"But I only --" Alice began.
“但我只是——”爱丽丝开口说。
"Well, this is grand!" said Alice. She got up and walked around for a while, but the crown felt very heavy and strange, so she sat down again. Then she noticed that the Red Queen and the White Queen were now sit-ting on either side of her. How they had got there, she had no idea. But she was not at all surprised. Nothing could surprise her now in the looking-glass world.
“啊，多壮观！”爱丽丝说。她站起来，来回走了一会儿，但王冠太重，戴着不自在，她重又坐下。然后，她发现红方王后与白方王后正坐在她两边。她不知道她们怎么会坐在这儿的。但她一点儿也不奇怪。现在镜中世界的一切对她来说都是不足为奇的。
"And you can't be a Queen," the Red Queen went on, "until you've done your lessons."
红方王后又说：“直到你学好功课，你才能当王后。
"Are you good at sums?" the White Queen asked. "What's one and one and one and one and one and one and one?"
“你擅长算术吗？ 1加 1加 1加 1加1加1加1总共得多少？”白方王后问。
"Speak when you're spoken to!" the Red Queen said. "Think before you speak, and write it down afterwards."
“有人跟你讲话，你才讲，讲话前要先思考，过后再记下来。”红方王后说。
"Now I am a Queen," said Alice, "does this mean that the game of chess has finished, or --"
爱丽丝说：“现在我是王后了，这是否意味着象棋游戏就到此为止了，或者——
"Of course I can read!" Alice said. "And I know a little French, but I really don't see why --"
爱丽丝答道：“我当然会读书，我还懂点法语，可是我真的不明白为什么——
"She can't do sums," said the Red Queen. "What about languages? And can you read?"
“她做不了算术，语言能力怎样？能读书吗？”红方王后问。
"I don't know," said Alice. "I lost count. But why --"
爱丽丝答：“我不知道。我算不清。但为什么——
"It's clear," said the White Queen, shaking her head sadly, "that she wants to argue about something, but she doesn't know what to argue about!"
“显然她想争辩点什么，但不清楚想争辩些什么！”白方王后遗憾地摇摇头说。
After a while the snoring seemed to change and began to sound almost like music. Alice thought that she could even hear some words. She listened hard, and suddenly she found that the Queens had disappeared, and she was standing in front of a tall and very grand-looking doorway. Above the door were the words QUEEN ALICE in large letters.
过了片刻，鼾声似乎变了声调，听起来几乎成了音乐。爱丽丝认为她甚至可以听出一些歌词。她用心地听，突然发现两个王后不见了，自己站到了雄伟壮观的一个门廊前。门上方写着，“爱丽丝王后”几个大字。
"And I invite you," the White Queen replied. "But I must have a rest first," she went on. "I am so sleepy."
白方王后答道：“我也邀请你去。但我得先休息一下。”她又补充了一句说：“我太困了。
Then the two Queens put their heads against Alice's shoulders. In a moment they were both asleep, and snoring loudly.
然后，两个王后把头都靠在爱丽丝的肩膀上。一会儿，她们就睡着了，鼾声如雷。
Alice decided it would be safer to say nothing, and for awhile there was silence. Then the Red Queen said to the White Queen, "I invite you to Alice's party this afternoon."
爱丽丝判定一言不发更保险。有一会儿，大家都不吭声。随后，红方王后对白方王后说：“我邀请你参加今天下午爱丽丝的聚会。
"And so must I," said the Red Queen. She looked at Alice. "You can sing to us, to help us sleep."
“我也同样。”红方王后说。她看着爱丽丝，“你可以给我们唱歌，帮助我们入睡。
Alice knocked, and the door flew open. There seemed to be hundreds of voices singing, and Alice could now hear the words very clearly. They went like this:
爱丽丝敲了敲，门突然打开了。里面似乎有成百的声音在歌唱，爱丽丝歌词听得很清楚。歌词是这样的：
And cover the table with buttons and rice.
让桌子摆满纽扣和米饭。
Put cats in the coffee, and salt in the tea --
把猫放入咖啡，给茶加点盐——
As she walked down the long hall, she saw that there were animals, birds, and even a few flowers among the crowd seated round the table. At the top there were three chairs; the Red and White Queens had taken two of them, but the middle one was empty. Alice sat down, feeling a little uncomfortable and wishing that someone would speak.
她走过长长的大厅时，围坐在桌旁的人群中还有牲畜、飞鸟，甚至还有几种花。上座的地方摆着三张椅子，红白王后占了两个位置，中间一个空着。爱丽丝坐了下来，但感到有点拘束，希望有人发言。
Then fill up the glasses with everything nice,
让玻璃杯充满一切好东西，
And welcome Queen Alice with thirty-times-three!
