红发会 12正式应聘(3)

With that he seized my hair in both his hands, and tugged¹ until I yelled with the pain.

他两只手紧紧地揪住我的头发，使劲地拔，我痛得喊了出来，他才撒手。

'There is water in your eyes,' said he as he released me.

他撒手后对我说，'你眼泪都流出来啦。

'I perceive that all is as it should be. But we have to be careful,

我清楚地看到，一切都很理想。可是我必须谨慎小心，

for we have twice been deceived by wigs² and once by paint.

因为我们曾两次被带假发的家伙、一次被染头发的家伙骗了。

I could tell you tales of cobbler's wax which would disgust you with human nature.'

我可以告诉你一些有关鞋蜡的故事，你听了会感觉恶心的。'

He stepped over to the window and shouted through it at the top of his voice that the vacancy³ was filled.

他走到窗户那里声嘶力竭地高喊，'已经有人填补空缺了。'

A groan⁴ of disappointment came up from below, and the folk all trooped away in different directions

窗户下面传来一阵大失所望的叹息声，人们成群结队地朝四面八方散开。

until there was not a red-head to be seen except my own and that of the manager.

他们走后，除我自己和那个干事外，再见不到一个红头发的人了。

'My name,' said he, 'is Mr. Duncan Ross, and I am myself one of the pensioners⁵ upon the fund left by our noble benefactor⁶.

他说，'我名叫邓肯·罗斯先生。我自己就是一个我们高贵的施主遗留基金的养老金领取者。

Are you a married man, Mr. Wilson? Have you a family?'

威尔逊先生，你是不是已经结婚了？你成家了吗？'

I answered that I had not. His face fell immediately.

我回答说，'我没有。'他立即把脸一沉。

'Dear me!' he said gravely, 'that is very serious indeed! I am sorry to hear you say that.

他严肃地说，'哎唷！这可是非同小可的事啊！你所说的情况使我感到遗憾。

The fund was, of course, for the propagation and spread of the red-heads as well as for their maintenance.

当然，设立这笔基金的目的既是为了维护，也是为了生育更多红头发的人。

It is exceedingly unfortunate that you should be a bachelor.'

你竟然是个未婚的单身汉，那真是太不幸了。'

1 tugged   

v.用力拉，使劲拉，猛扯( tug的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• She tugged at his sleeve to get his attention. 她拽了拽他的袖子引起他的注意。
• A wry smile tugged at the corner of his mouth. 他的嘴角带一丝苦笑。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 wigs   

n.假发，法官帽( wig的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• They say that wigs will be coming in again this year. 据说今年又要流行戴假发了。 来自辞典例句
• Frank, we needed more wigs than we thought, and we have to do some advertising. 弗兰克，因为我们需要更多的假发，而且我们还要做点广告。 来自电影对白

3 vacancy   

n.（旅馆的）空位，空房，（职务的）空缺

参考例句：

• Her going on maternity leave will create a temporary vacancy.她休产假时将会有一个临时空缺。
• The vacancy of her expression made me doubt if she was listening.她茫然的神情让我怀疑她是否在听。

4 groan   

vi./n.呻吟，抱怨；(发出)呻吟般的声音

参考例句：

• The wounded man uttered a groan.那个受伤的人发出呻吟。
• The people groan under the burden of taxes.人民在重税下痛苦呻吟。

5 pensioners   

n.领取退休、养老金或抚恤金的人( pensioner的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• He intends to redistribute income from the middle class to poorer paid employees and pensioners. 他意图把中产阶级到低薪雇员和退休人员的收入做重新分配。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• I am myself one of the pensioners upon the fund left by our noble benefactor. 我自己就是一个我们的高贵的施主遗留基金的养老金领取者。 来自辞典例句

6 benefactor   

n. 恩人，行善的人，捐助人

参考例句：

• The chieftain of that country is disguised as a benefactor this time. 那个国家的首领这一次伪装出一副施恩者的姿态。
• The first thing I did, was to recompense my original benefactor, my good old captain. 我所做的第一件事, 就是报答我那最初的恩人, 那位好心的老船长。