四位新旅客到了。

🔊 Cosette was meditating sadly; for, although she was only eight years old, she had already suffered so much that she reflected with the lugubrious air of an old woman. Her eye was black in consequence of a blow from Madame Thénardier’s fist, which caused the latter to remark from time to time, "How ugly she is with her fist-blow on her eye!"

珂赛特正悲伤地沉思；因为,虽然她只有八岁,却已饱受磨难,所以能带着老妇人般的阴郁神情思考。她的眼睛因为挨了德纳第太太一拳而发青,这引得后者不时评论道:“她眼睛上挨了一拳,真够难看的！”

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meditating /ˈmedɪteɪtɪŋ/

v. 沉思；冥想➕

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lugubrious /luːˈɡuːbriəs/

adj. 悲哀的；阴郁的➕

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consequence /ˈkɒnsɪkwens/

n. 结果；后果➕

🔊 Cosette was thinking that it was dark, very dark, that the pitchers and caraffes in the chambers of the travellers who had arrived must have been filled and that there was no more water in the cistern.

珂赛特心想,天已经黑透了,刚到旅客们的房间里那些水壶和玻璃瓶一定都灌满了,而蓄水池里已经没有水了。

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pitchers /ˈpɪtʃərz/

n. 水罐（复数）➕

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caraffes /kəˈræfz/

n. 玻璃水瓶（复数）➕

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chambers /ˈtʃeɪmbərz/

n. 房间；室（复数）➕

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cistern /ˈsɪstən/

n. 蓄水池；水箱➕

🔊 She was somewhat reassured because no one in the Thénardier establishment drank much water. Thirsty people were never lacking there; but their thirst was of the sort which applies to the jug rather than to the pitcher. Anyone who had asked for a glass of water among all those glasses of wine would have appeared a savage to all these men. But there came a moment when the child trembled; Madame Thénardier raised the cover of a stewpan which was boiling on the stove, then seized a glass and briskly approached the cistern. She turned the faucet; the child had raised her head and was following all the woman’s movements. A thin stream of water trickled from the faucet, and half filled the glass. "Well," said she, "there is no more water!" A momentary silence ensued. The child did not breathe.

她稍微安心了一些,因为在德纳第的店里,很少有人喝很多水。口渴的人向来不缺,但他们的渴求是对着酒壶而非水壶的。在这些男人中间,若有人在一杯杯酒当中要一杯水,准会像个野人。但有一刻,孩子颤抖了:德纳第太太揭开灶上炖锅的盖子,然后抓起一只杯子,快步走向蓄水池。她拧开水龙头；孩子抬起头,注视着那女人所有的动作。一股细细的水流从水龙头淌出,装了半杯。“好吧,”她说,“没水了！”随后一阵短暂的沉默。孩子屏住了呼吸。

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establishment /ɪˈstæblɪʃmənt/

n. 机构；企业；建立➕

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reassured /ˌriːəˈʃʊrd/

v. 使安心；打消疑虑➕

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savage /ˈsævɪdʒ/

n. 野蛮人；粗鲁的人➕

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stewpan /ˈstjuːpæn/

n. 炖锅；深平底锅➕

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briskly /ˈbrɪskli/

adv. 轻快地；敏捷地➕

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faucet /ˈfɔːsɪt/

n. 水龙头➕

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trickled /ˈtrɪkld/

v. 滴；细流➕

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momentary /ˈmoʊmənteri/

adj. 短暂的；片刻的➕

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ensued /ɪnˈsuːd/

v. 随后发生；接着发生➕

🔊 "Bah!" resumed Madame Thénardier, examining the half-filled glass, "this will be enough."

“呸！”德纳第太太打量了那半杯水,又说,“这点够用了。”

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resumed /rɪˈzuːmd/

v. 重新开始；继续➕

🔊 Cosette applied herself to her work once more, but for a quarter of an hour she felt her heart leaping in her bosom like a big snowflake.

