Seeing a sweet potato stand and thinking this was much better than peanuts, Hung- chien decided to get some for breakfast.
鸿渐看见一个烤山薯的摊子,想这比花生米好多了,早餐就买它罢。
It was in his letter home announcing his engagement that Hung-chien had praised his wife for being submissive.
鸿渐赞美他夫人柔顺,是在报告订婚的家信里。
They gave their order. Hung-chien and Miss Sun both said they didn't have much appetite and wanted something bland, so each ordered a serving of rice noodles.
大家点了菜,鸿渐和孙小姐都说胃口不好,要吃清淡些,便一人叫了个米线。
At night when he could not fall asleep, Hung-chien would feel sorry for himself, regretting more and more that he had come.
鸿渐晚上睡不着的时候,自惜自怜,愈想愈懊悔这次的来。
Before they entered the living room and while Hung-chien was hanging his straw hat on the rack, Jou-chia opened her purse and looked at herself in her mirror.
进客堂以前,鸿渐把草帽挂在架子上的时候,柔嘉打开手提袋,照了照镜子。
At night when he couldn't fall asleep, Hung-chien would feel sorry for himself, regretting more and more that he had come.
鸿渐晚上睡不着的时候,自惜自怜,愈想愈懊悔这次的来。
Changing into his slippers, Hung-chien said, "Oh, a letter from him!"
鸿渐一壁换拖鞋道:“他有信来了!”
You'll certainly be a very understanding wife. If it had been another woman, she'd have kept a strict watch on Hung-chien and not allowed him to have any freedom.
将来一定是大贤大德的好太太,换了旁的女人,要把鸿渐看守得牢牢的,决不让他行动自由。
Hung-chien called his attention by saying, "Pardon me, I'm looking for Mr. Wang, the editor-in-chief. ""
他唤起他注意道:“对不住,我要找总编辑王先生。”
I think that subject has been 'worked to death' as the composition teachers would say, " replied Hung-chien. "There's nothing more to be said about it. How about finding some new topic for a joke?
鸿渐道:“我看这题目已经像教国文的老师所谓‘做死’了,没有话可以说了,你换个题目来开顽笑,行不行?”
When Miss T'ang received the box wrapped up in the paper, she opened it with considerable curiosity. It was the gold-papered box of chocolate wafers, which she had sent Hung-chien.
唐小姐收到那纸包的匣子,好奇拆开,就是自己送给鸿渐吃的夹心朱古力糖金纸匣子。
Everyone agreed his remarks were very inauspicious and fined him a glass of wine. Hung-chien and Miss Sun also became drunk on all the wine they were served.
大家说他开口不吉利,罚酒一杯,鸿渐和孙小姐也给来宾灌醉了。
Inwardly pleased with all this, Hung-chien pretended to take umbrage, saying, "so an associate professor is a nobody, is he?"
鸿渐给辛楣那么一说,心里得意,假装不服气道:“副教授就不是人?”
Two days after returning from Kweilin, Hung-chien and Hsin-mei received an invitation from Wang Ch'u-hou.
鸿渐俩从桂林回来了两天,就收到汪处厚的帖子。
She had met too many people in the past year and had long since forgotten Hung-chien. After he introduced himself, she said feelingly in a sweet girlish voice, "Oh, yes!"
她一年来见过的人太多,早忘记鸿渐,到鸿渐自我介绍过了,她娇声感慨道:“记得!
Once Hung-chien remarked maliciously to Jou-chia, "Your aunt loves her dog more than she does you."
鸿渐曾经恶意地对柔嘉说:“你姑母爱狗胜于爱你。”
Once Hung-chien remarked maliciously to Jou-chia, "Your aunt loves her dog more than she does you."
鸿渐曾经恶意地对柔嘉说:“你姑母爱狗胜于爱你。”
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