雙語小說連載:《董貝父子》第9章 Part 8大綱
'I should go away, Captain Cuttle,' said Walter.'Dursn't do it, Wal'r,' returned the Captain. 'She'd find me out, wherever I went. Sit down. How's Gills?'
The Captain was dining (in his hat) off cold loin of mutton, porter, and some smoking hot potatoes, which he had cooked himself, and took out of a little saucepan before the fire as he wanted them. He unscrewed his hook at dinner-time, and screwed a knife into its wooden socket instead, with which he had already begun to peel one of these potatoes for Walter. His rooms were very small, and strongly impregnated with tobacco-smoke, but snug enough: everything being stowed away, as if there were an earthquake regularly every half-hour.
船長戴着帽子，正在吃午飯：冷的羊腰子、黑啤酒和幾個冒着熱氣的土豆。土豆是他自己煮的，他需要吃的時候，就從火爐前面的一隻有柄的小平底鍋中取出。吃飯的時候，他解下鉤子，把一把小刀插進木製的插口裏；他已經用這把小刀開始爲沃爾特把一個土豆的皮剝去了。他的房間很小，充滿了濃烈的吸菸草散發出的氣味，但卻十分溫暖舒適。所有的東西都收藏了起來，彷彿這裏每隔半小時就要發生一次地震似的。'How's Gills?' inquired the Captain.
“吉爾斯好嗎？”船長問道。
Walter, who had by this time recovered his breath, and lost his spirits - or such temporary spirits as his rapid journey had given him - looked at his questioner for a moment, said 'Oh, Captain Cuttle!' and burst into tears.
沃爾特這時已經緩過氣來，但卻喪失了情緒——或者可以說是喪失了一種由於急速趕路而暫時振奮起來的情緒。他向問他的人望了一會兒，說道，“啊，卡特爾船長！”然後，就流出了眼淚。No words can describe the Captain's consternation at this sight Mrs MacStinger faded into nothing before it. He dropped the potato and the fork - and would have dropped the knife too if he could - and sat gazing at the boy, as if he expected to hear next moment that a gulf had opened in the City, which had swallowed up his old friend, coffee-coloured suit, buttons, chronometer, spectacles, and all.
船長看到這種情景時的驚恐是不能用言語形容的。面對着這種情形，麥克斯廷傑太太已完全消失了。土豆和叉子從他手中掉下——如果可能的話，小刀也會掉下的——，他坐在那裏凝視着這個孩子，彷彿他預料立刻就會聽到，城裏的土地已經裂開一個深坑，它已經把他的老朋友、他的咖啡色外衣、鈕釦、精密計時錶、眼鏡以及一切都吞沒了。But when Walter told him what was really the matter, Captain Cuttle, after a moment's reflection, started up into full activity. He emptied out of a little tin canister on the top shelf of the cupboard, his whole stock of ready money (amounting to thirteen pounds and half-a-crown), which he transferred to one of the pockets of his square blue coat; further enriched that repository with the contents of his plate chest, consisting of two withered atomies of tea-spoons, and an obsolete pair of knock-knee'd sugar-tongs; pulled up his immense double-cased silver watch from the depths in which it reposed, to assure himself that that valuable was sound and whole; re-attached the hook to his right wrist; and seizing the stick covered over with knobs, bade Walter come along.
但是當沃爾特把事實真相告訴他之後，卡特爾船長沉思了片刻，就立刻非常活躍地行動起來。他從碗櫃頂層隔板上的一個小錫罐中倒出他存有的全部現錢（總共是十三鎊零半個克朗①），並把它們裝進他的寬大的藍色上衣的一個口袋中，接着他又把餐具箱子中所存有的東西充實到這個儲藏所中。餐具箱子中所存有的是兩隻乾癟的、不像原形的茶匙和一副舊式的彎曲的方糖箱子。他又把他那隻很大的、有雙層外殼的銀表從它安息的深處拉了出來，以便確信這個珍貴的物品完好無損；然後他把鉤子重新擰緊到右腕上，拿起那根有好多節的手杖，囑咐沃爾特動身。--------①克朗：舊時英國的硬幣，一克朗等於五先令。Remembering, however, in the midst of his virtuous excitement, that Mrs MacStinger might be lying in wait below, Captain Cuttle hesitated at last, not without glancing at the window, as if he had some thoughts of escaping by that unusual means of egress, rather than encounter his terrible enemy. He decided, however, in favour of stratagem.
