🔊 It is not all-sufficient to be wicked in order to prosper. The cook-shop was in a bad way. Thanks to the traveller’s fifty-seven francs, Thénardier had been able to avoid a protest and to honor his signature. On the following month they were again in need of money. The woman took Cosette’s outfit to Paris, and pawned it at the pawnbroker’s for sixty francs. As soon as that sum was spent, the Thénardiers grew accustomed to look on the little girl merely as a child whom they were caring for out of charity; and they treated her accordingly. As she had no longer any clothes, they dressed her in the cast-off petticoats and chemises of the Thénardier brats; that is to say, in rags. They fed her on what all the rest had left--a little better than the dog, a little worse than the cat. Moreover, the cat and the dog were her habitual table-companions; Cosette ate with them under the table, from a wooden bowl similar to theirs.

要想发迹,单靠作恶并不足够。那家食铺境况艰难。幸亏那旅人留下了五十七法郎,德纳第这才得以避免一次拒付,并兑付了期票。次月,他们又缺钱了。那女人拿上珂赛特的衣物,去了巴黎,在当铺当了六十法郎。那笔钱一花光,德纳第夫妇便渐渐习惯于把这小姑娘仅仅视作一个他们出于慈善抚养的孩子,随之也便如此对待她。她已没有衣服,他们就给她穿上德纳第家那些孩子的旧衬裙和旧衬衫--说白了,就是破布。他们拿别人吃剩的给她吃--比狗略好一点,比猫略差些。而且,猫和狗还是她日常的饭伴；珂赛特跟它们一起躲在桌子底下吃饭,用的是一只跟它们差不多的木碗。

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all-sufficient /ˈɔːl səˈfɪʃənt/

adj. 完全足够的,自给自足的➕

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wicked /ˈwɪkɪd/

adj. 邪恶的,缺德的➕

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prosper /ˈprɒspər/

v. 繁荣,兴旺,成功➕

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protest /ˈprəʊtest/

n. 抗议,反对➕

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honor /ˈɒnər/

v. 履行,兑现（承诺或支票）➕

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pawned /pɔːnd/

v. 典当,抵押（过去式）➕

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pawnbroker’s /ˈpɔːnˌbrəʊkəz/

n. 当铺➕

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accustomed /əˈkʌstəmd/

adj. 习惯的,通常的➕

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merely /ˈmɪərli/

adv. 仅仅,只不过➕

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charity /ˈtʃærəti/

n. 慈善,施舍➕

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accordingly /əˈkɔːrdɪŋli/

adv. 相应地,因此➕

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habitual /həˈbɪtʃuəl/

adj. 习惯性的,日常的➕

🔊 The mother, who had established herself, as we shall see later on, at M. sur M., wrote, or, more correctly, caused to be written, a letter every month, that she might have news of her child. The Thénardiers replied invariably, “Cosette is doing wonderfully well.”

那母亲,后来我们将会看到,定居在M市,每月写一封信,更确切地说是请人代笔写信,以便得知孩子的消息。德纳第夫妇总是这样回复:“珂赛特好着呢。”

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established /ɪˈstæblɪʃt/

v. 确立,安置（过去分词）➕

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correctly /kəˈrektli/

adv. 正确地,准确地➕

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invariably /ɪnˈveəriəbli/

adv. 始终如一地,总是➕

🔊 At the expiration of the first six months the mother sent seven francs for the seventh month, and continued her remittances with tolerable regularity from month to month. The year was not completed when Thénardier said: “A fine favor she is doing us, in sooth! What does she expect us to do with her seven francs?” and he wrote to demand twelve francs. The mother, whom they had persuaded into the belief that her child was happy, “and was coming on well,” submitted, and forwarded the twelve francs.

头六个月期满时,母亲寄来了第七个月的七法郎,此后每月大致按时汇款。一年未到,德纳第便说:“她可真够大方的！七法郎能让我们干什么？”于是他写信要求付十二法郎。那母亲,被他们哄得相信孩子很幸福、“长得挺好”,便顺从了,寄来了十二法郎。

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expiration /ˌekspɪˈreɪʃn/

n. 到期,届满➕

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remittances /rɪˈmɪtənsɪz/

n. 汇款（复数）➕

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tolerable /ˈtɒlərəbl/

adj. 可容忍的,尚可的➕

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regularity /ˌreɡjuˈlærəti/

n. 规律性,规则性➕

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submitted /səbˈmɪtɪd/

v. 服从,提交（过去式）➕

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forwarded /ˈfɔːwədɪd/

v. 转交,寄送（过去式）➕

🔊 Certain natures cannot love on the one hand without hating on the other. Mother Thénardier loved her two daughters passionately, which caused her to hate the stranger. It is sad to think that the love of a mother can possess villainous aspects. Little as was the space occupied by Cosette, it seemed to her as though it were taken from her own, and that that little child diminished the air which her daughters breathed. This woman, like many women of her sort, had a load of caresses and a burden of blows and injuries to dispense each day. If she had not had Cosette, it is certain that her daughters, idolized as they were, would have received the whole of it; but the stranger did them the service to divert the blows to herself. Her daughters received nothing but caresses. Cosette could not make a motion which did not draw down upon her head a heavy shower of violent blows and unmerited chastisement. The sweet, feeble being, who should not have understood anything of this world or of God, incessantly punished, scolded, ill-used, beaten, and seeing beside her two little creatures like herself, who lived in a ray of dawn!

