18. …h(huán)e burst into a roar of laughter. 他放聲大笑起來(lái)。
burst into：（突然）放聲（大笑、高唱、痛哭）
eg ： He burst into tears when he heard the news.
聽(tīng)到那消息后，他放聲大哭。
eg ： As soon as Mr. Adams entered， his Chinese colleagues burst into singing：“Happy birthday to you！”
亞當(dāng)斯先生一進(jìn)來(lái)，他的中國(guó)同事就高唱起來(lái)：“祝你生日快樂(lè)！”
eg ： He burst into tears.
他突然哭了。
eg ： He burst into running.
他突然拔腿就跑。
19. “……you'll never see it again. His business is with other men’s money.”—— He invests other men's. （Most likely he is a broker-a person who buys and sells things， for example， shares in a business， for other people. Maybe he is a banker or he runs an investment company， or that sort of thing.） .你的那一英鎊是拿不回來(lái)了，他做的是別人的錢的生意。（前一句話是開(kāi)開(kāi) 玩笑，后一句指他是銀行家或是經(jīng)營(yíng)投資公司。）
business 生意，商業(yè)
bushiness school商學(xué)院 business hours營(yíng)業(yè)時(shí)間 go into business從事商業(yè)，下海經(jīng)商
20.“I think you ought to have toldme， Alan，” said Hughie in a bad temper， “and have let me make such a fool of myself”
“艾倫，你為什么不早告訴我？”休吉生氣地說(shuō)?！澳悴粦?yīng)該讓我出丑?！?BR> ought to have done sth.： should have done 表示過(guò)去應(yīng)該做而沒(méi)有做的事（有責(zé)備的含義）。
eg：You should have handed in your paper last week.
你本應(yīng)該上個(gè)星期把論文交上來(lái)。
eg：He ought to have finished his work yesterday.
他本應(yīng)該昨天就完成工作。
make a fool of oneself： 因干愚蠢的事而丑
eg：At the party， he drank too much， and made a fool of himself.
在聚會(huì)時(shí)，他喝酒太多，鬧出不少笑話。
eg：If you go to the funeral in this dress， you'll make a fool of yourself.
你要是穿這件連衣裙去參加葬禮，你會(huì)出丑的。
21. It never entered my mind that you went about giving money awayin that careless manner.
我真沒(méi)想到你會(huì)這樣隨便亂給別人錢。
that從句是主語(yǔ)，it為形式主語(yǔ)。
it never entered my mind / head that：（口語(yǔ)）我從未想到……（表示驚訝）
eg：It never entered my mind that the much admired TV star was a secret agent.
我沒(méi)有想到那位倍受崇拜的電視明星居然是個(gè)間諜。
go about sth./ doing sth.：做；著手做
eg：It's a difficult job. I don’t know how to go about it.
這工作很棘手，我還不知道該怎么著手去做。
eg： How is the family going to going about getting the money for the boy's operation？
這家人怎么著手去為那男孩子籌集手術(shù)費(fèi)？
give sth. away： to give sth. free of charge白給；贈(zèng)送
eg：He gave away all his mother's books away when she died.
他母親去世后他把她的書(shū)都送給別人了。
eg：He gave a lot of his books away to people who need but can not afford them.
他把不少的藏書(shū)送給了那些需要但買不起這些書(shū)的人。
eg：Cf. give sth.to sb. He gave all his books to the school library.
他把他所有書(shū)都捐獻(xiàn)給學(xué)校圖書(shū)館了。
不能說(shuō)：He gave away all his books to the school library.
22.I can understand your kissing a pretty model， but your giving money to an ugly one——， no！
你要是親吻一個(gè)漂亮的模特我能理解，不過(guò)給一個(gè)丑陋的模特錢，真不能理解！
Kissing……， giving……動(dòng)名詞的復(fù)合結(jié)構(gòu)
23.“……You know he wasn't in full dress！ ……h(huán)e was in rags. He was not in normal clothes.
你是知道的，他當(dāng)時(shí)穿著可是不雅觀。
in full dress：禮服，正式場(chǎng)合的穿著（此處指有身份的人一般穿戴的襯衫、西服領(lǐng)帶等）。
eg： He should be in full dress going to such a party.
