🔊 "Curiouser and curiouser!" cried Alice (she was so much surprised, that for the moment she quite forgot how to speak good English); "now I'm opening out like the largest telescope that ever was! Good-bye, feet!" (for when she looked down at her feet, they seemed to be almost out of sight, they were getting so far off). "Oh, my poor little feet, I wonder who will put on your shoes and stockings for you now, dears? I'm sure I shan't be able! I shall be a great deal too far off to trouble myself about you: you must manage the best way you can;—but I must be kind to them," thought Alice, "or perhaps they won't walk the way I want to go! Let me see: I'll give them a new pair of boots every Christmas." And she went on planning to herself how she would manage it. "They must go by the carrier," she thought; "and how funny it'll seem, sending presents to one's own feet! And how odd the directions will look!

"越來越奇怪了！" 愛麗絲喊道（她太驚訝了,一時竟忘了怎麼說好英語）；"現在我像有史以來最大的望遠鏡一樣展開！再見了,腳！"（因為當她低頭看自己的腳時,它們似乎幾乎看不見了,變得越來越遠）。"哦,我可憐的小腳,我想知道現在誰會為你們穿鞋襪呢,親愛的？我肯定我做不到了！我離得太遠了,無法為你們操心:你們必須盡力而為；——但我必須對它們好," 愛麗絲想道,"否則它們可能不會走我想要的路！讓我看看:我會在每個聖誕節送它們一雙新靴子。" 她繼續計劃著如何管理這件事。"它們必須通過運送公司寄送,"她想；"送禮物給自己的腳會多麼有趣啊！而且地址會看起來多麼奇怪！

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telescope /ˈtelɪskəʊp/

n. 望遠鏡➕

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carrier /ˈkæriə(r)/

n. 運送者；載體➕

🔊 ALICE'S RIGHT FOOT, ESQ. HEARTHRUG, NEAR THE FENDER, (WITH ALICE'S LOVE).

愛麗絲的右腳,先生。壁爐前地毯,靠近壁爐圍欄,（附愛麗絲的愛）。

🔊 Oh dear, what nonsense I'm talking!"

哦,天哪,我在胡說些什麼！"

🔊 Just then her head struck against the roof of the hall: in fact she was now more than nine feet high, and she at once took up the little golden key and hurried off to the garden door.

就在這時,她的頭撞到了大廳的屋頂:事實上,她現在已經超過九英尺高,她立刻拿起小金鑰匙,匆忙趕往花園門。

🔊 Poor Alice! It was as much as she could do, lying down on one side, to look through into the garden with one eye; but to get through was more hopeless than ever: she sat down and began to cry again.

可憐的愛麗絲！她只能側躺著,用一隻眼睛望向花園；但要穿過去卻比以往更加無望:她坐下來,又開始哭了。

🔊 "You ought to be ashamed of yourself," said Alice, "a great girl like you," (she might well say this), "to go on crying in this way! Stop this moment, I tell you!" But she went on all the same, shedding gallons of tears, until there was a large pool all round her, about four inches deep and reaching half down the hall.

"你應該為自己感到羞恥," 愛麗絲說,"像你這樣的大女孩,"（她完全可以這麼說）,"還這樣哭個不停！馬上停止,我告訴你！" 但她還是不停地哭,流下加侖的眼淚,直到周圍形成一個大池子,大約四英寸深,淹沒了大廳的一半。

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gallons /ˈɡælənz/

n. 加侖（容量單位）➕

🔊 After a time she heard a little pattering of feet in the distance, and she hastily dried her eyes to see what was coming. It was the White Rabbit returning, splendidly dressed, with a pair of white kid gloves in one hand and a large fan in the other: he came trotting along in a great hurry, muttering to himself as he came, "Oh! the Duchess, the Duchess! Oh! won't she be savage if I've kept her waiting!" Alice felt so desperate that she was ready to ask help of any one; so, when the Rabbit came near her, she began, in a low, timid voice, "If you please, sir—" The Rabbit started violently, dropped the white kid gloves and the fan, and scurried away into the darkness as hard as he could go.

