Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus — Page 7
不过，这不关我的事；我是被派来护理你、让你康复的；我凭着良心尽我的职责；要是人人都这样做就好了。
However, that's none of my business; I am sent to nurse you and get you well; I do my duty with a safe conscience; it were well if everybody did the same.
我满怀厌恶地转过身，不愿面对这个能对一个刚刚从死亡边缘获救的人说出如此冷酷话语的女人；但我感到软弱无力，无法对所发生的一切加以思考。
I turned with loathing from the woman who could utter so unfeeling a speech to a person just saved, on the very edge of death; but I felt languid and unable to reflect on all that had passed.
我整个一生的经历在我看来犹如一场梦；我有时甚至怀疑这一切是否真实，因为它从未以现实的力量呈现在我的脑海中。
The whole series of my life appeared to me as a dream; I sometimes doubted if indeed it were all true, for it never presented itself to my mind with the force of reality.
随着浮现在我脑海中的画面愈发清晰，我开始发起烧来；一片黑暗向我压来；身边没有一个人用温柔的爱语抚慰我；没有一只亲爱的手扶持着我。
As the images that floated before me became more distinct, I grew feverish; a darkness pressed around me; no one was near me who soothed me with the gentle voice of love; no dear hand supported me.
医生来了，开了药方，老妇人为我配了药；但前者身上明显透着漠然，后者的面孔上则深深刻着残忍的神情。
The physician came and prescribed medicines, and the old woman prepared them for me; but utter carelessness was visible in the first, and the expression of brutality was strongly marked in the visage of the second.
除了那个坐等收取酬金的刽子手，又有谁会对一个杀人犯的命运感兴趣呢？
Who could be interested in the fate of a murderer but the hangman who would gain his fee?
这些是我最初的感想，但我不久便得知柯文先生对我给予了极大的关怀。
These were my first reflections, but I soon learned that Mr. Kirwin had shown me extreme kindness.
他让人为我在监狱里准备了最好的房间（尽管那最好的房间也实在凄惨）；正是他为我请来了医生和护士。
He had caused the best room in the prison to be prepared for me (wretched indeed was the best); and it was he who had provided a physician and a nurse.
Vocabulary
- However
- 然而，表示转折关系的连接词
- that
- 那，用于指代前文提到的事物
- none
- 没有任何，一个也没有
- business
- 事务；与我无关的事情
- sent
- 被派遣，send的过去分词
- nurse
- 护理，照顾病人使其康复
- well
- 康复，恢复健康状态
- duty
- 职责，应尽的责任和义务
- safe
- 安心的，没有顾虑的
- conscience
- 良心，内心的道德判断感
- everybody
- 每个人，所有人
- same
- 相同的，一样的事情
- turned
- 转身，改变方向或态度
- loathing
- 极度厌恶，强烈的憎恨感
- utter
- 说出，发出言语或声音
- unfeeling
- 冷漠无情，缺乏同情心的
- speech
- 言语，说出的话语
- saved
- 被救，从危险中拯救出来
- edge
- 边缘，极端接近某状态的临界点
- death
- 死亡，生命结束的状态
- languid
- 虚弱无力，精神萎靡的状态
- unable
- 不能，没有能力做某事
- reflect
- 反思，仔细思考某件事
- passed
- 经过，发生过的事情
- whole
- 整个，全部的
- series
- 一系列，连续的一组事物
- appeared
- 呈现，appear的过去式
- dream
- 梦，如梦境般不真实的感觉
- sometimes
- 有时，不经常但偶尔发生
- doubted
- 怀疑，不确定某事是否真实
- indeed
- 确实，用于加强语气的副词
- never
- 从未，表示完全否定的副词
- presented
- 呈现，以某种方式出现
- itself
- 它自身，反身代词
- mind
- 脑海，内心，思维
- force
- 力量，强烈的真实感
- reality
- 现实，真实存在的状态
- images
- 图像，脑海中浮现的画面
- floated
- 飘浮，轻盈地出现在脑海中
- distinct
- 清晰的，明显可辨认的
- feverish
- 发烧的，焦躁不安的状态
- darkness
- 黑暗，没有光线的状态
- pressed
- 压迫，紧紧包围某人
- near
- 在附近，在身边
- soothed
- 安抚，使人平静下来
- gentle
- 温柔的，轻柔而体贴的
- voice
- 声音，说话的声音
- dear
- 亲爱的，珍贵而可爱的
- supported
- 支撑，给予支持和帮助
- physician
- 医生，有执照的内科医师
- prescribed
- 开处方，医生开具药物
- medicines
- 药物，用于治疗疾病的药品
- prepared
- 准备，配制药物或食物
- carelessness
- 粗心，漫不经心的态度
- visible
- 可见的，明显可察觉到的
- expression
- 表情，脸上流露的神情
- brutality
- 残暴，粗野无情的行为
- strongly
- 强烈地，明显地
- marked
- 明显的，清晰表现出来的
- visage
- 面容，人的脸部外貌
- interested
- 感兴趣的，关心某人命运
- fate
- 命运，人的最终遭遇
- murderer
- 杀人犯，犯了谋杀罪的人
- hangman
- 刽子手，执行绞刑的人
- gain
- 获得，得到报酬或利益
- fee
- 酬劳，为服务支付的费用
- reflections
- 沉思，对某事的深刻思考
- learned
- 得知，learn的过去式
- shown
- 表现出，show的过去分词
- extreme
- 极度的，程度非常深的
- kindness
- 善意，仁慈体贴的态度
- caused
- 使得，造成某种结果
- prison
- 监狱，关押罪犯的场所
- wretched
- 悲惨的，条件极差的
- provided
- 提供，为某人安排所需之物
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