Heidi《海蒂和爷爷》里有趣的英语表达
Heidi《海蒂和爷爷》里有趣的英语表达
1.“No one knows what makes the old man up there tick!He wants nothing to do with anyone,he doesn’t set foot inside a church year in,year out…”
tick这个英语单词本来是指钟表的滴滴嗒嗒声，在这里的意思是“导致某人特定行为或思维方式的原因”，what makes somebody behave or think in the way they do。“他为什么会那样做／想”。
2.Barbel had long wished to know how matters stood with the Alp Uncle.
how matters stand(with)的意思是：现在的情况怎么样，现在是什么进展，What's new?
3.Prättigau isn't such a terrible gossip mill,and as for me I can hold my tongue if need be.
gossip mill:rumor mill
这就是我们平常说的八卦源头，mill这个词本来是磨坊，这里用得很形象，源源不断生产八卦的‘磨坊’。
hold one's tongue:keep quiet,remain silent把舌头hold住，就是“守口如瓶”，不乱传话。
4.“…and his brother,who was likewise reduced to beggary,was so sick at heart that he went into the wide world,not a soul knows where.”
was reduced to(a particular state):to cause that person or thing to be in that state
Reduce的本来意思是“减少”，这里是指状况变得更差，每况愈下，经济状况，情感状况，健康状况等如果从好变差，都可以用reduced to。
这里reduced to beggary，意思是沦落到街头乞讨。
5.Peter promptly thrust it deep in his pocket,his face beaming from side to side,for such riches rarely came his way.
come one's way:happen to sb;come to one's possession
对于Peter来说，这笔钱就是天降横财，从来没有人给他过这么多钱。比起“happen to”这么平平无奇的表达，come one's way更形象，“落到某人面前”。
6.…but at the mention of eating she felt pangs of hunger…
pang:本意指肉体上的剧烈疼痛，也可以指精神上的痛苦。
这里pangs of hunger就是肚子饿得胃绞痛的感觉，类似的表达还有：a pang of guilt/a pang of disappointment。
7.…she drank her milk and looked the picture of contentment.
比起是she was content或she looked content等general的描述，looked the picture of contentment更形象，你甚至可以看到她心满意足的样子。类似的表达还有looked the picture of health。
8.Heidi followed him step by step,her eyes fixed unerringly on what he was doing,and none of it failed to interest her.
我把这句话挑出来，并不是因为用词有多么独特，而是因为叙事角度。
如果我来写这句话，我可能就会写一句简单的“She was interested in everything.”。
但none of it failed to interest her更生动，尤其是fail这个词，让整句话拟人化，活灵活现。
我们平常用英语写作的时候，不需要每句话都用人称代词来开头，可以换个角度。
9.The idea that she should pay someone a visit was a new one for Heidi,but it quickly took root in her mind…
Root是植物的根，当an idea take root in one's mind，那么这个idea就像植物的根部一样，扎在了脑海里。
这让我想起了一句歌词“你存在我深深的脑海里”。
10.He left the Alp Uncle out of sorts.
out of sorts就是让某人闷闷不乐，不爽，不开心。
11.The housekeeper said they were looking for a quite unspoilt child with an original way about her,something out of the common run.
我从来没注意到run还有“种类”的意思，the common run就是指普通的，平平无奇的人或物，路人。
something out of the common run，就是不一般、独特的人或物。
12.…and when a child has an opportunity in her grasp such as Heidi…
我平常说某人有机会就只会说"has an opportunity"。这里加了一个in her grasp，本意是“抓住”。Has an opportunity in her grasp给人的感觉是机会近在眼前，伸伸手就能抓住。
13.This is her first time in a gentleman's house and her manners want polish.
我挑这句话也是因为它的角度，want在这里拟人化了，比直接说"we need to polish her manners"惊艳多了。
14.“The creature has no notion how to behave.”
has no notion对某事完全没有概念，完全不知道怎么做。
15.…and he racked his brains for something to ask for,just to have her out of the room for a few moments.
rack本来的意思是使受折磨，使痛苦，这里rank his brains是指他努力去想，极力去想。
16.Heidi’s loss of spirits did not escape Grandmamma’s notice.
我之前读《基督山伯爵》的时候，也经常遇到escape这个词，常见的表达有escape one's notice/attention，意思就是某人没注意到，没留意到。
《基督山伯爵》里还有：
not a word escaped his lips the rest of the evening
When I strove to speak,a few inarticulate sounds alone escaped my lips.
A despairing cry escaped the pale lips of Mercédès;
17.The doctor stepped forward.“This is my department,Sesemann.Go back and sit in your chair…”
在这个语境里，my department不是“我的部门”，而是“我的专业，我的领域，这方面我最懂”。
18.The old man walked on in silence.Then,picking up his train of thought,he muttered…
train:an orderly succession
train of thought，思绪像火车一样一节一节地连起来，就是指某人的思路。
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