🔊 It was the White Rabbit, trotting slowly back again, and looking anxiously about as it went, as if it had lost something; and she heard it muttering to itself "The Duchess! The Duchess! Oh my dear paws! Oh my fur and whiskers! She'll get me executed, as sure as ferrets are ferrets! Where can I have dropped them, I wonder?" Alice guessed in a moment that it was looking for the fan and the pair of white kid gloves, and she very good-naturedly began hunting about for them, but they were nowhere to be seen-everything seemed to have changed since her swim in the pool, and the great hall, with the glass table and the little door, had vanished completely.

那是白兔,又慢吞吞地走回来,一边走一边焦急地四处张望,好像丢了什么东西似的；她听到它自言自语道:"公爵夫人！公爵夫人！哦,我亲爱的爪子！哦,我的毛和胡子！她肯定会把我处死的,就像白鼬就是白鼬一样肯定！我到底把它们丢在哪里了呢,我纳闷？"爱丽丝立刻猜到它是在找扇子和那双白色小山羊皮手套,于是她很和善地开始四处寻找,但哪儿也看不见--自从她在池塘里游泳后,一切似乎都变了样,那个有大玻璃桌和小门的大厅完全消失了。

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executed /ˈeksɪkjuːtɪd/

v. (p.p.). 处决,处死➕

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good-naturedly /ˌɡʊd ˈneɪtʃədli/

adv. 和善地,好脾气地➕

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vanished /ˈvænɪʃt/

v. (p.p.). 消失,突然不见➕

🔊 Very soon the Rabbit noticed Alice, as she went hunting about, and called out to her in an angry tone, "Why, Mary Ann, what are you doing out here? Run home this moment, and fetch me a pair of gloves and a fan! Quick, now!" And Alice was so much frightened that she ran off at once in the direction it pointed to, without trying to explain the mistake it had made.

很快兔子就注意到了爱丽丝,她正在四处寻找,兔子生气地对她喊道:"喂,玛丽·安,你在这里干什么？马上跑回家去,给我拿一副手套和一把扇子！快,现在！"爱丽丝吓坏了,立刻朝它指的方向跑去,没有试图解释它犯的错误。

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frightened /ˈfraɪtnd/

adj. 受惊的,害怕的➕

🔊 "He took me for his housemaid," she said to herself as she ran. "How surprised he'll be when he finds out who I am! But I'd better take him his fan and gloves-that is, if I can find them."

"他把我当成了他的女仆,"她一边跑一边自言自语。"等他发现我是谁时,他会多么惊讶啊！但我最好还是把他的扇子和手套拿去--也就是说,如果我能找到的话。"

🔊 As she said this, she came upon a neat little house, on the door of which was a bright brass plate with the name 'W. RABBIT' engraved upon it. She went in without knocking, and hurried upstairs, in great fear lest she should meet the real Mary Ann, and be turned out of the house before she had found the fan and gloves.

正说着,她来到一栋整洁的小房子前,门上有一块闪亮的铜牌,上面刻着‘白兔先生’的名字。她没有敲门就走了进去,匆匆上楼,非常害怕会遇到真正的玛丽·安,在她找到扇子和手套之前就被赶出房子。

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engraved /ɪnˈɡreɪvd/

v. (p.p.). 雕刻,刻上➕

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lest /lest/

conj. 以免,唯恐（引导目的状语从句,从句常用should）➕

🔊 "How queer it seems," Alice said to herself, "to be going messages for a rabbit! I suppose Dinah'll be sending me on messages next!" And she began fancying the sort of thing that would happen: "'Miss Alice! Come here directly, and get ready for your walk!' 'Coming in a minute, nurse! But I've got to see that the mouse doesn't get out.' Only I don't think," Alice went on, "that they'd let Dinah stop in the house if it began ordering people about like that!"

