SCENE III. A room in Petruchio’s house.

Enter Katherina and Grumio.

 

GRUMIO.

No, no, forsooth; I dare not for my life.

 

KATHERINA.

The more my wrong, the more his spite appears.

What, did he marry me to famish me?

Beggars that come unto my father’s door

Upon entreaty³ have a present alms;

If not, elsewhere they meet with charity;

But I, who never knew how to entreat²,

Nor never needed that I should entreat,

Am starv’d for meat, giddy for lack of sleep;

With oaths kept waking, and with brawling⁴ fed.

And that which spites me more than all these wants,

He does it under name of perfect love;

As who should say, if I should sleep or eat

’Twere deadly sickness, or else present death.

I prithee go and get me some repast;

I care not what, so it be wholesome⁵ food.

 

GRUMIO.

What say you to a neat’s foot?

 

KATHERINA.

’Tis passing good; I prithee let me have it.

 

GRUMIO.

I fear it is too choleric⁶ a meat.

How say you to a fat tripe⁷ finely broil’d?

 

KATHERINA.

I like it well; good Grumio, fetch it me.

 

GRUMIO.

I cannot tell; I fear ’tis choleric.

What say you to a piece of beef and mustard?

 

KATHERINA.

A dish that I do love to feed upon.

 

GRUMIO.

Ay, but the mustard is too hot a little.

 

KATHERINA.

Why then the beef, and let the mustard rest.

 

GRUMIO.

Nay⁸, then I will not: you shall have the mustard,

Or else you get no beef of Grumio.

 

KATHERINA.

Then both, or one, or anything thou wilt⁹.

 

GRUMIO.

Why then the mustard without the beef.

 

KATHERINA.

Go, get thee gone, thou false deluding¹⁰ slave,

 

[Beats him.]

 

That feed’st me with the very name of meat.

Sorrow on thee and all the pack of you

That triumph thus upon my misery¹¹!

Go, get thee gone, I say.

 

Enter Petruchio with a dish of meat; and Hortensio.

 

PETRUCHIO.

How fares my Kate? What, sweeting, all amort?

 

HORTENSIO.

Mistress, what cheer?

 

KATHERINA.

Faith, as cold as can be.

 

PETRUCHIO.

Pluck up thy spirits; look cheerfully upon me.

Here, love; thou seest how diligent¹² I am,

To dress thy meat myself, and bring it thee:

 

[Sets the dish on a table.]

 

I am sure, sweet Kate, this kindness merits thanks.

What! not a word? Nay, then thou lov’st it not,

And all my pains is sorted to no proof.

Here, take away this dish.

 

KATHERINA.

I pray you, let it stand.

 

PETRUCHIO.

The poorest service is repaid with thanks;

And so shall mine, before you touch the meat.

 

KATHERINA.

I thank you, sir.

 

HORTENSIO.

Signior Petruchio, fie! you are to blame.

Come, Mistress Kate, I’ll bear you company.

 

PETRUCHIO.

[Aside.] Eat it up all, Hortensio, if thou lovest me.

Much good do it unto thy gentle heart!

Kate, eat apace: and now, my honey love,

Will we return unto thy father’s house

And revel¹³ it as bravely as the best,

With silken coats and caps, and golden rings,

With ruffs and cuffs¹⁴ and farthingales and things;

With scarfs and fans and double change of bravery,

With amber¹⁵ bracelets¹⁶, beads¹⁷, and all this knavery¹⁸.

What! hast thou din’d? The tailor stays thy leisure,

To deck thy body with his ruffling¹⁹ treasure.

 

Enter Tailor.

 

Come, tailor, let us see these ornaments²⁰;

Lay forth²¹ the gown.—

 

Enter Haberdasher.

 

What news with you, sir?

 

HABERDASHER.

Here is the cap your worship did bespeak²².

 

PETRUCHIO.

Why, this was moulded on a porringer;

A velvet²³ dish: fie, fie! ’tis lewd²⁴ and filthy²⁵:

Why, ’tis a cockle or a walnut-shell,

A knack²⁶, a toy, a trick, a baby’s cap:

Away with it! come, let me have a bigger.

 

KATHERINA.

