Jane Eyre: An Autobiography — Page 7
我不知道他是否从我脸上看出了这个念头；因为，他突然间，一声不吭，猛地用力打了我一下。
I wonder if he read that notion in my face; for, all at once, without speaking, he struck suddenly and strongly.
我踉跄了一下，好不容易才站稳，退后了一两步，离开了他的椅子。
I tottered, and on regaining my equilibrium retired back a step or two from his chair.
「这是为了惩罚你刚才顶撞妈妈，」他说，「也为了你鬼鬼祟祟躲在帘子后面，还有你刚才那副眼神，你这只耗子！」
"That is for your impudence in answering mama awhile since," said he, "and for your sneaking way of getting behind curtains, and for the look you had in your eyes two minutes since, you rat!"
我早已习惯了约翰·里德的欺辱，从来没有想过要还嘴；我所担心的，是如何承受那随辱骂而来的必然一击。
Accustomed to John Reed's abuse, I never had an idea of replying to it; my care was how to endure the blow which would certainly follow the insult.
「你躲在帘子后面做什么？」他问道。
"What were you doing behind the curtain?" he asked.
「我在看书。」
"I was reading."
「把书拿来。」
"Show the book."
我走回窗边，把书取了过来。
I returned to the window and fetched it thence.
「你无权拿我们的书；妈妈说，你是靠我们养活的；你没有钱；你父亲没有给你留下任何财产；你该去行乞，而不是住在这里，与我们这样的绅士家的孩子同住，吃一样的饭食，穿费我们妈妈钱财的衣裳。」
"You have no business to take our books; you are a dependent, mama says; you have no money; your father left you none; you ought to beg, and not to live here with gentlemen's children like us, and eat the same meals we do, and wear clothes at our mama's expense.
「现在，我要让你知道，不许乱翻我的书架：因为那些书架是我的；整座房子都属于我，再过几年就都归我了。去，站到门边去，离镜子和窗户远一点。」
Now, I'll teach you to rummage my bookshelves: for they are mine; all the house belongs to me, or will do in a few years. Go and stand by the door, out of the way of the mirror and the windows.
Vocabulary
- wonder
- 想知道；感到惊奇或疑惑
- if
- 如果；是否
- he
- 他
- read
- 阅读；读书
- that
- 那个；那
- notion
- 观念；想法；概念
- in
- 在...里面；用...表示
- my
- 我的
- face
- 脸；面孔
- for
- 为了；因为
- all
- 全部；所有的
- at
- 在；于
- once
- 一次；曾经
- without
- 没有；不用
- speaking
- 说话；讲话
- struck
- 打击；敲打；使印象深刻
- suddenly
- 突然地；意外地
- and
- 和；与
- strongly
- 强烈地；有力地
- tottered
- 摇晃；踉跄；不稳定
- on
- 在...上；打开
- regaining
- 重新获得；恢复
- equilibrium
- 平衡；均衡状态
- retired
- 退休；隐退
- back
- 后面；返回
- step
- 步伐；步骤
- or
- 或者；或
- two
- 二；两个
- from
- 从；来自
- his
- 他的
- chair
- 椅子；主席
- That
- 那个；那
- is
- 是
- your
- 你的；你们的
- impudence
- 无礼；鲁莽；厚颜无耻
- answering
- 回答；应答
- mama
- 妈妈；母亲
- awhile
- 暂时；一会儿
- since
- 自从；因为
- said
- 说；说道
- sneaking
- 偷偷摸摸的；鬼鬼祟祟
- way
- 方式；方法；路
- of
- 的；属于
- getting
- 得到；获得
- behind
- 在...后面；背后
- curtains
- 窗帘；幕布
- the
- 这个；那个
- look
- 看；外表
- you
- 你；你们
- had
- 有；具有
- eyes
- 眼睛
- minutes
- 分钟；片刻
- rat
- 鼠；坏人
- Accustomed
- 习惯的；适应的
- to
- 到；向
- abuse
- 虐待；辱骂
- never
- 从不；绝不
- an
- 一个
- idea
- 想法；观点
- replying
- 回复；回答
- it
- 它
- care
- 关心；照顾
- was
- 是；过去式
- how
- 怎样；如何
- endure
- 忍受；坚持
- blow
- 打击；敲打
- which
- 哪个；哪些
- would
- 会；将要
- certainly
- 当然；肯定
- follow
- 跟随；接着
- insult
- 侮辱；辱骂
- What
- 什么
- were
- 是；过去式复数
- doing
- 做；干
- curtain
- 窗帘；幕布
- asked
- 问；询问
- reading
- 阅读；读书
- Show
- 展示；显示
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