過了一會兒,她聽到遠處傳來輕微的腳步聲,她急忙擦乾眼睛看是什麼來了。是白兔回來了,穿著華麗,一手拿著一雙白色小山羊皮手套,另一手拿著一把大扇子:他匆匆忙忙地小跑過來,一邊走一邊喃喃自語,"哦！公爵夫人,公爵夫人！哦！如果我讓她久等了,她會多麼生氣啊！" 愛麗絲感到絕望,準備向任何人求助；所以,當兔子靠近她時,她用低沉、膽怯的聲音開始說,"請問,先生——" 兔子猛地一驚,丟下白色小山羊皮手套和扇子,拼命地逃進黑暗中。

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pattering /ˈpætərɪŋ/

n. 輕快的拍打聲➕

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splendidly /ˈsplendɪdli/

adv. 華麗地；極好地➕

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kid /kɪd/

n. 小山羊皮➕

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trotting /ˈtrɒtɪŋ/

v. 小跑➕

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muttering /ˈmʌtərɪŋ/

v. 嘀咕；喃喃自語➕

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savage /ˈsævɪdʒ/

adj. 野蠻的；兇猛的➕

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desperate /ˈdespərət/

adj. 絕望的；極度渴望的➕

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timid /ˈtɪmɪd/

adj. 膽小的；羞怯的➕

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violently /ˈvaɪələntli/

adv. 猛烈地；暴力地➕

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scurried /ˈskɜːrid/

v. 急匆匆地走➕

🔊 Alice took up the fan and gloves, and, as the hall was very hot, she kept fanning herself all the time she went on talking: "Dear, dear! How queer everything is to-day! And yesterday things went on just as usual. I wonder if I've been changed in the night? Let me think: was I the same when I got up this morning? I almost think I can remember feeling a little different. But if I'm not the same, the next question is, Who in the world am I? Ah, THAT'S the great puzzle!" And she began thinking over all the children she knew that were of the same age as herself, to see if she could have been changed for any of them.

愛麗絲拿起扇子和手套,由於大廳很熱,她一邊說話一邊不停地扇自己:"哎呀,哎呀！今天一切都多麼奇怪啊！昨天一切還照常進行。我想知道我是不是在夜裡被改變了？讓我想想:今天早上起床時我還是我嗎？我幾乎覺得我能記得感覺有點不同。但如果我不是同一個人,下一個問題是,我到底是誰？啊,那真是個大難題！" 她開始回想所有她認識的同齡孩子,看看她是否可能被換成了其中任何一個。

🔊 "I'm sure I'm not Ada," she said, "for her hair goes in such long ringlets, and mine doesn't go in ringlets at all; and I'm sure I can't be Mabel, for I know all sorts of things, and she, oh! she knows such a very little! Besides, SHE'S she, and I'm I, and—oh dear, how puzzling it all is! I'll try if I know all the things I used to know. Let me see: four times five is twelve, and four times six is thirteen, and four times seven is—oh dear! I shall never get to twenty at that rate! However, the Multiplication Table doesn't signify: let's try Geography. London is the capital of Paris, and Paris is the capital of Rome, and Rome—no, THAT'S all wrong, I'm certain! I must have been changed for Mabel! I'll try and say 'How doth the little—'" and she crossed her hands on her lap as if she were saying lessons, and began to repeat it, but her voice sounded hoarse and strange, and the words did not come the same as they used to do:—

"我肯定我不是艾達,"她說,"因為她的頭髮是長長的捲髮,而我的頭髮一點也不捲；而且我肯定我不可能是梅寶,因為我知道各種各樣的事情,而她,哦！她知道得太少了！此外,她是她,我是我,而且——哦,天哪,這一切都多麼令人困惑！我試試看我是否還記得所有我以前知道的事情。讓我想想:四乘五是十二,四乘六是十三,四乘七是——哦,天哪！這樣下去我永遠到不了二十！不過,乘法表不重要:讓我們試試地理。倫敦是巴黎的首都,巴黎是羅馬的首都,羅馬——不,那全錯了,我肯定！我一定被換成了梅寶！我試試說'小鱷魚如何——'" 她雙手交叉放在膝上,好像在背課文,開始重複,但她的聲音聽起來嘶啞而陌生,詞語也不像以前那樣:—

