🔊 Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do: once or twice she had peeped into the book her sister was reading, but it had no pictures or conversations in it, "and what is the use of a book," thought Alice, "without pictures or conversation?"

愛麗絲開始對坐在河邊她姊姊身旁感到非常厭倦,而且無事可做:她曾偷看她姊姊正在讀的書一兩次,但書中既無圖畫也無對話,「一本書沒有圖畫或對話,」愛麗絲想,「有什麼用呢？」

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peeped /piːpt/

v. 窺視,偷看➕

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conversations /ˌkɒnvəˈseɪʃənz/

n. 對話,交談➕

🔊 So she was considering in her own mind (as well as she could, for the hot day made her feel very sleepy and stupid), whether the pleasure of making a daisy-chain would be worth the trouble of getting up and picking the daisies, when suddenly a White Rabbit with pink eyes ran close by her.

於是她心裡想著（盡她所能,因為炎熱的天氣使她感到非常睏倦和遲鈍）,編製一個雛菊花環的樂趣是否值得站起來去摘雛菊的麻煩,這時突然一隻粉紅色眼睛的白兔先生從她身邊跑過。

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considering /kənˈsɪdərɪŋ/

v. 考慮,思量➕

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daisy-chain /ˈdeɪziˌtʃeɪn/

n. 雛菊花環（用雛菊花編成的鏈子或花環）➕

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stupid /ˈstjuːpɪd/

adj. 昏昏沉沉的,遲鈍的；愚蠢的➕

🔊 There was nothing so very remarkable in that; nor did Alice think it so very much out of the way to hear the Rabbit say to itself, "Oh dear! Oh dear! I shall be late!" (when she thought it over afterwards, it occurred to her that she ought to have wondered at this, but at the time it all seemed quite natural); but when the Rabbit actually took a watch out of its waistcoat-pocket, and looked at it, and then hurried on, Alice started to her feet, for it flashed across her mind that she had never before seen a rabbit with either a waistcoat-pocket, or a watch to take out of it, and burning with curiosity, she ran across the field after it, and fortunately was just in time to see it pop down a large rabbit-hole under the hedge.

這並沒有什麼特別值得注意的；愛麗絲也不覺得聽到兔子自言自語說:「天啊！天啊！我要遲到了！」有什麼出奇（當她後來回想時,她想到她本應對此感到驚訝,但當時一切都似乎很自然）；但是當兔子真的從背心口袋裡掏出一隻手錶,看了看,然後匆匆趕路時,愛麗絲跳了起來,因為她腦海中閃過一個念頭,她從未見過兔子有背心口袋,或從中掏出手錶,她好奇得不得了,便穿過田野追趕它,幸運地及時看到它鑽進籬笆下一個大兔子洞裡。

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remarkable /rɪˈmɑːkəbl/

adj. 非凡的,顯著的,值得注意的➕

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waistcoat-pocket /ˈweɪskəʊt ˌpɒkɪt/

n. 背心口袋➕

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flashed /flæʃt/

v. 閃過,突然想到➕

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curiosity /ˌkjʊəriˈɒsəti/

n. 好奇心➕

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fortunately /ˈfɔːtʃənətli/

adv. 幸運地➕

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hedge /hedʒ/

n. 樹籬➕

🔊 In another moment down went Alice after it, never once considering how in the world she was to get out again.

下一刻,愛麗絲就跟著它下去了,從未考慮過她到底要怎麼出來。

🔊 The rabbit-hole went straight on like a tunnel for some way, and then dipped suddenly down, so suddenly that Alice had not a moment to think about stopping herself before she found herself falling down a very deep well.

兔子洞像隧道一樣直直延伸了一段路,然後突然向下傾斜,如此突然以致愛麗絲沒有一刻時間去想停住自己,就發現自己掉進了一個很深的井裡。

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tunnel /ˈtʌnl/

n. 隧道,地道➕

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dipped /dɪpt/

v. 下降,下沉；傾斜➕

🔊 Either the well was very deep, or she fell very slowly, for she had plenty of time as she went down to look about her and to wonder what was going to happen next. First, she tried to look down and make out what she was coming to, but it was too dark to see anything; then she looked at the sides of the well, and noticed that they were filled with cupboards and book-shelves; here and there she saw maps and pictures hung upon pegs. She took down a jar from one of the shelves as she passed; it was labelled "ORANGE MARMALADE", but to her great disappointment it was empty: she did not like to drop the jar for fear of killing somebody, so managed to put it into one of the cupboards as she fell past it.

