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[J-171] A Fell Fellow 凶猛的家伙
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Do you know why Tom Brown wrote the nursery rhyme“I do not like thee, Doctor B: Yes, because the Dean asked him to translate Martial's epigrams and he didn't like it. A: That was not the real reason. B: Was it then because the Doctor had an unsightly fell of hair？ A:
Maybe. But most probably because the Doctor was Fell, he was a fell fellow,
and he often
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A: 你知道为何Tom Brown会写那首儿歌叫「我不喜欢你，费尔博士」吗？ B: 是的，因为那位院长要求他翻译马休尔的警句，而他不喜欢。 A: 那不是真正的理由。 B: 那么是因为那位博士有难看的皮毛吗？ A: 或许。但最有可能是因为那位博士是「废尔」，他是很凶的家伙，他常常用凶恶
注：1. Dr. John Fell是十七世纪牛津大学基督学院（Christ Church）的院长（Dean）
I do not like thee, Doctor Fell. The reason why I cannot tell. But this I know, I know full well. I do not like thee, Doctor Fell. 这首「童谣」后来到二十世纪被 Robert Graves 补入 Mother Goose
Rhymes 之 2. Martial（马休尔）是古罗马人，以写拉丁文的警句（epigrams）出名。 3. nursery rhyme（儿歌、童谣），fell（v. felled, felled, 砍倒、弄倒 = make …fall；adj. 凶恶的；n. 兽皮 = hide；“fell of hair”即 「蓬发、蓬毛」），unsightly（不雅的，难看的）。
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Do you know why Tom Brown wrote the nursery r_____“I do not like thee, Doctor B: Yes, because the Dean asked him to translate Martial's e_______ and he didn't like it. A: That was not the real r_____. B: Was it then because the Doctor had an un_____ fell of hair？ A:
Maybe. But most p______ because the Doctor was Fell, he was a f___ fellow,
and he
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