雙語小說連載:《董貝父子》第12章 Part 9
Tea was served in a style no less polite than the dinner; and after tea, the young gentlemen rising and bowing as before,withdrew to fetch up the unfinished tasks of that day, or to get up the already looming tasks of to-Morrow. In the meantime Mr Feeder withdrew to his own room; and Paul sat in a corner wondering whether Florence was thinking of him, and what they were all about at Mrs Pipchin's.
Mr Toots, who had been detained by an important letter from the Duke of Wellington, found Paul out after a time; and having looked at him for a long while, as before, inquired if he was fond of waistcoats.
圖茨先生由於忙着草擬惠靈頓公爵寄來的一封重要信件，剛纔耽擱了一些時候，這時把保羅找到了；他像先前一樣看了他好久之後問他，他是不是喜歡背心。Paul said 'Yes, Sir.'
保羅說，“喜歡，先生。”
'So am I,' said Toots.
“我也喜歡，”圖茨說道。No word more spoke Toots that night; but he stood looking at Paul as if he liked him; and as there was company in that, and Paul was not inclined to talk, it answered his purpose better than conversation.
那天夜裏圖茨沒有再說別的話；但他站在那裏看着保羅，彷彿他喜歡他；由於這裏有着情誼，而保羅又不想說話，這比交談更符合他的意願。At eight o'clock or so, the gong sounded again for prayers in the dining-room, where the butler afterwards presided over a side-table, on which bread and cheese and beer were spread for such young gentlemen as desired to partake of those refreshments. The ceremonies concluded by the Doctor's saying, 'Gentlemen, we will resume our studies at seven to-morrow;' and then, for the first time, Paul saw Cornelia Blimber's eye, and saw that it was upon him. When the Doctor had said these words, 'Gentlemen, we will resume our studies at seven tomorrow,' the pupils bowed again, and went to bed.
八點鐘左右，鑼又響起來，召喚大家到餐廳裏去做祈禱；男管家在那裏擺了一張邊桌，桌子上散放着麪包、乳酪和啤酒，供那些需要提神滋補一下的年輕的先生們在祈禱之後取食。最後，布林伯博士說道，“先生們，我們明天七點鐘將重新開始學習，”這樣儀式就結束了；然後，保羅第一次看到科妮莉亞·布林伯的眼光，看到那是對着他看的。當博士說了“先生們，我們明天七點鐘將重新開始學習”之後，小學生們又鞠了躬，然後去睡覺。In the confidence of their own room upstairs, Briggs said his head ached ready to split, and that he should wish himself dead if it wasn't for his mother, and a blackbird he had at home Tozer didn't say much, but he sighed a good deal, and told Paul to look out, for his turn would come to-morrow. After uttering those prophetic words, he undressed himself moodily, and got into bed. Briggs was in his bed too, and Paul in his bed too, before the weak-eyed young man appeared to take away the candle, when he wished them good-night and pleasant dreams. But his benevolent wishes were in vain, as far as Briggs and Tozer were concerned; for Paul, who lay awake for a long while, and often woke afterwards, found that Briggs was ridden by his lesson as a nightmare: and that Tozer, whose mind was affected in his sleep by similar causes, in a minor degree talked unknown tongues, or scraps of Greek and Latin - it was all one to Paul- which, in the silence of night, had an inexpressibly wicked and guilty effect.
在樓上他們自己的房間裏，布里格斯吐露心事說，他的頭痛得就要裂開；如果不是爲了他的母親和他家中的一隻黑鳥的話，那麼他真巴不得自己死去纔好。託澤沒有多說話，但他嘆了好多氣，並勸告保羅準備着，因爲明天就要輪到他了。在說了這些預言性的話之後，他鬱鬱不樂地脫掉衣服，上了牀。當那位弱視的年輕人進來拿走蠟燭，並祝他們夜安和做個快樂的夢的時候，布里格斯也已經在牀上了，保羅也一樣已經躺在牀上了。可是就布里格斯與託澤來說，他的善意的祝願卻沒起作用；因爲保羅醒着躺了好久，後來又時常醒過來，他發現，功課像個夢魘一樣折磨着布里格斯；託澤在睡眠中也由於同樣的原因，頭腦受到了滋擾，只不過程度輕一些罷了；他說着聽不明白的語言，不是希臘語就是拉丁語的片斷——對保羅來說完全是一樣——，在夜晚的寂靜中，它們有着難以形容的邪惡與罪惡的效果。註釋:loomn. 織布機；若隱若現的景象
vi. 可怕地出現；朦朧地出現；隱約可見
vt. 在織布機上織
短語
rapier loom 劍桿織機；劍桿式投緯織機
air-jet loom 噴氣織機
shuttle loom 梭織機；有梭織機
loom large 顯得突出；赫然聳現
例句：
(1) Internal challenges also loom.
內部的挑戰也漸漸逼近。
(2) The fabric was weaving at her loom.
她的織布機正編織着這些織物。
(3) I don't know how to use a hand loom.
我不知道怎樣使用手工織布機。
(4) Two risks loom large.
目前存在兩大風險。
(5) A similar sturdy fabric made on a power loom.
手工紡織呢''。'紡織機'。''織出的結實的織物。
(6) US climate politics loom large on the global stage.
美國的氣候變化政治是世界舞臺的焦點。
(7) The invention came to be known as the Jacquard loom.
這項發明被命名爲雅卡爾織布機。
(8)They pretend to make the cloth on the loom every day.
他們假裝整日的在空織布機上織布。
appearvi. 出現；顯得；似乎；出庭
例句：
(1) The cartoons appear on page 10.
漫畫刊登在第10頁上。
(2) Loan losses appear to be stabilising.
貸款損失趨於穩定。
(3) A similar measure will appear in Florida.
佛羅里達州也會採取類似的措施。
(4) The results appear in the journal Ecology.
該研究成果發表在《生態學》雜誌上。
(5) What would appear?
會出現什麼呢？
(6) But now some appear willing to take more risk.
但是現在有一些也變得願意冒險。
(7) Police have found what appear to be human remains.
警方已經發現了看起來像人的屍體的東西。
(8) That's just how dog mouths appear sometimes, right?
它的嘴有時只是有那個動作罷了，不是嗎？
(9) More such bad news will appear during the election campaign.
在競選期間更多諸如此類的壞消息會出現。
(10) In fact, they appear to be confusing ability with precocity.
事實上，他們將早熟與能力混爲一談。
(11) This will appear a strange reversal of the usual commentary.
這看起來好像故意跟一般評論唱離奇的反調。