要麼井很深,要麼她掉得很慢,因為她下落時有充足的時間環顧四周,並猜想接下來會發生什麼。首先,她試圖向下看,弄清楚她會落到哪裡,但太暗了,什麼也看不見；然後她看了看井壁,注意到井壁佈滿了櫥櫃和書架；她到處看到地圖和圖片掛在掛鉤上。她經過時從一個架子上取下一個罐子；罐子標籤上寫著「橙皮果醬」,但令她非常失望的是,它是空的:她不想丟掉罐子,怕砸到人,所以在掉過它時設法把它放進一個櫥櫃裡。

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cupboards /ˈkʌbədz/

n. 櫥櫃,碗櫃➕

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book-shelves /ˈbʊkˌʃelvz/

n. 書架➕

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pegs /peɡz/

n. 掛鉤,釘子➕

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jar /dʒɑː(r)/

n. 罐子,廣口瓶➕

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labelled /ˈleɪbld/

v. 貼上標籤的,被標示的➕

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ORANGE MARMALADE /ˈɒrɪndʒ ˈmɑːməleɪd/

n. 橙皮果醬➕

🔊 "Well!" thought Alice to herself, "after such a fall as this, I shall think nothing of tumbling down stairs! How brave they'll all think me at home! Why, I wouldn't say anything about it, even if I fell off the top of the house!" (Which was very likely true.)

「好吧！」愛麗絲心裡想,「經過這樣一次跌落,我將對摔下樓梯不以為意了！家裡人會覺得我多勇敢啊！哎呀,即使我從屋頂摔下來,我也不會說什麼！」（這很可能是真的。）

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tumbling /ˈtʌmblɪŋ/

v. 跌倒,滾落,翻滾➕

🔊 Down, down, down. Would the fall never come to an end! "I wonder how many miles I've fallen by this time?" she said aloud. "I must be getting somewhere near the centre of the earth. Let me see: that would be four thousand miles down, I think—" (for, you see, Alice had learnt several things of this sort in her lessons in the schoolroom, and though this was not a very good opportunity for showing off her knowledge, as there was no one to listen to her, still it was good practice to say it over) "—yes, that's about the right distance—but then I wonder what Latitude or Longitude I've got to?" (Alice had no idea what Latitude was, or Longitude either, but thought they were nice grand words to say.)

向下,向下,向下。這跌落永無止境嗎！「我想知道到目前為止我跌了多少英里？」她大聲說道。「我一定是快到地球中心了。讓我想想:那應該是向下四千英里,我想——」（因為,你知道,愛麗絲在課堂上學過幾件這樣的事情,雖然這不是炫耀知識的好機會,因為沒人聽她說,但重複說一遍還是很好的練習）「——是的,那大約是正確的距離——但然後我想知道我到達了什麼緯度或經度？」（愛麗絲不知道緯度是什麼,也不知道經度是什麼,但認為這些是說起來很好聽的宏大詞語。）

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Latitude /ˈlætɪtjuːd/

n. 緯度➕

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Longitude /ˈlɒŋɡɪtjuːd/

n. 經度➕

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grand /ɡrænd/

adj. 宏偉的,堂皇的；了不起的➕

🔊 Presently she began again. "I wonder if I shall fall right through the earth! How funny it'll seem to come out among the people that walk with their heads downward! The Antipathies, I think—" (she was rather glad there was no one listening, this time, as it didn't sound at all the right word) "—but I shall have to ask them what the name of the country is, you know. Please, Ma'am, is this New Zealand or Australia?" (and she tried to curtsey as she spoke— fancy curtseying as you're falling through the air! Do you think you could manage it?) "And what an ignorant little girl she'll think me for asking! No, it'll never do to ask: perhaps I shall see it written up somewhere."

