A Tale of Two Cities — Page 2
每当领头的马发出这种嘎嘎声，车厢里的乘客便会一惊，就像一个神经紧张的旅客那样，心神不宁。
Whenever the leader made this rattle, the passenger started, as a nervous passenger might, and was disturbed in mind.
所有的低洼地带都笼罩着蒸腾的雾气，那雾在凄凉中沿着山坡蔓延而上，犹如一个邪灵，四处寻觅安息之所，却始终无处安身。
There was a steaming mist in all the hollows, and it had roamed in its forlornness up the hill, like an evil spirit, seeking rest and finding none.
那是一团潮湿阴冷、寒意彻骨的雾，它在空气中缓缓移动，泛起一圈圈涟漪，层层叠叠地向前漫卷，宛如一片浑浊海洋上翻涌的波浪。
A clammy and intensely cold mist, it made its slow way through the air in ripples that visibly followed and overspread one another, as the waves of an unwholesome sea might do.
雾气浓重，将马车灯光所能照到的一切都遮蔽殆尽，只剩下雾本身流动的形迹，以及眼前几码长的路面依稀可辨；而那几匹拼力拉车的马所喷出的热气，也蒸腾弥散进雾中，仿佛这满天的雾都是它们呼出来的。
It was dense enough to shut out everything from the light of the coach-lamps but these its own workings, and a few yards of road; and the reek of the labouring horses steamed into it, as if they had made it all.
除了那位乘客之外，还有另外两名旅客正沿着邮车旁边徒步爬坡。
Two other passengers, besides the one, were plodding up the hill by the side of the mail.
三人都将自己裹得严严实实，遮住了颧骨和耳朵，脚上穿着高筒靴。
All three were wrapped to the cheekbones and over the ears, and wore jack-boots.
三人之中，没有一个人能从所见之物判断出另外两人的模样；而在同伴的心眼里，每个人都和在肉眼中一样，被层层包裹遮掩得几乎无从辨认。
Not one of the three could have said, from anything he saw, what either of the other two was like; and each was hidden under almost as many wrappers from the eyes of the mind, as from the eyes of the body, of his two companions.
在那个年代，旅途中的人们对于萍水相逢之人都非常警惕，不敢轻易吐露心事，因为路上的任何人都可能是强盗，或是与强盗串通一气。
In those days, travellers were very shy of being confidential on a short notice, for anybody on the road might be a robber or in league with robbers.
Vocabulary
- whenever
- 无论何时；每当...的时候
- the
- 定冠词，表示特定的人或物
- leader
- 领导者；带头的人或动物
- made
- 制造；使得；让...变成
- this
- 这个；这件事物
- rattle
- 发出连续的碰撞声；喀喀声
- passenger
- 乘客；搭乘交通工具的人
- started
- 开始；突然惊吓
- as
- 作为；当...时候；像...一样
- nervous
- 紧张的；焦虑的；易激动的
- might
- 可能；也许；力量
- and
- 和；与；并且
- was
- 是；存在于过去
- disturbed
- 被打扰的；不安的；心烦的
- in
- 在...里面；在...期间
- mind
- 心灵；思想；精神
- there
- 那里；在那个地方
- steaming
- 冒蒸汽的；热气腾腾的
- mist
- 薄雾；雾气
- all
- 全部；所有的
- it
- 它；这个东西
- had
- 有；曾经有
- roamed
- 漫游；四处游走
- its
- 它的；属于它的
- up
- 向上；往上
- hill
- 山丘；小山
- like
- 喜欢；像...一样
- an
- 一个；在元音前的冠词
- evil
- 邪恶的；坏的；有害的
- spirit
- 精神；灵魂；鬼
- seeking
- 寻求；追求；搜索
- rest
- 休息；安宁；其余
- finding
- 发现；找到；结果
- none
- 没有一个；无人；都不
- intensely
- 强烈地；深深地
- cold
- 寒冷的；冷的
- slow
- 缓慢的；慢速的
- way
- 方向；途径；方式
- through
- 通过；穿过；经历
- air
- 空气；大气
- that
- 那个；那个事物
- followed
- 跟随；接着发生
- one
- 一个；某个人
- another
- 另一个；互相
- waves
- 波浪；浪
- of
- 的；属于
- sea
- 大海；海洋
- do
- 做；执行
- dense
- 密集的；浓密的
- enough
- 足够的；充分的
- to
- 到；向；不定式标记
- shut
- 关闭；关上
- out
- 外面；向外
- everything
- 每件东西；所有事物
- from
- 来自；从...开始
- light
- 光；光线；轻的
- but
- 但是；然而；除了
- these
- 这些；这个（复数）
- own
- 自己的；拥有
- few
- 少的；很少的
- yards
- 院子；码（长度单位）
- road
- 道路；路线
- horses
- 马；动物
- steamed
- 冒蒸汽；蒸；用蒸汽
- into
- 进入；到...里面
- if
- 如果；假如
- they
- 他们；它们
- two
- 二；两个
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