🔊 "Curiouser and curiouser!" cried Alice (she was so much surprised, that for the moment she quite forgot how to speak good English); "now I'm opening out like the largest telescope that ever was! Good-bye, feet!" (for when she looked down at her feet, they seemed to be almost out of sight, they were getting so far off). "Oh, my poor little feet, I wonder who will put on your shoes and stockings for you now, dears? I'm sure I shan't be able! I shall be a great deal too far off to trouble myself about you: you must manage the best way you can;—but I must be kind to them," thought Alice, "or perhaps they won't walk the way I want to go! Let me see: I'll give them a new pair of boots every Christmas." And she went on planning to herself how she would manage it. "They must go by the carrier," she thought; "and how funny it'll seem, sending presents to one's own feet! And how odd the directions will look!

"越来越奇怪了！" 爱丽丝喊道（她惊讶得一时忘了怎么说好英语了）；"现在我像有史以来最大的望远镜一样伸展开了！再见吧,我的脚！"（因为她低头看脚时,它们几乎看不见了,变得那么远）。"哦,我可怜的小脚啊,亲爱的,现在谁会给你们穿鞋袜呢？我肯定我办不到了！我离得太远,没法为你们操心:你们得自己想办法了；——但我必须对它们好," 爱丽丝想,"不然它们可能不按我想走的路走！让我想想:我每年圣诞节给它们一双新靴子。" 她继续在心里盘算着这事。"它们得交给邮差,"她想；"给自己的脚送礼物,看起来多可笑啊！地址写起来多古怪啊！

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telescope /ˈtelɪskəʊp/

n. 望远镜➕

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stockings /ˈstɒkɪŋz/

n. 长袜➕

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carrier /ˈkæriə(r)/

n. 运送者；搬运工；运输公司➕

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directions /dɪˈrekʃ(ə)nz/

n. 指示；用法说明；地址；方向➕

🔊 ALICE'S RIGHT FOOT, ESQ. HEARTHRUG, NEAR THE FENDER, (WITH ALICE'S LOVE).

爱丽丝的右脚,先生。壁炉前地毯,近壁炉围栏,（附爱丽丝的爱意）。

🔊 Oh dear, what nonsense I'm talking!"

哦,天哪,我都在胡说些什么！"

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nonsense /ˈnɒns(ə)ns/

n. 胡说八道；废话➕

🔊 Just then her head struck against the roof of the hall: in fact she was now more than nine feet high, and she at once took up the little golden key and hurried off to the garden door.

就在这时,她的头撞到了大厅的屋顶:事实上她现在有九英尺多高了,她立刻拿起小金钥匙,匆忙跑向花园门。

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hurried /ˈhʌrid/

v. (过去式/过去分词) 匆忙,赶紧➕

🔊 Poor Alice! It was as much as she could do, lying down on one side, to look through into the garden with one eye; but to get through was more hopeless than ever: she sat down and began to cry again.

可怜的爱丽丝！她只能侧身躺下,用一只眼睛往花园里看；但要穿过去却比以往更无望了:她坐下来,又开始哭起来。

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hopeless /ˈhəʊpləs/

adj. 无望的；绝望的；无可救药的➕

🔊 "You ought to be ashamed of yourself," said Alice, "a great girl like you," (she might well say this), "to go on crying in this way! Stop this moment, I tell you!" But she went on all the same, shedding gallons of tears, until there was a large pool all round her, about four inches deep and reaching half down the hall.

"你应该为自己感到羞耻," 爱丽丝说,"像你这样的大姑娘,"（她大可以这么说）,"还这样哭个不停！马上停下来,我告诉你！" 但她还是一直哭,流下成加仑的眼泪,直到周围形成了一个大水池,大约四英寸深,淹没了半个大厅。

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gallons /ˈɡælənz/

n. 加仑（复数）；大量➕

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inches /ˈɪntʃɪz/

n. 英寸（复数）➕

🔊 After a time she heard a little pattering of feet in the distance, and she hastily dried her eyes to see what was coming. It was the White Rabbit returning, splendidly dressed, with a pair of white kid gloves in one hand and a large fan in the other: he came trotting along in a great hurry, muttering to himself as he came, "Oh! the Duchess, the Duchess! Oh! won't she be savage if I've kept her waiting!" Alice felt so desperate that she was ready to ask help of any one; so, when the Rabbit came near her, she began, in a low, timid voice, "If you please, sir—" The Rabbit started violently, dropped the white kid gloves and the fan, and scurried away into the darkness as hard as he could go.

