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“Wick” or Not
Excerpt from The Secret Garden
性格孤僻的小女孩玛丽、农家小子迪肯和体弱多病的少
爷柯林成了好朋友,他们找到了秘密花园的钥匙,和花园一
起经历了一次诗意般的复活。
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For two or three minutes Dickon stood looking① round him, while② Mary watched him, and then he began to walk about③ softly④, even more lightly than Mary had walked the first time she had found herself inside the four walls. His eyes seemed to be taking in⑤ everything—the gray trees with the gray creepers (爬山虎) climbing⑥ over them and hanging from their branches, the tangle⑦ on the walls and among the grass, the evergreen alcoves (壁龛) with the stone seats and tall flower urns (缸) standing in them.
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“I never thought I'd see this place,” he said at last, in a whisper⑧.
“Did you know about it?” asked Mary.
She had spoken aloud and he made a sign⑨ to her.
“We must talk low,” he said, “or someone'll hear us an' wonder⑩ what's to do in here.”
“Oh! I forgot!” said Mary, feeling frightened⑪ and putting her hand quickly against her mouth.
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“Did you know about the garden?” she asked again when she had recovered⑫ herself.
Dickon nodded⑬.
“Martha told me there was one as no one ever went inside,” he answered. “We used to wonder what⑭ it was like.”
He stopped and looked round at the lovely gray tangle about him, and his round eyes looked queerly happy.
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“Eh! the nests⑮ as'll be here come springtime,” he said. “It'd be th' safest nestin' place in England. No one never comin' near an' tangles o' trees an' roses to build in. I wonder all th' birds on th' moor⑯ don't build here.”
Mistress Mary put her hand on his arm again without knowing it.
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“Will there be roses?” she whispered. “Can you tell? I thought perhaps they were all dead.”
“Eh! No! Not them—not all of 'em!” he answered. “Look here!” He stepped over⑰ to the nearest tree—an old, old one with gray lichen⑱ all over its bark⑲, but upholding a curtain⑳ of tangled sprays (小树枝) and branches. He took a thick knife out of his pocket and opened one of its blades.
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“There's lots o' dead wood as ought to be cut out,” he said. “An' there's a lot o' old wood, but it made some new last year. This here's a new bit,” and he touched a shoot㉑ which㉒ looked brownish green instead of hard, dry gray.
Mary touched it herself in an eager㉓, reverent㉔ way.
“That one?” she said. “Is that one quite alive?”
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Dickon curved㉕ his wide smiling mouth.
“It's as wick as you or me,” he said; and Mary remembered that Martha had told her that “wick” meant “alive” or “lively”.
“I'm glad it's wick!” she cried out㉖ in her whisper. “I want them all to be wick. Let us go round the garden and count㉗ how many wick ones there are.”
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She quite panted㉘ with eagerness, and Dickon was as eager as she was. They went from tree to tree and from bush to bush. Dickon carried his knife in his hand and showed her things she thought wonderful㉙.
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“They've run wild㉚,” he said, “but th' strongest one has fair thrived㉛ on it.”
“See here!” and he pulled down a thick gray, dry-looking branch. “Anybody might think this was dead wood, but I don't believe it is.”
He knelt㉜ and with his knife cut the lifeless-looking branch through.
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“There!” he said exultantly㉝. “There's green in that wood yet. Look at it.”
Mary was down on her knees before he spoke, gazing㉞ with all her might㉟.
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①此处为v.-ing形式作状语。
②此处为while引导时间状语从句。
③walk about漫步
④softly adv.轻轻地;温柔地
⑤take in [熟词生义] 看清
⑥此处为v.-ing形式作定语。
⑦tangle n.缠绕
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⑧in a whisper 低声细语
⑨sign [熟词生义] n.手势
⑩wonder v.想知道
⑪frightened adj.害怕的
⑫recover v.恢复常态
⑬nod v.点头
⑭此处为what引导宾语从句。
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⑮nest n.鸟巢
⑯moor n.荒野
⑰step over 走近(某地)
⑱lichen n.地衣
⑲bark [熟词生义] n.树皮
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⑳curtain [熟词生义] n.覆盖物
㉑shoot [熟词生义] n.嫩芽
㉒此处为which引导定语从句。
㉓eager adj.热切的
㉔reverent adj.恭敬的
㉕curve [熟词生义] v.使弯曲
㉖cry out呼喊
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㉗count v.清点,数
㉘pant n.喘息着说
㉙此处为省略关系词的定语从句。
㉚run wild 肆意生长,疯长
㉛thrive v.茁壮成长
㉜kneel v.跪下
㉝exultantly adv.狂喜地
㉞gaze v.凝视
㉟might [熟词生义] n.力气
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