講比賽的英語故事:閤家歡比賽

編者按：《The Caucus-race》是一個講比賽的英語故事，這個故事講述的是主人公在掉進兔子洞，與一隻老鼠，一隻貓之間發生的趣味故事。

The Caucus-race

閤家歡比賽

講述者

Hello. So far, Alice had been very small, then very tall, then very small again in this strange Wonderland she found when she chased a talking rabbit and fell down the rabbit hole. Now she was swimming in a pool of her own tears, wondering what was going to happen next.

大家好，在掉進兔子洞以後，Alice經歷了身體變小又變大，繼而又變小的神奇經歷，現在她正被泡在由自己的眼淚匯成的水池裏，想知道接下來會發生什麼嗎?

Alice

Ooh, whatever's this? It's a mouse!Hello mouse! You're a very big mouse… but then, I'm a very, very little girl today. Whatever next? If this mouse talks, I won't be at all surprised…Oh Mouse, do you know the way out of this pool? I'm very tired of swimming about here, Mouse! Mouse? Hmmm. Perhaps it doesn't understand English. Maybe it's a French mouse! Now, what was that French I learned in school? Où est machatte?

喔!這是什麼東西?原來是隻老鼠!老鼠你好!你的個頭真大…我現在是一個非常非常小的小姑娘了，接下來呢，如果這隻老鼠會說話，我也不會吃驚了。老鼠，你知道怎麼樣才能爬出水池嗎?我實在是太累了…老鼠，老鼠?哦，可能它根本聽不懂英語，也許他能聽懂法語!讓我想想，我在學校學過的法語有什麼?Où est ma chatte(我的貓在哪裏)?

老鼠

Chatte? Cat! Did you say cat?!

Chatte(貓)?你剛纔在說貓?

Alice

Oh, I'm so sorry Mouse! I forgot mice don't like cats.

噢,對不起老鼠，我忘了你不喜歡貓。

老鼠

Would you like cats if you were me?

如果你是我你會喜歡貓嗎?

Alice

Well… perhaps not. But my cat Dinahis different. She's such a sweet, quiet thing. If you meet her, I'm sure you'll like her.

好吧，也許不會，但是我的貓Dinah不一樣，她很可愛很安靜，如果你見到她你肯定也會喜歡上她的。

老鼠

We won't talk about cats any more,thank you!

我不想再討論貓了，謝謝!

Alice

We won't! Er… do you - do you er…like dogs? They can be so sweet and they kill all the rats… and… Oh dear!

好吧…好吧…那…你喜歡狗嗎?它們很可愛，而且還能捉老鼠…啊，天啊!

Alice

Oh please come back, dearMouse. We won't talk about cats or dogs, if you don't like them.Swim with me to the shore.

啊請回來…親愛的老鼠…你不喜歡的話，我們不討論貓和狗了，跟我一起遊向岸邊吧。

講述者

So Alice and the mouse swam to the edge of the pool of tears. And as they swam, they were joined by lots of other creatures that had fallen into the pool, just like Alice and the mouse. There was a duck and a dodo and many other strange animals that Alice had never seen before. All the creatures had the same question.

Alice和小老鼠一起向岸邊游去，在遊的過程中，又有許多掉進水裏的小動物加入了他們。有一隻鴨子和一隻渡渡鳥還有許多Alice沒有見過的奇奇怪怪的小動物。所有的動物們都面臨着同樣的難題。

動物們

How can we get dry? What can we do?I'm so far away from my nest, that pool was very wet and salty, oh it's no good for my fur, etc…

我們怎麼才能晾乾身體呢?我們能做什麼?我離自己的巢很遠，而且那片水又溼又鹹，對我的皮毛很不好…

渡渡鳥

We must have a Caucus-race!

我們必須來一次閤家歡賽跑!

動物們

Hooray! Hoorah!

好啊!好啊!

Alice

What's a Caucus-race,Mr Dodo?

渡渡鳥先生，什麼是閤家歡賽跑?

渡渡鳥

The best way to explain a Caucus-raceis to have a Caucus-race!

百聞不如一見，一會兒你就知道了!

講述者

It was the strangest race Alice had ever seen. The Dodo marked a circle for the race course and everyone stood anywhere they wanted to. Nobody said "One, two, three, go!" but everyone started running. Alice ran too, although she didn't quite know where she should run to. Everyone ran left and right in any direction they pleased.But after half an hour of running, everybody was quite dry again.

Alice從沒見過這麼奇怪的比賽。渡渡鳥畫了一個圈，每個人都站在圈裏自己喜歡的地方，沒有人發令，但是大家都開始跑，Alice也開始跑，儘管她也不知道自己要跑向哪裏。大家都朝着自己喜歡的方向跑，有的向左有的向右。過了半小時，大家的身上就都晾乾了。

渡渡鳥

The race is over!

比賽結束!

七嘴八舌的聲音

But who has won? Did I win? Who is the winner?

誰贏了啊?我贏了嗎?誰是贏家?

渡渡鳥

Ah... yes... Who has won? Who has won? Everybody has won and everyone must have prizes! And she must give the prizes!

啊!是啊!誰贏了?誰贏了?大家都贏了，每個人都會有獎品!她會給我們發獎品!

Alice

Me?

我?

講述者

Alice didn't have any prizes for a Caucus-race with her, but she searched in her pockets and found some sweets.She had enough sweets to give exactly one sweet to every runner.

但是Alice並沒有準備什麼獎品，她翻了翻口袋找到了一些糖果，足夠給大家每人一塊。

Alice

Here you are, one for you, and one for you…

這是你的，這是你的，這一塊是你的…

動物們

Thank you very much… oh dear, this has no taste whatsoever… oh, I shall choke…it's rather good, yes very tasty…

非常感謝!喔，天呢，我還沒嚐到味道就吞下去了，被卡到嗓子了…啊…吞下去了…味道還不錯。

Alice

And one for you – now, does everybody have one? Oh, I must say, my cat Dinah would love a Caucus-race…

現在大家都有糖吃了嗎?啊!我必須得說，我的貓Dinah肯定會喜歡這個遊戲的。

動物們

Let's go! Come away! Time for bed!Oh, is it that time already? Cats - ugh!

我們走!離開這，該去睡覺了!喔，已經這麼晚了嗎?貓…噓!

Alice

Oh dear. I said it again. Come back!Please! I'm sorry! Poor Dinah. Nobody seems to like her down here and I'm sure she's the best cat in the world!

哦天哪!我又說這個詞了。請回來!對不起嘛!可憐的Dinah，看來這兒沒人喜歡她，但她是我心中全世界最好的貓咪!

講述者

Poor Alice felt very lonely and sad.She cried quietly to herself for a while. But in a little while, she heard footsteps in the distance. She looked up to see who it was. Next time, I'll tell you who the footsteps belonged to, and how Alice got so big she filled a whole house, and what happened when she kicked poor Bill the lizard up and out of the chimney. Goodbye.

可憐的Alice又孤獨又悲傷，她默默地哭了好一會兒。但是不一會她聽到遠處的腳步聲，她擡起頭一看….好了，今天故事就講到這裏，我們明天繼續，給你揭曉這是誰的腳步聲，以及Alice如何變得和屋子一樣大的，她把可憐的蜥蜴比爾從煙囪裏踢出去以後又發生了什麼事呢?明天見!

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