4.The Rabbit S ends In a Little Bill兔子派来了小比尔-双语名著无障碍阅读丛书——《爱丽丝漫游奇境记Alice's Adventures in Wonderland》

4 The Rabbit Sends In a Little Bill It was the White Rabbit,trotting slowly back again,and looking anxiously about as it went,as if it had lost something;and she heard it muttering to itself,“The Duchess！The Duchess！Oh my dear paws! Oh my fur and whiskers！She''ll get me executed②，as sure as ferrets③ are ferrets!Where can I have dropped them,I wonder?"Alice guessed in a moment that it was looking for the fan and the pair of white kid-gloves,and she very good-naturedly 4 began hunting about for them,but they were nowhere to be seen-everything seemed to have changed since her swim in the pool and the great hall,with the glass table and the little door,had vanished completely. Very soon the Rabbit noticed Alice,as she went hunting about,and called out to her,in an angry tone,"Why,Mary Ann,what are you doing out here?Run home this moment,and fetch me a pair of gloves and a fan！Quick,now！”And Alice was so much frightened that she ran off at once in the direction it pointed to,without trying to explain the mistake that it had made. "He took me for his housemaid,"she said to herself as she ran. "How surprised he'll be when he finds out who I am!But I'd better ·046· 4 兔子派来了小比尔 ①rot/rt/以快步走，小跑步 来的原来是那只白兔，它又在慢慢地小步 走 往回跑，一面走，一面焦急地向各处张望，好 像丢了什么东西似的；艾丽丝听见它在喃喃地 2 execute/'eksikju:t/,处决 自言自语：“公爵夫人！公爵夫人！乖乖，我亲 ferret/feit/m.白鼬 爱的爪子啊！我的毛和胡子啊！她准会把我杀 死，没错，就像雪貂就是雪貂一样，我能把它 good-natured /god'neitfad/a. 们掉在什么地方呀，真不明白！”艾丽丝一下子 牌气好的，温厚的 就猜着了，它是在找扇子和那副白羊羔皮手套， 因此她也好心好意地到处寻找起来，可是哪儿 都看不到这两样东西一自从她在池子里游泳 5 vanish /'vaeni/.消失，不见 了 以后，一切似乎都变了，那个大厅，连同玻璃 桌子和那扇小门，统统不见了。 艾丽丝正在各处寻找，那兔子很快发现了 她，就愤怒地向她大声喊道，“喂，玛丽·安， 你跑出来在这里干吗呀？马上跑回家去，替我 拿一副手套、一把扇子来！快，立刻就去！”艾 丽丝吓得要命，立即朝着它指的方向跑去，也 ⑥take for认为，以为 ⑦housemaid /hausmeid/n.女 没打算解释，是它认错了人 “它把我当作它的女佣人了，”她边跑边对 ·047· Alice's Adventures in Wonderland take him his fan and gloves-that is,if I can find them."As she said this,she came upon a neat little house,on the door of which was a bright brass plate with the name "W.RABBIT"engraved3 upon it. She went in without knocking,and hurried upstairs,in great fear lest she should meet the real Mary Ann,and be turned out of the house before she had found the fan and gloves. “How queer it seems,”Alice said to herself,.