精灵鼠小弟 第73期:鼠小弟约埃姆斯小姐见面
英语课
"Pray forgive me, Miss Ames," continued Stuart, for presuming to strike up an acquaintance on so slender an excuse as your physical similarity;
“请原谅我的鲁莽，埃姆斯小姐，”斯图亚特继续写，当看到你那与我相似的外表时我感到就如同遇到了一个旧友。
but of course the fact is, as you yourself must know, there are very few people who are only two inches in height.
但是就是这样，因为你知道，很少有人身高只有两英寸。
I say "two inches" —actually I am somewhat taller than that.
我说“两英寸”还不太确切——实际上我比那还高一点儿。
My only drawback is that I look something like a mouse.
我唯一的缺陷是我的样子像一只老鼠。
I am nicely proportioned, however.
但即便如此，我还是一个很不错的人。
Am also muscular beyond my years.
我还有着一身与我的年龄不相称的强壮肌肉。
Let me be perfectly 1 blunt: my purpose in writing this brief note is to suggest that we meet.
我干脆坦白说吧：我写这个便条的目的是想约你出来见一面。
I realize that your parents may object to the suddenness and directness of my proposal, as well as to my somewhat mouselike appearance,
我怕你的父母可能会反对我这个直率而又突然的提议，而且由于我的外表像老鼠一样，
so I think probably it might be a good idea if you just didn't mention the matter to them.
所以我想如果你不对他们谈起这件事，结果会更好。
What they don't know won't hurt them.
这样他们就会一无所知，也不会受到伤害了。
However, you probably understand more about dealing 2 with your father and mother than I do,
可是，你也许更愿意和你的父母讨论这件事，
so I won't attempt to instruct you but will leave everything to your good judgment 3.
如果那样的话我也不会强迫你别这么做，但我还是要把我的意见留给你做参考。
adv.完美地，无可非议地，彻底地
- The witnesses were each perfectly certain of what they said.证人们个个对自己所说的话十分肯定。
- Everything that we're doing is all perfectly above board.我们做的每件事情都是光明正大的。
n.经商方法，待人态度
- This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。
- His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。
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