珂赛特重新埋头干活,但有一刻钟之久,她感到心在胸腔里怦怦直跳,像一片大雪。

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applied /əˈplaɪd/

v. 应用；施加；申请（过去式）➕

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leaping /ˈliːpɪŋ/

v. 跳跃（现在分词）➕

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bosom /ˈbʊzəm/

n. 胸部；胸怀➕

🔊 She counted the minutes that passed in this manner, and wished it were the next morning. From time to time one of the drinkers looked into the street, and exclaimed, "It’s as black as an oven!" or, "One must needs be a cat to go about the streets without a lantern at this hour!" And Cosette trembled.

她就这样计算着流逝的每一分钟,巴不得马上到明天。时不时有哪个酒客朝街上望一眼,嚷道:“黑得像炉膛！”或者,“这时候上街,除非是猫,否则没灯笼可不行！”珂赛特瑟瑟发抖。

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exclaimed /ɪkˈskleɪmd/

v. 呼喊；惊叫（过去式）➕

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lantern /ˈlæntərn/

n. 灯笼；提灯➕

🔊 All at once one of the peddlers who lodged in the hostelry entered, and said in a harsh voice:-- "My horse has not been watered."

忽然,一个寄宿在客栈的商贩走进来,粗声粗气地说:“我的马还没饮水呢。”

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peddlers /ˈpedlərz/

n. 小贩（复数）➕

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lodged /lɒdʒd/

v. 住宿；寄宿（过去式）➕

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hostelry /ˈhɒstəlri/

n. 客栈；旅店➕

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harsh /hɑːrʃ/

adj. 刺耳的；残酷的➕

🔊 "Yes, it has," said Madame Thénardier.

“饮过了,”德纳第太太说。

🔊 "I tell you that it has not," retorted the peddler. Cosette had emerged from under the table.

“我跟你说没饮过,”商贩反驳道。珂赛特从桌子底下钻了出来。

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retorted /rɪˈtɔːrtɪd/

v. 反驳；回嘴（过去式）➕

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emerged /ɪˈmɜːrdʒd/

v. 出现；浮现（过去式）➕

🔊 "Oh, yes, sir!" said she, "the horse has had a drink; he drank out of a bucket, a whole bucketful, and it was I who took the water to him, and I spoke to him." It was not true; Cosette lied.

“哦,饮过了,先生！”她说,“马喝过水了,它用桶喝的,满满一桶,是我端去给它的,我还跟它说过话。”这不是真的,珂赛特撒了谎。

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bucketful /ˈbʌkɪtfʊl/

n. 一桶的量➕

🔊 "There’s a brat as big as my fist who tells lies as big as the house," exclaimed the peddler. "I tell you that he has not been watered, you little jade! He has a way of blowing when he has had no water, which I know well." Cosette persisted, and added in a voice rendered hoarse with anguish, and which was hardly audible:-- "And he drank heartily."

“你这个小不点儿,谎话说得跟房子一样大！”商贩嚷道,“我说它没饮过水,你这小混账！它没喝水的时候会喷鼻子,这我可清楚。”珂赛特坚持着,用因痛苦而嘶哑、几乎听不见的声音补了一句:“它喝得痛快极了。”

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persisted /pərˈsɪstɪd/

v. 坚持；持续（过去式）➕

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rendered /ˈrendərd/

v. 使得；提供（过去分词）➕

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hoarse /hɔːrs/

adj. 嘶哑的➕

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anguish /ˈæŋɡwɪʃ/

n. 痛苦；苦恼➕

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audible /ˈɔːdəbl/

adj. 听得见的➕

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heartily /ˈhɑːrtɪli/

adv. 衷心地；尽情地➕

🔊 "Come," said the peddler, in a rage, "this won’t do at all, let my horse be watered, and let that be the end of it!" Cosette crept under the table again.

“得了吧,”商贩怒道,“这可不行,把我的马饮了,这事儿就算了结！”珂赛特又钻回桌子底下。

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rage /reɪdʒ/

n. 愤怒；盛怒➕

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crept /krept/

v. 爬行；悄悄移动（过去式）➕

🔊 "In truth, that is fair!" said Madame Thénardier, "if the beast has not been watered, it must be." Then glancing about her:-- "Well, now! Where’s that other beast?" She bent down and discovered Cosette cowering at the other end of the table, almost under the drinkers’ feet.

