unit-7-the-chaser課文翻譯綜合教程三

1、Unit7TheChaserJohnHenryCollier1AlanAustenasnervousasakittenwentupcertaindarkcreakystairsintheneighbhoodofPellStreetpeeredaboutfalongtimeonthedimhallwaybefehefoundthenamehewantedwrittenobscurelyononeofthedos.2Hepushedopen

2、thisdoashehadbeentoldtodofoundhimselfinatinyroomwhichcontainednofurniturebutaplainkitchentablearockingchairandinarychair.Ononeofthedirtybuffcolouredwallswereacoupleofshelvescontaininginallperhapsadozenbottlesjars.3Anoldm

3、ansatintherockingchairreadinganewspaper.Alanwithoutawdhedhimthecardhehadbeengiven.“SitdownMr.Austen”saidtheoldmanverypolitely.“Iamgladtomakeyouracquaintance.”4“Isittrue”askedAlan“thatyouhaveacertainmixturethathas…er…quit

4、eextradinaryeffects”5“Mydearsir”repliedtheoldman“mystockintradeisnotverylarge—Idon’tdealinlaxativesteethingmixtures—butsuchasitisitisvaried.IthinknothingIsellhaseffectswhichcouldbepreciselydescribedasdinary.”6“Wellthefac

5、tis…”beganAlan.7“Herefexample”interruptedtheoldmanreachingfabottlefromtheshelf.“Hereisaliquidascolourlessaswateralmosttastelessquiteimperceptibleincoffeewineanyotherbeverage.Itisalsoquiteimperceptibletoanyknownmethodofau

6、topsy.”8“Doyoumeanitisapoison”criedAlanverymuchhrified.9“Callitaglovecleanerifyoulike”saidtheoldmanindifferently.“Maybeitwillcleangloves.Ihavenevertried.Onemightcallitalifecleaner.Livesneedcleaningsometimes.”10“Iwantnoth

7、ingofthatst”saidAlan.11“Probablyitisjustaswell”saidtheoldman.“DoyouknowthepriceofthisFoneteaspoonfulwhichissufficientIaskfivethousdollars.Neverless.Notapennyless.”12“Ihopeallyourmixturesarenotasexpensive”saidAlanapprehen

8、sively.32“Thatislove!”criedAlan.33“Yes”saidtheoldman.“Howcarefullyshewilllookafteryou!Shewillneverallowyoutobetiredtositinadraughttoneglectyourfood.Ifyouareanhourlateshewillbeterrified.Shewillthinkyouarekilledthatsomesir

9、enhascaughtyou.”34“IcanhardlyimagineDianalikethat!”criedAlanoverwhelmedwithjoy.35“Youwillnothavetouseyourimagination”saidtheoldman.“bythewaysincetherearealwayssirensifbyanychanceyoushouldlateronslipalittleyouneednotwry.S

10、hewillfgiveyouintheend.Shewillbeterriblyhurtofcoursebutshewillfgiveyou—intheend.”36“Thatwillnothappen”saidAlanfervently.37“Ofcoursenot”saidtheoldman.“Butifitdidyouneednotwry.Shewouldneverdivceyou.Ohno!ofcourseshewillneve

11、rgiveyoutheleasttheveryleastgroundsf—uneasiness.”38“howmuch”saidAlan“isthiswonderfulmixture”39“Itisnotasdear”saidtheoldman“astheglovecleanerlifecleanerasIsometimescallit.No.Thatisfivethousdollarsneverapennyless.Onehastob

12、eolderthanyouaretoindulgeinthatstofthing.Onehastosaveupfit.”40“Butthelovepotion”saidAlan.41“Ohthat”saidtheoldmanopeningthedrawerinthekitchentabletakingoutatinyratherdirtylookingphial.“Thatisjustadollar.”42“Ican’ttellyouh

13、owgratefulIam”saidAlanwatchinghimfillit.43“Iliketooblige”saidtheoldman.“Thencustomerscomebacklaterinlifewhentheyarebetteroffwantmeexpensivethings.Hereyouare.Youwillfinditveryeffective.”44“Thankyouagain”saidAlan.“Goodbye.

14、”45“Aurevoir”saidtheman.解酒水解酒水艾倫奧斯丁，緊張得像只小貓，心里七上八下、忐忑不安的進(jìn)了裴爾街區(qū)的一個(gè)樓道，黑乎乎的樓梯咯吱咯吱直響。他在昏暗的平臺上停了下來，仔細(xì)張望了許久，才看到了那扇門，門上那個(gè)模糊不清的名字正是他要找的。按別人說的，他推開了門，門里面是一間很小的屋子，屋里幾乎沒什么家具，除了一張餐桌，一把搖椅，還有一把普普通通的椅子。一面臟乎乎的暗黃色的墻上擱著兩個(gè)架子，架子上陳列著十幾個(gè)瓶瓶罐罐。一