不久她又開始說。「我想知道我是否會穿過地球掉出去！在那些頭朝下走路的人中間出來會多有趣啊！我想是反足人——」（她很高興這次沒人聽,因為這聽起來一點也不像正確的詞）「——但我得問他們這個國家的名字是什麼,你知道。請問,夫人,這是紐西蘭還是澳洲？」（她說話時試圖行屈膝禮——想像一下在空中跌落時行屈膝禮！你覺得你能做到嗎？）「她會覺得我問這個是多麼無知的小女孩啊！不,問是不行的:也許我會在某處看到它寫出來。」

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Antipathies /ænˈtɪpəθiz/

n. （這裡是愛麗絲誤用,應為Antipodes,指對跖地,即地球正對面的地方）反感,厭惡；對立面➕

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curtsey /ˈkɜːtsi/

v./n. 行屈膝禮➕

🔊 Down, down, down. There was nothing else to do, so Alice soon began talking again. "Dinah'll miss me very much to-night, I should think!" (Dinah was the cat.) "I hope they'll remember her saucer of milk at tea-time. Dinah my dear! I wish you were down here with me! There are no mice in the air, I'm afraid, but you might catch a bat, and that's very like a mouse, you know. But do cats eat bats, I wonder?" And here Alice began to get rather sleepy, and went on saying to herself, in a dreamy sort of way, "Do cats eat bats? Do cats eat bats?" and sometimes, "Do bats eat cats?" for, you see, as she couldn't answer either question, it didn't much matter which way she put it. She felt that she was dozing off, and had just begun to dream that she was walking hand in hand with Dinah, and saying to her very earnestly, "Now, Dinah, tell me the truth: did you ever eat a bat?" when suddenly, thump! thump! down she came upon a heap of sticks and dry leaves, and the fall was over.

向下,向下,向下。沒有別的事可做,所以愛麗絲很快又開始說話。「黛娜今晚會很想念我,我想！」（黛娜是那隻貓。）「我希望他們茶點時會記得給她一碟牛奶。黛娜親愛的！我希望你在這裡陪我！恐怕空中沒有老鼠,但你可能會抓到蝙蝠,那很像老鼠,你知道。但貓吃蝙蝠嗎,我想知道？」這時愛麗絲開始變得相當睏倦,並繼續自言自語,以一種夢幻的方式說,「貓吃蝙蝠嗎？貓吃蝙蝠嗎？」有時說,「蝙蝠吃貓嗎？」因為,你知道,她無法回答任何一個問題,所以怎麼說都無所謂。她覺得自己正在打瞌睡,剛開始夢見她與黛娜手牽手走路,並非常認真地對她說:「現在,黛娜,告訴我真相:你吃過蝙蝠嗎？」突然,砰！砰！她掉在一堆樹枝和乾葉上,跌落結束了。

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saucer /ˈsɔːsə(r)/

n. 茶碟,小碟子➕

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dozing /ˈdəʊzɪŋ/

v. 打瞌睡,打盹➕

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heap /hiːp/

n. 一堆➕

🔊 Alice was not a bit hurt, and she jumped up on to her feet in a moment: she looked up, but it was all dark overhead; before her was another long passage, and the White Rabbit was still in sight, hurrying down it. There was not a moment to be lost: away went Alice like the wind, and was just in time to hear it say, as it turned a corner, "Oh my ears and whiskers, how late it's getting!" She was close behind it when she turned the corner, but the Rabbit was no longer to be seen: she found herself in a long, low hall, which was lit up by a row of lamps hanging from the roof.

愛麗絲一點也沒受傷,她立刻跳起來:她抬頭看,但頭頂一片黑暗；在她面前是另一條長長的通道,白兔先生還在視線內,匆匆往下走。一刻也不能耽擱:愛麗絲像風一樣跑開,剛好聽到它在轉彎時說:「哦,我的耳朵和鬍鬚,多晚了啊！」她轉彎時緊跟在它後面,但兔子已不見蹤影:她發現自己在一個長而低矮的大廳裡,大廳由一排掛在天花板上的燈照亮。

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whiskers /ˈwɪskəz/

n. （貓、鼠等的）鬚➕

🔊 There were doors all round the hall, but they were all locked; and when Alice had been all the way down one side and up the other, trying every door, she walked sadly down the middle, wondering how she was ever to get out again.

