Jane Eyre: An Autobiography — Page 8

English → Chinese CHAPTER I Level 7/10

I did so, not at first aware what was his intention; but when I saw him lift and poise the book and stand in act to hurl it, I instinctively started aside with a cry of alarm: not soon enough, however; the volume was flung, it hit me, and I fell, striking my head against the door and cutting it.

我照做了，起初并未察觉他的意图；但当我看见他举起书、掂量分量，摆出投掷的姿势时，我本能地闪向一旁，发出一声惊呼——然而已经来不及了；那本书被掷了出来，砸中了我，我摔倒了，头撞在门上，被划破了。

The cut bled, the pain was sharp: my terror had passed its climax; other feelings succeeded.

伤口流着血，疼痛剧烈：我的恐惧已过了顶点；别的情绪随之涌上。

"Wicked and cruel boy!" I said. "You are like a murderer—you are like a slave-driver—you are like the Roman emperors!"

「你这个邪恶残忍的男孩！」我说，「你像个杀人犯——你像个奴隶贩子——你像那些罗马皇帝！」

I had read Goldsmith's History of Rome, and had formed my opinion of Nero, Caligula, &c. Also I had drawn parallels in silence, which I never thought thus to have declared aloud.

我读过哥德史密斯所著的《罗马史》，对尼禄、卡利古拉等人已有了自己的看法。我也曾在心中默默地作过类比，只是从未想到竟会就此大声说出口。

"What! what!" he cried. "Did she say that to me? Did you hear her, Eliza and Georgiana? Won't I tell mama? but first—"

「什么！什么！」他叫道，「她竟然对我说这种话？你们听到了吗，伊莱扎和乔治亚娜？我要去告诉妈妈！但是先——」

He ran headlong at me: I felt him grasp my hair and my shoulder: he had closed with a desperate thing.

他朝我猛扑过来：我感到他抓住了我的头发和肩膀：他与一个拼死一搏的人缠斗在了一起。

I really saw in him a tyrant, a murderer.

我确实在他身上看到了一个暴君，一个杀人犯。

I felt a drop or two of blood from my head trickle down my neck, and was sensible of somewhat pungent suffering: these sensations for the time predominated over fear, and I received him in frantic sort.

我感到头上有一两滴血沿着脖颈流下，感受到一阵相当刺烈的痛楚：此时此刻，这些感觉压过了恐惧，我疯狂地与他对抗起来。

I don't very well know what I did with my hands, but he called me "Rat! Rat!" and bellowed out aloud.