"这看起来多奇怪啊,"爱丽丝自言自语道,"居然为一只兔子跑腿！我想接下来黛娜也会派我跑腿了！"她开始想象会发生的那种事情:"‘爱丽丝小姐！马上过来,准备去散步！’‘马上就来,保姆！但我得看着老鼠别跑出去。’只是我不认为,"爱丽丝接着说,"如果黛娜开始那样命令人,他们会让它待在房子里！"

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queer /kwɪə(r)/

adj. 奇怪的,古怪的➕

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fancying /ˈfænsiɪŋ/

v. (pres. part.). 想象,设想（此处是动词fancy的现在分词形式）➕

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ordering /ˈɔːdərɪŋ/

v. (pres. part.). 命令,吩咐（此处是动词order的现在分词形式）➕

🔊 By this time she had found her way into a tidy little room with a table in the window, and on it (as she had hoped) a fan and two or three pairs of tiny white kid gloves: she took up the fan and a pair of the gloves, and was just going to leave the room, when her eye fell upon a little bottle that stood near the looking-glass. There was no label this time with the words 'DRINK ME,' but nevertheless she uncorked it and put it to her lips. "I know something interesting is sure to happen," she said to herself, "whenever I eat or drink anything; so I'll just see what this bottle does. I do hope it'll make me grow large again, for really I'm quite tired of being such a tiny little thing!"

这时,她找到了一间整洁的小房间,窗边有一张桌子,桌上（正如她希望的那样）有一把扇子和两三双白色小山羊皮手套:她拿起扇子和一副手套,正要离开房间,她的目光落在了镜子旁边的一个小瓶子上。这次瓶子上没有写着‘喝我’的标签,但她还是拔开瓶塞,把瓶子凑到唇边。"我知道每当吃或喝什么东西时,肯定会有有趣的事情发生,"她自言自语道,"所以我就看看这瓶子会有什么效果。我真希望它能让我再长大,因为我实在厌倦了做这么小的东西了！"

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tidy /ˈtaɪdi/

adj. 整洁的,整齐的➕

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nevertheless /ˌnevəðəˈles/

adv. 然而,不过➕

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uncorked /ʌnˈkɔːkt/

v. (p.p.). 拔掉...的塞子,打开（瓶塞）➕

🔊 It did so indeed, and much sooner than she had expected: before she had drunk half the bottle, she found her head pressing against the ceiling, and had to stoop to save her neck from being broken. She hastily put down the bottle, saying to herself "That's quite enough-I hope I shan't grow any more-As it is, I can't get out at the door-I do wish I hadn't drunk quite so much!"

确实如此,而且比她预期的快得多:她还没喝到半瓶,就发现头抵着天花板,不得不弯下腰以免脖子折断。她急忙放下瓶子,自言自语道:"这已经够了--我希望别再长了--现在这样,我连门都出不去了--我真希望没喝那么多！"

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stoop /stuːp/

v. 弯腰,俯身➕

🔊 Alas! it was too late to wish that! She went on growing, and growing, and very soon had to kneel down on the floor: in another minute there was not even room for this, and she tried the effect of lying down with one elbow against the door, and the other arm curled round her head. Still she went on growing, and, as a last resource, she put one arm out of the window, and one foot up the chimney, and said to herself "Now I can do no more, whatever happens. What will become of me?"

唉！现在希望已经太晚了！她继续长啊长,很快就不得不跪在地板上:又过了一分钟,连跪着的空间都没有了,她试着躺下,一只胳膊抵着门,另一只胳膊环抱着头。但她还在长,最后没办法,她把一只胳膊伸出窗外,一只脚伸进烟囱,自言自语道:"现在我再也没法子了,不管发生什么。我会变成什么样呢？"

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Alas /əˈlæs/

interj. 哎呀,唉（表示悲伤、遗憾等）➕

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kneel /niːl/

v. 跪下,跪着➕

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resource /rɪˈsɔːs/

n. 资源；办法,对策➕

🔊 Luckily for Alice, the little magic bottle had now had its full effect, and she grew no larger: still it was very uncomfortable, and, as there seemed to be no sort of chance of her ever getting out of the room again, no wonder she felt unhappy.