他出席這樣的晚會(huì)應(yīng)當(dāng)穿講究點(diǎn)。
24. He was in the highest spirits after you left； kept laughing to himself and rubbing his old wrinkled hands together.
你走之后，他的心境極佳，不斷對(duì)自己大笑，一個(gè)勁地那布滿皺紋的雙手。
in high spirits：情緒、心境很好，情緒高昂
eg： The children are in high spirits when they are playing the game.
孩子們玩游戲的時(shí)候特別高興。
eg： He is in high spirits when talking about his son.
一談?wù)撍膬鹤铀颓榫w高昂。
laughing to oneself：對(duì)自己樂(lè)?！alk to oneself自言自語(yǔ)； think to oneself自思自量。
25. He'll invest your poud for you， Hughie， pay you the interestevery six months， and have a wonderful story to tell after dinner. 他會(huì)用你的那一英鎊去投資，每六個(gè)月給你付一次利息，茶余飯后把 這件奇聞趣事當(dāng)故事講給別人聽(tīng)。（這里特里沃是在善意發(fā)取笑休吉，和他開(kāi)玩笑，那位百萬(wàn)翁究竟會(huì)如何回報(bào) 那一英鎊他也沒(méi)有想到。）
invest投資，投入 interest利息
26. “I'm an unlucky evil…… ”
devil： （used for emphasis when expressing one's opinion）a person
a poor devil可憐的人兒 a little devil嬌小的人兒
27.“I shouldn't dare to show my face if people knew ”
If people knew I had given a pound to a millionaire， how they would laugh at me， and how I could face their ridicule.
28.However， Hughie wouldn't stay， but walked home， feeling very unhappy， and leaving Alan Trevorhelpless withlaughter.
可是，休吉再也呆不下去了，他滿面愁容走回了家，把艾倫？特里沃樂(lè)得喘不上氣來(lái)。
helpless with： unable to control a strong feeling one has
（做Alan Trevor的補(bǔ)足語(yǔ)）控制不住強(qiáng)烈的情感，如大笑，大怒、絕望等。
eg：He went away helpless with despair.
他絕望地離開(kāi)了。
29. …a card on which was written， “Monsieur Gustave Naudin for M. le BaronHausberg.”
寫有“霍斯勃格男爵先生之代表古斯塔夫？諾丁先生”的一張名片。
on which…… 為定語(yǔ)從句，修飾card. We are in a real jam. 我們的麻煩大了。
for sb.：on behalf of sb.作為……的代表
eg：Let me say a few words for my school.
讓我代表我的幾句話。
M是 Monsieur的縮寫，le是法語(yǔ)的一個(gè)冠詞，相當(dāng)于英語(yǔ)的the.
30. “I suppose he has come for an apology，”…… “I think the man has come because the Baron wanted me to apologize formy foolish behavior yesterday （giving him one pound），”……
for表示目的
eg： He went to London for holidays.
他去倫敦度假去了。
31.slight French accent
accent： the way someone pronounces the words of a language， or his intonation showing which country or which part of a country he comes from鄉(xiāng)音，口音
Cf. dialect： a variety of a language spoken only in one area， in which words or one area， in which words or one area， in which words or grammar are slightly different from other forms of the same language方言
32. Have I the honour ofspeaking to Monsieur Erskine？ 您是厄斯金先生嗎？
have the honour of doing sth.：（正式）榮幸……
eg：I am very happy to have the honour of speaking to you today.
今天我有幸給你們講話十分高興。
eg：At the conference， I had the honour of meeting a number of writers I admire.
會(huì)上我很榮幸發(fā)見(jiàn)到幾位我崇敬的作家。
eg： I have the honour of being invited to take part in the party.
我很榮幸被邀請(qǐng)來(lái)參加這個(gè)晚會(huì)。
33.“The Baron，” said the old gentleman with a smile， has commissioned me to bringyou this letter……
委托我把這封信交給您。（這是很正式的說(shuō)法）
commission sb. to do sth.： to formally ask someone to do sth.正式委托某人做
34. On the outside was written “A wedding present to Hugh Erskine and Laura Merton， from an old beggar，” and inside was a cheque for ten thousand pounds.
