Jane Eyre: An Autobiography — Page 5
「我把帘子拉上真是明智之举，」我心想；我热切地希望他不会发现我的藏身之处：约翰·里德自己也不会找到的；他无论是视力还是判断力都不敏锐；但伊莱扎把头探进门来，立刻说道——
"It is well I drew the curtain," thought I; and I wished fervently he might not discover my hiding-place: nor would John Reed have found it out himself; he was not quick either of vision or conception; but Eliza just put her head in at the door, and said at once—
「她肯定坐在窗座上，杰克。」
"She is in the window-seat, to be sure, Jack."
我立刻走了出来，因为一想到被那个杰克拖出去，我就浑身发抖。
And I came out immediately, for I trembled at the idea of being dragged forth by the said Jack.
「你要什么？」我问道，神情局促而怯懦。
"What do you want?" I asked, with awkward diffidence.
「说『你要什么，里德少爷？』」对方答道。「我要你到这里来；」他在一把扶手椅上坐下，用手势示意我走近，站在他面前。
"Say, 'What do you want, Master Reed?'" was the answer. "I want you to come here;" and seating himself in an arm-chair, he intimated by a gesture that I was to approach and stand before him.
约翰·里德是个十四岁的男学生；比我大四岁，因为我当时只有十岁：他身材高大魁梧，皮肤暗沉而不健康；宽阔的脸上五官粗重，四肢笨拙，手脚肥大。
John Reed was a schoolboy of fourteen years old; four years older than I, for I was but ten: large and stout for his age, with a dingy and unwholesome skin; thick lineaments in a spacious visage, heavy limbs and large extremities.
他惯于在餐桌上狼吞虎咽，因此患了胆汁病，眼神浑浊呆滞，双颊松弛肥软。
He gorged himself habitually at table, which made him bilious, and gave him a dim and bleared eye and flabby cheeks.
他此刻本该在学校；但他的妈妈以「身体娇弱」为由，把他接回家住了一两个月。
He ought now to have been at school; but his mama had taken him home for a month or two, "on account of his delicate health."
Vocabulary
- well
- 好吧；表示停顿或引出话题的感叹词
- drew
- draw的过去式，此处指拉上（帘子）
- curtain
- 窗帘；遮挡光线或视线的布帘
- fervently
- 热切地，真诚而强烈地希望某事
- discover
- 发现，找到原本隐藏或未知的事物
- hiding-place
- 藏身之处，用于躲避他人的隐蔽地点
- nor
- 也不，用于连接两个否定的并列成分
- quick
- 敏锐的，反应迅速的，头脑灵活的
- either
- （用于否定句）也，任何一方
- vision
- 视力，视觉能力；洞察力
- conception
- 理解力，思维能力，构思能力
- once
- 一次；立刻，马上
- window-seat
- 窗台座位，设于窗边可坐人的台子
- immediately
- 立即，马上，毫不拖延地
- trembled
- tremble的过去式，因恐惧或紧张而颤抖
- dragged
- drag的过去式，强行拖拽，粗暴拉出
- forth
- 向前，出来，从隐藏处被带出
- awkward
- 尴尬的，笨拙的，不自在的
- diffidence
- 缺乏自信，羞怯，过分拘谨的态度
- Master
- 少爷，旧时对男孩或男主人的尊称
- arm-chair
- 扶手椅，两侧有扶手的椅子
- intimated
- intimate的过去式，暗示，示意
- gesture
- 手势，用手或身体表达意思的动作
- approach
- 靠近，走近某人或某处
- schoolboy
- 男学生，在校上学的男孩
- stout
- 肥胖的，体格粗壮结实的
- dingy
- 肮脏昏暗的，颜色灰暗污浊的
- unwholesome
- 不健康的，看起来有病态的
- lineaments
- 面部轮廓，脸部线条特征
- spacious
- 宽大的，宽阔的，面积大的
- visage
- 面孔，脸，面部外观
- limbs
- 四肢，手臂和腿的统称
- extremities
- 肢端，手脚等身体末端部位
- gorged
- gorge的过去式，狼吞虎咽，暴饮暴食
- habitually
- 习惯性地，经常地，出于惯例地
- bilious
- 胆汁质的，消化不良的，面色不好的
- dim
- 昏暗的，模糊的，无神的
- bleared
- 模糊的，因疲劳或病态而视线不清的
- flabby
- 松弛的，肉软而无力的
- cheeks
- 脸颊，面部两侧
- ought
- 应该，表示义务或期望的情态动词
- account
- 缘故；on account of意为由于，因为
- delicate
- 娇弱的，体质虚弱的，需要特别照顾的
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