Dracula — Page 3
我读到世界上所有已知的迷信都汇聚在喀尔巴阡山的马蹄形地带，仿佛那里是某种想象漩涡的中心；如果真是这样，我的逗留或许会非常有趣。
I read that every known superstition in the world is gathered into the horseshoe of the Carpathians, as if it were the centre of some sort of imaginative whirlpool; if so my stay may be very interesting.
（备忘：我必须向伯爵询问这一切。）
(Mem., I must ask the Count all about them.)
我没有睡好，尽管我的床铺足够舒适，因为我做了各种各样奇怪的梦。
I did not sleep well, though my bed was comfortable enough, for I had all sorts of queer dreams.
整夜有一只狗在我窗下嚎叫，这也许与此有关；也可能是因为辣椒粉的缘故，因为我不得不喝光水瓶里所有的水，却仍然口渴。
There was a dog howling all night under my window, which may have had something to do with it; or it may have been the paprika, for I had to drink up all the water in my carafe, and was still thirsty.
临近早晨我才睡着，随后被持续不断的敲门声惊醒，所以我想那时我一定睡得很沉。
Towards morning I slept and was wakened by the continuous knocking at my door, so I guess I must have been sleeping soundly then.
早餐我吃了更多的辣椒粉，还有一种他们称之为"玉米糊"的玉米面粥，以及塞满肉馅的茄子，这是一道非常美味的菜，他们称之为"酿茄子"。
I had for breakfast more paprika, and a sort of porridge of maize flour which they said was "mamaliga," and egg-plant stuffed with forcemeat, a very excellent dish, which they call "impletata."
（备忘：也要索取这道菜的食谱。）
(Mem., get recipe for this also.)
我不得不匆匆吃完早餐，因为火车在八点前稍早一点就要出发，或者说本应如此，因为我在七点半赶到车站后，不得不在车厢里等了一个多小时才开始移动。
I had to hurry breakfast, for the train started a little before eight, or rather it ought to have done so, for after rushing to the station at 7:30 I had to sit in the carriage for more than an hour before we began to move.
在我看来，越往东走，火车就越不准时。
It seems to me that the further east you go the more unpunctual are the trains.
那么在中国，火车应该是什么样的呢？
What ought they to be in China?
Vocabulary
- read
- 阅读或朗读文字内容
- that
- 指代前面提到的人或事物
- every
- 每一个，全部的
- known
- 被认识或了解的，众所周知的
- superstition
- 对超自然事物的迷信信念
- in
- 表示位置或时间的介词
- the
- 定冠词，表示特定的人或事物
- world
- 地球或人类社会的总称
- is
- 动词be的第三人称单数形式
- gathered
- 聚集或收集在一起
- into
- 表示进入或变成某种状态
- horseshoe
- 马蹄形的铁制装饰品
- of
- 表示所有关系的介词
- as
- 作为或如同，用于比较
- if
- 如果或好像，表示条件或假设
- it
- 指代前面提到的事物
- were
- 动词be的过去式虚拟形式
- centre
- 中心或中央位置
- some
- 一些或某个，表示不确定数量
- sort
- 种类或类型
- imaginative
- 富有想象力的或充满幻想的
- whirlpool
- 漩涡或旋转的水流现象
- so
- 因此或这样，表示结果或程度
- my
- 第一人称物主代词
- stay
- 停留或逗留在某个地方
- may
- 可能或能够，表示可能性
- be
- 存在或状态动词
- very
- 很或非常，表示程度
- interesting
- 令人感兴趣或引人注目的
- must
- 必须或一定，表示必要性
- ask
- 提问或请求信息
- Count
- 贵族头衔或数数
- all
- 全部或所有
- about
- 关于或大约
- them
- 第三人称复数代词
- did
- 动词do的过去式
- not
- 否定副词
- sleep
- 睡眠或休息
- well
- 好地或充分地
- though
- 虽然或尽管
- bed
- 床或睡觉的地方
- was
- 动词be的过去式
- comfortable
- 舒适的或让人放松的
- enough
- 足够的或充分的
- for
- 为了或表示原因
- had
- 动词have的过去式
- sorts
- 多种多样的或各种各样
- queer
- 奇怪的或不寻常的
- dreams
- 梦或睡眠中的幻觉
- There
- 那里或存在
- dog
- 狗或犬科动物
- howling
- 嚎叫或发出长而尖的声音
- night
- 夜晚或黑暗的时间
- under
- 在下面或底部
- window
- 窗户或建筑物的开口
- which
- 哪个或表示关系的代词
- have
- 拥有或具有
- something
- 某事或某个东西
- to
- 表示方向或动词不定式
- do
- 做或执行
- with
- 用或与之一起
- or
- 或者，表示选择
- been
- 动词be的过去分词
- paprika
- 辣椒粉或一种香料
- drink
- 喝或饮料
- up
- 向上或完全
- water
- 水或液体
- carafe
- 玻璃瓶或装液体的容器
- and
- 并且或表示连接
- still
- 仍然或依然
- thirsty
- 口渴的或需要饮水
- Towards
- 朝向或接近某个方向
- morning
- 早晨或白天开始
- slept
- 睡眠的过去式
- wakened
- 醒来或被唤醒
- by
- 被或通过
- continuous
- 连续的或不中断的
- knocking
- 敲击或敲门的声音
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