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CLASSIC STARTS The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle Retold from the Hugh Lofting original

经典开始杜立德医生的航行从休·洛夫廷的原著重述

CHAPTER 1 Puddleby A great many years ago, there lived a doctor called Dolittle. This was long before your

很久很久以前，有一个叫杜立特的医生。 这是早在你

grandfathers were little boys or your grandmothers were little girls. His full name was John Dolittle, MD. The MD showed that he was a proper doctor. He was a very smart man who helped many sick people. Doctor Dolittle lived in a very small town called Puddleby-on-the-Marsh. Everyone in town knew him. After all, he was easy to recognize. He was a tall man and always wore a high hat. This made him look even taller. He also wore a long black coat with deep pockets. Doctor Dolittle kept many things in these pockets: a handkerchief, an apple in case he ran into a horse, and a notebook. Whenever he walked down Main Street, people would point and say, "Look! There goes the doctor! He's such a clever man." Children ran after him, laughing and asking questions. Doctor Dolittle always answered them. He never thought a question was silly. Dogs would wag their tails and follow him

祖父是小男孩，祖母是小女孩。 他的全名是约翰·杜立特，医学博士。 医学博士表明他是一位合格的医生。 他是一个非常聪明的人，帮助了许多病人。 杜立德医生住在一个叫水坑比的小镇上。 镇上的每个人都认识他。 毕竟，他很容易认出来。 他个子很高，总是戴着一顶高帽子。 这让他看起来更高了。 他还穿着一件有深口袋的黑色长外套。 杜立德医生在口袋里装了很多东西：一块手帕，一个苹果，以防撞到马，还有一本笔记本。 每当他走在大街上，人们都会指着说：“看！医生来了！他真是个聪明人。” 孩子们跟着他跑，笑着问问题。 杜立德医生总是回答他们。 他从不认为问题是愚蠢的。 狗会摇着尾巴跟着他

down the street. Even the crows who lived in the church tower would fly over him, cawing to him and nodding. Doctor Dolittle lived in a little house at the edge of town. The house was small, but his garden was large. There was a lot of grass and many trees. A low wall surrounded his yard. There were many shady resting places. His sister Sarah lived with him. She took care of the house, and Doctor Dolittle took care of the garden. He also kept a lot of pets. Doctor Dolittle was very fond of animals, you see. There were goldfish in the pond at the bottom of his garden. He had rabbits in a little hutch beside his house. White mice lived in his piano. A squirrel stayed in his linen cabinet, and there was a hedgehog in the cellar. He even kept a cow as a pet. The cow and her calf shared the shed with an old horse. This horse had lived with Doctor Dolittle for more than twenty-five years, so they were quite good friends. There were chickens

沿街走。就连住在教堂高塔上的乌鸦也会从他头顶飞过，对他叫着，点头。 杜立德医生住在城郊的一所小房子里。 房子很小，但他的花园很大。 有很多草和许多树。 一堵矮墙围住了他的院子。 有许多阴凉的休息场所。 他妹妹撒拉和他同住。 她照料房子，杜立德医生照料花园。 他还养了很多宠物。 你知道，杜立德医生非常喜欢动物。 他花园尽头的池塘里有金鱼。 他在房子旁边的一个小笼子里养了兔子。 小白鼠住在他的钢琴里。 一只松鼠呆在他的亚麻橱柜里，地下室里有一只刺猬。 他甚至养了一头牛作为宠物。 母牛和她的小牛与一匹老马共用一个棚子。 这匹马和杜立德医生一起生活了25年多，所以他们是很好的朋友。 有鸡

and pigeons, two lambs, a goat, and many other animals living in the same yard. His favorite pets, though, were Dab-Dab the duck, Jip the dog, Gub-Gub the pig, Polynesia the parrot, and Too-Too the owl. His sister Sarah often complained about the animals. It was hard to keep a tidy house with so many animals running around, she said. It made it difficult for the doctor's patients when they came for appointments. One day, an old woman came in for a checkup and sat down on the hedgehog. He was sound asleep on the sofa and did not hear her come in. The poor woman was so surprised that she screamed and ran back out the door. She vowed never to see Doctor Dolittle again. Instead, she drove to a town ten miles away to see another doctor. Sarah Dolittle decided it was time to speak to her brother about his animals. "John," she said, "how can you expect your patients to visit with so many animals in the

还有鸽子、两只羊羔、一只山羊和许多其他动物生活在同一个院子里。 不过，他最喜欢的宠物是鸭子嗒嗒、狗吉普、猪咕咕、鹦鹉波利尼西亚和猫头鹰Too-Too。 他的妹妹萨拉经常抱怨那些动物。 她说，有这么多动物跑来跑去，很难保持房子整洁。 这使得医生的病人来看病变得很困难。 一天，一位老妇人来检查身体，坐在刺猬身上。 他在沙发上睡得很熟，没有听见她进来。 这个可怜的女人非常惊讶，尖叫着跑出了门。 她发誓再也不去看杜立德医生了。 相反，她开车到10英里外的一个小镇去看另一位医生。 莎拉·杜立特决定是时候和她哥哥谈谈他的动物了。 “约翰，”她说，“你怎么能指望你的病人带着这么多动物来看你呢？

house?" She placed her hands on her hips and spoke sternly. "That's the fourth patient the animals have driven away. Mr. Jenkins says that he won't come back. Even the minister has had enough! We cannot afford to lose any more. If you keep this up, we will lose all our best patients." Sarah was really quite angry. "But I like the animals better than our best patients," said the doctor. "You are ridiculous," said his sister. Then she walked out of the room. As time went on, the good doctor got more and more animals. More animals meant fewer people came to see him. Eventually he had only one patient—the butcher. The butcher did not mind being around all the animals but he only got sick once a year. This was not enough money for Doctor Dolittle and his sister to pay all their bills. Also, there were a lot of animals to feed! The doctor had some money saved. It could

房子?”她双手叉腰，严厉地说。 “这是动物赶走的第四个病人。 詹金斯先生说他不会回来了。 就连部长也受够了！我们再也输不起了。 如果你继续这样下去，我们会失去所有最好的病人。” 萨拉真的很生气。 “但是比起我们最好的病人，我更喜欢这些动物，”医生说。 “你真荒唐，”他妹妹说。 然后她走出了房间。 随着时间的流逝，这位好医生得到了越来越多的动物。 更多的动物意味着更少的人来看他。 最后他只有一个病人了——屠夫。 屠夫不介意和所有的动物在一起，但他一年只生病一次。 这些钱不足以让杜立德医生和他妹妹支付所有的账单。 而且，有很多动物要喂！医生存了一些钱。 它可以