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PREFACE FROM THE
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II
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GLOSSARY
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PREFACE FROM THE EDITORWebster’s paperbacks take
advantage of the fact that classics are frequently assigned
readings in
English courses. By using a running English-to-Chinese
Simplified thesaurus at the bottom of each
page, this edition of Metamorphosis by Franz
Kafka was edited for three audiences. The first
includes Chinese Simplified-speaking students enrolled in an
English Language Program (ELP), anEnglish as a Foreign Language
(EFL) program, an English as a Second Language Program (ESL),
or in a TOEFL® or TOEIC® preparation program. The
second audience includes English-speaking
students enrolled in bilingual education programs or Chinese
Simplified speakers enrolled inEnglish speaking schools. The third
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vocabularies in Chinese Simplified in order to take foreign
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Advanced Placement® (AP®)1 or similar examinations. By
using the Webster's Chinese Simplified
Thesaurus Edition when assigned for an English course, the
reader can enrich their vocabulary in
anticipation of an examination in Chinese Simplified or
English.
Webster’s edition of this classic is organized to expose the
reader to a maximum number ofdifficult and potentially ambiguous
English words. Rare or idiosyncratic words and expressions are
given lower priority compared to “difficult, yet commonly used”
words. Rather than supply a single
translation, many words are translated for a variety of meanings
in Chinese Simplified, allowing
readers to better grasp the ambiguity of English, and avoid them
using the notes as a pure
translation crutch. Having the reader decipher a word’s meaning
within context serves to improve
vocabulary retention and understanding. Each page covers words
not already highlighted on
previous pages. If a difficult word is not translated on a
page, chances are that it has been translated
on a previous page. A more complete glossary of translations is
supplied at the end of the book;
translations are extracted from Webster’s Online Dictionary.
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I
One%morning, when Gregor Samsa woke from troubled dreams, he
found
himself transformed in his bed into a horrible vermin. He lay on
his armour-likeback, and if he lifted his head a little he could
see his brown belly, slightlydomed and divided by arches into stiff
sections. The bedding was hardly ableto cover it and seemed ready
to slide off any moment. His many legs, pitifullythin compared with
the size of the rest of him, waved about helplessly as
helooked.
" What's happened to me?" he thought. It wasn't a dream.
His room, a properhuman room although a little too small, lay
peacefully between its four familiar
walls. A collection of textile samples lay spread out on the
table - Samsa was atravelling salesman - and above it there hung a
picture that he had recently cutout of an illustrated magazine and
housed in a nice, gilded frame. It showed alady fitted out with a
fur hat and fur boa who sat upright, raising a heavy furmuff that
covered the whole of her lower arm towards the viewer.
Gregor then turned to look out the window at the dull weather.
Drops ofrain could be heard hitting the pane, which made him feel
quite sad. "Howabout if I sleep a little bit longer and forget all
this nonsense", he thought, butthat was something he was unable to
do because he was used to sleeping on hisright, and in his present
state couldn't get into that position. However hard hethrew himself
onto his right, he always rolled back to where he was. He must
Chinese Simplifiedbedding : 被褥.belly: 肚子, 腹部, 腹.boa:
蟒蛇.dream: 梦寐, 梦见, 做梦, 梦想.dreams: 梦想.dull: 索然, 板滞, 沉闷的, 干燥,
拙, 深沉.frame: 框, 帧, 架, 画面, 陷害,边框, 诬陷, 架子, 框架.
fur: 毛, 软毛.gilded: 镀金的, 有钱的.
hat: 帽子.helplessly: 无助地.hitting : 击中.horrible: 可怕,
恐怖的.hung : 挂.pane: 窗玻璃, 窗格.peacefully
: 安然, 和平地.rolled: 卷.sad: 悲伤, 哀愁, 不幸, 哀伤, 哀怨,悲伤的, 悲哀的.
salesman: 锁售员.
sleeping : 睡眠, 睡着.slide: 滑落, 滑行, 滑.stiff: 僵硬, 板滞,
僵硬的.textile: 纺织品.threw: 丢了.travelling : 旅行, 旅行的,
移动的.upright
: 正直, 直立, 刚正, 正值,直立的, 端正, 正直的.viewer: 观看者, 观众.waved: 挥动.woke:
醒觉.
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have tried it a hundred times, shut his eyes so that he wouldn't
have to look atthe floundering legs, and only stopped when he began
to feel a mild, dull painthere that he had never felt before.%
"Oh, God", he thought, "what a strenuous career it is that I've
chosen!Travelling day in and day out. Doing business like this
takes much more effortthan doing your own business at home, and on
top of that there's the curse oftravelling, worries about making
train connections, bad and irregular food,contact with different
people all the time so that you can never get to knowanyone or
become friendly with them. It can all go to Hell!" He felt a slight
itchup on his belly; pushed himself slowly up on his back towards
the headboard sothat he could lift his head better; found where the
itch was, and saw that it wascovered with lots of little white
spots which he didn't know what to make of; and
when he tried to feel the place with one of his legs he drew it
quickly backbecause as soon as he touched it he was overcome by a
cold shudder.
He slid back into his former position. "Getting up early all the
time", hethought, "it makes you stupid. You've got to get enough
sleep. Other travellingsalesmen live a life of luxury. For
instance, whenever I go back to the guesthouse during the morning
to copy out the contract, these gentlemen are alwaysstill sitting
there eating their breakfasts. I ought to just try that with my
boss; I'dget kicked out on the spot. But who knows, maybe that
would be the best thingfor me. If I didn't have my parents to think
about I'd have given in my notice a
long time ago, I'd have gone up to the boss and told him just
what I think, tellhim everything I would, let him know just what I
feel. He'd fall right off hisdesk! And it's a funny sort of
business to be sitting up there at your desk,talking down at your
subordinates from up there, especially when you have togo right up
close because the boss is hard of hearing . Well, there's
still somehope; once I've got the money together to pay off my
parents' debt to him -another five or six years I suppose - that's
definitely what I'll do. That's when I'llmake the big change. First
of all though, I've got to get up, my train leaves at
five."
Chinese Simplifiedboss: 老板, 上司, 头子, 浮雕.chosen: 精选, 选择了.copy: 复本,
抄, 抄写, 拷贝.curse: 咒骂, 诅咒, 咒.debt: 债务, 债, 窟窿.definitely: 肯定地, 岂不,
斩钉截铁.desk
: 书桌, 桌子.eating : 吃.friendly: 友好, 友善, 友好的, 好客,友好地, 和气.
funny: 有趣的.
gentlemen: 绅士.guest: 客人, 来宾, 来客.headboard: 床头板.hearing :
听力, 听见.instance: 例子, 比方, 实例.irregular: 不规则, 无规律的.itch
: 发痒, 痒.leaves: 离开.lift: 举起, 开放, 掀起, 电梯, 抬起.luxury: 奢侈, 豪华.mild:
温和的.
overcome: 克服, 越过.salesmen: 销售员.shudder: 发抖, 不寒而栗, 震荡.shut:
关闭.slid: 滑行.slight: 轻微, 稍微.spot
: 斑点, 点子, 侦查.strenuous: 费力的.stupid: 愚笨, 笨拙, 愚笨的.whenever: 无论何时,
每当.worries: 烦恼, 烦扰.
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And%he looked over at the alarm clock, ticking on the chest of
drawers. "Godin Heaven!" he thought. It was half past six and the
hands were quietly movingforwards, it was even later than half
past, more like quarter to seven. Had thealarm clock not
rung ? He could see from the bed that it had been set for
four
o'clock as it should have been; it certainly must have rung.
Yes, but was itpossible to quietly sleep through that
furniture-rattling noise? True, he had notslept peacefully, but
probably all the more deeply because of that. What shouldhe do now?
The next train went at seven; if he were to catch that he would
haveto rush like mad and the collection of samples was still not
packed, and he didnot at all feel particularly fresh and lively.
And even if he did catch the train hewould not avoid his boss's
anger as the office assistant would have been there tosee the five
o'clock train go, he would have put in his report about Gregor's
notbeing there a long time ago. The office assistant was the boss's
man, spineless,and with no understanding. What about if he reported
sick? But that would beextremely strained and suspicious as in
fifteen years of service Gregor had neveronce yet been ill. His
boss would certainly come round with the doctor from themedical
insurance company, accuse his parents of having a lazy son, and
acceptthe doctor's recommendation not to make any claim as the
doctor believed thatno-one was ever ill but that many were workshy.
And what's more, would hehave been entirely wrong in this case?
Gregor did in fact, apart from excessivesleepiness after sleeping
for so long, feel completely well and even felt much
hungrier than usual.He was still hurriedly thinking all this
through, unable to decide to get out of
the bed, when the clock struck quarter to seven. There was a
cautious knock atthe door near his head. "Gregor", somebody called
- it was his mother - "it'squarter to seven. Didn't you want to go
somewhere?" That gentle voice! Gregorwas shocked when he heard his
own voice answering , it could hardly berecognised as the
voice he had had before. As if from deep inside him, there wasa
painful and uncontrollable squeaking mixed in with it, the words
could bemade out at first but then there was a sort of echo which
made them unclear,leaving the hearer unsure whether he had heard
properly or not. Gregor hadwanted to give a full answer and explain
everything, but in the circumstances
Chinese Simplifiedaccuse: 控告, 控诉.alarm: 警报, 惊动.answering :
回答.assistant: 助手, 助理, 帮手, 副,壁助.
cautious: 谨慎, 仔细, 慎重,
警慎的.drawers: 抽屉.echo: 回声, 反响, 回音.excessive: 过份, 过多, 过度,过多的,
过分.
hearer: 听众.hurriedly: 赶紧, 匆匆, 匆忙地.ill: 生病, 不善, 不完全, 麻烦的,拙劣的.
knock: 敲, 敲撞.lazy: 懒惰, 懒惰的.lively
: 活泼, 热闹, 生气勃勃,生气勃勃地, 轻快.packed: 挤得满满的.painful: 痛苦,
痛苦的.recommendation: 推荐, 建议.
rung : 响铃.rush: 速行, 匆匆.sick: 生病.sleepiness: 睡意.slept:
睡了.strained: 紧张, 紧张的.struck
: 敲打.suspicious: 可疑, 可疑的.unclear: 不清楚的, 未清除的.uncontrollable:
控制不了的.unsure: 无把握的.