I’ll have no bigger; this doth fit the time,

And gentlewomen wear such caps as these.

 

PETRUCHIO.

When you are gentle, you shall have one too,

And not till then.

 

HORTENSIO.

[Aside] That will not be in haste.

 

KATHERINA.

Why, sir, I trust I may have leave to speak;

And speak I will. I am no child, no babe.

Your betters have endur’d me say my mind,

And if you cannot, best you stop your ears.

My tongue will tell the anger of my heart,

Or else my heart, concealing²⁷ it, will break;

And rather than it shall, I will be free

Even to the uttermost, as I please, in words.

 

PETRUCHIO.

Why, thou say’st true; it is a paltry²⁸ cap,

A custard-coffin, a bauble²⁹, a silken pie;

I love thee well in that thou lik’st it not.

 

KATHERINA.

Love me or love me not, I like the cap;

And it I will have, or I will have none.

 

[Exit Haberdasher.]

 

PETRUCHIO.

Thy gown? Why, ay: come, tailor, let us see’t.

O mercy, God! what masquing stuff is here?

What’s this? A sleeve? ’Tis like a demi-cannon.

What, up and down, carv’d like an apple tart³⁰?

Here’s snip³¹ and nip and cut and slish and slash³²,

Like to a censer in a barber’s shop.

Why, what i’ devil’s name, tailor, call’st thou this?

 

HORTENSIO.

[Aside] I see she’s like to have neither cap nor gown.

 

TAILOR.

You bid me make it orderly and well,

According to the fashion and the time.

 

PETRUCHIO.

Marry, and did; but if you be remember’d,

I did not bid you mar¹ it to the time.

Go, hop³³ me over every kennel³⁴ home,

For you shall hop without my custom, sir.

I’ll none of it: hence! make your best of it.

 

KATHERINA.

I never saw a better fashion’d gown,

More quaint³⁵, more pleasing, nor more commendable³⁶;

Belike you mean to make a puppet of me.

 

PETRUCHIO.

Why, true; he means to make a puppet of thee.

 

TAILOR.

She says your worship means to make a puppet of her.

 

PETRUCHIO.

O monstrous³⁷ arrogance³⁸! Thou liest, thou thread,

Thou thimble,

Thou yard, three-quarters, half-yard, quarter, nail!

Thou flea³⁹, thou nit, thou winter-cricket thou!

Brav’d in mine own house with a skein of thread!

Away! thou rag, thou quantity, thou remnant,

Or I shall so be-mete thee with thy yard

As thou shalt think on prating⁴⁰ whilst thou liv’st!

I tell thee, I, that thou hast marr’d her gown.

 

TAILOR.

Your worship is deceiv’d: the gown is made

Just as my master had direction.

Grumio gave order how it should be done.

 

GRUMIO.

I gave him no order; I gave him the stuff.

 

TAILOR.

But how did you desire it should be made?

 

GRUMIO.

Marry, sir, with needle and thread.

 

TAILOR.

But did you not request to have it cut?

 

GRUMIO.

Thou hast faced many things.

 

TAILOR.

I have.

 

GRUMIO.

Face not me. Thou hast braved many men; brave not me: I will neither be fac’d nor brav’d. I say unto thee, I bid thy master cut out the gown; but I did not bid him cut it to pieces: ergo, thou liest.

 

TAILOR.

Why, here is the note of the fashion to testify.

 

PETRUCHIO.

Read it.

 

GRUMIO.

The note lies in ’s throat, if he say I said so.

 

TAILOR.

’Imprimis, a loose-bodied gown.’

 

GRUMIO.

Master, if ever I said loose-bodied gown, sew me in the skirts of it and beat me to death with a bottom of brown thread; I said, a gown.

 

PETRUCHIO.

Proceed.

 

TAILOR.

’With a small compassed cape⁴¹.’

 

GRUMIO.

I confess the cape.

 

TAILOR.

’With a trunk sleeve.’

 

GRUMIO.

I confess two sleeves.

 

TAILOR.

’The sleeves curiously⁴² cut.’

 

PETRUCHIO.

Ay, there’s the villainy.

 

GRUMIO.

