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The Importance of Being Earnest
《认真的重要》
B1 Read the following extract from The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde.
B1 读以下选自奥斯卡·王尔德的剧本《认真的重要》的摘录。
I am engaged to Mr. Worthing, Mamma.
妈妈，我和Worthing先生订婚了。
Pardon me, you are not engaged to any one. When you do become engaged to someone, I, or your father, will inform you of the fact.
抱歉。你没和任何人订婚。如果你和某人订婚了，我或是你的父亲会让你知悉。
And now I have a few questions to put to you, Mr Worthing.
那么现在我有几个问题想向您提出，Worthing先生。
While I am making these enquiries, you, Gwendolen, will wait for me below in the carriage.
我要问一些问题，Gwendolen，你到下面的马车等我。
Yes, Mamma. (goes out, looking back at Jack)
好的，妈妈。（走出去，回头看了看杰克。）
(pencil and note-book in hand) How old are you?
（手里拿着铅笔和记事本）你多大了？
Twenty-nine.
29岁。
A very good age to be married at. What is your income?
很适合结婚的年龄。收入多少？
Between seven and eight thousand a year.
年薪7千到8千。
(makes a note in her book) In land, or in investments?
（在记事本中记下来）做地产还是投资？
In investments, chiefly.
主要是投资。
That is satisfactory. You have a house, I hope?
还让人满意。你有房子吧？我希望。
Well, I own a house in Belgrave Square.
哦，我在贝尔格雷弗广场有处房子。
What number in Belgrave Square?
贝尔格雷弗广场多少号？
149.
149号。
(shaking her head) The unfashionable side. Now to minor matters. Are your parents living?
（摇头）过时的地段。有个小问题，你的双亲还在世吗？
I have lost both my parents.
他们都已离我而去了。
To lose one parent, Mr Worthing, may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness. Who was your father?
失去一个亲人，Worthing先生，也许可以看做不幸；失去双亲就像是无忧无虑的。你的父亲是谁？
I am afraid I really don't know.
这个恐怕我不太知道。
The fact is, Lady Bracknell, it would be nearer the truth to say that my parents seem to have lost me... I was... well, I was found.
事实上，Bracknell夫人，事实真想更确切来讲可以说是我的父母似乎把我遗失了……我……哦，我被人找到的。
Found!
找到的！
The late Mr Thomas Cardew found me, and gave me the name of Worthing,
已故的托马斯·卡德鲁先生找到了我，给我起了Worthing这个名字。
because he happened to have a first-class ticket for Worthing in his pocket at the time.
因为他当时口袋里正巧装着一张去Worthing的头等舱票。
Where did the charitable gentleman find you?
这位仁慈的绅士是在何处找到你的？
(gravely) In a handbag.
（低沉地说）手提袋里。
A handbag?
一个手提袋？
(very seriously) Yes, Lady Bracknell. I was in a handbag - a somewhat large, black, leather handbag, with handles - an ordinary handbag in fact.
（很认真地回答）是的，Bracknell夫人。我在一个手提袋里——一个黑色的大皮包，带提手——就是一个普通的手提袋。
In what locality did this Mr Thomas Cardew come across this ordinary handbag?
托马斯·卡德鲁先生在哪里看到这个普通手提袋的？
In the cloakroom at Victoria Station. It was given to him by mistake.
在维多利亚车站的衣帽间。手提袋误给了他。
Mr Worthing, I confess I feel somewhat bewildered by what you have just told me.
Worhing先生。我承认你刚刚告诉我的事情把我弄晕了。
To be found in a handbag in a cloakroom at a railway station could hardly be regarded as an assured basis for a recognised position in good society.
你被从火车站衣帽间的手提袋中找到这件事，很难成为在上流社会地位认可的确实基础。
May I ask you then what you would advise me to do?
我能问你建议我做什么吗？
I would strongly advise you, Mr Worthing, to make a definite effort to produce one parent, of either sex, before the season is quite over.
我强烈建议您，Worthing先生，这个社交季节结束前，确确实实地努力造个父亲或母亲。
Good morning, Mr Worthing!
早安，Worthing先生！
