7.A Mad Tea-Party疯茶会-双语名著无障碍阅读丛书——《爱丽丝漫游奇境记Alice's Adventures in Wonderland》

7 A Mad Tea-Party There was a table set out under a tree in front of the house,and the March Hare and the Hatter were having tea at it:a Dormouse was sitting between them,fast asleep,and the other two were using it as a cushion③，resting their elbows on it,and talking over its head..“Very uncomfortable for the Dormouse,"thought Alice;"only as it's asleep,I suppose it doesn't mind." The table was a large one,but the three were all crowded together at one corner of it.“No room！No room！”they cried out when they saw Alice coming."There's plenty of room!said Alice indignantly,and she sat down in a large arm-chair at one end of the table. "Have some wine,"the March Hare said in an encouraging tone. Alice looked all round the table,but there was nothing on it but tea. “Idon't see any wine,”she remarked.. “There isn'tany,”said the March Hare.. “Then it wasn't very civil of you to offer④it,”said Alice angrily. "It wasn't very civil of you to sit down without being invited,"said the March Hare. “I didn't know it was your table,”said Alice:“it's laid③for a great ·104· 7 疯茶会 屋前的一棵树下，放着一张桌子，三月兔 ①hare/hea/m.野兔 和帽匠正坐在桌子旁边喝茶。他们之间坐着一 ②dormouse/'db:maus/n睡鼠 只睡鼠，睡得很熟，他们两个就把它当作靠垫， 把胳臂肘儿支在它身上，在它的头顶上交谈着。 ③cushion /'kufan/n.垫子 “那只睡鼠一定很不舒服，”艾丽丝想，“不过它 睡着了，我想它倒也不在乎。” 桌子大得很，可是他们三个却挤在桌子的 一角。“没有地方！没有地方！”他们一看到艾 丽丝走过去就喊道。“地方多得很！”艾丽丝气 愤地说，就在桌子一头的一把大扶手椅上坐下。 “喝点儿酒吧。”三月兔用鼓励的口气说道。 艾丽丝把桌上的东西看了一遍，但是除茶以 外，没有别的东西。“我没看到什么酒。”她说。 “是没有什么酒。”三月兔说。 “那你请人喝酒，就不太有礼貌。”艾丽丝 ④offer /ofa/比.主动提供 生气地说。 “没请你，你就坐下，也不太有礼貌。”三 lay /lei/摆放 月兔说。 laid /leid/lay的过去式/过 去分词 “我不知道这是你的桌子。”艾丽丝说道， ·105· Alice's Adventures in Wonderland many more than three.” "Your hair wants cutting,"said the Hatter.He had been looking at Alice for some time with great curiosity,and this was his first speech “You should learn not to make personal③remarks,”Alice said with some severity:“It's very rude..” The Hatter opened his eyes very wide on hearing this;but all he said was“Why is a raven⑤like a writing-desk?” “Come,we shall have some fun now！”thought Alice.“T'm glad they've begun asking riddles-I believe I can guess that,"she added aloud. "Do you mean that you think you can find out the answer to it?" said the March Hare. “Exactly so,”said Alice. "Then you should say what you mean,"the March Hare went on. “Tdo,”Alice hastily replied;“at least一at least I mean what I say that's the same thing,you know." “Not the same thing a bit!”said the Hatter.