Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus — Page 6
清晨,趁她还未起床,他便清扫了通往牛奶房的积雪,从井里打来水,并从柴房搬来木柴。
Early in the morning, before she had risen, he cleared away the snow that obstructed her path to the milk-house, drew water from the well, and brought the wood from the outhouse,
令他百思不得其解的是,那里的木柴总是由一双无形的手补充好的。
where, to his perpetual astonishment, he found his store always replenished by an invisible hand.
白天,我相信他有时会去附近的农夫那里干活,因为他常常出门,直到晚饭时才回来,却从未带回任何木柴。
In the day, I believe, he worked sometimes for a neighbouring farmer, because he often went forth and did not return until dinner, yet brought no wood with him.
其他时候,他在花园里劳作,但由于严寒季节没有什么可做的,他便给老人和阿嘉莎读书。
At other times he worked in the garden, but as there was little to do in the frosty season, he read to the old man and Agatha.
这种读书的行为起初令我极为困惑,但渐渐地,我发现他读书时发出的许多声音与他说话时的声音相同。
This reading had puzzled me extremely at first, but by degrees I discovered that he uttered many of the same sounds when he read as when he talked.
因此我推测,他在纸上找到了代表言语的符号,而他能够理解这些符号。
I conjectured, therefore, that he found on the paper signs for speech which he understood,
我热切地渴望自己也能读懂这些符号;然而,当我连这些符号所代表的声音都无法理解时,这又怎么可能呢?
and I ardently longed to comprehend these also; but how was that possible when I did not even understand the sounds for which they stood as signs?
Vocabulary
- Early
- 在时间上靠前的,较早的
- in
- 表示在某时间或地点内
- morning
- 一天中从日出到中午的时段
- before
- 在某事发生之前
- risen
- rise的过去分词,指起床或上升
- cleared
- 清除障碍物,使道路畅通
- away
- 离开某处,移除或去除
- snow
- 从天空降落的白色冰晶,即雪
- obstructed
- 阻塞或阻挡,使通道无法通行
- path
- 供人行走的小道或路径
- milk-house
- 储存和处理牛奶的小屋
- drew
- draw的过去式,此处指抽取或打水
- well
- 从地下挖掘用于取水的井
- brought
- bring的过去式,携带某物到某处
- wood
- 用于燃烧或建造的木材
- outhouse
- 主建筑旁的附属小屋或户外建筑
- perpetual
- 持续不断的,永久的,无休止的
- astonishment
- 极度惊讶或震惊的感觉
- store
- 储存的物品或供应的存量
- always
- 总是,在任何时候都如此
- replenished
- 重新补充,将耗尽的物品恢复满量
- invisible
- 无法用肉眼看见的,看不见的
- believe
- 认为某事为真,持有某种信念
- sometimes
- 有时,偶尔,并非每次都如此
- neighbouring
- 在附近的,邻近的,相邻的
- farmer
- 从事农业生产的人,农民
- because
- 因为,表示原因或理由的连词
- often
- 经常,频繁地发生某事
- forth
- 向前,出去,往外面去
- return
- 回到原来的地方,返回
- until
- 直到某个时间点,表示截止时间
- dinner
- 一天中主要的一顿饭,通常指晚餐
- yet
- 然而,但是,表示对比或转折
- other
- 其他的,另外的,不同的
- garden
- 种植花草蔬菜的户外庭院或花园
- little
- 很少的,不多的,数量极小
- frosty
- 寒冷结霜的,天气冰冷的
- season
- 一年中的某个季节或时期
- reading
- 阅读行为,朗读或默读文字
- puzzled
- 使困惑,感到迷惑不解的
- extremely
- 极其,非常,程度非常高地
- first
- 最初,开始时,最先发生的
- degrees
- 程度,此处指逐渐的程度变化
- discovered
- 发现,找到之前未知的事物
- uttered
- 发出声音,说出或讲出某些话
- same
- 相同的,完全一样的,无差别的
- sounds
- 声音,由振动产生的可听见的音
- conjectured
- 猜测,根据不完整信息做出推断
- therefore
- 因此,所以,表示结论或结果
- paper
- 纸张,用于书写或印刷的薄片
- signs
- 符号,表示特定含义的标记
- speech
- 语言,口头表达,说话的能力
- understood
- understand的过去式,理解或明白
- ardently
- 热切地,充满热情和渴望地
- longed
- 强烈渴望,深切希望得到某事
- comprehend
- 理解,完全明白某事物的含义
- also
- 也,同样,表示附加的副词
- possible
- 可能的,有可能实现或发生的
- even
- 甚至,连,表示强调或意外
- understand
- 理解,弄明白某事物的意义
- stood
- stand的过去式,站立或代表某含义
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