🔊 The worthy hairdresser who had chased from his shop the two little fellows to whom Gavroche had opened the paternal interior of the elephant was at that moment in his shop engaged in shaving an old soldier of the legion who had served under the Empire. They were talking. The hairdresser had, naturally, spoken to the veteran of the riot, then of General Lamarque, and from Lamarque they had passed to the Emperor. Thence sprang up a conversation between barber and soldier which Prudhomme, had he been present, would have enriched with arabesques, and which he would have entitled: "Dialogue between the razor and the sword."

那位可敬的理发师,方才把两个小家伙从店里赶跑--正是伽弗洛什为他们打开了那座大象肚皮式的父爱寓所--此刻正在自己店里替一位曾在帝国麾下服役的老兵刮胡子。他们聊着天。理发师自然先跟老兵谈起暴动,又说起拉马克将军,从拉马克又转到了皇帝。于是理发匠与行伍之间涌起一段对话,倘若普吕多姆在场,准会添上些曲线花纹,并冠以《剃刀与剑的对话》之名。

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paternal /pəˈtɜːrnəl/

adj. 父亲的；父系的➕

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interior /ɪnˈtɪriər/

n. 内部；里面➕

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legion /ˈliːdʒən/

n. 军团；众多➕

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Empire /ˈɛmpaɪər/

n. 帝国➕

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veteran /ˈvɛtərən/

n. 老兵；老手➕

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riot /ˈraɪət/

n. 暴乱；骚动➕

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Emperor /ˈɛmpərər/

n. 皇帝➕

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Thence /ðɛns/

adv. 从那时起；因此➕

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enriched /ɪnˈrɪtʃt/

adj. 丰富的；充实的➕

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arabesques /ˌærəˈbɛsks/

n. 阿拉伯式花纹；蔓藤花纹➕

🔊 "How did the Emperor ride, sir?" said the barber.

“皇帝陛下如何骑马呀,先生？”理发匠问道。

🔊 "Badly. He did not know how to fall--so he never fell."

“骑得很糟。他不会摔下马--所以从不落马。”

🔊 "Did he have fine horses? He must have had fine horses!"

“他该有骏马吧？一定少不了好马！”

🔊 "On the day when he gave me my cross, I noticed his beast. It was a racing mare, perfectly white. Her ears were very wide apart, her saddle deep, a fine head marked with a black star, a very long neck, strongly articulated knees, prominent ribs, oblique shoulders and a powerful crupper. A little more than fifteen hands in height."

“那天他授我勋章时,我留意了他的坐骑。那是一匹赛马用的牝马,纯白如雪。两耳分得很开,鞍座深陷,头颅俊秀,上有一枚黑星,脖颈修长,膝盖骨结实有力,肋骨突出,肩胛斜削,臀甲强健。身高大约十五掌有余。”

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cross /krɒs/

n. 十字勋章；十字架➕

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mare /mɛər/

n. 母马➕

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saddle /ˈsædəl/

n. 鞍；马鞍➕

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articulated /ɑːrˈtɪkjuleɪtɪd/

adj. 关节连接的；铰接的➕

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prominent /ˈprɒmɪnənt/

adj. 突出的；显著的➕

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oblique /əˈbliːk/

adj. 倾斜的；斜的➕

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crupper /ˈkrʌpər/

n. 马臀；尻带➕

🔊 "A pretty horse," remarked the hairdresser.

“好一匹马,”理发匠赞道。

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remarked /rɪˈmɑːrkt/

v. 评论；说起➕

🔊 "It was His Majesty's beast."

“那是陛下的坐骑。”

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Majesty /ˈmædʒɪsti/

n. 陛下；威严➕

🔊 The hairdresser felt that after this observation, a short silence would be fitting, so he conformed himself to it, and then went on:-- "The Emperor was never wounded but once, was he, sir?"

理发匠觉得听了这话,理当沉默片刻,于是便遵命安静了一下,接着又问道:“皇帝陛下只受过一次伤,是吧,先生？”

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observation /ˌɒbzərˈveɪʃən/

n. 观察；言论➕

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fitting /ˈfɪtɪŋ/

adj. 合适的；恰当的➕

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conformed /kənˈfɔːrmd/

v. 遵从；符合➕

🔊 The old soldier replied with the calm and sovereign tone of a man who had been there:-- "In the heel. At Ratisbon. I never saw him so well dressed as on that day. He was as neat as a new sou."

老兵以亲历者那种沉稳而威严的口吻答道:“在脚跟。雷根斯堡之战那天。我从未见他穿戴得那般齐整。他干净得像一枚新铸的苏。”

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sovereign /ˈsɒvrɪn/

adj. 至高无上的；有主权的➕

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sou /suː/

n. 苏（法国旧货币）➕

🔊 "And you, Mr. Veteran, you must have been often wounded?"

“那么您呢,老兵先生,您一定经常挂彩吧？”

🔊 "I?" said the soldier, "ah! not to amount to anything. At Marengo, I received two sabre-blows on the back of my neck, a bullet in the right arm at Austerlitz, another in the left hip at Jéna. At Friedland, a thrust from a bayonet, there--at the Moskowa seven or eight lance-thrusts, no matter where, at Lutzen a splinter of a shell crushed one of my fingers. Ah! and then at Waterloo, a ball from a biscaïen in the thigh, that's all."

