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MaryandMax《玛丽和马克思》-Narrator:MaryDinkle'seyeswerethecolourofmuddypuddles.muddy:泥泞的puddle:水坑MaryDinkle眼睛的颜色，像泥洼一样，Herbirthmark,thecolourofpoo.birthmark:胎记poo:(儿语)屎额头呢，有一块便便颜色的胎记。[AUSTRALIA1976]澳大利亚1976年-Narrator:ItwasSaturdayafternoonandshewasbored.bored:无聊的bore:使烦扰那是个周六的午后，她无所事事。Marywishedshehadafriendtoplaypiggybackswith.piggyback:骑在肩(背)上Mary希望她也有一个可以玩“骑背”的朋友。Mary'smoodring,whichshe'dfoundinacerealbox,wasgreywhich,accordingtothechart,mood:心情cereal:谷类食物chart:图表Mary的心情戒指，那个她在麦片盒里找到的戒指，呈现灰色，根据图表来看，meantshewaseitherpensive,unconsciouslyambitiousorhungry.pensive:沉思的unconsciously:无意识地ambitious:有雄心的这意味着她要么是在沉思，无意识的雄心壮志，或者是饿了。Heronlyfriendswere“TheNoblets”fromherfavouritecartoon.cartoon:动画片她唯一的朋友，就是她最喜欢的卡通“诺布偶”Theyweren'ttherealonesyouboughtintheshops它们不是从商店里买的那种正货，butfakeonesshehadtomakeherselffromshells,gum,nuts,pomponsfake:假的shell:贝壳gum:口香糖nut:坚果pompons:绒球而是她自己用贝壳，橡果，和绒球做的假的，andthechickenbonessalvagedfromFridaynight'stakeaway.salvage:救捞takeaway:[英国英语]外卖的还有那根从周五晚上的外卖里抢救下来的鸡骨头。Shehadtomakeallherowntoys,andherfavouriteswereShrinkiesshrink:收缩她所有的玩具都是自己做的，而她最喜欢的就是“缩缩”，potatochippacketsthatshehadshrunkintheoven.packet:小包oven:烤箱用的是烤箱缩小的薯片包装。Mary'sfather,NoelNormanDinkle,workedinafactory,attachingthestringstoteabags.attach:系上string:绳子Mary的父亲NoelNormanDinkle在工厂工作，为茶包衔接线绳。Atshowandtell,shetoldtheclasshecouldgetasmanyfreeteabagsashewanted.在课堂演讲上，她和全班说他想要多少免费茶包就有多少免费茶包。HerfavouriteteabagwasEarlGrey.她最喜欢的茶包是格雷伯爵茶。ShelovedsayingEarlGreyandwouldlikeonedaytomarrysomeonecalledEarlGrey.earl:伯爵她最爱说“格雷伯爵”，有朝一日还想嫁给一位名为格雷伯爵的人。TheywouldliveinacastleinScotland,have9babies,2ducks......andadogcalledKevin.castle:城堡Scotland:苏格兰他们将生活在苏格兰的一个城堡中，有9个小孩，养2只鸭子…...和一个名叫Kevin的狗。Noel'shobbywastositinhisshedanddrinkBaileysIrishCreamshed:工作棚Noel的爱好是坐在自己的工棚里喝百利甜酒，andstuffbirdshe'dfoundonthesideofthefreeway.stuff:剥制…的标本freeway:高速公路然后把在路边找到的小鸟做成标本。Marywishedhe'dspendmoretimewithherandlesswithhisdeadfriends.Mary希望他能多陪陪自己，而不是他那些死去的朋友。Shealsowishedshehadsomebrothersandsisters.她还希望自己能有些兄弟姐妹。Hermotherhadtoldhershewasanaccident.accident:意外的事她妈妈告诉她，她是个“意外”。Howcouldsomeonebeanaccident?一个人怎么可能是个意外呢?GrandpoppyRalphhadtoldherthatbabiesweredeliberateandfoundbydadsatthebottomoftheirbeer.deliberate:蓄意的，存心的bottom:底部外公公Ralph告诉她孩子都是捡来的，都是爸爸们在自己的啤酒杯底找到的。GrandpoppyRalphhadsmeltlikepickledonionspickle:腌外公公Ralph闻起来像腌洋葱，andhadbeenamemberoftheFrankstonIceBreakersfor51years.member:成员而且他加入佛兰克斯顿破冰队已经51年了。-Ralph:Aaagh!Aaaaaghhh!啊！啊啊啊！-Narrator:Theyswaminwintertofeelalive.alive:有活力的他们冬泳的目的是为了更抖擞。