第一、品嚼語段

Tess discovered that only two or three of the dairymaids slept in the house, besides herself．苔絲發現除了她之外,還有兩三個擠奶女工和她睡在一間房子里。

They all shared a big bedroom near the cheese room．

她們共有的這間大臥室挨著奶酪室。

That night one of the girls insisted on telling Tess about all the people at the dairy．

那天晚上,她們中有個姑娘堅持要給苔絲講牛奶場里所有人的情況。

To Tess,half asleep, the whispers seemed to be floating in the air．

絲半睡半醒地聽著,這些耳語就像漂浮在空中一樣。

"Mr Angel Clare—he's the one who's learning milking— he's a parson's son and thinks a lot and doesn't notice girls．

“安吉爾·克萊爾先生——就是那個學擠牛奶的人——是一位牧師的兒子,愛思考問題,但對女孩子從不留意。

His father is parson at Emminster,some way from here．

她父親是愛敏斯特的牧師,離這兒有些距離。

His sons, except Mr Clare,are going to be parsons too．"

他的兒子們,除了克萊爾先生,也都打算當牧師。”

Tess gradually fell asleep．

苔絲漸漸地睡著了。

第二、語段精講

1. That night one of the girls insisted on telling Tess about all the people at the dairy．

語言要點1：insist on doing something：堅持做某事

e. g. We'll insist on discussing this issue. 我們將抓住這個問題不放。

e. g. Since they insist on going, we'll simply push the boat with the current and let them go with us. 既然他們堅持要去， 干脆我們就順水推舟，讓他們一同去吧。

語言要點2：tell sb about sth：告訴（某人）有關…的情況，談及； 講述

e. g. He tried to tell me a lie about losing his wallet. 他試圖使我相信他丟失了錢夾的謊言。

e. g. Imes, just let your hair down and tell me all about it. 艾姆斯，把全部內容都坦率地說出來吧。

2. To Tess,half asleep, the whispers seemed to be floating in the air．

語言要點1：half asleep：半睡的，半醒半著的，睡意朦朧中的

e. g. While he was half asleep, he seemed to hear a knock on the door. 矇朧中他仿佛聽到有人敲門。

e. g. Half asleep, he felt the horse's nose push against his face. 睡意朦朧中，他覺得馬的鼻子挨在他的臉上推動。

語言要點2：seem to sb:對于......來說似乎是......

e. g. It seems to me that either of these methods is perfectly legitimate. 在我看來這些方法的任一種都是完全合理的。

e. g. It seems a most marvelous book to me . 這本書我覺得奧妙之至。

文法解析1：half asleep是形容詞短語作伴隨狀況狀語。奶廠的女工告訴苔絲奶廠故事的時候，伴隨著一種情況，即：苔絲睡意朦朧。

文法解析2：seem to be floating in the air這個帶有動詞不定式的短語中，動詞不定式中使用了一般現在進行時，表示奶廠的女工的話似乎正在飄蕩。

4. His father is parson at Emminster, some way from here．

語言要點：some way from：距離......有一小段路程

e. g. When Roosevelt dies in 1945, the explosion at Hiroshima has not yet taken place; mankind is still some way from the Atomic Age. 當羅斯福在1945年死去的時候，廣島的原子彈爆炸還沒有發生；人類距離原子時代還有一小段路程。

5. Tess gradually fell asleep．

語言要點：fall asleep：睡著

e. g. Torn between anger and self-reproach, he could hardly fall asleep. 他又是氣憤，又埋怨自己，簡直沒法睡著。

e. g. With one thing and another , I could hardly fall asleep. 我思緒紛繁，輾轉不能成眠。