第一、品嚼语段

Tess discovered that only two or three of the dairymaids slept in the house, besides herself．苔丝发现除了她之外,还有两三个挤奶女工和她睡在一间房子里。

They all shared a big bedroom near the cheese room．

她们共有的这间大卧室挨着奶酪室。

That night one of the girls insisted on telling Tess about all the people at the dairy．

那天晚上,她们中有个姑娘坚持要给苔丝讲牛奶场里所有人的情况。

To Tess,half asleep, the whispers seemed to be floating in the air．

丝半睡半醒地听着,这些耳语就像漂浮在空中一样。

"Mr Angel Clare—he's the one who's learning milking— he's a parson's son and thinks a lot and doesn't notice girls．

“安吉尔·克莱尔先生——就是那个学挤牛奶的人——是一位牧师的儿子,爱思考问题,但对女孩子从不留意。

His father is parson at Emminster,some way from here．

她父亲是爱敏斯特的牧师,离这儿有些距离。

His sons, except Mr Clare,are going to be parsons too．"

他的儿子们,除了克莱尔先生,也都打算当牧师。”

Tess gradually fell asleep．

苔丝渐渐地睡着了。

第二、语段精讲

1. That night one of the girls insisted on telling Tess about all the people at the dairy．

语言要点1：insist on doing something：坚持做某事

e. g. We'll insist on discussing this issue. 我们将抓住这个问题不放。

e. g. Since they insist on going, we'll simply push the boat with the current and let them go with us. 既然他们坚持要去， 干脆我们就顺水推舟，让他们一同去吧。

语言要点2：tell sb about sth：告诉（某人）有关…的情况，谈及； 讲述

e. g. He tried to tell me a lie about losing his wallet. 他试图使我相信他丢失了钱夹的谎言。

e. g. Imes, just let your hair down and tell me all about it. 艾姆斯，把全部内容都坦率地说出来吧。

2. To Tess,half asleep, the whispers seemed to be floating in the air．

语言要点1：half asleep：半睡的，半醒半着的，睡意朦胧中的

e. g. While he was half asleep, he seemed to hear a knock on the door. 矇胧中他仿佛听到有人敲门。

e. g. Half asleep, he felt the horse's nose push against his face. 睡意朦胧中，他觉得马的鼻子挨在他的脸上推动。

语言要点2：seem to sb:对于......来说似乎是......

e. g. It seems to me that either of these methods is perfectly legitimate. 在我看来这些方法的任一种都是完全合理的。

e. g. It seems a most marvelous book to me . 这本书我觉得奥妙之至。

文法解析1：half asleep是形容词短语作伴随状况状语。奶厂的女工告诉苔丝奶厂故事的时候，伴随着一种情况，即：苔丝睡意朦胧。

文法解析2：seem to be floating in the air这个带有动词不定式的短语中，动词不定式中使用了一般现在进行时，表示奶厂的女工的话似乎正在飘荡。

4. His father is parson at Emminster, some way from here．

语言要点：some way from：距离......有一小段路程

e. g. When Roosevelt dies in 1945, the explosion at Hiroshima has not yet taken place; mankind is still some way from the Atomic Age. 当罗斯福在1945年死去的时候，广岛的原子弹爆炸还没有发生；人类距离原子时代还有一小段路程。

5. Tess gradually fell asleep．

语言要点：fall asleep：睡着

e. g. Torn between anger and self-reproach, he could hardly fall asleep. 他又是气愤，又埋怨自己，简直没法睡着。

e. g. With one thing and another , I could hardly fall asleep. 我思绪纷繁，辗转不能成眠。