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中秋过后，木兰随曾家抵达泰安。城门外的迎接让她看见官宦人家的声望；走进宅院，桂花的香气又带来一份意外的亲切。
双语阅读
THEY left the Canal at Tung-o and took sedan chairs, striking straight east for Tai-an. Mulan spent an enchanting night, watching the moon near the Tungping Lake on the night of Mid-Autumn. The next afternoon at about three, they arrived at the Tseng mansion in Tai-an city. Mr. Tseng’s two menservants had gone ahead on foot to inform the people of their coming, and even the county magistrate and the prefect magistrate came to receive them at the West Gate. Street urchins, half or completely naked, swarmed around them at the gate, staring at them, announcing the sensational event of the arrival of “an official from Peking.” Mulan shared in the glory. Not until the Tsengs were back in their home city, did she realize how important the family was, and how good one felt to be in an official family. For, although Mulan’s family was wealthy and well-connected, her father and grandfather were never officials.
他们在东阿舍舟登岸，开始坐轿，一直往东奔泰安。在中秋节的夜晚，木兰在东平湖附近赏月，觉得真是心旷神怡。第二天下午约三点钟，他们到了泰安城曾家的住宅。曾老爷的两个仆人已经先步行赶去告诉人他们就要到来，连知府知县都出西门去迎接他们。街上的孩子，有的光着半个身子，蜂拥而至，在门口儿围着他们看，都传说这轰动全城的京官儿归来的消息。木兰也分享了这份光彩。直到看见曾家这次荣耀还乡，木兰才体会到家庭的重要跟生在官家的好处。木兰家虽然家财万贯，治理有方，她父亲和祖父却从来没做过官。
The Tseng mansion was near the East Gate, close to the city wall. Although not comparable in grandeur to some of the Peking officials’ residences, it was finely designed and solidly built. In front of the house gate, flanked by long white walls, was the customary pair of stone lions, and a green-painted four-paneled wooden screen directly inside the entrance cut off the view from the outside. A charming little garden with a stone-paved road in the center led to the first hall, with massive red and green painted beams. Mulan smelled an exquisite fragrance when she entered behind the screen, and saw two gorgeous cassia trees in bloom. She had a curious sense that she belonged in this house. It was so homelike and so congenial.
曾家的宅第靠近东门，离城墙很近。宏伟壮观虽然不能比北京城的几个王府，也是设计精巧，建筑坚固。在大门前面两边伸出长的白墙，也是按照一般府第的规矩修建的，门前有两个石狮子，油绿的四扇木屏风立在大门之内，挡住外面的视线。屏风之后的前院儿，种有花木，中间一条石板路，通到前厅，前厅的巨大朱红柱子和绿椽子，皆极精美。木兰绕过了屏风之后，闻到一阵幽香，看见两株桂树，桂花正在盛开。她忽然兴起一阵奇异的感觉，觉得这应当是她的家。这里看来那么富有一个家的气氛，那么投合自己的情怀。
表达与用法
strike … for … · 朝着某处行进
striking straight east for Tai-an
这里的 strike 表示朝某个方向行进，带着明确的方向感。straight east 是“径直向东”，for Tai-an 指明目的地。整组理解成“径直向东赶往泰安”即可。
类似说法有 strike north / strike inland，向北走／向内陆走；较日常的表达可以用 head east for Tai-an。
例句
They left the main road and struck north for the village.
他们离开大路，向北朝村子走去。
swarm around · 蜂拥着围住
/swɔːm/ · 动词 成群涌动；蜂拥
原文孩子们围着归来的官员看，swarmed around 写出人多、活动密集的画面。名词 a swarm of bees 是“一群蜜蜂”，可以帮助记住这个动词的画面感。
近义词辨析 gather around：聚拢在周围。最中性，强调从各处聚到一起，不一定拥挤或喧闹。
crowd around：挤在周围。突出人数多、距离近，空间显得拥挤。
cluster around：簇拥、围聚。突出紧凑地聚成一团，也可用于少数人。
swarm around：蜂拥着围住。突出成群活动的密集感；比 gather around 更有动感，不一定表示敌意。
换词体会
Children gathered around the storyteller. 孩子们聚在讲故事的人周围。
Children crowded around the storyteller. 孩子们挤在讲故事的人周围。
搭配拓展 swarm into the hall 涌进大厅；swarm out of the building 蜂拥着走出大楼。
well-connected · 颇有人脉的
这个词形容认识许多有影响力的人，能够接触到有用的社会关系。这里与 wealthy 并列，分别写姚家的财富和人脉。
well-connected 不等于“治理有方”，也不保证这个人自己拥有官职或权力。段末的 were never officials 正是在补出这一层区别。
例句
Her uncle is well-connected in the publishing world.
她叔叔在出版界颇有人脉。
congenial · 合意的；投合性情的
/kənˈdʒiːniəl/ · 形容词 与自己的性情、兴趣或需要相契合的 原文｜It was so homelike and so congenial.
