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牛津书虫系列——第 01 级[上]07《The Elephant Man 象人

The Elephant Man

象人

Chapter 1 The Creature in the Shop

My name is Dr Frederick Treves. I am a doctor

第 1章 店铺里的怪物

我是弗雷德里克•特里维斯博士，伦敦医院的医

at the London Hospital. One day in 1884, I saw a

生。1884年的一天，我在医院附近一家店铺的橱窗

picture in the window of a shop near the hospital. I

里看见了一张照片。我停下来，看着这张照片。起先

stopped in front of the shop and looked at the

我觉得这张照片挺有趣，后来就感到生气、害怕起来

picture. At first I felt interested, then I felt angry,

。那是一幅可怕的、丑陋的照片。照片上有个男人，

then afraid. It was a horrible, ugly picture. There

was a man in the picture, but he did not look like

但不像你和我。他看上去不像个人，而像一头大象。

you and me. He did not look like a man. He looked

like an elephant.

I read the writing under the picture. It said：

我看了看照片下面的文字，上面写着：进来吧，

Come in and see the Elephant Man. 2 pence. I

看看这个象人，一次两便士。我推开门走了进去。

opened the door and went in.

There was a man in the shop. He was a dirty

店里有个男人，穿着一件旧外套，嘴里叼着一支

man in an old coat with a cigarette in his mouth.

烟。“你想干什么？”他问道。

'What do you want？'he asked.

'I'd like to see the elephant man, please, 'I said.

The man looked at me angrily. 'Well, you can't,

' he said. 'The shop's closing now. You can come

back tomorrow. '

'I'm sorry, 'I said. ' But I would like to see him

now. I have no time tomorrow—I have a lot of work

to do. But I can give you more than 2 pence. '

“我想看看象人。”我说。

这个人生气地看着我。“不行。”他说，“店铺

现在关门了，你明天来吧。”

“对不起，”我说，“我想现在就看，明天我没

有空，我有许多事情要做，我可以另外多给一些钱。

The man looked at me carefully. Then he took

”这个人仔细地打量着我，后来他取下嘴里的烟卷，

the cigarette out of his mouth and smiled with his

露出了满嘴黄牙。

yellow teeth.

'All right, sir, 'he said. 'Give me twelve pence

then. '

I gave him the money and he opened a door at

他说，“好吧，先生。就给十二便士吧。”

我把钱给了他，他就打开了店铺后门。我们走进

the back of the shop. We went into a little room.

一个小房间，房间又冷又暗，里面一股恶心的气味。

The room was cold and dark, and there was a

horrible smell in it.

A creature sat on a chair behind a table. I say a

一个怪物坐在桌子后面的椅子上。我说那是一个

creature, because it was not a man or a woman,

怪物，它不像你和我，不是男人也不是女人。它一动

like you or me. The creature did not move or look at

us. It sat very quietly on the chair in the cold, dark,

不动地坐在这间又冷又暗又脏的房间里的椅子上，眼

dirty room, and looked at the table. The creature

睛盯着桌子，由于阴冷，这个怪物的头上盖着一块布

had a cloth over its head, because of the cold. On

，在他面前的桌子上放着一朵枯萎的花。

the table in front of it, there was a dead flower.

'Stand up! 'said the shopkeeper, loudly.

The creature stood up slowly. It took the old

cloth off its head, and put it on the chair.

I looked at the creature and felt sad. I am a

doctor, so I know a lot about accidents and ill

people. I see horrible, ugly things every day. But

。

看着这个怪物，我感到很悲伤。我是一个医生，

我很了解事故和病人。我每天要遇到许多可怕的、丑

“站起来，”店老板大声地说。

怪物慢慢地站起来，取下头上的盖布放在椅子上

this creature, this thing, was the worst of all. There

恶的东西，可这个怪物却是最糟糕的。医院里没有任

何一个男人或女人像他这个样子。

were no men or women in the hospital like him.

