Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus — Page 5
当夜晚再次降临时,我高兴地发现,火不仅能取暖,还能照明,而且这一发现对我的饮食也很有用,因为我发现旅行者留下的一些残余食物已经被烤过了,比我从树上采摘的浆果味道好多了。
When night came again I found, with pleasure, that the fire gave light as well as heat and that the discovery of this element was useful to me in my food, for I found some of the offals that the travellers had left had been roasted, and tasted much more savoury than the berries I gathered from the trees.
因此,我尝试用同样的方式烹制食物,把它放在燃烧的余烬上。
I tried, therefore, to dress my food in the same manner, placing it on the live embers.
我发现浆果经过这样处理后变得难以入口,而坚果和根茎则大为改善。
I found that the berries were spoiled by this operation, and the nuts and roots much improved.
然而,食物变得匮乏,我常常花一整天的时间徒劳地寻找几颗橡实来充饥。
Food, however, became scarce, and I often spent the whole day searching in vain for a few acorns to assuage the pangs of hunger.
当我意识到这一点时,我决定离开我迄今为止居住的地方,去寻找一个能更容易满足我少数需求的地方。
When I found this, I resolved to quit the place that I had hitherto inhabited, to seek for one where the few wants I experienced would be more easily satisfied.
在这次迁移中,我极为痛惜失去了那堆偶然得到的火,并且不知道如何重新生火。
In this emigration I exceedingly lamented the loss of the fire which I had obtained through accident and knew not how to reproduce it.
我花了好几个小时认真思考这个难题,但最终不得不放弃一切寻找解决办法的尝试,于是裹紧斗篷,朝着落日的方向穿越森林而去。
I gave several hours to the serious consideration of this difficulty, but I was obliged to relinquish all attempt to supply it, and wrapping myself up in my cloak, I struck across the wood towards the setting sun.
我在这片旷野中漫游了三天,最终发现了一片开阔的原野。
I passed three days in these rambles and at length discovered the open country.
Vocabulary
- night
- 夜晚,天黑的时间段
- again
- 再次,又一次
- found
- find的过去式,发现或找到某物
- with
- 介词,表示伴随或方式
- pleasure
- 愉快,高兴的感觉
- fire
- 火,燃烧产生的热和光
- gave
- give的过去式,给予或提供
- light
- 光,照明;与黑暗相对
- heat
- 热,高温的能量
- discovery
- 发现,找到之前未知的事物
- element
- 元素或基本要素,重要组成部分
- useful
- 有用的,能带来帮助的
- food
- 食物,供人食用的东西
- offals
- 动物内脏或废弃的食物部分
- travellers
- 旅行者,在路途中行走的人
- left
- leave的过去式,遗留或离开
- roasted
- 烤制的,用火或烤箱加工熟的食物
- tasted
- taste的过去式,品尝或尝起来如何
- much
- 非常,程度很深的副词
- more
- 更多,程度或数量上的增加
- savoury
- 美味可口的,香味诱人的食物
- berries
- 浆果,小型多汁的水果
- gathered
- gather的过去式,采集或聚集
- trees
- 树木,有树干和树枝的植物
- tried
- try的过去式,尝试或努力做
- therefore
- 因此,所以,表示结论或结果
- dress
- 此处指处理或烹制食物
- same
- 相同的,一样的方式或事物
- manner
- 方式,做事的方法或风格
- placing
- place的现在分词,放置在某处
- live
- 此处指仍在燃烧的,活的余烬
- embers
- 余烬,火烧剩下的热炭块
- spoiled
- 损坏的,变坏或变质的东西
- operation
- 操作,某种处理过程或行动
- nuts
- 坚果,硬壳包裹的可食用种子
- roots
- 根,植物地下的部分,可食用
- improved
- improve的过去式,改善或变得更好
- Food
- 食物,供人维持生命的食品
- however
- 然而,表示转折的连接副词
- became
- become的过去式,变得或成为
- scarce
- 稀缺的,数量不足、难以获得的
- often
- 经常,频率较高地发生
- spent
- spend的过去式,花费时间或精力
- whole
- 整个的,全部的,完整的
- day
- 一天,从早到晚的时间段
- searching
- search的现在分词,寻找或搜索
- vain
- 徒劳的,无结果的,白费力气
- few
- 少量的,数量很少的
- acorns
- 橡子,橡树结的坚果
- assuage
- 缓解或减轻痛苦、饥饿感
- pangs
- 剧烈的阵痛,强烈的不适感
- hunger
- 饥饿,肚子空着需要进食的感觉
- resolved
- resolve的过去式,决心或决定做某事
- quit
- 离开或放弃某地或某事
- place
- 地方,特定的地点或区域
- hitherto
- 迄今为止,到目前为止
- inhabited
- inhabit的过去式,居住在某地
- seek
- 寻找,努力找到或获取某物
- wants
- 需求,所缺乏或渴望得到的东西
- experienced
- experience的过去式,经历或体验过
- would
- 情态动词,表示将会或可能
- easily
- 轻松地,毫不费力地
- satisfied
- 满足的,需求得到充分满足
- emigration
- 移居,离开原地迁往他处
- exceedingly
- 极其,非常,程度超过一般
- lamented
- lament的过去式,为某事感到悲痛惋惜
- loss
- 失去,丧失某种重要的东西
- obtained
- obtain的过去式,获得或得到某物
- through
- 介词,通过某种方式或途径
- accident
- 意外,偶然发生的事件
- knew
- know的过去式,知道或了解
- reproduce
- 重新产生或复制某种事物
- several
- 几个,数量不多但超过两个
- hours
- 小时,时间单位,复数形式
- serious
- 严肃的,认真的,不轻浮的
- consideration
- 考虑,仔细思考某问题的过程
- difficulty
- 困难,不容易解决的问题或状况
- obliged
- 被迫的,不得不做某事
- relinquish
- 放弃,停止持有或坚持某事物
- attempt
- 尝试,努力去做某件事
- supply
- 供应,提供所需的东西
- wrapping
- wrap的现在分词,包裹或缠绕
- myself
- 反身代词,我自己
- cloak
- 斗篷,宽松的无袖外套
- struck
- strike的过去式,此处指朝某方向出发
- across
- 穿越,横过某片区域
- wood
- 树林,树木茂密的地方
- towards
- 朝向,向着某个方向
- setting
- 此处指太阳下落,日落的方向
- sun
- 太阳,地球绕行的恒星
- passed
- pass的过去式,经过或度过某段时间
- days
- 天,day的复数,数天时间
- rambles
- 漫游,漫无目的的行走或游荡
- discovered
- discover的过去式,发现新的事物
- open
- 开阔的,空旷没有遮挡的
- country
- 此处指乡野地带,开阔的农村地区
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