雙語小說連載:《董貝父子》第14章 Part 7
Going into this room one evening, when the holidays were very near, Paul found Mr Feeder filling up the blanks in some printed letters, while some others, already filled up and strewn before him, were being folded and sealed by Mr Toots. Mr Feeder said, 'Aha, Dombey, there you are, are you?' for they were always kind to him, and glad to see him - and then said, tossing one of the letters towards him, 'And there you are, too, Dombey. That's yours.'
'Mine, Sir?' said Paul.
“我的嗎，先生？”保羅說道。'Your invitation,' returned Mr Feeder.
“您的請柬，”菲德先生回答道。
Paul, looking at it, found, in copper-plate print, with the exception of his own name and the date, which were in Mr Feeder's penmanship, that Doctor and Mrs Blimber requested the pleasure of Mr P. Dombey's company at an early party on Wednesday Evening the Seventeenth Instant; and that the hour was half-past seven o'clock; and that the object was Quadrilles. Mr Toots also showed him, by holding up a companion sheet of paper, that Doctor and Mrs Blimber requested the pleasure of Mr Toots's company at an early party on Wednesday Evening the Seventeenth Instant, when the hour was half-past seven o'clock, and when the object was Quadrilles. He also found, on glancing at the table where Mr Feeder sat, that the pleasure of Mr Briggs's company, and of Mr Tozer's company, and of every young gentleman's company, was requested by Doctor and Mrs Blimber on the same genteel Occasion.
保羅看了一眼，看到除了他自己的姓名及日期是菲德先生的筆跡外，請柬是用銅版印刷的，內容是：布林伯博士及夫人恭請保·董貝先生於本月十七日星期三晚間光臨一個早晚會，開始時間是七時半，屆時將跳四對舞。圖茨先生舉起相同的一張紙，讓他看到：布林伯博士及夫人也恭請圖茨先生於本月十七日星期三晚間光臨一個早晚會，開始時間是七時半，屆時將跳四對舞。他向菲德先生挨近坐着的那張桌子看了一眼，看到布林伯博士及夫人也恭請布里格斯先生、託澤先生以及其他每一位年輕的先生光臨同一個愉快的晚會。Mr Feeder then told him, to his great joy, that his sister was invited, and that it was a half-yearly event, and that, as the holidays began that day, he could go away with his sister after the party, if he liked, which Paul interrupted him to say he would like, very much. Mr Feeder then gave him to understand that he would be expected to inform Doctor and Mrs Blimber, in superfine small-hand, that Mr P. Dombey would be happy to have the honour of waiting on them, in accordance with their polite invitation. Lastly, Mr Feeder said, he had better not refer to the festive occasion, in the hearing of Doctor and Mrs Blimber; as these preliminaries, and the whole of the arrangements, were conducted on principles of classicality and high breeding; and that Doctor and Mrs Blimber on the one hand, and the young gentlemen on the other, were supposed, in their scholastic capacities, not to have the least idea of what was in the wind.
然後菲德先生告訴他，也邀請他的姐姐參加，這使他感到十分高興；還告訴他，這種晚會每半年舉行一次；由於假期從那一天開始，所以如果他願意，他可以在晚會以後跟他姐姐離開學校；保羅打斷他的話說，他非常願意。然後菲德先生讓他了解，他必須用工整漂亮的字體寫出回覆，報告布林伯博士及夫人，保·董貝很高興地接受他們懇切的邀請，有幸前來侍候他們。最後，菲德先生說，當布林伯博士和夫人在場的時候，最好別提這個喜慶的晚會，因爲這些準備工作和整個安排都是根據古典主義和高尚教養的格調進行的；以布林伯博士和夫人爲一方，以年輕的先生們爲另一方，由於醉心於學術研究，假定他們對即將發生的事情絲毫也不知道。註釋： request n. 請求；需要
vt. 要求，請求
詞組：
request notes申請單；申請書；請求單
pending request未決請求；等待請求
Special request特殊要求；特別要求；見其他說明
call request得請求；通話請求；呼叫請求；電話掛號
Assignment Request分配請求；指配請求；指配請求消息；指派請求
request form申請書；申請表格；查詢表；檢驗申請單
request scope請求範圍；請求作用域；請求域
appropriation request撥款申請；撥款申請書；經費申請書
test request測試請求；測試請求訊息
詞根：request
ester [計] 請求者；請求程序
例句：
(1) We did it at her request.
我們應她的要求而做。
(2) I have removed the photo at his request.
據他要求，我已經刪除了這張照片。
(3) His rareness disinclined me to grant his request.
他的粗魯使我不願意答應他的請求。
(4) I have only one request. Please take me to his bed. I want to stay with him.
我沒有別的要求，只請你把我抱到他的牀上去，我要和他在一起。
(5) Assistant: Do you have any special request?
店員：您有什麼特殊的要求嗎？
(6) You will have many Activities for the project, but only one Task and one Request.
您將擁有許多這個項目的活動，但是隻有一個任務和一個請求。
(7) We request you to deduct our commission from the invoice.
我們請求你方從發票中扣除我們的佣金。
capacity n. 能力；容量；資格，地位；生產力
[ 複數capacities ]
詞組：
production capacity 生產能力；生產力
bearing capacity 承載量；結果能力；產仔能力
capacity for …的能力
carrying capacity 承載能力；載運容量
large capacity 大容量
high capacity 大容量
environmental capacity 環境容量，環境負荷量；環境承載力
storage capacity 存儲容量；蓄電池容量；積聚電容
processing capacity 處理能力；處理容量
heat capacity 熱容；熱容量
load capacity 負載能力，載重能力
loading capacity 負荷容量；載荷能力
handling capacity 吞吐量；處理能力；處理容量
productive capacity 生產能力
adsorption capacity 吸附容量；吸附能力
financial capacity 經濟能力；財政的承受能力
capacity building 能力建設；能力建構
ultimate bearing capacity 極限承載力，極限承載量；軸承極限能力，承載量
manufacturing capacity 製造能力
system capacity 系統容量；系統運能
詞根：capacity
n. capability 才能，能力；性能，容量
capacitance [電] 電容；電流容量
capaciousness 寬敞；容量大
例句：
(1) You have the capacity for anything.
你有成就一切的能力。
(2) I really admire his capacity for work.
我真欽佩他的工作能力。
(3) The professor in his lecture went beyond the capacity of his audience.
這位教授的講課超過了聽衆的接受能力。
(4) You have the capacity to do anything, anything anyone in the world has ever done.
你們有能力做任何事情，做任何世界上任何人曾經做過的事。
(5) You pay for capacity, storage, and bandwidth as you use them.
您會在使用容量、存儲和帶寬時爲它們付費。
(6) That is roughly half of its capacity.
這大約是其容量的一半。
(7) When will capacity free up?
容量將在何時釋放？
(8) But as with any capacity planning endeavor, you need a baseline.
但和進行容量規劃工作一樣，您需要一個基準。