“to be going messages for a rabbit!I suppose Dinah'll be sending me on messages next!" And she began fancying the sort of thing that would happen:"'Miss Alice!Come here directly,and get ready for your walk!''Coming in a minute,nurse!But I've got to watch this mousehole till Dinah comes back,and see that the mouse doesn't get out.'Only I don't think," Alice went on,"that they'd let Dinah stop in the house if it began ordering people about like that!" By this time she had found her way into a tidy little room with a table in the window,and on it (as she had hoped)a fan and two or three pairs of tiny white kid-gloves:she took up the fan and a pair of the gloves,and was just going to leave the room,when her eye fell upon a little bottle that stood near the looking-glass5.There was no label this time with the words“DRINK ME,”but nevertheless she uncorked⑦it and put it to her lips."I know something interesting is sure to happen," she said to herself,"whenever I eat or drink anything:so I'll just see what this bottle does.I do hope it'll make me grow large again,for really I'm quite tired of being such a tiny little thing!" It did so indeed,and much sooner than she had expected:before she ·048· 艾丽丝爱游奇境记 自己说道，“等它发现我是什么人的时候，它会 多么吃惊啊！可是我最好还是把它的扇子和手 ①brass/bra:s/L.黄铜 ②plate/pleit/m,板，牌 套拿来一就是说，要是我能找到的话。”她正 engrave /in'greiv/k.雕刻 说到这里，就来到一所整洁的小房子面前，门 ④lest/lest/conj.惟恐，以免 上有一块锃亮的铜牌，上面刻着“白兔子”这 个名字。她没有敲门就走了进去，匆匆上了楼， 生怕碰上真的玛丽·安，要是那样，不等她找到 扇子和手套，就会把她赶出屋子。 “看来有多奇怪，”艾丽丝对自己说道， “给一只兔子跑腿啦！我想，下一次该轮到黛 娜差我去办事了！”她开始想象着可能发生这 种事情：“‘艾丽丝小姐！快点儿来，准备去散 步！’·马上就来，奶妈！可是这会儿我得守着 这个耗子洞，不让耗子出来，一直守到黛娜 回来。’”她继续想道，“不过我想，要是黛娜 像这样使唤起人来，他们一定不会让它待在 屋里的！” 这时候，她走进了一间整洁的小房间，靠 窗有一张桌子，桌上（正像她所希望的）有一 把扇子和两三副羊羔皮的白色小手套，她拿起 5 looking-glass /'lu:kingla:s/n. 镜子 扇子和一副手套，正打算离开房间，她的眼睛 nevertheless /nevada'les/ad. 仍然，不过 碰巧看到了镜子旁边的一只小瓶子。这一次， uncork'An'k3:k/拔去塞 瓶子上并没有写着“喝我”字样的标签，可是 子 8 lip /lip/m.嘴唇 她还是打开塞子，把瓶口凑到嘴边。“我每次 吃了或者喝了什么东西，”她对自己说道，“我 知道准会发生什么有趣的事儿。所以，我倒要 看看这瓶东西会把我怎么样。我真的希望它能 让我再长大，我成了这么个小东西，真的很腻 了” 这瓶东西真的使她变大了，而且变得比她 ·049· Alice's Adventures in Wonderland had drunk half the bottle,she found her head press ing against the ceiling,and had to stoop2 to save her neck from being broken.She hastily put down the bottle,saying to herself "That's quite enough-I hope I shan't grow any more-As it is,I can't get out at the door-I do wish I hadn't drunk quite so much!" Alas!It was too late to wish that!She went on growing,and growing,and very soon had to kneel down on the floor:in another minute there was not even room for this,and she tried the effect of 1 ying down with one elbow against the door.and the other arm curled5 round her head.Still she went on growing,and,as a last resource,she put one arm out of the window,and one foot up the chimney,and said to herself "Now I can do no more,whatever happens.What will become of me?" Luckily for Alice,the little magic bottle had now had its full effect, and she grew no larger:still it