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contented%himself with saying: "Yes, mother, yes, thank-you, I'm
getting upnow." The change in Gregor's voice probably could not be
noticed outsidethrough the wooden door, as his mother was satisfied
with this explanation andshuffled away. But this short conversation
made the other members of the
family aware that Gregor, against their expectations was still
at home, and soonhis father came knocking at one of the side doors,
gently, but with his fist."Gregor, Gregor", he called, "what's
wrong?" And after a short while he calledagain with a warning
deepness in his voice: "Gregor! Gregor!" At the other sidedoor his
sister came plaintively: "Gregor? Aren't you well? Do you
needanything?"
Gregor answered to both sides: "I'm ready, now", making an
effort to removeall the strangeness from his voice by enunciating
very carefully and putting long
pauses between each, individual word. His father went back to
his breakfast,but his sister whispered: "Gregor, open the door, I
beg of you." Gregor,however, had no thought of opening the door,
and instead congratulated himselffor his cautious habit, acquired
from his travelling, of locking all doors at nighteven when he was
at home.
The first thing he wanted to do was to get up in peace without
beingdisturbed, to get dressed, and most of all to have his
breakfast. Only then wouldhe consider what to do next, as he was
well aware that he would not bring histhoughts to any sensible
conclusions by lying in bed. He remembered that he
had often felt a slight pain in bed, perhaps caused by lying
awkwardly, but thathad always turned out to be pure imagination and
he wondered how hisimaginings would slowly resolve themselves
today. He did not have theslightest doubt that the change in his
voice was nothing more than the first signof a serious cold, which
was an occupational hazard for travelling salesmen.
It was a simple matter to throw off the covers; he only had to
blow himselfup a little and they fell off by themselves. But it
became difficult after that,especially as he was so exceptionally
broad. He would have used his arms and
his hands to push himself up; but instead of them he only had
all those little legscontinuously moving in different directions,
and which he was moreover unable
Chinese Simplifiedacquired: 已获得的, 已成习惯的.answered: 回答.beg :
恳求, 乞求, 要求.blow: 吹, 打击.breakfast: 早餐, 早饭, 早点.conclusions:
结论.continuously
: 一直, 不住, 昼夜.covers: 盖子.directions: 指导, 说明, 方向.disturbed:
不安.exceptionally: 例外地.
fist: 拳头.gently: 徐徐, 悄悄地, 轻柔地.habit: 习惯.hazard: 危险.imagination:
想像力, 想像.locking : 锁紧.occupational
: 职业的.pauses: 暂停.pure: 单纯, 纯净的, 纯洁, 纯粹.push: 推.remove: 解除, 拔除,
排斥, 撤除,
搬移, 消除, 移动.resolve: 解决, 决心, 下决心, 分解,志气.
satisfied: 满意, 乐意, 心满意足的.sensible: 明智, 懂事, 感觉得到的,可感觉到的.
strangeness
: 陌生.throw: 扔, 丢掉, 丢, 投.warning : 警报, 鉴戒, 警告.whispered:
耳语.wooden: 木制, 木制的.
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to control. If he wanted to bend one of them, then that was the
first one thatwould stretch itself out; and if he finally managed
to do what he wanted withthat leg , all the others seemed to
be set free and would move about painfully."This is something that
can't be done in bed", Gregor said to himself, "so don't
keep trying to do it".%
The first thing he wanted to do was get the lower part of his
body out of thebed, but he had never seen this lower part, and
could not imagine what it lookedlike; it turned out to be too hard
to move; it went so slowly; and finally, almost ina frenzy, when he
carelessly shoved himself forwards with all the force he
couldgather, he chose the wrong direction, hit hard against the
lower bedpost, andlearned from the burning pain he felt that the
lower part of his body might well,at present, be the most
sensitive.
So then he tried to get the top part of his body out of the bed
first, carefullyturning his head to the side. This he managed quite
easily, and despite itsbreadth and its weight, the bulk of his body
eventually followed slowly in thedirection of the head. But when he
had at last got his head out of the bed andinto the fresh air it
occurred to him that if he let himself fall it would be a miracleif
his head were not injured, so he became afraid to carry on pushing
himselfforward the same way. And he could not knock himself out now
at any price;better to stay in bed than lose consciousness.
It took just as much effort to get back to where he had been
earlier, but whenhe lay there sighing, and was once more watching
his legs as they struggledagainst each other even harder than
before, if that was possible, he could think ofno way of bringing
peace and order to this chaos. He told himself once morethat it was
not possible for him to stay in bed and that the most sensible
thing todo would be to get free of it in whatever way he could at
whatever sacrifice. Atthe same time, though, he did not forget to
remind himself that calmconsideration was much better than rushing
to desperate conclusions. At timeslike this he would direct his
eyes to the window and look out as clearly as he
could, but unfortunately, even the other side of the narrow
street was envelopedin morning fog and the view had little
confidence or cheer to offer him. "Seven
Chinese Simplifiedbend: 弯曲, 弯折.breadth: 阔度, 宽度.bringing :
带来.bulk: 体积, 大批.calm: 镇静, 泰然, 安静, 安宁,坦然, 从容不迫, 冷静, 镇定,
平静的, 沉静.carelessly: 不经意, 胡乱, 大意地.chaos: 混乱, 凌乱.cheer: 喝采, 叫好,
欢呼.chose: 选择.
consciousness: 意识, 觉悟.consideration: 考虑, 心眼, 考量.desperate: 危急,
非常的.fog : 雾.frenzy: 狂乱.gather: 集合, 聚集, 采集, 集聚,
集会, 召集, 搜集, 捡, 聚会.injured: 受伤, 受伤的, 受损害的.learned: 有学问, 博学, 博雅,
饱学.leg : 腿, 脚.miracle: 奇迹, 神迹.
narrow: 狭窄, 窄, 逼仄, 狭, 小气,狭隘, 狭窄的.
occurred: 发生.painfully: 痛苦地.remind: 提醒.sacrifice:
牺牲.sensitive
: 敏感, 灵敏, 识相,敏感的.stretch: 张开, 拉紧, 伸展, 伸.unfortunately: 不巧,
不幸,不幸的是, 很遗憾, 不幸地.
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o'clock, already", he said to himself when the clock struck
again, "seven o'clock,and there's still a fog like this." And he
lay there quietly a while longer,breathing lightly as if he perhaps
expected the total stillness to bring thingsback to their real and
natural state.%
But then he said to himself: "Before it strikes quarter past
seven I'll definitelyhave to have got properly out of bed. And by
then somebody will have comeround from work to ask what's happened
to me as well, as they open up at workbefore seven o'clock." And so
he set himself to the task of swinging the entirelength of his body
out of the bed all at the same time. If he succeeded in fallingout
of bed in this way and kept his head raised as he did so he could
probablyavoid injuring it. His back seemed to be quite hard, and
probably nothing wouldhappen to it falling onto the carpet. His
main concern was for the loud noise he
was bound to make, and which even through all the doors would
probably raiseconcern if not alarm. But it was something that had
to be risked.
When Gregor was already sticking half way out of the bed - the
new methodwas more of a game than an effort, all he had to do was
rock back and forth - itoccurred to him how simple everything would
be if somebody came to help him.Two strong people - he had his
father and the maid in mind - would have beenmore than enough; they
would only have to push their arms under the dome ofhis back, peel
him away from the bed, bend down with the load and then bepatient
and careful as he swang over onto the floor, where, hopefully, the
little
legs would find a use. Should he really call for help though,
even apart from thefact that all the doors were locked? Despite all
the difficulty he was in, he couldnot suppress a smile at this
thought.
After a while he had already moved so far across that it would
have beenhard for him to keep his balance if he rocked too hard.
The time was now tenpast seven and he would have to make a final
decision very soon. Then therewas a ring at the door of the flat.
"That'll be someone from work", he said tohimself, and froze very
still, although his little legs only became all the more
lively as they danced around. For a moment everything remained
quiet. "They'renot opening the door", Gregor said to himself,
caught in some nonsensical hope.
Chinese Simplifiedapart: 分别, 分开.bound: 限, 边际, 弹回,
范围.breathing : 呼吸, 呼吸的, 微风.careful: 小心, 仔细, 不苟, 慎重,周密, 小心的,
精细, 细心, 细致.
carpet: 地毯.clock
: 钟, 时钟, 钟表.dome: 圆屋顶, 穹顶.doors: 门.entire: 整个, 全部, 全球, 通通,总体,
全体, 全部的, 完整的.
falling : 落下的, 落下.flat: 平坦, 平板, 平坦的, 平的,居室.
forth: 向前.hopefully: 抱有希望地, 期望地.lightly: 轻轻, 轻轻地, 轻易.load
: 包袱, 负载, 装满, 担子,装载, 负荷, 载重.loud: 高声, 大声, 大声的.maid: 女佣, 侍女, 少女,
姑娘.noise: 噪音, 噪声, 响声, 吵闹声,
吵声.opening : 揭幕, 口, 打开, 孔,开始.
patient: 耐烦, 患者, 病号, 病员,耐心, 忍耐, 病人.
peel: 果皮, 剥皮.quietly
: 安静地, 悄悄.rocked: 摇动, 摇摆.stillness: 静止, 寂静.strikes: 打击.suppress:
压制, 镇压, 抹杀.
