Anna Karenina — Page 3
他拉起了百叶窗，大声按响了铃。铃声立刻得到了回应——他的老朋友、贴身男仆马特维出现了，手里拿着他的衣服、靴子和一封电报。
He pulled up the blind and rang the bell loudly. It was at once answered by the appearance of an old friend, his valet, Matvey, carrying his clothes, his boots, and a telegram.
马特维身后跟着理发师，带来了剃须所需的一切用具。
Matvey was followed by the barber with all the necessaries for shaving.
"办公室有没有送来什么文件？"斯捷潘·阿尔卡季耶维奇问道，一边接过电报，一边在镜前坐了下来。
"Are there any papers from the office?" asked Stepan Arkadyevitch, taking the telegram and seating himself at the looking-glass.
"在桌上，"马特维回答道，他带着探询又同情的目光瞥了主人一眼；停顿片刻后，他带着一丝狡黠的微笑补充道："租车行那边打发人来了。"
"On the table," replied Matvey, glancing with inquiring sympathy at his master; and, after a short pause, he added with a sly smile, "They've sent from the carriage-jobbers."
斯捷潘·阿尔卡季耶维奇没有作答，只是在镜子里瞥了马特维一眼。
Stepan Arkadyevitch made no reply, he merely glanced at Matvey in the looking-glass.
在那个他们四目相对于镜中的眼神里，一切都不言而喻——他们彼此心领神会。
In the glance, in which their eyes met in the looking-glass, it was clear that they understood one another.
斯捷潘·阿尔卡季耶维奇的眼神在问："你告诉我这个干什么？难道你不知道吗？"
Stepan Arkadyevitch's eyes asked: "Why do you tell me that? don't you know?"
马特维把双手插进上衣口袋，伸出一条腿，默默地望着主人，神情愉快，嘴角带着淡淡的微笑。
Matvey put his hands in his jacket pockets, thrust out one leg, and gazed silently, good-humoredly, with a faint smile, at his master.
"我叫他们星期天再来，在那之前别来烦您，也别白费他们自己的工夫，"他说。这句话显然是他事先想好的。
"I told them to come on Sunday, and till then not to trouble you or themselves for nothing," he said. He had obviously prepared the sentence beforehand.
斯捷潘·阿尔卡季耶维奇看出马特维是想开个玩笑、引人注意。他拆开电报读了一遍，把电报里像往常一样拼错的单词猜了出来，他的脸色随即明朗起来。
Stepan Arkadyevitch saw Matvey wanted to make a joke and attract attention to himself. Tearing open the telegram, he read it through, guessing at the words, misspelt as they always are in telegrams, and his face brightened.
Vocabulary
- pulled
- 拉、拽某物，pull的过去式
- blind
- 窗帘；百叶窗，用于遮挡光线
- rang
- 按响铃铛，ring的过去式
- bell
- 铃铛，按下后发出声响的装置
- loudly
- 大声地，以很高的音量
- once
- 立刻，马上，没有延迟地
- appearance
- 出现；露面，某人或某物到来
- valet
- 男仆，专门服侍主人日常起居的仆人
- carrying
- 携带、拿着，carry的现在分词
- boots
- 靴子，覆盖脚踝以上的鞋类
- telegram
- 电报，通过电报系统发送的信息
- followed
- 跟随、紧接着，follow的过去式
- barber
- 理发师，专门为人剃须或理发的人
- necessaries
- 必需品，生活或工作所必须的物品
- shaving
- 刮胡子，用剃刀去除面部毛发
- papers
- 文件、报纸，书面材料的总称
- seating
- 使就座，seat的现在分词
- looking-glass
- 镜子，用来照看自己外貌的玻璃
- replied
- 回答，reply的过去式
- glancing
- 瞥视，glance的现在分词，快速看一眼
- inquiring
- 探询的，带有疑问意味地看
- sympathy
- 同情，对他人处境的关切和理解
- master
- 主人，对雇主或东家的称呼
- pause
- 暂停，短暂停顿或休止
- added
- 补充说，add的过去式
- sly
- 狡黠的，带有机灵或促狭意味的
- carriage-jobbers
- 出租马车的商人，专门承包车辆的人
- reply
- 回答、回复，对问题或言语的响应
- merely
- 仅仅，只不过，表示程度有限
- glanced
- 瞥了一眼，glance的过去式
- glance
- 一瞥，快速短暂地看一眼
- jacket
- 夹克，短款外套或上衣
- pockets
- 口袋，衣服上缝制的小袋子
- thrust
- 猛推、伸出，用力推出某物
- gazed
- 凝视，gaze的过去式，长时间注视
- silently
- 默默地，不发出声音地
- good-humoredly
- 和蔼地，以愉快友好的态度
- faint
- 微弱的，不明显的，轻微的
- till
- 直到，表示时间延续到某点
- trouble
- 打扰、麻烦，给人带来不便
- obviously
- 显然地，明显可见地
- prepared
- 准备好的，prepare的过去式
- beforehand
- 事先，在某事发生之前提前做好
- joke
- 笑话，引人发笑的幽默言语
- attract
- 吸引，引起他人的注意或兴趣
- attention
- 注意力，专注于某事物的状态
- Tearing
- 撕开，tear的现在分词，用力扯开
- guessing
- 猜测，guess的现在分词
- misspelt
- 拼错了，misspell的过去分词
- telegrams
- 电报，通过电信系统传送的书面消息
- brightened
- 变亮、喜上眉梢，brighten的过去式
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