was very uncomfortable,and,as there seemed to be no sort of chance of her ever getting out of the room again,no wonder she felt unhappy. “It was much pleasanter at home,”thought poor Alice,“when one wasn't always growing larger and smaller,and being ordered about by mice and rabbits.I almost wish I hadn't gone down that rabbit-hole-and yet-and yet-it's rather curious,you know,this sort of life!I do wonder what can have happened to me!When I used to read fairy tales,I fancied that kind of thing never happened,and now here I am in the middle of one!There ought to be a book written about me,that there ought!And when I grow up,I'll write one-but I'm grown up ·050· 艾丽丝爱游奇境记 期望的还快得多： ①ceiling'si:lin/m.天花板 她还没有喝下半瓶， ②stoop/stup/弯下，弯下上 就觉得自己的脑袋 顶着了天花板，只 得弯下腰，免得脖 子折断。她急忙放 下瓶子，对自己说道，“这样已经够了，我希望 不再长大了。就像这样，我已经出不了门啦， 我真希望刚才没喝那么多！” effect/'fekt/n.影响，效果 ④elbow /'elbau/L手肘 唉，现在希望已经太晚了！她越长越大， cuka/卷曲，弯曲 过一会儿，她只得跪在地板上；又过了一会儿， 6 resource/is3:s/n.资源 连跪着也不行了，就躺了下来，一只胳臂肘顶 着门，另一只胳臂弯过来抱着头，看看行不行。 她还在越长越大，最后只好想办法把一只胳臂 伸出窗外，一只脚伸到烟囱里，然后对自己说， “不管怎么着，现在我再也没有办法啦。我到底 会变成什么样啊？” 艾丽丝总算走运，这只小魔瓶的力量现在 已经到头了，她不再变大了；可就是这样，也 还是很不舒服的，而且看来再也不可能离开这 个房间，这就难怪她心里发愁了。 可怜的艾丽丝想道：“还是在家里快活得 多，不会老是变大变小，也不会被耗子、兔子 差来差去。我简直巴不得自己没有钻进兔子洞， 不过一不过，你知道，这种生活也是怪稀奇 ⑦fairy tale童话 的哩！我真不知道我能遇到什么事情啦！以前 我经常读童话，老是以为那种事情决不会有， 可是现在，我不就在一个童话里面了么！应该 有一本书写到我的事儿，应该有的！等我长大 了，我来写一本一不过现在我已经长大了。” ·051· Alice's Adventures in Wonderland now,"she added in a sorrowful tone:"at least there's no room to grow up any more here..” “But then,”thought Alice,“shall I never get any older than I am now?That'll be a comfort,one way-never to be an old woman-but then-always to have lessons to learn!Oh,I shouldn't like that!" “Oh,you foolish Alice!”she answered herself..“How can you learn lessons in here?Why,there's hardly room for you,and no room at all for any lesson-books！”. And so she went on,taking first one side and then the other,and making quite a conversation of it altogether;but after a few minutes she heard a voice outside,and stopped to listen. “Mary Ann！Mary Ann!”said the voice.“Fetch me my gloves this moment!"Then came a little pattering of feet on the stairs.Alice knew it was the Rabbit coming to look for her,and she trembled till she shook the house,quite forgetting that she was now about a thousand times as large as the Rabbit,and had no reason to be afraid of it. Presently the Rabbit came up to the door,and tried to open it;but, as the door opened inwards,and Alice's elbow was pressed hard against it,that attempt proved3 a failure.Alice heard it say to itself, "Then I'll go round and get in at the window." "That you won't!"thought Alice,and,after waiting till she fancied she heard the Rabbit just under the window,she suddenly spread out her ·052· 艾丽丝爱游奇境记 她伤心地添了一句：“至少这儿再没有地方让我 长得更大了。” “可是这样的话，”艾丽丝想道，“我的年龄 再也不会长得比现在更大了吧？