有些天性就是这样,一面爱着,一面必然恨着。德纳第大娘狂热地爱着自己的两个女儿,这使她憎恨那个外来的孩子。说来可悲,母爱也能有恶劣的一面。珂赛特占据的空间虽小,在她看来却像是从她女儿们那里夺走的,那个小女孩似乎减少了女儿们呼吸的空气。这个女人,和许多同类女人一样,每天需要分发一定量的抚爱和一定量的巴掌与伤害。假使没有珂赛特,她那两个备受宠爱的女儿肯定会承受全部,但外来的孩子替她们分担了那顿巴掌,自己则只得到抚爱。珂赛特稍一动弹,便会招来劈头盖脸的一顿暴打和无端的责罚。这个温柔孱弱的小东西,本应对这世界和上帝一无所知,却无休止地受罚、挨骂、受虐、挨打,而在她身旁,却有两个和她一样的小东西生活在晨光的照耀中！

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passionately /ˈpæʃənətli/

adv. 热情地,强烈地➕

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villainous /ˈvɪlənəs/

adj. 恶棍般的,邪恶的➕

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diminished /dɪˈmɪnɪʃt/

v. 减少,削弱（过去分词）➕

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dispense /dɪˈspens/

v. 分发,分配➕

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idolized /ˈaɪdəlaɪzd/

v. 崇拜,极度喜爱（过去分词）➕

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divert /daɪˈvɜːrt/

v. 转移,使转向➕

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unmerited /ʌnˈmerɪtɪd/

adj. 不应得的,不配的➕

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chastisement /tʃæˈstaɪzmənt/

n. 惩罚,责罚➕

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feeble /ˈfiːbl/

adj. 虚弱的,无力的➕

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incessantly /ɪnˈsesntli/

adv. 不停地,持续地➕

🔊 Madame Thénardier was vicious with Cosette. Éponine and Azelma were vicious. Children at that age are only copies of their mother. The size is smaller; that is all. A year passed; then another.

德纳第太太对珂赛特心怀恶意。爱潘妮和阿兹玛也一样。那个年纪的孩子只是母亲的翻版,只不过尺寸小些罢了。一年过去了,接着又是一年。

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vicious /ˈvɪʃəs/

adj. 恶毒的,凶残的➕

🔊 People in the village said:-- “Those Thénardiers are good people. They are not rich, and yet they are bringing up a poor child who was abandoned on their hands!” They thought that Cosette’s mother had forgotten her.

村里的人都说:“那德纳第夫妇是好人。他们并不富裕,却还抚养着一个被遗弃在他们手上的可怜孩子！”他们都以为珂赛特的母亲已经把她忘了。

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abandoned /əˈbændənd/

v. 放弃,遗弃（过去分词）➕

🔊 In the meanwhile, Thénardier, having learned, it is impossible to say by what obscure means, that the child was probably a bastard, and that the mother could not acknowledge it, exacted fifteen francs a month, saying that “the creature” was growing and “eating,” and threatening to send her away. “Let her not bother me,” he exclaimed, “or I’ll fire her brat right into the middle of her secrets. I must have an increase.” The mother paid the fifteen francs. From year to year the child grew, and so did her wretchedness.

与此同时,德纳第不知通过什么隐秘渠道,得知这孩子很可能是个私生女,母亲不能认领,于是便要求每月付十五法郎,说是“这小东西”在长大,“要吃饭”,并威胁要把她赶走。“别惹我烦,”他嚷道,“否则我就把她那野种塞进她的秘密当中去。得加钱。”母亲付了十五法郎。孩子一年年长大,她的苦难也一年年加深。

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obscure /əbˈskjʊər/

adj. 模糊的,不清楚的➕

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acknowledge /əkˈnɒlɪdʒ/

v. 承认,确认➕

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exacted /ɪɡˈzæktɪd/

v. 强求,勒索（过去式）➕

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wretchedness /ˈretʃɪdnəs/

n. 悲惨,不幸➕

🔊 As long as Cosette was little, she was the scapegoat of the two other children; as soon as she began to develop a little, that is to say, before she was even five years old, she became the servant of the household. Five years old! the reader will say; that is not probable. Alas! It is true. Social suffering begins at all ages. Have we not recently seen the trial of a man named Dumollard, an orphan turned bandit, who, from the age of five, as the official documents state, being alone in the world, “worked for his living and stole?”