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牛津书虫系列——第 01 级[上]07《The Elephant Man 象人

He wore some old trousers, but no shirt, coat,

他穿着条旧裤子，没有穿衬衫、外套和鞋子。所

or shoes, so I could see his body very well. His

以，我可以清楚地看见他的身体。他的头部最有趣，

head was the most interesting thing. It was very,

长得很大很大，就像一个装着许多书籍的大口袋。头

very big—like an enormous bag with a lot of books

in it. The head did not have much hair, and there

was another bag of brown, dirty skin at the back of

上头发不多，脑后还耷拉着一块褐色的、肮脏的头皮

，一直垂到脖子下面。我看不见他的一只眼睛，因为

it. This skin came down below his neck. I could not

皮肤也从脸部垂下来。

see one of his eyes very well, because a lot of skin

came down in front of his face, too.

An enormous red tooth came out of his mouth,

一颗巨大的红牙齿从嘴里露出来，就像一颗象牙

under his nose. It looked like an elephant's tooth.

，嘴和鼻子就像脸上开的洞，从他脸上看不出微笑还

The mouth and nose were like holes in the face.

是大笑，也看不出生气和悲伤，因为这种皮肤无法活

The face could not smile or laugh or look angry or

动，它已经失去活力，像一只大象的脸。

sad, because the skin could not move. It was dead,

like an elephant's face.

There were more bags of dirty skin on the front

and back of the creature's body. These bags came

down to his legs. The right arm was enormous, and

there were bags of skin on it, too. The right hand

was like a man's foot.

But the left hand the left arm and the left hand

这个怪物身体的前胸和后背的脏皮肤上有许多囊

肿，这种囊肿<包状物>一直拖到他的腿部。右臂巨

大，皮肤上也有包状物，右手像男人的脚。

然而左手——左臂和左手——却是长得很美，左

were beautiful! The left arm had wonderful skin, and

臂上有漂亮的皮肤，左指头纤长、美丽，就像年轻女

the fingers of the left hand were long and beautiful.

人的手一样。

It was like a young woman's hand!

'Walk, Merrick! ' said the shopkeeper angrily.

“走一走，麦里克！”店老板生气地说，“朝前

'Come on, quickly, move! 'He hit the creature with

走，动一动，快！”他用手打着这个怪物。

his hand.

Slowly, the creature walked across the room.

慢慢地，这个怪物走到房间的对面。可他走不好

But he could not walk well. His legs were very big

，他的腿又粗又肥，背部有病，没有拐杖走不远。

and fat, and he had a bad back. He could not walk

far without a stick.

“好了，谢谢你，”我说，“让他坐下来，我不

'All right, thank you, 'I said. 'Let him sit down. I

don't want to see any more. 'I felt ill, and the smell

想再看什么了。”我感到恶心，房间里的气味难闻极

in the room was very bad.

'Yes, sir, 'said the shopkeeper. 'Sit down,

Merrick. '

We went out of the room and closed the door.

The shop－keeper smiled at me with his yellow

teeth.

'Wonderful, sir, isn't it？'he said. 'The best

Elephant Man in England! Hundreds of people

come to see him, you know, hundreds! I take him all

over the country, I do! '

'Yes, very interesting, 'I said. 'Can I sit down？

'Yes, sir, of course. Here's a chair. 'He looked

了。

“好的，先生，”店老板说着。“坐下，麦里克

。”

我们走出房间，关上门。店老板朝我笑了笑，露

出满嘴黄牙。

“好极了，先生，是不是？”他说，“这是英

国最棒的象人！成千上百的人来看他，知道吗？成千

上百！我带他到全国各地去，真的！”

“挺有意思！”我说，“我可以坐下吗？”

“当然可以，先生。请坐。”他朝我看了看，

at me, smiling. 'Would you like a glass of water, sir

笑了笑说：“来杯水吗，先生？”

？'

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