美国语文第六册 第210期:江湖庸医(4)

Consider my poor wife. Thy wife! My wife, sir.

请看在我那可怜的妻子的份上，饶了我吧。你的妻子？！我的妻子，先生。

Hast thou dared think of matrimony, too? Thou shadow of a man, and base as lean!

你也竟敢为自己的婚姻着想？你这个人渣！

O spare me for her sake!

看在她的份上，饶了我吧！

I have a wife, and three angelic babes, Who, by those looks, are well nigh fatherless.

我有一个妻子，还有三个天使般的孩子，可是他们就要没有父亲了。

Well, well! your wife and children shall plead for you.

够了，够了！你妻子和孩子不过是你的借口而已。

Come, come; the pills! where are the pills? Produce them. Here is the box.

过来，过来；吃了这药片！药片呢？现在就做。在盒里呢。

Were it Pandora's, and each single pill Had ten diseases in it, you should take them.

这可是潘多拉盒啊，每个药片管十种病，你先吃。

What, all? Ay, all; and quickly, too. Come, sir, begin — (LAMPEDO takes one.) That's well! Another.

都吃了吗？嗯，都吃了，快点。来吧，先生，开始吧——（蓝裴多吃了一个）太好了！再来一个。

One's a dose. Proceed, sir.

一次一片。接着吃，先生。

What will become of me? Let me go home, and set my shop to rights, And, like immortal¹ Caesar, die with decency².

那我成什么了？让我回家吧，把店关了，就像不朽的恺撒一样，死的体面一些。

Away! and thank thy lucky star I have not Brayed³ thee in thine own mortar⁴, or exposed thee For a large specimen⁵ of the lizard⁶ genus.

得了吧！多亏你的幸运星我才没有在你自己家里揍你，或揭穿你用蜥蜴做大标本。

Would I were one! for they can feed on air. Home, sir! and be more honest. If I am not, I'll be more wise, at least.

我只用了一个啊！因为它们可以在空中喂养。回家吧，先生，做个诚实的人。要是我做不到的话，至少会更聪明一些。

1 immortal   

adj.不朽的；永生的，不死的；神的

参考例句：

• The wild cocoa tree is effectively immortal.野生可可树实际上是不会死的。
• The heroes of the people are immortal!人民英雄永垂不朽！

2 decency   

n.体面，得体，合宜，正派，庄重

参考例句：

• His sense of decency and fair play made him refuse the offer.他的正直感和公平竞争意识使他拒绝了这一提议。
• Your behaviour is an affront to public decency.你的行为有伤风化。

3 brayed   

v.发出驴叫似的声音( bray的过去式和过去分词 )；发嘟嘟声；粗声粗气地讲话（或大笑）；猛击

参考例句：

• He brayed with laughter. 他刺耳地大笑。
• His donkey threw up his head and brayed loudly. 他的驴扬起头大声叫。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 mortar   

n.灰浆，灰泥；迫击炮；v.把…用灰浆涂接合

参考例句：

• The mason flushed the joint with mortar.泥工用灰浆把接缝处嵌平。
• The sound of mortar fire seemed to be closing in.迫击炮的吼声似乎正在逼近。

5 specimen   

n.样本，标本

参考例句：

• You'll need tweezers to hold up the specimen.你要用镊子来夹这标本。
• This specimen is richly variegated in colour.这件标本上有很多颜色。

6 lizard   

n.蜥蜴，壁虎

参考例句：

• A chameleon is a kind of lizard.变色龙是一种蜥蜴。
• The lizard darted out its tongue at the insect.蜥蜴伸出舌头去吃小昆虫。