Coniston — Volume 01 — Page 7
她这才想起来,杰思罗的脸上有一股粗犷的力量,尤其是当他摘下那顶浣熊皮帽的时候。
Now that she thought of it, there was rugged power in Jethro's face, especially when he took off the coonskin cap.
每次在制革厂院子里或路上看到他,她总会点头打招呼,有时他也会点头回应,但更多时候他似乎没有看见她。
She always nodded a greeting when she saw him in the tannery yard or on the road, and sometimes he nodded back, but oftener he had not appeared to see her.
她一直以为他不点头是因为迟钝,但也许其实是心不在焉。
She had thought this failure to nod stupidity, but it might after all be abstraction.
「你为什么觉得他有能力?」她问道,一边从手中拿着的那束荣莉花里摘着花朵。
"What makes you think he has ability?" she asked, picking flowers from a bunch of arbutus she held.
「首先,他很富有,」乔克说。他本无意大谈杰思罗·巴斯,但觉得有必要为自己的说法辩护。
"He's rich, for one thing," said Jock. He had not intended a dissertation on Jethro Bass, but he felt bound to defend his statements.
「富有!」
"Rich!"
「嗯,他也不穷。他手里握着周围农民的三十来份抵押——有的押的是土地,有的押的是牲口。」
"Wal, he hain't poor. He's got as many as thirty mortgages round among the farmers--some on land, and some on cattle."
「他是怎么挣到这些钱的?」辛西娅惊讶地追问。
"How did he make the money?" demanded Cynthia, in surprise.
「收兽皮、羊毛和树皮——倒手买卖,从中捞钱。攒够一车货,莱曼·赫尔就赶着那辆六马大车送他去波士顿。莱曼喝得烂醉,杰思罗滴酒不沾,积下了钱财。」
"Hides an' wool an' bark--turned 'em over an' swep' in. Gits a load, and Lyman Hull drives him down to Boston with that six-hoss team. Lyman gits drunk, Jethro keeps sober and saves."
乔克开始用他的手斧削木栓,因为那年头钉子很稀缺。辛西娅仍在一旁流连,继续从那束花里摘着花朵。
Jock began to fashion some wooden pegs with his adze, for nails were scarce in those days. Still Cynthia lingered, picking flowers from the bunch.
「你说的'狐狸与鹅'是什么意思,乔克?」她过了一会儿说道。
"What did you mean by 'fox and geese' Jock?" she said presently.
乔克笑了起来。他不属于国教派,而是一个普救派信徒;在政治上,他钦佩杰克逊将军。「如果杰思罗当上下届镇务委员会主席,你会怎么说?」
Jock laughed. He did not belong to the Establishment, but was a Universalist; politically he admired General Jackson. "What'd you say if Jethro was Chairman of the next Board of Selectmen?"
Vocabulary
- rugged
- 粗犷的,强健的,外貌硬朗有力量感
- power
- 力量,权力,强大的能量
- especially
- 尤其,特别,用于强调某一方面
- coonskin
- 浣熊皮,常用来制作美式传统帽子
- cap
- 帽子,无边便帽
- nodded
- 点头,nod的过去式,表示打招呼或同意
- greeting
- 问候,打招呼,见面时的礼节性行为
- tannery
- 制革厂,加工动物皮革的工厂
- yard
- 院子,场地,建筑物附近的露天空地
- oftener
- 更经常地,often的比较级形式
- appeared
- appear的过去式,似乎,看起来
- failure
- 失败,未能做到某事的状态
- nod
- 点头,用头部动作表示打招呼或同意
- stupidity
- 愚蠢,缺乏智慧或理解力的状态
- might
- 可能,表示不确定可能性的情态动词
- abstraction
- 心不在焉,精神恍惚,沉浸于思考的状态
- ability
- 能力,才能,做某事的本领
- picking
- 采摘,挑选,pick的现在分词形式
- bunch
- 束,簇,一把,一组聚集在一起的东西
- arbutus
- 熊果,一种开小白花的野生植物
- intended
- 打算,有意,intend的过去式
- dissertation
- 长篇论述,详细阐述某一观点或主题
- bound
- 有义务的,一定要,感到有责任做某事
- defend
- 为……辩护,捍卫,支持某观点或人
- statements
- 陈述,声明,表达观点的话语,复数
- Wal
- 方言词,相当于Well,表示迟疑或转折
- hain't
- 方言,ain't或hasn't的变体,表示否定
- mortgages
- 抵押贷款,以财产作担保的借款,复数
- among
- 在……之中,在多者之间的介词
- cattle
- 牛,牲畜,指农场饲养的牛群
- demanded
- demand的过去式,追问,强烈要求回答
- surprise
- 惊讶,吃惊,in surprise表示惊奇地
- Hides
- 兽皮,动物去毛的皮,用于制革,复数
- wool
- 羊毛,绵羊身上的毛,用于纺织
- bark
- 树皮,树木的外皮,也可用于鞣革
- swep'
- 方言,swept的省略,清扫,获利
- Gits
- 方言,gets的变体,得到,获得
- load
- 一车货物,满载的量,大量
- six-hoss
- 方言,six-horse,六匹马拉的车队
- team
- 马队,一组共同拉车的马匹
- gits
- 方言,gets的变体,得到,获得
- drunk
- 醉酒的,因饮酒过多而失去理智
- sober
- 清醒的,未醉酒的,与drunk相对
- saves
- save的第三人称单数,存钱,节省积累
- fashion
- 方式,时尚,制作,这里指制造方法
- wooden
- 木制的,由木头制成的
- pegs
- 木钉,木栓,用于固定或连接物件的小木桩
- adze
- 锛子,一种用于修整木材的弯刃手工工具
- nails
- 钉子,用于固定木材的金属细棒,复数
- scarce
- 稀缺的,不足的,供应量很少
- lingered
- 徘徊,逗留,linger的过去式,迟迟不离开
- fox
- 狐狸,一种狡猾的野生哺乳动物
- geese
- 鹅,goose的复数,家禽
- presently
- 不久,随即,过了一会儿
- belong
- 属于,归属,是……的成员
- Establishment
- 教会组织,机构,这里指宗教团体
- Universalist
- 普救论者,普世教派成员,基督教一派
- politically
- 在政治上,从政治角度而言的副词
- admired
- admire的过去式,钦佩,非常尊敬某人
- General
- 将军,军队中的高级指挥官称谓
- Chairman
- 主席,委员会的负责人,最高领导者
- Board
- 委员会,董事会,管理机构
- Selectmen
- 市政委员,新英格兰地区的地方行政官员
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