珂赛特小时候,是另外两个孩子的替罪羊；等她稍微长大一点--也就是说,还没到五岁时--就成了这家的仆人。五岁！读者会说,这不可能。唉！这是真的。社会的苦难从任何年龄开始。我们不是刚刚见过一个名叫迪莫拉的案件吗？那是个孤儿,后来成了匪徒。官方文件记载,他从五岁起孤身一人,“靠干活谋生和偷窃”。

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scapegoat /ˈskeɪpɡəʊt/

n. 替罪羊➕

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orphan /ˈɔːrfn/

n. 孤儿➕

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bandit /ˈbændɪt/

n. 强盗,土匪➕

🔊 Cosette was made to run on errands, to sweep the rooms, the courtyard, the street, to wash the dishes, to even carry burdens. The Thénardiers considered themselves all the more authorized to behave in this manner, since the mother, who was still at M. sur M., had become irregular in her payments. Some months she was in arrears.

人们差遣珂赛特跑腿、扫地、扫院子、扫街、洗碗碟,甚至让她扛重东西。德纳第夫妇觉得自己更有理由这样做,因为那位仍住在M市的母亲付款越来越不规律了。有时候几个月都拖欠着。

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errands /ˈerəndz/

n. 差事,跑腿（复数）➕

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authorized /ˈɔːθəraɪzd/

adj. 经授权的,允许的➕

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irregular /ɪˈreɡjələr/

adj. 不规则的,不稳定的➕

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arrears /əˈrɪəz/

n. 欠款,拖欠➕

🔊 If this mother had returned to Montfermeil at the end of these three years, she would not have recognized her child. Cosette, so pretty and rosy on her arrival in that house, was now thin and pale. She had an indescribably uneasy look. “The sly creature,” said the Thénardiers.

如果那母亲在三年后回到蒙费梅伊,她会认不出自己的孩子。珂赛特刚到那家时那么漂亮红润,如今却瘦削苍白,脸上带着一种说不出的不安神情。“这小滑头,”德纳第夫妇说。

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indescribably /ˌɪndɪˈskraɪbəbli/

adv. 难以形容地➕

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uneasy /ʌnˈiːzi/

adj. 不安的,焦虑的➕

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sly /slaɪ/

adj. 狡猾的,诡秘的➕

🔊 Injustice had made her peevish, and misery had made her ugly. Nothing remained to her except her beautiful eyes, which inspired pain, because, large as they were, it seemed as though one beheld in them a still larger amount of sadness.

不公使她变得乖戾,苦难使她变得丑陋。她只剩下那双美丽的眼睛,但那眼神却令人心痛,因为那双眼睛虽然大,却似乎蕴含着更多的悲伤。

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injustice /ɪnˈdʒʌstɪs/

n. 不公正,不公平➕

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peevish /ˈpiːvɪʃ/

adj. 易怒的,乖戾的➕

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misery /ˈmɪzəri/

n. 痛苦,苦难➕

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inspired /ɪnˈspaɪəd/

v. 激发,引起（过去式）➕

🔊 It was a heartbreaking thing to see this poor child, not yet six years old, shivering in the winter in her old rags of linen, full of holes, sweeping the street before daylight, with an enormous broom in her little red hands, and a tear in her great eyes.

看到这个不到六岁的可怜孩子,冬天里穿着满是窟窿的破旧麻布衣衫,天不亮就用她通红的小手握着巨大的扫帚扫街,大大的眼睛里含着泪水,真叫人肝肠寸断。

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heartbreaking /ˈhɑːrtbreɪkɪŋ/

adj. 令人心碎的➕

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shivering /ˈʃɪvərɪŋ/

v. 颤抖,发抖（现在分词）➕

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linen /ˈlɪnɪn/

n. 亚麻布,亚麻制品➕

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daylight /ˈdeɪlaɪt/

n. 日光,白天➕

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enormous /ɪˈnɔːrməs/

adj. 巨大的,庞大的➕

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broom /bruːm/

n. 扫帚➕

🔊 She was called “the Lark” in the neighborhood. The populace, who are fond of these figures of speech, had taken a fancy to bestow this name on this trembling, frightened, and shivering little creature, no bigger than a bird, who was awake every morning before anyone else in the house or the village, and was always in the street or the fields before daybreak.

街坊邻居都叫她“云雀”。民众喜欢这类打比方,便兴之所至,用这个名字称呼这个瑟瑟发抖、战战兢兢的小东西--她比鸟儿大不了多少,每天清晨比村子里任何人起得都早,天不亮就总是在街上或田野里。

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populace /ˈpɒpjələs/

n. 民众,百姓➕

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bestow /bɪˈstəʊ/

v. 给予,授予➕

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trembling /ˈtremblɪŋ/

adj. 颤抖的➕

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frightened /ˈfraɪtnd/

adj. 受惊的,害怕的➕

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daybreak /ˈdeɪbreɪk/

n. 黎明,破晓➕

🔊 Only the little lark never sang.

只是这只小云雀从不唱歌。

Book IV. To Confide Is Sometimes to Deliver Into a Person’s Power – Chapter three: The Lark (第三章:云雀)

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