Coniston — Volume 01 — Page 12
马在慢慢地走着，突然杰斯罗·巴斯转过身来，她的心跳停了一拍。
The horse was walking now, and suddenly Jethro Bass faced around, and her heart stood still.
"你——你好吗，辛西娅？"他问道。
"H-how be you, Cynthy?" he asked.
"你好吗，杰斯罗？"
"How do you do, Jethro?"
树林里一只画眉开始唱起一支圣歌，他们静静地聆听着。
A thrush in the woods began to sing a hymn, and they listened.
之后是一片寂静，只有应和着歌声而活跃起来的群鸟鸣声，还有牧师的马在啃着灌木丛。
After that a silence, save for the notes of answering birds quickened by the song, the minister's horse nibbling at the bushes.
辛西娅自己也说不清为何她迟迟不肯离去。
Cynthia herself could not have explained why she lingered.
突然，他向她抛出一个问题。
Suddenly he shot a question at her.
"你要去哪儿？"
"Where be you goin'?"
"去布兰普顿，请卢克丽霞小姐帮我换这本书，"她从膝上举起那本书给他看。那是一本很厚的书。
"To Brampton, to get Miss Lucretia to change this book," and she held it up from her lap. It was a very large book.
"那——那本书写的是什么，"他问道。
"Wh-what's it about," he demanded.
"拿破仑·波拿巴。"
"Napoleon Bonaparte."
"他是谁？"
"Who was be?"
"他是个非常了不起的人。他出身贫寒，默默无名，却一路奋斗向上，最终征服了整个世界。"
"He was a very strong man. He began life poor and unknown, and fought his way upward until he conquered the world."
"征——征服了整个世界，你说？征服了整个世界？"
"C-conquered the world, did you say? Conquered the world?"
"是的。"
"Yes."
杰斯罗沉思起来。
Jethro pondered.
"我猜那本书一定有哪里不对——有哪里不对。他征服美国了吗？"
"Guess there's somethin' wrong about that book--somethin' wrong. Conquer the United States?"
辛西娅微微一笑。她自己当时并没有意识到，美国并不在"世界"之列。
Cynthia smiled. She herself did not realize that we were not a part of the world, then.
"他征服了欧洲——那个国王和王后们所在的地方，并且自己也成了国王——一位皇帝。"
"He conquered Europe; where all the kings and queens are, and became a king himself--an emperor."
"真想不到！"杰斯罗说，"你说他小时候是个穷孩子？"
"I want to-know!" said Jethro. "You said he was a poor boy?"
"你为什么不自己读这本书呢，杰斯罗？"辛西娅回答道，"我相信我可以请卢克丽霞小姐借给你看。"
"Why don't you read the book, Jethro?" Cynthia answered. "I am sure I can get Miss Lucretia to let you have it."
Vocabulary
- horse
- 马，四足哺乳动物，常用于骑乘或拉车
- walking
- 走路，行走，步行的动作
- now
- 现在，此刻，当前的时间
- suddenly
- 突然，忽然，意外发生
- faced
- 面对，转向，朝向某个方向
- around
- 周围，环绕，在四周
- heart
- 心脏，器官；或心，情感和感受
- stood
- 站立，过去式，保持直立姿势
- still
- 静止，不动；仍然
- H-how
- 怎样，询问方式或方法的疑问词
- asked
- 问，询问，提出问题
- How
- 怎样，如何，询问方式的疑问词
- do
- 做，行动，执行某事
- thrush
- 画眉鸟，一种常见的鸣鸟
- woods
- 树林，森林，有树木的地方
- began
- 开始，过去式，开动或启动
- sing
- 唱歌，发出音乐声
- hymn
- 赞美诗，宗教或爱国歌曲
- listened
- 听，倾听，用耳朵接收声音
- After
- 之后，在...后面，时间关系
- silence
- 沉默，寂静，没有声音
- save
- 除了，除...之外，介词用法
- notes
- 音符，声音；或笔记
- answering
- 回答，应答，做出反应
- birds
- 鸟，有羽毛的动物
- quickened
- 加快，加速，变快
- song
- 歌曲，歌，音乐作品
- minister
- 牧师，神职人员
- nibbling
- 啃食，小口咬，轻轻咬
- bushes
- 灌木，灌木丛，植物
- herself
- 她自己，反身代词
- could
- 能够，过去可能性，can的过去式
- have
- 有，拥有
- explained
- 解释，说明，阐述
- why
- 为什么，原因疑问词
- lingered
- 逗留，停留，缓慢移动
- shot
- 射出，快速移动；或射击
- question
- 问题，疑问，询问
- Where
- 哪里，什么地方，位置疑问词
- goin
- 去，方言写法，going
- get
- 获得，拿取，得到
- Miss
- 小姐，未婚女性的敬称
- change
- 改变，改换，转变
- book
- 书，著作，书籍
- held
- 握住，拿着，保持
- up
- 向上，上升，上方
- lap
- 膝部，坐着时大腿部分
- very
- 非常，很，程度副词
- large
- 大的，巨大的，体积大
- Wh-what
- 什么，事物疑问词
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