大廳四周都是門,但全都鎖著；當愛麗絲從一邊走到另一邊,試了每一扇門後,她傷心地走到中間,不知道她該怎麼再出去。

🔊 Suddenly she came upon a little three-legged table, all made of solid glass; there was nothing on it except a tiny golden key, and Alice's first thought was that it might belong to one of the doors of the hall; but, alas! either the locks were too large, or the key was too small, but at any rate it would not open any of them. However, on the second time round, she came upon a low curtain she had not noticed before, and behind it was a little door about fifteen inches high: she tried the little golden key in the lock, and to her great delight it fitted!

突然她遇到一張小三腳桌,全由實心玻璃製成；上面除了一把小小的金鑰匙外什麼也沒有,愛麗絲的第一個想法是它可能屬於大廳的一扇門；但是,唉！要麼鎖太大,要麼鑰匙太小,但總之它打不開任何一扇門。然而,在第二圈時,她遇到一個她之前沒注意到的低簾子,簾子後面是一扇約十五英寸高的小門:她試了試小金色鑰匙在鎖裡,令她非常高興的是,它合適！

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three-legged /ˌθriːˈleɡɪd/

adj. 三條腿的➕

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solid /ˈsɒlɪd/

adj. 實心的,堅固的➕

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alas /əˈlæs/

interj. 唉（表示悲傷、遺憾或恐懼）➕

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curtain /ˈkɜːtn/

n. 簾子,窗簾；帷幕➕

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inches /ˈɪntʃɪz/

n. 英寸➕

🔊 Alice opened the door and found that it led into a small passage, not much larger than a rat-hole: she knelt down and looked along the passage into the loveliest garden you ever saw. How she longed to get out of that dark hall, and wander about among those beds of bright flowers and those cool fountains, but she could not even get her head through the doorway; "and even if my head would go through," thought poor Alice, "it would be of very little use without my shoulders. Oh, how I wish I could shut up like a telescope! I think I could, if I only know how to begin." For, you see, so many out-of-the-way things had happened lately, that Alice had begun to think that very few things indeed were really impossible.

愛麗絲打開門,發現它通向一個小通道,不比老鼠洞大多少:她跪下來,沿著通道望向一個你從未見過的最可愛的花園。她多麼渴望離開那個黑暗的大廳,在那些明亮的花壇和涼爽的噴泉間漫步,但她甚至無法將頭穿過門口；「即使我的頭能穿過,」可憐的愛麗絲想,「沒有肩膀也沒什麼用。哦,我多希望我能像望遠鏡一樣縮起來！我想我能,只要我知道如何開始。」因為,你知道,最近發生了這麼多出奇的事情,以致愛麗絲開始認為確實很少有事情真的不可能。

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knelt /nelt/

v. 跪下（kneel的過去式）➕

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wander /ˈwɒndə(r)/

v. 漫步,閒逛➕

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telescope /ˈtelɪskəʊp/

n. 望遠鏡➕

🔊 There seemed to be no use in waiting by the little door, so she went back to the table, half hoping she might find another key on it, or at any rate a book of rules for shutting people up like telescopes: this time she found a little bottle on it, ("which certainly was not here before," said Alice,) and round the neck of the bottle was a paper label, with the words "DRINK ME" beautifully printed on it in large letters.

