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Pierre would boast at the stable of Joseph's skill. "I never touch the reins. He knows just where to stop. Why, a blind man could handle my route with Joseph pulling the wagon."
皮埃爾在馬廄里夸耀約瑟夫：“我永遠不需要使用韁繩。它知道要在哪里停下來。一個盲人也可以與約瑟夫一起駕著馬車沿著我的路線送牛奶?！?/div>
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So it went on for years—always the same. Pierre and Joseph both grew old together, but gradually, not suddenly, Pierre's huge long mustache became pure white and Joseph didn't lift his knees so high or raise his head quite as much. Jacques, the Foreman of the stables, never noticed that they were both getting old until Pierre appeared one morning carrying a heavy walking stick.
如此過了許多年——總是一樣。皮埃爾和約瑟夫都慢慢地變老了。皮埃爾的長胡子變成了純白色，約瑟夫的腿也抬不了那么高了，頭也扭不了那么多了。直到有一天早上皮埃爾拄著沉重的手杖時，馬廄的工頭雅克才注意到他們都老了
"Hey, Pierre," Jacques laughed. "Maybe you got the gout, hey?"
“嘿，皮埃爾，”雅克笑著說，“嘿，你可能是患了痛風了？”
"Sure, Jacques," Pierre said a bit uncertainly. "One grows old. One's legs get tired."
“是的，雅克，”皮埃爾遲疑地說，“人老腿先老?！?/div>
"You should teach that horse to carry the milk to the front door for you," Jacques told him. "He does everything else."
“你應該讓那匹馬替你把牛奶送到門前，”雅克對他說，“它能做得到?！?/div>
He knew every one of the forty families he served on Prince Edward Street. The cooks knew that Pierre could neither read nor write, so instead of following the usual custom of leaving a note in a empty bottle if an additional quart of milk was needed they would sing out when they heard the rumble of his wagon wheels over the cobbled street. "Bring an extra quart this morning, Pierre."
他對自己服務的愛德華王子街上的四十個住戶都很了解。所有的廚師們都知道皮埃爾既不會讀也不會寫，所以如果需要額外的牛奶時，他們不是按照慣例，在一個空瓶子里留 一張紙條，而是在聽到他馬車的車輪在鵝卵石街道上發出隆隆的聲音時，向他唱出來，“今天早上多帶一夸脫牛奶來，皮埃爾?！?/div>
"So you have company for dinner tonight," he would call back gaily.
“今晚家里有客人吃飯了吧，”他會高興地回應。
| 重點單詞 | 查看全部解釋 | |||
| mustache | [mə'stɑ:ʃ, 'mʌstæʃ] |
想一想再看 n. 胡子，髭 |
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| wagon | ['wægən] |
想一想再看 n. 四輪馬車，貨車 |
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| additional | [ə'diʃənl] |
想一想再看 adj. 附加的，另外的 |
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| route | [ru:t] |
想一想再看 n. 路線，(固定)線路，途徑 |
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| stick | [stik] |
想一想再看 n. 枝，桿，手杖 |
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| boast | [bəust] |
想一想再看 v. 吹牛，自夸，說大話 |
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| handle | ['hændl] |
想一想再看 n. 柄，把手 |
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| stable | ['steibl] |
想一想再看 adj. 穩定的，安定的，可靠的 |
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