信封上寫著：“休？厄斯金與勞拉？默頓新婚志喜。一老乞丐賀”，信封內(nèi)是一張1萬(wàn)英鎊的支票。
On the outside was written， inside was a兩個(gè)并列句均為倒裝句。
Hugh是常見(jiàn)的男性名字，是其昵稱，Hughie特別正式場(chǎng)合一般不用昵稱。
35.…… Alan Trevor was thebest man……
best man： a male friend or relative of a bridegroom who assists him at his wedding男儐相
Cf.： bridesmaid女儐相
36. “Millionaire models ” remarked Alan， “are rare enough； but model millionaires are rarer still！ ”—— “There is hardly a millionaire who wants to be painted as a beggar； it is even more difficult to find a millionaire who knows how to use his money wisely. ” said Alan.
“百萬(wàn)富翁的模特實(shí)已罕見(jiàn)，”艾倫說(shuō)，“不過(guò)模范百萬(wàn)富翁更是鳳毛麟角了！”
此處model一詞是雙關(guān)語(yǔ)： artist's model （畫家的模特）和perfect example（模范）。
are： unusual， not common稀罕的，稀有的，不常見(jiàn)的
Pandas are rare animals in the world.熊貓是世界上的稀有動(dòng)物。
這最后一句話，作者又借畫家之口，用一雙關(guān)詞（兼有“模特”與“模范”、“楷?！钡囊馑?），巧妙發(fā)點(diǎn)出了故事的主題思想。百富翁要畫家將其畫成可憐兮兮的乞丐，竟意想不到發(fā)引起一個(gè)青年的同情與施舍，青年人的滴水之恩，引來(lái)了“老乞丐”的厚報(bào)，其人其事令人耳目一新；善良青年自己的生活捉襟見(jiàn)肘，卻將最后一個(gè)英鎊毫不猶疑地給了一個(gè)素不相識(shí)的乞丐，此舉值得稱道。什么叫富？家產(chǎn)萬(wàn)貫，卻一毛不拔，非富；擁有良田萬(wàn)頃，卻為富不仁，更非富有；無(wú)論你的財(cái)產(chǎn)是多，還是少，只要樂(lè)于給予，才是真正富有。
burst into：（突然）放聲（大笑、高唱、痛哭）
eg ： He burst into tears when he heard the news.
聽(tīng)到那消息后，他放聲大哭。
eg ： As soon as Mr. Adams entered， his Chinese colleagues burst into singing：“Happy birthday to you！”
亞當(dāng)斯先生一進(jìn)來(lái)，他的中國(guó)同事就高唱起來(lái)：“祝你生日快樂(lè)！”
eg ： He burst into tears.
他突然哭了。
eg ： He burst into running.
他突然拔腿就跑。
19. “……you'll never see it again. His business is with other men’s money.”—— He invests other men's. （Most likely he is a broker-a person who buys and sells things， for example， shares in a business， for other people. Maybe he is a banker or he runs an investment company， or that sort of thing.） .你的那一英鎊是拿不回來(lái)了，他做的是別人的錢的生意。（前一句話是開(kāi)開(kāi) 玩笑，后一句指他是銀行家或是經(jīng)營(yíng)投資公司。）
business 生意，商業(yè)
bushiness school商學(xué)院 business hours營(yíng)業(yè)時(shí)間 go into business從事商業(yè)，下海經(jīng)商
20.“I think you ought to have toldme， Alan，” said Hughie in a bad temper， “and have let me make such a fool of myself”
“艾倫，你為什么不早告訴我？”休吉生氣地說(shuō)?！澳悴粦?yīng)該讓我出丑?！?BR> ought to have done sth.： should have done 表示過(guò)去應(yīng)該做而沒(méi)有做的事（有責(zé)備的含義）。
eg：You should have handed in your paper last week.
你本應(yīng)該上個(gè)星期把論文交上來(lái)。
eg：He ought to have finished his work yesterday.
他本應(yīng)該昨天就完成工作。
make a fool of oneself： 因干愚蠢的事而丑
eg：At the party， he drank too much， and made a fool of himself.
在聚會(huì)時(shí)，他喝酒太多，鬧出不少笑話。
eg：If you go to the funeral in this dress， you'll make a fool of yourself.
