爱丽丝梦游仙境 | 小猪与胡椒 · DD

 【由于图文过长，请宝宝们关注微信公众号：为你读英语美文，回复：爱丽丝，获得原文，垫乐，拓展资料】【第194期】 主播：DD坐标：美国 · 洛杉矶 【引言】在DD的第一期节目里，和大家分享了歌曲《猫》经典曲目Memory的原型：艾略特的《风夜狂想曲》 在今天的节目里，DD要和大家分享的故事来自《爱丽丝梦游仙境》Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, 这本风靡世界的奇幻作品表面上看起来荒诞不经，但却极具逻辑性与哲理，深受大家的喜爱。 《爱丽丝梦游仙境》（Alice's Adventures in Wonderland）是英国作家查尔斯·路德维希·道奇森以笔名刘易斯·卡罗尔于1865年出版的儿童文学作品。《爱丽丝梦游仙境》已经被翻译成至少125种语言，到20世纪中期重版300多次，其流传之广仅次于《圣经》和莎士比亚的作品。 今天要读的这一段摘自书中的第六章，小猪与胡椒。 在前面的故事里，爱丽丝追着一只手持怀表古怪的白兔掉到了兔子洞里，在经历了一番变大缩小之后，她偶然进入了一个小庄园。马上，爱丽丝将要见到公爵夫人和那只著名的咧嘴笑的柴郡猫。 下面就让我们一起跟着爱丽丝走进这个童话世界吧： 1. The door led rightinto a large kitchen, which was full of smoke from one end to the other: theDuchess was sitting on a three-legged stool in the middle, nursing a baby; thecook was leaning over the fire, stirring a large cauldron which seemed to befull of soup.这门直通一间大厨房，厨房里充满了烟雾，公爵夫人在房子中间，坐在—只三腿小凳上照料一个小孩。厨师俯身在炉子上的一只人锅里搅拌着，锅里好像盛满了汤。'There's certainlytoo much pepper in that soup!' Alice said to herself, as well as she could forsneezing.“汤里的胡椒确实太多了！”爱丽丝费劲儿地对自己说，并不停地打着喷嚏。There wascertainly too much of it in the air. Even the Duchess sneezed occasionally; andas for the baby, it was sneezing and howling alternately without a moment'spause. The only things in the kitchen that did not sneeze, were the cook, and alarge cat which was sitting on the hearth and grinning from ear to ear.空气里的胡椒味也确实太浓了，连公爵夫人也常常打喷嚏。至于那个婴孩，不是打喷嚏就是嚎叫，一刻也不停。这间厨房里只有两个生物不打喷嚏，就是女厨师和一只大猫，那只猫正趴在炉子旁，咧着嘴笑哩。'Please would youtell me,' said Alice, a little timidly, for she was not quite sure whether itwas good manners for her to speak first, 'why your cat grins like that?'“请告诉我，”爱丽丝有点胆怯地问，因为她还不十分清楚自己先开口合不合规矩，“为什么你的猫能笑呢？”'It's a Cheshirecat,' said the Duchess, 'and that's why. Pig!'“它是柴郡猫（郡：英国的行政区域单位，柴郡为一个郡的名称，由于本书影响，现在西方人都把露齿傻笑的人称为柴郡猫。），”公爵夫人说，“这就是为什么它会笑了。猪！”She said the lastword with such sudden violence that Alice quite jumped; but she saw in anothermoment that it was addressed to the baby, and not to her, so she took courage,and went on again:--公爵夫人凶狠地说出的最后的—个字，把爱丽丝吓了一大跳。但是，爱丽丝马上发觉她正在同婴孩说话，而不是对自己说，于是她又鼓起了勇气，继续说：'I didn't knowthat Cheshire cats always grinned; in fact, I didn't know that cats COULDgrin.'“我还不知道柴郡猫经常笑，实际上，我压根儿不知道猫会笑的。”