阅读从基础开始!【中英对照+音频】《象人》

1 店铺里的怪物 

My name is Dr Frederick Treves. I am a doctor at the London Hospital. One day in 1884, I saw a picture in the window of a shop near the hospital. I stopped in front of the shop and looked at the picture. At first I felt interested, then I felt angry, then afraid. It was a horrible, ugly picture. There was a man in the picture, but he did not look like you and me. He did not look like a man. He looked like an elephant.

我是弗雷德里克·特里维斯博士，伦敦医院的医生。1884年的一天，我在医院附近一家店铺的橱窗里看见了一张照片。我停下来，看着这张照片。起先我觉得这张照片挺有趣，后来就感到生气、害怕起来。那是一幅可怕的、丑陋的照片。照片上有个男人，但不像你和我。他看上去不像个人，而像一头大象。

I read the writing under the picture. It said：Come in and see the Elephant Man. 2 pence. I opened the door and went in.

我看了看照片下面的文字，上面写着：进来吧，看看这个象人，一次两便士。我推开门走了进去。

There was a man in the shop. He was a dirty man in an old coat with a cigarette in his mouth. 'What do you want？'he asked.

店里有个男人，穿着一件旧外套，嘴里叼着一支烟。“你想干什么？”他问道。

'I'd like to see the elephant man, please, 'I said.

“我想看看象人。”我说。

The man looked at me angrily. 'Well, you can't, ' he said. 'The shop's closing now. You can come back tomorrow. '

这个人生气地看着我。“不行。”他说，“店铺现在关门了，你明天来吧。”

'I'm sorry, 'I said. ' But I would like to see him now. I have no time tomorrow—I have a lot of work to do. But I can give you more than 2 pence. '

“对不起，”我说，“我想现在就看，明天我没有空，我有许多事情要做，我可以另外多给一些钱。”

The man looked at me carefully. Then he took the cigarette out of his mouth and smiled with his yellow teeth.

这个人仔细地打量着我，后来他取下嘴里的烟卷，露出了满嘴黄牙。

'All right, sir, 'he said. 'Give me twelve pence then. '

他说，“好吧，先生。就给十二便士吧。”

I gave him the money and he opened a door at the back of the shop. We went into a little room. The room was cold and dark, and there was a horrible smell in it.

我把钱给了他，他就打开了店铺后门。我们走进一个小房间，房间又冷又暗，里面一股恶心的气味。

A creature sat on a chair behind a table. I say a creature, because it was not a man or a woman, like you or me. The creature did not move or look at us. It sat very quietly on the chair in the cold, dark, dirty room, and looked at the table. The creature had a cloth over its head, because of the cold. On the table in front of it, there was a dead flower.

一个怪物坐在桌子后面的椅子上。我说那是一个怪物，它不像你和我，不是男人也不是女人。它一动不动地坐在这间又冷又暗又脏的房间里的椅子上，眼睛盯着桌子，由于阴冷，这个怪物的头上盖着一块布，在他面前的桌子上放着一朵枯萎的花。

'Stand up! 'said the shopkeeper, loudly.

“站起来，”店老板大声地说。

The creature stood up slowly. It took the old cloth off its head, and put it on the chair.

怪物慢慢地站起来，取下头上的盖布放在椅子上。

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