Jane Eyre: An Autobiography — Page 1
那天根本不可能出去散步。
There was no possibility of taking a walk that day.
早上我们确实曾在光秃秃的灌木丛中漫步了一个小时;
We had been wandering, indeed, in the leafless shrubbery an hour in the morning;
但自从吃过晚饭之后(里德太太在没有客人的时候,向来早早用餐),
but since dinner (Mrs. Reed, when there was no company, dined early)
凛冽的冬风裹挟着阴沉的浓云和透骨的冷雨扑面而来,
the cold winter wind had brought with it clouds so sombre, and a rain so penetrating,
在户外继续活动已是完全不可能的事了。
that further outdoor exercise was now out of the question.
我对此感到庆幸:我从来不喜欢长途散步,尤其是在寒冷的下午。
I was glad of it: I never liked long walks, especially on chilly afternoons:
在阴冷的黄昏中归家,手指和脚趾冻得发麻,
dreadful to me was the coming home in the raw twilight, with nipped fingers and toes,
心中还因保姆贝西的责骂而黯然神伤,
and a heart saddened by the chidings of Bessie, the nurse,
又因意识到自己在体格上不及伊莱扎、约翰和乔治安娜·里德而深感自卑——这一切令我不寒而栗。
and humbled by the consciousness of my physical inferiority to Eliza, John, and Georgiana Reed.
此刻,伊莱扎、约翰和乔治安娜正簇拥在他们妈妈身旁,坐在客厅里。
The said Eliza, John, and Georgiana were now clustered round their mama in the drawing-room:
她斜倚在壁炉旁的沙发上,身边环绕着她的宝贝们(此时既不吵架也不哭闹),
she lay reclined on a sofa by the fireside, and with her darlings about her (for the time neither quarrelling nor crying)
看上去十分幸福。
looked perfectly happy.
而我,她却免去了我加入这个群体的资格;
Me, she had dispensed from joining the group;
她说,"她很遗憾不得不与我保持距离;
saying, "She regretted to be under the necessity of keeping me at a distance;
但除非她从贝西那里听到消息,并能亲自观察到我正真心实意地努力养成更随和、更像个孩子的性情,
but that until she heard from Bessie, and could discover by her own observation, that I was endeavouring in good earnest to acquire a more sociable and childlike disposition,
更讨人喜欢、更活泼的举止——某种更轻松、更坦率、更自然的东西——
a more attractive and sprightly manner—something lighter, franker, more natural, as it were—
否则她实在必须将我排除在那些只为满足、快乐的小孩子所设的特权之外。"
she really must exclude me from privileges intended only for contented, happy, little children."
"贝西说我做了什么?"我问道。
"What does Bessie say I have done?" I asked.
Vocabulary
- possibility
- 某件事可能发生的机会或可能性
- wandering
- 漫无目的地走动,游荡
- indeed
- 确实,表示强调或认可
- leafless
- 没有树叶的,光秃秃的
- shrubbery
- 种有灌木丛的地方或灌木园
- since
- 自从,因为,表示时间或原因
- company
- 客人,访客;也指公司或陪伴
- dined
- dine的过去式,用餐,进正餐
- sombre
- 阴暗的,昏暗的,忧郁的
- penetrating
- 刺骨的,穿透性的,深入渗透的
- further
- 更远的,进一步的
- outdoor
- 户外的,室外的
- exercise
- 锻炼,运动,体育活动
- question
- 问题;out of question意为"不可能"
- glad
- 高兴的,感到欣慰的
- especially
- 尤其,特别,格外
- chilly
- 寒冷的,令人感到冷意的
- dreadful
- 可怕的,令人不快的,糟糕的
- raw
- (天气)刺骨寒冷的,湿冷的
- twilight
- 黄昏,暮色,天色将黑时
- nipped
- nip的过去式,(寒冷)刺痛,夹痛
- saddened
- 使悲伤,令人感到难过
- chidings
- 责骂,斥责,申斥(复数)
- nurse
- 保姆,护士,照顾者
- humbled
- 使感到自卑,令人谦卑或羞愧
- consciousness
- 意识,知觉,对某事的清晰认识
- physical
- 身体的,体格上的,物质的
- inferiority
- 低劣,劣势,能力或体质不如他人
- clustered
- 聚集,簇拥在一起
- drawing-room
- 客厅,起居室,接待客人的房间
- lay
- lie的过去式,躺,平躺
- reclined
- 斜靠,向后倚靠,半躺着休息
- fireside
- 炉边,壁炉旁边的地方
- darlings
- 亲爱的人,宠儿(复数),疼爱的孩子
- neither
- 两者都不,neither...nor表示"既不…也不"
- quarrelling
- 争吵,吵架,发生口角
- nor
- 也不,用于否定并列结构
- perfectly
- 完全地,非常地,完美地
- dispensed
- 免除,豁免,无需做某事
- regretted
- 感到遗憾,对某事表示歉意
- necessity
- 必要性,必须做的事,迫切需要
- distance
- 距离,间隔,远离
- until
- 直到……为止,表示时间的连词
- discover
- 发现,察觉,找到
- observation
- 观察,注意,通过看得出的结论
- endeavouring
- 努力,尽力,竭力尝试
- earnest
- 认真的,诚挚的,真心实意的
- acquire
- 获得,学到,培养(某种品质或技能)
- sociable
- 善于交际的,友好合群的
- childlike
- 像孩子般的,天真无邪的
- disposition
- 性情,气质,天生的性格倾向
- attractive
- 有吸引力的,迷人的,令人喜爱的
- sprightly
- 活泼的,朝气蓬勃的,精力充沛的
- manner
- 举止,态度,行为方式
- lighter
- 更轻盈的,更活泼的,较不沉重的
- franker
- 更坦率的,更直接的,frank的比较级
- natural
- 自然的,天真的,不做作的
- must
- 必须,一定,表示义务或必要性
- exclude
- 排除,拒绝,不允许……参与
- privileges
- 特权,特别待遇,特殊权利(复数)
- intended
- 打算给予的,为……而设的,预定的
- contented
- 满足的,知足的,心满意足的
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