雙語小說連載:《董貝父子》第9章 Part 10大綱

'Come! What do you make of it?' said Captain Cuttle.

“聽着，您看這些怎麼樣？”卡特爾船長問道。

'Why, Lord help you!' returned the broker; 'you don't suppose that property's of any use, do you?'

“啊，上帝保佑您！”經紀人回答道；“難道您以爲那些財產有什麼用處嗎？”

'Why not?' inquired the Captain.

“爲什麼沒有用處？”船長問道。

'Why? The amount's three hundred and seventy, odd,' replied the broker.

“爲什麼？總共是三百七十多鎊，”經紀人回答道。

'Never mind,' returned the Captain, though he was evidently dismayed by the figures: 'all's fish that comes to your net, I suppose?'

“不要緊，”船長回答道，雖然這個數字顯然使他吃驚，“我想，跑進您網裏來的都是魚吧？”

'Certainly,' said Mr Brogley. 'But sprats ain't whales, you know.'

“當然，”布羅格利先生說道。“但是您知道，西鯡魚並不是鯨魚。”

The philosophy of this observation seemed to strike the Captain. He ruminated for a minute; eyeing the broker, meanwhile, as a deep genius; and then called the Instrument-maker aside.

這句話的哲理似乎擊中了船長。他沉思了一會兒；同時目不轉睛地看着經紀人，像是在看一位思想深奧的天才似的。然後他把儀器製造商叫到一旁。

'Gills,' said Captain Cuttle, 'what's the bearings of this business? Who's the creditor?'

“吉爾斯，”卡特爾船長說道，“這是什麼樣的一筆債務？債權人是誰？”

'Hush!' returned the old man. 'Come away. Don't speak before Wally. It's a matter of security for Wally's father - an old bond. I've paid a good deal of it, Ned, but the times are so bad with me that I can't do more just now. I've foreseen it, but I couldn't help it. Not a word before Wally, for all the world.'

“說輕一些！”老人回答道。“我們走開一些，別當着沃利的面說。這是爲了給沃利的父親擔保而發生的事情。——一筆老債務。我已經償付了好多，內德，可是我的日子過得很艱難，目前我不能再做什麼了。我預見到這件事，可是我無能爲力。無論如何，在沃利面前一句話也別說。”

'You've got some money, haven't you?' whispered the Captain.

“你有一些錢吧，是不是？”船長低聲問道。

'Yes, yes - oh yes- I've got some,' returned old Sol, first putting his hands into his empty pockets, and then squeezing his Welsh wig between them, as if he thought he might wring some gold out of it; 'but I - the little I have got, isn't convertible, Ned; it can't be got at. I have been trying to do something with it for Wally, and I'm old fashioned, and behind the time. It's here and there, and - and, in short, it's as good as nowhere,' said the old man, looking in bewilderment about him.

“是的，是的，——啊，是的。——我有一些，”老所爾回答道；他首先把手伸進兩隻空空的衣袋，然後用它們緊緊擠着他的威爾士假髮，彷彿他以爲他可以從那裏擠出一些金子似的。“但是我，——我有一點錢是不能兌換成現錢的，內德；它是不能立刻拿來用的。我一直在想用它來給沃利做點什麼事。可是我已過時了，落在時代後面了。這裏那裏都是錢，但同時——同時，總之，實際上等於什麼地方都沒有錢。”老人手足無措地看着四周，說道。

He had so much the air of a half-witted person who had been hiding his money in a variety of places, and had forgotten where, that the Captain followed his eyes, not without a faint hope that he might remember some few hundred pounds concealed up the chimney, or down in the cellar. But Solomon Gills knew better than that.