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But%then of course, the maid's firm steps went to the door as
ever and opened it.Gregor only needed to hear the visitor's first
words of greeting and he knew whoit was - the chief clerk himself.
Why did Gregor have to be the only onecondemned to work for a
company where they immediately became highly
suspicious at the slightest shortcoming ? Were all
employees, every one of them,louts, was there not one of them who
was faithful and devoted who would go somad with pangs of
conscience that he couldn't get out of bed if he didn't spendat
least a couple of hours in the morning on company business? Was it
really notenough to let one of the trainees make enquiries -
assuming enquiries were evennecessary - did the chief clerk have to
come himself, and did they have to showthe whole, innocent family
that this was so suspicious that only the chief clerkcould be
trusted to have the wisdom to investigate it? And more because
thesethoughts had made him upset than through any proper decision,
he swanghimself with all his force out of the bed. There was a loud
thump, but it wasn'treally a loud noise. His fall was softened a
little by the carpet, and Gregor's backwas also more elastic than
he had thought, which made the sound muffled andnot too noticeable.
He had not held his head carefully enough, though, and hit itas he
fell; annoyed and in pain, he turned it and rubbed it against the
carpet.
"Something's fallen down in there", said the chief clerk in the
room on the left.Gregor tried to imagine whether something of the
sort that had happened to himtoday could ever happen to the chief
clerk too; you had to concede that it was
possible. But as if in gruff reply to this question, the chief
clerk's firm footstepsin his highly polished boots could now be
heard in the adjoining room. Fromthe room on his right, Gregor's
sister whispered to him to let him know: "Gregor,the chief clerk is
here."
"Yes, I know", said Gregor to himself; but without daring to
raise his voiceloud enough for his sister to hear him.
"Gregor", said his father now from the room to his left, "the
chief clerk hascome round and wants to know why you didn't leave on
the early train. We
don't know what to say to him. And anyway, he wants to speak to
you
Chinese Simplifiedannoyed: 懊恼, 窝囊.assuming : 傲慢的,
僭越的.boots: 靴子.clerk: 书记, 营业员, 办事员, 职员.concede: 承认.conscience:
良心.daring
: 大胆, 胆大, 大胆的.devoted: 忠诚, 忠实的, 忠实.elastic: 松紧带, 弹性的.faithful:
忠实, 忠实的.footsteps: 脚步.
greeting : 问候.gruff: 粗糙, 粗糙的.imagine: 想像, 设想.innocent: 无辜,
无罪的, 天真.investigate: 考查, 侦查, 探讨,查证, 追究, 追查, 调查.
least
: 最少, 至少, 最少的.mad: 狂, 发怒, 发狂, 生气,疯狂的.
noticeable: 值得注意的.polished: 优美的, 精练的, 擦亮的.
raise: 升起, 提高, 筹措, 增加,抚育, 举起.
reply: 回答, 答覆, 答复, 反应,答应, 答词, 回信.
rubbed: 摩擦.shortcoming : 缺点, 短处.thoughts
: 心头, 感想.thump: 重击.trusted: 信任.upset: 烦恼, 懊恼, 打翻.wisdom: 智慧.
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personally. %So please open up this door. I'm sure he'll
be good enough toforgive the untidiness of your room."
Then the chief clerk called "Good morning, Mr. Samsa".
"He isn't well", said his mother to the chief clerk, while his
father continuedto speak through the door. "He isn't well, please
believe me. Why else wouldGregor have missed a train! The lad only
ever thinks about the business. Itnearly makes me cross the way he
never goes out in the evenings; he's been intown for a week now but
stayed home every evening. He sits with us in thekitchen and just
reads the paper or studies train timetables. His idea ofrelaxation
is working with his fretsaw. He's made a little frame, for
instance, itonly took him two or three evenings, you'll be amazed
how nice it is; it's hangingup in his room; you'll see it as soon
as Gregor opens the door. Anyway, I'm glad
you're here; we wouldn't have been able to get Gregor to open
the door byourselves; he's so stubborn; and I'm sure he isn't well,
he said this morning thathe is, but he isn't."
"I'll be there in a moment", said Gregor slowly and
thoughtfully, but withoutmoving so that he would not miss any word
of the conversation. "Well I can'tthink of any other way of
explaining it, Mrs. Samsa", said the chief clerk, "I hopeit's
nothing serious. But on the other hand, I must say that if we
people incommerce ever become slightly unwell then, fortunately or
unfortunately as you
like, we simply have to overcome it because of business
considerations." "Canthe chief clerk come in to see you now then?",
asked his father impatiently,knocking at the door again. "No", said
Gregor. In the room on his right therefollowed a painful silence;
in the room on his left his sister began to cry.
So why did his sister not go and join the others? She had
probably only justgot up and had not even begun to get dressed. And
why was she crying ? Was itbecause he had not got up, and had
not let the chief clerk in, because he was indanger of losing his
job and if that happened his boss would once more pursuetheir
parents with the same demands as before? There was no need to
worry
about things like that yet. Gregor was still there and had not
the slightestintention of abandoning his family. For the time being
he just lay there on the
Chinese Simplifiedbegun: 开始.commerce: 商业, 商务.continued:
持续的.conversation: 谈话, 会话.cry: 喊, 叫, 哭, 哭泣.crying : 叫喊的, 嚎哭的,
显著的.danger
: 危险.demands: 要求.evenings: 每晚.explaining : 解释.forgive: 包涵,
包容, 原谅, 宽恕,
饶恕.fortunately: 幸好, 恰巧, 幸亏,幸好地.
glad: 高兴, 高兴的.intention: 意图, 打算, 动机, 心意,心眼儿, 用心, 用意, 念头.
lad
: 小伙子, 少年.opens: 打开.ourselves: 我们自己, 我们.personally: 亲自, 亲手,
亲自地,亲眼.
pursue: 追求, 追, 追赶, 追逐.reads: 阅读.relaxation: 松弛, 弛豫.silence: 沉默,
沈默, 悄静.sits: 坐.stayed: 停留.stubborn
: 顽固, 执着, 顽固的.thinks: 想.unwell: 不适, 不好过的.worry: 担心, 使烦恼, 缠绕,
担忧,心事, 担, 烦恼, 着急.
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carpet, %and no-one who knew the condition he was in would
seriously haveexpected him to let the chief clerk in. It was only a
minor discourtesy, and asuitable excuse could easily be found for
it later on, it was not something forwhich Gregor could be sacked
on the spot. And it seemed to Gregor much more
sensible to leave him now in peace instead of disturbing him
with talking at himand crying. But the others didn't know what was
happening , they wereworried, that would excuse their
behaviour. The chief clerk now raised hisvoice, "Mr. Samsa", he
called to him, "what is wrong? You barricade yourself inyour room,
give us no more than yes or no for an answer, you are
causingserious and unnecessary concern to your parents and you fail
- and I mentionthis just by the way - you fail to carry out your
business duties in a way that isquite unheard of. I'm speaking here
on behalf of your parents and of youremployer, and really must
request a clear and immediate explanation. I amastonished, quite
astonished. I thought I knew you as a calm and sensibleperson, and
now you suddenly seem to be showing off with peculiar whims.This
morning, your employer did suggest a possible reason for your
failure toappear, it's true - it had to do with the money that was
recently entrusted to you -but I came near to giving him my word of
honour that that could not be the rightexplanation. But now that I
see your incomprehensible stubbornness I nolonger feel any wish
whatsoever to intercede on your behalf. And nor is yourposition all
that secure. I had originally intended to say all this to you in
private,
but since you cause me to waste my time here for no good reason
I don't see whyyour parents should not also learn of it. Your
turnover has been veryunsatisfactory of late; I grant you that it's
not the time of year to do especiallygood business, we recognise
that; but there simply is no time of year to do nobusiness at all,
Mr. Samsa, we cannot allow there to be."
"But Sir", called Gregor, beside himself and forgetting all else
in theexcitement, "I'll open up immediately, just a moment. I'm
slightly unwell, anattack of dizziness, I haven't been able to get
up. I'm still in bed now. I'm quitefresh again now, though. I'm
just getting out of bed. Just a moment. Be patient!It's not quite
as easy as I'd thought. I'm quite alright now, though. It's
shocking ,what can suddenly happen to a person! I was quite
alright last night, my parents
Chinese Simplifiedastonished: 诧异.barricade: 设路障, 路障.behalf:
代表.cannot: 不能, 不足, 不得, 不可,不克, 未可.
discourtesy: 无礼貌.dizziness
: 眩晕.duties: 税, 职责.employer: 雇主.excitement: 兴奋, 刺激.excuse: 包涵,
借口, 原谅.
fail: 不及格, 失败, 不遂.happening : 事件, 发生.honour: 荣誉, 尊敬,
名誉.incomprehensible: 不能理解的,无限的, 费解的, 不能理解.
intercede: 调解.mention
: 提到, 提及.originally: 本来, 原来, 原本, 当初,起初.
peculiar: 奇特, 特殊的.recognise: 辨.
request: 要求, 请求.secure: 安全, 保险, 牢固.shocking : 不像话,
震惊.stubbornness: 牛脾气.turnover: 营业额, 周转.unheard:
没听到过.unnecessary
: 不必要, 不必要的,多馀.unsatisfactory: 不能令人满意的.whatsoever: 任何,
任何其它.worried: 担心, 不安, 忧虑.
