美國語文第五冊 第27期：脫鉤的狗魚（02）

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I made a strong pull, and brought up a tangle of weeds.

我猛地提起魚竿，拽出的卻是纏成一團(tuán)的水草。

Again and again I cast out my line with aching arms, and drew it back empty.

再來一次，我總是滿懷希望地拋出釣線，卻還是一無所獲，胳膊亦隱約疼痛起來。

I looked at my uncle appealingly. "Try once more," he said; "we fishermen must have patience."

我求救地看了看叔叔，“再試試，”他對我說，“釣魚的人需要格外耐心。”

Suddenly something tugged at my line, and swept off with it into deep water.

忽然，什么東西扯住了魚線，猛地往下一拽，

Jerking it up, I saw a fine pickerel wriggling in the sun.

我扯住魚竿拉起一看，一條漂亮的狗魚在陽光下掙扎扭動(dòng)，

"Uncle!" I CRIed, looking back in uncontrollable excitement, "I've got a fish!" "Not yet," said my uncle.

“叔叔！”我回頭大聲叫道，抑制不住滿心激動(dòng)。“我釣到了一條大魚！”“哎，”

As he spoke there was a plash in the water; I caught the arrowy gleam of a scared fish shooting into the middle of the stream, my hook hung empty from the line.

叔叔的話未說完，剎那間，水面濺起浪花，只見一道箭矢般銀光劃過，那條大魚躍入水中，我手握的那柄釣竿上，只留下空空的餌鉤，嗚呼！

I had lost my prize.

到手的大狗魚就這樣在我的眼皮下溜走了。

We are apt to speak of the sorrows of childhood as trifles in comparison with those of grown-up people;

我們極易談及孩提時(shí)代的懊惱，與成人那些痛苦比較，

but we may depend upon it the young folks don't agree with us.

盡管雞毛蒜皮，不值一提，但總會(huì)耿耿于懷。

Our griefs, modified and restrained by reason, experience,and self-respect, keep the proprieties, and, if possible, avoid a scene;

當(dāng)然，年輕人看來每每不以為然。因理性、經(jīng)驗(yàn)、甚至自尊改變并抑制,可能的話，我們或許不再百般糾結(jié)悶悶不樂。

but the sorrow of childhood, unreasoning and all-absorbing, is a complete abandonment to the passion.

童年痛苦，將會(huì)演變成一種安之若素的面對，然而，孩提時(shí)代缺乏理性、沉湎痛苦難以自拔，卻是任由性情恣意放縱。

The doll's nose is broken, and the world breaks up with it;

洋娃娃鼻子破了，整個(gè)世界隨之打碎；

the marble rolls out of sight, and the solid globe rolls off with the marble.

彈子球滾不見了，整個(gè)天地接著地陷天塌。