Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus — Page 9
我曾以为(可悲的蠢货!)自己或许有能力让这些善良的人重获幸福。
I thought (foolish wretch!) that it might be in my power to restore happiness to these deserving people.
每当我入睡或离开的时候,那位德高望重的盲父、温柔的阿加莎和优秀的费利克斯的身影便会在我脑海中浮现。
When I slept or was absent, the forms of the venerable blind father, the gentle Agatha, and the excellent Felix flitted before me.
我把他们视为高尚的存在,将是掌握我未来命运的主宰。
I looked upon them as superior beings who would be the arbiters of my future destiny.
我在脑海中无数次想象着向他们展示自己的情景,以及他们对我的接纳方式。
I formed in my imagination a thousand pictures of presenting myself to them, and their reception of me.
我想象他们起初会对我感到厌恶,直到我以温和的举止和亲切的言语,先赢得他们的好感,然后再赢得他们的爱。
I imagined that they would be disgusted, until, by my gentle demeanour and conciliating words, I should first win their favour and afterwards their love.
这些想法令我振奋,促使我以更大的热情投身于学习语言的艺术。
These thoughts exhilarated me and led me to apply with fresh ardour to the acquiring the art of language.
我的发音器官确实粗糙,却也灵活;尽管我的声音与他们柔和悦耳的音调相差甚远,我仍能以尚可的流利度发出我所理解的词语。
My organs were indeed harsh, but supple; and although my voice was very unlike the soft music of their tones, yet I pronounced such words as I understood with tolerable ease.
这就像驴子与哈巴狗的故事;然而那头心存善意的温顺驴子,尽管举止粗鲁,也理应得到比鞭打与咒骂更好的对待。
It was as the ass and the lap-dog; yet surely the gentle ass whose intentions were affectionate, although his manners were rude, deserved better treatment than blows and execration.
宜人的春雨和温暖的阳光大大改变了大地的面貌。
The pleasant showers and genial warmth of spring greatly altered the aspect of the earth.
那些此前仿佛藏匿于洞穴之中的人们纷纷走出来,从事各种耕作劳动。
Men who before this change seemed to have been hid in caves dispersed themselves and were employed in various arts of cultivation.
鸟儿以更为欢快的声调歌唱,树木也开始抽出嫩芽。
The birds sang in more cheerful notes, and the leaves began to bud forth on the trees.
幸福啊,幸福的大地!
Happy, happy earth!
Vocabulary
- thought
- think的过去式,表示曾经认为或想到
- foolish
- 愚蠢的,缺乏判断力或理智的
- wretch
- 可怜虫,处境悲惨或行为卑劣的人
- might
- 情态动词,表示可能性或许可
- power
- 能力或权力,做某事的力量
- restore
- 恢复,使某事物回到原来的状态
- happiness
- 幸福,快乐满足的状态或感受
- deserving
- 值得的,应该得到某种对待或奖励
- absent
- 不在场的,缺席的,离开某处的
- forms
- 形象或形态,人或物的外观样貌
- venerable
- 德高望重的,因年龄或品德而值得尊敬
- blind
- 失明的,无法用眼睛看见的
- gentle
- 温柔的,性情温和、体贴的
- excellent
- 优秀的,极好的,品质出众的
- flitted
- flit的过去式,指轻快地飘过或掠过
- superior
- 优越的,地位或品质高于他人的
- beings
- 生命体,有生命的存在,尤指有理智的
- arbiters
- 仲裁者,对某事有决定权的人
- future
- 未来的,将要发生的时间或事情
- destiny
- 命运,人生中注定发生的事情
- formed
- form的过去式,形成或构建某事物
- imagination
- 想象力,在脑海中创造画面的能力
- presenting
- 呈现,将某事物展示或介绍给他人
- reception
- 接待,接受某人的方式或态度
- imagined
- imagine的过去式,在脑海中设想
- disgusted
- 感到厌恶的,极度反感或不满的
- demeanour
- 举止,一个人的行为方式和外在态度
- conciliating
- 安抚的,通过友好行为消除对方敌意
- win
- 赢得,通过努力获得某种结果
- favour
- 好感,对某人或事物的喜爱与支持
- afterwards
- 之后,在某件事发生之后的时间
- thoughts
- 想法,在脑海中形成的念头或观点
- exhilarated
- 使人兴奋愉快的,令人精神振奋的
- led
- lead的过去式,引导或促使某事发生
- apply
- 应用或努力投入,专心致志于某事
- fresh
- 新鲜的,充满活力或刚恢复的状态
- ardour
- 热情,强烈的热忱和积极的情感
- acquiring
- 获取,通过努力学习或得到某物
- art
- 技艺,需要技巧和练习的能力
- language
- 语言,人类用于沟通的符号系统
- organs
- 器官,身体中执行特定功能的部分
- indeed
- 确实,用于加强语气表示肯定
- harsh
- 粗糙的,声音或感觉令人不舒服的
- supple
- 柔韧的,灵活易弯曲不僵硬的
- although
- 尽管,引导让步从句表示转折
- voice
- 嗓音,人说话或歌唱时发出的声音
- unlike
- 不像,与某事物不相同或有差异
- soft
- 柔和的,声音或触感轻柔舒适的
- tones
- 音调,声音的高低或音色特质
- yet
- 连词,然而,表示对比或转折
- pronounced
- 发音,用嘴说出某个词或声音
- understood
- understand的过去式,被他人理解
- tolerable
- 尚可忍受的,不太好但能接受的
- ease
- 容易,轻松无困难地完成某事
- ass
- 驴,一种家畜,也常指愚蠢的人
- lap-dog
- 小型宠物狗,通常被主人抱在膝上
- surely
- 肯定地,表示某事无疑是真实的
- intentions
- 意图,计划做某事的目的或动机
- affectionate
- 充满深情的,表达温暖爱意的
- manners
- 举止礼仪,与他人交往的行为方式
- rude
- 粗鲁的,缺乏礼貌或令人不悦的
- deserved
- 应得的,凭借行为或品质理应获得
- treatment
- 对待方式,处理或照顾某人的方法
- blows
- 打击,用拳头或器物猛力击打的动作
- execration
- 诅咒,强烈谴责或表示憎恨的话语
- pleasant
- 令人愉快的,给人舒适或快乐感受的
- showers
- 阵雨,短暂的降雨,春天常见的天气
- genial
- 温和宜人的,气候或人性格友善愉快
- warmth
- 温暖,令人舒适的热度或热情
- greatly
- 极大地,程度很高地改变或影响
- altered
- alter的过去式,改变某事物的状态
- aspect
- 面貌,事物呈现出来的外观或状态
- change
- 变化,事物从一种状态转变为另一种
- seemed
- seem的过去式,看起来或似乎是
- hid
- hide的过去式,躲藏或隐藏起来
- caves
- 洞穴,山岩或地下的天然空洞
- dispersed
- disperse的过去式,分散到各处
- employed
- 从事,忙于某种活动或工作
- various
- 各种各样的,多种不同类型的
- arts
- 技艺,需要技巧的各种活动或技术
- cultivation
- 耕作,种植农作物或开垦土地
- cheerful
- 欢快的,充满快乐活力的状态
- notes
- 音符或鸟鸣声,悦耳的声音片段
- bud
- 发芽,植物长出新芽或花蕾
- forth
- 向前,向外,表示伸展或出现
- Happy
- 快乐的,感到幸福满足的状态
- happy
- 快乐的,感到幸福满足的状态
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