A Little Princess
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
In Part 14 of A Little Princess, hungry Sara finds a coin in the street.
在"小公主"第14部分中,饥饿的萨拉在街上找到一枚硬币.
She buys rolls for herself at a bakery but ends up giving all but one to a beggar girl.
她自己在面包店买卷子 但最后只给一个乞丐
Part Fifteen: What Melchisedec Heard and Saw n this very afternoon, while Sara was out, a strange thing happened in the attic.
第十五部分: 今天下午Melchisedec听到和看到的东西 Sara不在的时候 阁楼发生了一件奇怪的事情
Only Melchisedec saw and heard it; and he was so much alarmed and mystified that he scuttled back to his hole and hid there, and really quaked and trembled as he peeped out furtively and with great caution to watch what was going on.
只有Melchisedec看到并听到它;他非常惊慌和神秘,于是他掉回了洞穴并藏在那里,当他偷偷地偷窥出来,非常谨慎地观察正在发生的事情时,他真的颤抖和颤抖了。
The attic had been very still all the day after Sara had left it in the early morning.
阁楼在萨拉于清晨离开后一整天都保持很平稳.
The stillness had only been broken by the pattering of the rain upon the slates and the skylight.
静地只被平板上和天窗上被一阵雨打碎了.
Melchisedec had, in fact, found it rather dull; and when the rain ceased to patter and perfect silence reigned, he decided to come out and reconnoiter, though experience taught him that Sara would not return for some time.
Melchisedec实际上发现它相当沉闷;当雨停止倒塌并完美地沉默时,他决定出来侦察,尽管经验教他萨拉一段时间内不会回来.
He had been rambling and sniffing about, and had just found a totally unexpected and unexplained crumb left from his last meal, when his attention was attracted by a sound on the roof.
他一直在胡说八道,到处嗅,他刚刚发现了他最后一餐留下的完全出乎意料和无法解释的碎屑,当时他的注意力被屋顶上的声音所吸引.
He stopped to listen with a palpitating heart.
他停止了听 心地欢快。
The sound suggested that something was moving on the roof.
声音显示屋顶上有些东西在动
It was approaching the skylight; it reached the skylight.
它正在接近天窗;它到达了天窗。
The skylight was being mysteriously opened.
天窗被神秘地打开了
A dark face peered into the attic; then another face appeared behind it, and both looked in with signs of caution and interest.
一张黑相望入阁;然后又一张相望出阁后,两相望出谨慎和感兴趣的迹象来.
Two men were outside on the roof, and were making silent preparations to enter through the skylight itself.
有两个人在屋顶外,正在悄悄地准备从天窗本身进入。
One was Ram Dass and the other was a young man who was the Indian gentleman’s secretary; but of course Melchisedec did not know this.
一个是拉姆·达斯(Ram Dass),另一个是一位年轻的印度绅士的秘书;当然,梅尔希泽克并不知道这一点。
He only knew that the men were invading the silence and privacy of the attic; and as the one with the dark face let himself down through the aperture with such lightness and dexterity that he did not make the slightest sound, Melchisedec turned tail and fled precipitately back to his hole.
他只知道这些人在侵入阁楼的寂静和隐私;当面有黑脸的人以如此轻快和狡猾地穿过孔径而下,以至于他没有发出丝毫的声音时,梅尔希泽克转过身来,匆匆地逃回了洞穴.
He was frightened to death.
他被吓死了。
He had ceased to be timid with Sara, and knew she would never throw anything but crumbs, and would never make any sound other than the soft, low, coaxing whistling; but strange men were dangerous things to remain near.
他已经不再胆怯地和萨拉在一起,并且知道她除了掷出碎屑外,永远不会抛出任何东西,除了柔软地,低调地,焦躁地吹口哨外,也不会发出其他的声音;但奇怪的男人是危险的事情,要保持靠近.
He lay close and flat near the entrance of his home, just managing to peep through the crack with a bright, alarmed eye.
他在他家的入口附近躺了很近很平地,只是设法用一双明亮而惊慌的眼睛窥穿了裂缝.
How much he understood of the talk he heard I am not in the least able to say; but, even if he had understood it all, he would probably have remained greatly mystified.