Error i’ the bill, sir; error i’ the bill. I commanded the sleeves should be cut out, and sew’d up again; and that I’ll prove upon thee, though thy little finger be armed in a thimble.

 

TAILOR.

This is true that I say; and I had thee in place where thou shouldst know it.

 

GRUMIO.

I am for thee straight; take thou the bill, give me thy mete-yard, and spare not me.

 

HORTENSIO.

God-a-mercy, Grumio! Then he shall have no odds⁴⁴.

 

PETRUCHIO.

Well, sir, in brief, the gown is not for me.

 

GRUMIO.

You are i’ the right, sir; ’tis for my mistress.

 

PETRUCHIO.

Go, take it up unto thy master’s use.

 

GRUMIO.

Villain⁴³, not for thy life! Take up my mistress’ gown for thy master’s use!

 

PETRUCHIO.

Why, sir, what’s your conceit⁴⁵ in that?

 

GRUMIO.

O, sir, the conceit is deeper than you think for.

Take up my mistress’ gown to his master’s use!

O fie, fie, fie!

 

PETRUCHIO.

[Aside] Hortensio, say thou wilt see the tailor paid.

[To Tailor.] Go take it hence; be gone, and say no more.

 

HORTENSIO.

[Aside to Tailor.] Tailor, I’ll pay thee for thy gown tomorrow;

Take no unkindness of his hasty words.

Away, I say! commend me to thy master.

 

[Exit Tailor.]

 

PETRUCHIO.

Well, come, my Kate; we will unto your father’s

Even in these honest mean habiliments.

Our purses shall be proud, our garments poor

For ’tis the mind that makes the body rich;

And as the sun breaks through the darkest clouds,

So honour peereth in the meanest habit.

What, is the jay more precious than the lark⁴⁶

Because his feathers are more beautiful?

Or is the adder⁴⁷ better than the eel⁴⁸

Because his painted skin contents the eye?

O no, good Kate; neither art thou the worse

For this poor furniture and mean array.

If thou account’st it shame, lay it on me;

And therefore frolic; we will hence forthwith,

To feast and sport us at thy father’s house.

Go call my men, and let us straight to him;

And bring our horses unto Long-lane end;

There will we mount, and thither⁴⁹ walk on foot.

Let’s see; I think ’tis now some seven o’clock,

And well we may come there by dinner-time.

 

KATHERINA.

I dare assure you, sir, ’tis almost two,

And ’twill be supper-time ere you come there.

 

PETRUCHIO.

It shall be seven ere I go to horse.

Look what I speak, or do, or think to do,

You are still crossing it. Sirs, let ’t alone:

I will not go today; and ere I do,

It shall be what o’clock I say it is.

 

HORTENSIO.

Why, so this gallant⁵⁰ will command the sun.

 

[Exeunt.]

1 mar   

vt.破坏，毁坏，弄糟

参考例句：

• It was not the custom for elderly people to mar the picnics with their presence.大人们照例不参加这样的野餐以免扫兴。
• Such a marriage might mar your career.这样的婚姻说不定会毁了你的一生。

2 entreat   

v.恳求，恳请

参考例句：

• Charles Darnay felt it hopeless entreat him further,and his pride was touched besides.查尔斯-达尔内感到再恳求他已是枉然，自尊心也受到了伤害。
• I entreat you to contribute generously to the building fund.我恳求您慷慨捐助建设基金。

3 entreaty   

n.恳求，哀求

参考例句：

• Mrs. Quilp durst only make a gesture of entreaty.奎尔普太太仅做出一种哀求的姿势。
• Her gaze clung to him in entreaty.她的眼光带着恳求的神色停留在他身上。

4 brawling   

n.争吵，喧嚷

参考例句：

• They were arrested for brawling in the street. 他们因在街上打斗而遭到拘捕。
• The officers were brawling commands. 军官们大声地喊口令。

5 wholesome   

adj.适合；卫生的；有益健康的；显示身心健康的

参考例句：

• In actual fact the things I like doing are mostly wholesome.实际上我喜欢做的事大都是有助于增进身体健康的。
• It is not wholesome to eat without washing your hands.不洗手吃饭是不卫生的。

