11? Nancy makes a visit
11? 南希的造訪

On the evening after the Bumbles' little business meeting, Mr Bill Sikes, waking from a sleep, called out to ask the time．
在班布爾夫婦那次小小的業(yè)務(wù)洽談之后的晚上，比爾·賽克斯先生一覺醒來，大聲地問著是什么時(shí)候了。

解析：短語 call out 大聲叫喊、大聲說出
eg: When your name is called out, you must stand up.
叫你名字的時(shí)候你就必須起立。

The room he was lying in was very small and dirty. It was a different room from the one he had occupied before the Chertsey expedition, but it was in the same poor part of London. The re were so few possessions or comforts in the room that it was clear Mr Sikes had met hard times. He? himself was thin and pale from illness, and was lying on the bed, wrapped in an old coat. The white dog lay on the floor next to him.
他躺在一間臟亂狹小的屋子里。這已不是他去切特賽遠(yuǎn)征之前住的那間房子了，但仍舊是在倫敦原先的那個(gè)貧民區(qū)。屋里沒有什么家什和用具，很明顯，賽克斯先生遇上艱難的日子了。由于得了一場(chǎng)病，他非常瘦弱、蒼白，身上裹著一件破舊的大衣，縮在床上。那條白色的狗趴在旁邊的地上。

解析：occupy 占據(jù)、占領(lǐng)；居住
eg: The Smiths occupy the house on the conor.
史密斯一家住在拐角處的那座房子里。

wrap 作動(dòng)詞表示包裹、纏繞、穿外衣；作名詞表示外套、圍巾
eg: He wrapped his daughter in a blanket.
他用一塊毯子把女兒包裹起來。

Seated by the window was Nancy，repairing Sikes' old jacket. She, too, was thin and pale. At Sikes' voice she raised her head from her work. 'Not long past seven,' she said. 'How do you feel now, Bill?'
南希坐在窗戶旁邊，手里縫補(bǔ)著賽克斯的一件舊外衣。她也很消瘦，面無血色。聽見賽克斯的喊聲，她停下手里的活計(jì)，抬起頭說：“剛過七點(diǎn)鐘，比爾，你這會(huì)兒感覺怎么樣了？”

'As weak as water. Help me get up, will you?'
“渾身沒勁。你扶我起來，行嗎？”

As Nancy helped him out of bed, Sikes swore and cursed a ther clumsiness. Illness had not improved his temper.
南希扶他從床上起來時(shí)，他張口就罵，嫌她笨手笨腳。一場(chǎng)大病也沒能使他暴躁的脾氣有所改變。
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解析：clumsiness 笨拙、愚笨
形容詞原形是clumsy 笨拙的、不圓滑的、粗陋的
eg: She regrets for her own ignorance and clumsiness.
她悔恨自己的無知和笨拙。

improve 改善、提高、增加
eg: I want to improve my ability of English writing.
我想提高我的英語寫作能力。

'You wouldn't speak like that if you knew how kindly I’ve nursed you these last few days,' said Nancy. 'So many nights, I've looked after you. 'She sat down in a chair, exhausted.
“你要是知道這些天我是怎么伺候你的，就不該這樣對(duì)我惡語相加?！蹦舷Ｕf?！斑@么多個(gè)晚上，我都一直看護(hù)著你?！彼v地坐在一張椅子上。