对爱丽丝来说幸运的是,小魔瓶现在已经完全生效了,她不再长大了:但仍然很不舒服,而且似乎再也没有机会走出这个房间了,难怪她感到不开心。

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uncomfortable /ʌnˈkʌmftəbl/

adj. 不舒服的,不自在的➕

🔊 "It was much pleasanter at home," thought poor Alice, "when one wasn't always growing larger and smaller, and being ordered about by mice and rabbits. I almost wish I hadn't gone down that rabbit-hole-and yet-and yet-it's rather curious, you know, this sort of life! I do wonder what can have happened to me! When I used to read fairy-tales, I fancied that kind of thing never happened, and now here I am in the middle of one! There ought to be a book written about me, that there ought! And when I grow up, I'll write one-but I'm grown up now," she added in a sorrowful tone; "at least there's no room to grow up any more here."

"在家的时候愉快多了,"可怜的爱丽丝想道,"那时候人不会总是变大变小,也不会被老鼠和兔子命令来命令去。我几乎希望我没掉进那个兔子洞--可是--可是--你知道,这种生活挺奇怪的！我真想知道我到底发生了什么事！以前读童话故事时,我以为那种事永远不会发生,现在我却置身其中了！应该写一本关于我的书,应该写！等我长大了,我会写一本--但我现在已经长大了,"她悲伤地补充道；"至少这里没有空间再长大了。"

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pleasanter /ˈplezntə(r)/

adj. (comparative). 更愉快的,更舒适的（pleasant的比较级）➕

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curious /ˈkjʊəriəs/

adj. 好奇的；奇特的,不寻常的➕

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fancied /ˈfænsid/

v. (p.p.). 想象,以为（此处是动词fancy的过去式和过去分词形式）➕

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sorrowful /ˈsɒrəʊfl/

adj. 悲伤的,悲哀的➕

🔊 "But then," thought Alice, "shall I never get any older than I am now? That'll be a comfort, one way-never to be an old woman-but then-always to have lessons to learn! Oh, I shouldn't like that!"

"可是,"爱丽丝想,"我永远不会比现在更老了吗？那倒是一种安慰,一方面--永远不会变成老妇人--但另一方面--总是有功课要学！哦,我可不喜欢那样！"

🔊 "Oh, you foolish Alice!" she answered herself. "How can you learn lessons in here? Why, there's hardly room for you, and no room at all for any lesson-books!"

"哦,你这愚蠢的爱丽丝！"她回答自己。"你怎么能在这里学习功课呢？哎呀,你都快没地方了,更别说放任何课本了！"

🔊 And so she went on, taking first one side and then the other, and making quite a conversation of it altogether; but after a few minutes she heard a voice outside, and stopped to listen.

于是她继续这样,一会儿站这边,一会儿站那边,自问自答了好一阵子；但几分钟后,她听到外面有声音,就停下来倾听。

🔊 "Mary Ann! Mary Ann!" said the voice. "Fetch me my gloves this moment!" Then came a little pattering of feet on the stairs. Alice knew it was the Rabbit coming to look for her, and she trembled till she shook the house, quite forgetting that she was now about a thousand times as large as the Rabbit, and had no reason to be afraid of it.

"玛丽·安！玛丽·安！"那个声音说。"马上把我的手套拿来！"接着传来楼梯上轻轻的脚步声。爱丽丝知道是兔子来找她了,她吓得发抖,连房子都摇晃起来,完全忘了她现在比兔子大约大一千倍,没有理由怕它。

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trembled /ˈtrembld/

v. (p.p.). 发抖,颤抖➕

🔊 Presently the Rabbit came up to the door, and tried to open it; but, as the door opened inwards, and Alice's elbow was pressed hard against it, that attempt proved a failure. Alice heard it say to itself "Then I'll go round and get in at the window."

