9.The Mock Turtle’s Story假海龟的故事-双语名著无障碍阅读丛书——《爱丽丝漫游奇境记Alice's Adventures in Wonderland》

9 The Mock Turtle's Story "You can't think how glad I am to see you again,you dear old thing！”said the Duchess,as she tucked her arm affectionately②into Alice's,and they walked off together. Alice was very glad to find her in such a pleasant temper,and thought to herself that perhaps it was only the pepper that had made her so savage when they met in the kitchen. "When I'm a Duchess,"she said to herself (not in a very hopeful tone,though),"I won't have any pepper in my kitchen at all.Soup does very well without-Maybe it's always pepper that makes people hot-tempered④，”she went on,very much pleased at having found out a new kind of rule,“and vinegar③ that makes them sour-and camomile that makes them bitter-and-and barley-sugar and such things that make children sweet-tempered.I only wish people knew that:then they wouldn't be ·140· 9 ①mock/m3k/a.假的，伪造的 假海龟的故事 “你一定想不到，我再见到你是多么高兴， 2 affectionately /a'fek [natli/ ad热情地 我亲爱的老朋友。”公爵夫人说，一面亲热地 把胳臂伸到艾丽丝的胳臂弯里，挽着她一道 ③temper /tempal/n.心情，情 走。 绪 艾丽丝看到她的心情那么愉快，非常高兴， 心想，她们在厨房里会面的时候，也许只是因 为胡椒的缘故，她才那么粗暴。 “要是我做了公爵夫人，”她自言自语地说 (虽然带着不抱太大希望的口气)，“我的厨房里 根本不要胡椒。没有胡椒，汤也很好喝。也许 ④hot-tempered a.易怒的，暴 就是因为胡椒的缘故，人们的脾气才那么暴 躁的 躁。”她很高兴自己发现了一个新道理，于是继 ⑤vinegar /viniga/n.醋 ⑥camomile /kaemamail/n.甘 续自言自语地说，“醋使人变得酸溜溜的—甘 菊 菊使人变得严厉—还有—还有麦芽糖之类 的东西使小孩的脾气变得甜甜的。我真希望大 ⑦barley-sugar麦芽糖 人懂得这一点，那他们在给糖时就不会那么小 气了，是不是—” ·141· Alice's Adventures in Wonderland so stingy about it,you know-" She had quite forgotten the Duchess by this time,and was a little startled when she heard her voice close to her ear."You're thinking about something,my dear,and that makes you forget to talk.I can't tell you just now what the moral of that is,but I shall remember it in a bit” "Perhaps it hasn't one,"Alice ventured to remark. “Tut③，tut,child！”said the Duchess.“Everything's got a moral,if only you can find it."And she squeezed herself up closer to Alice's side as she spoke. Alice did not much like her keeping so close to her:first because the Duchess was very ugly;and secondly,because she was exactly the right height to rest her chin on Alice's shoulder,and it was an uncomfortably sharp chin.However,she did not like to be rude:so she bore it as well as she could. “The game's going on rather better now,”she said,by way of⑤ keeping up the conversation a little. “Tis so,”said the Duchess:“and the moral of that is‘Oh,'tis love,'tis love,that makes the world go round!'" “Somebody said,”Alice whispered,“that it's done by everybody minding their own business!" "Ah well!It means much the same thing,"said the Duchess, digging her sharp little chin into Alice's shoulder as she added "and the moral of that is -'Take care of the sense,and the sounds will take care of themselves.'” “How fond she is of finding morals in things！”Alice thought to herself. "I dare say you're wondering why I don't put my arm round your waist,"the Duchess said,after a pause:"the reason is,that I'm ·142· 艾丽丝漫游奇境记 ①stingy /'stind3ia.吝啬的， 她想着想着，把公爵夫人完全忘记了，听 小气的 到公爵夫人在耳边说话，倒吃了一惊。“你在想 心事哩，我亲爱的，所以连话都忘了说。我现 在还不能告诉你，由此可以得出什么教训，可 ②moral /'moral/n教育意义， 是待一会儿我就能想起来的。” 寓意 “也许这没有什么教训。”艾丽丝大着胆子 说。 “啧啧，什么话，孩子！”公爵夫人说，“每 ③utAt/i表示焦虑，责难 的发声 件事都有教训的，只要你能找到。”她说着，一 ④squceze/skwi:紧握，挤 边向艾丽丝身边挤得更紧一些。 艾丽丝不太喜欢她靠得那么紧：第一，因 为公爵夫人长得很丑；第二，因为她的高矮恰 好使她把下巴搁在艾丽丝的肩膀上，她的下巴 又是尖尖的，叫人不舒服。可是艾丽丝不愿意 对人不礼貌，所以她勉强忍着。 “现在槌球玩得好多了。”她说，只是为了 ③by way of意在，为了 找点话说。 “是啊，”公爵夫人说，“由此得出的教训 是一‘啊，是爱，是爱呵，爱才能推动世 界！'” “有人说过，”艾丽丝低声说道，“要是人人 留神自己的事，才能做到这一点！” “嘿！意思差不多是一样的，”公爵夫人说， 她把尖尖的小下巴往艾丽丝的肩膀里钻，一边 补充道，“由此得出的教训是一‘只要意思对， 声音自然正。” “她真喜欢从样样事情里得出教训！”艾丽 丝想道。 “我想你一定感到奇怪，为什么我没有用胳臂 搂着你的腰，”公爵夫人停了一会儿说，“因为我 不放心你的火烈鸟的脾气。我来试验一下好吗？” ·143· Alice's Adventures in Wonderland doubtful about the temper of your flamingo.Shall I try the experiment?" "He might bite,"Alice cautiously replied,not feeling at all anxious to have the experiment tried. “Very true,”said the Duchess:“flamingoes and mustard②both bite,. And the moral of that is一‘Birds of a feather③flock④together.'” “Only mustard isn't a bird,”Alice remarked.. “Right,as usual,”said the Duchess:“what a clear way you have of putting things！” “It's a mineral,I think,”said Alice. "Of course it is,"said the Duchess,who seemed ready to agree to everything that Alice said:"there's a large mustard-mine near here.And the moral of that is-'The more there is of mine,the less there is of yours.'” “Oh,I know！”exclaimed Alice,who had not attended to this last remark."It's a vegetable.It doesn't look like one,but it is." “I quite agree with you,”said the Duchess;“and the moral of that is-'Be what you would seem to be'-or,if you'd like it put more simply一‘Never imagine yourself not to be otherwise⑦than what it might appear to others that what you were or might have been was not otherwise than what you had been would have appeared to them to be otherwise.'" "I think I should understand that better,"Alice said very politely, "if I had it written down:but I can't quite follow it as you say it." "That's nothing to what I could say if I chose,"the Duchess replied,in a pleased tone. "Pray don't trouble yourself to say it any longer than that,"said Alice. “Oh,don't talk about trouble！”said the Duchess..“I make you a present of everything I've said as yet." ·144· 艾丽丝爱游奇境记 d experiment /iks'perimant/n. “它会咬人。”艾丽丝谨慎地答道，她一点不 实验，试验 急于做这个试验。 “非常正确，”公爵夫人说，“火烈鸟和芥末 ②mustard/mAstad/n.芥末 都会咬人。由此得出的教训是 物以类聚， ③feather/feoa/n羽毛 ①lock /flok/g.成群而行，聚 人以群分。’” 集 “不过芥末不是鸟儿。”艾丽丝说。 “你又说对了，”公爵夫人说，“你把事情说 得多清楚啊！” ⑤put /put/t表达，叙述 ⑥mineral/minaral/i.矿物 “它是一种矿物，我想。”艾丽丝说。 “当然是，”公爵夫人说，艾丽丝不管说什 么，她似乎都乐于同意，“这儿附近有个很大的 芥末矿。由此得出的教训是一‘我所得越多， 你所得越少。” “啊，我知道啦！”艾丽丝喊道，她没有注 意听最后一句话，“芥末是一种植物。它的样子 不像植物，其实是植物。” “我完全同意你的意见，”公爵夫人说，“由 ⑦otherwise /Aoawaiz/adv,不 同地 此得出的教训是一‘别人觉得你是怎么个人， 你就是怎么个人。’一或者，如果你喜欢说得 简单些，就是：‘不要想象你自己不是别人心 目中认为你是的那种人，你过去是怎么个人或 者可能是怎么个人也并非不是更早以前他们认 为你不是的那种人。’” “我想，要是我把这话写下来，我会更明白 些，”艾丽丝非常客气地说，“可是你说得那么 长，我就完全听不懂了。” “这算不了什么，要是我高兴，可以说得更 长，”公爵夫人得意地回答道。 “请不要费心说得更长了。”艾丽丝说。 “噢，别说什么费心不费心啦！”公爵夫人 ·145· Alice's Adventures in Wonderland “A cheap sort of present!”thought Alice.“T'm glad people don't give birthday-presents like that!"But she did not venture to say it out loud. "Thinking again?"the Duchess asked,with another dig of her sharp little chin "I've a right to think,"said Alice sharply,for she was beginning to feel a little worried. “Just about as much right,”said the Duchess,,“as pigs have to fly; and the m-” But here,to Alice's great surprise,the Duchess's voice died away, even in the middle of her favourite word 'moral,and the arm that was linked into hers began to tremble.Alice looked up,and there stood the Queen in front of them,with her arms folded,frowning like a thunder- storm. “A fine day,your Majesty！”the Duchess began in a low,weak voice. “Now,I give you fair warning③，”shouted the Queen,stamping on the ground as she spoke;"either you or your head must be off,and that in about half no time！