🔊 Paris has a child, and the forest has a bird; the bird is called the sparrow; the child is called the gamin.

巴黎有一个孩子,森林里有一只鸟；鸟叫麻雀,孩子叫流浪儿。

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gamin /ˈɡamɪn/

n. 流浪儿,街头顽童➕

🔊 Couple these two ideas which contain, the one all the furnace, the other all the dawn; strike these two sparks together, Paris, childhood; there leaps out from them a little being. Homuncio, says Plautus.

将这两个概念结合--一个蕴藏全然的熔炉,另一个饱含所有的黎明；碰撞这两颗火花,巴黎与童年；从中便跃出一个小生灵。普劳图斯称之为“小人”。

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furnace /ˈfɜːrnɪs/

n. 熔炉,火炉➕

🔊 This little being is joyous. He has not food every day, and he goes to the play every evening, if he sees fit. He has no shirt on his body, no shoes on his feet, no roof over his head; he is like the flies of heaven, who have none of these things. He is from seven to thirteen years of age, he lives in bands, roams the streets, lodges in the open air, wears an old pair of trousers of his father's, which descend below his heels, an old hat of some other father, which descends below his ears, a single suspender of yellow listing; he runs, lies in wait, rummages about, wastes time, blackens pipes, swears like a convict, haunts the wine-shop, knows thieves, calls gay women "thou," talks slang, sings obscene songs, and has no evil in his heart. This is because he has in his heart a pearl, innocence; and pearls are not to be dissolved in mud. So long as man is in his childhood, God wills that he shall be innocent.

这小生灵是快活的。他并非每日有食,却若他乐意,每晚都去看戏。他身上无衬衫,脚上无鞋,头上无瓦；他就像天上的飞蝇,无有这些。他年岁在七至十三之间,结伙成群,游荡街头,露宿露天,身穿父亲的旧裤,裤管拖到脚跟,头戴某位父亲的旧帽,帽檐遮住耳朵,一条黄色镶边的吊裤带；他奔跑、埋伏、四处翻找、消磨时光、熏黑烟斗、像囚犯般咒骂、流连酒馆、识得窃贼、对娼妓以“你”相称、满口俚语、唱淫秽的歌,但心中并无邪恶。这是因为他的心中藏着一颗珍珠--纯真；而珍珠是不会融化于污泥的。只要人尚在童年,上帝便愿他纯洁无瑕。

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joyous /ˈdʒɔɪəs/

adj. 快乐的,高兴的➕

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roams /roʊmz/

v. 漫步,漫游➕

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lodges /lɑːdʒɪz/

v. 寄宿,暂住➕

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suspender /səˈspɛndər/

n. 吊带,背带➕

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rummages /ˈrʌmɪdʒɪz/

v. 翻找,搜寻➕

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swears /swɛrz/

v. 咒骂,发誓➕

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convict /ˈkɑːnvɪkt/

n. 囚犯➕

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haunts /hɔːnts/

v. 常去,出没➕

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slang /slæŋ/

n. 俚语➕

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obscene /əbˈsiːn/

adj. 淫秽的,下流的➕

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pearl /pɜːrl/

n. 珍珠➕

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innocence /ˈɪnəsns/

n. 纯真,无辜➕

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dissolved /dɪˈzɑːlvd/

v. 溶解,消散（过去分词）➕

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wills /wɪlz/

v. 意愿,决心（动词）➕

🔊 If one were to ask that enormous city: "What is this?" she would reply: "It is my little one."

若有人问那座巨城:“这是什么？”她会答道:“这是我的小家伙。”

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enormous /ɪˈnɔːrməs/

adj. 巨大的➕

Book I. Paris Studied in Its Atom – Chapter one: PARVULUS (第一章:稚子)