A Room with a View — Page 11
「我想温迪角的每个人都会赞同的;那是个时髦的世界。我已经习惯了滕布里奇韦尔斯,在那里我们都远远落后于时代。」
"I think everyone at Windy Corner will approve; it is the fashionable world. I am used to Tunbridge Wells, where we are all hopelessly behind the times."
「是的,」露西沮丧地说道。
"Yes," said Lucy despondently.
空气中弥漫着一股不满的气息,但这不满究竟是针对她自己、还是比伯先生、还是温迪角那个时髦的世界、还是滕布里奇韦尔斯那个狭隘的世界,她实在无法判断。
There was a haze of disapproval in the air, but whether the disapproval was of herself, or of Mr. Beebe, or of the fashionable world at Windy Corner, or of the narrow world at Tunbridge Wells, she could not determine.
她试图找出根源,但像往常一样,她又弄错了方向。
She tried to locate it, but as usual she blundered.
巴特利特小姐殷勤地否认自己对任何人有不满,并补充道:「我恐怕你觉得我是个令人十分沮丧的伴侣。」
Miss Bartlett sedulously denied disapproving of any one, and added "I am afraid you are finding me a very depressing companion."
那女孩再次心想:「一定是我太自私或太不体贴了;我必须更加注意。夏洛特这么贫穷,真是太可怜了。」
And the girl again thought: "I must have been selfish or unkind; I must be more careful. It is so dreadful for Charlotte, being poor."
幸好,那两位年迈的小妇人之一,已经和蔼地微笑了好一会儿,此时走了过来,问是否可以坐在比伯先生原来坐的地方。
Fortunately one of the little old ladies, who for some time had been smiling very benignly, now approached and asked if she might be allowed to sit where Mr. Beebe had sat.
获得允许后,她开始轻声絮絮叨叨地谈起意大利,谈起来这里是多么大胆的一步,这一步又是多么令人满意的成功,谈起她姐姐健康状况的改善,谈起夜晚关上卧室窗户的必要性,以及早晨彻底倒空水瓶的重要性。
Permission granted, she began to chatter gently about Italy, the plunge it had been to come there, the gratifying success of the plunge, the improvement in her sister's health, the necessity of closing the bed-room windows at night, and of thoroughly emptying the water-bottles in the morning.
她谈论这些话题的方式令人愉快,而这些话题或许也比房间另一端那场关于圭尔夫派与吉伯林派、正进行得热火朝天的高谈阔论更值得关注。
She handled her subjects agreeably, and they were, perhaps, more worthy of attention than the high discourse upon Guelfs and Ghibellines which was proceeding tempestuously at the other end of the room.
Vocabulary
- think
- 认为,思考,表达观点或想法
- everyone
- 每个人,所有人
- Corner
- 角落,拐角,此处为地名组成部分
- will
- 将会,表示未来或意愿
- approve
- 赞成,批准,表示同意或认可
- fashionable
- 时髦的,流行的,符合当下潮流
- world
- 世界,也可指某个特定的社交圈子
- used
- used to 表示习惯于某事或某地
- where
- 在那里,引导地点状语从句
- hopelessly
- 无可救药地,绝望地,毫无希望地
- behind
- 落后于,在……后面
- times
- 时代,潮流,behind the times意为落伍
- despondently
- 沮丧地,消沉地,失去希望地说话
- haze
- 薄雾,模糊,此处比喻隐约的氛围
- disapproval
- 不赞成,反对,对某事或某人的不满
- air
- 空气,此处指氛围或感觉
- whether
- 是否,引导表示选择的从句
- herself
- 她自己,反身代词
- narrow
- 狭隘的,心胸不宽广,思想保守
- determine
- 确定,判断,查明某事的真相
- tried
- 尝试,try的过去式,努力去做某事
- locate
- 确定位置,找出,查明……所在
- usual
- 通常,as usual 意为像往常一样
- blundered
- 犯了大错,笨手笨脚地行动或出错
- sedulously
- 勤勉地,孜孜不倦地,刻意认真地
- denied
- 否认,deny的过去式,不承认某事
- disapproving
- 表示不赞成的,反对的,带批评态度
- added
- 补充说,add的过去式,增加或附加
- afraid
- 恐怕,担心,I'm afraid 表示遗憾地说
- depressing
- 令人沮丧的,使人消沉的,压抑的
- companion
- 同伴,伴侣,陪伴他人的人
- must
- 必须,一定,表示义务或强烈推断
- selfish
- 自私的,只考虑自己利益,不顾他人
- unkind
- 不友善的,冷漠的,缺乏善意
- careful
- 小心的,谨慎的,注意细节
- dreadful
- 可怕的,糟糕透顶的,令人不安
- poor
- 贫穷的,可怜的,缺乏金钱或资源
- Fortunately
- 幸运地,幸好,表示结果令人庆幸
- ladies
- 女士们,lady的复数,尊称女性
- benignly
- 慈祥地,和蔼地,亲切友善地
- approached
- 走近,靠近,approach的过去式
- might
- 可能,may的过去式,表示许可或可能
- allowed
- 被允许,allow的过去式,给予许可
- Permission
- 许可,允许,同意他人做某事的授权
- granted
- 被准予,grant的过去式,表示同意给予
- chatter
- 闲聊,喋喋不休,轻松随意地谈话
- gently
- 温和地,轻柔地,不急不躁地
- plunge
- 突然投入,跳入,猛然进入某情境
- gratifying
- 令人满意的,令人高兴的,使人愉快
- success
- 成功,取得好结果,达到目标
- improvement
- 改善,进步,状态变得更好
- health
- 健康,身体状况,体质好坏
- necessity
- 必要性,必需,不可缺少的事情
- bed-room
- 卧室,睡觉用的房间
- thoroughly
- 彻底地,完全地,非常仔细认真地
- emptying
- 倒空,清空,empty的现在分词
- water-bottles
- 水瓶,装水用的瓶子,复数形式
- handled
- 处理,应对,handle的过去式
- subjects
- 话题,主题,subject的复数形式
- agreeably
- 令人愉快地,讨人喜欢地,宜人地
- perhaps
- 也许,可能,表示不确定的猜测
- worthy
- 值得的,有价值的,配得上某事
- attention
- 注意,关注,把心思集中于某事
- high
- 高深的,崇高的,高水平的
- discourse
- 谈论,论述,关于某主题的长篇讨论
- proceeding
- 进行,继续,proceed的现在分词
- tempestuously
- 激烈地,汹涌地,像暴风雨般激烈
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