12.Alice's Evidence艾丽丝的证词-双语名著无障碍阅读丛书——《爱丽丝漫游奇境记Alice's Adventures in Wonderland》

12 Alice's Evidence "Here!"cried Alice,quite forgetting in the flurry of the moment how large she had grown in the last few minutes,and she jumped up in such a hurry that she tipped over2 the jury-box with the edge of her skirt,upsetting all the jurymen on to the heads of the crowd below, and there they lay sprawling about,reminding her very much of a globe of gold-fish she had accidentally upset the week before. "Oh,I beg your pardon!"she exclaimed in a tone of great dismay, and began picking them up again as quickly as she could,for the accident of the gold-fish kept running in her head,and she had a vague sort of idea that they must be collected at once and put back into the jury-box,or they would die. “The trial cannot proceed,”said the King,in a very grave voice,"until all the jurymen are back in their proper places- all,"he repeated with great emphasis looking hard at Alice as he said so. Alice looked at the jury-box,and saw that,in her haste,she had put the Lizard in ·190· 12 艾丽丝的证词 ①flurry /'flAri/.慌张 “有！”艾丽丝喊道，在匆忙中，她完全忘 记了自己在最近几分钟里已经长得多大了，而 且她那么心急地跳起身来，她的裙边竟刮倒了 ②tip over翻倒 3 upset/Ap'sct/额覆 陪审席，把陪审员全都刮到下面听众头上去了。 ④sprawl/spro:g躺卧 globe /gloub/n球状玻璃器 它们伸开四肢到处躺着，使她想起上星期她偶 m 然打翻金鱼缸的情景。 6 dismay/dis'mei/n惊愕 “哎呀，请你们原谅！”她非常惊慌地叫道， 一面尽快把它们检起来，因为那缸金鱼的事还 在她脑子里转，她模模糊糊地觉得，必须马上 7 vague /veig/a.模糊的，不 明确的 把它们检起来，放回陪审席上，要不然，它们 会死的。 “在全体陪审官一全体—回到原位之 前，审判无法进行。”国王说，口气很严厉。他 把“全体”这个词特别强调地又说了一遍，说 8 emphasis /emfasis/n强调， 时，眼睛紧紧盯着艾丽丝。 重点 艾丽丝看看陪审席，发现自己在慌忙中竟 把壁虎头朝下放倒了；那可怜的小东西由于感 到身子动弹不了，正悲惨地摇动着尾巴。她马 上又把它捡起来，再把它放正。“倒不是因为这 ·191· Alice's Adventures in Wonderland head downwards,and the poor little thing was waving its tail about in a melancholy way,being quite unable to move.She soon got it out again, and put it right;“not that it signifies much,”she said to herself;“T should think it would be quite as much use in the trial one way up as the other.” As soon as the jury had a little recovered from the shock of being upset,and their slates and pencils had been found and handed back to them,they set to work very diligently to write out a history of the accident,all except the Lizard,who seemed too much overcome2 to do anything but sit with its mouth open,gazing up into the roof of the court. "What do you know about this business?"the King said to Alice. “Nothing,”said Alice. “Nothing whatever?”persisted the King. “Nothing whatever,”said Alice.. "That's very important,"the King said,turning to the jury.They were just beginning to write this down on their slates,when the White Rabbit interrupted:"Unimportant,your Majesty means,of course,"he said,in a very respectful tone,but frowning and making faces at him as he spoke. "Unimportant,of course,I meant,"the King hastily said,and went on to himself in an undertone,"important-unimportant-unimportant -important-"as if he were trying which word sounded best. Some of the jury wrote it down "important,"and some "unimportant."Alice could see this,as she was near enough to look over their slates;"but it doesn't matter it bit,"she thought to herself. At this moment the King,who had been for some time busily writing in his note-book,called out“Silence！”