Coniston — Volume 01 — Page 11
辛西娅，在所有人当中，偏偏开始留意那个制革匠的儿子，
Cynthia, of all people, took to watching the tanner's son,
每当她去乔纳·温奇的商店为牧师公馆买东西时，便会侧耳倾听他与其他人之间简短的交谈；
and listening to the brief colloquies he had with other men at Jonah Winch's store, when she went there to buy things for the parsonage;
她渐渐觉得，乔克的话并非全无道理，
and it seemed to her that Jock had not been altogether wrong,
这个男人身上确实有一种难以名状却极具感召力的气质。
and that there was in the man an indefinable but very compelling force.
而当一个女人开始承认某个男人具有这种力量时，她的好奇心往往会与日俱增。
And when a woman begins to admit that a man has force, her curiosity usually increases.
有那么一两次，辛西娅惊然发现他的目光正凝视着自己，
On one or two of these occasions Cynthia had been startled to find his eyes fixed upon her,
那种感觉与恐惧十分相近，却又让她隐隐感到一丝难以言说的愉悦。
and though the feeling she had was closely akin to fear, she found something distinctly pleasurable in it.
五月来临，水洼渐渐干涸，果园里繁花盛开，粉白相映，
May came, and the pools dried up, the orchards were pink and white,
山坡上的白桦与枫树一片嫩黄新绿，与深色的松林相映成趣，
the birches and the maples were all yellow-green on the mountain sides against the dark pines,
辛西娅正驾着牧师的轻便马车前往布兰普顿。
and Cynthia was driving the minister's gig to Brampton.
在她前方，林间大道如峡谷般夹在参天古木之间，一个粗犷而强健的身影大步而行——
Ahead of her, in the canon made by the road between the great woods, strode an uncouth but powerful figure--
头戴浣熊皮帽，粗布马裤扎进靴筒，一副乡野装束。
coonskin cap, homespun breeches tucked into boots, and all.
马车放慢了速度，辛西娅开始颤抖，那是同样令人心动的恐惧。
The gig slowed down, and Cynthia began to tremble with that same delightful fear.
她知道这种感觉一定是不该有的，因为她实在太喜欢它了。
She knew it must be wicked, because she liked it so much.
真是难以解释！她感到自己与周遭的自然浑然相融，血液奔涌，如同树液在树干中汹涌流动。
Unaccountable thing! She felt all akin to the nature about her, and her blood was coursing as the sap rushes through a tree.
她不会主动与他攀谈——这一点她十分确定，同样确定的是，他也不会开口向她说话。
She would not speak to him; of that she was sure, and equally sure that he would not speak to her.
Vocabulary
- of
- 表示所属、关系或组成部分的介词
- all
- 全部、整个、每一个
- people
- 人、人们、民众
- took
- take的过去式，拿取、带走
- to
- 表示方向、目的或动词不定式的介词
- watching
- 观看、注视、监视
- the
- 定冠词，特指某个特定的人或物
- son
- 儿子、男孩
- and
- 连接词，表示并列关系
- listening
- 听、倾听、聆听
- brief
- 简短的、短暂的、简洁的
- he
- 他、男性代词
- had
- have的过去式，拥有
- with
- 与、和、用
- other
- 其他的、另外的
- men
- man的复数，男人、人类
- at
- 在、位于某处或某时间
- store
- 商店、零售店、储存
- when
- 当、在...时候
- she
- 她、女性代词
- went
- go的过去式，去、前往
- buy
- 购买、买
- things
- 东西、事物、物品
- for
- 为了、对于、因为
- it
- 它、非人称代词
- seemed
- seem的过去式，似乎、看起来
- her
- 她的、女性所有格代词
- not
- 不、否定词
- been
- be的过去分词，是
- altogether
- 完全地、总之、一共
- wrong
- 错误的、不对的
- was
- be的过去式，是
- in
- 在...里面、在...当中
- man
- 男人、人、人类
- an
- 不定冠词，用于元音音素前
- but
- 但是、然而、除了
- very
- 很、非常、极其
- compelling
- 令人信服的、引人入胜的
- force
- 力量、武力、强制
- woman
- 女人、妇女
- begins
- begin的第三人称单数，开始
- admit
- 承认、允许进入
- has
- have的第三人称单数，拥有
- curiosity
- 好奇心、求知欲
- usually
- 通常、一般地、往往
- increases
- 增加、提高、增长
- one
- 一、某一个
- or
- 或、或者
- two
- 二、两个
- these
- 这些、这批
- occasions
- 场合、机会、时刻
- startled
- 惊吓、吃惊、受惊
- find
- 发现、找到、查明
- his
- 他的、男性所有格代词
- eyes
- 眼睛、目光
- fixed
- 固定的、确定的、凝视
- upon
- 在...上、关于
- though
- 虽然、尽管
- feeling
- 感觉、感受、情感
- closely
- 紧密地、密切地
- akin
- 相似的、同族的、类似的
- fear
- 害怕、恐惧、担心
- found
- find的过去式、发现
- something
- 某事、某物
- distinctly
- 清楚地、明显地、分明地
- pleasurable
- 令人愉快的、使人高兴的
- May
- 五月、可能
- came
- come的过去式、来到
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