介绍:
(点击右边黑三角下拉有中英配文）
Want of breath prevented a continuance of the song; and the breakdown attracted the attention of a firm standing man of middle age, who kept each corner of his crescent-shaped mouth rigorously drawn back into his cheek, as if to do away with any suspicion of mirthfulness
which might erroneously have attached to him.
老头儿接不上气儿来，才把歌声止住了；当时一位腰板笔直的中年男子，看见老头儿唱不上来了，就和他说起话来；只见那个男子，把他那月牙式的嘴，使劲往腮颊后面拉，仿佛怕别人错疑惑他会有什么嬉戏的笑容似的，所以作出这种样子来竭力避免。
"A fair stave, Grandfer Cantle; but I am afeard &`&tis too much for the mouldy weasand of such a old man as you," he said to the wrinkled reveler. "Doesn’t wish th&`& wast three sixes again, Grandfer, as you was when you first learnt to sing it?"
“好曲子，（门敢）特大爷；可是有一样，俺恐怕你老人家那副老嗓子唱这样的曲子，有点儿够受的吧？”他朝着那位满脸皱纹的纵情歌舞者说。“俺说，（门敢）特大爷，你想不想再往十七打八里过一回，像你刚一学着唱这个曲子那时候的样子？”
"Hey?" said Grandfer Cantle, stopping in his dance.
“呃？你说什么？”阚特大爷停止了跳舞说。
"Dostn&`&t wish wast young again, I say? There&`&s a hole in thy poor bellows nowadays seemingly."
“俺说，你愿意不愿意返老还童？像你眼下这把年纪，你那个老气嗓仿佛有了窟窿啦。”
"But there&`&s good art in me? If I couldn&`&t make a little wind go a long ways I should seem no younger than the most aged man, should I, Timothy?"
“嗓子只管不好，俺可有的是巧着儿。俺要是不善于运用俺这不够喘的气儿，那俺还能这么年轻，还能看起来一点儿也不像个顶老的糟老头子吗？你说，提摩太，能吗？”
"And how about the new-married folks down there at the Quiet Woman Inn?" the other inquired, pointing towards a dim light in the direction of the distant highway, but considerably apart from where the reddleman was at that moment resting. "What&`&s the rights of the matter about &`&em? You ought to know, being an understanding man." “俺问你，大爷，这下面他们静女店里新成家的那两口子，这阵儿怎么样啦？”提摩太问，同时把手朝着远方大路那一方面一个黯淡的亮光指去，不过那个亮光，离红土贩子那时坐着休息的那段大路，却很不近。“他们这阵儿的真情实景是怎么个样子，像你这样一个明白晓事的人，总该知道吧？”
"But a little rakish, hey? I own to it. Master Cantle is that, or he&`&s nothing. Yet &`&tis a gay fault, neigbbour Fairway, that age will cure."
“明白只管明白，只是有点儿荒唐，是不是？俺也承认，有点儿荒唐。俺阚特大爷，当然是个荒唐鬼，要是他连个荒唐都够不上，那他还有什么资格哪？不过，费韦街坊，这是一桩小毛病，老了就好了。”
"I heard that they were coming home tonight. By this time they must have come. What besides?"
“俺以先只听说他们今儿晚上一块儿回来。俺想这时候，他们该已经回来了吧。还有什么别的情况没有？”
"The next thing is for us to go and wish &`&em joy, I suppose?"
“俺想，再应该办的事，就是咱们得上他们家给他们道喜去了。”
"Well, no."
“不吧？”
"No? Now, I thought we must. I must, or &`&twould be very unlike me--the first in every spree that&`&s going!
“不？俺想咱们一定得去。俺就非去不可。凭俺一有乐子就带头儿的人，要是不去，那应该吗？”
"Do thou&`& put on&`& a fri&`&-ar&`&s coat&`&,
你快被上行乞僧服，
And I&`&ll&`& put on&`& a-no&`&-ther,
我也和你一样装束，
And we&`& will to&`& Queen Ele&`&anor go&`&,
就像同门师兄师弟，
Like Fri&`&ar and&`& his bro&`&ther.
齐向王后参拜敬礼。
I met Mis&`&ess Yeobright, the young bride&`&s aunt, last night, and she told me that her son Clym was coming home a&`& Christmas. Wonderful clever, &`&a believe--ah, I should like to have all that&`&s under that young man&`&s hair. Well, then, I spoke to her in my well-known merry way, and she said, &`&O that what&`&s shaped so venerable should talk like a fool!&`&--that&`&s what she said to me. I don&`&t care for her, be jowned if I do, and so I told her.
“昨儿晚上，俺碰见新娘子的大妈姚伯太太来着，她告诉俺，说她儿子克林过圣诞节的时候要回来。俺敢说，她儿子真伶俐的了不得，——啊，俺要是也有那个小伙子肚子里那些本事就好了。呃，接着俺就用俺那种一向大家都知道的风流腔调，跟她说话，她一听可就说啦，‘唉，这样一个看样子像是年高有德的人，可满嘴说这样的浑话，真是的！’——她就这样说俺来着。俺不在乎她那个，你骂那个在乎她的，俺当时也就这样对她说来着。
&`&Be jowned if I care for &`&ee,&`& I said. I had her there--hey?"
俺说，‘你骂那个在乎你的。’俺占了她的上风了，是不是？”
"I rather think she had you," said Fairway.
“俺倒觉得是她占了你的上风了，”费韦说。
"No," said Grandfer Cantle, his countenance slightly flagging. "&`&Tisn&`&t so bad as that with me?"
“不至于吧，”阚特大爷把脸多少一搭拉说。“俺想俺不至于那么糟吧？”
"Seemingly &`&tis, however, is it because of the wedding that Clym is coming home a&`& Christmas--to make a new arrangement because his mother is now left in the house alone?"
“看起来好像能那么糟；可是，俺且问你，克林在过圣诞节的时候回来，就是为了这场亲事——为了家里就剩了他妈一个人，回来安置他妈，是不是？”
"Yes, yes--that&`&s it. But, Timothy, hearken to me," said the Grandfer earnestly.
“是，是，正是。不过，提摩太，你听俺说，”阚特大爷恳切地说。
----每周一/三/五晚更----
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