and read out from his ·192· 艾丽丝爱游奇境记 有多大关系，”她自言自语道，“我想不管它哪 头朝上，它在这次审判中的用处反正都差不 多。” 陪审官们从跌倒在地的惊慌中稍微恢复过 来，它们的石板和石笔也找到了，又还给了它 们，它们立刻非常起劲地把这一事件的经过记 录下来；唯独那只壁虎例外，它似乎受惊太厉 ①diligently'dilid3 antli/ad.勤 害了，什么事都做不了，只是张大嘴巴坐着， 奋地 眼晴瞪着法庭的房顶。 ②overcome /auv3'kAm/a.被 (惊慌、恐惧等)压倒的、充满 “关于这个案件你知道什么情况？”国王对 的 艾丽丝说。 “什么都不知道。”艾丽丝说。 “什么都不知道吗？”国王追问道。 “什么都不知道。”艾丽丝说。 “这点很重要，”国王转身对陪审团说。它 们正要把这句话写在石板上，这时候白兔子插 嘴说：“陛下的意思当然是：不重要。”它用很 尊敬的口气说，可是说话的时候，却皱着眉头， 朝国王做了个鬼脸。 “不重要，我当然是这个意思，”国王急忙 说，随后又轻轻地自言自语道，“重要一不重 要一不重要—重要一”仿佛他在试试， 到底哪个说法听起来更好。 有几个陪审官写了“重要”，有几个写了 “不重要”。艾丽丝看得见，因为她站得够近 的，能看到它们的石板。“不过这毫无关系。 她想道。 有一阵子，国王忙着在笔记本上写字，这 时他喊了一声“安静”，然后照着他的本子宣 读：“法令第四十二条。凡身高超过一英里的都 ·193· Alice's Adventures in Wonderland book "Rule Forty-two.All persons more than a mile high to leave the Cout” Everybody looked at Alice, “I'm not a mile high,”said Alice. “You are,.”said the King “Nearly two miles high,”added the Queen. “Well,I shan'tgo,at any rate,”said Alice:“besides,.that's not a regular rule:you invented it just now." "It's the oldest rule in the book,"said the King. “Then it ought to be Number One,”said Alice.. The King turned pale,and shut his note-book hastily."Consider your verdict,"he said to the jury,in a low trembling voice. "There's more evidence to come yet,please your Majesty,"said the White Rabbit,jumping up in a great hurry:"this paper has just been picked up." “What's in it?”said the Queen. “I haven't opened it yet,”said the White Rabbit;“but it seems to be a letter,written by the prisoner to-to somebody." “It must have been that,.”said the King,“unless it was written to nobody,which isn't usual,you know." "Who is it directed to?"said one of the jurymen. “It isn't directed at all,.”said the White Rabbit:“in fact,there's nothing written on the outside."He unfolded the paper as he spoke,and added "It isn't a letter,alter all:it's a set of3 verses." “Are they in the prisoncr's handwriting④？”asked another of the jurymen. “No,they're not,.”said the White Rabbit,“and that's the queerest thing about it."(The jury all looked puzzled.) "He must have imitated5 somebody else's hand,"said the King. ·194· 艾丽丝爱游奇境记 应退出法庭。” 大家都看着艾丽丝。 “我没有一英里高。”艾丽丝说， “你有。”国王说。 “差不多有两英里高。”王后添了一句。 “好吧，我反正不走。”艾丽丝说，“况且这 不是一条正式的法令，是你刚才编出来的。” “它是这个本子里最老的一条法令。”国王说。 “那就应该是第一条。”艾丽丝说 国王脸色发白，急忙合上他的笔记本。 “考虑你们的裁决吧。”他声音发抖，轻轻地对 陪审团说。 “陛下原谅，还有别的证据要提出来呢，” 白兔子十分慌忙地跳起身说，“这张纸是刚拣到 的。” “上面写着什么？”王后说。 “我还没有打开呢，”白兔子说，“不过看来 是一封信，是这个罪犯写给一给什么人的。” ①prisoner/'priznal n.因犯 “一定是写给什么人的，”国王说，“除非它 不是写给什么人的，那种情况是很少见的，你 知道。” ②direct to把…寄给（某人） “这信是寄给谁的？”有一个陪审员问。 “根本没有写明是寄给谁的，”白兔子说， “其实，外面什么也没写。”它说着打开那张纸， 又补充道，“这根本不是一封信，是几首诗。” 3 a set of一组，一套 handwriting /haendraitin/n. “是罪犯的笔迹吗？”另一个陪审员问 笔迹 “不，不是他的笔迹，”白兔子说，“这才是 最稀奇的事哩。”（整个陪审团都显出莫名其妙 的神情。) 5 imitate"imiteit/,.模仿 “他准是模仿什么人的笔迹。”国王说。 6 hand /haend/n.