书中译文｜这里看来那么富有一个家的气氛，那么投合自己的情怀。
词源
韦氏将其词源列为 com- + genius：com- / con- 表示“一起、共同”；拉丁语 genius 原指伴随人的守护神灵。词典借“精神气质相近”解释它为何能表示性情相投。这里不能把 genius 按现代英语的“天才”硬拆。依据：Merriam-Webster。
记忆线索｜气质相投 → 相处舒服；环境投合性情 → 待着自在。原文写宅院给木兰的感受。
搭配与词族 congenial company：投缘的同伴；congenial surroundings：合意的环境。
congeniality：投缘、亲和；uncongenial：不合意的、不投缘的。
近义词区别｜pleasant 泛指令人愉快；congenial 更突出“合我的性情或兴趣”。compatible 常用于能够和谐共处的人或相容的事物，如 compatible personalities。
例句｜She found the small reading room congenial.
她觉得那间小阅览室很合自己的心意。
中华文化英语表达
宅院里的几个词
mansion · 宅第、大宅。突出住宅规模与气派；residence 较正式，侧重“住所”。介绍曾家，可用 the Tseng mansion。
a pair of stone lions · 一对石狮子。pair 写成对；介绍门前摆设可说 a pair of stone lions at the entrance。
a four-paneled wooden screen · 四扇木屏风。four-paneled 说明由四扇组成；wooden 说明材质。这里的 screen 是屏风。
a stone-paved road · 石板铺成的路。stone-paved 表示用石材铺设；同样可以说 a stone-paved courtyard，石铺庭院。
beams · 梁、梁木。pillars / columns 则是柱子。介绍传统建筑时可用 wooden beams and pillars，木梁与木柱。
flanked by … · 两侧有……。原文的 a gate flanked by long white walls 可用来介绍大门及两侧白墙的位置关系。
in bloom · 开着花。可迁移为 The trees are in bloom.，树木正在开花。
例句｜A pair of stone lions stands at the entrance, and a stone-paved path leads to the main hall.
门口立着一对石狮子，一条石铺小径通向正厅。
轿子与官宦人家
sedan chair · 轿子。向不熟悉的人解释，可补 a chair carried on poles by bearers，由轿夫用轿杆抬着的座椅。
an official family · 官宦人家。结合本段语境，指家中有人做官的人家；解释时可说 a family with members serving as government officials。
county magistrate · 本段指知县；prefect magistrate · 本段指知府。这是原书对旧时官职的表达，不能直接替换成现代的 mayor（市长）。
an official from Peking · 北京来的官员。介绍“京官”时，这种解释式表达比生造一个称谓容易理解。
例句｜He came from a family of government officials and travelled in a sedan chair.
他出身官宦人家，乘轿出行。
长难句精析
01 · Not until 倒装与并列宾语从句
原文
Not until the Tsengs were back in their home city, did she realize how important the family was, and how good one felt to be in an official family.
书中译文
直到看见曾家这次荣耀还乡，木兰才体会到家庭的重要跟生在官家的好处。
主干 she（主语）＋ did realize（谓语）＋ 两个 how 从句（并列宾语）。
结构拆解 ① Not until …：时间状语前置。 意思是“直到……才……”。否定成分放在句首，主句中的助动词 did 提到主语 she 前面，realize 用原形。
② until 从句不倒装。 the Tsengs ＋ were ＋ back in their home city，仍然是陈述语序。
③ realize 后有两个宾语从句。 how important the family was 与 how good one felt … 并列，说明她意识到的两件事。这里 the family 指曾家，one 泛指人。
语序还原
She did not realize how important the family was, and how good one felt to be in an official family until the Tsengs were back in their home city.
迁移例句
Not until I visited the old house did I understand how large it was.
直到参观了那所老宅，我才明白它有多大。
02 · 地点倒装、分词修饰与并列分句
原文
In front of the house gate, flanked by long white walls, was the customary pair of stone lions, and a green-painted four-paneled wooden screen directly inside the entrance cut off the view from the outside.
书中译文
在大门前面两边伸出长的白墙，也是按照一般府第的规矩修建的，门前有两个石狮子，油绿的四扇木屏风立在大门之内，挡住外面的视线。
两组主干
第一分句还原：The customary pair of stone lions was in front of the house gate.
第二分句：a … wooden screen cut off the view from the outside.
结构拆解 ① 地点倒装。 第一个分句把地点放在开头，随后是 was + 主语。主语中心词是单数 pair，所以用 was。
② flanked by …：过去分词短语。 补充大门两侧有长长的白墙，相当于 which was flanked by long white walls。flanked 在这里不充当独立分句的谓语。
③ and：连接两个完整分句。 第二分句恢复正常的“主语＋谓语＋宾语”顺序，没有继续倒装。
④ screen 前后的修饰。 green-painted 写颜色，four-paneled 写组成，wooden 写材质；directly inside the entrance 补充位置。真正的谓语是 cut off，在这里表示遮断视线。
迁移例句
On either side of the gate stood a stone lion.
大门两侧各立着一尊石狮子。
顺手学一句
It felt like a place where I belonged.
那里让我觉得自己找到了归属。
原文 belonged in this house 写的是“自己适合在这里生活”的感觉。谈空间与归属时，belong here / belong in a place 很有用；This house belongs to her 则是在说“这所房子归她所有”。
The little bookshop felt like a place where I belonged.
那间小书店让我有一种找到了归属的感觉。