不一会儿,兔子走到门前,试图打开它；但因为门是向内开的,而爱丽丝的胳膊肘紧紧顶住了它,所以尝试失败了。爱丽丝听到它自言自语道:"那我绕过去从窗户进去。"

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inwards /ˈɪnwədz/

adv. 向内,向里面➕

🔊 "That you won't" thought Alice, and, after waiting till she fancied she heard the Rabbit just under the window, she suddenly spread out her hand, and made a snatch in the air. She did not get hold of anything, but she heard a little shriek and a fall, and a crash of broken glass, from which she concluded that it was just possible it had fallen into a cucumber-frame, or something of the sort.

"你休想,"爱丽丝想,等到她觉得听到兔子就在窗户下面时,她突然伸出手,在空中抓了一把。她什么也没抓到,但听到一声小小的尖叫和摔倒声,还有玻璃破碎的声音,由此她推断兔子可能掉进了黄瓜架之类的东西里。

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snatch /snætʃ/

n. 抓取,抢夺➕

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shriek /ʃriːk/

n. 尖叫声➕

🔊 Next came an angry voice-the Rabbit's-"Pat! Pat! Where are you?" And then a voice she had never heard before, "Sure then I'm here! Digging for apples, yer honour!"

接着传来一个愤怒的声音--兔子的声音--"帕特！帕特！你在哪儿？"然后是一个她从未听过的声音:"我当然在这儿！在挖苹果呢,老爷！"

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yer /jə(r)/

det. (pron.). 你的（非标准拼写,= your 或 you）➕

🔊 "Digging for apples, indeed!" said the Rabbit angrily. "Here! Come and help me out of this!" (Sounds of more broken glass.)

"挖苹果,真是的！"兔子生气地说。"过来！帮我从这里出来！"（更多玻璃破碎的声音。）

🔊 "Now tell me, Pat, what's that in the window?"

"现在告诉我,帕特,窗户里那是什么？"

🔊 "Sure, it's an arm, yer honour!" (He pronounced it 'arrum.')

"当然,那是一只胳膊,老爷！"（他发成‘arrum’的音。）

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arrum /ˈærəm/

n. 胳膊（非标准发音,= arm）➕

🔊 "An arm, you goose! Who ever saw one that size? Why, it fills the whole window!"

"一只胳膊,你这笨蛋！谁见过那么大的胳膊？哎呀,它把整个窗户都塞满了！"

🔊 "Sure, it does, yer honour: but it's an arm for all that."

"当然塞满了,老爷:但那确实是一只胳膊。"

🔊 "Well, it's got no business there, at any rate: go and take it away!"

"好吧,反正它不该在那儿:去把它弄走！"

🔊 There was a long silence after this, and Alice could only hear whispers now and then; such as, "Sure, I don't like it, yer honour, at all, at all!" "Do as I tell you, you coward!" and at last she spread out her hand again, and made another snatch in the air. This time there were two little shrieks, and more sounds of broken glass. "What a number of cucumber-frames there must be!" thought Alice. "I wonder what they'll do next! As for pulling me out of the window, I only wish they could! I'm sure I don't want to stay in here any longer!"

之后是长时间的沉默,爱丽丝只能偶尔听到窃窃私语；比如,"当然,我一点也不喜欢它,老爷,一点也不！""照我说的做,你这胆小鬼！"最后她又伸出手,在空中又抓了一把。这次传来两声小小的尖叫,还有更多玻璃破碎的声音。"黄瓜架一定有很多！"爱丽丝想。"不知道他们接下来会做什么！至于把我从窗户拉出去,我只希望他们能！我肯定不想再待在这里了！"

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whispers /ˈwɪspərz/

n. 低语,耳语➕

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shrieks /ʃriːks/

n. 尖叫声➕

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cucumber-frames /ˈkjuːkʌmbər freɪmz/

n. 黄瓜温室框架➕

🔊 She waited for some time without hearing anything more: at last came a rumbling of little cartwheels, and the sound of a good many voices all talking together: she made out the words: "Where's the other ladder?-Why, I hadn't to bring but one; Bill's got the other- Bill! fetch it here, lad!-Here, put 'em up at this corner-No, tie 'em together first-they don't reach half high enough yet-Oh! they'll do well enough; don't be particular-Here, Bill! catch hold of this rope-Will the roof bear?-Mind that loose slate-Oh, it's coming down! Heads below!" (a loud crash)-"Now, who did that?-It was Bill, I fancy-Who's to go down the chimney?-Nay, I shan't! You do it!-That I won't, then!-Bill's to go down- Here, Bill! the master says you're to go down the chimney!"