过了一会儿,她听到远处传来轻微的啪嗒啪嗒的脚步声,她急忙擦干眼睛看看是什么来了。是白兔回来了,穿着华丽,一手拿着一副白羔羊皮手套,另一手拿着一把大扇子:他匆匆忙忙地小跑过来,一边走一边喃喃自语,"哦！公爵夫人,公爵夫人！哦！如果我让她等了,她一定会大发雷霆！" 爱丽丝感到如此绝望,以至于她准备向任何人求助；所以,当兔子走近她时,她开始用低沉、胆怯的声音说,"请问,先生——" 兔子猛地一惊,丢下了白羔羊皮手套和扇子,拼命地窜进黑暗里。

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pattering /ˈpætərɪŋ/

n. 啪嗒声,轻快的脚步声➕

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splendidly /ˈsplendɪdli/

adv. 华丽地；极好地➕

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kid gloves /ˌkɪd ˈɡlʌvz/

n. 小山羊皮手套➕

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trotting /ˈtrɒtɪŋ/

v. (现在分词) 小跑,快步走➕

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muttering /ˈmʌtərɪŋ/

v. (现在分词) 咕哝,低声抱怨➕

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savage /ˈsævɪdʒ/

adj. 凶猛的；粗暴的；狂怒的➕

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desperate /ˈdesp(ə)rət/

adj. 绝望的；极度渴望的；危急的➕

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timid /ˈtɪmɪd/

adj. 胆小的,羞怯的➕

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violently /ˈvaɪələntli/

adv. 猛烈地,剧烈地➕

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scurried /ˈskʌrid/

v. (过去式) 急匆匆地跑,小步快跑➕

🔊 Alice took up the fan and gloves, and, as the hall was very hot, she kept fanning herself all the time she went on talking: "Dear, dear! How queer everything is to-day! And yesterday things went on just as usual. I wonder if I've been changed in the night? Let me think: was I the same when I got up this morning? I almost think I can remember feeling a little different. But if I'm not the same, the next question is, Who in the world am I? Ah, THAT'S the great puzzle!" And she began thinking over all the children she knew that were of the same age as herself, to see if she could have been changed for any of them.

爱丽丝捡起扇子和手套,由于大厅里很热,她一边继续说话,一边不停地扇着自己:"天哪,天哪！今天一切都这么奇怪！昨天一切还照常进行。我是不是在夜里被改变了？让我想想:今天早上起床时我还是同一个人吗？我几乎觉得我记得感觉有点不同。但如果我不是同一个人,下一个问题是,我到底是谁？啊,那才是大难题！" 她开始回想所有她认识的同龄孩子,看看她是不是被换成了他们中的任何一个。

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queer /kwɪə(r)/

adj. 奇怪的,古怪的➕

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puzzle /ˈpʌzl/

n. 谜；难题➕

🔊 "I'm sure I'm not Ada," she said, "for her hair goes in such long ringlets, and mine doesn't go in ringlets at all; and I'm sure I can't be Mabel, for I know all sorts of things, and she, oh! she knows such a very little! Besides, SHE'S she, and I'm I, and—oh dear, how puzzling it all is! I'll try if I know all the things I used to know. Let me see: four times five is twelve, and four times six is thirteen, and four times seven is—oh dear! I shall never get to twenty at that rate! However, the Multiplication Table doesn't signify: let's try Geography. London is the capital of Paris, and Paris is the capital of Rome, and Rome—no, THAT'S all wrong, I'm certain! I must have been changed for Mabel! I'll try and say 'How doth the little—'" and she crossed her hands on her lap as if she were saying lessons, and began to repeat it, but her voice sounded hoarse and strange, and the words did not come the same as they used to do:—

