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如何提高英语翻译能力—《英汉翻译实践要略》章节选读（2）
《百万英镑》的翻译
第四章例25
About ten o'clock on the following morning, seedy and hungry, I was
dragging myself along Portland Place, when a child that was passing, towed
by a nurse-maid, tossed a luscious big pear - minus one bite - into the gutter. I
stopped, of course, and fastened my desiring eye on that muddy treasure. My
mouth watered for it, my stomach craved it, my whole being begged for it.
But every time I made a move to get it some passing eye detected my
purpose, and of course I straightened up then, and looked indifferent, and
pretended that I hadn't been thinking about the pear at all. This same thing
kept happening and happening, and I couldn't get the pear. I was just getting
desperate enough to brave all the shame, and to seize it, when a window
behind me was raised, and a gentleman spoke out of it, saying:
例25摘自美国批判现实主义文学的奠基人、幽默大师马克·吐温（Mark
Twain）的《百万英镑》（The Million Pound Note）。这篇小说以夸张的 艺术手法
展现出形形色色的人物在“百万英镑”面前的种种丑态，以幽默的笔吻，揭露、
讽刺英 国20世纪初资本主义社会金钱至上的丑恶现象。
例25这段文字描写的是小说的主人公亨利·亚当斯 初到伦敦的情境。二十
七岁的单身汉亚当斯原本在美国旧金山一家证券经纪公司任职，过着白领阶层的< br>小康生活，到了周末常喜欢租条小游船到海湾里去休闲。不料有一天，他驾着小
船误入深海，眼见 着狂风暴雨将至，被一艘开往伦敦的轮船救起。船上的人让他
干水手的活，却只当抵消船费，不给工钱。 到达伦敦时，他的口袋里就只剩下一
块钱了，他用这一块钱勉强撑了一天一夜，接下来又过了一天一夜饿 着肚皮露宿
街头的流浪汉生活，到了第三天的上午，发生了例25这一幕。
翻译这段文字，有两个主要的问题需要注意：
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