她等了一会儿,没再听到什么；最后传来小车轮的隆隆声,还有许多人一起说话的声音:她听出这样的话:"另一个梯子在哪儿？--哎呀,我只带了一个；比尔拿了另一个--比尔！把它拿过来,伙计！--来,把它们放在这个角落--不,先把它们绑在一起--它们还不到一半高呢--哦！它们够用了；别挑剔了--来,比尔！抓住这根绳子--屋顶撑得住吗？--小心那块松动的石板--哦,它掉下来了！下面的人头！"（一声巨响）--"现在,谁干的？--我想是比尔--谁下烟囱？--不,我不去！你去！--那我也不去！--比尔去--来,比尔！老爷说让你下烟囱！"

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rumbling /ˈrʌmblɪŋ/

n. 隆隆声,辘辘声➕

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cartwheels /ˈkɑːrtwiːlz/

n. 车轮（尤指手推车的车轮）➕

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particular /pərˈtɪkjələr/

adj. 挑剔的,讲究的➕

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loose /luːs/

adj. 松动的,未固定牢的➕

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slate /sleɪt/

n. 石板,石板瓦➕

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crash /kræʃ/

n. 哗啦声,破碎声,撞击声➕

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fancy /ˈfænsi/

v. 猜想,认为（尤用于口语）➕

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chimney /ˈtʃɪmni/

n. 烟囱➕

🔊 "Oh! So Bill's got to come down the chimney, has he?" said Alice to herself. "Why, they seem to put everything upon Bill! I wouldn't be in Bill's place for a good deal: this fireplace is narrow, to be sure; but I think I can kick a little!"

"哦！所以比尔得下烟囱,是吗？"爱丽丝自言自语道。"哎呀,他们好像把什么都推给比尔！我才不愿意处在比尔的位置呢:这壁炉确实很窄；但我想我可以踢一脚！"

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fireplace /ˈfaɪərpleɪs/

n. 壁炉➕

🔊 She drew her foot as far down the chimney as she could, and waited till she heard a little animal (she couldn't guess of what sort it was) scratching and scrambling about in the chimney close above her: then, saying to herself "This is Bill," she gave one sharp kick, and waited to see what would happen next.

她把脚尽量伸进烟囱,直到听到一只小动物（她猜不出是什么）在她正上方的烟囱里抓挠爬动:然后,她自言自语道"这是比尔",她狠狠地踢了一脚,等着看接下来会发生什么。

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scrambling /ˈskræmblɪŋ/

v. 匆忙行动,爬行,攀爬➕

🔊 The first thing she heard was a general chorus of "There goes Bill!" then the Rabbit's voice along-"Catch him, you by the hedge!" then silence, and then another confusion of voices- "Hold up his head-Brandy now-Don't choke him-How was it, old fellow? What happened to you? Tell us all about it!"

她首先听到的是一阵齐声喊"比尔走了！"然后是兔子的声音--"抓住他,篱笆边的你！"接着是沉默,然后又是一阵混乱的声音--"扶起他的头--现在来点白兰地--别噎着他--怎么回事,老伙计？你发生了什么？全都告诉我们！"

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chorus /ˈkɔːrəs/

n. 齐声,异口同声➕

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hedge /hedʒ/

n. 树篱,篱笆➕

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Brandy /ˈbrændi/

n. 白兰地（酒）➕

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choke /tʃoʊk/

v. 使窒息,呛➕

🔊 Last came a little feeble, squeaking voice, ("That's Bill," thought Alice,) "Well, I hardly know-No more, thank ye; I'm better now-but I'm a deal too flustered to tell you-all I know is, something comes at me like a Jack-in-the-box, and up I goes like a sky-rocket!"