6 choleric   

adj.易怒的，性情暴躁的

参考例句：

• His pride and choleric temper were to ruin him.他生性高傲自恃而又易于发怒，这会毁了他的。
• He was affable at one moment,choleric the next.他一会儿还和蔼可亲，可一转眼就火冒三丈。

7 tripe   

n.废话，肚子, 内脏

参考例句：

• I can't eat either tripe or liver.我不吃肚也不吃肝。
• I don't read that tripe.我才不看那种无聊的东西呢。

8 nay   

adv.不；n.反对票，投反对票者

参考例句：

• He was grateful for and proud of his son's remarkable,nay,unique performance.他为儿子出色的，不，应该是独一无二的表演心怀感激和骄傲。
• Long essays,nay,whole books have been written on this.许多长篇大论的文章，不，应该说是整部整部的书都是关于这件事的。

9 wilt   

v.(使)植物凋谢或枯萎；(指人)疲倦，衰弱

参考例句：

• Golden roses do not wilt and will never need to be watered.金色的玫瑰不枯萎绝也不需要浇水。
• Several sleepless nights made him wilt.数个不眠之夜使他憔悴。

10 deluding   

v.欺骗，哄骗( delude的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• They used Teresa's desolation as another proof that believers are deluding themselves. 他们用德肋撒嬷嬷的孤寂再一次论证信徒们是在蒙蔽自己。 来自互联网
• There is, for instance, a self-deluding interpretation of the contemporary world situation. 比如说有一些对当代世界时局自我欺骗式的阐释。 来自互联网

11 misery   

n.痛苦，苦恼，苦难；悲惨的境遇，贫苦

参考例句：

• Business depression usually causes misery among the working class.商业不景气常使工薪阶层受苦。
• He has rescued me from the mire of misery.他把我从苦海里救了出来。

12 diligent   

adj.勤勉的，勤奋的

参考例句：

• He is the more diligent of the two boys.他是这两个男孩中较用功的一个。
• She is diligent and keeps herself busy all the time.她真勤快，一会儿也不闲着。

13 revel   

vi.狂欢作乐，陶醉；n.作乐，狂欢

参考例句：

• She seems to revel in annoying her parents.她似乎以惹父母生气为乐。
• The children revel in country life.孩子们特别喜欢乡村生活。

14 cuffs   

n.袖口( cuff的名词复数 )v.掌打，拳打( cuff的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• a collar and cuffs of white lace 带白色蕾丝花边的衣领和袖口
• The cuffs of his shirt were fraying. 他衬衣的袖口磨破了。

15 amber   

n.琥珀；琥珀色；adj.琥珀制的

参考例句：

• Would you like an amber necklace for your birthday?你过生日想要一条琥珀项链吗？
• This is a piece of little amber stones.这是一块小小的琥珀化石。

16 bracelets   

n.手镯，臂镯( bracelet的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The lamplight struck a gleam from her bracelets. 她的手镯在灯光的照射下闪闪发亮。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• On display are earrings, necklaces and bracelets made from jade, amber and amethyst. 展出的有用玉石、琥珀和紫水晶做的耳环、项链和手镯。 来自《简明英汉词典》

17 beads   

n.（空心）小珠子( bead的名词复数 )；水珠；珠子项链

参考例句：

• a necklace of wooden beads 一条木珠项链
• Beads of perspiration stood out on his forehead. 他的前额上挂着汗珠。

18 knavery   

n.恶行，欺诈的行为

参考例句：

• Knavery may serve,but honesty is best.欺诈可能有用，诚实却是上策。
• This is flat knavery.这是十足的无赖作风。

19 ruffling   

弄皱( ruffle的现在分词 )； 弄乱； 激怒； 扰乱

参考例句：

• A cool breeze brushed his face, ruffling his hair. 一阵凉风迎面拂来，吹乱了他的头发。
• "Indeed, they do not,'said Pitty, ruffling. "说真的，那倒不一定。" 皮蒂皱皱眉头，表示异议。

20 ornaments   

n.装饰( ornament的名词复数 )；点缀；装饰品；首饰v.装饰，点缀，美化( ornament的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• The shelves were chock-a-block with ornaments. 架子上堆满了装饰品。
• Playing the piano sets up resonance in those glass ornaments. 一弹钢琴那些玻璃饰物就会产生共振。 来自《简明英汉词典》

