Chapter17 Pinocchio Will Not Take His Medicine匹诺曹不愿意吃药-双语名著无障碍阅读丛书——《木偶奇遇记》

Chapter 17 Pinocchio Will Not Take His Medicine As soon as the three doctors had left the room the Fairy approached Pinocchio and, having touched his forehead,she perceived that he was in a high fever. She therefore dissolved a certain white powder in half a tumbler of water and,offering it to the puppet,she said to him lovingly: "Drink it and in a few days you will be cured." Pinocchio looked at the tumbler,made a wry face,and then asked in a plaintive voice: "Is it sweet or bitter?" "It is bitter,but it will do you good." "If it is bitter,I will not take it." "Listen to me:drink it." “tdon't like anything bitter.” "Drink it,and when you have drunk it I will give you a lump of sugar to take away the taste.” "Where is the lump of sugar?" "Here it is,"said the Fairy,taking a piece from a gold sugar-basin. "Give me first the lump of sugar and then I will drink that bad bitter water." “Do you promise me?" “Yes.” ·102· 第十七章 匹诺曹不愿意吃药 三个医生一离开房间，仙女就来到匹诺曹身边摸了 摸他的额头，觉得他在发高烧。 ①dissolve[di'zolv]2使溶 因此，仙女把一点儿白色的粉末溶在半杯水里，端 解 ②tumbler[tambla]m.平底 给木偶，温柔地说： 无脚无把玻璃杯 “喝掉它，过几天你就好了。” ③plaintive[pleintiv].表 匹诺曹看着杯子，苦着脸，用哀求的口吻问道： 示哀怨的 “甜的还是苦的？” “苦的，不过对你有好处。” “苦的，我不喝。” “听我说，喝掉吧。” “我不喜欢苦的东西。” “喝掉吧，喝了以后我给你一块糖压压苦味。” “糖在哪里？” ④lump [lAmp]n.块，团 “在这里。”仙女说着，从金色的糖盒里拿出一块糖。 “先把糖给我，我再喝那讨厌的苦水。” “你向我保证？” “我保证。” ·103· Chapter 17 Pinocchio Will Not Take His Medicine The Fairy gave him the sugar and Pinocchio,having crunched it up and swallowed it in a second,said,licking his lips: "It would be a fine thing if sugar were medicine!I would take it every day." "Now keep your promise and drink these few drops of water,which will restore≌you to health.” Pinocchio took the tumbler unwillingly in his hand and put the point of his nose to it;he then approached it to his lips;he then again put his nose to it,and at last said: "It is too bitter!Too bitter!I cannot drink it." "How can you tell that,when you have not even tasted it?" "I can imagine it!I know it from the smell.I want first another lump of sugar and then I will drink it!" The Fairy then,with all the patience of a good mamma,put another lump of sugar in his mouth,and again presented the tumbler to him. "I cannot drink it so!"said the puppet,making a thousand grimaces. “Why?” "Because that pillow that is down there on my feet bothers me." The Fairy removed the pillow. t“It is useless..Even so I cannot drink it.” “What is the matter now? "The door of the room,which is half open,bothers me." The Fairy went and closed the door. "In short,"cried Pinocchio,bursting into tears,"I will not drink that bitter water-no,no,no!" “My boy,you will repent it..” Idon't care.” “Your illness is serious.” Tdon't care.” "The fever in a few hours will carry you into the other world." “Tdon't care." ·104· 第十七章匹诺曹不愿意吃药山 ①crunch[krantf]g嘎吱 仙女把糖给了匹诺曹，木偶立刻把糖嚼碎咽到肚子 嘎吱地咀爵 里，舔着嘴唇说： “如果糖是药就好了！我会每天都吃。” “现在，说话算话，把这点儿水喝了，你就会好起 ②restore[ri'sto]:恢复 来。” 匹诺曹不情愿地把杯子拿在手里，先用鼻子闻了 闻，然后放到嘴边，接着又用鼻子闻了闻，最后说道： “太苦了！太苦了！我喝不下去。” “怎么能这么说？你连尝都没尝。” “我能想象得出！一闻就知道了。我想再吃一块糖， 然后再喝！” 仙女像好妈妈一样充满耐心，把另一块糖放进木偶 的嘴里，再次把杯子端给匹诺曹。 “我这样没法喝！”木偶说着，做了上千个鬼脸。 “为什么？” ③grimace [gri'meis]n.愁 “因为放在我脚上的枕头碍事。” 眉苦脸 仙女把枕头拿开了。 “没用，就算这样我也没法喝。” “又怎么了？” “房门半开着，碍事。” 