8.“IT's MY OWN INVENTION”“这是我自己发明的”-双语名著无障碍阅读丛书——《爱丽丝镜中奇遇记》

C0 "IT'S MY OWN INVENTION" AFTER a while the noise seemed gradually to die away, till all was dead silence, and Alice lifted up her head in some alarm. There was no one to be seen, and her first thought was that she must have been dreaming about the Lion and the Unicorn and those queer Anglo-Saxon Messengers. However, there was the great dish still lying at her feet, on which she had tried to cut the plum-cake, "So I wasn't dreaming, after all, " she said to herself, "unless-unless we're all part of the same dream. Only I do hope it's my dream, and not the Red King's! I don't like belonging to another person's dream, "she went on in a rather complaining tone: "I've a great mind to go and wake him, and see what happens!" At this moment her thoughts were interrupted by a loud shouting of "Ahoy! Ahoy!Check!" and a Knight, dressed in crimson^{}armour②. came galloping③} down upon her, brandishing{④} a great club. Just as he reached her, the horse stopped suddenly: "You're my prisoner!" the Knight cried, as he tumbled ^off his horse. Startled as she was, Alice was more frightened for him than for herself at the moment, and watched him with some anxiety as he ·188· 第/章 “这是我自已发明的” 过了一会儿,喧闹渐渐消逝,最后万俱 寂。这时艾丽丝抬起头来,心里有点慌张,周围 一个人也看不见。她最初以为是在梦里见到狮子、 独角兽和那两个古怪的盎格鲁撒克逊传令兵的 但是那个大盘子依然摆在她脚跟前,她就是在盘 子里试着切那块果料蛋糕的。她不由得自言自语; “这么说,我刚才不是在做梦。除非.....除非我们 都是同一个梦里的人物。不过我真的希望这是我 的梦,别是红国王的梦!我不喜欢在别人的梦里 扮演什么角色。我下决心来把他叫醒,看看会发 生什么情况。”说到这里,她有点愤愤然了。 ① crimson /krimzon/ a. 深 红色的 这时,有人高声呼喊“喂!喂!不许动!”把 ② armour /a:ma/ n. 轰甲 她的思路打断了。只见一个骑士穿着殷红的盎甲, ③ gallop/gaelop/ v. (马或 骑马等)飞奔 手里挥舞着一根星锤棍棒,纵马向她奔来。刚刚 ④ brandish /'brendf/ y. 挥 到她跟前,马突然站住了,骑士喊了一声,“你是 舞 club/klAb/ n. 棍祷 我的俘虏了。”话音未落,他自已跌下马来。 tumble /tambal/ v. 跌倒 摔下 艾丽丝虽然吓了一跳,但此时此刻更替他担 惊受怕,看着他重新骑上马背,还免不了有些指 ·189· Through the fooking-Gfass, and what Alice FoundThere mounted^{①} again. As soon as he was comfortably in the saddle ②, he began once more: "You're my-"but here another voice broke in "Ahoy! Ahoy! Check!" and Alice looked round in some surprise for the new enemy. This time it was a White Knight. He drew up at Alice's side, and tumbled off his horse just as the Red Knight had done: then he got on again, and the two Knights sat and looked at each other for some time without speaking. Alice looked from one to the other in some bewilderment③. “She's my prisoner, you know!" the Red Knight said at last “Yes, but then I came and rescued her!" the White Knight replied “Well, we must fight for her, then,"said the Red Knight, as he took up his helmet (which hung from the saddle, and was something the shape of a horse's head) and put it on. "You will observe the Rules of Battle, of course?" the White Knight remarked, putting on his helmet too "I always do, " said the Red Knight, and they began banging away④ at each other with such fury{} that Alice got behind a tree to be out of the way of the blows^{ "I wonder, now, what the Rules of Battle are, "she said to herself, as she watched the fight, timidly peeping^{} out from her hiding- place."One Rule seems to be, that if one Knight hits the other, he knocks him off his horse: and, if he misses, he tumbles off himself- and another Rule seems to be that they hold their clubs with their arms. as if they were Punch and Judy-What a noise they make when they tumble! Just like a whole set of fire-irons⑧failing into the fender! And how quiet the horses are! They let them get on and off them just as if they were tables!" .190· 艾丽丝镜中奇遇记 ①mount /maunt/ v. 