雙語小說連載:《董貝父子》第12章 Part 18
'My sister Florence!' cried Paul, 'looking up here, and waving her hand. She sees me - she sees me! Good-night, dear, good-night, good-night.
His quick transition to a state of unbounded pleasure, as he stood at his window, kissing and clapping his hands: and the way in which the light retreated from his features as she passed out of his view, and left a atient melancholy on the little face: were too remarkable wholly to escape even Toots's notice. Their interview being interrupted at this moment by a visit from Mrs Pipchin, who usually brought her black skirts to bear upon Paul just before dusk, once or twice a week, Toots had no opportunity of improving the occasion: but it left so marked an impression on his mind that he twice returned, after having exchanged the usual salutations, to ask Mrs Pipchin how she did. This the irascible old lady conceived to be a deeply devised and long-meditated insult, originating in the diabolical invention of the weak-eyed young man downstairs, against whom she accordingly lodged a formal complaint with Doctor Blimber that very night; who mentioned to the young man that if he ever did it again, he should be obliged to part with him.
當他站在窗口，飛吻着，拍着手的時候，他迅速地轉變爲無限的欣喜；而當她消失不見的時候，他的容顏則失去了光澤，小臉上留下了一層忍耐的憂愁；這一切是那麼顯著，甚至連圖茨也不能完全不注意到。這時皮普欽太太來訪，打斷了他們的會晤；皮普欽太太通常總是每星期一兩次在接近黃昏的時候，穿着黑裙子，向保羅走來；因此圖茨不可能利用這個機會，但它在他心上留下了十分深刻的印象，所以他在通常的相互問候之後還兩次走回來問皮普欽太太她好嗎。這位愛發脾氣的老太太把這看成是一個奸詐的、蓄意的侮辱，是樓下那位弱視的年輕人窮兇極惡地製造出來的，因此當天夜裏她就向布林伯博士正式控告了他。布林伯博士對那位年輕人說，如果他再這麼做，他就必須離開他。The evenings being longer now, Paul stole up to his window every evening to look out for Florence. She always passed and repassed at a certain time, until she saw him; and their mutual recognition was a gleam of sunshine in Paul's daily life. Often after dark, one other figure walked alone before the Doctor's house. He rarely joined them on the Saturdays now. He could not bear it. He would rather come unrecognised, and look up at the windows where his son was qualifying for a man; and wait, and watch, and plan, and hope.
現在晚上比過去長一些了，所以保羅每天晚上都要偷偷地走到窗前向外尋找弗洛倫斯。她經常是在某一個時候反覆走過那裏，直到她看到他爲止；他們相互認出，這是保羅每天生活中的一道陽光。常常在天黑以後，還有另一個人在博士房屋前面獨自走着。他現在星期六很少跟他們在一起了。他不能忍受這種情況。他寧願不被認出他到這裏來，仰望着他的兒子正在被培養爲一個成年男子的窗子，並等待着，注視着，計劃着，期望着。
Oh! could he but have seen, or seen as others did, the slight spare boy above, watching the waves and clouds at twilight, with his earnest eyes, and breasting the window of his solitary cage when birds flew by, as if he would have emulated them, and soared away!
啊！如果他能夠看到，或者像其他人那樣看到，上面那虛弱、消瘦的孩子在薄暮中用他那認真的眼睛注視着海浪與雲彩；當鳥兒從旁飛過的時候，他用胸頂撞着他那孤獨的籠子的窗子，彷彿他願意仿效它，向外飛走——如果他能夠看到這些情形的話，那麼他該會怎麼樣呢！小說文本來源於英文小說網
註釋：impression n. 印象；效果，影響；壓痕，印記；感想
詞組：
impression of 有…樣的印象；對…的印象
impression on 對…的印象
first impression 第一印象
give the impression 留下印象
under the impression 記得；在印象中
false impression 錯覺；虛假印象
make an impression 讓人眼前一亮；給人留下…的印象
general impression 整體印象
lasting impression 長久的印象；不可磨滅的印象
impression management 印象管理；印象操縱；印象整飾
impression cylinder 壓印滾筒
例句：
(1) What's your impression of China so far?
到現在爲止，你對中國有何印象？
(2) The whole incident left one indelible impression .
整個事件給人留下深刻的印象。
(3) But the main impression at the moment is of drift.
但是目前整體局勢看起來仍是風雨飄搖。
(4) You certainly don't want to leave a bad impression.
當然，你肯定不會希望留下一個壞的印象吧。
(5) This gives the impression that they have no identity.
這給人一種他們沒有個性的印象。
(6) But the impression given was of little expense spared.
但是這給人一種沒有花多少錢的印象。
(7) The news which Peter brought seemed to make little impression .
彼得帶來的消息似乎並沒有引起注意。
(8) Yet the impression remains that the government is fighting a losing battle.
然而給人的印象仍然是政府正在打一場正在失敗的戰爭。
(9) Kosygin gave the impression of doing so on the basis of skillful calculation.
柯西金這樣做時給人的印象是經過巧妙算計的。
plan n. 計劃；平面圖 vt. 計劃；設計；打算
vi. 計劃；打算
[ 過去式planned 過去分詞planned 現在分詞planning ]
詞組：
plan for 爲……訂計劃
in plan 作爲平面圖
development plan 發展計劃；開發計劃
plan on vt. 打算，計劃
tentative plan 設想；試驗性計劃
production plan 生產計劃
action plan 行動計劃；行動方案
business plan 商務計劃
general plan 總體規劃；總圖
teaching plan 教學計劃；教案
construction plan 施工計劃；結構圖
marketing plan 銷售計劃
master plan 總體規劃；藍圖
overall plan 總體規劃
control plan 控制計劃；管制計劃；規劃大綱圖
strategic plan 戰略規劃；戰略性計劃
project plan n. 項目規劃；工程計劃
management plan 管理計劃
work plan 工作計劃；工作面
training plan 培訓計劃；訓練計劃
例句：
(1) Plan to fulfill a secret wish.
計劃實現一個祕密心願。
(2) The plan might not succeed.
該計劃可能不會成功。
(3) She disapproved of my plan.
她不贊成我的計劃。
(4) He had to try a new plan.
他必須要嘗試一個新的計劃。
(5) The stability plan still lacks detail.
穩定計劃還是缺少詳情。
(6) We must pull together to fulfill the plan.
我們必須齊心協力完成計劃。
(7) Tom disagreed with his friend about the plan.
他們最後一致地通過了那個計劃。
(8)When workers retire, they can withdraw money from the plan.
當工人們退休了，他們能從計劃中收回金錢。
