美國(guó)語(yǔ)文第五冊(cè) 第81期：不滿(mǎn)意的鐘擺（04）

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"Very good," replied the dial;

“很好，”表盤(pán)說(shuō)道，

but recollect that, although you may think of a million of strokes in an instant, you are required to execute but one;

不過(guò)，你想一下，雖然，你或許考慮頃刻間需要一百萬(wàn)次滴答，其實(shí)你實(shí)施的唯有最初的一次，

and that, however often you may hereafter have to swing, a moment will always be given you to swing in.

因?yàn)榻酉聛?lái)，往往無(wú)論你搖擺多少，你的感覺(jué)總是滴答不停。

"That consideration staggers me, I confess," said the pendulum.

“一想到這點(diǎn)，我就眩暈得不行，我承認(rèn)。”鐘擺說(shuō)。

"Then I hope," resumed the dial plate, that we shall all return to our duty immediately; for the maids will be in bed if we stand idling thus.

“那么，我希望，”表盤(pán)接著說(shuō)，我們大家立即各就各位，女仆們馬上就該起床了，我們還在這無(wú)所事事地閑聊。

Upon this, the weights, who had never been accused of light conduct, used all their influence in urging him to proceed;

聽(tīng)到這話(huà)，從未有人指責(zé)自己工作輕巧的刻度量衡，紛紛竭盡全力地勸說(shuō)鐘擺繼續(xù)干活，

when, as if with one consent, the wheels began to turn, the hands began to move, the pendulum began to swing,

末了，大家看來(lái)意見(jiàn)達(dá)到統(tǒng)一，于是，齒輪們轉(zhuǎn)動(dòng)起來(lái)，時(shí)鐘們開(kāi)始踱步，鐘擺也進(jìn)入搖擺狀態(tài)。

and, to its credit, ticked as loud as ever; while a red beam of the rising sun,

為證實(shí)自己信用如一，鐘擺滴答聲與以前同樣鏗鏘有力。初升太陽(yáng)的光線(xiàn)，

that streamed through a hole in the kitchen, shining full upon the dial plate, it brightened up as if nothing had been the matter.

從廚房上的一處洞口流瀉下來(lái)，紅色陽(yáng)光落滿(mǎn)表盤(pán)的臉龐，表盤(pán)眉眼熠熠生輝，好像剛才什么事都不曾發(fā)生過(guò)。

When the farmer came down to breakfast that morning, upon looking at the clock, he declared that his watch had gained half an hour in the night.

那天早晨，那位農(nóng)夫走進(jìn)廚房吃早飯，抬頭看了看鐘說(shuō)，他的表，昨晚快了半小時(shí)。