4.TWEEDLEDUM AND TWEEDLEDEE特威度丹姆和特威度迪-双语名著无障碍阅读丛书——《爱丽丝镜中奇遇记》

4 TWEEDLEDUM AND TWEEDLEDEE THEY were standing under a tree,each with an arm round the other's neck,and Alice knew which was which in a moment,because one of them had "DUM"embroidered on his collar,and the Other “DEE”.“I suppose they've each got 'TWEEDLE'round at the back of the collar,"she said to herself. They stood so still that she quite forgot they were alive,and she was just going round to see if the word "TWEEDLE"was written at the back of each collar,when she was startled2 by a voice coming from the one marked“DUM”. “If you think we're wax-works3,”he said,“you ought to pay, you know.Wax-works weren't made to be looked at for nothing. Nohow!" “Contrariwise④，”added the one marked“DEE”,“if you think we're alive,you ought to speak." "I'm sure I'm very sorry,was all Alice could say;for the words of the old song kept ringing through her head like the ticking of a clock, and she could hardly help saying them out loud:- "Tweedledum and Tweedledee ·080· 第四章 特威度丹姆和特威度迪 他们站在一棵树下，每人伸出一只胳膊，搂 住对方的脖子。艾丽丝一下子就知道谁叫什么 embroider /im'brDida/v. 刺绣 了，因为一个人的领子上绣着“丹姆”，另一个 绣着“迪”。“我猜，他们每个人领子后面都绣 着·特威度'。”艾丽丝暗自思忖。 他们站在那里一动也不动，艾丽丝几乎忘记 他们是活人了；正当她绕到他们背后去看是不是 2 startle'sta:t/使惊吓， 使吃惊 每个人后领上绣着“特威度”，那个绣着“丹姆” 的人说话了，把艾丽丝吓了一跳。 wax work蜡制品 他说，“如果你把我们当成蜡像，你是要付钱 的，懂吗？蜡像不是白白供人观赏的，根本不 是！” ④contrariwise “正好相反，”那个绣着“迪”的人补充说， kontrariwaiz/ad相反 地 “如果你认为我们是活人，你就应该说话。” “我实在很抱歉，”艾丽丝只说了一句，因为 一首古老歌曲的歌词像钟表滴答滴答的声音不间 断地在她耳边回响，她禁不住大声朗诵出来： “特威度丹姆和他兄弟， ·081· Throughthe Looking-Glass,and What Alice FoundThere Agreed to have a battle; For Tweedledum said Tweedledee Had spoiled his nice new rattle2. Just then flew clown a monstrous crow, As black as a tar-barrel; Which frightened both the heroes so, They quite forgot their quarrel." “I know what you're thinking about,”said Tweedledum;“but it isn'tso,nohow.” “Contrariwise,”continued Tweedledee,“if it was so,it might be; and if it were so,it would be;but as it isn't,it ain't.That's logic." “I was thinking,”Alice said very politely,“which is the best way out of this wood:it's getting so dark.Would you tell me,please?" But the fat little men only looked at each other and grinned.They looked so exactly like a couple of great schoolboys,that Alice couldn't help pointing her finger at Tweedledum,and saying"First Boy!" ·082· 艾丽丝境中奇遇记【 反目成仇动刀斧： 只因特威度丹姆指责兄弟， ①spoil/spp/,.损坏 2 rattle /'raet/n拨浪鼓 毁了好看的新拨浪鼓。 3 monstrous /'monstras/a. 恰有似墨漆黑一怪鸦， 巨大的，可怕的 闪电一般向下飞掠； 两位‘英雄’受惊吓， 把弟兄争执全忘却。” (图略) “我知道你在想什么，”特威度丹姆说，“不过 不是你想的那样，根本不是！” “正好相反，”特威度迪接着说，“说过去是这 样，也有可能：假设是这样，也能自圆其说；但是 事实不是这样，就不是这样。这就是逻辑。”艾丽 丝非常有礼貌地说，“我是在想，出这个树林子走哪 条路最好。