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今天我们一起阅读Alice's Adventures in Wonderland第一章的第九段。
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原文
Presently she began again. ‘I wonder if I shall fall right through the earth! How funny it’ll seem to come out among the people that walk with their heads downward! The Antipathies, I think—’ (she was rather glad there WAS no one listening, this time, as it didn’t sound at all the right word) ‘—but I shall have to ask them what the name of the country is, you know. Please, Ma’am, is this New Zealand or Australia?’ (and she tried to curtsey as she spoke—fancy curtseying as you’re falling through the air! Do you think you could manage it?) ‘And what an ignorant little girl she’ll think me for asking! No, it’ll never do to ask: perhaps I shall see it written up somewhere.’
1. presently: in a short time;
2. antipathy: (formal) a feeling of strong dislike towards someone or something;
3. curtsey: if a woman curtsies, she bends her knees with one foot in front of the other as a sign of respect for an important person;
4. fancy: (BE) (informal) to like or want something, or want to do something;
5. do: to be acceptable, suitable, or enough
（单词的英语解释均引用自朗文或牛津词典）