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ringlets /ˈrɪŋlɪts/

n. 捲髮➕

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signify /ˈsɪɡnɪfaɪ/

v. 表示；意味著➕

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hoarse /hɔːs/

adj. 嘶啞的➕

🔊 "How doth the little crocodile Improve his shining tail, And pour the waters of the Nile On every golden scale!

"小鱷魚如何改善他閃亮的尾巴,並將尼羅河的水傾倒在每個金色鱗片上！

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scale /skeɪl/

n. 鱗片➕

🔊 "How cheerfully he seems to grin, How neatly spread his claws, And welcome little fishes in With gently smiling jaws!"

"他多麼歡快地咧嘴笑,多麼整齊地張開爪子,並用溫柔微笑的下巴歡迎小魚兒進來！"

🔊 "I'm sure those are not the right words," said poor Alice, and her eyes filled with tears again as she went on, "I must be Mabel after all, and I shall have to go and live in that poky little house, and have next to no toys to play with, and oh! ever so many lessons to learn! No, I've made up my mind about it; if I'm Mabel, I'll stay down here! It'll be no use their putting their heads down and saying 'Come up again, dear!' I shall only look up and say 'Who am I then? Tell me that first, and then, if I like being that person, I'll come up: if not, I'll stay down here till I'm somebody else'—but, oh dear!" cried Alice, with a sudden burst of tears, "I do wish they would put their heads down! I am so very tired of being all alone here!"

"我肯定那些詞不對,"可憐的愛麗絲說,她的眼睛再次充滿淚水,繼續說道,"我畢竟一定是梅寶,我將不得不去住在那個狹窄的小房子裡,幾乎沒有玩具可玩,哦！還有那麼多課要學！不,我已經下定決心了；如果我是梅寶,我就留在這裡！他們低下頭說'再上來吧,親愛的！'也沒用。我只會抬頭說'那我是誰？先告訴我,然後,如果我喜歡當那個人,我就上來:如果不喜歡,我就留在這裡,直到我變成別人'——但是,哦,天哪！" 愛麗絲哭喊道,突然淚如雨下,"我真希望他們會低下頭來！我已經厭倦了獨自一人在這裡！"

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poky /ˈpəʊki/

adj. 狹小的；簡陋的➕

🔊 As she said this she looked down at her hands, and was surprised to see that she had put on one of the Rabbit's little white kid gloves while she was talking. "How can I have done that?" she thought. "I must be growing small again." She got up and went to the table to measure herself by it, and found that, as nearly as she could guess, she was now about two feet high, and was going on shrinking rapidly: she soon found out that the cause of this was the fan she was holding, and she dropped it hastily, just in time to avoid shrinking away altogether.

說著,她低頭看自己的手,驚訝地發現她在說話時已經戴上了兔子的一隻白色小山羊皮手套。"我怎麼會這樣做？"她想。"我一定又在變小了。"她起身走到桌子旁,用它來測量自己,發現據她猜測,她現在大約兩英尺高,並且還在迅速縮小:她很快發現這是由於她手裡拿著的扇子,她急忙丟下它,剛好避免了完全縮小消失。

🔊 "That was a narrow escape!" said Alice, a good deal frightened at the sudden change, but very glad to find herself still in existence; "and now for the garden!" and she ran with all speed back to the little door: but, alas! the little door was shut again, and the little golden key was lying on the glass table as before, "and things are worse than ever," thought the poor child, "for I never was so small as this before, never! And I declare it's too bad, that it is!"

