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原著正文 · 英語

Marley was dead: to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that. The register of his burial was signed by the clergyman, the clerk, the undertaker, and the chief mourner. Scrooge signed it: and Scrooge’s name was good upon ’Change, for anything he chose to put his hand to.

對照譯文

首先，馬利已經死了。這一點毫無疑問。他的下葬登記簿上有牧師、教區執事、殯儀員和主祭人的簽名。史克魯奇也簽了字；而且在交易所裡，無論史克魯奇經手什麼買賣，他的名字都是響噹噹的信用保證。

原著正文 · 英語

Oh! But he was a tight-fisted hand at the grindstone, Scrooge! a squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous, old sinner! Hard and sharp as flint, from which no steel had ever struck out generous fire; secret, and self-contained, and solitary as an oyster.

對照譯文

噢！但史克魯奇可真是個守財奴，一把在磨刀石上也榨不出油來的鐵算盤！一個盤剝、勒索、貪得無厭、拼命搜刮的老罪人！他像燧石一樣又硬又冷，任何鋼刀也沒從他身上擦出過慷慨的火花；他又像牡蠣一樣詭秘、封閉、孤僻。

原著正文 · 英語

When Scrooge awoke, it was so dark, that looking out of bed, he could scarcely distinguish the transparent window from the opaque walls of his chamber. He was endeavouring to pierce the darkness with his ferret eyes, when the chimes of a neighbouring church struck the four quarters.

對照譯文

當史克魯奇醒來時，屋裡黑漆漆的，他從床上望出去，幾乎分辨不出哪兒是透明的窗戶，哪兒是臥室不透光的牆壁。他正竭力用那雙雪貂般的眼睛刺穿黑暗，這時附近一座教堂的鐘聲敲響了四個刻鐘。

原著正文 · 英語

So he listened for the hour. To his great astonishment the heavy bell went on from six to seven, and from seven to eight, and regularly up to twelve; then stopped. Twelve! It was past two when he went to bed. The clock was wrong.

對照譯文

於是他豎起耳朵聽報時的鐘聲。令他大為驚愕的是，沉重的鐘聲從六下敲到七下，從七下敲到八下，一直有條不紊地敲到了十二下，然後停住了。十二點！他上床睡覺時就已經過了兩點了。這鐘準是壞了。