Name: 劉易斯-卡羅爾的《愛麗絲夢遊仙境》--第01章--墜入兔洞。 (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll - Chapter 01 - Down the Rabbit Hole)
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Alice's Adventure in Wonderland
By Lewis Carroll

愛麗絲夢遊仙境
作者：露易絲・卡蘿

動名詞

Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank,

愛麗絲已經開始厭倦和姊姊坐在河岸邊，

once or twice she had peeped into the book her sister was reading,

有一兩次她探頭瞧瞧姊姊正在看的書，

but it had no pictures or conversations in it,

'and what is the use of a book,' thought Alice

愛麗絲心裡：一本沒有圖片或對話的書，

for the hot day made her feel very sleepy and stupid),

在這個令人頭昏腦漲的大熱天裡）

whether the pleasure of making a daisy-chain

would be worth the trouble of getting up and picking the daisies,

值得她起身並動手摘取一些雛菊呢？

when suddenly a White Rabbit with pink eyes ran close by her.

就在這個時候，突然有一隻有著粉色眼睛的白兔從她身邊跑過去，

There was nothing so VERY remarkable in that;

沒有什麼比這種事更引人注意了，

nor did Alice think it so VERY much out of the way to hear the Rabbit say to itself,

更令她覺得奇怪的是聽見這隻兔子喃喃自語。

“噢，天吶！噢，天吶！我快遲到了！”

it occurred to her that she ought to have wondered at this,

她當時覺得可能是自己的幻想，

but at the time it all seemed quite natural);

but when the Rabbit actually TOOK A WATCH OUT OF ITS WAISTCOAT- POCKET,

但是，當這隻兔子真真切切的從背心口袋裡拿出一支錶，

for it flashed across her mind that she had never before seen a rabbit

因為有個想法閃過她的腦袋，她從未看過一隻兔子，

with either a waistcoat-pocket, or a watch to take out of it,

會穿著背心甚至有支錶在口袋裡，

and fortunately was just in time to see it pop down a large rabbit-hole under the hedge.

而且幸運的及時看見牠跳下了一個位於籬笆子的兔子洞。

In another moment down went Alice after it,

never once considering how in the world she was to get out again.

並從未想過進去之後該怎麼出來，

The rabbit-hole went straight on like a tunnel for some way,

這個兔子洞很直像一條通往某處的隧道，

so suddenly that Alice had not a moment to think about stopping herself

太突然了以致於愛麗絲來不及思考如何停下來，

before she found herself falling down a very deep well.

在她發現自己掉到了一個非常深的井之前。

而她也以非常緩慢的速度掉落，

for she had plenty of time as she went down to look about her

以致於她有足夠的時間在她掉落的同時，看看四周

and to wonder what was going to happen next.

並想著接下來會發生什麼事情。

First, she tried to look down and make out what she was coming to,

首先，她試著往下看並搞清楚她往哪去，

then she looked at the sides of the well,

and noticed that they were filled with cupboards and book- shelves;

並注意到四周擺滿了碗櫥和書架，

here and there she saw maps and pictures hung upon pegs.

掛勾上到處掛滿了地圖和圖片，

She took down the jar from one of the shelf that she passed.

當她經過其中一個書架時他取下一個罐子，

but to her great disappointment it was empty:

she did not like to drop the jar for fear of killing somebody,

她不想因他隨意丟棄的罐子砸傷了任何人，

so managed to put it into one of the cupboards as she fell past it.

所以設法將它放回其中一個她掉落中經過的碗

I shall think nothing of tumbling down stairs!

"從樓梯滾下來根本算不了什麼"

"家裡的人如果知道一定會認為我很勇敢"

even if I fell off the top of the house! '

'I wonder how many miles I've fallen by this time?' she said aloud.

"我猜看看過了這麼久我到底掉了多少英里呢？"她大聲的說，

'I must be getting somewhere near the centre of the earth.

"我現在一定在地球中心的某處，

Let me see: that would be four thousand miles down, I think--

我看看：我想可能差不多是掉了4,000英里深了吧！"

' (for, you see, Alice had learnt several things of this sort in her lessons in the schoolroom,

（如你所見的，愛麗絲確實從學校學了點東西，

and though this was not a VERY good opportunity for showing off her knowledge,

也如你所想的，這並非是個好的機會讓他賣弄知識，

as there was no one to listen to her, still it was good practice to say it over) '

因為沒有人會聽她說，但這仍是個不錯的練習機會）

－－沒錯差不多是這個正確的距離－－

but then I wonder what Latitude or Longitude I've got to?'

但然後我在想，我現在在哪個經度和緯度啊？

(Alice had no idea what Latitude was, or Longitude either,

（愛麗絲其實並不懂什麼是經度，當然也不懂什麼是緯度，

but thought they were nice grand words to say.)

但這兩種都是個不錯的詞彙可以用來賣弄）

'I wonder if I shall fall right THROUGH the earth!

How funny it'll seem to come out among the people that walk with their heads downward!

當我掉出洞時，看到了和我顛倒的人們，是多麼有趣的事啊！

多麼令人「反感」（雙關語），我想－－

' (she was rather glad there WAS no one listening, this time, as it didn't sound at all the right word) '--

' （她甚至有點高興這時沒有人聽見她說話，因為聽起來沒有用對一個字） '--

but I shall have to ask them what the name of the country is, you know.

但我應該問他們這個國家的名字是什麼，你知道的。

Please, Ma'am, is this New Zealand or Australia?'

拜託，女士，是紐西蘭還是澳大利亞？

（當她在說話的同時，她試著抱膝彎曲，

fancy CURTSEYING as you're falling through the air!

當你正在空中掉落的時候彎曲實在太神奇了，

'And what an ignorant little girl she'll think me for asking!

No, it'll never do to ask: perhaps I shall see it written up somewhere.'

There was nothing else to do, so Alice soon began talking again.

沒有其它的事情可做，愛麗絲很快又開始自言自語，

'Dinah'll miss me very much to-night, I should think!'

"黛安娜 今晚一定會非常想我，我認為"

'I hope they'll remember her saucer of milk at tea-time.

"我希望他們在午茶時會記得牠的牛奶碟子，

Dinah my dear! I wish you were down here with me!

我親愛的黛安娜！真希望妳就在這兒陪著我！

There are no mice in the air, I'm afraid,

but you might catch a bat, and that's very like a mouse, you know.

但你也許可以抓隻蝙蝠，牠非常像老鼠，你知道的，

And here Alice began to get rather sleepy,

and went on saying to herself, in a dreamy sort of way,

但她仍繼續自言自語，用一種半夢半醒的方式，

for, you see, as she couldn't answer either question,

如你所見的，她無法回答任何問題，

it didn't much matter which way she put it.

and had just begun to dream that she was walking hand in hand with Dinah,

開始夢見她和黛安娜手牽手散步，

'Now, Dinah, tell me the truth: did you ever eat a bat?'

"現在，黛安娜，告訴我實話：你曾經吃過蝙蝠嗎？"