有声读物

"No，no" he said,"no,you just give her the message. Remember，'Barkis is willing'."
“不，不，”他说，“不，你只管给她写上。记住：‘巴克斯很愿意。'”
After this conversation Mr Barkis was completely silent for the rest of the journey. When we arrived in Yarmouth，I bought paper at the hotel and wrote this letter to Peggotty：
说完这些，巴克斯先生一路上就完全沉默了。到了雅茅斯，我在客栈买了些信纸，给辟果提寄了这样一封信：
My dear Peggotty, I have arrived safely in Yarmouth. Barkis is willing. Please give my love to mother. Yours，David P.S. He says it's important—Barkis is willing.
亲爱的辟果提：我已安全到达雅茅斯。巴克斯很愿意。请代我问候我母亲。你的大卫。附：他说此事很重要——巴克斯很愿意。
In Yarmouth I was put on the long－distancecoach to London，and travelled all through the night. At the coach station in London I wascollected by a teacher, Mr Mell, and taken to Salem House, the school which the Murdstones had chosen for me.
在雅茅斯我被送上一辆去伦敦的长途四轮马车，行驶了一整夜。在伦敦车站，有位叫梅尔先生的教师接待了我，并把我送到萨伦学校，那是摩德斯通先生为我选定的学校。

妙语佳句

long－distance
长途的
Long-distance runners need staying-power.
长跑运动员耐力要强。
The long-distance call tolls amount to quite a sum.
长途电话费数目相当可观。

collect
v. 收集，收
He's gone to collect his daughter.
他去接女儿了。
The winner will be there in person to collect the prize.
奖金需获奖者本人领取。