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Walter was going to speak, but his Uncle held up his hand.
沃爾特想要講話，但是他的舅舅舉起了手。
'Therefore, Wally therefore it is that I am anxious you should be early in the busy world, and on the world's track. I am only the ghost of this business its substance vanished long ago; and when I die, its ghost will be laid. As it is clearly no inheritance for you then, I have thought it best to use for your advantage, almost the only fragment of the old connexion that stands by me, through long habit. Some people suppose me to be wealthy. I wish for your sake they were right. But whatever I leave behind me, or whatever I can give you, you in such a House as Dombey's are in the road to use well and make the most of. Be diligent, try to like it, my dear boy, work for a steady independence, and be happy!'
“因此，沃利——因此，我渴望讓你盡早到這個(gè)忙忙碌碌的世界里去，盡早走上這個(gè)世界的道路。我只是這個(gè)商店的一個(gè)幽靈——它的實(shí)體很久以前就已消亡了。當(dāng)我死了的時(shí)候，它的幽靈就被埋葬了。很明顯，那時(shí)候我將沒有什么遺產(chǎn)留給你，因此我想，為了你的利益，最好利用我通過長期的習(xí)慣所保留下來的幾乎唯一還存在的一丁點(diǎn)兒老關(guān)系。有些人認(rèn)為我是富有的。為了你的緣故，我但愿他們是對的。可是不論我在死后會留下什么，也不論我能給你什么，你在董貝這樣的公司里工作，就有可能好好地使用它，充分地利用它。我親愛的孩子，做一個(gè)勤勉的人，設(shè)法喜愛你的事業(yè)吧，為了過長久的獨(dú)立的生活而工作，并成為一個(gè)幸福的人吧！”
'I'll do everything I can, Uncle, to deserve your affection. Indeed I will,' said the boy, earnestly.
“我將盡量去做我所能做的一切，不辜負(fù)你對我的深情厚意，舅舅。我確實(shí)將會這樣去做的，”孩子懇切地說道。
'I know it,' said Solomon. 'I am sure of it,' and he applied himself to a second glass of the old Madeira, with increased relish. 'As to the Sea,' he pursued, 'that's well enough in fiction, Wally, but it won't do in fact: it won't do at all. It's natural enough that you should think about it, associating it with all these familiar things; but it won't do, it won't do.'
“我知道這一點(diǎn)，”所羅門說道，“我相信這一點(diǎn)，”他更加津津有味地喝著第二杯馬德拉陳酒。“至于海洋，”他繼續(xù)說道，“它在想象中是很好的，沃利，但實(shí)際上卻并不是那樣，根本不是那樣的。你想到海洋，把它跟所有這些熟悉的東西聯(lián)系起來，這是很自然的；但實(shí)際上它并不是那樣的，它并不是那樣的。”
注釋：advantage n. 優(yōu)勢；利益；有利條件 vi. 獲利 vt. 有利于；使處于優(yōu)勢
例句：
1. We support the open trading system which is to the ultimate advantage of all.
我們支持開放的貿(mào)易制度，因?yàn)樗罱K對各方都是有益的。
2. It will be to our mutual advantage to work closely.
密切合作將為我們業(yè)務(wù)的順利開展提供保證。