"那真是千鈞一髮！" 愛麗絲說,對這突如其來的變化感到非常害怕,但很高興發現自己還存在；"現在去花園！" 她全速跑回小門:但是,唉！小門又關上了,小金鑰匙像以前一樣放在玻璃桌上,"事情比以往更糟了,"可憐的孩子想道,"因為我從未這麼小過,從未！我宣布這太糟糕了,真是的！"

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narrow escape /ˈnærəʊ ɪˈskeɪp/

n. 僥倖逃脫➕

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existence /ɪɡˈzɪstəns/

n. 存在➕

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alas /əˈlæs/

interj. 唉（表示悲傷或遺憾）➕

🔊 As she said these words her foot slipped, and in another moment, splash! she was up to her chin in salt water. Her first idea was that she had somehow fallen into the sea, "and in that case I can go back by railway," she said to herself. (Alice had been to the seaside once in her life, and had come to the general conclusion, that wherever you go to on the English coast you find a number of bathing machines in the sea, some children digging in the sand with wooden spades, then a row of lodging houses, and behind them a railway station.) However, she soon made out that she was in the pool of tears which she had wept when she was nine feet high.

說著,她的腳滑了一下,轉眼間,撲通！她下巴以下都浸在鹹水裡。她的第一個念頭是她不知怎麼掉進了海裡,"那樣的話我可以坐火車回去,"她自言自語道。（愛麗絲一生中去過一次海邊,並得出一般結論,無論你走到英語海岸的哪裡,你都會發現海裡有許多沐浴機器,一些孩子用木鏟在沙灘上挖沙,然後是一排出租房屋,後面是火車站。）然而,她很快意識到她是在她九英尺高時哭出的淚池中。

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wept /wept/

v. 哭泣（過去式）➕

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bathing machines /ˈbeɪðɪŋ məˈʃiːnz/

n. 沐浴機（歷史上的更衣車）➕

🔊 "I wish I hadn't cried so much!" said Alice, as she swam about, trying to find her way out. "I shall be punished for it now, I suppose, by being drowned in my own tears! That will be a queer thing, to be sure! However, everything is queer to-day."

"我真希望我沒哭那麼多！" 愛麗絲說,一邊游來游去,試圖找到出路。"我想我現在要為此受到懲罰,淹死在自己的眼淚裡！那將是一件奇怪的事,確實！不過,今天一切都奇怪。"

🔊 Just then she heard something splashing about in the pool a little way off, and she swam nearer to make out what it was: at first she thought it must be a walrus or hippopotamus, but then she remembered how small she was now, and she soon made out that it was only a mouse that had slipped in like herself.

就在這時,她聽到池子遠處有東西在撲騰,她游近些去看是什麼:起初她以為一定是海象或河馬,但然後她記起自己現在多麼小,她很快發現那只是一隻像她一樣滑進來的老鼠。

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walrus /ˈwɔːlrəs/

n. 海象➕

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hippopotamus /ˌhɪpəˈpɒtəməs/

n. 河馬➕

🔊 "Would it be of any use, now," thought Alice, "to speak to this mouse? Everything is so out-of-the-way down here, that I should think very likely it can talk: at any rate, there's no harm in trying." So she began: "O Mouse, do you know the way out of this pool? I am very tired of swimming about here, O Mouse!" (Alice thought this must be the right way of speaking to a mouse: she had never done such a thing before, but she remembered having seen in her brother's Latin Grammar, "A mouse—of a mouse—to a mouse—a mouse—O mouse!") The Mouse looked at her rather inquisitively, and seemed to her to wink with one of its little eyes, but it said nothing.

"現在跟這隻老鼠說話有用嗎？" 愛麗絲想道。"這裡一切都這麼離奇,我想很可能牠會說話:無論如何,試試無妨。" 所以她開始說:"哦老鼠,你知道怎麼離開這個池子嗎？我非常厭倦在這裡游來游去,哦老鼠！"（愛麗絲認為這一定是對老鼠說話的正確方式:她以前從未做過這樣的事,但她記得在她哥哥的拉丁語文法書中看到過,"一隻老鼠——老鼠的——給老鼠——老鼠——哦老鼠！"）老鼠好奇地看著她,似乎對她眨了眨一隻小眼睛,但什麼也沒說。