你要是穿這件連衣裙去參加葬禮，你會(huì)出丑的。
21. It never entered my mind that you went about giving money awayin that careless manner.
我真沒(méi)想到你會(huì)這樣隨便亂給別人錢。
that從句是主語(yǔ)，it為形式主語(yǔ)。
it never entered my mind / head that：（口語(yǔ)）我從未想到……（表示驚訝）
eg：It never entered my mind that the much admired TV star was a secret agent.
我沒(méi)有想到那位倍受崇拜的電視明星居然是個(gè)間諜。
go about sth./ doing sth.：做；著手做
eg：It's a difficult job. I don’t know how to go about it.
這工作很棘手，我還不知道該怎么著手去做。
eg： How is the family going to going about getting the money for the boy's operation？
這家人怎么著手去為那男孩子籌集手術(shù)費(fèi)？
give sth. away： to give sth. free of charge白給；贈(zèng)送
eg：He gave away all his mother's books away when she died.
他母親去世后他把她的書(shū)都送給別人了。
eg：He gave a lot of his books away to people who need but can not afford them.
他把不少的藏書(shū)送給了那些需要但買不起這些書(shū)的人。
eg：Cf. give sth.to sb. He gave all his books to the school library.
他把他所有書(shū)都捐獻(xiàn)給學(xué)校圖書(shū)館了。
不能說(shuō)：He gave away all his books to the school library.
22.I can understand your kissing a pretty model， but your giving money to an ugly one——， no！
你要是親吻一個(gè)漂亮的模特我能理解，不過(guò)給一個(gè)丑陋的模特錢，真不能理解！
Kissing……， giving……動(dòng)名詞的復(fù)合結(jié)構(gòu)
23.“……You know he wasn't in full dress！ ……h(huán)e was in rags. He was not in normal clothes.
你是知道的，他當(dāng)時(shí)穿著可是不雅觀。
in full dress：禮服，正式場(chǎng)合的穿著（此處指有身份的人一般穿戴的襯衫、西服領(lǐng)帶等）。
eg： He should be in full dress going to such a party.
他出席這樣的晚會(huì)應(yīng)當(dāng)穿講究點(diǎn)。
24. He was in the highest spirits after you left； kept laughing to himself and rubbing his old wrinkled hands together.
你走之后，他的心境極佳，不斷對(duì)自己大笑，一個(gè)勁地那布滿皺紋的雙手。
in high spirits：情緒、心境很好，情緒高昂
eg： The children are in high spirits when they are playing the game.
孩子們玩游戲的時(shí)候特別高興。
eg： He is in high spirits when talking about his son.
一談?wù)撍膬鹤铀颓榫w高昂。
laughing to oneself：對(duì)自己樂(lè)?！alk to oneself自言自語(yǔ)； think to oneself自思自量。
25. He'll invest your poud for you， Hughie， pay you the interestevery six months， and have a wonderful story to tell after dinner. 他會(huì)用你的那一英鎊去投資，每六個(gè)月給你付一次利息，茶余飯后把 這件奇聞趣事當(dāng)故事講給別人聽(tīng)。（這里特里沃是在善意發(fā)取笑休吉，和他開(kāi)玩笑，那位百萬(wàn)翁究竟會(huì)如何回報(bào) 那一英鎊他也沒(méi)有想到。）
invest投資，投入 interest利息
26. “I'm an unlucky evil…… ”
devil： （used for emphasis when expressing one's opinion）a person
a poor devil可憐的人兒 a little devil嬌小的人兒
27.“I shouldn't dare to show my face if people knew ”
If people knew I had given a pound to a millionaire， how they would laugh at me， and how I could face their ridicule.
28.However， Hughie wouldn't stay， but walked home， feeling very unhappy， and leaving Alan Trevorhelpless withlaughter.
可是，休吉再也呆不下去了，他滿面愁容走回了家，把艾倫？特里沃樂(lè)得喘不上氣來(lái)。
helpless with： unable to control a strong feeling one has
（做Alan Trevor的補(bǔ)足語(yǔ)）控制不住強(qiáng)烈的情感，如大笑，大怒、絕望等。
eg：He went away helpless with despair.