“Why,you might just as well say that 'I see what I eat'is the same thing as 'I eat what I see'！” “You might just as well say,”added the March Hare,“that‘I like what I get'is the same thing as 'I get what I like'!" "You might just as well say,"added the Dormouse,which seemed to be talking in its sleep,"that 'I breathe when I sleep'is the same thing as‘I sleep when I breathe'!” "It is the same thing with you,"said the Hatter,and here the conversation dropped,and the party sat silent for a minute,while Alice thought over all she could remember about ravens and writing- desks,which wasn't much. The Hatter was the first to break the silence."What day of the ·106· 艾丽丝爱游奇境记 “摆着这么多茶具，比三份要多得多。” ①want/wont/g.缺乏 “你的头发该剪啦。”帽匠说道。他刚才非 ②speech/spi:tf/n.言谈，言语 ③personal/pa:snl/a.人身攻 常好奇地看了艾丽丝好一会儿，这是他的第一 击的，无礼的 句话。 ④on(表示时间)在…之时 “你应该懂得，不该说攻击别人的话。”艾 丽丝有点严厉地说，“这是很不礼貌的。” raven'reivan/n.大乌鸦 帽匠听到这句话，把眼睛睁得大大的，可 是他只说了一句：“为什么乌鸦像书桌？” ④riddle/ridl/n.谜，谜语 “好啦，现在我们可以好好玩玩啦！”艾丽 丝想道。“我真高兴，他们现在出谜语给我猜 啦一我想这个我会猜。”她接着大声说道。 “你是说，你觉得你能找到这个谜语的答 案？”三月兔说。 “一点儿不错。”艾丽丝说。 “那么你就应该怎么想就怎么说，”三月兔 接着说道。 “我是这样做的呀，”艾丽丝赶紧回答道， “起码—起码我说的就是我想的—这是一回 事，你知道。” “压根儿不是一回事！”帽匠说，“那样的 话，你倒蛮可以说‘我吃的我都看见’和‘我 看见的我都吃’，是一回事！” “你也蛮可以说，”三月兔加上一句，“‘我 得到的我都喜欢’和‘我喜欢的我都得到’是 一回事！” “你也蛮可以说，”睡鼠像在说梦话似的补 ①drop/drp/k(话题、习惯 充道，“‘我睡觉的时候总在呼吸’和‘我呼吸 等)丢开，丢弃 的时候总在睡觉’是一回事！” “对你来说是一回事。”帽匠说。说到这里， 谈话停止了，大家默默地坐了一会儿，艾丽丝 把她记得起的关于乌鸦和书桌的事情想了一遍， ·107· Alice's Adventures in Wonderland month is it?"he said,turning to Alice:he had taken his watch out of his pocket,and was looking at it uneasily,shaking it every now and then,and holding it to his ear. Alice considered a little,and then said,"The fourth." “Two days wrong！”sighed②the Hatter.“"I told you butter wouldn't suit the works!"he added,looking angrily at the March Hare. “It was the best butter,”the March Hare meekly④replied. “Yes,but some crumbs⑤must have got in as well,”the Hatter grumbled "you shouldn't have put it in with the bread-knife. The March Hare took the watch and looked at it gloomily:then he dipped it into his cup of tea,and looked at it again:but he could think of nothing better to say than his first remark,"It was the best butter, you know.” Alice had been looking over his shoulder with some curiosity."What a funny watch！”she remarked.“It tells the day of the month,and doesn't tell what o'clock it is！” “Why should it??”muttered the Hatter..“Does your watch tell you what year it is?” “Of course not,”Alice replied very readily⑨：“but that's because it stays the same year for such a long time together." "Which is just the case with mine,"said the Hatter. Alice felt dreadfully puzzled.The Hatter's remark seemed to her to have no sort of meaning in it,and yet it was certainly English."I don't quite understand you,"she said,as politely as she could. "The Dormouse is asleep again,"said the Hatter,and he poured a little hot tea upon its nose. The Dormouse shook its head impatiently,and said,without opening its eyes,"Of course,of course:just what I was going to remark myself..” ·108· 艾丽丝爱游奇境记 也想不起多少来。 ①uncasily/An'i:zili/ad不安地 先开口的是帽匠。“今天是几号？”他转身 问艾丽丝；他从口袋里拿出一只表，不安地看 着它，不时摇两下，再把它放到耳朵边。 ②sigh/sai/v.叹息 艾丽丝想了想说：“四号。” ③works n.机件 “错了两天！”帽匠叹口气说，“我告诉过 ④meekly'mi:kli/ad..卑恭屈 节地，温顺地 你，钟表机器不宜加黄油！”他添了一句，气愤 ⑤crumb/krAm/n.面包屑 ⑥grumble /grAmbl/钟吟， 地望着三月兔。 喃喃地说出 “这是最好的黄油。”三月兔温顺地答道。 ②bread-knife /bred naif/n.t切 面包刀 “不错，可是一定把面包屑也弄进去了，” ⑧gloomily /glu:mi/ad沮丧 帽匠抱怨道，“你不该用面包刀给表上油。” 地 三月兔拿过表来，发愁地看看它，接着把 它放在茶杯里浸浸，又看看它；可是三月免除 了刚才那句话，想不出更好的话来说：“这是最 好的黄油，你知道。” 艾丽丝刚才好奇地从三月兔的肩膀上瞄了 一眼。“这只表真滑稽！”她说，“它只告诉你 几号，却不告诉你几点钟！” ⑨readily /redili/ad不迟疑地， “为什么要告诉你几点钟？”帽匠嘟哝着说， 迅速地 “你的表告诉你哪一年吗？” “当然不，”艾丽丝立即回答道，“可这是因 为一年的时间是那么长呀。” dreadfully /'dredfali/ad. “我的表也正是这样。”帽匠说。 为 艾丽丝觉得非常不明白。她觉得帽匠的这 句话似乎没有什么意思，可又确实是英国话。 “我不太明白你的意思。”她尽量有礼貌地说。 “睡鼠又睡着了。”帽匠说，他把一点热茶 倒在它的鼻子上。 睡鼠不耐烦地摇摇头，也没有睁开眼睛， 就说：“当然，当然，我自已也正要这么说。” ·109· Alice's Adventures in Wonderland "Have you guessed the riddle yet?"the Hatter said,turning to Alice again. “No,I give it up",”Alice replied..“What's the answer??" "I haven't the slightest idea,"said the Hatter. “NorI,”said the March Hare. Alice sighed wearily 3."I think you might do something better with the time,"she said,"than wasting it in asking riddles that have no answers.” “If you knew Time as well as I do,”said the Hatter,“you wouldn't talk about wasting it.It's him." “Idon't know what you mean,”said Alice. "Of course you don't!"the Hatter said,tossing his head contemptuously."I dare say you never even spoke to Time!" “Perhaps not,”Alice cautiously⑤replied;“but I know I have to beat time when I learn music." “Ah！That accounts for it,”said the Hatter.“He won't stand⑦ beating.Now,if you only kept on good terms with him,he'd do almost anything you liked with the clock.For instance,suppose it were nine o'clock in the morning,just time to begin lessons:you'd only have to whisper a hint to Time,and round goes the clock in a twinkling! Half-past one,time for dinner!" ("I only wish it was,"the March Hare said to itself in a whisper.) “That would be grand,certainly,”said Alice thoughtfully;“but then -I shouldn't be hungry for it,you know." “Not at first,,perhaps,”said the Hatter:“but you could keep it to half-past one as long as you liked." “Is that the way you manage？”Alice asked.. The Hatter shook his head mournfully".“NotI!”he replied.“We quarreled last March一just before he went mad,you know一” ·110· 艾丽丝爱游奇境记 “那个谜语你猜出了没有？”帽匠又转身对 艾丽丝说。 ①give up放弃 “没有，我不猜啦。”艾丽丝回答道，“答案 ②slight/slait/a.