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　　1. Mr. Fotheringay suddenly decided to consult Mr. Maydig，…

　　佛泽林盖突然决定找梅迪格先生咨询一下 ……

　　consult：向 …… 请教，咨询，查阅（字典）；与 …… 商量

　　You should consult with Mary about it. 你该和玛丽商量那件事。

　　2.What I want to know is whether what I am going to do with it is a miracle or not.

　　我想知道的是，我把它（烟草缸）变来变去这到底算不算奇迹。

　　do with：处置，对付

　　I don't know what to do with these used books. 我不知道如何处置这些用过的旧书。

　　do with 与 can 连用：忍受，满意

　　I can't do with children's cry. 我无法忍受孩子的哭。

　　3.…and presently he ventured to lean over the table and smell the violets.

　　接着它装着胆子伏过身去，闻了闻桌子上紫罗兰。

　　venture to do：大胆去做，冒昧去做，（正式）鼓起勇气去做

　　Very few people venture to go out at night in a snow storm.

　　很少有人敢在暴风雪晚上出去。

　　He decided to venture all his money on the scheme.

　　他决定冒险把他所有的钱都投到那个项目里去。

　　He ventured his life to rescue the drowning woman.

　　他冒着生命危险去救那个快淹死的妇女

　　4.Just told it—and there you are.

　　只要给个命令就行了。

　　I just said what I wanted to happen and this is't he result

　　There you are：在解释或演示某件事时，用来表示事情很简单。

　　You just put the food in it，switch on and press the button and there you are.

　　你只要把食物放进去，接上电源，按一下开关，这就行了。

　　5.…I knew no more that I could do things like that than you did. 我跟你一样，也不知道我还能作这样的事。

　　I knew that I could do such things as little as you did./ I was as ignorant of my miraculous powers as you were.

　　no more…than/not…any more than 与 …… 一样（不） ……

　　I know no more about the British history than a ten-year old schoolboy.

　　关于英国历史，我的知识和一个 10 岁的孩子一样不多。

　　He is no more fit to be a minister than a pupil of grade two in a primary school.

　　他就如一个小学二年级的学生那样不适合当部长。

　　6.Mr. Maydig had followed all these changes with small cries.

　　梅迪格先生一直仔细地注视每一个变化，不时小声地惊呼起来。

　　Each time Fotheringay worked a miracle，Mr. Maydig cried out in wonder.

　　7.What I am in need of advice for most is about Winch… 我更需要得到的咨询是有关温契的事 ……

　　I am most in need of your advice about what I shall do about Winch

　　in need of 需要

　　We are badly in need of water. 我们极需要水。

　　The house is in need of decoration. 这房子需要装修。

　　8.But we'll leave Winch for a little ……We'll deal with Witch a bit later. Let's discuss more important questions.

　　不过我们还是暂时把温契的事放下

　　leave ******************/sth. for a little/while… 把 …… 先搁下（不谈，不处置）

　　Let's leave our dispute about the matter for a while.

　　把我们对那件事的分歧暂时放一放。

　　9.And so，urged by Mr. Maydig，Mr. Fotheringay began to work miracles.

　　这样，在梅迪格的催促下，佛泽林盖先生就开始创造奇迹了。

　　urge **** on：encourage ******. to do sth. 力 劝，催促，怂恿 ………（ 开始或继续做 …。）

　　Urged on by his parents，he decided to participate in the Math Olympic competition.

　　在他父母的鼓励下，他决定参加数学奥林匹克比赛。

　　The man's ambition urged him on to success.

　　那个人的雄心鼓励他取得成功。

　　10………their sense of power grew，their imagination increased，and their ambition enlarged. 俩人的权力感扩张，想象力加强，野心膨胀。

　　They became more ambitious and more keenly aware of what Mr. Fotheringay's magic power could achieve；they thought of working greater miracles.