我不太清楚自己的双手做了什么，但他叫我「老鼠！老鼠！」并且大声嚎叫起来。

Vocabulary

我: wǒ — I, me; first-person singular pronoun
照做: zhào zuò — To follow instructions; do as told
了: le — Particle indicating completed action or change
起初: qǐ chū — At first; in the beginning
并未: bìng wèi — Did not; not at all (emphatic negation)
察觉: chá jué — To notice; become aware of something
他: tā — He, him; third-person masculine pronoun
的: de — Structural particle indicating possession or modification
意图: yì tú — Intention; purpose; what someone plans to do
但: dàn — But; however; nevertheless
当: dāng — When; at the time of
看见: kàn jiàn — To see; catch sight of something
举起: jǔ qǐ — To raise; lift something up
书: shū — Book; written publication
掂量: diān liang — To weigh in hand; assess the weight of
分量: fèn liàng — Weight; heft; importance of something
摆出: bǎi chū — To assume; adopt a posture or stance
投掷: tóu zhì — To throw; hurl an object
姿势: zī shì — Posture; pose; body position
时: shí — When; at the time of
本能: běn néng — Instinct; natural innate reaction
地: de — Adverbial particle linking adverb to verb
闪向: shǎn xiàng — To dodge toward; dart to one side
一旁: yī páng — To one side; aside
发出: fā chū — To emit; produce a sound or signal
一声: yī shēng — One sound; a single cry or noise
惊呼: jīng hū — Cry of alarm; exclaim in shock
然而: rán ér — However; but; yet (formal conjunction)
已经: yǐ jīng — Already; by this time
来不及: lái bu jí — Too late; not enough time to do
那本: nà běn — That (measure word for books)
被: bèi — Passive marker; indicates action done to subject
掷: zhì — To throw; hurl with force
出来: chū lái — Come out; directional complement outward
砸中: zá zhòng — To hit; strike with a thrown object
摔倒: shuāi dǎo — To fall down; tumble to the ground
头: tóu — Head; top part of the body
撞在: zhuàng zài — To crash into; bang against something
门上: mén shàng — On the door; against the door
划破: huá pò — To cut open; gash; slash through skin
伤口: shāng kǒu — Wound; cut; injury on the body
流着: liú zhe — Flowing; bleeding continuously (ongoing action)
血: xuè — Blood
疼痛: téng tòng — Pain; physical aching sensation
剧烈: jù liè — Intense; severe; violent in degree
恐惧: kǒng jù — Fear; terror; dread
已: yǐ — Already; by now (literary form)
过了: guò le — Passed; exceeded; gone beyond a point
顶点: dǐng diǎn — Peak; apex; highest point
别的: bié de — Other; different kinds of things
情绪: qíng xù — Emotion; mood; feeling
随之: suí zhī — Following that; thereupon; accordingly
涌上: yǒng shàng — To surge up; well up suddenly
你: nǐ — You; second-person singular pronoun
这个: zhè ge — This; this one
邪恶: xié è — Evil; wicked; malicious
残忍: cán rěn — Cruel; brutal; merciless
男孩: nán hái — Boy; male child
说: shuō — To say; speak; tell
像个: xiàng ge — Like a; resembling a (person or thing)
杀人犯: shā rén fàn — Murderer; killer; one who kills people
奴隶: nú lì — Slave; person owned by another
贩子: fàn zi — Trader; dealer; often with negative connotation
像: xiàng — To resemble; be like; similar to
那些: nà xiē — Those; those ones (plural demonstrative)
罗马: Luó mǎ — Rome; ancient Roman civilization or city
皇帝: huáng dì — Emperor; supreme ruler of an empire
读过: dú guò — Have read; previously read something
所著: suǒ zhù — Written by; authored by (formal expression)
对: duì — Regarding; toward; concerning
等人: děng rén — And others; such people; et al.
已有: yǐ yǒu — Already have; already formed or possessed
自己: zì jǐ — Oneself; one's own
看法: kàn fǎ — View; opinion; way of seeing things
也: yě — Also; too; as well
曾: céng — Once; previously; at some past time
在: zài — At; in; located at a place
心中: xīn zhōng — In one's heart; inwardly; mentally
默默: mò mò — Silently; quietly; without speaking
作过: zuò guò — Have done; previously made or performed
类比: lèi bǐ — Analogy; comparison between similar things
只是: zhǐ shì — Just; merely; only; however
从未: cóng wèi — Never; not once; at no time
想到: xiǎng dào — To think of; imagine; occur to one
竟会: jìng huì — Would actually; surprisingly would do something
就此: jiù cǐ — Just like this; at this point; thereupon
大声: dà shēng — Loudly; in a loud voice
说出口: shuō chū kǒu — To say aloud; utter something openly
什么: shén me — What; what kind of thing
叫道: jiào dào — Cried out; shouted; exclaimed
她: tā — She, her; third-person feminine pronoun
竟然: jìng rán — Actually; unexpectedly; to one's surprise
这种: zhè zhǒng — This kind of; this type of
话: huà — Words; speech; what is said
你们: nǐ men — You all; second-person plural pronoun
听到: tīng dào — To hear; catch the sound of something
吗: ma — Question particle at end of yes/no question
和: hé — And; together with
要去: yào qù — About to go; going to; intend to go
告诉: gào su — To tell; inform; let someone know
妈妈: māma — Mom; mother
但是: dàn shì — But; however; on the other hand
先: xiān — First; before anything else
朝我: cháo wǒ — Toward me; in my direction
猛扑: měng pū — To lunge fiercely; pounce aggressively
过来: guò lái — Come over; move toward the speaker
感到: gǎn dào — To feel; sense; become aware of feeling
抓住: zhuā zhù — To grab; seize; hold tightly
头发: tóu fa — Hair; strands of hair on the head
肩膀: jiān bǎng — Shoulder; upper part of the arm joint
与: yǔ — With; and; together with (formal)
一个: yī ge — One; a single (general measure word)
拼死一搏: pīn sǐ yī bó — To fight desperately; risk everything in struggle
人: rén — Person; human being
缠斗: chán dòu — To wrestle; struggle entangled with someone
一起: yī qǐ — Together; at the same place or time
确实: què shí — Indeed; truly; certainly
身上: shēn shàng — On one's body; on someone
看到: kàn dào — To see; catch sight of
暴君: bào jūn — Tyrant; cruel oppressive ruler
头上: tóu shàng — On the head; above the head
有: yǒu — To have; there is/are
一两滴: yī liǎng dī — One or two drops of liquid
沿着: yán zhe — Along; following the length of something
脖颈: bó jǐng — Neck; the part connecting head and body
流下: liú xià — To flow down; trickle downward
感受到: gǎn shòu dào — To feel; experience; perceive a sensation
一阵: yī zhèn — A burst of; a spell of (sensation/sound)
相当: xiāng dāng — Quite; rather; considerably
刺烈: cì liè — Sharp and intense; piercing and fierce (pain)
痛楚: tòng chǔ — Pain; suffering; anguish
此时此刻: cǐ shí cǐ kè — At this very moment; right now
这些: zhè xiē — These; these ones (plural demonstrative)
感觉: gǎn jué — Feeling; sensation; sense
压过: yā guò — To override; overpower; suppress something else
疯狂: fēng kuáng — Crazy; frantic; wildly out of control
对抗: duì kàng — To resist; oppose; fight against
起来: qǐ lái — Start to; up; complement indicating action beginning
不太: bù tài — Not very; not particularly; not quite
清楚: qīng chǔ — Clear; distinct; clearly understood
双手: shuāng shǒu — Both hands; two hands
做了: zuò le — Did; performed; carried out an action
叫我: jiào wǒ — Called me; addressed me as something
老鼠: lǎo shǔ — Mouse; rat; small rodent
并且: bìng qiě — Moreover; furthermore; and also
嚎叫: háo jiào — To howl; wail; cry out loudly

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