Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus — Page 9
但我希望你能很快离开这个阴郁的住所，因为无疑很容易找到证据，让你摆脱这项刑事指控。
But you will, I hope, soon quit this melancholy abode, for doubtless evidence can easily be brought to free you from the criminal charge.
「那是我最不在乎的事；由于一连串奇异的遭遇，我已成为世上最悲惨的人。我遭受迫害与折磨，至今如此，死亡对我而言还算是什么祸事吗？」
"That is my least concern; I am, by a course of strange events, become the most miserable of mortals. Persecuted and tortured as I am and have been, can death be any evil to me?"
「近来发生的这些奇异变故，确实再不幸、再痛苦不过了。你因某种令人惊异的意外被抛上这片以好客著称的海岸，随即遭到逮捕，并被控以谋杀罪。映入你眼帘的第一幕，便是你朋友的尸体——以如此难以解释的方式遇害，仿佛被某个恶魔置于你的路上。」
"Nothing indeed could be more unfortunate and agonising than the strange chances that have lately occurred. You were thrown, by some surprising accident, on this shore, renowned for its hospitality, seized immediately, and charged with murder. The first sight that was presented to your eyes was the body of your friend, murdered in so unaccountable a manner and placed, as it were, by some fiend across your path."
柯温先生说这番话时，尽管我回顾自身苦难时心中激荡不已，却也对他似乎掌握了许多关于我的情况感到颇为诧异。想必我的诧异之色显露在脸上，因为柯温先生急忙说道，
As Mr. Kirwin said this, notwithstanding the agitation I endured on this retrospect of my sufferings, I also felt considerable surprise at the knowledge he seemed to possess concerning me. I suppose some astonishment was exhibited in my countenance, for Mr. Kirwin hastened to say,
「你一病倒，你身上所有的文件便被送到我这里，我仔细查阅，希望能从中找到线索，好通知你的家人你遭遇不幸、身患疾病一事。我找到了几封信，其中有一封，从开头便看出是你父亲写来的。
"Immediately upon your being taken ill, all the papers that were on your person were brought me, and I examined them that I might discover some trace by which I could send to your relations an account of your misfortune and illness. I found several letters, and, among others, one which I discovered from its commencement to be from your father.
Vocabulary
- hope
- 希望，期待某事发生
- quit
- 离开或放弃某地、某事
- melancholy
- 忧郁的，令人悲伤的情绪或地方
- abode
- 居所，居住的地方
- doubtless
- 毫无疑问，肯定地
- evidence
- 证据，证明某事的材料
- free
- 使...获释，从束缚中解放
- criminal
- 刑事的，与犯罪相关的
- charge
- 指控，对某人提出的罪名
- concern
- 关心，担忧的事情
- course
- 过程，一系列事件的经过
- strange
- 奇怪的，不寻常的
- events
- 事件，发生的事情
- miserable
- 极度痛苦的，悲惨的
- mortals
- 凡人，有死亡命运的人类
- Persecuted
- 被迫害的，遭受持续不公正对待
- tortured
- 被折磨的，遭受严重痛苦
- death
- 死亡，生命的终结
- evil
- 邪恶的，有害的事物
- indeed
- 确实，用于加强语气
- unfortunate
- 不幸的，遭遇坏运气的
- agonising
- 极度痛苦的，令人煎熬的
- chances
- 偶然事件，巧合发生的事情
- lately
- 最近，不久前发生的
- occurred
- 发生了，出现了某事
- thrown
- throw的过去分词，被抛至某处
- surprising
- 令人惊讶的，出乎意料的
- accident
- 意外事故，偶然发生的事件
- shore
- 海岸，水边的陆地
- renowned
- 著名的，享有盛誉的
- hospitality
- 好客，热情款待客人的风气
- seized
- 被逮捕，被突然抓住
- immediately
- 立即，马上，毫不延迟地
- charged
- 被指控，受到正式罪名控告
- murder
- 谋杀，故意杀人的罪行
- sight
- 景象，眼睛所看到的事物
- presented
- 呈现在，展示于眼前
- body
- 尸体，人的身体
- murdered
- 被谋杀，遭到故意杀害
- unaccountable
- 无法解释的，莫名其妙的
- manner
- 方式，做事的方法或样子
- placed
- 放置，把某物置于某处
- fiend
- 恶魔，极度邪恶凶残的存在
- across
- 横过，在...的对面或路上
- path
- 路径，行走或行进的道路
- notwithstanding
- 尽管，虽然，不管如何
- agitation
- 焦虑不安，情绪激动的状态
- endured
- 忍受了，承受了痛苦或困难
- retrospect
- 回顾，对过去事情的回想
- sufferings
- 苦难，所经历的痛苦折磨
- considerable
- 相当大的，值得注意的程度
- surprise
- 惊讶，出乎意料的感觉
- knowledge
- 知识，了解某事的信息
- seemed
- 似乎，看起来像是
- possess
- 拥有，持有某种信息或物品
- concerning
- 关于，涉及到某人或某事
- suppose
- 猜想，认为某事可能如此
- astonishment
- 震惊，极度惊讶的情感
- exhibited
- 表现出，显示于外表或行为
- countenance
- 面容，脸部表情或神色
- hastened
- 赶紧，迅速地去做某事
- Immediately
- 立刻，没有任何延迟地
- upon
- 在...之后，一...就
- ill
- 生病的，身体不健康的
- papers
- 文件，证明身份的书面材料
- examined
- 检查了，仔细审查或查看
- discover
- 发现，找到之前未知的事物
- trace
- 线索，可追踪到某人的痕迹
- relations
- 亲属，有亲缘关系的家人
- account
- 叙述，对事件的说明报告
- misfortune
- 不幸，遭遇的坏运气或灾难
- illness
- 疾病，身体不健康的状态
- several
- 几个，数量不多但多于两个
- letters
- 信件，书写的通信文字
- among
- 在...之中，处于多者之间
- discovered
- 发现了，找到了某个之前未知的
- commencement
- 开始，事情的起始阶段
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