过谁比你更愚蠢。”紫罗兰说 这声音来得那么突然,把艾丽丝吓了一跳,因为 ·039· Throughi the fooking-Gfass, and what Afice FoundThere ! You keep your head under the 1 eaves, and snore ① away anybody! there, till you know no more what's going on in the world, than if you were a bud②!" "Are there any more people in the garden besides me?" Alice said, not choosing to notice the Rose's last remark. “There's one other flower in the garden that can move about like you," said the Rose. "I wonder how you do it-" ("You're always wondering," said the Tiger-lily),"but she's more bushy③ than you are." "Is she like me?" Alice asked eagerly, for the thought crossed her mind, "There's another little girl in the garden, somewhere!" "Well, she has the same awkward④} shape as you, " the Rose said: "but she's redder-and her petals are shorter, I think." “They're done up close, like a dahlia, "said the Tiger-lily:"not tumbled about, like yours." “But that's not your fault, " the Rose added kindly. "You're beginning to fade, you know-and then one can't help one's petals getting a little untidy." Alice didn't like this idea at all: so, to change the subject, she asked, "Does she ever come out here?" "I dare say you'll see her soon, " said the Rose. "She's one of the kind that has nine spikes, you know." "Where does she wear them?" Alice asked with some curiosity. "Why, all round her head, of course, " the Rose replied. "I was wondering you hadn't got some too. I thought it was the regular rule." ·040. 艾丽丝键中奇遇记 ①snore /sn: 打. 刚才它一直没有吭声。 “住嘴!”营草喊起来,“你那口气就像你见过 ② bud/badn 叶芽,花 多少人似的!你老把头藏在叶子下面,呼噜呼鸣 睡大觉,睡到连你是不是花骨朵也说不清,还能 知道世界上发生什么事情!” “花园里除了我还有别的人吗?”艾丽丝说, 她装做没听见玫瑰花最后那句话 “这花园里还有一朵花跟你一样能走来走 ③bushy /'bufi/a. 灌木丛生 去,”玫瑰花说,“我纳闷你怎么能走来走去..... 的,茂密的 (“你纳闷的事多着呢,”营草插话说。)但是她长 得比你茂盛。” “她像我吗?”艾丽丝迫不及待地问,因为她 突然想到,“花园里什么地方还有一个小女孩吧!” ④ awkward /s:kwad/ a. 笨 拙的 “嗯,她跟你一样,体形雕胁,”玫瑰花说, petal /petl/ n. 花趣 6 dahlia /deilia n. 大丽花 “但是她的颜色比你的幻.....而目她的花瓣更短 些,我想是这样的。” “她的花瓣贴得很近,像一朵大丽花,”营草 说,“不像你的,四散披着。” 玫瑰花和葛地补充:“那不是你的过失,你开 始凋谢了,知道吗?......到了那个时候,谁的花 瓣也都会有点不整齐的。” 艾丽丝一点也不喜欢这么说她,因此故意打 岔:“她到这儿来过吗?” “照我看你很快就会见到她,”玫瑰花说,“她 是那种有九个穗状花序的,你知道吧。” “她戴在什么地方呢?”艾丽丝颇为好奇地问。 玫瑰花回答,“哎,当然是绕头一圈,我纳闷 你怎么就不带几穗。我认为,一般都是那样的。” ·041·