Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus — Page 6
我将在两三周内出发前往后者那座城市;我打算在那里租一艘船,只需为船主支付保险费便可轻松办到,并从那些惯于捕鲸的水手中招募我认为足够数量的人手。
I shall depart for the latter town in a fortnight or three weeks; and my intention is to hire a ship there, which can easily be done by paying the insurance for the owner, and to engage as many sailors as I think necessary among those who are accustomed to the whale-fishing.
我不打算在六月之前启航;而我何时才能归来?
I do not intend to sail until the month of June; and when shall I return?
啊,亲爱的姐姐,我又怎能回答这个问题呢?
Ah, dear sister, how can I answer this question?
若我成功,在你我再度相见之前,或许要过去许多许多个月,甚至数年。
If I succeed, many, many months, perhaps years, will pass before you and I may meet.
若我失败,你将很快再见到我,或者永远也见不到了。
If I fail, you will see me again soon, or never.
再见了,我亲爱的、优秀的玛格丽特。愿上天赐福于你,也保佑我,使我能一次又一次地表达我对你所有爱护与关怀的感激之情。
Farewell, my dear, excellent Margaret. Heaven shower down blessings on you, and save me, that I may again and again testify my gratitude for all your love and kindness.
你深情的兄弟,R·沃尔顿
Your affectionate brother, R. Walton
第二封信,致英格兰萨维尔夫人。天使长城,17××年3月28日。
Letter 2. To Mrs. Saville, England. Archangel, 28th March, 17—.
时光在这里流逝得多么缓慢啊,我被冰霜与白雪所包围!
How slowly the time passes here, encompassed as I am by frost and snow!
然而,我已朝着我的事业迈出了第二步。
Yet a second step is taken towards my enterprise.
我已租下了一艘船,眼下正忙于招募水手;那些已经应募的人看来都是可以信赖的人,且无疑具备无畏的勇气。
I have hired a vessel and am occupied in collecting my sailors; those whom I have already engaged appear to be men on whom I can depend and are certainly possessed of dauntless courage.
Vocabulary
- shall
- 表示将来时或意图,常用于正式场合
- depart
- 离开,出发,启程去某地
- latter
- 后者的,指两者中后面提到的那个
- fortnight
- 两周,十四天的时间
- intention
- 意图,计划,打算做某事的目的
- hire
- 租用或雇用,支付费用使用某物
- insurance
- 保险,为防范风险而签订的保障合同
- owner
- 所有者,拥有某物的人
- engage
- 雇用,招募,使参与某项工作
- sailors
- 水手,船员,在船上工作的人
- necessary
- 必要的,不可缺少的,必须的
- accustomed
- 习惯于,对某事物已经熟悉适应
- whale-fishing
- 捕鲸,捕捉鲸鱼的渔业活动
- intend
- 打算,计划,有意图做某事
- sail
- 航行,乘船出发,驾帆船行进
- succeed
- 成功,达到目标,取得预期结果
- perhaps
- 也许,可能,表示不确定的推测
- fail
- 失败,未能达到目标或完成任务
- Farewell
- 再见,告别,祝别人一路平安
- excellent
- 优秀的,极好的,出色的
- Heaven
- 天堂,上天,指神圣的天上力量
- shower
- 大量赐予,倾注,如雨般给予某物
- blessings
- 祝福,幸运,上天赐予的恩惠
- save
- 除了,除此之外,表示例外
- testify
- 证明,表明,作为……的证据
- gratitude
- 感激,感谢,对他人帮助的感恩之情
- kindness
- 善良,仁慈,友好待人的品质
- affectionate
- 充满感情的,深情的,表达爱意的
- Archangel
- 阿尔汉格尔斯克,俄罗斯北部港口城市
- encompassed
- 被包围,四面被……环绕
- frost
- 霜冻,冰冻,寒冷天气中的结冰现象
- Yet
- 然而,尽管如此,表示转折关系
- enterprise
- 事业,大胆的计划,重要的冒险项目
- vessel
- 船只,大型水上交通工具
- occupied
- 忙于,从事,occupy的过去分词
- whom
- 谁,who的宾格,用于正式书面语
- depend
- 依靠,信赖,值得信任
- possessed
- 拥有,具备,possess的过去分词
- dauntless
- 无畏的,勇敢的,不被困难吓倒的
- courage
- 勇气,胆量,面对危险的勇敢精神
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