雙語小說連載:《董貝父子》第13章 Part 5
'It's no very precious appointment,' observed Mr Carker, taking up a pen, with which to endorse a memorandum on the back of the paper. 'I hope he may bestow it on some orphan nephew of a musical friend. It may perhaps stop his fiddle-playing, if he has a gift that way. Who's that? Come in!'
'I beg your pardon, Mr Carker. I didn't know you were here, Sir,' answered Walter; appearing with some letters in his hand, unopened, and newly arrived. 'Mr Carker the junior, Sir - '
“請原諒，卡克先生。我不知道您在這裏，先生，”沃爾特手裏拿了幾封沒有啓封的新到的信件，走進來，回答道：“是低級職員卡克先生，先生——”
At the mention of this name, Mr Carker the Manager was or affected to be, touched to the quick with shame and humiliation. He cast his eyes full on Mr Dombey with an altered and apologetic look, abased them on the ground, and remained for a moment without speaking.
經理卡克先生一聽到這個名字，立刻被觸到了痛處，感到羞恥與屈辱，或者裝出這種樣子；他換了一副抱歉的神色，低垂着眼睛，注視着董貝先生，片刻間一言不發。
'I thought, Sir,' he said suddenly and angrily, turning on Walter, 'that you had been before requested not to drag Mr Carker the Junior into your conversation.'“我想，先生，”他突然怒衝衝地轉身對着沃爾特，說道：“我以前曾經請求您在談話中別把低級職員卡克先生扯進來的 。”
'I beg your pardon,' returned Walter. 'I was only going to say that Mr Carker the Junior had told me he believed you were gone out, or I should not have knocked at the door when you were engaged with Mr Dombey. These are letters for Mr Dombey, Sir.'“請您原諒，”沃爾特回答道。“我只是想要說，低級職員卡克先生告訴我，他想您出去了；否則，您與董貝先生正有事商談的時候，我就不會來敲門了。這些是給董貝先生的信，先生。”
'Very well, Sir,' returned Mr Carker the Manager, plucking them sharply from his hand. 'Go about your business.'“很好，先生，”經理卡克先生把信從他手裏猛搶過去，回答道。“回去幹您的事情去吧。”
But in taking them with so little ceremony, Mr Carker dropped one on the floor, and did not see what he had done; neither did Mr Dombey observe the letter lying near his feet. Walter hesitated for a moment, thinking that one or other of them would notice it; but finding that neither did, he stopped, came back, picked it up, and laid it himself on Mr Dombey's desk. The letters were post-letters; and it happened that the one in question was Mrs Pipchin's regular report, directed as usual - for Mrs Pipchin was but an indifferent penwoman - by Florence. Mr Dombey, having his attention silently called to this letter by Walter, started, and looked fiercely at him, as if he believed that he had purposely selected it from all the rest.可是卡克先生把信拿到手裏那樣隨便無禮，因此他把一封信掉在地上了，而且他自己還沒有注意到這一點。董貝先生也沒有留意到掉在他腳邊的那封信。沃爾特遲疑了一會兒，心想他們兩人當中這一位或那一位會注意到的，但發現他們誰也沒有注意到，他就停下腳步，走回來，把它撿起來，親自擱在董貝先生的辦公桌上。這些信都是郵寄來的；我們提到的這封信碰巧是皮普欽太太的定期報告，寄發地址像往常一樣，是由弗洛倫斯寫的，因爲皮普欽太太是一位不擅長寫字的女人。當董貝先生的注意力被沃爾特默默地吸引到這封信的時候，他吃了一驚，兇猛地看着他，彷彿他相信他是故意把它從所有信中挑出來似的。
'You can leave the room, Sir!' said Mr Dombey, haughtily.“您可以離開這個房間了，先生，”董貝先生傲慢地說道。
He crushed the letter in his hand; and having watched Walter out at the door, put it in his pocket without breaking the seal.他把信在手裏揉成一團，注視着沃爾特走出門外以後，沒有啓封就把它塞進衣袋。
註釋： bestow vt. 使用；授予；放置；留宿
例句：
(1) I think you are the gift which the God bestow on me.
我想，你是老天賜給我的禮物。
(2) You promised to bestow on me the friendly affection of a brother.
你答應過要給與我熱烈的兄妹之愛。
(3) The only standard for him to bestow was depend on the relationship with him.
他唯一的封賞標準就是看誰的關係和他好與壞。
(4) We have the responsibility and ability to bestow our care on them.
我們有責任也有能力去關心他們。
(5) God, please bestow a girlfriend on me!
上帝啊！請將一個女朋友賜給我！
(6) We have lots of tools that bestow on us a false sense of urgency.
我們的工具，對我們賦予了很多緊急的錯覺。
business n. 商業；[貿易] 生意；[貿易] 交易；事情
[ 複數businesses ]
例句：
business card 名片；商務名片
in business 經商；在經營；在商界
business philosophy 經營理念，經營哲學
business management 企業管理；商務管理
business development 商業開發
business enterprise 工商企業；企業機構
international business 國際商業；國際企業
do business 經商
business process 業務流程；業務處理
new business 新業務
business model 商業模式；經營模式；業務模式
business scope 營業範圍
good business 好生意；有意義的業務往來
on business 爲了公事，出差
small business 小型企業，小本生意
business accounting 經濟覈算；商業會計
business administration 企業管理；經營管理
doing business 做生意；經營商業
business strategy 經營策略；商業策略；企業發展戰略
business center 商業中心
例句：
(1) He drummed up some business for our company.
他爲我們公司拉到了一些生意。
(2) We should not wind down our business in Shanghai.
我們不該逐漸結束在上海的生意。
(3) They folded the business after only two month and with great loss.
他們開業才兩個月，因巨大虧損而把生意給停了。
(4) They managed to launch on a new business.
他們設法創辦了一個新的企業。
(5) His business went under because of competition from the large corporations.
由於大公司的競爭，他的生意陷入了困境。
(6) How long can the present business boom last?
目前這種商業繁榮能持續多久?
(7) She often played with the idea of starting her own business.
她經常想要獨自經營，但這只不過是想着玩的。
(8) Business is taking up.
生意正在好起來。