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know%about it, perhaps better than me, I had a small symptom of
it last nightalready. They must have noticed it. I don't know why I
didn't let you know atwork! But you always think you can get over
an illness without staying athome. Please, don't make my parents
suffer! There's no basis for any of the
accusations you're making; nobody's ever said a word to me about
any of thesethings. Maybe you haven't read the latest contracts I
sent in. I'll set off with theeight o'clock train, as well, these
few hours of rest have given me strength. Youdon't need to wait,
sir; I'll be in the office soon after you, and please be so good
asto tell that to the boss and recommend me to him!" And while
Gregor gushedout these words, hardly knowing what he was saying, he
made his way over tothe chest of drawers - this was easily done,
probably because of the practise hehad already had in bed - where
he now tried to get himself upright. He reallydid want to open the
door, really did want to let them see him and to speak withthe
chief clerk; the others were being so insistent, and he was curious
to learnwhat they would say when they caught sight of him. If they
were shocked thenit would no longer be Gregor's responsibility and
he could rest. If, however,they took everything calmly he would
still have no reason to be upset, and if hehurried he really could
be at the station for eight o'clock. The first few times hetried to
climb up on the smooth chest of drawers he just slid down again,
but hefinally gave himself one last swing and stood there upright;
the lower part of hisbody was in serious pain but he no longer gave
any attention to it. Now he let
himself fall against the back of a nearby chair and held tightly
to the edges of itwith his little legs. By now he had also calmed
down, and kept quiet so that hecould listen to what the chief clerk
was saying.
"Did you understand a word of all that?" the chief clerk asked
his parents,"surely he's not trying to make fools of us". "Oh,
God!" called his mother, whowas already in tears, "he could be
seriously ill and we're making him suffer.Grete! Grete!" she then
cried. "Mother?" his sister called from the other side.They
communicated across Gregor's room. "You'll have to go for the
doctorstraight away. Gregor is ill. Quick, get the doctor. Did you
hear the way Gregorspoke just now?" "That was the voice of an
animal", said the chief clerk, with acalmness that was in contrast
with his mother's screams. "Anna! Anna!" his
Chinese Simplifiedaccusations: 谴责.calmly: 平静地.caught: 捉了.chest:
胸部, 箱, 胸膛.climb: 爬, 攀登.contracts: 合同.contrast
: 对比, 对照, 比较, 比照.curious: 有好奇心, 好奇, 好奇的.hurried: 匆忙, 仓促, 仓促的,
慌乱.illness: 病, 病症, 疾病.insistent: 坚持的, 显著的.
knowing : 博学的, 知道.latest: 最新, 最新的.listen: 听, 倾听.longer:
较长的.nearby: 附近, 在附近, 附近的,就近, 就地.
practise
: 练习.quiet: 安静, 寂静, 安定, 安生,沉静, 宁静的.
recommend: 推荐, 保送, 引进.sight: 视觉, 景象, 情景, 目光,
视力, 视线.smooth: 平稳, 润滑, 光滑, 平滑,通顺.
spoke: 辐条, 说了.staying : 停留.suffer: 受苦, 蒙受, 遭受, 受到,
遭到.swing : 摆动, 秋千, 摇摆.symptom: 症状, 病象, 病征, 病状.tears: 泪, 泪水,
眼泪.tightly: 紧紧.
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father called into the kitchen through the entrance hall,
clapping his hands, "get alocksmith here, now!" And the two girls,
their skirts swishing, immediately ranout through the hall,
wrenching open the front door of the flat as they went.How had his
sister managed to get dressed so quickly? There was no sound of
the door banging shut again; they must have left it open; people
often do inhomes where something awful has happened.%
Gregor, in contrast, had become much calmer. So they couldn't
understandhis words any more, although they seemed clear enough to
him, clearer thanbefore - perhaps his ears had become used to the
sound. They had realised,though, that there was something wrong
with him, and were ready to help. Thefirst response to his
situation had been confident and wise, and that made himfeel
better. He felt that he had been drawn back in among people, and
from the
doctor and the locksmith he expected great and surprising
achievements -although he did not really distinguish one from the
other. Whatever was saidnext would be crucial, so, in order to make
his voice as clear as possible, hecoughed a little, but taking care
to do this not too loudly as even this might wellsound different
from the way that a human coughs and he was no longer sure hecould
judge this for himself. Meanwhile, it had become very quiet
in the nextroom. Perhaps his parents were sat at the table
whispering with the chief clerk,or perhaps they were all pressed
against the door and listening .
Gregor slowly pushed his way over to the door with the chair.
Once there he
let go of it and threw himself onto the door, holding himself
upright against itusing the adhesive on the tips of his legs. He
rested there a little while to recoverfrom the effort involved and
then set himself to the task of turning the key in thelock with his
mouth. He seemed, unfortunately, to have no proper teeth - howwas
he, then, to grasp the key? - but the lack of teeth was, of course,
made up forwith a very strong jaw; using the jaw, he really
was able to start the key turning,ignoring the fact that he must
have been causing some kind of damage as abrown fluid came from his
mouth, flowed over the key and dripped onto the
floor.
Chinese Simplifiedachievements: 政绩, 成就.adhesive: 胶粘的.awful: 可怕,
可怕的.confident: 确信, 有信心.coughed: 咳嗽.coughs: 咳嗽.crucial
: 关键, 至关紧要.damage: 损坏, 祸害.distinguish: 辨别, 区别.drawn: 画了.ears:
耳朵.
entrance: 入口, 大门, 入门.flowed: 流动.fluid: 流体, 液, 液体的.grasp: 抓紧, 把握,
掌握, 领会, 抓,抓住.
homes: 家, 家园. jaw
: 颚, 颌. judge: 法官, 裁判, 判定, 判断,审判员.
listening : 听.lock: 锁, 撞锁.
locksmith: 锁匠.loudly: 高声, 大声, 大声地.onto: 到…上.pressed: 压.recover:
重获, 收复, 病愈, 休养,恢复, 复原.
surprising
: 可惊.teeth: 牙齿, 牙.turning : 旋转.whispering : 耳语般.wise:
高明, 明智的, 英明.
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"Listen", said the chief clerk in the next room, "he's turning
the key." Gregorwas greatly encouraged by this; but they all should
have been calling to him, hisfather and his mother too: "Well done,
Gregor", they should have cried, "keep atit, keep hold of the
lock!" And with the idea that they were all excitedly
following his efforts, he bit on the key with all his strength,
paying no attentionto the pain he was causing himself. As the key
turned round he turned aroundthe lock with it, only holding himself
upright with his mouth, and hung onto thekey or pushed it down
again with the whole weight of his body as needed. Theclear sound
of the lock as it snapped back was Gregor's sign that he could
breakhis concentration, and as he regained his breath he said to
himself: "So, I didn'tneed the locksmith after all". Then he lay
his head on the handle of the door toopen it completely.%
Because he had to open the door in this way, it was already wide
open beforehe could be seen. He had first to slowly turn himself
around one of the doubledoors, and he had to do it very carefully
if he did not want to fall flat on his backbefore entering the
room. He was still occupied with this difficult movement,unable to
pay attention to anything else, when he heard the chief clerk
exclaim aloud "Oh!", which sounded like the soughing of the wind.
Now he also saw him- he was the nearest to the door - his hand
pressed against his open mouth andslowly retreating as if driven by
a steady and invisible force. Gregor's mother,her hair still
dishevelled from bed despite the chief clerk's being there, looked
at
his father. Then she unfolded her arms, took two steps forward
towards Gregorand sank down onto the floor into her skirts that
spread themselves out aroundher as her head disappeared down onto
her breast. His father looked hostile,and clenched his fists as if
wanting to knock Gregor back into his room. Then helooked
uncertainly round the living room, covered his eyes with his hands
andwept so that his powerful chest shook.
So Gregor did not go into the room, but leant against the inside
of the otherdoor which was still held bolted in place. In this way
only half of his body could
be seen, along with his head above it which he leant over to one
side as hepeered out at the others. Meanwhile the day had become
much lighter; part of
Chinese Simplifiedbreast: 奶子, 乳房, 胸, 胸部.breath: 气息, 鼻息, 呼吸,
气流.concentration: 专心, 浓缩, 集中,浓度.
disappeared: 不见了, 消失.dishevelled: 散乱的, 乱蓬蓬.double
: 双重, 双, 加倍.driven: 驾.efforts: 努力.excitedly: 勃然.exclaim: 呼叫.
fists: 拳头.greatly: 大幅度地, 大大地, 大大.handle: 柄, 把手, 把柄, 处理,辫子, 耳子,
把子, 弄, 对付, 加以,处置.
hostile: 怀敌意, 敌对, 敌对的.invisible
: 无形, 看不见的, 隐形的.lighter: 驳船, 驳运, 比较轻.nearest: 最靠近的.paying :
有利的, 合算的, 支付的.retreating : 撤退.
shook: 摇动.snapped: 猛咬.spread: 扩散, 流传, 传播, 散播,敷, 撒.
steady: 稳定, 坚定, 平稳, 平稳的.steps: 步骤.unable
: 无法, 不能, 未能.uncertainly: 易变的.unfolded: 展开.wanting : 缺少的,
不足的.wept: 哭泣.
