英文阅读

“人们都脸朝下趴着，谁来看呢？这样，这个行列有什么用呢？”也这样想着，仍站在那里，等着瞧。

First came ten soldiers carrying clubs; these were all shaped like the three gardeners, oblong and flat, with their hands and feet at the corners: next the ten courtiers; these were ornamented all over with diamonds, and walked two and two, as the soldiers did. After these came the royal children; there were ten of them, and the little dears came jumping merrily along hand in hand, in couples: they were all ornamented with hearts. Next came the guests, mostly Kings and Queens, and among them Alice recognised the White Rabbit: it was talking in a hurried nervous manner, smiling at everything that was said, and went by without noticing her. Then followed the Knave of Hearts, carrying the King's crown on a crimson velvet cushion; and, last of all this grand procession, came THE KING AND QUEEN OF HEARTS.

Alice was rather doubtful whether she ought not to lie down on her face like the three gardeners, but she could not remember ever having heard of such a rule at processions; `and besides, what would be the use of a procession,' thought she, `if people had all to lie down upon their faces, so that they couldn't see it?' So she stood still where she was, and waited.

参考译文

首先，来了十个手拿狼牙棒的士兵，他们的样子全都和三个园丁一样，都是长方形的平板，手和脚长在板的四角上。接着来了十名侍臣，这些人全都用钻石装饰着，像那些士兵一样，两个两个并排着走。侍臣的后面是王室的孩子们，这些可爱的小家伙，一对对手拉着手愉快地跳着跑来了，他们全都用红心（红心和侍臣的钻石，士兵的狼牙棒，是纸牌中的三种花色。即：红桃、方块、草花，英文原意为红心、钻石、棒子。）装饰着。后面是宾客，大多数宾客也是国王和王后。在那些宾客中，爱丽丝认出了那只白兔，它正慌忙而神经质地说着话，对别人说的话都点头微笑，却没注意到爱丽丝。接着，是个红心武士，双手托着放在紫红色垫子上的王冠。这庞大的队伍之后，才是红心国王和王后。

爱丽丝不知道该不该像那三个园丁那样，脸朝地的趴下，她根本不记得王室行列经过时，还有这么一个规矩。“人们都脸朝下趴着，谁来看呢？这样，这个行列有什么用呢？”也这样想着，仍站在那里，等着瞧。