Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus — Page 3
我对你的要求是合理而适度的;我需要一个与我同样丑陋的异性生命;这种满足虽然微小,但却是我所能得到的一切,这将使我心满意足。
What I ask of you is reasonable and moderate; I demand a creature of another sex, but as hideous as myself; the gratification is small, but it is all that I can receive, and it shall content me.
诚然,我们将是怪物,与整个世界隔绝;但正因如此,我们将会更加依附于彼此。
It is true, we shall be monsters, cut off from all the world; but on that account we shall be more attached to one another.
我们的生活不会幸福,但将是无害的,也不会有我现在所感受到的痛苦。
Our lives will not be happy, but they will be harmless and free from the misery I now feel.
哦!我的造物主,让我幸福吧;让我能够为你给予我的一份恩惠而对你心怀感激!
Oh! My creator, make me happy; let me feel gratitude towards you for one benefit!
我被打动了。当我想到答应他可能带来的后果时,我不禁颤抖,但我感到他的论点中有几分道理。
I was moved. I shuddered when I thought of the possible consequences of my consent, but I felt that there was some justice in his argument.
他的故事以及他此刻所表达的情感证明他是一个感情细腻的生命,而我作为他的造物主,难道不应该给予他我力所能及的那份幸福吗?
His tale and the feelings he now expressed proved him to be a creature of fine sensations, and did I not as his maker owe him all the portion of happiness that it was in my power to bestow?
他看出了我态度的转变,便继续说道,
He saw my change of feeling and continued,
我的食物与人类的不同;我不会为了满足食欲而杀死羔羊和小山羊;橡子和浆果就足以为我提供充足的营养。
My food is not that of man; I do not destroy the lamb and the kid to glut my appetite; acorns and berries afford me sufficient nourishment.
Vocabulary
- reasonable
- 合理的,符合逻辑或公平原则的
- moderate
- 适度的,不过分也不极端的
- demand
- 强烈要求或索取某事物
- creature
- 生物,被创造出来的动物或人
- sex
- 性别,指男性或女性的分类
- hideous
- 极其丑陋或令人厌恶的外貌
- gratification
- 满足感,愿望或需求被满足的愉悦
- content
- 满足的,对现状感到满意的
- monsters
- 怪物,令人恐惧的可怕生物
- account
- 原因,on account of意为由于
- attached
- 依附的,对某人或物有感情联系的
- harmless
- 无害的,不会造成伤害或危险的
- misery
- 痛苦,极度不幸和悲惨的状态
- creator
- 创造者,创造或制造某物的人
- gratitude
- 感激,对他人帮助表示感谢的情感
- benefit
- 益处,给某人带来好处或利益
- moved
- 感动的,被情感深深触动的
- shuddered
- 因恐惧或厌恶而颤抖、战栗
- consequences
- 后果,行为或事件导致的结果
- consent
- 同意,允许,对某事表示赞同
- justice
- 公正,公平,正义的原则或品质
- argument
- 论点,争论,提出的理由或观点
- tale
- 故事,讲述的一段叙事或经历
- expressed
- 表达,用语言或行动表示感情
- proved
- 证明,prove的过去式,显示为真实
- sensations
- 感觉,通过感官体验到的感受
- maker
- 制造者,创造某物或某人的人
- owe
- 欠,对某人负有义务或债务
- portion
- 一份,一部分,某整体的一个部分
- bestow
- 给予,赠予,将某物给予他人
- destroy
- 摧毁,破坏,使完全毁灭
- lamb
- 羔羊,年幼的羊,小羊
- kid
- 小山羊,年幼的山羊
- glut
- 使饱食,过度满足欲望或食欲
- appetite
- 食欲,对食物或其他事物的渴望
- acorns
- 橡果,橡树结出的坚果果实
- berries
- 浆果,小型多汁的圆形果实
- afford
- 提供,给予,负担得起某事物
- sufficient
- 足够的,满足需要的数量或程度
- nourishment
- 营养,维持生命和健康所需的食物
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