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the endless, grey-black building on the other side of the street
- which was ahospital - could be seen quite clearly with the
austere and regular line ofwindows piercing its facade; the rain
was still falling, now throwing down large,individual droplets
which hit the ground one at a time. The washing up from
breakfast lay on the table; there was so much of it because, for
Gregor's father,breakfast was the most important meal of the day
and he would stretch it out forseveral hours as he sat reading a
number of different newspapers. On the wallexactly opposite there
was photograph of Gregor when he was a lieutenant inthe army, his
sword in his hand and a carefree smile on his face as he called
forthrespect for his uniform and bearing . The door to the
entrance hall was open andas the front door of the flat was also
open he could see onto the landing and thestairs where they began
their way down below.%
"Now, then", said Gregor, well aware that he was the only one to
have keptcalm, "I'll get dressed straight away now, pack up my
samples and set off. Willyou please just let me leave? You can
see", he said to the chief clerk, "that I'mnot stubborn and like I
like to do my job; being a commercial traveller is arduousbut
without travelling I couldn't earn my living. So where are you
going, in tothe office? Yes? Will you report everything accurately,
then? It's quite possiblefor someone to be temporarily unable to
work, but that's just the right time toremember what's been
achieved in the past and consider that later on, once thedifficulty
has been removed, he will certainly work with all the more
diligence
and concentration. You're well aware that I'm seriously in debt
to our employeras well as having to look after my parents and my
sister, so that I'm trapped in adifficult situation, but I will
work my way out of it again. Please don't makethings any harder for
me than they are already, and don't take sides against meat the
office. I know that nobody likes the travellers. They think we earn
anenormous wage as well as having a soft time of it. That's just
prejudice but theyhave no particular reason to think better it. But
you, sir, you have a betteroverview than the rest of the staff, in
fact, if I can say this in confidence, a betteroverview than the
boss himself - it's very easy for a businessman like him tomake
mistakes about his employees and judge them more harshly than
heshould. And you're also well aware that we travellers spend
almost the whole
Chinese Simplifiedaccurately: 正确地.arduous: 险峻, 艰苦.austere:
严厉的.bearing : 态度, 仪表, 忍耐.businessman: 商人, 实业家.carefree: 开朗,
乐天.diligence
: 勤勉, 勤奋.earn: 赚得, 挣得.endless: 漫长, 无穷, 无穷的.enormous: 极大, 庞大,
巨大,巨大的.
facade: 正面.landing : 着陆.lieutenant: 陆军中尉.meal: 餐, 膳食,
饭.newspapers: 报章, 报纸.nobody: 没有人, 没人.opposite
: 相反, 相对, 对面,对立面, 相反的.overview: 概述, 总的看法.pack: 包装, 包扎, 包,
背包.photograph: 照片, 相片.
prejudice: 偏见.respect: 尊敬, 方面, 遵守, 尊重.soft: 柔软, 柔和, 柔软的.stairs:
楼梯.sword: 剑.temporarily: 姑且, 暂且, 暂时性的.trapped
: 受困.traveller: 旅客, 旅行者, 游客.uniform: 制服, 匀净, 匀实, 一律.wage: 薪水,
薪金, 工资.washing : 洗涤.
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year away from the office, so that we can very easily fall
victim to gossip andchance and groundless complaints, and it's
almost impossible to defend yourselffrom that sort of thing, we
don't usually even hear about them, or if at all it'swhen we arrive
back home exhausted from a trip, and that's when we feel the
harmful effects of what's been going on without even knowing
what causedthem. Please, don't go away, at least first say
something to show that you grantthat I'm at least partly
right!"
But the chief clerk had turned away as soon as Gregor had
started to speak,and, with protruding lips, only stared back at him
over his trembling shouldersas he left. He did not keep still for a
moment while Gregor was speaking, butmoved steadily towards the
door without taking his eyes off him. He movedvery gradually, as if
there had been some secret prohibition on leaving the
room. It was only when he had reached the entrance hall that he
made a suddenmovement, drew his foot from the living room, and
rushed forward in a panic.In the hall, he stretched his right hand
far out towards the stairway as if outthere, there were some
supernatural force waiting to save him.%
Gregor realised that it was out of the question to let the chief
clerk go away inthis mood if his position in the firm was not to be
put into extreme danger. Thatwas something his parents did not
understand very well; over the years, theyhad become convinced that
this job would provide for Gregor for his entire life,and besides,
they had so much to worry about at present that they had lost
sight
of any thought for the future. Gregor, though, did think about
the future. Thechief clerk had to be held back, calmed down,
convinced and finally won over;the future of Gregor and his family
depended on it! If only his sister were here!She was clever; she
was already in tears while Gregor was still lying peacefullyon his
back. And the chief clerk was a lover of women, surely she
couldpersuade him; she would close the front door in the entrance
hall and talk himout of his shocked state. But his sister was not
there, Gregor would have to dothe job himself.
And without considering that he still was not familiar with how
well hecould move about in his present state, or that his speech
still might not - or
Chinese Simplifiedarrive: 抵达, 到达, 到.besides: 此外, 另外, 除了, 并且,再说,
况且.
clever: 高明, 聪明的, 伶俐, 玲珑,机灵, 巧妙, 聪明.
defend: 防守, 保卫, 捍卫, 辩护,
辩解, 驻守, 防卫.depended: 依赖.exhausted: 疲惫, 精疲力竭的.extreme: 极端, 非常,
深沉.gossip: 摆龙门阵, 闲话, 闲谈.
gradually: 逐渐, 渐次, 渐渐, 日趋,逐渐地, 渐.
groundless: 莫须有, 毫无根据的.harmful: 有害, 有害的, 不利, 不良.lips: 嘴唇.lover:
爱好者, 爱人, 情人.lying
: 撒谎的.mood: 心情, 气氛, 情绪, 语气,心思, 思绪.
panic: 惊慌, 恐慌.persuade: 劝说, 说服.
prohibition: 禁令, 违碍, 禁止.protruding : 突出.secret: 秘密,
机密.shoulders: 肩, 双肩.steadily: 坚定地, 平稳地.stretched: 伸展.sudden
: 突然, 急剧, 突然的.supernatural: 超自然的.trembling : 发抖, 发抖的.trip:
旅程, 旅游, 旅行, 跟头, 旅途.victim: 被害人, 受害者, 遇难者.
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probably%would not - be understood, he let go of the door;
pushed himselfthrough the opening; tried to reach the chief clerk
on the landing who,ridiculously, was holding on to the banister
with both hands; but Gregor fellimmediately over and, with a little
scream as he sought something to hold onto,
landed on his numerous little legs. Hardly had that happened
than, for the firsttime that day, he began to feel alright with his
body; the little legs had the solidground under them; to his
pleasure, they did exactly as he told them; they wereeven making
the effort to carry him where he wanted to go; and he was
soonbelieving that all his sorrows would soon be finally at an end.
He held back theurge to move but swayed from side to side as he
crouched there on the floor. Hismother was not far away in front of
him and seemed, at first, quite engrossed inherself, but then she
suddenly jumped up with her arms outstretched and herfingers
spread shouting : "Help, for pity's sake, Help!" The way she
held herhead suggested she wanted to see Gregor better, but the
unthinking way shewas hurrying backwards showed that she did not;
she had forgotten that thetable was behind her with all the
breakfast things on it; when she reached thetable she sat quickly
down on it without knowing what she was doing; withouteven seeming
to notice that the coffee pot had been knocked over and a gush
ofcoffee was pouring down onto the carpet.
"Mother, mother", said Gregor gently, looking up at her. He had
completelyforgotten the chief clerk for the moment, but could not
help himself snapping in
the air with his jaws at the sight of the flow of coffee.
That set his motherscreaming anew, she fled from the table and into
the arms of his father as herushed towards her. Gregor, though, had
no time to spare for his parents now;the chief clerk had already
reached the stairs; with his chin on the banister, helooked back
for the last time. Gregor made a run for him; he wanted to be
sureof reaching him; the chief clerk must have expected something,
as he leapt downseveral steps at once and disappeared; his shouts
resounding all around thestaircase. The flight of the chief clerk
seemed, unfortunately, to put Gregor'sfather into a panic as well.
Until then he had been relatively self controlled, butnow, instead
of running after the chief clerk himself, or at least not
impedingGregor as he ran after him, Gregor's father seized the
chief clerk's stick in his
Chinese Simplifiedanew: 重新.backwards: 逆, 逆向, 向后.banister:
栏杆.believing : 有信仰的.chin: 下巴, 颏.engrossed: 专心.fled
: 逃离.gush: 涌出. jaws: 咽喉, 颌. jumped: 跳跃.landed: 着陆.
numerous: 不一而足, 众多, 大量,很多的.
outstretched: 伸开的.pot: 壶, 罐, 锅.reaching :
到达.resounding : 响亮, 反响强烈,
响亮的.ridiculously: 可笑地.sake: 缘故.scream: 叫喊, 呐喊, 呼啸.seeming :
表面上的.
shouting : 呼喊.shouts: 呼喊.snapping : 猛咬.sorrows:
悲哀.sought: 寻求.spare: 备用, 饶恕.staircase
: 楼梯.swayed: 摇摆.unthinking : 轻率的.urge: 催促, 激励, 促使, 劝告,呼吁,
促进.
