Chapter14-双语名著无障碍阅读丛书——《基督山恩仇记The Count of Monte Cristo》

Chapter 14 The day following the scene at Caderousse's inn,a man presented himself before the Mayor of Marseilles. “Monsieur,”he said,“I am the head clerk②of the firm of Thomson.For the past ten years we have been dealing with the firm of Morrel and Son here in Marseilles.For we have heard reports that the firm is threatened with bankruptcy.I have come from Rome expressly to ask you for information on the matter." “Moniseur,”replied the mayor,“I am not in a position to give you any information on the state of his finances.If you wish to know more, I suggest that you sce Monsieur de Boville,Inspector of Prisons.I believe he had two hundred thousand francs invested5 with the firm." The Englishman took leave of the mayor and went off to see the Inspector of Prisons. “Ohl”cried Monsieur de Boville,“I have two hundred thousand francs invested in Monsieur Morrel's firm.I was to receive a hundred thousand francs on the fifteenth of this month and another hundred thousand on the fifteenth of next month.Then,less than half an hour ·078· 第十四章 就在卡德罗斯客栈那一幕发生的第二天，一个 ①mayor/me/m.市长 男人出现在马赛市长的面前。 “先生，”他说，“我是汤姆生公司的首席代表。 ②heacl clerk总席办事员 在过去十年里，我们和马赛的摩莱尔父子公司一直 有交易。我们听说该公司目前正受到破产的威胁， 所以我专程从罗马来，想向您了解一下关于这事情 ③expressly hks'preslt/ ad.专门地 的情况。” “先生，”市长回答说，“我没有权利向您透露 关于他经济状况的信息。如果您想要知道得更多， 我建议您去拜访典狱长波维里先生。我相信他在这 inspector /in'spekta/n. 家公司投资了二十万法郎。” 检查员，巡视员 ⑤invest/n'vest/r.投资 这位英国人告别了市长，然后就去拜访典狱长 @take leave of告别 ⑦g0ofr离开 了。 “噢！”波维里先生叹道，“我有二十万法郎放 在摩莱尔父子公司手里。一半在这个月十五日到 期，另外那一半在下个月十五日到期。然而，不到 半小时以前，摩莱尔先生还到我这儿来告诉我，要 是他的船，那艘‘法老号’，在十五日还不能进港 的话，他就不可能支付我这笔款子。我想，看来他 ·079· The Count Of Monte Cristo ago,Monsieur Morrel came here to see me and told me that if his ship, the Pharaoh,hasn't arrived by the fifteenth,it will be impossible for him to make his payment to me.I'm afraid it looks like bankruptcy.' "You're quite worried about your investment,then?" “I consider it as good as lost.” "Very well,I'll buy it from you." "At an enormous discount I suppose?" "No,for two hundred thousand francs." "And how would you pay?" “Cash.” ·080· 基督山思仇记 要破产了。” “那么，您很担心您的这笔放款，是吗？” “我认为这笔钱已经损失了。” ①investment “好吧，那么，我来向您买过来。” /n'vestmant/n.投资 “我想，那一定要大大地打一个折扣吧？” “不，就出二十万法郎。” “那么，您以什么方式付款呢？” ②enormous1'n3:m3s/ a巨大的，庞大的 “现金。” ③discount/'diskaont/ 折扣 ·081·