在小門旁等待似乎沒用,所以她回到桌子旁,半希望她可能在桌上找到另一把鑰匙,或至少一本關於如何像望遠鏡一樣縮起人的規則書:這次她在桌上發現一個小瓶子,（「這之前肯定不在這裡,」愛麗絲說,）瓶子頸上有一個紙標籤,上面用大字漂亮地印著「飲用我」。

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DRINK ME /drɪŋk miː/

phr. 喝掉我（瓶子上的標籤指令）➕

🔊 It was all very well to say "Drink me," but the wise little Alice was not going to do that in a hurry. "No, I'll look first," she said, "and see whether it's marked 'poison' or not"; for she had read several nice little histories about children who had got burnt, and eaten up by wild beasts and other unpleasant things, all because they would not remember the simple rules their friends had taught them: such as, that a red-hot poker will burn you if you hold it too long; and that if you cut your finger very deeply with a knife, it usually bleeds; and she had never forgotten that, if you drink much from a bottle marked "poison," it is almost certain to disagree with you, sooner or later.

說「喝我」固然很好,但聰明的小愛麗絲不會匆忙去做。「不,我先看看,」她說,「看看它是否標有『毒藥』」；因為她讀過幾本關於孩子被燒傷、被野獸吃掉和其他不愉快事情的可愛小歷史,全都是因為他們不記得朋友教給他們的簡單規則:例如,如果你拿紅熱的撥火棍太久,它會燙傷你；如果你用刀深深割傷手指,它通常會流血；她從未忘記,如果你從標有「毒藥」的瓶子喝很多,它幾乎肯定會讓你不舒服,遲早的事。

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poison /ˈpɔɪzn/

n. 毒藥➕

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histories /ˈhɪstəriz/

n. 故事,歷史記載（這裡指關於孩童遭遇的故事集）➕

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poker /ˈpəʊkə(r)/

n. 撥火棒,火鉗➕

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disagree /ˌdɪsəˈɡriː/

v. （食物、氣候等）不適宜,有害；意見不合➕

🔊 However, this bottle was not marked "poison," so Alice ventured to taste it, and finding it very nice, (it had, in fact, a sort of mixed flavour of cherry-tart, custard, pine-apple, roast turkey, toffee, and hot buttered toast,) she very soon finished it off.

然而,這個瓶子沒有標「毒藥」,所以愛麗絲冒險嚐了嚐,發現它很好喝,（事實上,它有櫻桃餡餅、蛋奶沙司、菠蘿、烤火雞、太妃糖和熱奶油吐司的混合味道,）她很快就喝完了。

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ventured /ˈventʃəd/

v. 敢於,冒險嘗試➕

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custard /ˈkʌstəd/

n. 蛋奶沙司,吉士醬➕

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toffee /ˈtɒfi/

n. 太妃糖➕

🔊 "What a curious feeling!" said Alice; "I must be shutting up like a telescope."

「多麼奇怪的感覺！」愛麗絲說；「我一定是在像望遠鏡一樣縮起來。」

🔊 And so it was indeed: she was now only ten inches high, and her face brightened up at the thought that she was now the right size for going through the little door into that lovely garden. First, however, she waited for a few minutes to see if she was going to shrink any further: she felt a little nervous about this; "for it might end, you know," said Alice to herself, "in my going out altogether, like a candle. I wonder what I should be like then?" And she tried to fancy what the flame of a candle is like after the candle is blown out, for she could not remember ever having seen such a thing.

確實如此:她現在只有十英寸高,想到她現在的大小正適合穿過小門進入那個可愛的花園,她的臉亮了起來。然而,首先她等了幾分鐘,看看是否會進一步縮小:她對此有點緊張；「因為它可能結束,你知道,」愛麗絲對自己說,「就像蠟燭一樣完全熄滅。我想知道那時我會是什麼樣子？」她試圖想像蠟燭吹滅後的火焰是什麼樣子,因為她不記得見過這樣的事情。

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brightened /ˈbraɪtnd/

v. （臉）露出喜色；變亮➕

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shrink /ʃrɪŋk/

v. 收縮,縮小➕

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candle /ˈkændl/

n. 蠟燭➕

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flame /fleɪm/

n. 火焰➕

🔊 After a while, finding that nothing more happened, she decided on going into the garden at once; but, alas for poor Alice! when she got to the door, she found she had forgotten the little golden key, and when she went back to the table for it, she found she could not possibly reach it: she could see it quite plainly through the glass, and she tried her best to climb up one of the legs of the table, but it was too slippery; and when she had tired herself out with trying, the poor little thing sat down and cried.