他对所听到的演讲有多了解,我并非最不能说;但是,即使他完全理解,他很可能仍然非常神秘。
The secretary, who was light and young, slipped through the skylight as noiselessly as Ram Dass had done; and he caught a last glimpse of Melchisedec’s vanishing tail.
年轻而轻而易举的秘书,像拉姆·达斯那样无声地从天窗上滑倒;他最后看到了梅尔希塞德克消失的尾巴。
“Was that a rat?”
“那是老鼠吗? “
he asked Ram Dass in a whisper.
他悄悄地问了拉姆·达斯
“Yes; a rat, Sahib,” answered Ram Dass, also whispering.
“是的,一只老鼠Sahib”回答说,Ram Dass也低语了。
“There are many in the walls.”
“墙上有许多人。 “
“Ugh!”
"呜!"
exclaimed the young man.
赞叹少年.
“It is a wonder the child is not terrified of them.”
“儿童并不害怕他们,这是一个奇迹。 “
Ram Dass made a gesture with his hands.
拉姆·达斯用手做了手势.
He also smiled respectfully.
他也恭敬地微笑着。
He was in this place as the intimate exponent of Sara, though she had only spoken to him once.
他作为Sara的亲密代言人来到了这个地方,尽管她只和他说过一次话.
“The child is the little friend of all things, Sahib,” he answered.
他回答说,“孩子是一切的小朋友,Sahib”。
“She is not as other children.
“她不像其他儿童那样。
I see her when she does not see me.
我看见她的时候,她没有看到我。
I slip across the slates and look at her many nights to see that she is safe.
我穿过板子 看着她很多个晚上 看她很安全
I watch her from my window when she does not know I am near.
我从窗口看着她 当她不知道我在附近的时候
She stands on the table there and looks out at the sky as if it spoke to her.
她站在桌子上,看着天空 好像在和她说话
The sparrows come at her call.
麻雀们来接她
The rat she has fed and tamed in her loneliness.
她孤独地喂养和驯服了那只老鼠
The poor slave of the house comes to her for comfort.
家贫奴来取慰.
There is a little child who comes to her in secret; there is one older who worships her and would listen to her forever if she might.
有一个小孩秘密来到她身边;有一个年纪较大的孩子崇拜她,如果她愿意,会永远听她的.
This I have seen when I have crept across the roof.
我穿过屋顶时见过这个
By the mistress of the house—who is an evil woman—she is treated like a pariah; but she has the bearing of a child who is of the blood of kings!”
以那宫女的情妇盟誓,她是象贱妇一样的;她怀着一个有君王之血的孩子。 “
“You seem to know a great deal about her,” the secretary said.
秘书说:“你似乎对她了解甚多。”
“ All her life each day I know,” answered Ram Dass.
“...... 她的一生每一天我都明白,”
“Her going out I know, and her coming in; her sadness and her poor joys; her coldness and her hunger.
“她出去了,我知道,她进来了;她的悲伤和悲惨的喜悦;她寒冷和饥饿。
I know when she is alone until midnight, learning from her books; I know when her secret friends steal to her and she is happier— as children can be, even in the midst of poverty— because they come and she may laugh and talk with them in whispers.
我知道当她独自一人到午夜时,从她的书中学习;我知道当她的秘密朋友偷取她时,她更快乐——就像孩子一样,即使在贫困中——因为他们来的时候,她可能笑着和他们一起低声说话。
If she were ill I should know, and I would come and serve her if it might be done.”
如果她生病了,我应该知道, 我会来侍奉她,如果可以的话。 “
“You are sure no one comes near this place but herself, and that she will not return and surprise us.
“你确定,除了自己之外,没有人会靠近这个地方,她不会回来给我们惊喜。
She would be frightened if she found us here, and the Sahib Carrisford’s plan would be spoiled.”
若她发现我们在这里, 她会害怕, “
Ram Dass crossed noiselessly to the door and stood close to it.
拉姆·达斯无声地越过了门,站在门边。
“None mount here but herself, Sahib,” he said.
他说,“这里除了她自己之外,没有人能上船。”
“She has gone out with her basket and may be gone for hours.
“她带着篮子出去,可能要离开几个小时。
If I stand here I can hear any step before it reaches the last flight of the stairs.”
如果我站在这里 我可以听到任何步骤 之前,它到达楼梯的最后一班航班。 “
The secretary took a pencil and a tablet from his breast pocket.
