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Chinese → English Chapter 4 Level 7/10

但我的热情被焦虑所压制,我看起来更像一个被奴役、被迫在矿山或其他有害行业中劳作的人,而不像一个从事自己喜爱工作的艺术家。

But my enthusiasm was checked by my anxiety, and I appeared rather like one doomed by slavery to toil in the mines, or any other unwholesome trade than an artist occupied by his favourite employment.

每天夜里,我都被一阵低烧所折磨,我的神经变得极度敏感,痛苦不堪。

Every night I was oppressed by a slow fever, and I became nervous to a most painful degree;

一片树叶的落下都会让我惊跳,我躲避周围的人,仿佛自己犯下了什么罪行。

the fall of a leaf startled me, and I shunned my fellow creatures as if I had been guilty of a crime.

有时,我对自己所变成的那副残败模样感到惊恐;唯有我目标的力量在支撑着我。

Sometimes I grew alarmed at the wreck I perceived that I had become; the energy of my purpose alone sustained me:

我的工作即将结束,我相信到那时,运动和娱乐将会驱散初现的病症。

my labours would soon end, and I believed that exercise and amusement would then drive away incipient disease;

我向自己承诺,等我的创造物完成之后,这两样东西都会拥有。

and I promised myself both of these when my creation should be complete.

Vocabulary

enthusiasm
对某事充满热情和积极性的状态
checked
被抑制或阻止,受到约束
anxiety
因担忧而产生的焦虑不安感
appeared
看起来,显得,表现出某种样子
rather
相当,有几分,程度副词
doomed
注定要遭受不幸或悲惨命运的
slavery
奴役制度,被迫劳动的状态
toil
辛苦劳作,长时间艰难工作
mines
矿山,地下挖掘矿物的场所
unwholesome
对健康有害的,不卫生的环境
trade
行业,职业,某种技艺或工作
artist
艺术家,从事艺术创作的人
occupied
专注于某事,忙于某项工作
favourite
最喜爱的,最钟爱的事物
employment
工作,职业,受雇的状态
oppressed
受压迫的,感到沉重压抑的
fever
发烧,体温升高的病症
nervous
神经紧张的,焦虑不安的
painful
令人痛苦的,使人难受的
degree
程度,级别,某种量的大小
startled
使突然受惊,感到吃惊害怕
shunned
故意回避,刻意躲开某人或某事
fellow
同伴,同类,同一群体的人
creatures
生物,人类,泛指有生命的存在
guilty
有罪的,内疚的,感到愧疚
crime
罪行,犯罪,违法的行为
alarmed
感到惊恐,受到警惕,担忧不安
wreck
残骸,毁坏的状态,身体垮掉
perceived
察觉到,意识到,感知某事
energy
能量,精力,做事的活力
purpose
目的,意图,做事的原因
sustained
维持,支撑,保持某种状态
labours
辛勤劳动,艰苦的工作努力
exercise
锻炼,运动,体育活动
amusement
娱乐,消遣,令人快乐的活动
incipient
刚开始的,处于初期阶段的疾病
disease
疾病,病症,身体的不健康状态
promised
答应,承诺,保证做某事
creation
创造物,作品,被创造出的事物
complete
完成,完整的,全部做好
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