热烈欢迎爱丽丝王后的到来。
"I suppose I should go in," Alice said to herself. So in she went, and at once everyone in the hall became silent.
爱丽丝对自己说：“我想我应该进去了。”她走了进去，顿时大厅里一片寂静。
But before she could begin to cut up the joint, the Red Queen spoke again. "Let me introduce you to the joint," she said. "Alice -- Meat. Meat -- Alice."
未等她切开腿肉，红方王后又讲了：“让我把你介绍给腿肉，”她说，“爱丽丝，这位是肉。肉，这位是爱丽丝。
The joint of meat then stood up on the plate and curtsied to Alice. Alice, feeling both frightened and amused, picked up the knife and fork. "May I give you some meat?" she said, looking from one Queen to the other.
于是，腿肉在盘里站立起来，向爱丽丝行屈膝礼。爱丽丝拿起刀叉，心里感到既恐惧又好玩，目光从一个王后转到另一个王后，问：“我可以给你们分些肉吗？
At last the Red Queen began. "You've missed the fish. Bring the meat now!" And at once the waiters put a large joint of meat in front of Alice.
红方王后终于开口了。“你没吃上鱼。现在上肉！”男侍即刻把一大块腿肉放在爱丽丝前面。
"Please don't introduce me to the pudding," said Alice quickly, "or we shall get no dinner at all."
爱丽丝抢着说：“请别做介绍了，否则我们晚餐就什么也没有了。
"Certainly not!" the Red Queen said. "It isn't polite to cut anyone you've been introduced to. Take away the joint!"
红方王后说：“当然不行！把刚刚介绍认识的人切了是不礼貌的，把腿肉拿走！
"That's really friendly!" said the Pudding. "How would you like someone to cut a piece out of you?"
布丁说：“你太友好了！有人从你身上切下一块，你感觉怎样？
But the Red Queen said loudly,"Pudding -- Alice. Alice -- Pudding. Take away the pudding!" And the waiters took it away at once.
但红方王后还是大声说道：“布丁，这位是爱丽丝。爱丽丝，这位是布叮把布丁拿走！”男侍又马上把它拿走了。
Then Alice decided to give an order herself. "Waiter! Bring back the pudding!" When the pudding appeared again, she quickly cut off a piece and gave it to the Red Queen.
然后，爱丽丝决定自己来点个菜，“男侍！把布丁拿回来！”布丁一端上来，她就快速地切下一块递给红方王后。
The waiters immediately carried away the joint, and brought a large plum-pudding in its place.
男侍马上把腿肉拿走，换上了一个大干果布叮
By this time the party was beginning to get very noisy, and more and more strange things were happening. Bottles and plates were now walking around on the table, arm in arm, and the White Queen began to whisper in Alice's ear a long poem about fishes. Then the Red Queen screamed at the top of her voice, "Let's drink to Queen Alice's health!"
这时，聚会开始喧闹起来，怪事接连不断地出现。瓶子、盘子在桌上手挽着手行走，白方王后开始凑着爱丽丝的耳朵背一首有关鱼的长诗。然后，红方王后声嘶力竭地喊道：“咱们为爱丽丝王后健康干杯！
"Say something," said the Red Queen. "You can't leave all the conversation to the pudding!"
红方王后说：“讲几句吧。谈话中你不能让布丁唱独角戏。
Alice was too surprised to speak.
爱丽丝惊讶得说不出话来。
Alice stood up. "I must stop all this!" she cried, and she took hold of the table-cloth with both hands. One good pull, and everything came crashing down on the floor.
爱丽丝站了起来。“我必须让这喧哗声停住！”她叫道，她双手抓住桌布，狠狠地一拉，桌上的东西统统砸到了地上。
"And now for you!" she went on, turning to the Red Queen, who had suddenly become very much smaller and was running around on the table. "You started all this trouble, and I'll shake you into a kitten! Yes, I will!"
“现在轮到你了！”她转向红方王后又说。红方王后这时突然变小，并在桌上乱窜。“你是这场混乱的罪魁祸首，我要把你摇晃成只小猫！是的，我会的！
Some of the animals put their glasses upside-down on their heads, others got inside them or knocked them over on the table. The forks began to dance with the spoons, and the noise got wilder and wilder. The White Queen said in Alice's ear, "You must stand up and give thanks now, you know."
有些牲畜把杯子倒放在头顶，还有些钻到杯子里面去，或者把它们打翻在桌上。叉开始同勺跳起舞来，喧闹声越来越响。白方王后冲着爱丽丝的耳朵说：“你现在必须站起来答谢各位了。