登上 忧。他舒舒服服坐在马鞍上,就又开始喊叫: ② saddle /'saedl/ n. 拉 “你是我的......”就在这时,另一个声音喊道, “喂!喂!不许动!”艾丽丝惊讶地四处张望,寻 找这个新来的敌人。 这一次来的是白衣骑士。他策马来到艾丽丝 身边时,和红衣骑士一样跌下马来。随后他翻身 上马,两个骑士坐在鞍上默默对视了好久。艾丽 丝迷惑不解,看看这个,又瞧瞧那个。 “她是我的俘虏,知道吧。”红衣骑土终于开 ③ bewilderment /br'wildomant/ n. 迷惑 口了。 “是的,但是后来我解救了她!”白衣骑士回 答。 “这么说,为了她,我们要决一胜负罗。”红 衣骑士拿起了他的头盎(头盎就悬在马鞍下面 形状跟马头一样),戴在头上。 “不用我问,你会遵守打仗的规则!”白衣 骑士说着也戴上了头奋 ④bang away砰碎地不住射 “我一向遵守规则的。”红衣骑士说。接着他 击 fury /fjuor/ n. 狂暴,猛 们就猛烈地对打开来,艾丽丝躲在一棵树的后 烈 面,免得被击中。 blow /blau/ n. 段打 “挺奇怪的,他们有什么打仗的规则呢?”她 胆怯地从藏身的地方往外张望,一边看他们打 peep /pi:p/v. 窥视,偷看 斗,一边嘀嘀自语,“似乎有一条规则是,如果击 中对方,就把他打下马去,如果没有击中,自己 就跌下马来;似乎还有一条规则,他们用手臂抱 着星锤棍棒,样子很像潘楚和朱狄^{①}。他们摔下去 的声音多响啊!就像火错碰了火炉围栏一样!那 ⑧ fire-iron n. 火炉用具 些马多么安稳,就跟桌子一样,让他们爬上爬 下。” ①英语一出木偶剧的两个滑稽角色。--译注 .191· Through the fooking-Gfass, and what Afice FoundThere Another Rule of Battle, that Alice had not noticed, seemed to be that they alwavs fell on their heads: and the battle ended with their both falling off in this way, side by side. When they got up again, they shook hands, and then the Red Knight mounted and galloped^{①} off "It was a glorious② victory, wasn't it?" said the White Knight, as he came up panting. "I don't know, "Alice said doubtfully. "I don't want to be anybody's prisoner. I want to be a Queen." “So you will, when you've crossed the next brook, " said the White Knight. "I'll see you safe to the end of the wood-and then I must go back, you know. That's the end of my move." "Thank you very much, " said Alice. "May I help you off with your helmet?" It was evidently more than he could manage by himself: .192· 艾丽丝镜中奇遇记 (图略) 还有一条规则,艾丽丝没有注意到,似乎他 门摔倒时都是头朝下,最后他们就是这样双双落 ①gallop/gaelop/v. 飞奔. 马,结束了战斗。他们从地上爬起来,握握手, 疾弛 ② glorious /ala:rias/ a 光荣 随后红衣骑士上马奔驰而去。 的,壮丽的 “这是辉煌的胜利,不是吗?”白衣骑士气嘴 吁吁走上前来。 “我不知道,”艾丽丝表示怀疑,“我不想成为 谁的俘虏。我想当王后。” “你越过下一条小溪,就是王后了,”白衣骑 士说,“我送你平平安安到达这片树林的尽头,然 后我就得回来。你知道,我这一步就走到林边。” “非常感谢。让我帮你把头奋取下来好吗?” .193· Through the fooking-Gfass, and what Afice FoundThere however she managed to shake him out of it at last "Now one can breathe more easily, " said the Knight, putting back his shaggy^{}hair with both hands, and turning his gentle face and large mild eyes to Alice. She thought she had never seen such a strange- looking soldier in all her life. He was dressed in tin② armour, which seemed to fit him very badly, and he had a queer-shaped little deal box fastened across his shoulders, upside-down, and with the lid{} hanging open. Alice looked at it with great curiosity. "I see you're admiring my little box," the Knight said in a friendly tone. "It's my own invention-to keep clothes and sandwiches in. You see I carry it upside-down, so that the rain can't get in." “But the things can get out, ”Alice gently remarked. “Do you know the lid's open?" "I didn't know it, "the Knight said, a shade of vexation{④} passing over his face. "Then all the things must have fallen out! And the box is no use without them."He unfastened it as he spoke, and was just going to throw it into the bushes, when a sudden thought seemed to strike him. and he hung it carefully on a tree. "Can you guess why I did that?" he said to Alice. Alice shook her head "In hopes some bees may make a nest in it-then I should get the honey.” "But you've got a bee-hive-or something like one-fastened to the saddle,”said Alice. "Yes, it's a very good bee-hive," the Knight said in a discontented tone, "one of the best kind. But not a single bee has come near it yet. And the other thing is a mouse-trap. I suppose the mice keep the bees .194· 艾丽丝镜中奇遇记 艾丽丝说。