The set in which they found themselves was composed of English, and Amy was compelled to walk decorously through a cotillion, feeling all the while as if she could dance the tarantella with relish.

他们发现自己身处的场景是由英语组成的，艾米不得不优雅地走过一个舞会，一直觉得自己好像可以津津有味地跳塔兰泰拉舞。

" You see, " added Lega, " most of us are serious writers; and, with all respect to the company, I am afraid that a general attempt to be humorous would present the spectacle of an elephant trying to dance the tarantella" .

“你看，”Lega 补充说，“我们大多数人都是严肃的作家；并且，恕我直言，我担心一般的幽默尝试会呈现出一头大象试图跳塔兰泰拉舞的奇观”。