1. Down the Rabbit-Hole钻进兔子洞-双语名著无障碍阅读丛书——《爱丽丝漫游奇境记Alice's Adventures in Wonderland》

Lewis Carroll 1 Down the Rabbit-Hole Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank and of having nothing to do:once or twice she had peeped2 into the book her sister was reading,but it had no pictures or conversations init,“and what is the use of a book,”thought Alice,“without pictures or conversations?" So she was considering in her own mind (as well as she could, for the hot day made her feel very sleepy and stupid),whether the pleasure 5 of making a daisy-chain would be worth the trouble of getting up and picking the daisies,when suddenly a White Rabbit with pink eyes ran close by her. There was nothing so very remarkable in that;nor did Alice think it so very much out of the way to hear the Rabbit say to itself"Oh dear! Oh dear!I shall be too late!"(when she thought it over afterwards it occurred to her that she ought to have wondered at this,but at the time it all seemed claim natural);but,when the Rabbit actually took a watch out of its waistcoat -pocket,and looked at it,and then hurried ·002· 1 钻进兔子洞 艾丽丝和姐姐一起坐在河岸上，没事可干， ①bank/baenk/n.堤，岸 2pecp/pipl窥视，偷看 坐得腻味了；她向姐姐正看着的书瞄了一两眼， 可那上面没有图画，也没有对话。艾丽丝想道： “一本书没有图画，又没有对话，那有什么用 啊？” ③consider/kan'sida/考虑， 所以她在心里琢磨着（她也不过是勉勉强 思考 ④sleepy'sli:pi/a.欲睡的，困 强地琢磨着，因为这热天热得她昏昏沉沉地发 的 困又发采)。做一只雏菊圈儿倒挺好玩，可是值 行pleasure'ple3a/n.高兴，愉 快 不值得为它费事，起身去采花呢，这时候，一 daisy-chain雏菊圈 只粉红眼睛的白兔子，突然打她身边跑过。 这本来并不很稀 罕；艾丽丝听到兔子自 言自语地说：“哎呀！ 7remarkable /ri'ma:kabl/a. 常的，值得注意的 哎呀！我去得太晚啦！” 8 afterwards /'a:ftawadz/ad. 也没觉得这很奇怪（事 后，后来 ⑨it occurs to sb(主意或想法突 后回想起来，她才觉得 然)浮现于脑中 D actually /aektf小olil ad实际上 应该感到惊奇，但在当 waistcoat/weistk3utWn.背r心 时似乎什么都是挺正常 2 pocket/"pakit/L.口袋 的)；不过等到那只兔 ·003· Alice's Adventures in Wonderland on,Alice started to her feet,for it flashed across her mind that she had never before seen a rabbit with either a waist coat-pocket,or a watch to take out of it,and burning with curiosity,she ran across the field 3 after it,and was just in time to see it pop5 down a large rabbit-hole under the hedge. In another moment down went Alice after it,never once considering how in the world she was to get out again. The rabbit-hole went straight?on like a tunnel for some way,and then dipped suddenly down,so suddenly that Alice had not a moment to think about stopping herself before she found herself falling down what seemed to be a very deep well Either the well was very deep,or she fell very slowly,for she had plenty ofa time as she went down to look about her,and to wonder what was going to happen next.First,she tried to look down and make out2 what she was coming to,but it was too dark to see anything:then she looked at the sides of the well,and noticed that they were filled with cupboards3 and book-shelves:here and there she saw maps and pictures hung upon pegs15.She took down a jar from one of the shelves as she passed:it was labeled "ORANGE MARMALADE"but to her great disappointment it was empty:she did not like to drop the jar, for fear of killing somebody underneath,so managed to put it into one of the cupboards as she fell past it. “Well!”thought Alice to herself..