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Reader, it is not pleasant to dwell on these details.
讀者呀，敘述這些細(xì)節(jié)是不愉快的。
Some say there is enjoyment in looking back to painful experience past;
有人說，回首痛苦的往事是一種享受。
but at this day I can scarcely bear to review the times to which I allude:
但就是在今天，我也不忍回顧我提到的那些時(shí)日，
the moral degradation, blent with the physical suffering,
道德的墮落攙和著肉體的煎熬，
form too distressing a recollection ever to be willingly dwelt on.
構(gòu)成了我不愿重提的痛苦回憶。
I blamed none of those who repulsed me.
我不責(zé)備任何一個(gè)冷眼待我的人，
I felt it was what was to be expected, and what could not be helped:
我覺得這盡在意料之中，也是無可避免的：
an ordinary beggar is frequently an object of suspicion; a well-dressed beggar inevitably so.
一個(gè)普通的乞丐往往是懷疑的對(duì)象，而一個(gè)穿著體面的乞丐，就必定是這樣了。
To be sure, what I begged was employment; but whose business was it to provide me with employment?
當(dāng)然，我只懇求工作，但給我活干又是誰的事兒呢？
Not, certainly, that of persons who saw me then for the first time, and who knew nothing about my character.
當(dāng)然不是那些初次見我，對(duì)我的為人一無所知的人的事。
And as to the woman who would not take my handkerchief in exchange for her bread,
至于那個(gè)女人不肯讓我用圍巾換面包，那也是難怪的，
why, she was right, if the offer appeared to her sinister or the exchange unprofitable.
要是我的提議在她后來居心叵測，或是這樁交換無利可圖，那她的做法也是不錯(cuò)的。
Let me condense now. I am sick of the subject.
讓我長話短說吧，我討厭這個(gè)話題。