天已经这么黑了。请告诉我，好吗？” 3grin/grn/露齿而笑， 但是这两个矮胖矮胖的男人只是相视而笑 咧着嘴笑 他们的样子那么像学校里一对大个子学生，艾丽 丝不禁伸出手指头指着特威度丹姆说：“第一号！” ·083· Throughthe Looking-Glass,and What Alice Found There “Nohow！”Tweedledum cried out briskly,and shut his mouth up again with a snap. “Next Boy！”said Alice,passing on to Tweedledee,though she felt quite certain he would only shout out“Contrariwise！”and so he did. “You've begun wrong！”cried Tweedledum.“The first thing in a visit is to say‘Howd'yedo?'and shake hands！”And here the two brothers gave each other a hug,and then they held out the two hands that were free,to shake hands with her. Alice did not like shaking hands with either of them first,for fear of hurting the other one's feelings;so,as the best way out of the difficulty,she took hold of both hands at once:the next moment they were dancing round in a ring.This seemed quite natural (she remembered afterwards),and she was not even surprised to hear music playing:it seemed to come from the tree under which they were dancing,and it was done (as well as she could make it out)by the branches rubbing one across the other,like fiddles2 and fiddle-sticks. "But it certainly was funny,"(Alice said afterwards,when she was telling her sister the history of all this,)"to find myself singing 'Here we go round the mulberry bush.'I don't know when I began it, but somehow I felt as if I'd been singing it a long long time!" The other two dancers were fat,and very soon out of breath."Four times round is enough for one dance,"Tweedledum panted out,and they left off dancing as suddenly as they had begun:the music stopped at the same moment. Then they let go of Alice's hands,and stood looking at her for a minute:there was a rather awkward pause,as Alice didn't know how to begin a conversation with people she had just been dancing with."It would never do to say 'How d'ye do?'now,she said to herself:"we ·084· 艾丽丝境中奇遇记【 ①brisk /brisk/a尖锐的 “根本不对！”特威度丹姆尖叫起来，闭嘴时 还啪地发出一声响。 “第二号！”艾丽丝把手指向特威度迪，虽然 她很肯定，这样做必定引起他大喊一声“正好相 反！”不出所料，他就这样喊了一声。 “你一开始就错了！”特威度丹姆嚷嚷道，“出 外拜访的第一件事是说‘你好’和握手！”说到 这里，两兄弟紧紧拥抱，随后腾出两只手来和她 握手。 艾丽丝觉得跟他们两人中任何一个先握手都 不好，她担心那样做会伤了另一个人的感情；因 此，她同时握住两只手，她觉得那是摆脱困境的 最好办法。手刚刚拉上，他们就转圈跳起舞来。 这似乎是很自然的事（她后来回忆时这样感觉）， 听到有音乐伴奏，她也不觉得奇怪：他们在树底 下跳舞，音乐仿佛是从树上传出来的，树枝互相 2 fiddle /fidl/n.小提琴 摩擦产生声音，就跟琴弦和琴弓互相摩擦一样 (她是这样想象的)。 (后来艾丽丝在给她姐姐讲这一段经历时说) 3 mulberry /'mAlbort/n. “但是我发现，我在唱《我们绕着桑树转》这首 树 歌，这当然是很滑稽的。我不知道什么时候开始 唱，但是感觉似乎唱了好长时间了！” 两个舞伴胖乎乎的，很快就喘不过气来。 “跳舞绕四圈就够了。”特威度丹姆气喘吁吁地 说，于是他们突然不跳了，音乐也戛然而止 他们松开艾丽丝的手，站在那里看她。谁也 ④wkward/>:kwad/a.尷尬 的，笨拙的 没说话，一阵令人尴尬的沉默；艾丽丝不知道， 刚刚跳完舞，应该跟舞伴谈些什么。