我请教一个英语句子:There wasn't any question of them being able to buy a better house — or even one more bed to sleep in. They were far too poor for that.
请帮我翻译一下好么,我认为There wasn't any question of them being able to buy a better house 是买一个更好的房子没有问题的意思,而这明显与作者的意思不符,请问应该怎么翻译呢?谢谢!
原文如下:
Mr and Mrs Bucket have a small boy whose name is Charlie.
The whole of this family — the six grown-ups (count them) and little Charlie Bucket — live together in a small wooden house on the edge of a great town.
The house wasn't nearly large enough for so many people, and life was extremely uncomfortable for them all. There were only two rooms in the place altogether, and there was only one bed. The bed was given to the four old grandparents because they were so old and tired. They were so tired, they never got out of it.
Grandpa Joe and Grandma Josephine on this side, Grandpa George and Grandma Georgina on this side.
Mr and Mrs Bucket and little Charlie Bucket slept in the other room, upon mattresses on the floor.
In the summertime, this wasn't too bad, but in the winter, freezing cold draughts blew across the floor all night long, and it was awful.
There wasn't any question of them being able to buy a better house — or even one more bed to sleep in. They were far too poor for that. |