他絕望地離開(kāi)了。
29. …a card on which was written， “Monsieur Gustave Naudin for M. le BaronHausberg.”
寫有“霍斯勃格男爵先生之代表古斯塔夫？諾丁先生”的一張名片。
on which…… 為定語(yǔ)從句，修飾card. We are in a real jam. 我們的麻煩大了。
for sb.：on behalf of sb.作為……的代表
eg：Let me say a few words for my school.
讓我代表我的幾句話。
M是 Monsieur的縮寫，le是法語(yǔ)的一個(gè)冠詞，相當(dāng)于英語(yǔ)的the.
30. “I suppose he has come for an apology，”…… “I think the man has come because the Baron wanted me to apologize formy foolish behavior yesterday （giving him one pound），”……
for表示目的
eg： He went to London for holidays.
他去倫敦度假去了。
31.slight French accent
accent： the way someone pronounces the words of a language， or his intonation showing which country or which part of a country he comes from鄉(xiāng)音，口音
Cf. dialect： a variety of a language spoken only in one area， in which words or one area， in which words or one area， in which words or grammar are slightly different from other forms of the same language方言
32. Have I the honour ofspeaking to Monsieur Erskine？ 您是厄斯金先生嗎？
have the honour of doing sth.：（正式）榮幸……
eg：I am very happy to have the honour of speaking to you today.
今天我有幸給你們講話十分高興。
eg：At the conference， I had the honour of meeting a number of writers I admire.
會(huì)上我很榮幸發(fā)見(jiàn)到幾位我崇敬的作家。
eg： I have the honour of being invited to take part in the party.
我很榮幸被邀請(qǐng)來(lái)參加這個(gè)晚會(huì)。
33.“The Baron，” said the old gentleman with a smile， has commissioned me to bringyou this letter……
委托我把這封信交給您。（這是很正式的說(shuō)法）
commission sb. to do sth.： to formally ask someone to do sth.正式委托某人做
34. On the outside was written “A wedding present to Hugh Erskine and Laura Merton， from an old beggar，” and inside was a cheque for ten thousand pounds.
信封上寫著：“休？厄斯金與勞拉？默頓新婚志喜。一老乞丐賀”，信封內(nèi)是一張1萬(wàn)英鎊的支票。
On the outside was written， inside was a兩個(gè)并列句均為倒裝句。
Hugh是常見(jiàn)的男性名字，是其昵稱，Hughie特別正式場(chǎng)合一般不用昵稱。
35.…… Alan Trevor was thebest man……
best man： a male friend or relative of a bridegroom who assists him at his wedding男儐相
Cf.： bridesmaid女儐相
36. “Millionaire models ” remarked Alan， “are rare enough； but model millionaires are rarer still！ ”—— “There is hardly a millionaire who wants to be painted as a beggar； it is even more difficult to find a millionaire who knows how to use his money wisely. ” said Alan.
“百萬(wàn)富翁的模特實(shí)已罕見(jiàn)，”艾倫說(shuō)，“不過(guò)模范百萬(wàn)富翁更是鳳毛麟角了！”
此處model一詞是雙關(guān)語(yǔ)： artist's model （畫家的模特）和perfect example（模范）。
are： unusual， not common稀罕的，稀有的，不常見(jiàn)的
Pandas are rare animals in the world.熊貓是世界上的稀有動(dòng)物。
這最后一句話，作者又借畫家之口，用一雙關(guān)詞（兼有“模特”與“模范”、“楷?！钡囊馑?），巧妙發(fā)點(diǎn)出了故事的主題思想。百富翁要畫家將其畫成可憐兮兮的乞丐，竟意想不到發(fā)引起一個(gè)青年的同情與施舍，青年人的滴水之恩，引來(lái)了“老乞丐”的厚報(bào)，其人其事令人耳目一新；善良青年自己的生活捉襟見(jiàn)肘，卻將最后一個(gè)英鎊毫不猶疑地給了一個(gè)素不相識(shí)的乞丐，此舉值得稱道。什么叫富？家產(chǎn)萬(wàn)貫，卻一毛不拔，非富；擁有良田萬(wàn)頃，卻為富不仁，更非富有；無(wú)論你的財(cái)產(chǎn)是多，還是少，只要樂(lè)于給予，才是真正富有。