这倒挺不错， 永远不会当老太太，可是这样一来，又老得念 书！哼，这我可不喜欢。” “哦，你这个傻艾丽丝！”她自己回答自己 说，“你在这儿怎么能念书哪？嘿，连你自己都 几乎待不下，哪儿还有地方放课本呢！” 于是她继续一问一答，先算是这一方，然 后又算是另一方，倒是谈得怪热闹；可是过了 几分钟，她听到外面有说话的声音，就停下来 听着。 “玛丽·安！玛丽·安！”那个声音说，“马上 把我的手套拿来！”接着传来楼梯上细碎的脚步 声。艾丽丝知道，这是兔子来找她了，她吓得 浑身直哆嗦，连房子都颤动起来。她完全忘记 自己现在已经比兔子大一千来倍，没有理由怕 它。 那只兔子一会儿就到了门口，想推开门， 可是因为门是朝里开 的，而艾丽丝的胳臂 肘又紧紧顶住了门， 所以没法推开。艾丽 D inwards/inw3dz/ad.向内地 ②attempt/a'tempt/n.企图，试 丝听到兔子自言自语 图 3 prove /pru:v/以.显示出是，被 地说，“那我就绕过 发现是 来，从窗子里进去。” “这你可办不到！” 艾丽丝想道，她等了 一阵子，等到她觉得 ·053· Alice's Adventures in Wonderland hand,and made a snatch in the air.She did not get hold of anything, but she heard a little shriek and a fall,and a crash of broken glass, from which she concluded that it was just possible it had fallen into a cucumber3-frame,or something of the sort. Next came an angry voice-the Rabbit's-"Pat!Pat!Where are you?"And then a voice she had never heard before,"Sure then I'm here! Digging for apples,yer honour!" “Digging for apples,indeed!”said the Rabbit angrily..”Here！ Come and help me out of this!(Sounds of more broken glass. "Now tell me,Pat,what's that in the window?" “Sure,it's an arm,yer honour!”(He pronounceds it“arrum.”) "An arm,you goose!Who ever saw one that size?Why,it fills the whole window!” "Sure,it does,yet honour:but it's an arm for all that." "Well,it's got no business there,at any rate:go and take it away！” There was a long silence after this,and Alice could only hear whispers now and then;such as"Sure,I don't like it,yer honour,at all, atal！”“Do as I tell you,you coward！”and at last she spread out her hand again,and made another snatch in the air.This time there were two little shrieks,and more sounds of broken glass."What a number of ·054· 艾丽丝爱游奇境记 ①snatch/snet∫/n.抓，抢 她听见那只兔子正好走到了窗口下面，就突然 2 crash/kraef/n.碰撞声 张开手，向空中抓了一把。她什么都没有抓到， 可是听到一声细细的尖叫，还有什么东西掉下 3 cucumber /'kju:kAmba/n. 去的声音和玻璃哗啦破碎的声音，因此她断定， 瓜 那兔子很可能正好掉在黄瓜温室或这一类东西 上了。 接着，传来了愤怒的说话声一就是那只 兔子的声音一“帕特！帕特！你在哪儿？”这 ④honour/3n3/n.尊重，数重 时，艾丽丝听到一个先前没有听到过的声音： “我不就在这儿么！在挖苹果，老爷！” “还挖苹果呢，真是！”兔子气恼地说，“到 这儿来！帮我从这儿出来！”（又是一阵玻璃破 碎声。) “现在告诉我，帕特，窗子里究竟是什么东 西？” 5 pronounce /pra'nauns/v. “这准是一条胳巴，老爷！”（它把“胳臂” 音 说成了“胳巴”。) 0 goose/gu:s/n鹅：傻瓜，笨蛋 “一条胳臂，你这傻瓜！谁见过那么大的一 条胳臂？你瞧，它把整个窗口都塞满啦！” “真的塞满啦，老爷；可这总归是一条胳 business'biznis/.事情 巴。” “好吧，不管怎么着，它没有理由待在那 儿；去，把它弄走！” 这以后，好半响没有动静，艾丽丝只是不 8 coward /kau:3d/L.儒夫 时听到几句低声讲的话，说什么“是呀，老爷， 我也不喜欢它，一点儿不，一点儿不！”“叫你 怎么干就怎么干，你这个胆小鬼！”末了，她又 张开手，向空中抓了一把。这一次她听到两声 细小的尖叫，更多的玻璃破碎声。“这儿的黄瓜 温室可真多呀！”艾丽丝想道，“不知道它们下 ·055·