雙語小說連載:《董貝父子》第12章 Part 13
After tea there were exercises again, and preparations for next day by candlelight. And in due course there was bed; where, but for that resumption of the studies which took place in dreams, were rest and sweet forgetfulness.
Oh Saturdays! Oh happy Saturdays, when Florence always came at noon, and never would, in any weather, stay away, though Mrs Pipchin snarled and growled, and worried her bitterly. Those Saturdays were Sabbaths for at least two little Christians among all the Jews, and did the holy Sabbath work of strengthening and knitting up a brother's and a sister's love.
啊，星期六！啊，快樂的星期六，弗洛倫斯總是在這一天的中午來到；雖然皮普欽太太謾罵着，怒吼着，厲害地折磨着她，可是不論是什麼天氣，她從來不會不來。這些星期六除了對所有的猶太人是安息日外，至少對兩位小基督徒也是安息日①。它們做了加強與聯結姐弟之愛的神聖工作。Not even Sunday nights - the heavy Sunday nights, whose shadow darkened the first waking burst of light on Sunday mornings - could mar those precious Saturdays. Whether it was the great sea-shore, where they sat, and strolled together; or whether it was only Mrs Pipchin's dull back room, in which she sang to him so softly, with his drowsy head upon her arm; Paul never cared. It was Florence. That was all he thought of. So, on Sunday nights, when the Doctor's dark door stood agape to swallow him up for another week, the time was come for taking leave of Florence; no one else.
甚至星期天的夜間——令人憂鬱的星期天夜間，它的陰影把星期天早晨第一道破曉的微光也給遮蔽了——也不能損毀這些寶貴的星期六。不論是在寬闊的海濱，他們在那裏坐着並一起散步，也不論僅僅是在皮普欽太太的單調無趣的後房間裏，他那睏倦欲睡的頭倚靠在她的胳膊上，她則輕柔地對他唱着歌，對保羅來說，全都是一樣。弗洛倫斯與他在一起。這就是他所想到的一切。因此，在星期天夜間，當博士的黑暗的門張開大嘴要把他再吞進一個星期的時候，這是他跟弗洛倫斯告別的時候；他不跟其他任何人告別。
Mrs Wickam had been drafted home to the house in town, and Miss Nipper, now a smart young woman, had come down. To many a single combat with Mrs Pipchin, did Miss Nipper gallantly devote herself, and if ever Mrs Pipchin in all her life had found her match, she had found it now. Miss Nipper threw away the scabbard the first morning she arose in Mrs Pipchin's house. She asked and gave no quarter. She said it must be war, and war it was; and Mrs Pipchin lived from that time in the midst of surprises, harassings, and defiances, and skirmishing attacks that came bouncing in upon her from the passage, even in unguarded moments of chops, and carried desolation to her very toast.
威肯姆大嫂已被調回到倫敦城裏的家中，尼珀姑娘到這裏來了；她現在已長成一位聰明伶俐的年輕女人。她英勇地投入了與皮普欽太太的許多次搏鬥；如果皮普欽太太一生中曾經遇到過對手的話，她現在遇到了。尼珀姑娘在皮普欽太太的房屋裏起牀的第一個早晨就丟開了劍鞘，決心戰鬥到底。她既不向敵人求饒，也不饒恕敵人。她說這必須戰鬥，於是戰鬥就開始了；從那時起，皮普欽太太就生活在奇襲、騷擾、挑戰與小規模的攻擊之中；這些襲擊從過道里，甚至在她毫無防備、吃排骨的時候降臨到她的頭上，敗壞了她吃烤麪包片的胃口。Miss Nipper had returned one Sunday night with Florence, from walking back with Paul to the Doctor's, when Florence took from her bosom a little piece of paper, on which she had pencilled down some words.
有一個星期天夜間，尼珀姑娘把保羅送回到博士的學校，走回來的時候，弗洛倫斯從胸間掏出一張紙，上面有她用鉛筆寫的一些字。'See here, Susan,' she said. 'These are the names of the little books that Paul brings home to do those long exercises with, when he is so tired. I copied them last night while he was writing.''Don't show 'em to me, Miss Floy, if you please,' returned Nipper, 'I'd as soon see Mrs Pipchin.'
“看這裏，蘇珊，”她說道。“這是保羅帶回家的一些小書的名稱；他在很疲倦的時候還要用這些小書來做那些長長的練習。昨天夜裏當他在寫的時候，我把書名抄了下來。”“請別給我看，弗洛伊小姐，”尼珀說道，“我不想看它們，就像不想看皮普欽太太一樣。”'I want you to buy them for me, Susan, if you will, tomorrow morning. I have money enough,' said Florence.
“如果您願意的話，那麼我想請您明天早上去把這些書給我買來，蘇珊。我這裏的錢是足夠的，”弗洛倫斯說道。①一般基督教徒的安息日是星期日。猶太人及少數基督徒的安息日是星期六。
文本來源於英文小說網註釋：strengthen vt. 加強；鞏固
vi. 變強；變堅挺
例句：
(1) How to strengthen policy?
如何加強政策呢？
(2) Exercise will strengthen your body.
運動會使你身體強健。
(3) Or it can strengthen the group paid to dig it.
或者它可以加強花錢打井的集體的勢力。
(4) To supply, support, secure, or strengthen with a cleat.
把船固定在纜柱，系索拴，或夾板上。
(5) You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.
你不能通過削弱強者來增強弱者。
(6) Will strengthen the management of effective certificate.
需要加強有效的證書的管理。
(7) Start with affirmations to strengthen your belief system.
以自我確認開始加強你的信念系統。
(8) You can have fun, reconnect, and strengthen your bond now.
沒關係愉快的，重新聯繫，並增強們的關聯。
(9) About two thousand men were ganged out to strengthen the works.
約有二千人編組成軍加強防禦工事。
(10) And will you strengthen the team in the January transfer market?
你會在一月份轉會市場開啓後加強球隊力量？
papern. 紙；論文；文件；報紙
adj. 紙做的
vt. 用紙糊；用紙包裝
vi. 貼糊牆紙；發交通違章傳票
例句：
詞組短語
on paper 以書面形式；在名義上
paper industry 造紙工業
paper making n. 造紙
paper machine 造紙機
waste paper 廢紙
a piece of paper 一張紙
paper mill n. 造紙廠
on the paper 在紙上
white paper 白皮書；白紙
test paper 試紙；測驗試卷；供檢定筆跡的文件
research paper 研究論文；研究報告
printing paper 印刷紙；曬圖紙
paper pulp n. 紙漿
paper bag 紙袋子
paper box 紙箱
toilet paper 衛生紙，廁紙
paper money 紙幣；鈔票
filter paper 濾紙（尤制定量濾紙）
coated paper 銅版紙，塗料紙；蓋料紙
paper cutting 剪紙
例句：
(1) Then wrap them in clean paper.
然後用乾淨的紙把他們包起來。
(2) Please give me some pink paper.
請給我一些粉色的紙。
(3) She showed the paper to the man.
她把這張紙遞給那個人。
(4) It was discovered among waste paper.
這是在廢紙堆中發現的。
(5) Most paper cutting artists are women.
大多數剪紙藝術家都是女性。
(6) Then put the wet stamps on soft paper.
然後將潮溼的郵票放在軟紙上。
(7) Yesterday I cut my finger on some paper.
昨天我在紙上把我的手指切傷了。
Perhaps you could find one in the local paper.
也許你可以在當地報紙上找到一套。
This event will be a good story for the paper.
這一事件將成爲報紙文章的好素材。