“说实在的,那倒是！”德纳第太太说,“要是那牲口没喝水,那得让它喝。”她四下环顾:“喂,现在！另一头牲口在哪儿？”她弯下腰,发现珂赛特蜷缩在桌子另一头,几乎在酒客们的脚下。

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glancing /ˈɡlænsɪŋ/

v. 瞥一眼；扫视（现在分词）➕

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cowering /ˈkaʊərɪŋ/

v. 畏缩；蜷缩（现在分词）➕

🔊 "Are you coming?" shrieked Madame Thénardier.

“你出来不出来？”德纳第太太尖叫道。

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shrieked /ʃriːkt/

v. 尖叫（过去式）➕

🔊 Cosette crawled out of the sort of hole in which she had hidden herself. The Thénardier resumed:-- "Mademoiselle Dog-lack-name, go and water that horse."

珂赛特从她躲藏的那个洞里爬了出来。德纳第太太接着说:“无名狗小姐,去给那匹马饮水。”

🔊 "But, Madame," said Cosette, feebly, "there is no water."

“可是,太太,”珂赛特虚弱地说,“没有水了。”

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feebly /ˈfiːbli/

adv. 虚弱地,无力地➕

🔊 The Thénardier threw the street door wide open:-- "Well, go and get some, then!"

德纳第太太把临街的门大大敞开:“那就去打水呀！”

🔊 Cosette dropped her head, and went for an empty bucket which stood near the chimney-corner. This bucket was bigger than she was, and the child could have set down in it at her ease. The Thénardier returned to her stove, and tasted what was in the stewpan, with a wooden spoon, grumbling the while:-- "There’s plenty in the spring. There never was such a malicious creature as that. I think I should have done better to strain my onions." Then she rummaged in a drawer which contained sous, pepper, and shallots.

珂赛特低下头,走向壁炉角边一只空桶。那桶比她人还大,孩子能舒舒服服地坐在里面。德纳第太太回到灶台边,用木勺尝了尝炖锅里的东西,一边咕哝:“泉水多得很。就没见过这么歹毒的小东西。我看当初还是该把我的洋葱沥干。”然后她翻找一个存放铜钱、胡椒和葱头的抽屉。

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ease /iːz/

n. 安逸,舒适➕

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grumbling /ˈɡrʌmblɪŋ/

v. 咕哝,抱怨➕

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malicious /məˈlɪʃəs/

adj. 恶意的,恶毒的➕

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strain /streɪn/

v. 过滤,滤去➕

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rummaged /ˈrʌmɪdʒd/

v. 翻找,搜查➕

🔊 "See here, Mam’selle Toad," she added, "on your way back, you will get a big loaf from the baker. Here’s a fifteen-sou piece."

“听着,蛤蟆小姐,”她又说,“你回来的时候,去面包店拿个大面包。这是十五个苏的硬币。”

🔊 Cosette had a little pocket on one side of her apron; she took the coin without saying a word, and put it in that pocket. Then she stood motionless, bucket in hand, the open door before her. She seemed to be waiting for someone to come to her rescue.

珂赛特的围裙侧面有个小口袋；她一声不吭地接过硬币,放进口袋里。然后她一动不动地站在那里,手提水桶,面前是敞开的门。她似乎在等谁来救她。

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motionless /ˈmoʊʃnləs/

adj. 不动的,静止的➕

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rescue /ˈreskjuː/

n. 救援,营救➕

🔊 "Get along with you!" screamed the Thénardier.

“快滚！”德纳第太太尖叫道。

🔊 Cosette went out. The door closed behind her.

珂赛特走了出去。门在她身后关上了。

Book III. Accomplishment of the Promise Made to the Dead Woman – Chapter three: Men Must Have Wine (第三章:男儿不可无酒)

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