显然,骑士自已取不下来。艾丽丝把 那头摇啊摇啊,终干取下来了。 “现在可以呼吸得更自如些了。”骑士用双 ① shaggy /faegr/ a. 蓬乱的 手把蓬蓬松松的头发往后拢了拢,转过脸来看 着艾丽丝。他和葛可亲,有两只温和的大眼睛 ②tin/tin/n. 锡 艾丽丝想,她从来没有见过样子这么古怪的士 兵。 ③lid/hd/n. 盖 他穿着锡做的盎甲,看起来很不合体,肩膀 上系着一个形状奇特的小松木箱子,口朝下,盖 子悬在那里。艾丽丝好奇地瞧着 “我知道,你正在欣赏我的小箱子,”骑士 友善地说,“这是我自已发明的,存放衣服和三 明治。你看,我把底朝上,口朝下,下雨淋不 着。” 艾丽丝轻声说道:“但是东西会掉出来。你 ④ yexation /vek'ser fan n. 苦 恼,恼怒 知道盖子开着吗?” 骑士脸上飘过一片愁云,“我不知道啊。东西 全掉出来了吧!没东西装,箱子还有什么用。” 他一边说,一边解下系在身上的箱子,要扔到树 丛里去,突然似乎想起了什么,又把箱子细心地 挂在树上。他问艾丽丝,“你猜得出来我为什么要 这么做吗?”艾丽丝摇摇头。“我希望有蜜蜂在 里面筑窝,这样就有蜂蜜吃了。” “但是你有个蜂箱,或者说像蜂箱那样的东 hive /haryl n. 蜂序 西缚在马鞍上嘛。”艾丽丝说 “是的,那是个很好的蜂箱,是设计得最好 的蜂箱,但是还没有一只蜜蜂飞进去过。另一样 东西是捕鼠器。我想不是老鼠把蜜蜂赶跑了,而 mouse-trap /mausatraep n.捕鼠器 是蜜蜂把老鼠赶跑了,我不知道到底是谁赶谁。” .195· Through the fooking-Gfass, and what Alice FoundThere out-or the bees keep the mice out, I don't know which." "Iwas wondering what the mouse-trap was for, "said Alice."It isn't very likely there would be any mice on the horse's back." "Not very likely,perhaps,"said the Knight,"but, if they do come, I don't choose to have them running all about." "You see, " he went on after a pause, "it's as well to be provided for everything. That's the reason the horse has all those anklets{① round his feet." “But what are they for?" Alice asked in a tone of great curiosity. "To guard against the bites of sharks, " the Knight replied. "It's an invention of my own. And now help me on. I'll go with you to the end of the wood-What's that dish for?" “It's meant for plum-cake, ” said Alice. “We'd better take it with us, " the Knight said. "It'll come in handy②if we find any plum-cake. Help me to get it into this bag." This took a long time to manage, though Alice held the bag open very carefully, because the knight was so very awkward③} in putting in the dish: the first two or three times that he tried he fell in himself instead. "It's rather a tight fit, you see, ”he said, as they got it in at last; "there are so many candlesticks④ in the bag."And he hung it to the saddle, which was already loaded with bunches of carrots, and fire- irons, and many other things. "I hope you've got your hair well fastened on?" he continued, as they set off. “Only in the usual way, "Alice said, smiling. "That's hardly enough,"he said, anxiously. "You see the wind is so very strong here. It's as strong as soup." "Have you invented a plan for keeping the hair from being blown off?" Alice enquired. .196. 艾丽丝中奇遇记 骑士显然满腹牢骚。 艾丽丝说:“我刚才还在想,那个捕鼠器有 什么用。马背上不太可能有老鼠。” 骑士说:“也许不太可能。但是,如果老鼠 真的来了呢,我可不愿意让它们到处乱窜。” 他稍停片刻又说:“你知道,要防患于未然。 ① anklet /aenklt/ n. 环 这就是为什么马蹄上都套上铁环。” 脚 “铁环有什么用呢?”艾丽丝十分好奇。 骑士回答:“防止鱼咬嘛。这是我自己发 明的。好了,帮我骑上马吧。我跟你走到这一片 林子的尽头......那个盘子是干什么用的?” “盛果料蛋糕的。”艾丽丝说。 骑士说:“最好带走。路上找到果料蛋糕, 就用得着了。帮我把盘子装进这个袋子里。” ②handy /haendy/a.方便的 虽然艾丽丝非常小心地把袋口撑开,但是装 盘子仍然花了很长的时间,因为骑士笨手笨脚, 开始几次,盘子没装进去,他自已反而钻进去 ③ awkward /o:kwad/ a. 尴尬 的,笨拙的 了。他们费了九牛二虎之力才告成功,骑士说 “你看,装得满满当当的,袋子里还有那么多烛 ④ candlestick /kaendl. stik 台。”他说完把袋子挂在马鞍上,其实那上面还 n.烛台 有好多捆胡萝卜,还有炉具和杂七杂八的东西。 他在出发时说:“我希望,你已经把头发别 得紧紧的。” 艾丽丝微微一笑,“只不过跟平常一样。” 他着急了,“那根本不行。你看,这里的风刮 得多凶,和炸药爆炸了一样。” 艾丽丝问:“你有没有发明一种办法使头发 不被吹乱?” “还没有,”骑士回答,“不过,我有办法不让 ·197·