雙語小說連載:《董貝父子》第9章 Part 11大綱
'I'm behind the time altogether, my dear Ned,' said Sol, in resigned despair, 'a long way. It's no use my lagging on so far behind it. The stock had better be sold - it's worth more than this debt - and I had better go and die somewhere, on the balance. I haven't any energy left. I don't understand things. This had better be the end of it. Let 'em sell the stock and take him down,' said the old man, pointing feebly to the wooden Midshipman, 'and let us both be broken up together.'
'And what d'ye mean to do with Wal'r?'said the Captain. 'There, there! Sit ye down, Gills, sit ye down, and let me think o' this. If I warn't a man on a small annuity, that was large enough till to-day, I hadn't need to think of it. But you only lay your head well to the wind,' said the Captain, again administering that unanswerable piece of consolation, 'and you're all right!'
“對沃爾特你打算怎麼辦呢？”船長問道。“好啦，好啦！請坐下，吉爾斯，請坐下，讓我想一想這件事。如果我不是一位靠菲薄的年全過活的人（這年金要是積攢到今天將會是夠大的一筆數字了），那麼我現在就用不着想了。可是你只要昂起頭來迎着風，”船長重新用這句無可辯駁的話來安慰他，“那麼你就會一切都好的！”Old Sol thanked him from his heart, and went and laid it against the back parlour fire-place instead.
老所爾由衷地感謝他，但他並沒有昂起頭來迎着風，而是走去把頭靠在後客廳的壁爐上。
Captain Cuttle walked up and down the shop for some time, cogitating profoundly, and bringing his bushy black eyebrows to bear so heavily on his nose, like clouds setting on a mountain, that Walter was afraid to offer any interruption to the current of his reflections. Mr Brogley, who was averse to being any constraint upon the party, and who had an ingenious cast of mind, went, softly whistling, among the stock; rattling weather-glasses, shaking compasses as if they were physic, catching up keys with loadstones, looking through telescopes, endeavouring to make himself acquainted with the use of the globes, setting parallel rulers astride on to his nose, and amusing himself with other philosophical transactions.
卡特爾船長在店鋪裏走來走去走了一些時候，深深地思考着，濃密的黑眉毛十分陰沉地低垂着，就像烏雲籠罩在山峯上一樣，因此沃爾特不敢去打斷他的思路。布羅格利先生不願意讓這幾個人過於緊張不安，同時他又是個足智多謀的人，所以就輕輕吹着口哨，在貨物中間走來走去；他輕輕地敲敲睛雨表，又搖搖羅盤，彷彿這些羅盤是藥水瓶似的；接着他又拿起帶有天然磁石的鑰匙，從望遠鏡裏往外看，設法熟悉地球儀的用途，把平行規尺騎在鼻子上，又進行其他一些物理試驗來開心取樂。'Wal'r!' said the Captain at last. 'I've got it.'
“沃爾！”船長終於說道。“我想到了！”'Have you, Captain Cuttle?' cried Walter, with great animation.
“是嗎，卡特爾船長？”沃爾特極爲興奮地喊道。'Come this way, my lad,' said the Captain. 'The stock's the security. I'm another. Your governor's the man to advance money.'
“到這裏來，我的孩子，”船長說道。“這些貨物可以充當擔保。我也可以充當擔保。你的老闆是個可以墊付錢的人。”'Mr Dombey!' faltered Walter.
“董貝先生！”沃爾特遲疑地說道。The Captain nodded gravely. 'Look at him,' he said. 'Look at Gills. If they was to sell off these things now, he'd die of it. You know he would. We mustn't leave a stone unturned - and there's a stone for you.'
船長認真地點點頭。“看看他，”他說道，“看看吉爾斯。如果他們把這些東西賣掉，那麼他會因此而死去的。你知道，他會的。我們應該推動所有的石頭，不能讓一塊躺着不動。現在你有了一塊石頭。”'A stone! - Mr Dombey!' faltered Walter.
“一塊石頭！——董貝先生！”沃爾特遲疑地說道。註釋：stock n. 股份，股票；庫存；血統；樹幹
adj. 存貨的，常備的；平凡的
vt. 進貨；備有；裝把手於…
vi. 囤積；辦貨；出新芽
詞組：
stock market 股票市場；證券市場；股票交易
in stock 有存貨；現有
stock exchange 證券交易所
stock price 股票價格；股票行市；交易所賣價
stock raising n. 畜牧業
stock index 股票指數；證券指數
joint stock 合股
out of stock adv. 已脫銷
stock option 職工優先認股權
stock company 股份公司
on the stock exchange 在證券交易(或買賣)上
take stock 清查存貨；評估狀況
shanghai stock exchange 上海證券交易所
rolling stock 全部車輛
new york stock exchange 紐約證券交易所
nursery stock 苗木
capital stock 股本，股金總額
common stock 普通股；普通股股本
stock investment n. 股票投資
stock management 庫存管理；股票管理
例句：
(1) Now he stopped to take stock .
現在他才停下來衡量情勢。
(2) Rising yields can also hurt stock prices.
債券上升也可能影響股票價格。
(3) The firm was selling off its summer stock.
這家公司正在舉行夏季大拍賣。
(4) The economy and stock market were in free fall.
當時，經濟和股市都呈自由落體式下滑。
(5) I wanted to ask about the employee stock program.
我想要問問員工股票投資計劃。
(6) The data were warmly greeted by stock markets too.
這項數據在證券市場也備受歡迎。
(7) All inventories shall be taken stock periodically.
各種存貨應當定期進行清查盤點。
(8) Just about everything has passed the stock market.
幾乎任何投資的表現都超過了股市。
(9) Have you got this toaster in stock or has it sold out?
你們這個烤吐司機還有沒有存貨？還是已經賣光了？
sell vt. 銷售；推銷；出賣；欺騙
vi. 賣；出售；受歡迎；有銷路
n. 銷售；失望；推銷術
[ 過去式sold 過去分詞sold 現在分詞selling ]
詞組：
sell oneself 出賣自己；自薦
sell well 暢銷；銷路廣
sell out 賣完；賣光
sell like hot cakes 熱銷
sell for 賣，以…的價錢出售
sell at 以…價格出售
sell off 廉價出清（存貨）
offer to sell 銷貨要約
sell yourself 自我行銷；把自己賣出去
hard sell n. 強行推銷；（美）硬賣
sell up 爲還債而變賣；賣完
soft sell （美）軟式推銷；勸買推銷
sell on credit [經]賒售；[經]賒銷
例句：
(1) I sell shells well.
我賣貝殼賣得好。
(2) Because I sell ice cream now.
因爲現在我賣冰激淋。
(3) I could buy and sell things.
我能夠買和賣一些東西。
(4) It will not be an easy sell.
這將不會是一項容易的任務。
(5) So I can't sell it cheaply.
所以我不能便宜地就把它賣掉。
(6) I think we should sell it.
我想我們應該把它賣了。
(7) Nor does Sony sell its device there.
索尼也不在中國銷售閱讀器。
(8) Sell what people buy.
賣別人要買的。
(9) Mr Lee had hoped to sell even more state assets.
李總統一直希望賣掉更多的國有資產。
(10) Attractive wrapping would help us sell the goods.
吸引人的包裝便於我們推銷商品。
(11) They sell around four or five million copies a day.
它們一天賣掉大約四五百萬份報紙。