“After such a fall as this,I shall think nothing of tumbling2 downstairs!How brave they'll all think me at home!Why,I wouldn't say anything about it,even if I fell off the top of the house!"(Which was very likely true.) Down,down,down.Would the fall never come to an end?"I wonder how many miles I've fallen by this time?"she said aloud."I must be getting somewhere near the centre of the earth.Let me see:that ·004· 艾丽丝爱游奇境记 ①nash/fle/闪现 子当真从背心口袋里掏出一只表，看了一眼， 又匆匆向前跑去的时候，艾丽丝才霍地站了起 ②curiosity/kju3ri3siti/n.好 奇，好奇心 来，因为她忽然想到，她以前既没有见过兔子 3ield/fi:ld/n.地，田地 穿有口袋的背心，也没有见过兔子会从口袋里 ④in time及时地 6pop/p3p/k(突然或匆匆)去 掏出一只表来。于是她好奇心切，跟着兔子奔 6 hedge/hed3/n.篱笆 过田野，刚刚来得及看见它跳进篱笆底下的一 个大兔子洞。 ⑦straight/streit/a.直的，正直 说时迟，那时快，艾丽丝马上也跟着钻了 的，坦率的 8 tunnel/tanl/m.隧道，地下道 进去，连想都没有想一下，到底怎么能再出来。 9 dip/dip/g下沉 兔子洞里有一段路像隧道一样，一直往前， 随后忽然往下拐，拐得那么突然，艾丽丝连想 0wel/wel/L井 停都来不及想，就掉了下去，像掉在一口很深 的井里似的。 plenty of很多的 要不那口井就是非常深，要不就是她掉得 非常慢，因为她往下掉的时候，还有充裕的工 2 make out弄槿 夫东张西望，想着，不知道接着会发生什么事 情。她先是想朝下看，想弄清楚自己会掉在什 B cupboard/kAbad/n.碗橱 么上面，可是下面太黑，什么都看不见；于是 日bookshelf /bukfelf/L,书架 5 peg /peg/n钉 她瞧瞧四周的井壁，只见井壁上全是碗橱和书 0jrd3a/.广▣瓶 架：这儿那儿还挂着地图和图画，就挂在木钉 marmalade /'ma:maleid/n. 子、柠檬等制成的果酱 上。她经过一个架子的时候，拿下一只大口瓶， to one'sdisappointment令某 人失望 瓶子上贴着“橙子酱”的标签，却是只空瓶， 9 empty /'empti/a.空的 使她好不失望。她不愿意扔掉瓶子，怕砸死下 underneath /Anda'ni:e/ad. 下面 面什么人，因此当她往下掉，经过一个碗橱的 牙manage to达成设法 时候，又设法把瓶子放了进去。 ②tumble"tAmbl/g翻倒，滚动 2 downstairs /daun'steaz/ad. “嘿，”她想道，“摔过这么一大跤之后，觉 楼下 得从楼梯上滚下去根本就算不了什么啦！家里人 会觉得我多勇敢啊！哼，哪怕是从屋顶上掉下 来，我也会一声不吭哩！”（这倒很可能是真的） 掉啊，掉啊，掉。难道永远掉不到头了吗？ “真不知道，这会儿我已经往下掉了几英里？” ·005· Alice's Adventures in Wonderland would be four thousand miles down,I think-"(for,you see,Alice had learnt several things of this sort in her lessons in the school-room,and though this was not a very good opportunity2 for showing off her knowledge,as there was no one to listen to her,still it was good practice to say it over)"yes,that's about the right distance-but then I wonder what Latitude or Longitude5 I've got to?(Alice had not the slightest idea what Latitude was,or Longitude either,but she thought they were nice grand words to say.) Presently she began again."I wonder if I shall fall right through the earth!How funny it'll seem to come out among the people that walk with their heads downwards!The antipathies,I think-" (she was rather glad there was no one listening,this time,as it didn't sound at all the right word)-but I shall have to ask them what the name of the country is,you know.Please,Ma'am,is this New Zealand?Or Australia?"