Coniston — Volume 01 — Page 6
我现在还能把她召唤到眼前——在村街那几棵高大的枫树下，她是那样一个纯洁的身影，灰色的眼眸点亮了那张被软边帽遮蔽的脸庞，令人仿佛飘然飞升至云霄之上。
I can summon her now under the great maples of the village street, a virginal figure, gray eyes that kindled the face shaded by the poke bonnet, and up you went above the clouds.
"约克，狐狸追鹅的游戏怎么样？"辛西娅说道。
"What about fox and geese, Jock?" said Cynthia.
"杰斯罗·巴斯，"约克说道——他因才能出众而在这里颇受优待，说话向来直来直往，"辛西，记住我的话，杰斯罗·巴斯比这镇上的人以为的要聪明得多。他们不把他放在眼里，因为他话不多，还有点口吃。他受的教育不多，但我敢担保，他迟早会在这世上闹出一番动静来。"
"Jethro Bass," said Jock, who, by reason of his ability, was a privileged character. "Mark my words, Cynthy, Jethro Bass is an all-fired sight smarter that folks in this town think he be. They don't take notice of him, because he don't say much, and stutters. He hain't be'n eddicated a great deal, but I wouldn't be afeard to warrant he'd make a racket in the world some of these days."
"约克·哈洛维尔！"辛西娅叫道，眼中灰色的光芒开始跳动起来，"我猜你以为杰斯罗要当总统了吧。"
"Jock Hallowell!" cried Cynthia, the gray beginning to dance, "I suppose you think Jethro's going to be President."
"行啊，"约克说，"你尽管笑。你跟杰斯罗谈过话吗？"
"All right," said Jock, "you can laugh. Ever talked with Jethro?"
"我这辈子跟他几乎没说过两句话，"她回答道。这倒是实情，尽管那座小小的白色牧师住宅离制革厂的房子不过两百码左右。
"I've hardly spoken two words to him in my life," she replied. And it was true, although the little white parsonage was scarce two hundred yards from the tannery house.
"杰斯罗从来没怎么生过病，"约克说道，这是暗指辛西娅好去探望病人的习惯，"我这辈子见过不少各式各样的人，我跟你说，辛西娅·韦尔，杰斯罗身上有一种你不常见到的力量。旁人都没察觉到。"
"Jethro's never ailed much," Jock remarked, having reference to Cynthia's proclivities for visiting the sick. "I've seed a good many different men in my time, and I tell you, Cynthia Ware, that Jethro's got a kind of power you don't often come acrost. Folks don't suspicion it."
尽管辛西娅不愿承认，但这位建筑工声音中那份真诚的分量还是打动了她。
In spite of herself, Cynthia was impressed by the ring of sincerity in the builder's voice.
Vocabulary
- can
- 能够；可以做某事
- summon
- 召唤；命令某人来到
- her
- 她；女性代词宾格形式
- now
- 现在；此刻
- under
- 在...下面；处于某状态
- the
- 定冠词；表示特定的人或物
- great
- 伟大的；重要的；规模大的
- maples
- 枫树；有红色叶子的树木
- of
- 属于；关于；由...组成
- village
- 村庄；小镇；乡村社区
- street
- 街道；城镇中的道路
- figure
- 形象；身材；人物角色
- gray
- 灰色；灰白色；阴沉的
- eyes
- 眼睛；视觉器官
- that
- 那个；那个人或物
- kindled
- 点燃；激发；唤起感情
- face
- 脸；面容；面对
- shaded
- 有阴影的；背光的；遮挡阳光
- by
- 被；通过；在...旁边
- poke
- 戳；捅；粗糙的帽子
- bonnet
- 帽子；女性或儿童头饰
- and
- 和；与；连接词
- up
- 上升；向上；完成
- you
- 你；你们；人称代词
- went
- 去；走；过去式
- above
- 在...上方；超过；高于
- clouds
- 云；云彩；天空中的水蒸气
- What
- 什么；询问事物
- about
- 关于；大约；接近
- fox
- 狐狸；狡猾的动物
- geese
- 鹅；大型水禽复数形式
- said
- 说；讲述；过去式
- Bass
- 低音；鱼类；姓氏
- who
- 谁；哪个人；疑问代词
- reason
- 原因；理由；推理
- his
- 他的；男性物主代词
- ability
- 能力；才能；本领
- was
- 是；过去式动词
- privileged
- 特权的；优越的；享有优惠
- character
- 性格；品质；人物
- Mark
- 标记；注意；人名
- my
- 我的；第一人称物主代词
- words
- 言语；话语；词汇
- is
- 是；现在式动词
- an
- 一个；不定冠词
- sight
- 景象；视力；看见
- smarter
- 更聪明的；比较级形式
- folks
- 人们；人类；家人
- in
- 在...内；内部；里面
- this
- 这个；近指代词
- town
- 城镇；小城市；城市
- think
- 认为；思考；想象
- he
- 他；男性代词
- be
- 是；动词；存在
- They
- 他们；复数代词
- don
- 不；否定；脱掉
- take
- 拿取；采取；需要
- notice
- 注意；通知；观察
- him
- 他；男性宾格代词
- because
- 因为；由于；理由
- say
- 说；讲；据说
- much
- 很多；大量；非常
- stutters
- 口吃；结巴说话
- He
- 他；男性代词
- deal
- 交易；大量；处理
- but
- 但是；然而；除外
- wouldn
- 不会；助动词否定形式
- to
- 到；向；不定式标记
- warrant
- 保证；授权；认可
- make
- 制造；创建；做
- racket
- 球拍；喧闹；诈骗
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