Anne of Green Gables — Page 1
马修·卡斯伯特和那匹栗色母马舒适地沿着八英里路小跑，前往布莱特河。
Matthew Cuthbert and the sorrel mare jogged comfortably over the eight miles to Bright River.
这是一条美丽的路，蜿蜒穿行于整洁的农庄之间，时而驶过一片芬芳的冷杉树林，时而经过一处低洼地，那里的野梅挂满了朦胧的花朵。
It was a pretty road, running along between snug farmsteads, with now and again a bit of balsamy fir wood to drive through or a hollow where wild plums hung out their filmy bloom.
空气中弥漫着许多苹果园的芬芳，草地在远处缓缓延伸，消融于珍珠色与紫色交织的地平线薄雾之中；
The air was sweet with the breath of many apple orchards and the meadows sloped away in the distance to horizon mists of pearl and purple;
「小鸟儿欢唱，仿佛这一天，便是一年之中唯一的夏日。」
"The little birds sang as if it were the one day of summer in all the year."
马修以自己的方式享受着这段旅程，只是每当遇到女人、不得不向她们点头致意时便会例外——因为在爱德华王子岛，无论认识与否，见到路上的人都应该点头打招呼。
Matthew enjoyed the drive after his own fashion, except during the moments when he met women and had to nod to them--for in Prince Edward Island you are supposed to nod to all and sundry you meet on the road whether you know them or not.
马修除了玛瑞拉和瑞秋太太之外，对所有女性都心存畏惧；他总有一种不自在的感觉，觉得这些神秘的生物在暗地里嘲笑他。
Matthew dreaded all women except Marilla and Mrs. Rachel; he had an uncomfortable feeling that the mysterious creatures were secretly laughing at him.
他这样想也许完全没错，因为他确实是个样貌奇特的人——身形笨拙，留着一头垂至驼背肩膀的铁灰色长发，还蓄着一把浓密柔软的棕色胡须，那胡须从他二十岁起便一直留着。
He may have been quite right in thinking so, for he was an odd-looking personage, with an ungainly figure and long iron-gray hair that touched his stooping shoulders, and a full, soft brown beard which he had worn ever since he was twenty.
事实上，他二十岁时的模样与六十岁时相差无几，只不过少了几分灰白罢了。
In fact, he had looked at twenty very much as he looked at sixty, lacking a little of the grayness.
Vocabulary
- sorrel
- 红棕色的；一种栗色马
- mare
- 成年雌马
- jogged
- 缓慢平稳地小跑前进
- comfortably
- 舒适地，轻松自在地
- miles
- 英里，距离单位，约1.6公里
- pretty
- 相当，颇为；也可指漂亮的
- snug
- 舒适温馨的，整洁安逸的
- farmsteads
- 农庄，包括农舍和周边建筑的农场
- bit
- 一小段，一小部分
- balsamy
- 散发香脂气味的，芳香宜人的
- fir
- 冷杉树，一种常绿针叶树
- drive
- 可供驱车穿行的小路或林间道
- hollow
- 低洼地，山谷间的凹地
- wild
- 野生的，未经人工培育的
- plums
- 李子，一种果实
- hung
- 悬挂，垂挂（过去式）
- filmy
- 薄如薄膜的，朦胧轻盈的
- bloom
- 花朵，盛开的花
- breath
- 气息，呼吸；此处指空气的芬芳
- orchards
- 果园，种植果树的园地
- meadows
- 草地，牧场，天然草甸
- sloped
- 倾斜，向某方向延伸
- distance
- 远处，远方
- horizon
- 地平线，天际
- mists
- 薄雾，轻雾
- pearl
- 珍珠色的，乳白色的
- purple
- 紫色的
- as if
- 好像，仿佛
- fashion
- 方式，方法；也指时尚
- except
- 除了，只是
- during
- 在……期间，在……过程中
- moments
- 时刻，片刻
- nod
- 点头打招呼
- supposed
- 被期望，应该（被认为应如此）
- sundry
- 各种各样的，形形色色的
- whether
- 不管，无论，是否
- dreaded
- 非常害怕，极为恐惧的
- uncomfortable
- 不舒服的，不自在的
- mysterious
- 神秘的，难以捉摸的
- creatures
- 生物，人（带有某种特质的）
- secretly
- 秘密地，暗地里
- may
- 可能，也许（情态动词）
- quite
- 相当，十分
- odd-looking
- 外貌奇特的，看起来怪异的
- personage
- 人物，人士（略带正式或讽刺意味）
- ungainly
- 笨拙的，动作不协调的
- figure
- 身形，体形，外形
- iron-gray
- 铁灰色的，深灰色的
- stooping
- 弯腰驼背的，略微前倾的
- beard
- 胡须，络腮胡
- worn
- 留（胡子），佩戴（wear的过去分词）
- fact
- 事实，实际情况
- lacking
- 缺乏，缺少
- grayness
- 灰白，灰色程度
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