(and she tried to curtsey as she spoke- fancy,curtseying as you're falling through the air!Do you think you could manage it?)"And what an ignorant little girl she'll think me for asking!No,it'll never do to ask:perhaps I shall see it written up somewhere." Down,down,down.There was nothing else to do,so Alice soon began talking again."Dinah'll miss me very much to-night,I should think！”(Dinah was the cat.)“I hope they'll remember her saucer of milk at tea-time5.Dinah,my dear!I wish you were down here with me!There are no mice in the air,I'm afraid,but you might catch a bat,and that's very like a mouse,you know.But do cats eat bats,I l艾丽丝把这个字说错了，antipathy意为反感，厌恶。应是antipodes,.意为恰恰相反的事物或人，即对跖人。 ·006· 艾丽丝爱游奇境记 她大声说，“我一定是到了地心附近的什么地方 ①sots3t/n.种类，样子 了。让我想想看：那可能是掉了四千英里呢， 2opportunity /opa'tju:niti/n. 机会，时机 我想—”（你瞧，艾丽丝从课堂里学到了诸 )show off炫耀，卖弄 如此类的一些东西，虽然旁边没人听着，不算 是一个很好的机会来炫耀她的知识，可是说一 ④latitude /'laetitju:d/h.纬度 遍也总是一次很好的练习。)“对，大概就是这 5 longitude /lond3itju:d/n. 度 样一个距离，不过不知道我到了什么纬度或者 6 slight/slait/a.轻微的 ⑦grand /graend/a.豪华的，宏 经度，”（艾丽丝压根儿不知道纬度、经度是什 伟的 么，可是她觉得这是两个词念起来特响亮。) presently /'prezantli/ad.- 会儿 不一会儿，她又开口说话了。“我不知道 9 downwards /'daunwadz/ad. 我会不会一直穿过地球！要是掉到那些脑袋朝 向下 前antipathy/en'tip30i/憎 下、倒着走路的人中间，那该多好玩，我想他 恶，反感 们叫作反面人一”（这一次她倒乐意没有人 听见，因为这个词儿听上去根本不对头。) “一可是你知道，我总得问问他们这个国家叫 什么名称。劳驾，夫人，这里是新西兰吗？或 curtsey"ko:tsi/行屈膝礼 者是澳大利亚吗？”（她说着就想行个屈膝礼 2 ignorant/ign3ront/a.无知的， 想想看，在空中往下的时候行屈膝礼！你想 思昧的 3 perhaps /pa'heps/ad.或许， 你能办得到吗？)“可是我这样问，她会把我当 大概 作一个没有知识的小姑娘，不，问是绝对不行 的；也许我会看到国名写在什么地方吧。” 掉啊，掉啊，掉。因为没有别的事可干， saucer/so53/n.茶托，碟子 艾丽丝很快又开口说话了。“我想，黛娜今天 晚上一定很想我！”（黛娜是只猫咪。）“但愿 6 tea-ime饮茶时间 他们到了喝茶的时候别忘了给它一碟牛奶。黛 娜亲爱的！我真希望你也掉到这里来，跟我在 bat /baet/儿.编蝠 一起！就怕半空中没有耗子，不过你可以逮一 只蝙蝠，你知道，它很像耗子。可是我不知道， 猫吃不吃蝙蝠呢？”这时候，艾丽丝瞌睡起来 了，她像做梦似的继续自言自语，“猫吃蝙蝠 ·007· Alice's Adventures in Wonderland wonder?"And here Alice began to get rather sleepy,and went on saying to herself,in a dreamy sort of way,"Do cats eat bats?Do cats eat bats?”and sometimes“Do bats eat cats?”for,you see,as she couldn't answer either question,it didn't much matter which way she put it.She felt that she was dozing off2,and had just begun to dream that she was walking hand in hand with Dinah,and was saying to her,very earnestly,“Now,Dinah,tell me the truth:did you ever eat a bat？” when suddenly,thump!thump!down she came upon a heap of sticks and dry leaves,and the fall was over. Alice was not a bit hurt5,and she jumped up on to her feet in a moment:she looked up,but it was all dark overhead:before her was another long passage,and the White Rabbit was still in sight,hurrying down it.There was not a moment to be lost:away went Alice like the wind,and was just in time to hear it say,as it turned a corner,"Oh my ears and whiskers how late it's getting!"She was close behind it when she turned the corner,but the Rabbit was no longer to be seen: she found herself in a long,low hall,which was lit up by a row of lamps hanging from the roof. There were doors all round the hall,but they were all locked;and when Alice had been all the way down one side and up the other,trying every door,she walked sadly down the middle,wondering how she was ever to get out again. Suddenly she came upona little three-legged table,all made of solid glass:there was nothing on it but a tiny golden key,and Alice's first idea was that this might belong to one of the doors of the hall;but, alas!either the locks were too large,or the key was too small,but at ·008· 艾丽丝爱游奇境记 吗？