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English → Chinese CHAPTER I. Level 4/10

Hannah was making for the cabin with rapid, waddling strides.

汉娜迈着急促蹒跚的步伐向小屋走去。

Nora stood in the middle of the broad sweep which led up to the front door of the old house.

诺拉站在通往老宅正门的宽阔大道中央。

Castle O'Shanaghgan was a typical Irish home of the ancient régime.

奥沙纳根城堡是一座典型的爱尔兰旧式宅邸。

The house, a great square pile, was roomy and spacious; it had innumerable staircases, and long passages through which the wind shrieked on stormy nights, and a great castellated tower at its north end.

这座宅子是一栋巨大的方形建筑，宽敞明亮；其中有数不清的楼梯，以及狂风呼啸的暴风之夜里风声尖叫的漫长走廊，北端还有一座巨大的雉堞塔楼。

This tower was in ruins, and had been given up a long time ago to the exclusive tenancy of the bats, the owls, and rats so large and fierce that the very dogs were afraid of them.

这座塔楼已是一片废墟，很久以前便拱手让给了蝙蝠、猫头鹰以及那些体型巨大、凶猛异常、连狗都畏惧的老鼠独自栖居。

In the tower at night the neighbors affirmed that they heard shrieks and ghostly noises; and Nora, whose bedroom was nearest to it, rejoiced much in the distinction of having twice heard the O'Shanaghgan Banshee keening outside her window.

邻居们都声称夜里曾听到塔楼中传出尖叫声和鬼魅般的响动；而诺拉的卧室离塔楼最近，她以曾两度在窗外听到奥沙纳根报丧女妖的哀鸣为荣，引以为豪。

Nora was a slender, tall, and very graceful girl of about seventeen, and her face was as typical of the true, somewhat wild, Irish beauty as Hannah Croneen's was the reverse.

诺拉是一个身材纤细、高挑而优雅的女孩，年约十七岁，她的面容是那种真正带着几分野性的爱尔兰美人的典型，与汉娜·克罗宁恰恰相反。

In the southwest of Ireland there are traces of Spanish as well as Celtic blood in many of its women; and Nora's quantities of thick, soft, intensely black hair must have come to her from a Spanish ancestor.

