" 'Tis cleft-wood, that's what 'tis." said Timothy Fairway.

“是，肯定没错。”蒂莫西·费尔韦说。

They wanted stories that showed Lincoln being this humble rail-splitter, being a country bumpkin.

他们想打造的效果是让大家认为林肯是一个卑微的工，一个乡巴佬。

Robinson, you're pretty good at bustin' up chifforobes and kindlin' with one hand, aren't ya?

鲁宾逊，你很擅长单手砍衣柜还有，是吗？

" But, Sister, " said Carreen, her sweet childish face blank with consternation. " I couldn't split kindling! It would ruin my hands" ! " Look at mine, " answered Scarlett with a frightening smile as she pushed blistered and calloused palms toward her.

" 不过，姐姐，" 卡琳说，她那张幼稚得可爱的脸上充满了惶惑的神色，" 我不会火呀！那会把我的手给毁了呢！" " 你瞧我的，" 思嘉面带吓人的微笑答，同时伸出一双满是血泡和茧子的手给卡琳看。

After about ten minutes, he saw a ranch house where a boy was splitting wood near the kitchen door.

大约十分钟后，他看到了一个低矮的小平房，一个男孩子正在它的厨房门火。

She cleaned the cabin and chopped wood. She did all the cooking and washed all the clothes.

她打扫小木屋、、做饭、洗衣服。

In Moldova, Tudor Popescu splits firewood that will heat his home in the capital of Chisinau.

在摩尔多瓦首都基希讷乌，都铎·波佩斯库为自己的家供暖。

He vanished, and she heard a splitting of wood and a blowing of bellows; and presently he returned, saying, " I have lighted a fire in the kitchen, and now I'll light one here."

他消失了，接着游苔莎就听见和拉风箱的声音；不一会儿他就来了，说，“我在厨房里把火点上了，现在我可以把这儿的火点起来。”

Mrs. Merriwether and her baking and Rene driving the pie wagon. And Hugh Elsing cutting and peddling firewood and Tommy contracting.

梅里韦瑟太太做馅饼生意，雷内叫卖馅饼，休·埃尔辛卖，托米搞承包，就是如此。

Abraham Lincoln was the rail- splitter.

亚伯拉罕·林肯曾是木头做栅栏的“工”。

" But listen closely. Not one cent for the store and not one cent for that kindling factory of yours" .

一分钱也不能花在你那个商店上，一分钱也不能花你那厂上。"

And it's a task like chopping firewood.

而且是一样的活儿。

" He had fists as big as chopping blocks" according to the poem.

根据这首诗的描述，“他的拳头大如砧”。

But I wouldn't split wood two days in a row.

但我不会连续两天。

And, you know, chopping their wood, bringing fresh water, and just leaving it.

而且你知道，、打水，然后就离开了。

You need to spend time in your life chopping wood.

你得花时间在生活中的事务上。

And there was an axe for chopping wood wedged into the side of a tree.

树干上还嵌着一把用的斧头。

And we both go out and chop wood in the morning.

我们俩早上都会出去。

A wood chipper, Kevin, a candle and Lord Voldemort.

机、凯文、蜡烛和伏地魔。

I mean, in 1912, if you walked up to just about any front yard at any house, there would inevitably be an axe lodged in a splitting stump, right?

我的意思是， 1912年， 如果你走到任何一栋房子的前院，几乎都会看到一把斧头插在一个的木墩上，对吧？