Heart of Darkness — Page 5
「这片土地,」马洛突然说,「也曾是地球上黑暗之处之一。」
"And this also," said Marlow suddenly, "has been one of the dark places of the earth."
在我们当中,他是唯一仍然「以海为业」的人。
He was the only man of us who still "followed the sea."
对他最严厉的批评,不过是说他不能代表他那个阶层。
The worst that could be said of him was that he did not represent his class.
他是一名海员,但同时也是一个流浪者,而大多数海员过的,如果可以这样说,是一种足不出户的生活。
He was a seaman, but he was a wanderer, too, while most seamen lead, if one may so express it, a sedentary life.
他们的心思属于恋家守旧的那一类,而他们的家永远随身携带着——那就是船;他们的国土也是如此——那就是海。
Their minds are of the stay-at-home order, and their home is always with them—the ship; and so is their country—the sea.
一艘船与另一艘船大同小异,大海也永远是同一片大海。
One ship is very much like another, and the sea is always the same.
在一成不变的环境中,异国的海岸、异国的面孔、瞬息万变的芸芸众生,都悄然滑过,蒙着一层面纱——遮掩它们的不是神秘感,而是一种略带轻蔑的漠然无知;
In the immutability of their surroundings the foreign shores, the foreign faces, the changing immensity of life, glide past, veiled not by a sense of mystery but by a slightly disdainful ignorance;
因为对一个海员来说,没有什么是神秘的,除非是大海本身——它既是他生命的主宰,又像命运一样深不可测。
for there is nothing mysterious to a seaman unless it be the sea itself, which is the mistress of his existence and as inscrutable as Destiny.
至于其他,在工作之余,在岸上随意散散步、寻欢作乐一番,对他来说便足以揭开一整片大陆的秘密,而通常他会发现那秘密根本不值得知晓。
For the rest, after his hours of work, a casual stroll or a casual spree on shore suffices to unfold for him the secret of a whole continent, and generally he finds the secret not worth knowing.
海员们讲的故事有一种直白的简朴,其全部意义就藏在一颗剥开的坚果壳之中。
The yarns of seamen have a direct simplicity, the whole meaning of which lies within the shell of a cracked nut.
Vocabulary
- also
- 同样地,也,表示附加或相同
- suddenly
- 突然地,出其不意地发生
- dark
- 黑暗的,没有光线的,颜色深的
- places
- 地方,场所,位置,复数形式
- earth
- 地球,陆地,土壤,世界
- only
- 仅仅,只有,唯一的
- man
- 男人,人类,成年男性
- still
- 仍然,还在继续,平静的
- followed
- 跟随,追随,过去式
- sea
- 海,大洋,广阔的水域
- worst
- 最坏的,最差的,最恶劣的
- could
- 能够,可能,过去式情态动词
- did
- 做,过去式,助动词
- represent
- 代表,表现,描绘某人或某事
- class
- 阶级,等级,社会阶层
- seaman
- 水手,船员,在船上工作的人
- wanderer
- 流浪者,漂泊者,四处游荡者
- too
- 也,太,同样地
- while
- 当时,虽然,一段时间
- most
- 大多数,最,大部分
- seamen
- 水手,船员,复数形式
- lead
- 带领,引导,居首位
- if
- 如果,假如,条件连词
- may
- 可能,也许,情态动词
- so
- 所以,这样,因此
- express
- 表达,表示,快速的
- sedentary
- 久坐的,定居的,不活跃的
- life
- 生活,生命,人生
- minds
- 思想,意见,头脑,复数
- stay-at-home
- 居家的,不爱外出的,宅在家的
- order
- 秩序,命令,整理
- home
- 家,家园,住处
- always
- 总是,始终,一直
- with
- 和,跟,带有,介词
- ship
- 船,舰艇,运输
- country
- 国家,乡村,农村地区
- very
- 很,非常,极其
- much
- 很多,非常,大量
- like
- 喜欢,似的,相似
- another
- 另一个,再一个,其他的
- same
- 同样的,相同的,一样
- immutability
- 不变性,永恒性,不可改变
- surroundings
- 周围,环境,四周事物
- foreign
- 外国的,陌生的,异域的
- shores
- 海岸,岸边,复数
- faces
- 面孔,脸,面向,复数
- changing
- 改变,变化,转变
- immensity
- 广大,浩瀚,无限广阔
- glide
- 滑行,滑动,平稳地移动
- past
- 过去,经过,过往的
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