《爱丽丝镜中奇遇记》 第三章 镜中动物（1）

3. Looking-glass animals

3．镜中动物

Alice stood at the top of the hill and looked down.

爱丽丝站在山顶上向下面看。

'Which way should I go?' she wondered.

她心里纳闷：“我该走哪条路？”

On one side she could see, a long way away, some kind of large animals walking around.

在很远的一边，她能够看见某种庞大的动物四处走动。

She wasn't sure that she liked the look of them, so she decided¹ to go the other way.

很难说她喜爱它们的外貌。于是她决定走另外一条路。

She ran down the hill and jumped over the first of the six little brooks².

她跑步下山，跳过六条小溪中的第一条。

'Tickets, please!' said the Ticket Inspector³, putting his head in at the window.

“请出示车票！”检票员把头伸进窗户大声嚷嚷。

In a moment everybody was holding out a ticket; the tickets were almost as big as the people, and seemed to fill the train.

片刻之后，每个乘客都拿出了车票；车票几乎与人一样大，似乎把整个火车都给塞满了。

'Show your ticket, child!' the Inspector went on, looking angrily at Alice.

“孩子，出示你的车票！”检票员面带怒色看着爱丽丝又讲了一句。

And then several voices said all together, 'Don't keep him waiting, child!

紧接着有好几个声音同时说道：“孩子，别让他久等了！

His time costs a thousand pounds a minute!'

他的时间每分钟值1000英镑。”

'I'm afraid I haven't got a ticket,' Alice said in a frightened voice.

爱丽丝带着惊恐的声音说：“我恐怕没有车票。

'There wasn't a ticket-office where I came from.'

我来的那个地方没有票房。”

'Why didn't you buy one from the engine-driver?' said the Inspector.

检票员说：“你怎么不向机车司机买张票。”

And again the voices said, 'The engine-driver's time costs a thousand pounds a minute!'

许多声音又在说：“机车司机的每分钟值1000英镑。”

The Inspector looked at Alice first through his glasses, then over the top of them.

检票员先透过望远镜看爱丽丝，然后又从镜子上面看了看，

Then he said, 'You're travelling the wrong way,' and shut up the window and went away.

然后他说：“你乘错车了。” 随后关上窗户就走了。

'She ought⁴ to know which way she's going,' said the gentleman sitting opposite Alice

“她应该清楚走哪条路的，”坐在爱丽丝对面的先生说道

(he was dressed in white paper), 'but perhaps she doesn't know her own name.'

（他穿着用白纸做的衣服），但她可能不知道自己的名字。”

A Goat⁵, that was sitting next to the gentleman in white, said loudly,

坐在那一身白衣先生旁边的一只山羊大声嚷嚷道：

'She ought to know her way to the ticket-office, but perhaps she can't read or write.'

“她应该知道去票房的路的，可能她是个文盲吧。”

There was a Beetle⁶ next to the Goat, and he had something to say about Alice as well.

坐在山羊边上的是只甲壳虫，他也要说爱丽丝几句。

Then other voices spoke⁷, but Alice could not see who they were.

然后还有其他的声音，但爱丽丝看不清楚到底是谁，

One voice sounded like a horse, she thought.

她想其中有一个声音好像是马发出的。

And then a very small voice, right next to her ear, said,

随后有一个很细微的声音凑着她的耳朵讲：

'You could make a poem out of that-something about “a horse, of course”.'

“你可以根据那个编一首诗，内容当然是一匹马的故事。”

The gentleman in white paper spoke again.

穿一身白纸的先生又说：

'Don't worry, my dear,' he whispered⁸. 'Just buy a return ticket every time the train stops.'

“小宝贝，别着急。”他低声说，“火车每停一站就买张回程票。”

1 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

2 brooks   

n.小溪( brook的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Brooks gave the business when Haas caught him with his watch. 哈斯抓到偷他的手表的布鲁克斯时，狠狠地揍了他一顿。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Ade and Brooks exchanged blows yesterday and they were severely punished today. 艾德和布鲁克斯昨天打起来了，今天他们受到严厉的惩罚。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 inspector   

n.检查员，监察员，视察员

参考例句：

• The inspector was interested in everything pertaining to the school.视察员对有关学校的一切都感兴趣。
• The inspector was shining a flashlight onto the tickets.查票员打着手电筒查看车票。

4 ought   

v.aux.应该，大概；n.责任

参考例句：

• Ought I to hand in the homework today?我应当在今天交上作业吗？
• They ought to be here by now.他们这个时候该到了。

5 goat   

n.山羊，替罪羊；坏人，色鬼

参考例句：

• A goat is different from a sheep.山羊与绵羊不一样。
• They have goats and sell goat's milk.他们有山羊，卖羊奶。

6 beetle   

n.甲虫，近视眼的人

参考例句：

• A firefly is a type of beetle.萤火虫是一种甲虫。
• He saw a shiny green beetle on a leaf.我看见树叶上有一只闪闪发光的绿色甲虫。

7 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

8 whispered   

adj.耳语的，低语的v.低声说( whisper的过去式和过去分词 )；私语；小声说；私下说

参考例句：

• She sidled up to me and whispered something in my ear. 她悄悄走上前来，对我耳语了几句。
• His ill luck has been whispered about the neighborhood. 他的不幸遭遇已在邻居中传开。 来自《简明英汉词典》