Coniston — Volume 01 — Page 9
这里提到的年轻的摩西,是摩西·哈奇二世,教会与州政府支柱人物的儿子,众所周知,他疯狂地爱着辛西娅。
The young Moses referred to was Moses Hatch, Junior, son of the pillar of the Church and State, and it was an open secret that he was madly in love with Cynthia.
可以这样评价他:他是个踏实稳重的年轻人,却总是渴望那遥不可及的事物。
Let it be said of him that he was a steady-going young man, and that he sighed for the moon.
当他们走到能望见牧师公馆山墙旁那几棵榆树的地方时,女孩说道:"摩西,你觉得杰思罗·巴斯这个人怎么样?"
"Moses," said the girl, when they came in sight of the elms that shaded the gable of the parsonage, "what do you think of Jethro Bass?"
老实的摩西惊呼道:"杰思罗·巴斯!你怎么突然想起他来了,辛西?"
"Jethro Bass!" exclaimed honest Moses, "whatever put him into your head, Cynthy?"
如果她提起科尼斯顿的任何其他年轻男子,摩西早就嫉妒得要死了。
Had she mentioned perhaps, any other young man in Coniston, Moses would have been eaten with jealousy.
辛西娅说:"哦,乔克只是开他玩笑罢了。你真的觉得他这个人怎么样?"
"Oh, Jock was joking about him. What do you think of him?"
摩西回答说:"我从来没想过这个,无所谓好坏。杰思罗向来和我们这些年轻人不怎么来往,他总是待在那家制革厂里,或者出去收购兽皮。"
"Never thought one way or t'other," he answered. "Jethro never had much to do with the boys. He's always in that tannery, or out buyin' of hides.
他买兽皮的时候确实很会砍价。我们总是把自家的兽皮跟他一起合伙卖。
He does make a sharp bargain when he buys a hide. We always goes shares on our'n."
辛西娅不仅是牧师的女儿——这身份已足够显赫——她博学多才的名声还传遍了四乡八里,二十岁那年,她甚至收到了在哈维奇执教的邀请。
Cynthia was not only the minister's daughter,--distinction enough,--her reputation for learning was spread through the country roundabout, and at the age of twenty she had had an offer to teach school in Harwich.
Vocabulary
- young
- 年轻的,年纪小的
- referred
- 提到,指的是某人或某事
- Junior
- 小辈,父子同名时指儿子
- son
- 儿子
- pillar
- 支柱,栋梁,重要人物
- Church
- 教堂,教会组织
- State
- 国家,政府,州
- open
- 公开的,众所周知的
- secret
- 秘密,不为外人所知的事
- madly
- 疯狂地,极度地
- love
- 爱,爱情,深深喜欢
- Let
- 让,允许某事发生
- steady-going
- 稳重踏实、做事一贯可靠的
- sighed
- 叹气,因感慨而发出叹息
- moon
- 月亮;此处指遥不可及之物
- girl
- 女孩,年轻女性
- sight
- 视野,看见某物的范围
- elms
- 榆树,复数形式
- shaded
- 遮荫的,有树荫覆盖的
- gable
- 山墙,屋顶两端的三角墙
- parsonage
- 牧师住宅,教区牧师的官邸
- think
- 认为,思考,有某种看法
- exclaimed
- 惊呼,大声喊出感叹之语
- honest
- 诚实的,正直的
- whatever
- 无论什么,表示任何事物
- head
- 头脑,此处指心中的念头
- mentioned
- 提及,简短地说到某事
- perhaps
- 也许,可能,表示不确定
- eaten
- 消耗,此处指被嫉妒吞噬
- jealousy
- 嫉妒,妒忌之情
- joking
- 开玩笑,说笑话
- Never
- 从不,绝不,表示否定
- thought
- 想法,考虑,think的过去式
- way
- 方式,方向,途径
- t'other
- the other的口语缩写,另一个
- answered
- 回答,答复
- never
- 从不,表示否定频率
- much
- 很多,大量,程度很深
- boys
- 男孩们,复数形式
- always
- 总是,一直,表示习惯行为
- tannery
- 制革厂,鞣皮的工厂
- hides
- 兽皮,动物皮革原料
- sharp
- 精明的,锋利的,头脑敏锐
- bargain
- 交易,讨价还价,划算买卖
- buys
- 购买,buy的第三人称单数
- hide
- 兽皮,动物皮料
- shares
- 份额,分摊,共同分配
- only
- 只,仅仅,表示唯一
- minister's
- 牧师的,属于牧师的
- daughter
- 女儿
- distinction
- 声望,荣誉,出众的地位
- enough
- 足够,充分
- reputation
- 名誉,声望,他人的评价
- learning
- 学识,知识,学问
- spread
- 传播,扩散,广为流传
- through
- 通过,穿过,遍及
- country
- 农村地区,乡间,国家
- roundabout
- 周围一带,附近各处
- age
- 年龄,岁数
- twenty
- 二十,数字20
- offer
- 主动提出,提供,愿意做某事
- teach
- 教导,传授知识
- school
- 学校,上课的地方
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