雙語小說連載:《董貝父子》第12章 Part 16
Thus in the case of Paul. When Doctor Blimber said he made great progress and was naturally clever, Mr Dombey was more bent than ever on his being forced and crammed. In the case of Briggs, when Doctor Blimber reported that he did not make great progress yet, and was not naturally clever, Briggs senior was inexorable in the same purpose. In short, however high and false the temperature at which the Doctor kept his hothouse, the owners of the plants were always ready to lend a helping hand at the bellows, and to stir the fire.
Such spirits as he had in the outset, Paul soon lost of course. But he retained all that was strange, and old, and thoughtful in his character: and under circumstances so favourable to the development of those tendencies, became even more strange, and old, and thoughtful, than before.
保羅開始時所保持的那種蓬勃的朝氣自然很快就失去了，可是他保留着他性格中所有那些古怪的、老氣的與愛沉思的部分；在有利於發展這些傾向的環境下，他變得比過去更爲古怪、更爲老氣、更愛沉思了。The only difference was, that he kept his character to himself. He grew more thoughtful and reserved, every day; and had no such curiosity in any living member of the Doctor's household, as he had had in Mrs Pipchin. He loved to be alone; and in those short intervals when he was not occupied with his books, liked nothing so well as wandering about the house by himself, or sitting on the stairs, listening to the great clock in the hall. He was intimate with all the paperhanging in the house; saw things that no one else saw in the patterns; found out miniature tigers and lions running up the bedroom walls, and squinting faces leering in the squares and diamonds of the floor-cloth.
唯一的差別是他沒有把他的性格向外表露。他一天天變得更加沉思與緘默；他對博士家庭中的任何成員都沒有像他過去對皮普欽太太那樣懷有的好奇心。他喜歡獨自待着；在他沒有忙着讀書的那些短暫的間歇時間中，他最喜愛的事情莫過於一個人在房屋裏漫步，或者坐在樓梯上，靜聽着前廳中大鐘的聲音。他熟悉房屋中所有的壁紙，在那些圖案中看到了其他任何人所沒有看到的東西；他在臥室牆上看出那些奔跑的小老虎與小獅子，在鋪地板的漆布的正方形與菱形中看出那些斜眼瞅着的面孔。
The solitary child lived on, surrounded by this arabesque work of his musing fancy, and no one understood him. Mrs Blimber thought him 'odd,' and sometimes the servants said among themselves that little Dombey 'moped;' but that was all.
這孤獨的孩子就這樣繼續生活着；他沉思的想象所構造出的奇異的形象圍繞着他；沒有人瞭解他。布林伯夫人認爲他“古怪”；有時僕人們相互談論時說小董貝“悶悶不樂”，但是也就如此而已。Unless young Toots had some idea on the subject, to the expression of which he was wholly unequal. Ideas, like ghosts (according to the common notion of ghosts), must be spoken to a little before they will explain themselves; and Toots had long left off asking any questions of his own mind. Some mist there may have been, issuing from that leaden casket, his cranium, which, if it could have taken shape and form,would have become a genie; but it could not; and it only so far followed the example of the smoke in theArabian story, as to roll out in a thick cloud, and there hang and hover. But it left a little figure visible upon a lonely shore, and Toots was always staring at it.
也許，年輕的圖茨對這個問題有某些想法，可是他完全沒有能力把這些想法表達出來。思想就像鬼（一般概念中的鬼）一樣，必須先跟它們先談一會兒，它們纔會顯示出自己，而圖茨已長久停止向他的頭腦提出任何問題了。從那個鉛色的殼子——他的頭顱——中可能升起一些迷霧，如果這些迷霧能夠成形，那麼它們一定會變成一個精靈；可是這些迷霧不能成形；它們只能仿效阿拉伯故事中的煙霧，噴冒出濃雲，在上空懸垂與飛翔，但是在荒涼的海岸上卻留下了一個可以看得見的小人兒；圖茨經常注視着它。註釋:senior adj. 高級的；年長的；地位較高的；年資較深的，資格較老的
n. 上司；較年長者；畢業班學生
詞組短語
senior high school 高中
senior management 高級管理
senior engineer [計]高級工程師
senior middle school 高中
senior official 高級官員；資深官員
senior vice president 高級副總裁
senior school n. 大齡兒童學校（學生爲英國的11歲以上兒童）
senior manager 高級管理人員，高級經理
senior staff 高級職員；高級人員
senior executive 高級主管；高級執行官
senior citizen 老年人
senior year 大四；高三
senior member 高級會員；資深成員；資深會員
senior officer 高級職員，高級軍官
senior economist 高級經濟師
senior student 大四學生；高年級學生
senior high school student 高中生
senior director 資深總監
senior editor 高級編輯，資深編輯
例句：
(1) This is a senior of the profession.
這是一位同行中的老前輩。
(2) Daisy's boy friend is a college senior.
戴西的男朋友是大學四年級的學生。
(3) I was the senior auditor of the China Audit Firm.
我曾經做過中國審計事務所的高級審計師。
(4) George Bush senior did not know David Souter personally.
老喬治•布什私下並不瞭解他。
(5) They also hired senior agency men as "consultants".
他們還僱用高級克格勃人員作爲“顧問”。
(6) Two court cases point to its existence even at quite senior levels.
兩起法庭案件表明就連政府高層也存在腐敗問題。
(7) He had now become the fourth most senior member in the Senate.
他在當時成爲了參議院內第四位最資深的議員。
(8)Senior executives are members of three to five groups on average and some of many more.
平均來說，思科的高管每人都會在三到五個團隊中任何，有些甚至更多。
(9) But this week a senior government economist also hinted at a coming shift.
但是本週，一位資深的政府經濟家也暗示改革即將破繭而出。
(10) A senior leader in an investment bank called to tell me she was leaving her job.
一家投資銀行資深領導者打電話告訴我她要離開自己的工作。
hover vi. 盤旋，翱翔；徘徊
n. 徘徊；盤旋；猶豫
vt. 孵；徘徊在…近旁
hover over 在…盤旋
例句：
(1) I would like to see hover boards.
我想要見到氣墊板。
(2) Hover over the cell to see the value.
懸停在單元格上即可看見值。
(3) Stop the helicopter in a stable Tail-In hover.
動作執行完畢後，機尾朝向操控者保持穩定的停懸。
(4) They always seem to hover over their children.
他們總是在學生的頭上盤旋。
(5) If there are, can they hover over shallow water?
如果有的話，他們是否能懸浮在淺水上？
(6) under such a sky, heart of me hover , happiness.
在這樣的天空下，我的心飛翔着、幸福着。
(7) Is not a love that was Sang Sang hover and willingly?
是不是愛一個人就是這樣生生死死而又心甘情願？
(8) Hover the mouse over the editor frame, as shown below.
把鼠標放到編輯器的邊框上，如下圖。