他那樣子很像是個神志恍惚的人，把錢藏在許多地方，但卻忘記藏在哪裏了，所以船長跟隨着他的眼光，心裏懷着一絲微弱的希望，也許他會記起來在上面的煙囪裏或在下面的地窖裏隱藏着幾百鎊。可是所羅門·吉爾斯心裏很清楚，這是決不會發生的事情。

註釋：eye n. 眼睛；視力；眼光；見解，觀點
vt. 注視，看
[ 複數eyes或eyen 或eyne 過去式eyed 過去分詞eyed 現在分詞eyeing 或 eying ]
詞組：
in the eyes of 在…心目中；從…來看
to the eye adv. 從表面上看來；公然
an eye for 對…很有興趣，對…有很深的愛好；對…有敏銳的鑑賞力；能欣賞；能判斷
all eyes 目不轉睛；衆目睽睽；聚精會神地看
eyes and ears 耳目
the public eye 羣衆的眼睛；社會的注意
in eye 在視線之內；在望
with an eye to 着眼於…；指望着…
eye contact 目光接觸；眼神交會
in the public eye 廣爲人知的；受公衆矚目的
eye to eye 心有靈犀；四目相對
with the naked eye adv. 用肉眼
keep an eye on v. 照看；留意；密切注視
set eyes on v. 看到；望見
see eye to eye 看法一致
naked eye n. 肉眼
black eye 黑眼圈；被打得發青的眼圈；醜事
eyes out [澳大利亞、新西蘭口語]全力以赴，竭盡全力
with an eye on 考慮到；注意到
at eye 不費勁地隨便一看，望一眼
例句：
(1) Does the baby make eye contact?
嬰兒是否進行眼神交流？
(2) My other eye hurts too, Papa.
我的另一隻眼睛也疼，爸爸。
(3) Do you see any green in my eye?
你在我眼裏看到任何嫉妒了嗎？？
(4) Betty has an eye for beauty.
貝蒂很有審美的眼光。
(5) If they have an eye for fashion.
如果他們有時尚的眼光。
(6) Open that eye and close the other.
睜開那隻眼睛並閉上另一隻。
(7) Opposite you can see the London Eye.
在對面就可以看到倫敦眼。
(8) My face in thine eye.
我的臉在你的眼中。
(9) A gleam of interest in the matter came into her eye.
她的眼睛裏顯露出一絲對此事感到興趣的神情。

faint adj. 模糊的；頭暈的；虛弱的；[醫] 衰弱的
vi. 昏倒；變得微弱；變得沒氣力
n. [中醫] 昏厥，昏倒
[ 比較級fainter 最高級faintest ]
詞組：
faint scent 清香
faint with 由於…原因而衰弱；因…而昏厥
例句：
(1) A faint blush came into her cheek.
她的臉上出現了淡淡的紅暈。
(2) I caught a faint odour of violet sachet .
我聞到一股紫羅蘭香粉的淡淡的清香味兒。
(3) There was a faint feeling of unrest at the table.
餐桌上稍微有一種不安的氣氛。
(4) As the old saw has it, faint heart never won fair lady.
正如古諺所說，懦夫難得美人心。
(5) He was awakened once from a faint by a wheeze close in his ear.
有一次，他從昏迷中給一種貼着他耳朵喘息的聲音驚醒了。
(6) Two faint hopes flicker in the sodden gloom left by the cyclone.
在風暴過後的滿目瘡痍裏閃爍着兩線模糊的希望。
(7) Hot stage lights glared down on the singer, making her feel faint.
強烈的舞臺燈光照射在那歌手身上，使她感到昏暈。
(8) If a good night sleep seems like a faint memory, blame the economy.
如果一晚好覺像一個灰暗的記憶，就責怪經濟吧。
(9) The highly imaginative child falls into a faint and becomes very ill.
這個想象力極強的孩子嚇暈過去，病得不輕。
(10) As he thought this, even the faint, wry smile vanished from his face .
這麼想着的吳蓀甫，臉上就連那苦笑的影子也沒有了。
(11) Unless replenished, faint rings should disappear within just a few thousand years.
如果沒有補充新的物質，微弱的行星環活不過幾千年。
(12) Is there anybody hear me faint voice?
是不是有人聽到我微弱的聲音？
(13)Is there anybody hear me faint voice?
是不是有人聽到我微弱的聲音？
(14) I felt faint with loving her so much.
我是那麼地愛她，甚至有了昏暈的感覺。
(15) I feel faint and the room is spinning.
我感到暈暈乎乎的，覺得房間在旋轉。
(16) I felt faint with loving her so much.
我是那麼地愛她，甚至有了昏暈的感覺。