"我肯定我不是艾达,"她说,"因为她的头发是那么长的卷发,而我的头发一点也不卷；我也肯定不是梅布尔,因为我知道各种各样的事情,而她,哦！她知道得那么少！而且,她是她,我是我,而且——哦天哪,这一切都太让人困惑了！我要试试看我还记得所有我以前知道的事情。让我看看:四乘五等于十二,四乘六等于十三,四乘七等于——哦天哪！照这样我永远到不了二十！不过,乘法表不重要:我们来试试地理学。伦敦是巴黎的首都,巴黎是罗马的首都,罗马——不,那全错了,我确定！我一定被换成梅布尔了！我要试着背'小鳄鱼怎么——'"她双手交叉放在膝上,像是在背书,开始重复,但她的声音听起来嘶哑而陌生,词句也不像以前那样了:——

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ringlets /ˈrɪŋlɪts/

n. 长卷发➕

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puzzling /ˈpʌzlɪŋ/

adj. 令人困惑的➕

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Multiplication Table /ˌmʌltɪplɪˈkeɪʃn ˌteɪbl/

n. 乘法表➕

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hoarse /hɔːs/

adj. (声音)嘶哑的➕

🔊 "How doth the little crocodile Improve his shining tail, And pour the waters of the Nile On every golden scale!

"小鳄鱼怎么,改善它闪亮的尾巴,再把尼罗河水,洒满每片金鳞甲！"

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crocodile /ˈkrɒkədaɪl/

n. 鳄鱼➕

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Nile /naɪl/

n. 尼罗河➕

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scale /skeɪl/

n. 鳞片；规模；尺度➕

🔊 "How cheerfully he seems to grin, How neatly spread his claws, And welcome little fishes in With gently smiling jaws!"

"它笑得多么欢畅,爪子伸得多么漂亮,还张开微笑的嘴,把小鱼迎进它牙床！"

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grin /ɡrɪn/

v. 露齿而笑,咧嘴笑➕

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claws /klɔːz/

n. 爪子（复数）➕

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jaws /dʒɔːz/

n. 下颌,口部➕

🔊 "I'm sure those are not the right words," said poor Alice, and her eyes filled with tears again as she went on, "I must be Mabel after all, and I shall have to go and live in that poky little house, and have next to no toys to play with, and oh! ever so many lessons to learn! No, I've made up my mind about it; if I'm Mabel, I'll stay down here! It'll be no use their putting their heads down and saying 'Come up again, dear!' I shall only look up and say 'Who am I then? Tell me that first, and then, if I like being that person, I'll come up: if not, I'll stay down here till I'm somebody else'—but, oh dear!" cried Alice, with a sudden burst of tears, "I do wish they would put their heads down! I am so very tired of being all alone here!"

"我肯定那些词不对,"可怜的爱丽丝说,她的眼睛又充满了泪水,"我终究一定是梅布尔了,我将不得不去住在那狭小房子里,几乎没有玩具玩,哦！还要学那么多功课！不,我已经下定决心了；如果我是梅布尔,我就待在这里！他们把头伸下来说'再上来吧,亲爱的！'也没用。我只会抬头说'那我是谁？先告诉我那个,然后,如果我喜欢做那个人,我就上来:如果不喜欢,我就待在这里,直到变成别人'——但是,哦天哪！" 爱丽丝突然大哭起来,"我真希望他们会把头伸下来！我在这里孤零零的,实在太累了！"

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poky /ˈpəʊki/

adj. 狭小简陋的➕

🔊 As she said this she looked down at her hands, and was surprised to see that she had put on one of the Rabbit's little white kid gloves while she was talking. "How can I have done that?" she thought. "I must be growing small again." She got up and went to the table to measure herself by it, and found that, as nearly as she could guess, she was now about two feet high, and was going on shrinking rapidly: she soon found out that the cause of this was the fan she was holding, and she dropped it hastily, just in time to avoid shrinking away altogether.