猫吃蝙蝠吗？”有时候就说成了“蝙蝠吃猫 ①dreamy/'dri:mi/a,心不在焉 吗？”你瞧，这两个问题，反正她哪个也回答不 的，精情恍惚的 上来，所以不管怎么问，都没有多大关系。她 觉得自己正迷迷糊糊地睡着了，刚梦见自己和 2 doze off打瞌频（打盹儿） 黛娜手拉手地走着，很认真地对它说，“喂，黛 3 hand in hand手拉手地 娜，实话告诉我：你吃过蝙蝠吗？”这时候，突 然砰的一声，她掉在一堆树枝和枯叶上，总算 停了下来。 ④heap /hi:p/t.堆 艾丽丝一点也没受伤，她马上一蹦站起来。 5hurt/hat/ad.受伤的 她向上瞧瞧，头顶上 overhead /'ouvahed/d.在头 一片漆黑：她的前面 顶上 in sight看得见 又是一条长长的甬雨 道，那只白兔还看得 8 whisker/wiska/m,腮须，胡 见，正匆匆往甬道那 须 头走去。一刻也不能 耽搁。艾丽丝一阵风似的朝前奔去，正好赶上 听见兔子拐弯的时候说，“哎哟，我的耳朵胡子 9hall /ho:1/.大厅，礼堂 light up点亮，照亮 啊，已经那么晚了！”她拐弯的时候已经离它很 amp1emp/i.灯 近了，可是拐过弯来，兔子却不见了。她发现 自己是在一个又长又低的大厅里，厅里点着从 房顶挂下来的一排灯。 大厅四周都有门，不过都是锁着的。艾丽 丝从一边走过去，又从另一边走过来，每扇门 都试试能不能打开，她忧愁地走到房中央，不 知道怎样才能再出去。 B come upon偶然发现 ⑧solid /solid/a结实的，实心的 忽然，她看到一只三条腿的小桌子，全是 坚实的玻璃做的，上面除了一把小小的金钥匙 什么都没有。艾丽丝首先想到的是，它也许能 目alas6'les/iu.唉 打开大厅里的哪扇门。可是天哪，不是锁太大， ·009· Alice's Adventures in Wonderland any rate it would not open any of them.However,on the second time round,she came upon a low curtain2 she had not noticed before,and behind it was a little door about fifteen inches high:she tried the little golden key in the lock,and to her great delight it fitted! Alice opened the door and found that it led into a small passage,not much larger than a rat-hole:she knelt down and looked along the passage into the loveliest garden you ever saw.How she longed to get out of that dark hall,and wander about among those beds of bright flowers and those cool fountains,but she could not even get her head through the doorway⑨；“and even if my head would go through,” thought poor Alice,"it would be of very little use without my shoulders. Oh,how I wish I could shut up like a telescope"!I think I could,if I only knew how to begin."For,you see,so many out-of-the-way things had happened lately3,that Alice had begun to think that very few things indeed were really impossible. There seemed to be no use in waiting by the little door,so she went back to the table,half hoping she might find another key on it,or at any rate a book of rules for shutting people up like telescopes:this time she found a little bottle on it ("which certainly was not here before,"said Alice),and tied round the neck of the bottle was a paper label,with the words "DRINK ME"beautifully printed 5 on it in large letters. It was all very well to say "Drink me,"but the wise little Alice was not going to do that in a hurry.“No,T'll look first,”she said,“and see whether it's marked 'poison'or not";for she had read several nice little stories about children who had got burnt,and eaten up by wild beasts and other unpleasant thing s,all because they would not ·010·