🔊 'Now, what I want is, Facts. Teach these boys and girls nothing but Facts. Facts alone are wanted in life. Plant nothing else, and root out everything else. You can only form the minds of reasoning animals upon Facts: nothing else will ever be of any service to them. This is the principle on which I bring up my own children, and this is the principle on which I bring up these children. Stick to Facts, sir!'

“现在,我要的是事实。教给这些男孩女孩的,除了事实之外别无他物。生活中只需要事实。不要灌输其他东西,把其他一切连根拔掉。你只能以事实为基础来塑造这些理性的动物；其他任何东西对他们都毫无用处。这就是我教育自己孩子的原则,也是我教育这些孩子的原则。坚持事实,先生！”

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Facts /fækts/

n. 事实；真相➕

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reasoning /ˈriːzənɪŋ/

n. 推理；论证➕

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principle /ˈprɪnsəpl/

n. 原则；原理➕

🔊 The scene was a plain, bare, monotonous vault of a school-room, and the speaker's square forefinger emphasized his observations by underscoring every sentence with a line on the schoolmaster's sleeve. The emphasis was helped by the speaker's square wall of a forehead, which had his eyebrows for its base, while his eyes found commodious cellarage in two dark caves, overshadowed by the wall. The emphasis was helped by the speaker's mouth, which was wide, thin, and hard set. The emphasis was helped by the speaker's voice, which was inflexible, dry, and dictatorial. The emphasis was helped by the speaker's hair, which bristled on the skirts of his bald head, a plantation of firs to keep the wind from its shining surface, all covered with knobs, like the crust of a plum pie, as if the head had scarcely warehouse-room for the hard facts stored inside. The speaker's obstinate carriage, square coat, square legs, square shoulders,--nay, his very neckcloth, trained to take him by the throat with an unaccommodating grasp, like a stubborn fact, as it was,--all helped the emphasis.

场景是一间似穹隆般空旷单调的教室。说话人粗短的食指在校长的袖子上每句话下划一道线,以此强调他的论述。这一点又由他那堵墙般方方正正的前额所强化--眉毛便是墙基,而眼睛则安顿在墙荫下的两个黑洞里,宽敞得如同地窖。他嘴巴宽阔、薄唇、僵硬,同样加强了强调。他的声音--生硬、干涩、专横--也强化了这一点。他的头发--在秃顶四周直竖着,活像一片冷杉林,为光秃的头皮遮风,头皮上满是疙瘩,如同李子馅饼的硬皮,仿佛脑袋里已经装不下储存的那些硬邦邦的事实--同样起到了强调作用。此外,说话人倔强的仪态、方方正正的外套、方方正正的腿、方方正正的肩膀--不,就连他那条领巾,也被训练得如同顽固事实一般,毫不通融地勒住他的喉咙--这一切都进一步强化了那种强调的氛围。

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monotonous /məˈnɒtənəs/

adj. 单调的；毫无变化的➕

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vault /vɔːlt/

n. 拱顶；地下室➕

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school-room /ˈskuːl ruːm/

n. 教室➕

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forefinger /ˈfɔːfɪŋɡə/

n. 食指➕

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emphasized /ˈemfəsaɪzd/

v. 强调；着重（过去式）➕

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observations /ˌɒbzəˈveɪʃənz/

n. 观察；评论➕

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underscoring /ˌʌndəˈskɔːrɪŋ/

v. 强调；在...下划线➕

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schoolmaster /ˈskuːlmɑːstə/

n. 校长；教师➕

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emphasis /ˈemfəsɪs/

n. 重点；强调➕

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commodious /kəˈməʊdiəs/

adj. 宽敞的；舒适方便的➕

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cellarage /ˈselərɪdʒ/

n. 地窖容量；地窖储存费➕

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overshadowed /ˌəʊvəˈʃædəʊd/

v. 使黯然失色；遮蔽➕

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inflexible /ɪnˈfleksəbl/

adj. 不可弯曲的；僵硬的；固执的➕

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dictatorial /ˌdɪktəˈtɔːriəl/

adj. 独裁的；专横的➕

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bristled /ˈbrɪsld/

v. （毛发）竖起；充满（愤怒等）➕

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skirts /skɜːts/

n. 边缘；裙（复数）➕

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bald /bɔːld/

adj. 秃头的；光秃的➕

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plantation /plænˈteɪʃən/

n. 种植园；人工林➕

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firs /fɜːz/

n. 冷杉（复数）➕

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knobs /nɒbz/

n. 球形突出物；把手（复数）➕

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crust /krʌst/

n. 面包皮；外壳➕

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scarcely /ˈskeəsli/

adv. 几乎不；几乎没有➕

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warehouse-room /ˈweəhaʊs ruːm/

n. 仓库空间➕

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obstinate /ˈɒbstɪnət/

adj. 固执的；顽固的➕

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carriage /ˈkærɪdʒ/

n. 姿势；举止；马车➕

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nay /neɪ/

adv. 不仅如此；甚至➕

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neckcloth /ˈnekklɒθ/

n. 领巾；领带➕

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unaccommodating /ˌʌnəˈkɒmədeɪtɪŋ/

adj. 不迁就的；不随和的➕

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stubborn /ˈstʌbən/

adj. 顽固的；固执的➕

🔊 "Miss Louisa, Mr. Thomas Gradgrind!"

“路易莎小姐,托马斯·格拉德格林德先生！”

Book The First. Sowing – Chapter one: The One Thing Needful (第一章:唯一需要的事)