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right hand (the chief clerk had left it behind on a chair, along
with his hat andovercoat), picked up a large newspaper from the
table with his left, and usedthem to drive Gregor back into his
room, stamping his foot at him as he went.Gregor's appeals to his
father were of no help, his appeals were simply not
understood, however much he humbly turned his head his father
merelystamped his foot all the harder.%
Across the room, despite the chilly weather, Gregor's mother had
pulledopen a window, leant far out of it and pressed her hands to
her face. A strongdraught of air flew in from the street towards
the stairway, the curtains flew up,the newspapers on the table
fluttered and some of them were blown onto thefloor. Nothing would
stop Gregor's father as he drove him back, making hissingnoises at
him like a wild man. Gregor had never had any practice in
moving
backwards and was only able to go very slowly. If Gregor had
only beenallowed to turn round he would have been back in his room
straight away, buthe was afraid that if he took the time to do that
his father would becomeimpatient, and there was the threat of a
lethal blow to his back or head from thestick in his father's hand
any moment. Eventually, though, Gregor realised thathe had no
choice as he saw, to his disgust, that he was quite incapable of
goingbackwards in a straight line; so he began, as quickly as
possible and withfrequent anxious glances at his father, to turn
himself round. It went veryslowly, but perhaps his father was able
to see his good intentions as he did
nothing to hinder him, in fact now and then he used the tip of
his stick to givedirections from a distance as to which way to
turn.
If only his father would stop that unbearable hissing! It was
making Gregorquite confused. When he had nearly finished turning
round, still listening tothat hissing, he made a mistake and turned
himself back a little the way he had just come. He was pleased
when he finally had his head in front of the doorway,but then saw
that it was too narrow, and his body was too broad to get throughit
without further difficulty. In his present mood, it obviously did
not occur to
his father to open the other of the double doors so that Gregor
would haveenough space to get through. He was merely fixed on the
idea that Gregor
Chinese Simplifiedafraid: 危惧, 恐怕, 害怕.anxious: 焦急, 巴不得,
担心,焦虑的.
broad: 宽, 宽广.chilly: 寒冷的.confused: 困惑, 缭乱, 颠倒, 犯浑.disgust
: 使厌烦, 恶心, 憎恶.doorway: 门口, 入口处.drove: 驾.fixed: 固定, 确定, 一定,
固定的.flew: 飞.
frequent: 频仍, 密切, 经常.glances: 匆匆一看.hinder: 妨碍.impatient: 不耐烦,
无耐心的.incapable: 无法, 无能, 无能力的.intentions: 不露声色, 意图.lethal
: 致命的, 致死的.mistake: 错误, 差错.newspaper: 报纸, 报.occur: 发生.picked:
精选的.
pleased: 满意, 高兴的.stamping : 冲压.stick: 棍, 棒子, 棍子, 插入, 棒,黏贴,
手杖.
threat: 威胁.tip: 小费, 尖端, 尾端.unbearable
: 不堪忍受, 不能忍受的.understood: 明白.weather: 天气.wild: 野, 猖披, 猖獗,
野生,野性的.
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should be got back into his room as quickly as possible. Nor
would he ever haveallowed Gregor the time to get himself upright as
preparation for gettingthrough the doorway. What he did, making
more noise than ever, was to driveGregor forwards all the harder as
if there had been nothing in the way; it
sounded to Gregor as if there was now more than one father
behind him; it wasnot a pleasant experience, and Gregor pushed
himself into the doorway withoutregard for what might happen. One
side of his body lifted itself, he lay at anangle in the doorway,
one flank scraped on the white door and was painfullyinjured,
leaving vile brown flecks on it, soon he was stuck fast and would
nothave been able to move at all by himself, the little legs along
one side hungquivering in the air while those on the other side
were pressed painfully againstthe ground. Then his father gave him
a hefty shove from behind which releasedhim from where he was held
and sent him flying , and heavily bleeding , deepinto his
room. The door was slammed shut with the stick, then, finally, all
wasquiet.%
Chinese Simplifiedallowed: 允许.along : 沿着, 沿,
一同.bleeding : 渗色, 出血.brown: 褐色, 棕色, 布朗.deep: 深, 深深, 深刻, 深厚,
浓厚,深沉, 奥秘.
drive
: 驱动器, 精神, 驾车, 驾驶,志气, 驾.fast: 快, 禁食, 快速, 迅速, 速.finally: 最后, 到底,
终于, 最後,总算.
flank: 腹部, 侧面.flying : 飞行, 飞.ground: 地, 地面, 地皮, 理由,土地.
happen: 发生.heavily: 沉重地.hefty
: 重的, 肌肉发达的.held: 握住.lay: 产卵, 安放, 放, 凡俗.move: 步骤, 搬家, 移动, 一举,运动,
感动, 开动, 移.
pleasant: 愉快, 愉快的, 舒适的.preparation: 预备, 制剂, 准备.quickly: 很快, 快,
迅速地.regard: 看待, 关系, 认为, 留意,注意, 心意.
sent: 送了.shove
: 推.soon: 不久, 最近, 眼看, 快, 近期,早, 早日.
stuck: 黏贴.vile: 恶劣, 恶劣的.
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I I
It %was not until it was getting dark that evening that Gregor
awoke from his
deep and coma-like sleep. He would have woken soon afterwards
anywayeven if he hadn't been disturbed, as he had had enough sleep
and felt fullyrested. But he had the impression that some hurried
steps and the sound of thedoor leading into the front room being
carefully shut had woken him. The lightfrom the electric street
lamps shone palely here and there onto the ceiling andtops of the
furniture, but down below, where Gregor was, it was dark. Hepushed
himself over to the door, feeling his way clumsily with his
antennae - ofwhich he was now beginning to learn the value - in
order to see what had beenhappening there. The whole of his left
side seemed like one, painfully stretchedscar, and he limped badly
on his two rows of legs. One of the legs had beenbadly injured in
the events of that morning - it was nearly a miracle that only
oneof them had been - and dragged along lifelessly. It was only
when he hadreached the door that he realised what it actually was
that had drawn him overto it; it was the smell of something to eat.
By the door there was a dish filledwith sweetened milk with little
pieces of white bread floating in it. He was sopleased he almost
laughed, as he was even hungrier than he had been thatmorning, and
immediately dipped his head into the milk, nearly covering his
eyes with it. But he soon drew his head back again in
disappointment; not onlydid the pain in his tender left side make
it difficult to eat the food - he was only
Chinese Simplifiedafterwards: 后来, 然后, 以后,此后, 後, 然後, 后, 过后,
底下,此後, 後来.
antennae: 触须.badly: 非常的.bread: 面包.carefully
: 小心地, 小心翼翼.ceiling : 天花板.clumsily: 粗陋.covering : 包层,
衣子.dark: 暗, 黑暗, 夜.
disappointment: 失望.dish: 菜, 碟.dragged: 拖拉, 拖曳.eat: 吃.electric:
电, 电气, 电力的.floating : 漂浮的, 移动的, 浮动的,
飘浮.fully: 十分, 完全地.furniture: 家具, 家俱.impression: 印像, 印象.laughed:
笑.
learn: 学, 学习.milk: 牛奶, 乳.pain: 痛苦, 痛, 使疼痛, 疼痛.palely: 苍白地.scar:
疤痕, 痕, 疤, 瘢痕, 伤痕.shone: 照耀.sleep
: 梦寐, 睡觉, 睡眠, 睡.smell: 嗅, 臭, 香味.tender: 嫩, 纤细, 细嫩, 温柔,柔弱的.
tops: 最好.
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able to eat if his whole body worked together as a snuffling
whole - but the milkdid not taste at all nice. Milk like this was
normally his favourite drink, and hissister had certainly left it
there for him because of that, but he turned, almostagainst his own
will, away from the dish and crawled back into the centre of
the
room.%
Through the crack in the door, Gregor could see that the gas had
been lit inthe living room. His father at this time would normally
be sat with his eveningpaper, reading it out in a loud voice to
Gregor's mother, and sometimes to hissister, but there was now not
a sound to be heard. Gregor's sister would oftenwrite and tell him
about this reading, but maybe his father had lost the habit
inrecent times. It was so quiet all around too, even though there
must have beensomebody in the flat. "What a quiet life it is the
family lead", said Gregor to
himself, and, gazing into the darkness, felt a great pride that
he was able toprovide a life like that in such a nice home for his
sister and parents. But whatnow, if all this peace and wealth and
comfort should come to a horrible andfrightening end? That was
something that Gregor did not want to think abouttoo much, so he
started to move about, crawling up and down the room.
Once during that long evening, the door on one side of the room
was openedvery slightly and hurriedly closed again; later on the
door on the other side didthe same; it seemed that someone needed
to enter the room but thought better ofit. Gregor went and waited
immediately by the door, resolved either to bring the
timorous visitor into the room in some way or at least to find
out who it was; butthe door was opened no more that night and
Gregor waited in vain. Theprevious morning while the doors were
locked everyone had wanted to get inthere to him, but now, now that
he had opened up one of the doors and the otherhad clearly been
unlocked some time during the day, no-one came, and the keyswere in
the other sides.