最后传来一个微弱、吱吱的声音,（"那是比尔,"爱丽丝想,）"嗯,我几乎不知道--不要了,谢谢；我现在好多了--但我太慌张了,没法告诉你们--我只知道,有什么东西像玩偶盒一样冲向我,然后我就像火箭一样飞上去了！"

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feeble /ˈfiːb(ə)l/

adj. 微弱的,虚弱的➕

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squeaking /ˈskwiːkɪŋ/

adj. 吱吱叫的,发出短促尖声的➕

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flustered /ˈflʌstərd/

adj. 慌张的,紧张不安的➕

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Jack-in-the-box /ˈdʒæk ɪn ðə bɒks/

n. 玩偶匣（打开盒盖即弹出一个玩偶的玩具）➕

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sky-rocket /ˈskaɪ ˌrɒkɪt/

n. 冲天炮,烟火➕

🔊 "So you did, old fellow!" said the others.

"你确实如此,老伙计！"其他人说。

🔊 "We must burn the house down!" said the Rabbit's voice; and Alice called out as loud as she could, "If you do, I'll set Dinah at you!"

"我们必须把房子烧掉！"兔子的声音说；爱丽丝尽可能大声喊道:"如果你敢,我就放黛娜咬你！"

🔊 There was a dead silence instantly, and Alice thought to herself, "I wonder what they will do next! If they had any sense, they'd take the roof off." After a minute or two, they began moving about again, and Alice heard the Rabbit say, "A barrowful will do, to begin with."

立刻死一般寂静,爱丽丝心想,"不知道他们接下来会做什么！如果他们有点头脑,就该把屋顶掀掉。"过了一两分钟,他们又开始走动,爱丽丝听到兔子说:"先来一车就够了。"

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barrowful /ˈbæroʊfʊl/

n. 一手推车（的量）,一满车➕

🔊 "A barrowful of what?" thought Alice; but she had not long to doubt, for the next moment a shower of little pebbles came rattling in at the window, and some of them hit her in the face. "I'll put a stop to this," she said to herself, and shouted out, "You'd better not do that again!" which produced another dead silence.

"一车什么？"爱丽丝想；但她没时间怀疑了,因为下一刻一阵小石子哗啦啦地从窗户飞进来,有些打在她脸上。"我要制止这个,"她自言自语道,然后大声喊道:"你们最好别再这样了！"这又带来了一阵死寂。

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pebbles /ˈpeb(ə)lz/

n. 小鹅卵石➕

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rattling /ˈrætlɪŋ/

adj. 发出咔哒声的,哗啦作响的➕

🔊 Alice noticed with some surprise that the pebbles were all turning into little cakes as they lay on the floor, and a bright idea came into her head. "If I eat one of these cakes," she thought, "it's sure to make some change in my size; and as it can't possibly make me larger, it must make me smaller, I suppose."

爱丽丝有些惊讶地注意到,石子一落到地板上就变成了小蛋糕,她突然想到一个主意。"如果我吃一块这些蛋糕,"她想,"肯定会对我的大小产生一些变化；既然它不可能让我变大,那一定让我变小,我猜。"

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noticed /ˈnoʊtɪst/

v. 注意到,觉察到➕

🔊 So she swallowed one of the cakes, and was delighted to find that she began shrinking directly. As soon as she was small enough to get through the door, she ran out of the house, and found quite a crowd of little animals and birds waiting outside. The poor little Lizard, Bill, was in the middle, being held up by two guinea-pigs, who were giving it something out of a bottle. They all made a rush at Alice the moment she appeared; but she ran off as hard as she could, and soon found herself safe in a thick wood.