過了一會兒,發現沒有更多事情發生,她決定立即進入花園；但是,可憐的愛麗絲！當她走到門口時,她發現她忘記了小金鑰匙,當她回到桌子取它時,她發現她根本夠不著:她可以透過玻璃清楚地看到它,她盡力爬上桌子的一條腿,但它太滑了；當她嘗試得筋疲力盡時,這個可憐的小東西坐下來哭了。

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slippery /ˈslɪpəri/

adj. 滑的➕

🔊 "Come, there's no use in crying like that!" said Alice to herself, rather sharply; "I advise you to leave off this minute!" She generally gave herself very good advice, (though she very seldom followed it), and sometimes she scolded herself so severely as to bring tears into her eyes; and once she remembered trying to box her own ears for having cheated herself in a game of croquet she was playing against herself, for this curious child was very fond of pretending to be two people. "But it's no use now," thought poor Alice, "to pretend to be two people! Why, there's hardly enough of me left to make one respectable person!"

「得了吧,這樣哭沒用！」愛麗絲對自己說,相當尖銳地；「我建議你立刻停止！」她通常給自己很好的建議,（雖然她很少遵循）,有時她責罵自己如此嚴厲以致眼淚湧出；一次她記得試圖打自己耳光,因為她在自己玩的槌球遊戲中欺騙了自己,因為這個好奇的孩子非常喜歡假裝是兩個人。「但現在假裝是兩個人沒用了！」可憐的愛麗絲想,「哎呀,剩下的我幾乎不夠做一個體面的人！」

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sharply /ˈʃɑːrpli/

adv. 尖銳地,嚴厲地➕

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scolded /skəʊldɪd/

v. 責罵,訓斥➕

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severely /sɪˈvɪərli/

adv. 嚴重地,嚴厲地➕

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respectable /rɪˈspektəbl/

adj. 值得尊敬的,體面的➕

🔊 Soon her eye fell on a little glass box that was lying under the table: she opened it, and found in it a very small cake, on which the words "EAT ME" were beautifully marked in currants. "Well, I'll eat it," said Alice, "and if it makes me grow larger, I can reach the key; and if it makes me grow smaller, I can creep under the door; so either way I'll get into the garden, and I don't care which happens!"

很快她的目光落在桌子下的一個小玻璃盒上:她打開它,發現裡面有一個非常小的蛋糕,蛋糕上用葡萄乾漂亮地標記著「食用我」。「好吧,我吃它,」愛麗絲說,「如果它讓我變大,我能夠到鑰匙；如果它讓我變小,我可以在門下爬行；所以無論哪種方式我都能進入花園,我不在乎哪種情況發生！」

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currants /ˈkʌrənts/

n. 醋栗,小粒無核葡萄乾➕

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creep /kriːp/

v. 爬行,匍匐➕

🔊 She ate a little bit, and said anxiously to herself, "Which way? Which way?", holding her hand on the top of her head to feel which way it was growing, and she was quite surprised to find that she remained the same size: to be sure, this generally happens when one eats cake, but Alice had got so much into the way of expecting nothing but out-of-the-way things to happen, that it seemed quite dull and stupid for life to go on in the common way.

她吃了一小口,焦急地對自己說,「哪種方式？哪種方式？」,把手放在頭頂感覺它在哪個方向生長,她非常驚訝地發現她保持同樣大小:當然,吃蛋糕時通常會發生這種事,但愛麗絲已經習慣了只期待出奇的事情發生,以致生活以普通方式繼續似乎相當沉悶和愚蠢。

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anxiously /ˈæŋkʃəsli/

adv. 焦慮地,擔憂地➕

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out-of-the-way /ˌaʊt əv ðə ˈweɪ/

adj. 偏遠的,人跡罕至的；不尋常的➕

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dull /dʌl/

adj. 枯燥的,沉悶的；不鋒利的➕

🔊 So she set to work, and very soon finished off the cake.

於是她開始工作,很快就吃完了蛋糕。

Chapter one: Down The Rabbit-Hole (第一章:掉進兔子洞)