It was not until late at night that the gaslight in the living
room was put out,and now it was easy to see that parents and sister
had stayed awake all that time,
as they all could be distinctly heard as they went away together
on tip-toe. Itwas clear that no-one would come into Gregor's room
any more until morning;
Chinese Simplifiedawake: 唤醒, 觉醒, 醒.comfort: 安慰.crack: 裂缝, 精干,
崩裂, 爆裂,裂开, 空隙.
crawling : 爬行.darkness: 黑暗.distinctly
: 逼真, 明显地.drink: 喝, 饮用, 饮, 饮料.enter: 进, 进入, 回车键, 入.favourite:
最喜爱.frightening : 凶恶.
gas: 气体, 瓦斯, 气, 汽油, 煤气.gaslight: 煤气灯光.gazing : 凝视.keys:
钥匙.lit: 点燃.living : 活泼的.maybe
: 或许, 也许, 或者, 说不定,可能, 不一定.normally: 按理, 按说, 一般上.opened:
打开.peace: 和平.
pride: 自豪, 骄傲.reading : 读物, 读数.resolved: 坚决的.sister:
姐妹.slightly: 略, 有点儿, 略微, 稍,稍微.
somebody
: 某人, 有人.taste: 滋味, 品味, 味道, 尝味.vain: 无效的.visitor: 旅游者, 来宾,
访问者.wealth: 财富, 财帛.
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that gave him plenty of time to think undisturbed about how he
would have tore-arrange his life. For some reason, the tall, empty
room where he was forced toremain made him feel uneasy as he lay
there flat on the floor, even though hehad been living in it for
five years. Hardly aware of what he was doing other
than a slight feeling of shame, he hurried under the couch. It
pressed down onhis back a little, and he was no longer able to lift
his head, but he nonetheless feltimmediately at ease and his only
regret was that his body was too broad to get itall underneath. He
spent the whole night there. Some of the time he passed in alight
sleep, although he frequently woke from it in alarm because of his
hunger,and some of the time was spent in worries and vague hopes
which, however,always led to the same conclusion: for the time
being he must remain calm, hemust show patience and the greatest
consideration so that his family could bearthe unpleasantness that
he, in his present condition, was forced to impose onthem.%
Gregor soon had the opportunity to test the strength of his
decisions, as earlythe next morning, almost before the night had
ended, his sister, nearly fullydressed, opened the door from the
front room and looked anxiously in. She didnot see him straight
away, but when she did notice him under the couch - he hadto be
somewhere, for God's sake, he couldn't have flown away - she was
soshocked that she lost control of herself and slammed the door
shut again fromoutside. But she seemed to regret her behaviour, as
she opened the door again
straight away and came in on tip-toe as if entering the room of
someoneseriously ill or even of a stranger. Gregor had pushed his
head forward, right tothe edge of the couch, and watched her. Would
she notice that he had left themilk as it was, realise that it was
not from any lack of hunger and bring him insome other food that
was more suitable? If she didn't do it herself he wouldrather go
hungry than draw her attention to it, although he did feel a
terribleurge to rush forward from under the couch, throw himself at
his sister's feet andbeg her for something good to eat. However,
his sister noticed the full dishimmediately and looked at it and
the few drops of milk splashed around it withsome surprise. She
immediately picked it up - using a rag , not her bare hands
-and carried it out. Gregor was extremely curious as to what she
would bring in
Chinese Simplifiedbare: 赤裸裸, 赤裸的.bear: 熊, 忍受, 背负, 忍耐, 承担,担负, 空头,
堪.
conclusion: 结论, 结局, 总结.couch: 睡椅.draw: 画, 不分胜负, 描, 吸, 拉.ease
: 缓解, 减轻, 容易, 悠, 舒适.empty: 空, 空洞.frequently: 往往, 常常, 时常,经常, 不时,
频繁, 经常地.
greatest: 莫大.
hopes: 希望.hunger: 饥饿.hungry: 饥饿, 饿, 饥饿的.impose: 征收,
实施.nonetheless: 然而.patience: 忍耐, 忍受, 耐心, 耐性.plenty
: 丰富, 许多.rag : 破布, 碎布.realise: 达.regret: 遗憾, 抱歉, 后悔, 懊悔,歉意,
惋惜, 後悔.
shame: 羞耻.stranger: 陌生人, 异乡人, 生人.surprise: 使吃惊, 惊奇, 惊骇.tall:
高大的, 高大.terrible: 可怕, 糟糕, 可怕的.underneath: 在下面, 下面的.undisturbed
: 安顿, 坦然, 平静,不受干拢的.uneasy: 不安, 担心, 不安的.unpleasantness:
不愉快.vague: 模糊, 含糊, 隐约, 模糊的.
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its place, imagining the wildest possibilities, but he never
could have guessedwhat his sister, in her goodness, actually did
bring. In order to test his taste, shebrought him a whole selection
of things, all spread out on an old newspaper.There were old, half-
rotten vegetables; bones from the evening meal, covered in
white sauce that had gone hard; a few raisins and almonds; some
cheese thatGregor had declared inedible two days before; a dry roll
and some bread spreadwith butter and salt. As well as all that she
had poured some water into thedish, which had probably been
permanently set aside for Gregor's use, andplaced it beside them.
Then, out of consideration for Gregor's feelings, as sheknew that
he would not eat in front of her, she hurried out again and
eventurned the key in the lock so that Gregor would know he could
make things ascomfortable for himself as he liked. Gregor's little
legs whirred, at last he couldeat. What's more, his injuries must
already have completely healed as he foundno difficulty in moving.
This amazed him, as more than a month earlier he hadcut his finger
slightly with a knife, he thought of how his finger had still hurt
theday before yesterday.%
"Am I less sensitive than I used to be, then?", he thought, and
was alreadysucking greedily at the cheese which had immediately,
almost compellingly,attracted him much more than the other foods on
the newspaper. Quickly oneafter another, his eyes watering with
pleasure, he consumed the cheese, thevegetables and the sauce; the
fresh foods, on the other hand, he didn't like at all,
and even dragged the things he did want to eat a little way away
from thembecause he couldn't stand the smell. Long after he had
finished eating and laylethargic in the same place, his sister
slowly turned the key in the lock as a signto him that he should
withdraw. He was immediately startled, although he hadbeen half
asleep, and he hurried back under the couch. But he needed great
self-control to stay there even for the short time that his sister
was in the room, aseating so much food had rounded out his body a
little and he could hardlybreathe in that narrow space. Half
suffocating, he watched with bulging eyes ashis sister
unselfconsciously took a broom and swept up the left-overs,
mixingthem in with the food he had not even touched at all as if it
could not be usedany more. She quickly dropped it all into a bin,
closed it with its wooden lid,
Chinese Simplifiedaside: 在旁边, 一旁.asleep: 睡着, 睡着的.beside:
在旁边.bin: 箱子, 贮藏室, 桶.breathe: 呼吸.broom: 扫帚, 帚, 扫把.bulging
: 膨胀.butter: 牛油, 黄油.cheese: 奶酪, 干酪, 乳酪, 乾酪.comfortable: 舒服,
舒服的.dropped: 落下.
feelings: 感情, 面子.finger: 手指, 指头.goodness: 美德.hurt: 伤害,
使受伤.inedible: 不能吃的.injuries: 伤害.knife
: 刀子, 刀, 餐刀.lid: 盖子.mixing : 混音.permanently: 永久地.pleasure:
欢乐, 乐趣, 愉快.
possibilities: 可能性.roll: 滚动, 簸荡, 卷.rotten: 腐败的, 腐朽.salt:
盐.sauce: 调味汁, 酱油.self-control: 克制, 自我克制.startled
: 震惊.swept: 打扫.vegetables: 蔬菜, 素食.watering : 给浇水.withdraw:
撤回, 退避, 取出.
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and carried everything out. She had hardly turned her back
before Gregor cameout again from under the couch and stretched
himself.%
This was how Gregor received his food each day now, once in the
morningwhile his parents and the maid were still asleep, and the
second time aftereveryone had eaten their meal at midday as his
parents would sleep for a littlewhile then as well, and Gregor's
sister would send the maid away on someerrand. Gregor's father and
mother certainly did not want him to starve either,but perhaps it
would have been more than they could stand to have any
moreexperience of his feeding than being told about it, and perhaps
his sister wantedto spare them what distress she could as they were
indeed suffering enough.
It was impossible for Gregor to find out what they had told the
doctor andthe locksmith that first morning to get them out of the
flat. As nobody could
understand him, nobody, not even his sister, thought that he
could understandthem, so he had to be content to hear his sister's
sighs and appeals to the saintsas she moved about his room. It was
only later, when she had become a littlemore used to everything -
there was, of course, no question of her ever becomingfully used to
the situation - that Gregor would sometimes catch a
friendlycomment, or at least a comment that could be construed as
friendly. "He'senjoyed his dinner today", she might say when he had
diligently cleared awayall the food left for him, or if he left
most of it, which slowly became more andmore frequent, she would
often say, sadly, "now everything's just been left there
again".
Although Gregor wasn't able to hear any news directly he did
listen to muchof what was said in the next rooms, and whenever he
heard anyone speaking hewould scurry straight to the appropriate
door and press his whole body againstit. There was seldom any
conversation, especially at first, that was not about himin some
way, even if only in secret. For two whole days, all the talk at
everymealtime was about what they should do now; but even between
meals theyspoke about the same subject as there were always at
least two members of the
family at home - nobody wanted to be at home by themselves and
it was out ofthe question to leave the flat entirely empty. And on
the very first day the maid
Chinese Simplifiedappropriate: 适当, 妥善, 得宜,恰如其份, 适度, 适宜, 恰当,
相当,适当的, 妥当, 对头.
catch: 捕捉, 捕捞, 捕拿, 捉.comment: 注解, 评论, 按语, 注释,批评.
content
: 内容, 要旨, 含量.diligently: 用心, 勤劳地, 勤奋地.dinner: 晚餐, 正餐.directly:
直接地, 一头, 索性.distress: 苦恼, 悲痛.
doctor: 医生, 大夫, 医师, 博士.eaten: 吃了.entirely: 完全, 全部地.errand:
差使.hardly: 几乎不, 毫不, 辛苦地.impossible: 不可能, 不可能的.meals
: 膳食.midday: 正午, 中午.received: 收到.rooms: 房间.scurry: 疾走.
seldom: 很少, 难得.send: 派遣, 派出, 送, 发送, 寄,投, 派.
sighs: 叹息.slowly: 徐徐, 慢慢地, 缓缓.stand: 站住, 主张, 架子, 站立, 耐,
站, 架.starve: 饥饿, 饿死.straight: 直, 海峡, 迳直, 直接,笔直, 一直.
suffering : 痛苦, 熬煎, 苦难.
