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“开始当然先学‘毒’和‘泻’，”素甲鱼回答说，“然后我们就学各门算术：假发、剪发、丑法、厨法。”

“我从来没听说过什么‘丑法’，”爱丽丝大着胆子说，“这是什么？”

`Ah! then yours wasn't a really good school,' said the Mock Turtle in a tone of great relief. `Now at OURS they had at the end of the bill, "French, music, AND WASHING--extra."'

`You couldn't have wanted it much,' said Alice; `living at the bottom of the sea.'

`I couldn't afford to learn it.' said the Mock Turtle with a sigh. `I only took the regular course.'

`What was that?' inquired Alice.

`Reeling and Writhing, of course, to begin with,' the Mock Turtle replied; `and then the different branches of Arithmetic-- Ambition, Distraction, Uglification, and Derision.'

`I never heard of "Uglification,"' Alice ventured to say. `What is it?'

The Gryphon lifted up both its paws in surprise. `What! Never heard of uglifying!' it exclaimed. `You know what to beautify is, I suppose?'

`Yes,' said Alice doubtfully: `it means--to--make--anything--prettier.'

`Well, then,' the Gryphon went on, `if you don't know what to uglify is, you ARE a simpleton.'

参考译文

“啊，那就算不上真正的好学校，”素甲鱼自信地说，并大为放心了，我们学校课程表的最后一项就是副课：法文、音乐、洗衣。”

“既然你们住在海底，就不会太需要洗衣裳的。”爱丽丝说。

“我不能学它，”素甲鱼叹了一声说，“我只学正课。”

“正课是什么呢？”爱丽丝问道。

“开始当然先学‘毒’和‘泻’，”素甲鱼回答说，“然后我们就学各门算术：假发、剪发、丑法、厨法。”

“我从来没听说过什么‘丑法’，”爱丽丝大着胆子说，“这是什么？”

鹰头狮惊奇地举起了爪子说：“你没听说过丑法！我想，你知道什么叫美法吧！”

爱丽丝拿不准地说：“是的，那是……让什么……东西……变得好看些。”

“那么，”鹰头狮继续说，“你不知道什么是丑法，真算得上是个傻瓜了。”