于是她吞下一块蛋糕,高兴地发现自己立刻开始缩小。一旦小到能穿过门,她就跑出房子,发现外面有一大群小动物和鸟儿等着。可怜的小蜥蜴,比尔,在中间,被两只豚鼠扶着,他们正从瓶子里喂它东西。爱丽丝一出现,他们都向她冲来；但她拼命跑开,很快就发现自己安全地置身于一片茂密的树林中。

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shrinking /ˈʃrɪŋkɪŋ/

v. 缩小,收缩➕

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directly /dɪˈrektli/

adv. 立即,马上➕

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Lizard /ˈlɪzərd/

n. 蜥蜴➕

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guinea-pigs /ˈɡɪni pɪɡz/

n. 豚鼠,天竺鼠➕

🔊 "The first thing I've got to do," said Alice to herself, as she wandered about in the wood, "is to grow to my right size again; and the second thing is to find my way into that lovely garden. I think that will be the best plan."

"我首先要做的,"爱丽丝在树林里徘徊时自言自语道,"是恢复到正常大小；第二件事是找到去那个可爱花园的路。我想那将是最好的计划。"

🔊 It sounded an excellent plan, no doubt, and very neatly and simply arranged; the only difficulty was, that she had not the smallest idea how to set about it; and while she was peering about anxiously among the trees, a little sharp bark just over her head made her look up in a great hurry.

这听起来无疑是个极好的计划,安排得又巧妙又简单；唯一的困难是,她一点也不知道该如何着手；正当她在树林中焦急地张望时,头顶上一声尖锐的狗叫让她急忙抬头看。

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peering /ˈpɪrɪŋ/

v. 仔细看,凝视,费力地看➕

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anxiously /ˈæŋkʃəsli/

adv. 焦虑地,担忧地➕

🔊 An enormous puppy was looking down at her with large round eyes, and feebly stretching out one paw, trying to touch her. "Poor little thing!" said Alice, in a coaxing tone, and she tried hard to whistle to it; but she was terribly frightened all the time at the thought that it might be hungry, in which case it would be very likely to eat her up in spite of all her coaxing.

一只巨大的小狗正用圆圆的大眼睛低头看着她,虚弱地伸出一只爪子,试图触摸她。"可怜的小东西！"爱丽丝用哄骗的语气说,她努力想对它吹口哨；但她一直非常害怕,心想它可能饿了,那样的话,尽管她哄骗,它也很可能会把她吃掉。

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enormous /ɪˈnɔːrməs/

adj. 巨大的,庞大的➕

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coaxing /ˈkoʊksɪŋ/

adj. 劝诱的,哄骗的➕

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whistle /ˈwɪs(ə)l/

v. 吹口哨➕

🔊 Hardly knowing what she did, she picked up a little bit of stick, and held it out to the puppy; whereupon the puppy jumped into the air off all its feet at once, with a yelp of delight, and rushed at the stick, and made believe to worry it; then Alice dodged behind a great thistle, to keep herself from being run over; and the moment she appeared on the other side, the puppy made another rush at the stick, and tumbled head over heels in its hurry to get hold of it; then Alice, thinking it was very like having a game of play with a cart-horse, and expecting every moment to be trampled under its feet, ran round the thistle again; then the puppy began a series of short charges at the stick, running a very little way forwards each time and a long way back, and barking hoarsely all the while, till at last it sat down a good way off, panting, with its tongue hanging out of its mouth, and its great eyes half shut.

她几乎不知道自己在做什么,捡起一根小树枝,伸向小狗；于是小狗高兴地叫了一声,四脚同时跳起,冲向树枝,假装要撕咬它；然后爱丽丝躲到一大株蓟后面,以免被撞倒；她刚在另一侧出现,小狗又冲向树枝,匆忙中头朝下摔了一跤；然后爱丽丝想,这很像和拉车的马玩耍,时刻担心被它踩在脚下,就又绕着蓟跑了一圈；接着小狗开始一系列短促的冲锋冲向树枝,每次只向前跑一点点,后退一大段,一直嘶哑地叫着,直到最后它在远处坐下,喘着气,舌头伸出口外,大眼睛半闭着。