仙女走过去把门关上了 “总之，”匹诺曹喊道，哭了起来，“我不喝那苦 水—不，不，不！” “孩子，你会后悔的。” ④in short总而言之 “我不管。” ⑤burst into tears大哭起来 “你病得很厉害。” “我不管。” “发烧会很快把你带到另一个世界去。” “我不管。” ·105· Chapter 17 Pinocchio Will Not Take His Medicine "Are you not afraid of death?" "I am not in the least afraid!I would rather die than drink that bitter medicine." At that moment the door of the room flew open and four rabbits as black as ink entered carrying on their shoulders a little bier. "What do you want with me?"cried Pinocchio,sitting up in bed in a great fright. "We have come to take you,"said the biggest rabbit. "To take me?But I am not yet dead!" "No,not yet?But you have only a few minutes to live,as you have refused the medicine that would have cured you of the fever." "Oh,Fairy,Fairy!"the puppet then began to scream,"give me the tumbler at once;be quick,for pity's sake,for I will not die-no,I will not die." And,taking the tumbler in both hands,he emptied it at a gulp. "We must have patience!"said the rabbits;"this time we have made our journey in vain."And,taking the little bier again on their shoulders,they left the room, grumbling and murmuring between their teeth. In fact,a few minutes afterwards,Pinocchio jumped down from the bed quite well,because wooden puppets have the privilege of being seldom ill and of being cured very quickly. The Fairy,seeing him running and rushing about the room as gay and as lively as a young cock,said to him: "Then my medicine has really done you good?" "Good?I should think so!It has restored me to life!" "Then why on earth did you require so much persuasion to take it?" "Because you see that we boys are all like that!We are more afraid of medicine than of the illness.” "Disgraceful!Boys ought to know that a good remedy taken in time may save them from a serious illness,and perhaps even from death." "Oh!But another time I shall not require so much persuasion.I shall remember those black rabbits with the bier on their shoulders and then I shall immediately take the tumbler in my hand,and down it will go!" ·106· 第十七章匹诺曹不愿意吃药山 “你不怕死？” ①in the least丝毫，一点 “一点儿也不怕！我宁愿死也不愿喝那苦药。” 就在这时，房门开了，四个像墨水一样黑的兔子肩 上扛着一副小棺材走了进来。 “你们想干什么？”匹诺曹喊道，吓得在床上坐了 起来。 “我们来带你走。”最大的兔子说。 “带我走？可是我还没死啊！” “没死，还没死吗？不过你只能再活几分钟了，因 为你不吃发烧药。” “噢，仙女，仙女！”匹诺曹尖叫起来，“快把杯子 给我，快点儿，求求你，我不想死一不，我不想死。” ②gup[gAlp]n.一大口 匹诺曹双手拿过杯子，一饮而尽。 “咱们得有耐心！”兔子们说，“这一次咱们白跑了 圆in vain白费力 ④murmur[mama】g低声 一趟。”然后，他们又把小棺材扛在肩上，嘟嘟囔囔抱 抱怨 怨着，离开了房间。 实际上，几分钟以后匹诺曹就好了，跳下了床。因 5 privilege ['privilids]n. 为木偶的优势就是很少得病，即使病了也好得很快。 优势，特权 看到匹诺曹像只小公鸡在房间里活蹦乱跳，仙女对 他说： “我的药真的对你有好处？” “有好处？当然！这些药让我活了过来！” “那你到底为什么需要那么劝才吃呢？” persuasion [pa'sweisan] “因为我们这些小孩都这样！我们害怕吃药胜过害 n说服 怕得病。” “真丢脸！孩子们应该知道，及时好好吃药可以治 大病，甚至还能救命。” ⑦remedy[remidi]n.药物 “哦！下一次就不需要这样劝了。我会记住那些肩 上扛着棺材的黑兔子，马上拿起杯子，一口气喝下去 的！” ·107· Chapter 17 Pinocchio Will Not Take His Medicine "Now,come here to me and tell me how it came about that you fell into the hands of those assassins." "You see,the showman,Fire-Eater,gave me some gold pieces and said to me: 'Go,and take them to your father!'and instead I met on the road a Fox and a Cat, who said to me:'Would you like those pieces of gold to become a thousand or two? Come with us and we will take you to the Field of Miracles,'and I said:'Let us go.' And they said:'Let us stop at the inn of The Red Craw-Fish,'and after midnight they left.And when I awoke I found that they were no longer there,because they had gone away.Then I began to travel by night,for you cannot imagine how dark it was;and on that account I met on the road two assassins in charcoal sacks who said to me:'Out with