020 在布罗丁纳格旅游

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When the queen traveled with the king, she liked to take Glumdalclitch and me with her

当王后和国王一起出巡时，她喜欢带上格兰姆达尔克立契和我。

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I enjoyed traveling with them and seeing the countryside

我喜欢和他们一起旅行，欣赏乡村风光。

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I was amazed at how big Brobdingnag was compared to England

相比英格兰，布罗卜丁奈格的辽阔让我惊叹不已。

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" I can't believe the size of your country!"

“我真不敢相信你们国家有这么大！”

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I often exclaimed to Glumdalclitch

我经常对格兰姆达尔克立契这样感叹。

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" It is five thousand kilometers wide and ten thousand kilometers long

“它有五千公里宽，一万公里长。

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England would fit into it many times over!

英格兰能装下好多个呢！

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I wonder why we in England have never heard of Brobdingnag."

我不知道为什么英格兰人从没听说过布罗卜丁奈格。”

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" The tutor said that my country is a peninsula," she reminded me

“老师说过，我的国家是一个半岛，”她提醒我。

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" That means that the sea surrounds the country on three sides

“那就是说，大海从三面包围着这个国家。

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On the fourth side, the mountains are so high that no one has ever been able to cross them

在第四面，群山高耸，无人能够越过。

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The sea near Brobdingnag is full of rocks and always very rough

布罗卜丁奈格附近的海域满是礁石，总是波涛汹涌。

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Before your ship, no other ship had ever come close to Brobdingnag

在你的船到来之前，从未有其他船靠近过布罗卜丁奈格。

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You are the first person from another country to come here."

你是第一个来这里的外国人。”

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" My ship had almost run out of water," I told her

“我的船几乎用尽了淡水，”我告诉她。

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" We were desperate

“我们绝望了。”

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That is why the sailors and I came here in the rowboat

这就是我和水手们乘小艇来这里的原因。

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We were lucky to find a little beach to land on."

我们很幸运找到一个小海滩登陆。”

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During our travels, I learned a lot about Brobdingnag

在旅途中，我了解了许多关于布罗卜丁奈格的事情。

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It contained 51 big cities, hundreds of large towns, and many villages

它拥有51座大城市、数百个大城镇和许多村庄。

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We lived in the capital city

我们住在首都。

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A river about five kilometers wide ran through the capital

一条约有五公里宽的河流经首都。

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The palace, which was near the river, was not just one building, but dozens of buildings

宫殿靠近河边，并非只是一栋建筑，而是由几十栋构成。

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Even the smallest one was many times bigger than the largest building in England

即使最小的也要比英格兰最大的建筑大上许多倍。

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What really amazed me about the palace was the kitchen

宫殿里真正让我惊叹的是厨房。

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Glumdalclitch and I visited it one day

有一天，格卢姆达尔克利奇和我去参观了那里。

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" It looks to be almost two hundred meters high!" I exclaimed to Glumdalclitch

“看起来有将近两百米高！”我对格卢姆达尔克利奇喊道。

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" And I've never seen pots and pans and knives this big

“而且我从没见过这么大的锅碗瓢盆和刀。”

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That knife there is three times as tall as I am!

那边那把刀是我身高的三倍！

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If I ever get back to England, no one will believe me when I tell them about this kitchen."

要是我能回到英格兰，跟人说起这个厨房，没人会相信我。”

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My days in the capital were very pleasant

我在首都的日子过得非常愉快。

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Sometimes Glumdalclitch said to me

有时，格鲁姆达克莉奇会对我说：

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" Let's go out and explore the city

“我们出去探索一下这座城市吧。

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We always see such interesting things

我们总是能看到那么多有趣的东西。

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Because I lived on a farm, I am just as curious as you are about this city."

因为我一直住在农场，所以我对这座城市和你一样好奇。”

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I enjoyed exploring, so I always said

我很喜欢探索，所以总是说：

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" That's a great idea."

“这真是个好主意。”

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We traveled in one of the palace carriages pulled by horses

我们乘坐一辆由马拉的宫廷马车出行。

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Glumdalclitch put me in my box and held it on her lap

格鲁姆达克莉奇把我放进我的盒子里，然后把盒子放在她腿上。

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" Look at that," she would say to me when something caught her attention

当有什么东西吸引她的注意时，她会对我说：“看那边。”

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" Would you like a better view?

“你想看得更清楚些吗？

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I'll ask the driver to stop so that you can see better."

我让车夫停下来，这样你就能看清楚了。”

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One day the queen said," Your bedroom box is too big for traveling

一天，王后说：“你那个当卧室用的箱子对旅行来说太大了。

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Glumdalclitch has trouble holding it on her lap, and I am afraid that she might drop it

格鲁姆达克莉奇把它放在腿上很吃力，我怕她会失手掉下来。

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I will tell the carpenter to make you a smaller one."

我会让木匠给你做一个更小的。”

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" How kind of you," I said to her

“您真是太体贴了。”我对她说。

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" A smaller box will be much more convenient

“一个小一点的箱子会方便得多。

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My new traveling box was about three and a half meters square and three meters high

我的新旅行箱大约三米半见方，三米高。

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Three of the walls had a window with metal bars on the outside to protect me

其中三面墙上各开了一扇窗，窗外装有金属护栏来保护我。

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Two large loops on the fourth side of my box could be used to tie the box to the waist of whoever carried it

箱子第四面的两个大环扣可以用来把箱子系在携带者的腰上。

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" Look!" exclaimed Glumdalclitch

“看！”格鲁姆达克莉奇喊道。

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" The furniture is attached to the floor

“家具都固定在地板上了。

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It can't move around and hurt you!"

它们不会晃来晃去伤到你了！”

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Also, the clever carpenter had hung a hammock from the ceiling

而且，聪明的木匠还在天花板上挂了一张吊床。

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" Are you comfortable?" she asked as she carried my box

“你舒服吗？”她提着我的箱子问道。

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" Very comfortable," I replied, swinging in my cozy hammock

“非常舒服。”我回应道，在舒适的吊床里摇晃着。