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whereupon /ˌwerəˈpɒn/

conj. 于是,因此➕

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yelp /jelp/

n. （因痛苦、惊讶等发出的）短促尖叫➕

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dodged /dɒdʒd/

v. 躲闪,避开➕

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thistle /ˈθɪs(ə)l/

n. 蓟（一种带刺植物）➕

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tumbled /ˈtʌmb(ə)ld/

v. 摔倒,跌倒➕

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charges /ˈtʃɑːrdʒɪz/

n. 猛冲,冲锋➕

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hoarsely /ˈhɔːrsli/

adv. 声音嘶哑地➕

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panting /ˈpæntɪŋ/

adj. 喘气的,气喘吁吁的➕

🔊 This seemed to Alice a good opportunity for making her escape; so she set off at once, and ran till she was quite tired and out of breath, and till the puppy's bark sounded quite faint in the distance.

这对爱丽丝来说似乎是个逃跑的好机会；于是她立刻出发,一直跑到累得喘不过气,直到小狗的叫声在远处变得很微弱。

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opportunity /ˌɒpərˈtjuːnəti/

n. 机会,时机➕

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faint /feɪnt/

adj. 微弱的,模糊不清的➕

🔊 "And yet what a dear little puppy it was!" said Alice, as she leant against a buttercup to rest herself, and fanned herself with one of the leaves: "I should have liked teaching it tricks very much, if-if I'd only been the right size to do it! Oh dear! I'd nearly forgotten that I've got to grow up again! Let me see-how is it to be managed? I suppose I ought to eat or drink something or other; but the great question is, what?"

"可它是多么可爱的小狗啊！"爱丽丝说着,靠在一株毛茛上休息,用一片叶子扇风:"我很想教它把戏,如果--如果我大小合适的话！哦天啊！我差点忘了我还得再长大！让我想想--该怎么办呢？我想我应该吃点或喝点什么；但大问题是,吃什么？"

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managed /ˈmænɪdʒd/

v. 管理,处理➕

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ought /ɔːt/

modal v. 应该➕

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question /ˈkwesʧən/

n. 问题➕

🔊 The great question certainly was, what?

大问题当然是,什么？

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certainly /ˈsɜːtnli/

adv. 肯定地,无疑地➕

🔊 Alice looked all round her at the flowers and the blades of grass, but she did not see anything that looked like the right thing to eat or drink under the circumstances.

爱丽丝环顾四周的花草,但没看到任何看起来适合在这种情况下吃或喝的东西。

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circumstances /ˈsɜːkəmstənsɪz/

n. 情况,环境➕

🔊 There was a large mushroom growing near her, about the same height as herself; and when she had looked under it, and on both sides of it, and behind it, it occurred to her that she might as well look and see what was on the top of it.

她附近长着一朵大蘑菇,大约和她一样高；她看了蘑菇下面、两侧和后面后,想到不妨看看蘑菇顶上有什么。

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occurred /əˈkɜːrd/

v. 发生➕

🔊 She stretched herself up on tiptoe, and peeped over the edge of the mushroom, and her eyes immediately met those of a large blue caterpillar, that was sitting on the top with its arms folded, quietly smoking a long hookah, and taking not the smallest notice of her or of anything else.

她踮起脚尖,从蘑菇边缘窥视,眼睛立刻与一只大蓝毛毛虫的眼睛相遇,毛毛虫坐在蘑菇顶上,双臂交叉,安静地抽着一根长水烟袋,对她或任何其他东西都毫不在意。

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immediately /ɪˈmiːdiətli/

adv. 立即➕

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caterpillar /ˈkætəpɪlər/

n. 毛毛虫➕

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hookah /ˈhʊkə/

n. 水烟筒➕

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notice /ˈnəʊtɪs/

n. 注意➕

Chapter four: The Rabbit Sends In A Little Bill (第四章:兔子派来小比尔)