“现在再问 好是不行的了，”她对自己说，“不管怎么样，我 ·085· Throughthe Looking-Glass,and What Alice Found There seem to have got beyond that,somehow!" "I hope you're not much tired?"she said at last. "Nohow.And thank you very much for asking,said Tweedledum. “So much obliged!”added Tweedledee.“You like poetry?" “Ye-es,pretty well-some poetry,”Alice said doubtfully.“Would you tell me which road leads out of the wood?" "What shall I repeat to her?"said Tweedledee,looking round at Tweedledum with great solemn2 eyes,and not noticing Alice's question. “The Walrus③and the Carpenter'is the longest,”Tweedledum replied,giving his brother an affectionate hug. Tweedledee began instantly5: “The sun was shining--" Here Alice ventured to interrupt him."If it's very long,"she said, as politely as she could, "Would you please tell me first which road-" Tweedledee smiled gently,and began again: "The sun was shining on the sea, Shining with all his might: He did his very best to make The billows smooth and bright- And this was odd,because it was The middle of the night. The moon was shining sulkily, Because she thought the sun Had got no business to be there ·086· 艾丽丝境中奇遇记 们似乎应该更亲密些！” “我希望，你们不会太累吧？”她终于开口说 了。 “根本不累。十分感谢你的关切。”特威度丹 ①obliged /a'bla1d3d/a,感激 的 姆说。 “非常感激！”特威度迪补充了一句，“你喜欢 诗吗？” “是…是的，有的诗歌还是…还是喜欢 ②solemn/spl3m/a严肃的， 庄严的，隆重的 的，”艾丽丝很没有把握地说，“请问，走哪条路 walrus /wo:Ir3s/n.海象 才能走出这一片树林呢？” ④affectionate/a'fek∫pntt/a. 亲切的 “我应该给她背诵哪一首呢？”特威度迪转过 ⑤instantly /'mnstantl/ad.立 头去看着特威度丹姆，神情十分严肃，一点也不 即，立刻 理睬艾丽丝的问话。 “《海象和木匠》这一首最长。”特威度丹姆 回答，然后满怀激情地拥抱了他的兄弟。 特威度迪马上开始背诵： “太阳高悬…” 这时，艾丽丝大胆打断了他。“要是这首诗 很长，”她尽量显得有礼貌，“是不是请你先告诉 我走哪条路…” 特威度迪和蔼地微微一笑，又开始背诵了： “大阳高悬大海上， 慷慨赏赐热和光； 滚滚波涛承爱抚， billow/bilau/n.巨浪 平复如镜亮闪闪； ⑦odd/od/a.奇特的 多奇怪，此时正是 万籁俱寂夜阑珊。 月亮脸色阴沉沉， 冲着太阳生闷气： 白天任务已完成， ·087· Through the Looking-Glass,and What Alice Found There After the day was done- 'It's very rude of him,'she said, 'To come and spoil the fun!' The sea was wet as wet could be, The sands were dry as dry, You could not see a cloud,because No cloud was in the sky: No birds were flying overhead- There were no birds to fly. The Walrus and the Carpenter Were walking close at hand: They wept2 like anything to see Such quantities of sand: 'If this were only cleared away,' They said,'it would be grand! 'If seven maids with seven mops Swept it for half a year, Do you suppose,'the Walrus said, 'That they could get it clear? 'I doubt it,'said the Carpenter, And shed a bitter tear. ·088· 艾丽丝境中奇漏记 赖着不走没道理； ‘故意捣乱真扫兴， ①rude /ru:d/a.粗鲁的，不 礼貌的 鲁莽汉子太无礼！’ 大海潮气湿淋淋， 沙滩燥热似火燎； 抬头不见白云飘， 万里无云是凑巧； 侧耳不闻鸟啁啾， 辽阔天空无飞鸟。 海象和木匠， 2 weep /wi:p/哭泣，流泪 一前一后朝前走； 眼泪流不断， 见了沙滩心发抖。 ·谁能把黄沙清掉， 3mop/mop/n.拖把 堪称为积德添寿！’ 海象问木匠， ‘七名少女拿笤帚， ④bitter/"btaa.令人不快 半年不停勤打扫， 的，有苦味的 能否把沙子清走？ 木匠流下辛酸泪， 十分怀疑摇摇头。 (图略) ·08g·