《原著》系列已经好久不更了，今天重洗开始更新，是因为发现很多人学口语就真的只学口语，其实英语学习听说读写根本没有办法分得那么清楚，只学其中一门。学习口语之余，input也很重要，input的量足够之后才能习惯英文思维，所以只想练口语的各位，读书也很重要哦。

原文：

Maycomb was an old town, but it was a tired old town¹ when I first knew it. In rainy weather the streets turned to red slop; grass grew on the sidewalks², the courthouse sagged in the square. Somehow, it was hotter then: a black dog suffered³ on a summer’s day; bony mules hitched to Hoover carts flicked flies in the sweltering shade of the live oaks on the square. Men’s stiff collars wilted⁴ by nine in the morning. Ladies bathed before noon, after their three-o’clock naps, and by nightfall were like soft teacakes with frostings of sweat and sweet talcum.

译文：

Maycomb是个古老的市镇。我别刚了解它时，它已经破败不堪了。一到雨天，街道就成了红色的泥塘。人行道上，野草丛生。法院歪歪斜斜地立在广场上。不知为什么，那时天气热一些。夏天，黑毛狗是要活受罪的。广场上有几棵常青橡树，在闷热的树荫里，拴在一种叫胡佛大车上的瘦骨嶙峋的骡子不停地摆动尾巴，驱赶着叮在身上的苍蝇。男人们笔挺的衣领到上午九点就蔫巴了。女人们在中午以前得洗个澡，三点钟午睡后又得洗一个，可是到太阳落山时，又变得象是带有汗迹和爽身粉混合而成的糖霜的糕点了。

知识点：

1. a tired old town：古老、破旧的小镇

Tired: adj.疲倦的;困倦的;对…不耐烦的;陈旧的

我们平时用的比较多的就是“疲惫”这个意思，其实也有“陈旧”的意思，这里用“tired”来形容“town”也略有点拟人的意味。

2. Sidewalk [ˈsaɪdˌwɔk]: n. 人行道

3. Suffer [ ˈsʌfɚ]:vi.受痛苦;受损害;变糟;变差  vt. 遭受;忍受;容忍;容许

例：Within a few days she had become seriously ill, suffering great pain and discomfort.

几天的时间，她就病得很严重了，疼痛难忍，周身不舒服

4. Men’s stiff collars wilted by nine in the morning：男人们笔挺的衣领到上午九点就蔫巴了

Wilt [wɪlt]: v.（使）凋谢，（使）枯萎;使畏缩;使衰弱 n. 枯萎;憔悴

例：The roses wilted the day after she bought them.

她买的玫瑰第二天就凋谢了。

这个词本意是用来形容花草树木枯萎、凋谢，这里用来形容衣领，同样地，我们形容某个人蔫儿了，没精神，也可以用这个词。

原文：

People moved slowly then. They ambled across the square, shuffled in and out of the stores around it, took their time about everything⁵. A day was twenty-four hours long but seemed longer⁶. There was no hurry, for there was nowhere to go, nothing to buy and no money to buy it with, nothing to see outside the boundaries of Maycomb County. But it was a time of vague optimism for some of the people: Maycomb County had recently been told that it had nothing to fear but fear itself⁷.

译文：

那时，大家的节奏都是慢悠悠的。悠悠荡荡地走过广场，拖着步子在附近的商店进进出出，干什么都慢条斯理的。一天本该是二十四小时，但那时的二十四小时好象要更长一些。人们用不着匆匆忙忙，因为没地方可去，没东西可买，也没钱买东西。在Maycomb县界以外，也没什么好看的。但对有些人来说，那仿佛是个乐观时期：有人在那不久以前告诉Maycomb县的人，害怕的本身是最可怕的，除此之外，没什么是可怕的。

知识点：

5. take their time about everything：干什么事情都不紧不慢的

要理解这句话，先来看一个词组：

take sb’s time:不着急，慢慢来

（大家在等朋友的时候就可以说这句话，“take your time”，不用着急，慢慢来）

6. A day was twenty-four hours long but seemed longer：一天本该是二十四小时，但那时的二十四小时好象要更长一些

这里的longer后面省略了，补全的话应该是longer than twenty-four hours.

7. it had nothing to fear but fear itself: 害怕的本身是最可怕的，除此之外，没什么是可怕的

原文：

We lived on the main residential street in town—Atticus, Jem and I, plus Calpurnia our cook. Jem and I found our father satisfactory⁸: he played with us, read to us, and treated us with courteous detachment.

译文：

我们住的那条街是镇上的主要居民区。我们家共有四口人：Atticus、Jem、我，以及我们的厨子Calpurnia。我和Jem都很喜欢父亲。他和我们一起玩耍，读书给我们听。对待我们既随和又公正。

知识点：

8. I found our father satisfactory：我很喜欢父亲

find sb…: 觉得某人……

例：I didn't find him funny at all.

    我一点也不觉得他有趣。

原文：

Calpurnia was something else⁹ again. She was all angles and bones; she was nearsighted; she squinted; her hand was wide as a bed slat and twice as hard¹⁰. She was always ordering me out of the kitchen, asking me why I couldn’t behave as well as Jem when she knew he was older, and calling me home when I wasn’t ready to come¹¹. Our battles were epic and one-sided. Calpurnia always won, mainly because Atticus always took her side¹². She had been with us ever since Jem was born, and I had felt her tyrannical presence as long as I could remember.

译文：

Calpurnia却有些不一样。她千千瘦瘦的，既近视又斜视。手象块床板一样宽，但比床板还硬上一倍。她总把我赶出厨房，同我为什么不像Jem那样听话，虽然她明明知道Jem比我大。我不想回家时，她偏偏要叫我回去。我们之间的冲突大得惊人，而且老是一方取胜。卡尔珀尼亚总占上风，主要是因为Atticus老站在她一边。从Jem出世起，Calpurnia就和我们在一起。在我的记忆里，总能感到她的专横。

知识点：

9. Calpurnia was something else：Calpurnia有些不一样

（这种表达大家在口语中也可以用起来哦）

10．her hand was wide as a bed slat and twice as hard：手象块床板一样宽，但比床板还硬上一倍。

这里的wide和hard都是和床板进行比较的，后面twice as hard补全了应该是twice as hard as a bed slat。

11. She was always ordering me out of the kitchen, asking me why I couldn’t behave as well as Jem when she knew he was older, and calling me home when I wasn’t ready to come

这句话觉得不好理解的话，我们就来把它拆分一下，这句话分为几个部分：

（1）. She was always ordering me out of the kitchen：

她总把我赶出厨房

（2）. asking me (why I couldn’t behave as well as Jem)

质问我……

括号里面是质问的内容，意思是“为什么不像Jem那样听话”

（3）. when she knew he was older

这句话意思是，质问的时候，她知道Jem年纪更大一点

（4）. and calling me home when I wasn’t ready to come

这句话和前面是并列的关系，是对上面的内容进行补充，意思是：

“我不想回家时，她偏偏要叫我回去”

12. …always took her side：……永远站在她的一边

这句话从字面意思就可以理解

有兴趣的大家可以买一本来尝试阅读一下，毕竟我更新的速度有限。这本书难度不高，复杂句不多，非常见词汇也不多，有些同学看这本书觉得有难度的就更要好好提高一下语法和词汇量了哦。

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