your money,'and I said to them:'I have got none,'because I had hidden the four gold pieces in my mouth,and one of the assassins tried to put his hand in my mouth,and I bit his hand off and spat it out,but instead of a hand it was a cat's paw.And the assassins ran after me,and I ran,and ran,until at last they caught me and tied me by the neck to a tree in this wood,and said to me: "Tomorrow we shall return here and then you will be dead with your mouth open and we shall be able to carry off the pieces of gold that you have hidden under your tongue..” "And the four pieces-where have you put them?"asked the Fairy. "I have lost them!"said Pinocchio,but he was telling a lie,for he had them in his pocket. He had scarcely told the lie when his nose,which was already long,grew at once two inches longer. "And where did you lose them?" “In the wood near here.” At this second lie his nose went on growing. "If you have lost them in the wood near here,"said the Fairy,"we will look for them and we shall find them:because everything that is lost in that wood is always found." "Ah!Now I remember all about it,"replied the puppet,getting quite confused ·108· 第十七章匹诺曹不愿意吃药山 “好的，到我这里来，告诉我你是怎么落到那些杀 人犯手里的。” “是这样，马戏团老板食火人，给了我一些金币， 对我说：‘去，把金币带给你爸爸！’可是我在路上遇到 一只狐狸和一只猫，他们对我说：‘你想让这些金币变 成一千个或两千个吗？跟我们来，我们带你去神奇宝 地。’我说：‘咱们去吧。’他们说：‘咱们在红色小龙虾 旅馆住下吧。’午夜过后，他们走了。我醒来以后，发 现他们不在了，因为他们已经走了。接着，我开始半夜 赶路，你想象不出天有多黑，就因为这个原因，我在路 上遇到了两个套着煤袋子的杀人犯，他们对我说：‘把 钱交出来。’我对他们说：‘我没钱。’因为我已经把四 个金币藏在嘴里，其中一个杀人犯想把他的手放进我嘴 里，我把他的手咬下来吐掉了，可那不是手而是一只猫 爪子。杀人犯追我，我就跑啊，跑啊，最后他们抓住我， 套住我的脖子挂在这个森林的一棵树上，对我说：‘明 天我们会回到这里，你死了嘴就张开了，到时就能拿走 你藏在舌头下面的金币了。’” “四个金币一你把它们放在哪里了？”仙女问道。 “弄丢了！”匹诺曹说，可是他在撒谎，因为金币 就在他的口袋里。 匹诺曹刚说完谎话，他已经很长的鼻子马上又长了 两英寸。 “在哪里丢的？” “在附近的森林里。” 这时，匹诺曹的鼻子还在长。 “如果丢在附近的森林里，”仙女说，“我们该去找找， 应该能找到，因为丢在森林里的东西都能找得到。” “啊！现在我想起来了。”木偶慌乱地回答，“那四 D confused [kan'fju:zd]a. 混乱的，困感的 ·109· Chapter 17 Pinocchio Will Not Take His Medicine "I didn't lose the four gold pieces,I swallowed them whilst I was drinking your medicine.” At this lie his nose grew to such an extraordinary length that poor Pinocchio could not move in any direction.If he turned to one side he struck his nose against the bed or the window-panes,if he turned to the other he struck it against the walls or the door,if he raised his head a little he ran the risk of sticking it into one of the Fairy's eyes. And the Fairy looked at him and laughed. "What are you laughing at?"asked the puppet,very confused and anxious at finding his nose growing so prodigiously. “I am laughing at the lie you have told.” "And how can you possibly know that I have told a lie?" "Lies,my dear boy,are found out immediately,because they are of two sorts. There are lies that have short legs,and lies that have long noses.Your lie,as it happens,is one of those that have a long nose." Pinocchio,not knowing where to hide himself for shame,tried to run out of the room;but he did not succeed,for his nose had increased so much that it could no longer pass through the door. ·110· 第十七章匹诺曹不愿意吃药 个金币没丢，我吃药的时候吞到肚子里去了。” 撒完这个谎，匹诺曹的鼻子已经变得很长很长。可 ①extraordinary 怜的匹诺曹一动也不敢动，朝一侧转，他的鼻子会碰到 [ik'stro:donari]a.无与伦 床或窗户玻璃，朝另一侧转，就会碰到墙或者门。如果 比的，非凡的，离奇的 头抬一点儿，长鼻子就有可能插到仙女的一只眼睛里。 ②window-pane窗玻璃 仙女看着匹诺曹笑起来。 “笑什么？”木偶问道，发现自己的鼻子长得这么长， 匹诺曹觉得非常奇怪，很着急。 “我在笑你撒谎。” “你怎么知道我撒谎？” ③prodigiously [prau'didsasli]ad.巨大 “亲爱的孩子，谎话很快就会被揭穿，因为谎话分 地 为两种：一种长着短腿，另一种长着长鼻子。你的谎话， 正好是长着长鼻子的那种。” 匹诺曹羞愧得无地自容，想跑出房间，可是没有成 功，因为鼻子太长了，出不去门。 ·111·