Take your choice！” The Duchess took her choice,and was gone in a moment. "Let's go on with the game,"the Queen said to Alice;and Alice was too much frightened to say a word,but slowly followed her back to the croquet-ground. The other guests had taken advantage of④the Queen's absence⑤， and were resting in the shade:however,the moment they saw her, they hurried back to the game,the Queen merely remarking that a moment's delay would cost them their lives. All the time they were playing the Queen never left off quarreling with the other players and shouting“Off with his head!”or“Off with ·146· 艾丽丝漫游奇境记 说，“我说过的每句话都可以当作礼物送给你。” “多便宜的礼物！”艾丽丝想道，“幸亏人家 没有送这样的生日礼物！”可是她不敢把这话大 声说出来。 “又在想心事啦？”公爵夫人问道，她那尖 ①right/rait/n.权利 尖的小下巴颏儿又戳了她一下。 “我有权利想，”艾丽丝严厉地说，因为她开 始感到有点烦了。 “就像猪有权利飞一样，”公爵夫人说，“由 ②die away(尤指声音、光、 此得出的教—” 风)逐渐消失，停止 这时候，艾丽丝大为惊奇的是，公爵夫人 甚至在她最心爱的“教训”一词说到一半的时 候就停住了，挽着艾丽丝手臂的那只胳臂抖了 起来。艾丽丝拾头一看，王后就站在她们前面， 两手交叉，眉头紧皱，阴沉得像一场暴风雨。 “天气真好，陛下！”公爵夫人用又低又弱 ③warning /w3nio/n.警告 的声音说。 “听着，我认真警告你，”王后跺着脚喊道， “不是你本人离开，就是你的脑袋离开，立即实 行！随你自己挑！” 公爵夫人挑了一样，当下就离开了。 “我们继续玩吧。”王后对艾丽丝说。艾丽 丝吓得一句话也说不出来，只是慢慢地跟着她 ④take advantage of利用 回到槌球场。 ⑤absence /abs3ns/n缺席 ⑥shade小eidn.荫凉处 别的客人乘着王后没在场，都在树荫底下 ⑦delay/di'lei/n.耽搁，迟滞 休息，可是他们一见到她，就赶紧回去玩球， 王后只对他们说，再耽误一会儿就要他们的命。 玩球的时候，王后总是和别的玩球的人吵 架，大叫着“砍掉他的头！”或者“砍掉她的 ·147· Alice's Adventures in Wonderland her head!"Those whom she sentenced were taken into custody by the soldiers,who of course had to leave off being arches to do this,so that, by the end of half an hour or so,there were no arches left,and all the players,except tile King,the Queen,and Alice,were in custody and under sentence of execution. Then the Queen left off,quite out of breath,and said to Alice “Have you seen the Mock Turtle yet?” “No,”said Alice..“Tdon't even know what a Mock Turtle is.” "It's the thing Mock Turtle Soup is made from,"said the Queen. “I never saw one,or heard of one,.”said Alice.. “Come on,then,”said the Queen,“and he shall tell you his history.” As they walked off together,Alice heard the King say in a low voice,to the company②，generally,“Yon are all pardoned③.”“Come, that's a good thing!"she said to herself,for she had felt quite unhappy at the number of executions the Queen had ordered. They very soon came upon a Gryphon,lying fast asleep in the sun. (If you don't know what a Gryphon is,look at the picture.)"Up,lazy thing！”said the Queen,”and take this young lady to see the Mock Turtle,and to hear his history.I must go back and see after some executions I have ordered;"and she walked off,leaving Alice alone with the Gryphon.Alice did not quite like the look of the creature,but on the whole she thought it would be quite as safe to stay with it as to go after that savage Queen:so she waited. The Gryphon sat up and rubbed its eyes:then it watched the Queen ·148· 艾丽丝漫游奇境记 ①custody /kAstadi/n.拘留， 头！”被她判了死刑的人就由士兵们看押起来， 监禁 士兵只得不当拱门而去看人，所以大约过了半 小时，球场上连一个拱门都没有了，所有玩球 的人，除了国王、王后和艾丽丝以外，都被看 押起来，定了死罪。 这时候，王后也不玩了，气喘喘地对艾丽 丝说：“你见过假海龟没有？” “没有，”艾丽丝说，“我甚至不知道什么是 假海龟。” “就是做假海龟汤的那个东西。”王后说。 “我从没有见过，也没有听说过。”艾丽丝 说。 “那么跟我来吧，”王后说，“它会给你讲它 ②company /kAmpani/n.一群 的历史。” 人 她们一起走出去的时候，艾丽丝听到国王 ③pardon /'pa:dn/宽恕，原 谅 低声向大伙儿说：“你们的罪都赦免了。”“行， 这倒是件好事！”她想，她本来觉得很不高兴， 因为王后吩咐处死的人太多了。 他们很快就遇到了一头鹰首狮身怪，正躺 着晒太阳，睡得很熟。（要是你不知道鹰首狮身 怪是什么，请看图画便知。)“起来，懒东西！” 王后说，“把这位小姐带去看假海龟，听它讲 它的历史。我得回去监视执行我吩附过的一些 死刑。”接着她就走了，让艾丽丝独自和鹰首 狮身怪在一起。艾丽丝不大喜欢这种生物的样 子，不过总的来说，她觉得和它在一起，同跟 随那个野蛮的王后差不多一样安全，所以她就 等着。 鹰首狮身怪坐了起来，揉揉眼睛，然后望 着王后，直到她走得看不见了；接着它格格地 ·149·