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had fallen to her knees and begged Gregor's mother to let her go
without delay.It was not very clear how much she knew of what had
happened but she leftwithin a quarter of an hour, tearfully
thanking Gregor's mother for her dismissalas if she had done her an
enormous service. She even swore emphatically not to
tell anyone the slightest about what had happened, even though
no-one hadasked that of her. Now Gregor's sister also had to help
his mother with thecooking ; although that was not so much
bother as no-one ate very much.Gregor often heard how one of them
would unsuccessfully urge another to eat,and receive no more answer
than "no thanks, I've had enough" or somethingsimilar. No-one drank
very much either. His sister would sometimes ask hisfather whether
he would like a beer, hoping for the chance to go and fetch
itherself. When his father then said nothing she would add, so that
he would notfeel selfish, that she could send the housekeeper for
it, but then his father wouldclose the matter with a big, loud
"No", and no more would be said.%
Even before the first day had come to an end, his father had
explained toGregor's mother and sister what their finances and
prospects were. Now andthen he stood up from the table and took
some receipt or document from thelittle cash box he had saved from
his business when it had collapsed five yearsearlier. Gregor heard
how he opened the complicated lock and then closed itagain after he
had taken the item he wanted. What he heard his father say wassome
of the first good news that Gregor heard since he had first
been
incarcerated in his room. He had thought that nothing at all
remained from hisfather's business, at least he had never told him
anything different, and Gregorhad never asked him about it anyway.
Their business misfortune had reducedthe family to a state of total
despair, and Gregor's only concern at that time hadbeen to arrange
things so that they could all forget about it as quickly as
possible.So then he started working especially hard, with a fiery
vigour that raised himfrom a junior salesman to a travelling
representative almost overnight, bringingwith it the chance to earn
money in quite different ways. Gregor converted hissuccess at work
straight into cash that he could lay on the table at home for
thebenefit of his astonished and delighted family. They had been
good times andthey had never come again, at least not with the same
splendour, even though
Chinese Simplifiedarrange: 整理, 擘画, 安排, 布置.ate: 吃了.beer:
啤酒.begged: 乞求.bother: 烦扰, 打扰, 理会.collapsed: 崩溃.complicated
: 复杂, 繁复, 曲折,复杂的, 疑难.converted: 转换.cooking : 烹调.delay: 延迟,
延期, 耽搁, 耽误, 耽.
delighted: 愉快.despair: 绝望, 泄气.dismissal: 解雇.drank: 喝了.fetch: 拿,
取, 带来.fiery: 如火, 炽热的.finances
: 财政.hoping : 希望.housekeeper: 女管家, 保姆. junior:
初级.knees: 膝盖.
misfortune: 不幸, 变故.overnight: 通宵.prospects: 前途, 前景.receipt: 收据,
收条.representative: 代表, 议员, 代理的,代议制的, 描写的, 表现的.
selfish
: 自私, 自私自利, 自私的.splendour: 壮丽, 显赫.swore: 立誓.tearfully: 潸,
含眼地.vigour: 活力, 精力.
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Gregor%had later earned so much that he was in a position to
bear the costs ofthe whole family, and did bear them. They had even
got used to it, both Gregorand the family, they took the money with
gratitude and he was glad to provideit, although there was no
longer much warm affection given in return. Gregor
only remained close to his sister now. Unlike him, she was very
fond of musicand a gifted and expressive violinist, it was his
secret plan to send her to theconservatory next year even though it
would cause great expense that wouldhave to be made up for in some
other way. During Gregor's short periods intown, conversation with
his sister would often turn to the conservatory but itwas only ever
mentioned as a lovely dream that could never be realised.
Theirparents did not like to hear this innocent talk, but Gregor
thought about it quitehard and decided he would let them know what
he planned with a grandannouncement of it on Christmas day. That
was the sort of totally pointlessthing that went through his mind
in his present state, pressed upright against thedoor and
listening. There were times when he simply became too tired
tocontinue listening, when his head would fall wearily against the
door and hewould pull it up again with a start, as even the
slightest noise he caused wouldbe heard next door and they would
all go silent. "What's that he's doing now",his father would say
after a while, clearly having gone over to the door, and onlythen
would the interrupted conversation slowly be taken up again.
When explaining things, his father repeated himself several
times, partly
because it was a long time since he had been occupied with these
matters himselfand partly because Gregor's mother did not
understand everything first time.From these repeated explanations
Gregor learned, to his pleasure, that despite alltheir misfortunes
there was still some money available from the old days. It wasnot a
lot, but it had not been touched in the meantime and some interest
hadaccumulated. Besides that, they had not been using up all the
money thatGregor had been bringing home every month, keeping only a
little for himself,so that that, too, had been accumulating .
Behind the door, Gregor nodded withenthusiasm in his pleasure at
this unexpected thrift and caution. He couldactually have used this
surplus money to reduce his father's debt to his boss, and
Chinese Simplifiedaccumulated: 积累.accumulating :
积累.affection: 感情, 爱, 疾病影响.announcement: 告示, 公报, 通告.caution:
小心.conservatory: 温室.enthusiasm
: 热心, 劲头, 热情,积极性.expense: 花费, 费用, 支出.expressive: 富表情的.fond:
喜欢.
gifted: 天才, 天赋的.grand: 堂皇, 隆重, 雄伟, 盛大,宏大, 大型的, 宏伟.
gratitude: 感谢.keeping : 保管, 保持.lovely: 可爱, 可爱的.meantime
: 同时.partly: 部分地.periods: 周期, 期.pointless: 窝囊.pull: 拉, 牵引.
repeated: 重复的.silent: 无声, 沉默的.surplus: 盈余, 过剩, 顺差, 剩馀,多馀, 剩余,
盈馀.
thrift: 节俭.tired: 疲倦, 疲乏, 疲倦的.totally
: 完全, 统统, 总体, 完全地.unexpected: 意想不到, 意外, 不虞,突然, 出现意外, 没意料到的.
violinist: 小提琴手, 小提琴家.wearily: 疲劳, 疲劳地.
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the day when he could have freed himself from that job would
have come muchcloser, but now it was certainly better the way his
father had done things.%
This money, however, was certainly not enough to enable the
family to liveoff the interest; it was enough to maintain them for,
perhaps, one or two years,no more. That's to say, it was money that
should not really be touched but setaside for emergencies; money to
live on had to be earned. His father was healthybut old, and
lacking in self-confidence. During the five years that he had
notbeen working - the first holiday in a life that had been full of
strain and nosuccess - he had put on a lot of weight and become
very slow and clumsy.Would Gregor's elderly mother now have to go
and earn money? She sufferedfrom asthma and it was a strain for her
just to move about the home, every otherday would be spent
struggling for breath on the sofa by the open window.
Would his sister have to go and earn money? She was still a
child of seventeen,her life up till then had been very enviable,
consisting of wearing nice clothes,sleeping late, helping out in
the business, joining in with a few modest pleasuresand most of all
playing the violin. Whenever they began to talk of the need toearn
money, Gregor would always first let go of the door and then throw
himselfonto the cool, leather sofa next to it, as he became quite
hot with shame andregret. He would often lie there the whole night
through, not sleeping a winkbut scratching at the leather for hours
on end. Or he might go to all the effort ofpushing a chair to the
window, climbing up onto the sill and, propped up in the
chair, leaning on the window to stare out of it. He had used to
feel a great senseof freedom from doing this, but doing it now was
obviously something moreremembered than experienced, as what he
actually saw in this way wasbecoming less distinct every day, even
things that were quite near; he had usedto curse the ever-present
view of the hospital across the street, but now he couldnot see it
at all, and if he had not known that he lived in Charlottenstrasse,
whichwas a quiet street despite being in the middle of the city, he
could have thoughtthat he was looking out the window at a barren
waste where the grey sky andthe grey earth mingled inseparably. His
observant sister only needed to noticethe chair twice before she
would always push it back to its exact position by the
Chinese Simplifiedasthma: 气喘.barren: 不毛, 荒芜, 贫瘠.climbing :
攀登, 上升的.clumsy: 笨拙, 拙.cool: 凉, 镇静, 镇定, 凉爽,凉爽的.
distinct
: 明显, 不同, 清楚, 独特,独特的, 清晰, 鲜明.enviable: 值得羡慕的.exact: 确切, 精密, 准确,
正确的.experienced: 有经验, 有经验的,
内行, 老成.healthy: 健康的, 健壮.helping : 帮助人的, 辅助的,
帮助.lacking : 不足, 缺乏, 贫乏.leather: 皮革, 皮.lie: 谎言, 谎话, 躺, 撒谎,
说谎.modest
: 谦虚, 谦虚的, 虚心.observant: 观察敏锐.pleasures: 愉快.scratching :
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