An Englishman ’s house is his castle.

[谚] 英国人的家就是他的城堡。(意指任何人不得主人许可, 不得擅自进入他人住宅。)

Albert, had you been a stranger, a foreigner, a simple lord, like that Englishman who came to demand satisfaction three or four months since, and whom I killed to get rid of, I should not have taken this trouble

“阿尔贝，假若你是一个陌生人，一个外国人，一个象三四个月前来寻求赔礼道歉而被我杀掉的那个英国人那样头脑简单的贵族，我就不会找这种麻烦了，但我认为你应该重视这一切。

“But,” said the Englishman , “this looks very much like a suspension of payment.”

“不过，”英国人说，“这看来很象是一次延期付款呀!”

“Stop, stop,”says the Papa,“is he a foreigner or an Englishman ?”“English to the bone of his back,”I answer

“慢着，慢着，”爸爸说，“他是外国人还是英国人?”“是一位不折不扣的英国人。”我答道。

“And so,” continued the Englishman who first gained his composure, “he was drowned?”

“那么，”英国人先恢复了他的常态，继续问道，“他淹死了吗?”

“I know that,” replied the englishman . “But as a man of honor should answer another, tell me fairly, shall you pay these with the same punctuality?”

“那我知道，”英国人回答道，“但以一个诚实人答复一个诚实人应有的态度来说，请坦白地告诉我，这些期票您到底能不能按时付清?”

“I’m sorry that you were not all born a little more stupid,” the flamboyant Englishman said

“你们为什么不全都生得笨一点，”豪放的英国人说。

“Well,” observed the Englishman as if he were slow of comprehension

“哦?”英国人应了一声，象是他还不十分明白似的。

“I see,” returned the Englishman , “that a fresh and unmerited misfortune his overwhelmed you, and this only increases my desire to serve you.”

“我都清楚了，”英国人答道，“一场新的灾难又降临到了您的身上，而这只能增加我为您效劳的愿望。”

“It will be useless to announce me, mademoiselle,” returned the Englishman

“我是无需通报的，小姐，”英国人答道。

“So can I,” said the englishman , and he laughed too

“我也想象得出，”英国人说着也大笑起来。

“Sir,” replied the englishman , laughing, “I am like my house, and do not do such things--no, the commission I ask is quite different.”

“先生，”英国人大笑起来，回答说，“我象我的银行一样，是不做这种事的，不，我所要的佣金是另一种性质的。”

`It would not be right for an Englishman to permit himself to be treated in that way, without retaliating.’

“一个英国公民受他们这样欺侮，太不象话了。”

From an Englishman , called Lord Wilmore, who takes the name of sinbad the Sailor.

“一个英国人，名叫威玛勋爵，他化名叫水手辛巴德。”

That silly,sanguine notion that one Englishman can beat three Frenchman,encourages,and has sometimes enabled,one Englishman,in reality,to beat two.

“一个英国人可以打垮三个法国人”这种愚蠢而又乐观的想法，是去鼓励一个英国人去努力打垮--事实上有时也曾使他能够打垮--两个法国人的。

“So be it,” said the englishman . “But to return to these registers.”

“应该如此，”英国人说，“但话又说回到这些档案上来了。”

“A rich Englishman ,” continued the abb, “who had been his companion in misfortune, but had been released from prison during the second restoration, was possessed of a diamond of immense value

“有一位患难之交，”教士继续说道，“是一个英国富翁，在第二次王朝复辟的时候，就从狱中被放了出来。

“That was not enough for those latitudes,” said the Englishman

“在那种纬度的地方这样做是不够的，”那英国人说道。

“Here is,” said the Englishman , taking a quantity of papers from his pocket, “an assignment of 200,000 francs to our house by M. de Boville, the inspector of prisons, to whom they are due

“在这儿，”英国人从他的口袋里拿出了一叠纸，说道，“监狱长波维里先生开给我们银行的一张二十万法郎的转让证明，那本来是他的钱。

“It is true,” murmured the englishman ; “then you have but one hope.”

“这倒是真的，”英国人喃喃地说，“那么您只有一个希望了?”

“It was a bold step, and one that showed some courage,” remarked the Englishman

“这一着很大胆，敢这样做的人是要有勇气的。”英国人说道。

“You remember, Fleur? The young Englishman I met at Mount Vernon.” “Ships that pass in the night! ” said Fleur.

〞芙勒,你记得我在维农山遇见的那位英国青年吗?〞芙勒回答道:〞是偶然相遇罢了!〞

In 1860, a better plan was put forward by an Englishman , William Low.

1860年，一个名叫威廉.娄的英国人提出了一项更好的计划。

In 1860, an Englishman , William Low, put a better plan forward.

1860年，一位名叫WilliamLow的英国人提出了一项更好的计划。

be mistaken for an Englishman

被误认为英国人.

No, no, he obviously wasn’t an Englishman : the wrong sort of flattish, pale face and bearing; and the wrong sort of grievance. He had a grudge and a grievance: that was obvious to any true-born English gentleman, who would scorn to let such a thing appear blatant in his own demeanour.

不，不，他显然地不是英国人;他的平板而苍白的脸孔;他的高兴举止和他的怨恨，都不是一个英国人所有的。他抱着怨恨，愤懑，让这种感情在举止上流露出来，这是一个真正的英国绅士所不齿为的。

“ No, no, seignor inglese,” says he, Mr. Englishman , I mill carry you thither in charity, and those things mill help you to buy your subsistance there and your passage home again.

不,不,英国先生,我把你送到巴西,完全是一种慈善行为。你的那些东西可以帮助你在那儿过活,并可做你回家的盘费。

Michaelis obviously wasn’t an Englishman , in spite of all the tailors, hatters, barbers, booters of the very best quarter of London.

不管伦敦最阔绰的的区域里裁缝师、帽子商人、理发匠、鞋匠怎样打扮蔑克里斯，他都显然地不是一个英国人。

Of course, an Englishman feels no less deeply than any other nationality, But he tends to display his feelings far less

当然,英国人也有着同其他民族一样丰富的感情,不过他们却很少外露。

Drake:English naval hero and explorer who was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the world (1577-1580)and was vice admiral of the fleet that destroyed the Spanish armada (1588).

德雷克:英国海军英雄和航海家,是第一个环球航行的英国人(1577-1858年),曾任舰队副司令,击败西班牙无敌舰队(1588年).

Englishman’s tie

n.锚结