说着这话,她低头看自己的手,惊讶地发现她在说话时戴上了兔子的一只小白羔羊皮手套。"我怎么能做到那样？"她想。"我一定又在变小了。" 她站起来走到桌子边用它量自己,发现,据她猜测,她现在大约有两英尺高,并且还在迅速缩小:她很快发现原因是她拿着的扇子,她急忙扔掉它,刚好避免完全缩小消失。

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shrinking /ˈʃrɪŋkɪŋ/

v. (现在分词) 缩小,收缩➕

🔊 "That was a narrow escape!" said Alice, a good deal frightened at the sudden change, but very glad to find herself still in existence; "and now for the garden!" and she ran with all speed back to the little door: but, alas! the little door was shut again, and the little golden key was lying on the glass table as before, "and things are worse than ever," thought the poor child, "for I never was so small as this before, never! And I declare it's too bad, that it is!"

"真是死里逃生！" 爱丽丝说,对这突然的变化相当害怕,但很高兴发现自己还存在；"现在去花园！" 她全速跑回小门:但是,哎呀！小门又关上了,小金钥匙像以前一样躺在玻璃桌上,"事情比以前更糟了,"可怜的孩子想,"因为我从没这么小过,从来没有！我宣布这太糟糕了,真是的！"

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narrow escape /ˌnærəʊ ɪˈskeɪp/

n. 侥幸脱险,九死一生➕

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existence /ɪɡˈzɪstəns/

n. 存在➕

🔊 As she said these words her foot slipped, and in another moment, splash! she was up to her chin in salt water. Her first idea was that she had somehow fallen into the sea, "and in that case I can go back by railway," she said to herself. (Alice had been to the seaside once in her life, and had come to the general conclusion, that wherever you go to on the English coast you find a number of bathing machines in the sea, some children digging in the sand with wooden spades, then a row of lodging houses, and behind them a railway station.) However, she soon made out that she was in the pool of tears which she had wept when she was nine feet high.

说着这些话,她的脚滑了一下,转眼间,扑通！她下巴都淹在咸水里了。她的第一个念头是她不知怎么掉进了海里,"那样的话我可以坐火车回去,"她对自己说。（爱丽丝一生中去过一次海边,并得出一般结论:无论你在英国海岸去哪里,都会看到海里有许多沐浴机器,一些孩子用木铲在沙子里挖,然后是一排出租房屋,后面是火车站。）然而,她很快弄清楚她在自己九英尺高时哭出的眼泪池里。

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slipped /slɪpt/

v. (过去式) 滑倒,滑落➕

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chin /tʃɪn/

n. 下巴➕

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bathing machines /ˈbeɪðɪŋ məˌʃiːnz/

n. (旧时的)更衣车➕

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spades /speɪdz/

n. 铲子,锹（复数）➕

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lodging houses /ˈlɒdʒɪŋ ˌhaʊzɪz/

n. 寄宿公寓,出租房（复数）➕

🔊 "I wish I hadn't cried so much!" said Alice, as she swam about, trying to find her way out. "I shall be punished for it now, I suppose, by being drowned in my own tears! That will be a queer thing, to be sure! However, everything is queer to-day."

"我真希望我没哭那么多！" 爱丽丝一边游来游去,一边试图找到出路。"我想我现在要受罚了,被自己的眼泪淹死！那肯定是一件怪事！不过,今天一切都怪怪的。"

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drowned /draʊnd/

v. (过去分词) 淹死,淹没➕

🔊 Just then she heard something splashing about in the pool a little way off, and she swam nearer to make out what it was: at first she thought it must be a walrus or hippopotamus, but then she remembered how small she was now, and she soon made out that it was only a mouse that had slipped in like herself.

就在这时,她听到水池里不远处有什么东西在扑腾,她游近些看看是什么:起初她以为一定是海象或河马,但然后她记起自己现在有多小,她很快发现那只是一只像她自己一样滑进来的老鼠。

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walrus /ˈwɔːlrəs/

n. 海象➕

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hippopotamus /ˌhɪpəˈpɒtəməs/

n. 河马➕

🔊 "Would it be of any use, now," thought Alice, "to speak to this mouse? Everything is so out-of-the-way down here, that I should think very likely it can talk: at any rate, there's no harm in trying." So she began: "O Mouse, do you know the way out of this pool? I am very tired of swimming about here, O Mouse!" (Alice thought this must be the right way of speaking to a mouse: she had never done such a thing before, but she remembered having seen in her brother's Latin Grammar, "A mouse—of a mouse—to a mouse—a mouse—O mouse!") The Mouse looked at her rather inquisitively, and seemed to her to wink with one of its little eyes, but it said nothing.

