A Room with a View — Page 2
露西觉得自己太自私了。
Lucy felt that she had been selfish.
"夏洛特,你不能这样宠我:当然,你也得看得到阿诺河。我就是这个意思。前面第一间空出来的房间——"
"Charlotte, you mustn't spoil me: of course, you must look over the Arno, too. I meant that. The first vacant room in the front—"
"那间房你必须住,"巴特利特小姐说——她的部分旅费是由露西的母亲支付的,这份慷慨之举她每每以得体的方式提及。
"You must have it," said Miss Bartlett, part of whose travelling expenses were paid by Lucy's mother—a piece of generosity to which she made many a tactful allusion.
"不,不。你才应该住那间房。"
"No, no. You must have it."
"我坚持要你住。你母亲永远不会原谅我的,露西。"
"I insist on it. Your mother would never forgive me, Lucy."
"她永远不会原谅我的。"
"She would never forgive me."
两位女士的声音越来越激动,说实话,还带着几分烦躁。
The ladies' voices grew animated, and—if the sad truth be owned—a little peevish.
她们都累了,打着无私的幌子,却在争论不休。
They were tired, and under the guise of unselfishness they wrangled.
周围的一些房客相互交换着眼色,其中一位——那种在海外旅行时偶尔会遇到的没有教养的人——身子前倾,越过桌子,竟然插嘴打断了她们的争论。
Some of their neighbours interchanged glances, and one of them—one of the ill-bred people whom one does meet abroad—leant forward over the table and actually intruded into their argument.
他说道:
He said:
"我有一间看得到风景的房间,我有一间看得到风景的房间。"
"I have a view, I have a view."
巴特利特小姐吃了一惊。
Miss Bartlett was startled.
在养老公寓里,人们通常要观察彼此一两天才会开口说话,而且往往要等到对方离开后,才能判断出他们是否"合得来"。
Generally at a pension people looked them over for a day or two before speaking, and often did not find out that they would "do" till they had gone.
她还没来得及看他一眼,就已经知道这个冒失鬼没有教养。
She knew that the intruder was ill-bred, even before she glanced at him.
他是个年迈的男人,身形魁梧,面容白皙,胡须剃得干净,眼睛很大。
He was an old man, of heavy build, with a fair, shaven face and large eyes.
那双眼睛里有某种孩子气的东西,但那并不是老年痴呆所带来的孩子气。
There was something childish in those eyes, though it was not the childishness of senility.
巴特利特小姐没有停下来细想那究竟是什么,因为她的目光已经转向了他的衣着。
What exactly it was Miss Bartlett did not stop to consider, for her glance passed on to his clothes.
他的衣着并没有让她产生好感。
These did not attract her.
Vocabulary
- felt
- feel的过去式,感觉到某种情绪或状态。
- selfish
- 自私的,只顾自己利益不顾他人。
- mustn't
- must not的缩写,表示禁止或不应该做某事。
- spoil
- 宠坏;溺爱某人或破坏某事物。
- meant
- mean的过去式,表示打算或意思是。
- vacant
- 空的,未被占用的房间或位置。
- travelling
- 旅行的,与出行相关的活动或费用。
- expenses
- 费用,旅行或活动中所花的金钱。
- generosity
- 慷慨,愿意大方给予他人的品质。
- tactful
- 有技巧的,说话做事考虑周到不伤人。
- allusion
- 暗示,间接提及某事而不明说。
- insist
- 坚持,强调某种意见或要求不让步。
- forgive
- 原谅,不再对某人的过失怀有怨恨。
- animated
- 活跃的,谈话充满热情和生气。
- owned
- 承认,此处指如实承认某个事实。
- peevish
- 暴躁的,容易因小事而生气烦躁。
- guise
- 伪装,以某种外表掩盖真实意图。
- unselfishness
- 无私,不考虑自身利益只顾他人的品质。
- wrangled
- 争吵,激烈地争论或口角。
- neighbours
- 邻座者,在附近的其他人。
- interchanged
- 互相交换,彼此交流目光或信息。
- glances
- 快速一瞥,短暂地看某人或某物。
- ill-bred
- 没有教养的,举止粗鲁缺乏礼貌。
- whom
- 谁,关系代词,用于宾语位置。
- abroad
- 在国外,在本国之外的地方。
- leant
- lean的过去式,身体向某方向倾斜。
- actually
- 实际上,用于强调真实情况的副词。
- intruded
- 闯入,未经邀请插入他人的谈话。
- argument
- 争论,双方就某事各持己见的讨论。
- view
- 观点;也指风景或景色。
- startled
- 被吓到的,因突然事件而受到惊吓。
- Generally
- 通常,在一般情况下的副词。
- pension
- 小旅馆,欧洲提供住宿餐饮的小型旅馆。
- till
- 直到,表示持续到某时间点的连词。
- intruder
- 闯入者,未受邀请就介入他人事务的人。
- glanced
- 瞥了一眼,快速地看了某人或某物。
- build
- 体型,人的身体构造和体格特征。
- fair
- 白皙的,肤色较浅或面容明亮的。
- shaven
- 刮干净的,脸上没有胡须的状态。
- childish
- 孩子气的,像小孩一样幼稚的特质。
- though
- 虽然,尽管,表示转折关系的连词。
- childishness
- 童稚,像小孩般幼稚的性格或行为。
- senility
- 老年痴呆,因年迈导致的精神衰退状态。
- exactly
- 究竟,用于强调或询问精确信息。
- consider
- 考虑,仔细思考某事或某种可能性。
- glance
- 一瞥,快速地看某人或某物一眼。
- attract
- 吸引,引起他人的注意或兴趣。
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