1.监狱看守
1.“jailer”的变体
1.The variant of jailer
1.He was a model of a gaoler : surly , and dumb , and deaf to every attempt at moving his sense of justice or compassion .
他是一个狱卒的典型:乖戾,不吭一声,对于打动他的正义感或同情的各种企图完全装聋。
2.Then, squinting his eyes, he said: 'The light is dim. Read it to me. ' And he promptly handed the sheet of paper to the gaoler.
然后,他眯这眼睛说:“光线太暗了,你读给我吧”接着他迅速的把那张纸递给了监狱长。
3.The gaoler's daughter saw that the topic was doing him as much good as the tea, as indeed it was, and encouraged him to go on.
狱卒的女儿看到,这个话题像茶点一样,对蟾蜍大有裨益,就鼓励他说下去。
4.It was simply a blank sheet of paper. The gaoler looked on eagerly, anxious to see if his fellow actor had at last learnt his lines.
而是一张白纸。狱卒热切地观察着,急于想了解他的同事是否记熟了台词。
5.Just then, the gaoler appeared with the precious letter in his hands.
这时狱卒上场,手里拿着那封珍贵的信。
6.Once in a famous play, one actor was cast in the role of an aristocrat and another, the role of a gaoler.
有一次,在一个著名的戏剧中,一个演员扮演贵族,另一个扮演狱卒。
7.In the last act the gaoler was expected to hand an important letter to the noble who was expected to read it aloud.
在最后一幕,狱卒要交给贵族一封重要的信,贵族要把信念出来。
8.In the last act, a gaoler would always come on to the stage with a letter which he would hand to the prisoner.
在最后一幕中,一个监狱看守总要带着一封信上场交给这个囚犯。
9.In the year 1800 the chief constable was a publican, and the head gaoler sold rum and brandy opposite the prison gates.
举1800年的例子来说吧:警察局长的第二职业是酒馆老板,总监狱长则在监狱大门的正对面开了个朗姆酒和白兰地的专卖店。
10.The kind gaoler agreed to post the letter for the prisoner.
好心的看守答应帮犯人寄信。