木偶奇遇记 第28期:红龙虾旅馆

 　　Chapter 13

　　第13章

　　Cat and Fox and Marionette¹ walked and walked and walked.

　　猫，狐狸和木偶一直走啊走啊走啊。

　　At last, toward evening, dead tired, they came to the Inn of the Red Lobster².

　　最后，他们走到天黑，直至精疲力，来到了红龙虾旅馆。

　　"Let us stop here a while," said the Fox, "to eat a bite and rest for a few hours.

　　“咱们在这儿歇一会儿吧，”狐狸说，“吃点东西，然后休息几个钟头。

　　At midnight we'll start out again, for at dawn tomorrow we must be at the Field of Wonders."我们半夜再动身，明天黎明时分就一定能到‘奇迹宝地’。

　　They went into the Inn and all three sat down at the same table.

　　他们走进旅馆，三个人坐在同一张桌子旁。

　　However, not one of them was very hungry.

　　然而，谁都不是很饿。

　　The poor Cat felt very weak,

　　可怜的猫说他感觉很虚弱，

　　and he was able to eat only thirty-five mullets with tomato sauce and four portions of tripe³ with cheese.

　　所以只要吃三十五条香茄酱胭脂鱼、四大份奶酪牛杂碎就够了。

　　童话故事 木偶奇遇记

　　Moreover, as he was so in need of strength, he had to have four more helpings⁴ of butter and cheese.

　　此外，他为了增强体质，又添了四份黄油和奶酪。

　　The Fox, after a great deal of coaxing⁵, tried his best to eat a little.

　　狐狸在对皮诺乔进行了大量的哄骗后，尽自己最大的努力只吃一点。

　　The doctor had put him on a diet,

　　大夫规定他要节制饮食，

　　and he had to be satisfied with a small hare dressed with a dozen young and tender spring chickens.

　　使得他不得不只吃了一只表面铺满了肥嫩童子鸡肉的小野兔。

　　After the hare, he ordered some partridges, a few pheasants, a couple of rabbits, and a dozen frogs and lizards⁶.

　　吃完野兔，他又要了一些鹧鸪、一点山鸡、几只家兔、一打田鸡和晰蜴。

　　That was all. He felt ill, he said, and could not eat another bite.

　　就这些了。他说他感觉不舒服，一口也吃不下去了。

　　Pinocchio ate least of all. He asked for a bite of bread and a few nuts and then hardly touched them.

　　吃得最少的是皮诺乔。他只要了点面包和坚果，但是基本上没怎么碰。

　　The poor fellow, with his mind on the Field of Wonders, was suffering from a gold-piece indigestion.

　　这可怜孩子光顾着想‘奇迹宝地’，好像金币己经把他撑饱了。

 

1 marionette   

n.木偶

参考例句：

• With this marionette I wish to travel through the world.我希望带着这个木偶周游世界。
• The development of marionette had a great influence on the future development of opera.木偶戏的发展对以后的戏曲有十分重要的影响。

2 lobster   

n.龙虾，龙虾肉

参考例句：

• The lobster is a shellfish.龙虾是水生贝壳动物。
• I like lobster but it does not like me.我喜欢吃龙虾，但它不适宜于我的健康。

3 tripe   

n.废话，肚子, 内脏

参考例句：

• I can't eat either tripe or liver.我不吃肚也不吃肝。
• I don't read that tripe.我才不看那种无聊的东西呢。

4 helpings   

n.（食物）的一份( helping的名词复数 )；帮助，支持

参考例句：

• You greedy pig! You've already had two helpings! 你这个馋嘴！你已经吃了两份了！
• He had two helpings of pudding. 他吃了两客布丁。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

5 coaxing   

v.哄，用好话劝说( coax的现在分词 )；巧言骗取；哄劝，劝诱；“锻炼”效应

参考例句：

• No amount of coaxing will make me change my mind. 任你费尽口舌也不会说服我改变主意。
• It took a lot of coaxing before he agreed. 劝说了很久他才同意。 来自辞典例句

6 lizards   

n.蜥蜴( lizard的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Nothing lives in Pompeii except crickets and beetles and lizards. 在庞培城里除了蟋蟀、甲壳虫和蜥蜴外，没有别的生物。 来自辞典例句
• Can lizards reproduce their tails? 蜥蜴的尾巴断了以后能再生吗？ 来自辞典例句