"现在,"爱丽丝想,"跟这只老鼠说话有用吗？这里一切都这么反常,我想它很可能能说话:无论如何,试试无妨。" 于是她开始:"哦老鼠,你知道怎么出这个水池吗？我在这里游来游去累坏了,哦老鼠！"（爱丽丝认为这一定是跟老鼠说话的正确方式:她以前从没做过这样的事,但她记得在她哥哥的拉丁语法书里看到过,"一只老鼠——老鼠的——给一只老鼠——老鼠——哦老鼠！"）老鼠好奇地看着她,在她看来好像眨了一只小眼睛,但什么也没说。

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out-of-the-way /ˌaʊt əv ðə ˈweɪ/

adj. 偏远的；不寻常的➕

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inquisitively /ɪnˈkwɪzətɪvli/

adv. 好奇地,好问地➕

🔊 "Perhaps it doesn't understand English," thought Alice; "I daresay it's a French mouse, come over with William the Conqueror." (For, with all her knowledge of history, Alice had no very clear notion how long ago anything had happened.) So she began again: "Où est ma chatte?" which was the first sentence in her French lesson-book. The Mouse gave a sudden leap out of the water, and seemed to quiver all over with fright. "Oh, I beg your pardon!" cried Alice hastily, afraid that she had hurt the poor animal's feelings. "I quite forgot you didn't like cats."

"也许它不懂英语,"爱丽丝想；"我敢说它是只法语老鼠,跟征服者威廉一起来的。"（因为,尽管她懂历史,爱丽丝对事情发生多久没有很清楚的概念。）于是她又开始:"Où est ma chatte？"这是她的法语课本里的第一句。老鼠突然从水里跳出来,似乎吓得浑身发抖。"哦,请原谅！" 爱丽丝急忙喊道,怕她伤害了这可怜动物的感情。"我完全忘了你不喜欢猫。"

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daresay /ˌdeəˈseɪ/

v. 料想,大概➕

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notion /ˈnəʊʃn/

n. 概念；观念；想法➕

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leap /liːp/

n. 跳跃,飞跃➕

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quiver /ˈkwɪvə(r)/

v. 颤抖,抖动➕

🔊 "Not like cats!" cried the Mouse, in a shrill, passionate voice. "Would you like cats if you were me?"

"不喜欢猫！" 老鼠尖声激动地喊道。"如果你是我,你会喜欢猫吗？"

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shrill /ʃrɪl/

adj. (声音)尖锐的,刺耳的➕

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passionate /ˈpæʃənət/

adj. 充满激情的,激昂的➕

🔊 "Well, perhaps not," said Alice in a soothing tone: "don't be angry about it. And yet I wish I could show you our cat Dinah: I think you'd take a fancy to cats if you could only see her. She is such a dear quiet thing," Alice went on, half to herself, as she swam lazily about in the pool, "and she sits purring so nicely by the fire, licking her paws and washing her face—and she is such a nice soft thing to nurse—and she's such a capital one for catching mice—oh, I beg your pardon!" cried Alice again, for this time the Mouse was bristling all over, and she felt certain it must be really offended. "We won't talk about her any more if you'd rather not."

"嗯,也许不会,"爱丽丝用安慰的语气说:"别为此生气。不过我真希望我能让你看看我们的猫黛娜:我想如果你能见到她,你会喜欢上猫的。她是那么可爱安静的东西,"爱丽丝半自言自语地继续说,一边懒洋洋地在池子里游着,"她坐在火边喵喵叫得那么好听,舔着爪子洗脸——她是那么柔软可爱的东西可以抱——她抓老鼠是个能手——哦,请原谅！" 爱丽丝又喊道,因为这次老鼠全身毛发倒竖,她觉得它一定真的被冒犯了。"如果你不愿意,我们不再谈她了。"

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soothing /ˈsuːðɪŋ/

adj. 舒缓的➕

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take a fancy to /teɪk ə ˈfænsi tuː/

v. phrase. 喜欢上➕

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capital /ˈkæpɪtl/

adj. 极好的➕

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bristling /ˈbrɪslɪŋ/

v. 毛发竖立➕

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offended /əˈfendɪd/

adj. 被冒犯的➕

🔊 "We indeed!" cried the Mouse, who was trembling down to the end of his tail. "As if I would talk on such a subject! Our family always hated cats: nasty, low, vulgar things! Don't let me hear the name again!"