GrandpoppyRalphhadsaiditmadehisnippleserect.nipple:乳头erect:直立的外公公Ralph说这样能使他的乳头坚挺。Hehaddiedtheyearbefore,aged74,andhisbestmate,Ken,hadrecitedapoeminhishonour.recite:吟诵inone’shonour:向...表示敬意honour:敬意他前年去世了，享年74岁，他最好的朋友Ken为他吟诵了一首诗。BorninabarninthehillsofBoronia,Ralphlivedalonglife,thendiedofpneumonia.barn:谷仓,牲口棚Boronia:波罗尼亚pneumonia:肺炎生于波罗尼亚的牲口棚，Ralph的一生充满传奇，因肺炎而去世。Marymissedhimandoftenwonderedwhyhehaddrunkammonia.ammonia:氨水Mary很想念他，而且经常想不通他为何要喝氨水。（与Boronia和pneumonia发音相似）AlotofthingspuzzledMary,especiallyhermother,VeraLorraineDinkle.puzzle:使...困惑很多事情都使Mary感到迷惑，尤其是她的妈妈VeraLorraineDinkle。ToMary,Veraalwaysseemedwobbly.wobbly:摆动的对Mary来讲Vera看起来总是摇摇晃晃的。-Theradio:Aprettyviciousball.Andhe'sout!pretty:相当地vicious:恶意的刚才的击打动作太脏了。出界了!-Narrator:Veralikedlisteningtothecricketwhilebakingandhermainingredientwasalwayssherry.cricket:板球bake:烤(面包等)ingredient::(烹调的)原料Vera喜欢一边听板球一边烤东西，而她最主要的食材永远都是雪利酒。ShetoldMaryitwasatypeofteaforgrown-upsthatneededconstanttesting.constant:不停的她对Mary说这是一种给大人喝的茶，需要一直不停地测试。Marythoughthermothertestedthesherry...waytoomuch.Mary觉得她妈妈测试雪利酒的次数...太频繁了。Maryalsocouldn'tunderstandwhyVerawasalwaysborrowing.还令Mary想不通的是，为什么Vera总是要“借东西”。Yesterday,sheborrowedsomefishfingersfromAisle6.fishfinger:[英国英语]冻鱼条aisle:过道昨天，她从第6号档借了一些炸鱼条。ShetoldMarysheputthingsupherdresstosaveonplasticbags.saveon:节省她对Mary说，她把东西塞到裙里是为了节省塑料袋。Verawasindeedacomplicatedsoul.indeed:[用于加强语气]确实complicated:复杂的Vera无可厚非的是一个难解的灵魂。-Mary:Oooh!喔！-Narrator:Marystoppeddaydreamingandwentandfetchedherpetroosterfromtherain.daydream:做白日梦fetch:(去)拿来rooster:公鸡Mary停止了白日梦，将她的宠物公鸡从雨里领了回来。Herfatherhadfoundtheroosteronthesideofthefreewayafterithadfallenoffthebackofaslaughtertruck.falloff:从…落下slaughter:屠宰truck:卡车她爸爸在高速公路旁找到的这只公鸡，它是从屠宰场的卡车里遗落下来的。ShenamedhimEthel.她给它起名叫Ethel。ItwastimetowatchTheNoblets.又到了收看“诺布偶”的时间了。SheadoredTheNobletsbecauseeveryonewasbrown,adore:[口语]极喜爱她最爱看“诺布偶”了，因为每个人都是棕色的，livedinateapotandhadoodlesoffriends.teapot:茶壶oodles:许多生活在一个茶壶里而且有许许多多的朋友。Therewasnothingnicer,Marythoughttoherself,没有比这更好的事了，Mary对自己说，thanthesmellofawetrooster......thesoundofrainontheroof闻着落汤鸡的味道......听着雨滴淅淅沥沥地敲击着房顶，andthetasteofsweetenedcondensedmilkstraightfromthecansweetenedcondensedmilk:甜炼乳condense:使浓缩can:罐还能一边从罐子里直接吃着甜味炼乳，whilewatchingyourfavouritecartoon.一边看着最喜爱的卡通节目。Meanwhile,amancalledMaxHorowitzalsowatchedTheNoblets.meanwhile:同时与此同时，一位名叫MaxHorowitz的男人也在收看“诺布偶”。Max'ssmalltelevisionhadpicturebutnosound.Max的小电视有画面但没声音。Hisbigtelevision,soundbutnopicture.他的大电视，有声音但没画面。Hewas44andlikedTheNobletsastheylivedinadelineatedandarticulatedsocialstructuredelineate:描绘artic