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out-of-the-way /ˌaʊt əv ðə ˈweɪ/

adj. 偏僻的；偏遠的➕

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inquisitively /ɪnˈkwɪzətɪvli/

adv. 好奇地➕

🔊 "Perhaps it doesn't understand English," thought Alice; "I daresay it's a French mouse, come over with William the Conqueror." (For, with all her knowledge of history, Alice had no very clear notion how long ago anything had happened.) So she began again: "Où est ma chatte?" which was the first sentence in her French lesson-book. The Mouse gave a sudden leap out of the water, and seemed to quiver all over with fright. "Oh, I beg your pardon!" cried Alice hastily, afraid that she had hurt the poor animal's feelings. "I quite forgot you didn't like cats."

"也許牠不懂英語," 愛麗絲想；"我敢說牠是一隻法語老鼠,跟征服者威廉一起來的。"（因為,儘管她懂歷史,愛麗絲對事情發生多久了沒有很清楚的概念。）所以她再次開始:"Où est ma chatte?"（我的貓在哪裡？）這是她法語課本的第一句。老鼠突然跳出水面,似乎嚇得渾身發抖。"哦,對不起！" 愛麗絲急忙喊道,擔心傷害了這可憐動物的感情。"我完全忘了你不喜歡貓。"

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daresay /ˌdeəˈseɪ/

v. 敢說；想必➕

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Conqueror /ˈkɒŋkərə(r)/

n. 征服者➕

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notion /ˈnəʊʃn/

n. 概念；想法➕

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quiver /ˈkwɪvə(r)/

v. 顫抖；抖動➕

🔊 "Not like cats!" cried the Mouse, in a shrill, passionate voice. "Would you like cats if you were me?"

"不喜歡貓！" 老鼠尖聲、激動地喊道。"如果你是我,你會喜歡貓嗎？"

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shrill /ʃrɪl/

adj. 尖銳的；刺耳的➕

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passionate /ˈpæʃənət/

adj. 熱情的；激昂的➕

🔊 "Well, perhaps not," said Alice in a soothing tone: "don't be angry about it. And yet I wish I could show you our cat Dinah: I think you'd take a fancy to cats if you could only see her. She is such a dear quiet thing," Alice went on, half to herself, as she swam lazily about in the pool, "and she sits purring so nicely by the fire, licking her paws and washing her face—and she is such a nice soft thing to nurse—and she's such a capital one for catching mice—oh, I beg your pardon!" cried Alice again, for this time the Mouse was bristling all over, and she felt certain it must be really offended. "We won't talk about her any more if you'd rather not."

"嗯,也許不會," 愛麗絲用安慰的語氣說:"別為此生氣。但我希望能讓你看看我們的貓黛娜:我想如果你能看到她,你會喜歡上貓的。她是這麼一個可愛安靜的東西," 愛麗絲繼續說道,半自言自語,一邊在池子裡懶洋洋地游著,"她坐在火爐旁發出咕嚕聲,舔著爪子洗臉——她是這麼一個可愛柔軟的東西,可以抱著——而且她是一個捉老鼠的高手——哦,對不起！" 愛麗絲又喊道,因為這次老鼠全身毛髮豎起,她確信牠一定真的被冒犯了。"如果你不願意,我們就不再談論她了。"

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soothing /ˈsuːðɪŋ/

adj. 安慰的,撫慰的➕

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take a fancy to /teɪk ə ˈfænsi tuː/

phr.v. 喜歡上,對...產生好感➕

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lazily /ˈleɪzɪli/

adv. 懶散地,慵懶地➕

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capital /ˈkæpɪtl/

adj. 極好的,頂好的（舊式口語）➕

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bristling /ˈbrɪs(ə)lɪŋ/

v. （毛髮等因恐懼、憤怒）直立,豎起➕

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offended /əˈfendɪd/

adj. 被冒犯的,感到生氣的➕

🔊 "We indeed!" cried the Mouse, who was trembling down to the end of his tail. "As if I would talk on such a subject! Our family always hated cats: nasty, low, vulgar things! Don't let me hear the name again!"

