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From the house at Swallow Barn there is to be seen, at no great distance, a clump of trees,
從坐落在雨燕谷倉的那幢房子看，相距不遠處，有一個樹叢，
and in the midst of these a humble building is discernible, that seems to court the shade in which it is modestly embowered.
在這些茂密的大樹中間那座簡陋的建筑清晰可辨，似乎在向小心地隱藏在樹林中的樹蔭大獻殷勤。
It is an old structure built of logs.
這是一幢用木頭建成的老式建筑，
Its figure is a cube, with a roof rising from all sides to a point,
看上去就像個立方體，屋頂突起成尖頂狀，
and surmounted by a wooden weathercock, which somewhat resembles a fish and somewhat a fowl.
周圍是木制的風標，乍看有點像一條魚，又有點像一只鳥。
This little edifice is a rustic shrine devoted to Cadmus, and is under the dominion of parson Chub.
這幢不小的建筑其實是向希臘神話中的卡德摩斯獻祭的做工粗糙的神龕，歸教區長查伯管轄。
He is a plump, rosy old gentleman, rather short and thickset, with the blood vessels meandering over his face like rivulets,
這位教區長是一位大塊頭，膚色紅潤的老紳士，身材矮小四肢粗短，臉上的毛細血管像小溪一樣蜿蜒交錯，
a pair of prominent blue eyes, and a head of silky hair not unlike the covering of a white spaniel.
一雙突出的藍眼睛，一頭光滑的頭發，恰似一條頭發斑白的老獚狗。
He may be said to be a man of jolly dimensions, with an evident taste for good living, sometimes sloven in his attire,
可以說他是一個非常快活的人，對有品位的生活有明顯的興趣，盡管有時穿著邋遢，
for his coat — which is not of the newest — is decorated with sundry spots that are scattered over it in constellations.
那件不算太新的大衣上面密布著各種各樣的斑點。
Besides this, he wears an immense cravat, which, as it is wreathed around his short neck, forms a bowl beneath his chin,
除此之外，他還圍了一條很大的圍巾，纏在那短脖子上，在他頜下堆成一個碗狀，
and — as Ned says — gives the parson's head the appearance of that of John the Baptist upon a charger,
就像奈德說的那樣——使得這位教區執事的頭呈現圣徒約翰所詬病的那個模樣，
as it is sometimes represented in the children's picture books.
有時能在兒童圖畫書中一睹其神采。
