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● 米伦教授本来在凝视窗外，现在转身过来，凝视这个学生了。先是凝视，现在也是凝视，同为凝视（gaze），英文里的说法：把他的凝视带过来（brought），放（rest）在这个学生身上。
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● leaning forward：身往前倾（坐的姿势）。as if for the first time：这个学生本来是个熟人，在这屋子里坐了也该有好些分钟了。但是米伦教授从惘然若失的态度中醒回来，好像是第一次看见他似的。
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● 这个学生的头发是金色的（blond），硬而细（crisp），从方正的前额往后梳；他的眼睛是蓝色的，看人的时候，显得很有自信；外套穿在身上，也显得潇洒自得。saw的宾语是hair、gaze和way；the coat…shoulders是adjective clause，形容way，从句前面省了in which两字。
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● 中国旧小说的习惯，人物一出场，就描写他的状貌服装，现在这位学生早已出场，他的状貌服装，到这里才描写。中国旧小说的写法，用的是一个超然的、局外的观点，这里用的是小说中主角的观点。起初，米伦教授不注意他，所以不描写，现在米伦教授注意他了，所以才开始描写。人物描写同小说中主角的心理活动相配合，较旧法似胜一筹。
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The boy stood up. “I’ve stayed too long. I know you’ve got a lot of work to do.”
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“No,” Professor Millen said.
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“And I certainly appreciate your recommendation. The address of the scholarship committee is on here,” he said, and laid a printed sheet on the desk. “That’s the circular, and all the information.”
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“I’ll attend to it right away,” Professor Millen said.
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“Thank you,” the boy said, and was gone.
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● you’ve got=you have，got在这里并没有“得到”的意义。
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● address：地址。committee：委员会。
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● circular：散发的通知书。即上文中所述该学生从口袋里掏出来的纸，上载一切有关奖学金的事项。
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● attend to=pay attention to。right away=at once。
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For a few minutes Professor Millen sat there, his eyes on the bare wall opposite his desk. Then he read the circular. He laid it back on the desk and pressed a button. When the secretary came in, he handed her the printed sheet. “The address is on that,” he said, and waited while she copied it. Then he said, “I’ll give you the letter.” He studied the wall for a moment, then began.
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● bare：墙上不挂照片图画，也无糊墙花纸或其他装饰。
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● button：电铃之按钮。I’ll give you the letter：他读信稿，由秘书速记下来。studied：细细地看。
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“Gentlemen. I can truthfully say that I take the most sincere pleasure in recommending to you Mr. Thomas Howell. In my long career as a teacher I have never had a better student. He has an acute and penetrating intelligence, and, as is so often not the case with young men of his capacity, the patience and honesty of a true scholar. I am sure that if he is appointed to—” He hesitated, looking at the wall. “I am sure that—” he said at last, then stopped.
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● 引号内为米伦教授所读之信稿。照写信格式，gentlemen后面该用冒号，今用句号者，只表示教授读此字后，语气一顿而已。
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● In my long career as a teacher：自我任教以来。career as a teacher：担任教书这项职业。
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● intelligence：智力。penetrating意思比acute进一层。acute敏锐而已，并不一定深入；penetrating则能发幽探微，洞察根本矣。
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● 此句and以后，意思又进一层：聪明人每无恒，巧慧者鲜笃实，唯此君则“智者”、“仁者”兼于一身。patience和honesty，仍为has之宾语。as为关系代词=which fact，所代者即为(he has) the patience and honesty of a true scholar一从句。case：情形。capacity：才力。so=very。
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● I am sure之后似应跟着“如能出国深造，必能百尺竿头，更进一步”这一类的话。他用了appointed（勉强可解作“获选”）一字之后，句子很难往下做，故而停顿。学生的名字，前面是Tom，这里是Thomas，Tom是Thomas的较亲密的叫法，犹中国人的学名与小名之别。
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The secretary, her pencil poised above her pad, waited while Professor Millen seemed to withdraw, to sink within himself. Her foot made a slight reproachful scraping sound as she changed her position in the chair. She, too, began to look out the window, where Professor Millen’s gaze now was fixed.
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“That’s all—all for the present,” Professor Millen said, suddenly. “Just hold that and I’ll finish later. I’ve just thought—” he managed to look direct at her, “of something else I’ve got to do. There’s something else.”
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● her pencil poised above her pad：是nominative absolute。poised（过去分词）：悬空握在手里。above所表示的关系：笔不靠在纸上（否则要用on）；笔是悬空的，但也并不正在纸的上面（否则要用over）。pad：记速记用的拍纸簿。withdraw原意是“退出”，这里只是指“出神”。to sink within himself：陷入深思。
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