书法，字迹 (整个陪审团又都显出明白了的样子。) ·195· Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (The jury all brightened up again.) “Please,.your Majesty,”said the Knave,“I didn't write it,and they can't prove that I did:there's no name signed2 at the end." “If you didn't sign it,”said the King,“that only makes the matter worse.You must have meant some mischief3,or else you'd have signed your name like an honest man." There was a general clapping of hands at this:it was the first really clever thing the King had said that day. “That proves his guilt,of course,”said the Queen:“so,off with一" “It doesn't prove anything of the sort!”said Alice.“Why,you don't even know what they're about!" “Read them,”said the King. The White Rabbit put on his spectacles."Where shall I begin,please your Majesty?"he asked. “Begin at the beginning,”the King said,very gravely,“and go on till you come to the end:then stop." There was dead silence in the court,whilst the White Rabbit read out these verses:- "They tom me you had been to her, And mentioned me to him: She gave me a good character, But said I could not swim. He sent them word I had not gone (We know it to be true): If she should push the matter on, What would become of you? ·196· 艾丽丝爱游奇境记 ①brighten /braiton/使聪明 “禀奏陛下，”杰克说，“这不是我写的，它 们不能证明是我写的：末尾没有签名。” “要是你没有签名，”国王说，“只能说明情 2sign/sain/.签 3 mischief/mist fif/n伤害，灾 节更恶劣。你一定是想干坏事，否则你就会像 祸，恶作剧 一个诚实的人那样签上你的名字。” 这时候，大家都鼓起掌来：这是那天国王 第一次说的一句真正的聪明话。 “当然，这就证明他有罪，”王后说，“所 ④guilt/gilt/..罪行 以，砍掉一” “这证明不了这一点，”艾丽丝说，“哼，你 们连这些诗里写的是什么都不知道！” “把它们念出来。”国王说。 白兔子戴上眼镜。“请示陛下，我从哪儿 念起？”它问道。 “从开头念起，”国王非常庄重地说，“一直 念到末尾，然后停止。” 当白兔子念诗的时候，法庭上鸦雀无声。 兔子念道： “他们告诉我，你去找过她， 还曾向他提到我： 她曾一再把我夸， 说起游泳来，却说我太差。 他通知他们，说我人还在， (我们知道这话对)： 她若追究这件事， 5 push /puf/.使劲要求 看你怎么来交代？ ·197· Alice's Adventures in Wonderland I gave her one,they gave him two, You gave us three or more; They all returned from him to you, Though they were mine before. If I or she should chance to be Involved in this affair, He trusts to you to set them free, Exactly as we were. My notion was that you had been (Before she had this fit) An obstacle that came between Him,and ourselves,and it. Don't let him know she liked them best, For this must ever be A secret,kept from all the rest, Between yourself and me." "That's the most important piece of evidence we've heard yet,"said the King,rubbing his hands;"so now let the jury-" "If any one of them can explain it,"said Alice,(she had grown so large in the last few minutes that she wasn't a bit afraid of interrupting him),"I'll give him sixpence.I don't believe there's an atom of meaning in it..” The jury all wrote down,on their slates,"She doesn't believe there's an atom of meaning in it,"but none of them attempted to explain ·198· 艾丽丝爱游奇境记 我给她一个，他们给他俩， 你给我们三四个， 他把它们都还你， 虽说以前全属我。 如果这件事， ①involved /in'volvd/adj.卷入 碰巧牵连我或她， 的，陷入的 他托你把他们释放， ②rust to听凭、依靠，指望 就像我们以前那样。 照我的看法，过去你就是 (在她脾气发作前)》 3 obstacle /'obstokl/.障碍 他、我们自己和它 三者之间的绊脚石。 切勿让他知道，她最喜欢它们。 这是一个秘密， 不让别人知道， 只能你我知底。” “这是我们听到的最重要的证词了，”国王 搓着两手说，“所以现在让陪审团一” “如果有谁能把这诗解释清楚，”艾丽丝说 (她在最近几分钟里已经长得那么大，所以她一 ④atom /'atam/.原子：极少 量的东西 点都不害怕打断他的话了)，“我就给它六便士。 我认为这诗半点意思都没有。” 陪审官们都在石板上写下“她认为这诗半 点意思都没有”，可是它们没有一个想试试解释 ·199·