21 forth   

adv.向前；向外，往外

参考例句：

• The wind moved the trees gently back and forth.风吹得树轻轻地来回摇晃。
• He gave forth a series of works in rapid succession.他很快连续发表了一系列的作品。

22 bespeak   

v.预定；预先请求

参考例句：

• Today's events bespeak future tragedy.今天的事件预示着未来的不幸。
• The tone of his text bespeaks certain tiredness.他的笔调透出一种倦意。

23 velvet   

n.丝绒，天鹅绒；adj.丝绒制的，柔软的

参考例句：

• This material feels like velvet.这料子摸起来像丝绒。
• The new settlers wore the finest silk and velvet clothing.新来的移民穿着最华丽的丝绸和天鹅绒衣服。

24 lewd   

adj.淫荡的

参考例句：

• Drew spends all day eyeing up the women and making lewd comments.德鲁整天就盯着女人看，说些下流话。
• I'm not that mean,despicable,cowardly,lewd creature that horrible little man sees. 我可不是那个令人恶心的小人所见到的下流、可耻、懦弱、淫秽的家伙。

25 filthy   

adj.卑劣的；恶劣的，肮脏的

参考例句：

• The whole river has been fouled up with filthy waste from factories.整条河都被工厂的污秽废物污染了。
• You really should throw out that filthy old sofa and get a new one.你真的应该扔掉那张肮脏的旧沙发，然后再去买张新的。

26 knack   

n.诀窍，做事情的灵巧的，便利的方法

参考例句：

• He has a knack of teaching arithmetic.他教算术有诀窍。
• Making omelettes isn't difficult,but there's a knack to it.做煎蛋饼并不难，但有窍门。

27 concealing   

v.隐藏，隐瞒，遮住( conceal的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• Despite his outward display of friendliness, I sensed he was concealing something. 尽管他表现得友善，我还是感觉到他有所隐瞒。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• SHE WAS BREAKING THE COMPACT, AND CONCEALING IT FROM HIM. 她违反了他们之间的约定，还把他蒙在鼓里。 来自英汉文学 - 三万元遗产

28 paltry   

adj.无价值的，微不足道的

参考例句：

• The parents had little interest in paltry domestic concerns.那些家长对家里鸡毛蒜皮的小事没什么兴趣。
• I'm getting angry;and if you don't command that paltry spirit of yours.我要生气了，如果你不能振作你那点元气。

29 bauble   

n.美观而无价值的饰物

参考例句：

• That little bauble is not to be compared with this enormous jewel.那个小摆设不能与这个大宝石相比较。
• A bauble is a showy ornament of little value.廉价珠宝是华而不实的装饰品。

30 tart   

adj.酸的；尖酸的，刻薄的；n.果馅饼；淫妇

参考例句：

• She was learning how to make a fruit tart in class.她正在课上学习如何制作水果馅饼。
• She replied in her usual tart and offhand way.她开口回答了，用她平常那种尖酸刻薄的声调随口说道。

31 snip   

n.便宜货，廉价货，剪，剪断

参考例句：

• He has now begun to snip away at the piece of paper.现在他已经开始剪这张纸。
• The beautifully made briefcase is a snip at £74.25.这个做工精美的公文包售价才74.25英镑，可谓物美价廉。

32 slash   

vi.大幅度削减；vt.猛砍，尖锐抨击，大幅减少；n.猛砍，斜线，长切口，衣衩

参考例句：

• The shop plans to slash fur prices after Spring Festival.该店计划在春节之后把皮货降价。
• Don't slash your horse in that cruel way.不要那样残忍地鞭打你的马。

33 hop   

n.单脚跳，跳跃；vi.单脚跳，跳跃；着手做某事；vt.跳跃，跃过

参考例句：

• The children had a competition to see who could hop the fastest.孩子们举行比赛，看谁单足跳跃最快。
• How long can you hop on your right foot?你用右脚能跳多远？

34 kennel   

n.狗舍，狗窝

参考例句：

• Sporting dogs should be kept out of doors in a kennel.猎狗应该养在户外的狗窝中。
• Rescued dogs are housed in a standard kennel block.获救的狗被装在一个标准的犬舍里。