秘书从口袋取出铅笔和一块平板.
“Keep your ears open,” he said; and he began to walk slowly and softly round the miserable little room, making rapid notes on his tablet as he looked at things.
他说,“睁开你的耳朵”,他开始缓慢而柔和地走在悲惨的小房间周围,在他看东西时在平板上作快速记事。
First he went to the narrow bed.
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He pressed his hand upon the mattress and uttered an exclamation.
他把手按在床垫上,并感叹。
“ As hard as a stone,” he said.
“...... 他说,“像石头一样硬。”
“That will have to be altered someday when she is out.
“当她出狱时,将来必须改变这一点。
A special journey can be made to bring it across.
一个特殊的旅程可以把它带过。
It cannot be done tonight.”
今晚是办不到的 “
He lifted the covering and examined the one thin pillow.
他掀起盖子,检查了那把薄枕头。
“Coverlet dingy and worn, blanket thin, sheets patched and ragged,” he said.
他说,“盖子被磨损、被毯被薄、被子被缝合并被打乱”。
“What a bed for a child to sleep in—and in a house which calls itself respectable!
" 儿童在自以为是的房子里睡觉的床真美!
There has not been a fire in that grate for many a day,” glancing at the rusty fireplace.
这座壁炉一天没有起火,
“Never since I have seen it,” said Ram Dass.
Ram Dass说,
“The mistress of the house is not one who remembers that another than herself may be cold.”
“家里的情妇不是记得自己可能冷淡的人。 “
The secretary was writing quickly on his tablet.
秘书在他的平板上写得很快.
He looked up from it as he tore off a leaf and slipped it into his breast pocket.
当他撕开一朵叶子并滑入他的胸口口时,他从中抬头看.
“It is a strange way of doing the thing,” he said.
他说,“这是一种奇怪的做法。”
“Who planned it?”
“是谁策划的? “
Ram Dass made a modestly apologetic obeisance.
拉姆·达斯(Ram Dass)做了一个谦虚的自恋.
“It is true that the first thought was mine, Sahib,” he said; “though it was naught but a fancy.
他说,“Sahib,第一种想法的确是我的,尽管这只是一种花花公子。
I am fond of this child; we are both lonely.
我很喜欢这个孩子;我们都是孤独的。
It is her way to relate her visions to her secret friends.
这是她的方式 联系她的愿景 与她的秘密朋友。
Being sad one night, I lay close to the open skylight and listened.”
有天晚上很伤心 我躺在露天窗边听 “
“The vision she related told what this miserable room might be if it had comforts in it.
“她所说的远见告诉了这个悲惨的房间如果有舒适感可能是什么。
She seemed to see it as she talked, and she grew cheered and warmed as she spoke.
她似乎在说话时看到了它,在说话时她变得欢快而温暖.
Then she came to this fancy; and the next day, the Sahib being ill and wretched, I told him of the thing to amuse him.
后来她来到了这个花花公子;第二天,萨希卜人病了而穷困,我告诉他要取悦他。
It seemed then but a dream, but it pleased the Sahib.
这似乎只是一个梦,但它很高兴萨希布。
To hear of the child’s doings gave him entertainment.
得知孩子的行为,
He became interested in her and asked questions.
他对她产生了兴趣,问了一些问题。
At last he began to please himself with the thought of making her visions real things.”
终于他开始喜欢自己 想让她的幻觉真实 “
“You think that it can be done while she sleeps?
“你以为在她睡觉的时候可以这样做吗?
Suppose she awakened,” suggested the secretary; and it was evident that whatsoever the plan referred to was, it had caught and pleased his fancy as well as the Sahib Carrisford’s.
以及萨希布·卡里斯福德的花言巧语。
“I can move as if my feet were of velvet,” Ram Dass replied; “and children sleep soundly—even the unhappy ones.
Ram Dass回答说,“我可以动起脚来,仿佛我的脚是天鹅绒,”“儿童睡得安稳,即使是不高兴的儿童。
I could have entered this room in the night many times, and without causing her to turn upon her pillow.
我本来可以在晚上多次进入这个房间,而不会让她打开枕头.
If the other bearer passes to me the things through the window, I can do all and she will not stir.
如果另一个持枪人把东西从窗户递给我,我就能做一切,她不会搅动。
When she awakens she will think a magician has been here.”