“我？”士兵说,“哦,不值一提。在马伦戈,我后颈挨了两刀；在奥斯特利茨,右臂中了一枪；在耶拿,左髋又中一枪；在弗里德兰,这里挨了一刺刀；在莫斯科瓦河,身上扎了七八枪矛,也说不清哪里；在吕岑,一块弹片崩断了我一根手指。啊！还有在滑铁卢,大腿中了一颗葡萄弹,就这些。”

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sabre-blows /ˈseɪbər bləʊz/

n. 马刀砍击➕

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thrust /θrʌst/

n. 刺；戳➕

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bayonet /ˈbeɪənɪt/

n. 刺刀➕

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lance-thrusts /lɑːns θrʌsts/

n. 长矛刺击➕

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splinter /ˈsplɪntər/

n. 碎片；分裂➕

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shell /ʃɛl/

n. 炮弹；壳➕

🔊 "How fine that is!" exclaimed the hairdresser, in Pindaric accents, "to die on the field of battle! On my word of honour, rather than die in bed, of an illness, slowly, bit by bit each day, with drugs, cataplasms, syringes, medicines, I should prefer to receive a cannonball in my belly!"

“真是壮烈啊！”理发匠用品达式的语调赞叹道,“马革裹尸,战死沙场！我以人格担保,与其病倒在床上,靠药物、膏药、注射器、汤药,一点点苟延残喘,我宁可肚子上挨一炮！”

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exclaimed /ɪkˈskleɪmd/

v. 呼喊；大声说出➕

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accents /ˈæksənts/

n. 口音；语调➕

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cataplasms /ˈkætəplæzəmz/

n. 泥敷剂；膏药➕

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syringes /sɪˈrɪndʒiz/

n. 注射器➕

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cannonball /ˈkænənbɔːl/

n. 炮弹➕

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honour /ˈɒnər/

n. 荣誉；信誉➕

🔊 "You're not over fastidious," said the soldier.

“你这人倒不挑剔。”士兵说。

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fastidious /fæˈstɪdiəs/

adj. 挑剔的；讲究的➕

🔊 He had hardly spoken when a fearful crash shook the shop. The show-window had suddenly been fractured.

他话音刚落,一阵可怕的碎裂声震动了店铺。临街的橱窗突然破了。

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fearful /ˈfɪərfl̩/

adj. 可怕的；恐惧的➕

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crash /kræʃ/

n. 碰撞；坠毁➕

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show-window /ʃoʊ ˈwɪndoʊ/

n. 橱窗➕

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fractured /ˈfræktʃərd/

adj. 破裂的；骨折的➕

🔊 The wig-maker turned pale.

假发匠脸色发白。

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wig-maker /wɪɡ ˈmeɪkər/

n. 假发师➕

🔊 "Ah, good God!" he exclaimed, "it's one of them!"

“啊,老天！”他喊道,“是那帮人里的一个！”

🔊 "What?"

“什么？”

🔊 "A cannonball."

“一枚炮弹。”

🔊 "Here it is," said the soldier. And he picked up something that was rolling about the floor. It was a pebble.

“在这儿呢。”士兵说。他捡起一件在地板上滚动的东西--原来是一块石子。

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soldier /ˈsəʊldʒə(r)/

n. 士兵➕

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rolling /ˈrəʊlɪŋ/

v. 滚动➕

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pebble /ˈpebl/

n. 卵石,小石子➕

🔊 The hairdresser ran to the broken window and beheld Gavroche fleeing at the full speed, towards the Marché Saint-Jean. As he passed the hairdresser's shop Gavroche, who had the two brats still in his mind, had not been able to resist the impulse to say good day to him, and had flung a stone through his panes.

理发匠跑到破了的橱窗前,看见伽弗洛什正全速朝圣让市场逃去。原来伽弗洛什心里还惦记着那两个小孩,路过理发店时,忍不住想向理发匠道声日安,便朝他的橱窗投了一块石头。

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hairdresser /ˈheərdresə(r)/

n. 理发师➕

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beheld /bɪˈheld/

v. 看见,注视（behold的过去式）➕

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fleeing /ˈfliːɪŋ/

v. 逃跑（flee的现在分词）➕

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brats /bræts/

n. 顽童,小孩（贬义）➕

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resist /rɪˈzɪst/

v. 抵抗,忍耐,抵制➕

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impulse /ˈɪmpʌls/

n. 冲动,脉冲➕

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flung /flʌŋ/

v. 猛扔,抛（fling的过去式）➕

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panes /peɪnz/

n. 窗玻璃片（pane的复数）➕

🔊 "You see!" shrieked the hairdresser, who from white had turned blue, "that fellow returns and does mischief for the pure pleasure of it. What has anyone done to that gamin?"

“瞧见没！”理发匠尖叫道,脸从惨白变得铁青,“那家伙回来作恶,纯粹为了取乐。谁得罪了那个流浪儿？”

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shrieked /ʃriːkt/

v. 尖叫➕

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mischief /ˈmɪstʃɪf/

n. 恶作剧,伤害,顽皮➕

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gamin /ˈɡæmɪn/

n. 流浪儿,顽童➕

Book XI. The Atom Fraternizes with the Hurricane – Chapter three: Just Indignation of a Hairdresser (第三章: 理发师的义愤)

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