"我们！" 老鼠喊道,尾巴末端都在颤抖。"好像我会谈这样一个话题！我们家一向讨厌猫:讨厌、低俗、粗鄙的东西！别再让我听到这个名字！"

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trembling /ˈtremblɪŋ/

v. 颤抖➕

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nasty /ˈnæsti/

adj. 令人厌恶的➕

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vulgar /ˈvʌlɡər/

adj. 粗俗的➕

🔊 "I won't indeed!" said Alice, in a great hurry to change the subject of conversation. "Are you—are you fond—of—of dogs?" The Mouse did not answer, so Alice went on eagerly: "There is such a nice little dog near our house I should like to show you! A little bright-eyed terrier, you know, with oh, such long curly brown hair! And it'll fetch things when you throw them, and it'll sit up and beg for its dinner, and all sorts of things—I can't remember half of them—and it belongs to a farmer, you know, and he says it's so useful, it's worth a hundred pounds! He says it kills all the rats and—oh dear!" cried Alice in a sorrowful tone, "I'm afraid I've offended it again!" For the Mouse was swimming away from her as hard as it could go, and making quite a commotion in the pool as it went.

"我确实不会了！" 爱丽丝说,急于改变话题。"你——你喜欢——狗吗？" 老鼠没有回答,所以爱丽丝急切地继续说:"我们家附近有只很好的小狗,我想让你看看！一只眼睛明亮的小梗犬,你知道,哦,有那么长的棕色卷毛！它会把你扔的东西捡回来,它会坐起来乞讨晚餐,还会各种各样的事情——我记不全——它属于一个农民,你知道,他说它很有用,值一百英镑！他说它能杀死所有老鼠和——哦天哪！" 爱丽丝悲伤地喊道,"恐怕我又冒犯它了！" 因为老鼠正拼命从她身边游开,在水池里弄出很大动静。

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eagerly /ˈiːɡərli/

adv. 急切地➕

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terrier /ˈteriər/

n. 㹴犬➕

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curly /ˈkɜːrli/

adj. 卷曲的➕

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sorrowful /ˈsɒrəʊfl/

adj. 悲伤的➕

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commotion /kəˈmoʊʃn/

n. 骚动➕

🔊 So she called softly after it, "Mouse dear! Do come back again, and we won't talk about cats or dogs either, if you don't like them!" When the Mouse heard this, it turned round and swam slowly back to her: its face was quite pale (with passion, Alice thought), and it said in a low trembling voice, "Let us get to the shore, and then I'll tell you my history, and you'll understand why it is I hate cats and dogs."

于是她柔声在后面叫它,"老鼠亲爱的！请回来吧,如果你不喜欢,我们既不谈猫也不谈狗了！" 当老鼠听到这个,它转过身,慢慢游回她身边:它的脸相当苍白（爱丽丝想是气的）,它用低沉颤抖的声音说,"让我们上岸吧,然后我会告诉你我的历史,你就会明白我为什么恨猫和狗。"

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passion /ˈpæʃn/

n. 激情➕

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shore /ʃɔːr/

n. 岸➕

🔊 It was high time to go, for the pool was getting quite crowded with the birds and animals that had fallen into it: there were a Duck and a Dodo, a Lory and an Eaglet, and several other curious creatures. Alice led the way, and the whole party swam to the shore.

是时候走了,因为水池里越来越挤满了掉进去的鸟和动物:有一只鸭子和一只渡渡鸟,一只鹦鹉和一只小鹰,还有几只其他奇怪的生物。爱丽丝带路,整个队伍游向岸边。

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crowded /ˈkraʊdɪd/

adj. 拥挤的➕

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curious /ˈkjʊəriəs/

adj. 好奇的➕

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creatures /ˈkriːtʃərz/

n. 生物➕

Chapter two: The Pool Of Tears (第二章:眼泪池)