当她醒来时,她会认为一个魔术师已经在这里。 “
He smiled as if his heart warmed under his white robe, and the secretary smiled back at him.
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“It will be like a story from the Arabian Nights,” the secretary said.
“这就像阿拉伯之夜的故事。”
“Only an Oriental could have planned it.
“只有东方人可以计划。
It does not belong to London fogs.”
它不属于伦敦雾。 “
They did not remain very long, to the great relief of Melchisedec, who, as he probably did not comprehend their conversation, felt their movements and whispers ominous.
梅尔希塞代克对此感到非常宽慰,他可能不理解他们的谈话,他感觉到他们的行踪并低语不祥。
The young secretary seemed interested in everything.
年轻的秘书似乎对一切感兴趣。
He wrote down things about the floor, the fireplace, the broken footstool, the old table, the walls— which last he touched with his hand again and again, seeming much pleased when he found that a number of old nails had been driven in various places.
他写下一些关于地板,壁炉,断脚凳,旧桌子,墙壁的东西——最后他一次又一次地用手触摸了墙壁,当他发现一些旧的指甲已经在不同的地方被驱动时,似乎非常高兴.
“You can hang things on them,” he said.
他说,“你可以把事情挂在他们身上。”
Ram Dass smiled mysteriously.
拉姆·达斯神秘地笑了起来.
“Yesterday, when she was out,” he said, “I entered, bringing with me small, sharp nails which can be pressed into the wall without blows from a hammer.
他说,“昨天,当她出来时,我带着小而尖的指甲走进来,这些指甲可以压入墙上,而不会被锤子打出。
I placed many in the plaster where I may need them.
我在石膏里放了很多 我可能需要它们的地方
They are ready.”
他们准备好了。 “
The Indian gentleman’s secretary stood still and looked round him as he thrust his tablets back into his pocket.
印度绅士的秘书静静地看着他,
“I think I have made notes enough; we can go now,” he said.
“我想我已经做了足够的笔记;我们现在可以走了。”
“The Sahib Carrisford has a warm heart.
“萨希布·卡里斯福德有一颗温暖的心。
It is a thousand pities that he has not found the lost child.”
他没有找到失去的孩子,真是千分百的遗憾。 “
“If he should find her his strength would be restored to him,” said Ram Dass.
Ram Dass说,“如果他找到她,他的力量将恢复给他。”
“His God may lead her to him yet.”
" 他的神可能带她去找他。 “
Then they slipped through the skylight as noiselessly as they had entered it.
然后,他们悄悄地从天窗溜走。
And, after he was quite sure they had gone, Melchisedec was greatly relieved, and in the course of a few minutes felt it safe to emerge from his hole again and scuffle about in the hope that even such alarming human beings as these might have chanced to carry crumbs in their pockets and drop one or two of them.
在他很确定他们走了之后, 梅尔希塞德奇被大大地松了一口气, 在几分钟内,他觉得安全地再次从他的洞里出来, 并且摇晃一晃, 希望即使像他们这样令人惊恐的人, 也有机会在口袋里携带碎屑, 扔下一两个。
Glossary aperture (n.)
词汇孔径(n.)
a small opening or gap (p.
a 小开口或间隙(p.
5) bearing (n.)
5) 轴承 (n.
the way in which a person stands, moves, or behaves (p.
个人的站立、移动或行为方式(p.
7) dexterity (n.)
7) 节度 (n.
skill or ease of use, especially with the hands or the mind (p.
技能或易用性,特别是手或心(p.
5) exponent (n.)
5) 责任人(n.
someone who supports and promotes a particular cause, belief, or person (p.
支持和促进某一特定事业、信仰或个人(p.
7) obeisance (n.)
7) 叩头 (n.
a show of respect for another, often with a bow (p.
表示对他人的尊重,常常用弓(p.
11) ominous (adj.)
(11) 不祥(adj.)
threatening or foreboding (p.
威胁或预设(第5页)
14) palpitating (adj.)
14)发泄(adj.
beating quickly and strongly because of excitement, nervousness, or fear (p.
由于兴奋,紧张或恐惧(p.
4) pariah (n.)
4) 贱民(n.
someone who is hated and rejected by others; an outcast (p.
被别人所憎恶和拒绝的人;被抛弃的人(p.
7) precipitately (adv.)
7) 急速(adv.