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Mrs Chick was afraid to say limbs, after Mr Dombey's recent objection to bones, and therefore waited for a suggestion from Miss Tox, who, true to her office, hazarded 'members.'
在董貝先生剛才對骨頭這個詞表示反感之后，奇克夫人怕說出四肢這個詞，因此等待著托克斯小姐 給她提示；托克斯小姐忠于職守，沒有把握地說了個：“身體的一些部分。”
'Members!' repeated Mr Dombey.
“身體的一些部分！”董貝先生重復著說道。
'I think the medical gentleman mentioned legs this morning, my dear Louisa, did he not?' said Miss Tox.
“我想那位醫(yī)生今天早上提到了腿，是不是，我親愛的路易莎？”托克斯小姐說道。
'Why, of course he did, my love,' retorted Mrs Chick, mildly reproachful. 'How can you ask me? You heard him. I say, if our dear Paul should lose, for the moment, the use of his legs, these are casualties common to many children at his time of life, and not to be prevented by any care or caution. The sooner you understand that, Paul, and admit that, the better. If you have any doubt as to the amount of care, and caution, and affection, and self-sacrifice, that has been bestowed upon little Paul, I should wish to refer the question to your medical attendant, or to any of your dependants in this house. Call Towlinson,' said Mrs Chick, 'I believe he has no prejudice in our favour; quite the contrary. I should wish to hear what accusation Towlinson can make!'
“唔，他當然提到了，我親愛的，”奇克夫人略略有些責備地回答道。“您怎么還要問我呢？您聽他說的呀。我說，如果我們親愛的保羅暫時不能使用他的腿的話，那么對于像他這么大小的孩子來說，這是個普通的疾病，任何照料或預(yù)防都是沒法阻止的。保羅，你愈早理解這一點，承認這一點就愈好。”
'Surely you must know, Louisa,' observed Mr Dombey, 'that I don't question your natural devotion to, and regard for, the future head of my house.''I am glad to hear it, Paul,' said Mrs Chick; 'but really you are very odd, and sometimes talk very strangely, though without meaning it, I know. If your dear boy's soul is too much for his body, Paul, you should remember whose fault that is - who he takes after, I mean - and make the best of it. He's as like his Papa as he can be. People have noticed it in the streets. The very beadle, I am informed, observed it, so long ago as at his christening. He's a very respectable man, with children of his own. He ought to know.''Mr Pilkins saw Paul this morning, I believe?' said Mr Dombey.
“當然，你應(yīng)當知道，路易莎，”董貝先生說道，“你出于本性，對于我的公司的未來的頭頭懷著忠誠與敬重，這一點我毫不懷疑。我想，皮爾金斯先生今天早上來看過保羅了吧？”
'Yes, he did,' returned his sister. 'Miss Tox and myself were present. Miss Tox and myself are always present. We make a point of it. Mr Pilkins has seen him for some days past, and a very clever man I believe him to be. He says it is nothing to speak of; which I can confirm, if that is any consolation; but he recommended, to-day, sea-air. Very wisely, Paul, I feel convinced.'
“是的，他來看過了，”他的妹妹回答道，“托克斯小姐與我本人都在場。托克斯小姐與我總是在場的，我們認為這一點很有必要。最近皮爾金斯先生已經(jīng)看了他好幾天；我認為他是個很聰明的人。他說，這是一件不值一提的小事；如果這能帶來什么安慰的話，那么我可以證實他說過；但是他今天建議讓他去呼吸呼吸海邊的空氣。保羅，這是很明智的，我對這確信無疑。”
'Sea-air,' repeated Mr Dombey, looking at his sister.
“海邊的空氣，”董貝先生看著他的妹妹，重復說道。
'There is nothing to be made uneasy by, in that,'said Mrs Chick. 'My George and Frederick were both ordered sea-air, when they were about his age; and I have been ordered it myself a great many times. I quite agree with you, Paul, that perhaps topics may be incautiously mentioned upstairs before him, which it would be as well for his little mind not to expatiate upon; but I really don't see how that is to be helped, in the case of a child of his quickness. If he were a common child, there would be nothing in it. I must say I think, with Miss Tox, that a short absence from this house, the air of Brighton, and the bodily and mental training of so judicious a person as Mrs Pipchin for instance - '
“沒有什么好擔心掛慮的，”奇克夫人說道。“我的喬治與弗雷德里克兩人在跟他差不多大小的時候，大夫也曾建議他們?nèi)ズ粑＿叺目諝?；我本人也曾好多次接受過同樣的醫(yī)囑。我很同意你的意見，保羅，也許在樓上當著他的面曾經(jīng)漫不在意地談到了一些他的小腦袋瓜最好別去琢磨的一些事情?？墒俏掖_實覺得，對待像他這么靈敏的孩子，也沒有什么法子好想。如果他是一個普通的孩子的話，那么這倒也沒有什么了不起的。我必須說，我與托克斯小姐認為，離開這個家短短一段時間，布賴頓①的空氣以及到比方說，像皮普欽太太這樣有見識的人那里去接受一 下身心上的訓練——”
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①布賴頓（Brighton）：英格蘭薩塞克斯（Sussex）郡的一個區(qū)和自治市，在倫敦南82公里處，為英吉利海峽的海濱勝地。
注釋：limb n. 肢，臂；分支；枝干
vt. 切斷…的手足；從…上截下樹枝
詞組：
lower limb [醫(yī)]下肢；腿
out on a limb 孤立無援；處于危險的境地
upper limb 上肢；上翼；上邊緣
artificial limb n. 假肢
life and limb 生命(危險) [常用于 risk 之后] 生命；性命
hind limb 后肢
例句：
(1). The fall tree limb leave a big indent on his car.
掉下來的樹枝在他的車上留下了一個大凹口。
(2). Two weeks ago, he sawed off a limb, leaving a huge white stump.
兩周前，他把一根大樹枝鋸掉了，留下了很大的一個白色殘段。
(3). But baboons are on a whole different limb of the evolutionary tree.
但是狒狒和人類在進化樹中處于完全不同的分支。
confirm vt. 確認；確定；證實；批準；使鞏固 詞組： confirm in v. 使更堅定 例句： (1). Please confirm authorization. 請確定授權(quán)。 (2). Yes, I can confirm your opinion. 是的，我可以證實你的想法。 (3). Please confirm your reservation. 請確認您的預(yù)定。 (4). Confirm thy soul in self-control! 鞏固自我控制的精神。 (5). It refused to confirm the price tag. 該公司拒絕對價格加以證實。 (6)Where should we confirm our tickets? 我們應(yīng)該在什么地方確認機票？ (7)Could you confirm the dispatch date? 您可以確定發(fā)貨日期嗎？