轻微的，微小的 是什么？” “我一点儿也不知道。”帽匠说。 ③wearily /wiarili/ad.疲卷地， “我也不知道。”三月兔说。 厌烦地 艾丽丝疲倦地叹口气说，“出这种没有答案 的谜语，是浪费时间，我想你们还不如用它来 做些更有意思的事情。” “你要是像我一样熟悉时间，”帽匠说，“你 就不会说浪费它。应该说他。” “我不懂你说的是什么意思。”艾丽丝说。 “你当然不懂！”帽匠轻蔑地摇摇头，“我敢 ④dare /dea/v.敢 说，你甚至从来没有和时间谈过话！” ⑤cautiously /ko:fasli/ad慎重 “也许没有，”艾丽丝谨慎地回答道，“可是 地 我知道，我学音乐的时候得按着时间打拍子。” “啊，这就怪不得了，”帽匠说，“时间他受 account for说明（原因等） ⑦stand/stand/.忍受 不了人家的拍打嘛。嗯，只要你和他处得好， ⑧keep on good terms with同 随便你要几点钟，他差不多都能替你办到。比 …保持友好关系 ⑨hint/hint/n.暗示，提示 如说，假定是上午九点钟，正是开始上课的时 twinkling /twinklir/n眨眼： 候，你只要梢悄向时间暗示一下，一眨眼时针 瞬间 就转了过去！一点半，到了吃午饭的时候！” (“我巴不得这样。”三月兔悄悄地对自己 说。) “那当然好极了，”艾丽丝沉思地说，“可是 那样的话一我还不饿，还不想吃饭啊，你 知道。” “或许一开头不饿，”帽匠说，“可是你可以 mournfully /'mo:nfoli/ad. 让它老是一点半，爱多久就多久。” 哀地 “你就是这样办的吗？”艾丽丝问道。 B quarrel /kworal/吵架，争 论 帽匠悲哀地摇摇头。“我没有，”他回答道， “今年三月我跟时间闹翻了一刚好在他发疯之 ·111· Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (pointing with his teaspoon at the March Hare,）“一it was at the great concert given by the Queen of Hearts,and I had to sing ‘Twinkle,twinkle,little bat！ How I wonder what you're at!' You know the song,perhaps?" “T've heard something like it,”said Alice. “It goes on,.you know,”the Hatter continued④，“in this way: 'Up above the worm you fly, Like a tea-tray in the sky. Twinkle,twinkle-'” Here the Dormouse shook itself,and began singing in its sleep "Twinkle,twinkle, twinkle,twinkle-"and went on so long that they had to pinch it to make it stop. "Well,I'd hardly finished the first verse,”said the Hatter,“when the Queen bawled out‘He's murdering the time！Off with his head！'” “How dreadfully savage！”exclaimed Alice.. “And ever since that,.”the Hatter went on in a mournful tone,“he won't do a thing I ask!It's always six o'clock now." A bright idea came into Alice's head."Is that the reason so many tea-things are put out here?"she asked. “Yes,that'sit,”said the Hatter with a sigh:“it's always teatime, and we've no time to wash the things between whiles" "Then you keep moving round,I suppose?"said Alice. ·112· 艾丽丝爱游奇境记 ①teaspoon/'ti:spu:n/n.茶匙 前，你知道—”（他用茶匙指指三月兔）》 ②concert/konsat/n.音乐会 ③give v.举办 “—那正是在红心王后召开盛大音乐会的时 候，我不得不在会上唱一支歌： ‘一闪，一闪，小蝙蝠！ 不知你向哪里扑！” 你也许知道这支歌吧？” ④continue /kan'tinju:/v.继 “我听到过和这差不多的歌。”艾丽丝说。 续，连续 “你知道，下面还有哩，是这样的一”帽 匠继续唱道： ‘高高飞翔离地面， 像个茶盘在天边。 一闪，一闪一’” 这时候睡鼠抖动身体，在睡梦中唱了起来， “一闪，一闪，一闪，一闪—”，它老是那么 唱个不停，他们只得拧它一把，让它停下。 ③pinch /pintf/v.掐 “好，我第一节刚刚唱完，”帽匠说，“王后 @bawl/ba:g.大叫 ⑦murder/ma:dh/,谋杀 就大叫起来，‘他在糟蹋时间！砍掉他的头！’” ⑧savage'savid/a.野性的： “真野蛮得可怕！”艾丽丝嚷道。 凶猛的：粗鲁的；荒野的 ⑨exclaim /iks'kleim/v.大叫， “从此以后，”帽匠用伤心的声调接着说， 呼喊 “我要求办的事情，时间就一件也不肯答应！现 在一直是六点钟。” 艾丽丝忽然灵机一动，问道：“这里放了那 么多茶具，就是因为这个缘故吧？” “对，就是因为这个缘故呀，”帽匠叹口气 说，“一直是喝茶的时间，所以我们在两次喝茶 之间没有功夫洗茶具。” while(h)wain(一段】 “我想，所以你们就顺着座位一个个往前挪 时间 吧？”艾丽丝说。 ·113·