35 quaint   

adj.古雅的，离奇有趣的，奇怪的

参考例句：

• There were many small lanes in the quaint village.在这古香古色的村庄里，有很多小巷。
• They still keep some quaint old customs.他们仍然保留着一些稀奇古怪的旧风俗。

36 commendable   

adj.值得称赞的

参考例句：

• The government's action here is highly commendable.政府这样的行动值得高度赞扬。
• Such carping is not commendable.这样吹毛求疵真不大好。

37 monstrous   

adj.巨大的；恐怖的；可耻的，丢脸的

参考例句：

• The smoke began to whirl and grew into a monstrous column.浓烟开始盘旋上升，形成了一个巨大的烟柱。
• Your behaviour in class is monstrous!你在课堂上的行为真是丢人！

38 arrogance   

n.傲慢，自大

参考例句：

• His arrogance comes out in every speech he makes.他每次讲话都表现得骄傲自大。
• Arrogance arrested his progress.骄傲阻碍了他的进步。

39 flea   

n.跳蚤

参考例句：

• I'll put a flea in his ear if he bothers me once more.如果他再来打扰的话，我就要对他不客气了。
• Hunter has an interest in prowling around a flea market.亨特对逛跳蚤市场很感兴趣。

40 prating   

v.（古时用语）唠叨，啰唆( prate的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• Listen to him prating on about nothing. 听他瞎唠叨。 来自辞典例句
• He is always prating about her wealthy relations, if anybody cared. 他总是对别人炫耀她的阔亲戚，好像别人对此感兴趣似的。 来自互联网

41 cape   

n.海角，岬；披肩，短披风

参考例句：

• I long for a trip to the Cape of Good Hope.我渴望到好望角去旅行。
• She was wearing a cape over her dress.她在外套上披着一件披肩。

42 curiously   

adv.有求知欲地；好问地；奇特地

参考例句：

• He looked curiously at the people.他好奇地看着那些人。
• He took long stealthy strides. His hands were curiously cold.他迈着悄没声息的大步。他的双手出奇地冷。

43 villain   

n.反派演员，反面人物；恶棍；问题的起因

参考例句：

• He was cast as the villain in the play.他在戏里扮演反面角色。
• The man who played the villain acted very well.扮演恶棍的那个男演员演得很好。

44 odds   

n.让步，机率，可能性，比率；胜败优劣之别

参考例句：

• The odds are 5 to 1 that she will win.她获胜的机会是五比一。
• Do you know the odds of winning the lottery once?你知道赢得一次彩票的几率多大吗？

45 conceit   

n.自负，自高自大

参考例句：

• As conceit makes one lag behind,so modesty helps one make progress.骄傲使人落后，谦虚使人进步。
• She seems to be eaten up with her own conceit.她仿佛已经被骄傲冲昏了头脑。

46 lark   

n.云雀，百灵鸟；n.嬉戏，玩笑；vi.嬉戏

参考例句：

• He thinks it cruel to confine a lark in a cage.他认为把云雀关在笼子里太残忍了。
• She lived in the village with her grandparents as cheerful as a lark.她同祖父母一起住在乡间非常快活。

47 adder   

n.蝰蛇；小毒蛇

参考例句：

• The adder is Britain's only venomous snake.蝰蛇是英国唯一的一种毒蛇。
• An adder attacked my father.一条小毒蛇攻击了我父亲。

48 eel   

n.鳗鲡

参考例句：

• He used an eel spear to catch an eel.他用一只捕鳗叉捕鳗鱼。
• In Suzhou,there was a restaurant that specialized in eel noodles.苏州有一家饭馆，他们那里的招牌菜是鳗鱼面。

49 thither   

adv.向那里；adj.在那边的，对岸的

参考例句：

• He wandered hither and thither looking for a playmate.他逛来逛去找玩伴。
• He tramped hither and thither.他到处流浪。

50 gallant   

adj.英勇的，豪侠的；(向女人)献殷勤的

参考例句：

• Huang Jiguang's gallant deed is known by all men. 黄继光的英勇事迹尽人皆知。
• These gallant soldiers will protect our country.这些勇敢的士兵会保卫我们的国家的。