"我們！" 老鼠喊道,牠的尾巴尖都在顫抖。"好像我會談論這樣的話題！我們家族一直恨貓:討厭、低賤、粗俗的東西！別再讓我聽到這個名字！"

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trembling /ˈtremb(ə)lɪŋ/

v. 顫抖,發抖➕

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nasty /ˈnɑːsti/

adj. 令人厭惡的,惡劣的➕

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low /ləʊ/

adj. 低劣的,卑鄙的➕

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vulgar /ˈvʌlɡə(r)/

adj. 粗俗的,庸俗的➕

🔊 "I won't indeed!" said Alice, in a great hurry to change the subject of conversation. "Are you—are you fond—of—of dogs?" The Mouse did not answer, so Alice went on eagerly: "There is such a nice little dog near our house I should like to show you! A little bright-eyed terrier, you know, with oh, such long curly brown hair! And it'll fetch things when you throw them, and it'll sit up and beg for its dinner, and all sorts of things—I can't remember half of them—and it belongs to a farmer, you know, and he says it's so useful, it's worth a hundred pounds! He says it kills all the rats and—oh dear!" cried Alice in a sorrowful tone, "I'm afraid I've offended it again!" For the Mouse was swimming away from her as hard as it could go, and making quite a commotion in the pool as it went.

"我確實不會！" 愛麗絲說,急忙改變話題。"你——你喜歡——狗嗎？" 老鼠沒有回答,所以愛麗絲急切地繼續說:"我們家附近有一隻這麼可愛的小狗,我想讓你看看！一隻眼睛明亮的小獵犬,你知道,哦,有這麼長卷曲的棕色毛髮！而且當你扔東西時它會撿回來,它會坐起來乞討晚餐,還有各種各樣的事情——我記不住一半——它屬於一個農民,你知道,他說它非常有用,值一百英鎊！他說它殺死所有老鼠和——哦,天哪！" 愛麗絲用悲傷的語氣喊道,"恐怕我又冒犯牠了！" 因為老鼠正拼命游開她,游動時在池子裡引起不小的騷動。

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eagerly /ˈiːɡəli/

adv. 熱切地,渴望地➕

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terrier /ˈteriə(r)/

n. 㹴犬（一種活潑的小型犬）➕

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fetch /fetʃ/

v. （去）拿來,（去）取來➕

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commotion /kəˈməʊʃn/

n. 騷動,喧鬧➕

🔊 So she called softly after it, "Mouse dear! Do come back again, and we won't talk about cats or dogs either, if you don't like them!" When the Mouse heard this, it turned round and swam slowly back to her: its face was quite pale (with passion, Alice thought), and it said in a low trembling voice, "Let us get to the shore, and then I'll tell you my history, and you'll understand why it is I hate cats and dogs."

所以她輕聲在後面叫牠,"親愛的老鼠！請回來吧,如果你不喜歡,我們也不談貓或狗了！" 當老鼠聽到這個,牠轉過身慢慢游回她身邊:牠的臉很蒼白（愛麗絲想是出於憤怒）,用低沉顫抖的聲音說,"讓我們上岸,然後我會告訴你我的歷史,你就會明白為什麼我恨貓和狗。"

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passion /ˈpæʃn/

n. 強烈的情感,激情➕

🔊 It was high time to go, for the pool was getting quite crowded with the birds and animals that had fallen into it: there were a Duck and a Dodo, a Lory and an Eaglet, and several other curious creatures. Alice led the way, and the whole party swam to the shore.

是時候離開了,因為池子變得相當擁擠,有許多掉進來的鳥類和動物:有一隻鴨子和一隻渡渡鳥,一隻吸蜜鸚鵡和一隻小鷹,還有其他幾種奇特的生物。愛麗絲帶路,整個隊伍游向岸邊。

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curious /ˈkjʊəriəs/

adj. 奇特的,不尋常的➕

Chapter two: The Pool Of Tears (第二章:淚池)