可是他在這種由於道德高尚而激發的興奮中仍然記得，麥克斯廷傑太太可能在下面等待着，所以卡特爾船長最後猶豫起來，甚至還往窗子看了一眼，彷彿他腦子裏閃出這樣的念頭：寧可從這個不尋常的出口逃走，也不要碰見他那個可怕的敵人；可是他決定採用計謀。註釋： spirit n. 精神；心靈；情緒；志氣；烈酒
vt. 鼓勵；鼓舞；誘拐
詞組：
team spirit n. 團隊精神；合作精神
holy spirit [宗]聖靈（等於Holy Ghost）
in the spirit of 本着…的精神
olympic spirit 奧林匹克精神；奧運精神
national spirit 民族精神；國魂
in spirit 在精神上
pioneering spirit 開拓精神；首創精神；闖勁
enterprising spirit 進取心，進取精神；創業精神
evil spirit 惡魔；妖精
professional spirit n. 專業精神
white spirit 石油溶劑油
time spirit n. 時代精神
high spirit 鬥志昂揚；勇氣
free spirit n. 無拘無束的人；自由自在的人
group spirit 團隊精神
public spirit 公益精神，公德心
entrepreneur spirit 企業家精神；事業心
competitive spirit 競爭意識，好勝心
spirit level 水準儀；水平儀
collective spirit 集體精神
例句：
(1) Let your spirit start to soar.
讓你的靈魂開始翱翔。
(2) Feel wink of warmth and stir of spirit.
感覺溫度的閃爍和靈魂的騷動。
(3) I like the upbeat spirit of the Pledge.
我欣賞誓言中樂觀向上的精神。
(4) A new, can-do spirit seems to have sprung up.
一種新的事在人爲的精神似乎已經萌芽。
(5) Now the rat of Panic was gnawing at Byron's spirit.
如今恐慌正象耗子一樣在啃齧拜倫的心靈。
(6) The imagination imitates. It is the critical spirit that create.
想象是模仿，批判的精神才具有創造力。
(7) Some species, such as computer viruses, are more spirit than flesh.
有些種類，比如電腦病毒，更像是靈魂而不是實體。
(8) Secondly, the refugee relief consisted of spirit and material condition .
其次，對難民進行了精神和物質全面的救濟。
valuable adj. 有價值的；貴重的；可估價的
n. 貴重物品
[ 比較級more valuable 最高級most valuable ]
詞組：
valuable experience 寶貴的經驗
valuable information 有價值的情報
most valuable player 最有價值球員；最優秀選手
valuable consideration n. 與受益價值相等的回報
例句：
(1) Remember, time is valuable.
記住，時間很寶貴。
(2) This saying means that time is very valuable.
這句諺語講的是時間很寶貴。
(3) Goats are valuable , not just for their milk and meat, or .
山羊不僅是羊奶和羊肉有利用價值。
(4) I hope this trip can be a valuable experience in your life.
我希望這次旅行能給你帶來寶貴的經歷。
(5) The basic idea was right: bigger networks are more valuable.
基本原理是正確的：規模更大的網絡，價值越高。
(6) Hence we should use our valuable time properly to do our work.
所以我們應該好好利用我們的寶貴時間，做我們的事。
(7) Good health is the most valuable possession a person can have.
健康是一個人所能擁有的最大財富。