在爱尔兰西南部，许多女性的血脉中既有西班牙人的印记，也有凯尔特人的痕迹；诺拉那一头浓密、柔软、乌黑发亮的秀发，想必正是遗传自某位西班牙先祖。

Vocabulary

迈着: màizhe — Walking with; stepping along in a manner.
急促: jícù — Hurried, rapid, urgent in pace or rhythm.
蹒跚: pánshān — Staggering, tottering, walking unsteadily.
的: de — Structural particle linking modifier to noun.
步伐: bùfá — Pace, step, stride in walking or marching.
向: xiàng — Toward, in the direction of something.
小屋: xiǎowū — Small cottage, hut, or cabin.
走去: zǒuqù — Walk toward, go over to a place.
站在: zhàn zài — Standing at or in a specific location.
通往: tōng wǎng — Leading to, heading toward a destination.
老宅: lǎozhái — Old mansion, ancestral family residence.
正门: zhèngmén — Main entrance, front gate of a building.
宽阔: kuānkuò — Wide, broad, spacious in extent.
大道: dàdào — Wide road, avenue, or main thoroughfare.
中央: zhōngyāng — Center, middle of a space or area.
城堡: chéngbǎo — Castle, fortress, large fortified building.
是: shì — Is, am, are; verb to be.
一座: yī zuò — One (measure word for buildings/mountains).
典型: diǎnxíng — Typical, classic, representative example.
爱尔兰: Àiěrlán — Ireland, the European island nation.
旧式: jiùshì — Old-fashioned, traditional in style or design.
宅邸: zháidǐ — Mansion, grand residence, stately home.
这座: zhè zuò — This (measure word for buildings/structures).
宅子: zhái zi — House, residence, dwelling place.
一栋: yī dòng — One (measure word for buildings).
巨大: jùdà — Huge, enormous, very large in size.
方形: fāngxíng — Square-shaped, rectangular in form.
建筑: jiànzhú — Building, architecture, constructed structure.
宽敞: kuānchang — Spacious, roomy, comfortably large interior.
明亮: míngliàng — Bright, well-lit, luminous space or light.
其中: qízhōng — Among them, within it, inside.
有: yǒu — Have, there is/are, to possess.
数不清: shǔ bu qīng — Countless, too many to count.
楼梯: lóutī — Staircase, stairs, steps between floors.
以及: yǐjí — As well as, and also, along with.
狂风: kuángfēng — Fierce wind, gale, violent storm wind.
呼啸: hūxiào — Howling, whistling sound of strong wind.
暴风: bàofēng — Storm, violent wind, tempest.
之夜: zhī yè — Night of (literary possessive construction).
里: lǐ — Inside, within, in a place or time.
风声: fēngshēng — Sound of wind; also rumor or news.
尖叫: jiānjiào — Scream, shriek, high-pitched cry.
漫长: màncháng — Long, lengthy, seemingly endless duration.
走廊: zǒuláng — Corridor, hallway, passage in a building.
北端: běiduān — Northern end, north tip of something.
还有: hái yǒu — There is also, in addition, furthermore.
塔楼: tǎlóu — Tower, turret attached to a building.
已是: yǐ shì — Already is, has become (a state).
一片: yī piàn — A stretch of, an expanse of something.
废墟: fèixū — Ruins, rubble, remains of destroyed structure.
很久: hěn jiǔ — A long time ago, for a long while.
以前: yǐqián — Before, previously, in the past.
便: biàn — Then, thereupon; already (literary adverb).
拱手: gǒngshǒu — Yield readily, hand over without resistance.
让给: ràng gěi — Cede to, give over to, yield to.
了: le — Particle indicating completed action or change.
蝙蝠: biānfú — Bat, the flying nocturnal mammal.
猫头鹰: māotóuyīng — Owl, nocturnal bird of prey.
那些: nàxiē — Those, referring to plural things or people.
体型: tǐxíng — Body size, physique, body shape.
凶猛: xiōngměng — Fierce, ferocious, violent in nature.
异常: yìcháng — Unusually, abnormally, exceptionally.
连: lián — Even (emphasizing an extreme case).
狗: gǒu — Dog, domestic canine animal.
都: dōu — All, both, even (inclusive adverb).
畏惧: wèijù — Fear, dread, feel afraid of something.
老鼠: lǎoshǔ — Rat, mouse, small rodent.
独自: dúzì — Alone, by oneself, without others.
栖居: qījū — Dwell, inhabit, live in a place.
邻居们: línjū men — Neighbors, people living nearby.
声称: shēngchēng — Claim, assert, declare something to be true.
夜里: yè lǐ — At night, during the nighttime.
曾: céng — Once, formerly, at some past time.
听到: tīng dào — Hear, to perceive sound successfully.
中: zhōng — Inside, within, from within something.
传出: chuán chū — Emanate, come out, be transmitted outward.
尖叫声: jiānjiàoshēng — Screaming sound, shrieking noise.
和: hé — And, together with, connecting elements.
鬼魅: guǐmèi — Ghosts and demons, supernatural eerie beings.
般: bān — Like, as if, resembling (comparative particle).
响动: xiǎngdòng — Sound of movement, noise, stirring sound.
而: ér — And, but, while (literary connective).
卧室: wòshì — Bedroom, sleeping room in a house.
离: lí — Away from, at a distance from.
最近: zuìjìn — Nearest, closest; recently in time.
她: tā — She, her (third person female pronoun).
以: yǐ — With, by means of, using (preposition).
两度: liǎng dù — Twice, two times, on two occasions.
在: zài — At, in, on; to be present somewhere.
窗外: chuāng wài — Outside the window, beyond the windowpane.
哀鸣: āimíng — Wail, mournful cry, sad lament.
为荣: wéi róng — As an honor, to take pride in.
引以为豪: yǐn yǐ wéi háo — Take great pride in, feel proud of.
一个: yī gè — One (general measure word for people/things).
身材: shēncái — Figure, body build, physical stature.
纤细: xiānxì — Slender, slim, delicately thin in build.
高挑: gāotiāo — Tall and slender, having a willowy figure.
优雅: yōuyǎ — Elegant, graceful, refined in manner.
女孩: nǚhái — Girl, young female, female child.
年约: nián yuē — About the age of, approximately years old.
十七岁: shíqī suì — Seventeen years old.
面容: miànróng — Facial appearance, face, countenance.
那种: nà zhǒng — That kind of, that type of.
真正: zhēnzhèng — True, genuine, real, authentic.
带着: dài zhe — Carrying, bearing, having with oneself.
几分: jǐ fēn — A trace of, somewhat, a bit of.
野性: yěxìng — Wildness, untamed nature, fierce natural quality.
美人: měirén — Beauty, beautiful woman, lovely person.
与: yǔ — With, and, together with (literary).
恰恰: qiàqià — Exactly, just, precisely the opposite.
相反: xiāngfǎn — Opposite, contrary, reverse of something.
西南部: xīnánbù — Southwest region, southwestern part of area.
许多: xǔduō — Many, much, a large number of.
女性: nǚxìng — Female, woman, the female gender.
血脉: xuèmài — Bloodline, lineage, hereditary descent.
既有: jì yǒu — Both have, already possessing (both sides).
西班牙人: Xībānyárén — Spanish person, someone from Spain.
印记: yìnjì — Mark, imprint, trace left behind.
也有: yě yǒu — Also have, there is also.
痕迹: hénjì — Trace, mark, vestige left by something.
那: nà — That (demonstrative pronoun or adjective).
一头: yī tóu — A head of (measure word for hair/animals).
浓密: nóngmì — Thick and dense, as of hair or foliage.
柔软: róuruǎn — Soft, supple, gentle to the touch.
乌黑: wūhēi — Jet black, very dark, raven colored.
发亮: fāliàng — Shining, gleaming, giving off a glow.
秀发: xiùfà — Beautiful hair, lovely locks (literary).
想必: xiǎngbì — Presumably, must be, it is likely that.
正是: zhèng shì — Precisely is, exactly is, just is.
遗传自: yíchuán zì — Inherited from, passed down genetically from.
某位: mǒu wèi — A certain (person), some particular individual.
西班牙: Xībānyá — Spain, the European country.
先祖: xiānzǔ — Ancestor, forefather, early family predecessor.

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