文章來源：《50 GREAT SHORT STORIES》

作者：Anatole France

• stride 大步走 → in twenty strides 二十步以內(nèi)

• smiling as was her wont，with lips compressed 像她慣常般微笑著，雙唇緊閉

  wont 習(xí)慣

• needlework 針線活

• Why，of all the figures which pass before my childhood's eyes,that of Putois remains the clearest in my memory. 在我童年眼前閃過的所有人物里，為什么Putois在我印象里最清楚。

• Then, antiphonally, in a monotonous voice, with mock gravity, the brother and sister recited the following points of a kind of police description.? 然后，兄妹二人用單調(diào)的聲音，假裝嚴(yán)肅地異口同聲地用警方描述的方式，一一列舉了以下幾點(diǎn)。

  antiphonallu 齊聲地

  monotonous 單調(diào)的，沉悶的，無變化的

  gravity 嚴(yán)肅 → mock gravity 假裝嚴(yán)肅

  recite 背誦，列舉，歷數(shù)

• wall-eyed 斜視的

• furtive 鬼鬼祟祟的 → furtive looking 偷偷摸摸的樣子

• A crow's foot on his temple. 他太陽穴上有魚尾紋。

  a crow's foot 魚尾紋

  temple 太陽穴

• High cheek-bones, red and shiny. 高顴骨，紅潤有光澤。

• His face was blank and expressionless. 他面無表情。

• divine 猜到；領(lǐng)悟

• bent 駝背的

• franc 法郎 → piece 硬幣 → a five-franc piece 一枚五法郎的硬幣

• drawl 拖長腔調(diào)慢吞吞說的話 → speak with a drawl 說話拖拖拉拉

• His tone was unctuous. 他的語氣油腔滑調(diào)。

  unctuous 虛情假意的