Light O' the Morning: The Story of an Irish Girl — Page 2
汉娜迈着急促、蹒跚的步伐向小屋走去。
Hannah was making for the cabin with rapid, waddling strides.
诺拉站在那条宽阔的弯道中央，弯道一直通向老宅的正门。
Nora stood in the middle of the broad sweep which led up to the front door of the old house.
奥沙纳根城堡是一座典型的爱尔兰旧式宅邸。
Castle O'Shanaghgan was a typical Irish home of the ancient régime.
这栋房子是一座宏大的方形建筑群，宽敞而开阔。
The house, a great square pile, was roomy and spacious;
房子里有无数条楼梯，还有狂风呼啸的夜晚里风声尖啸而过的长长走廊，以及北端一座高大的雉堞城楼。
it had innumerable staircases, and long passages through which the wind shrieked on stormy nights, and a great castellated tower at its north end.
这座城楼已是断壁残垣，很久以前便被拱手让给了蝙蝠、猫头鹰和硕鼠，那些老鼠大而凶猛，就连狗也惧它们三分。
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.
邻居们声称，夜里他们能听到城楼中传来尖叫声和鬼魅般的响动。
In the tower at night the neighbors affirmed that they heard shrieks and ghostly noises;
诺拉的卧室离城楼最近，她曾两度听见奥沙纳根女妖在窗外哀鸣，对此她深以为荣。
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.
诺拉是一位身形纤细、亭亭玉立、举止优雅的少女，年约十七岁。
Nora was a slender, tall, and very graceful girl of about seventeen,
她的面容是纯粹爱尔兰美人的典型——带着几分不羁的野性之美，与汉娜·克罗宁恰恰相反。
and her face was as typical of the true, somewhat wild, Irish beauty as Hannah Croneen's was the reverse.
在爱尔兰西南部，许多女性的血脉中既有西班牙血统，也有凯尔特血统。
In the southwest of Ireland there are traces of Spanish as well as Celtic blood in many of its women;
诺拉那一头浓密柔软、乌黑亮丽的秀发，想必是从某位西班牙祖先那里遗传而来的。
and Nora's quantities of thick, soft, intensely black hair must have come to her from a Spanish ancestor.
Vocabulary
- was
- 是，表示过去时态的be动词
- making
- 制作、制造某物
- for
- 为了、给予、表示目的或受益人
- the
- 定冠词，用于特定的名词前
- cabin
- 小木屋、船舱
- with
- 与、用、具有、表示伴随或工具
- rapid
- 快速的、迅速的
- strides
- 大步、迈步
- stood
- 站立、站着，stand的过去式
- in
- 在、里面、表示位置或时间
- middle
- 中间、中部
- of
- 的、从属关系、表示所有
- broad
- 宽阔的、广泛的
- sweep
- 扫、范围、一大片区域
- which
- 哪一个、关系代词
- led
- 引导、导致，lead的过去式
- up
- 向上、起来
- to
- 到、朝向、表示方向
- front
- 前面、前部
- door
- 门、出入口
- old
- 老的、旧的、年长的
- house
- 房子、房屋
- Castle
- 城堡、要塞
- typical
- 典型的、有代表性的
- Irish
- 爱尔兰的、爱尔兰人的
- home
- 家、家园、住所
- ancient
- 古老的、古代的
- régime
- 制度、统治、政权
- The
- 定冠词，用于特定的名词前
- great
- 伟大的、很大的、重要的
- square
- 正方形、广场、四方的
- pile
- 堆、一堆、大楼
- and
- 和、并且、连接词
- spacious
- 宽敞的、广阔的
- it
- 它、代词
- had
- 有、拥有，have的过去式
- staircases
- 楼梯、阶梯
- long
- 长的、很久的
- passages
- 通道、走廊、段落
- through
- 通过、穿过、从始至终
- wind
- 风、蜿蜒、缠绕
- shrieked
- 尖叫、发出刺耳声，shriek的过去式
- on
- 在、打开、表示位置或状态
- stormy
- 暴风雨的、狂暴的
- nights
- 夜晚、夜间
- tower
- 塔、高耸、杰出
- at
- 在、表示位置或时间
- its
- 它的、所有格代词
- north
- 北方、北部
- end
- 末端、结束、尽头
- This
- 这个、这、指示代词
- ruins
- 废墟、遗迹、毁坏
- been
- 是、曾是，be的过去分词
- given
- 给予、赋予，give的过去分词
- time
- 时间、时代、次数
- ago
- 以前、前面
- exclusive
- 独占的、专属的、排他性的
- bats
- 蝙蝠、球棒
- owls
- 猫头鹰、夜莺
- rats
- 老鼠、鼠类
- so
- 这样、所以、很
- large
- 大的、广大的
- fierce
- 凶猛的、激烈的
- that
- 那个、那、关系代词
- very
- 很、非常、极其
- dogs
- 狗、犬类
- were
- 是、曾是，be的过去式复数
- afraid
- 害怕的、恐惧的
- them
- 他们、它们、代词
- In
- 在、里面、表示位置
- night
- 夜晚、晚上、夜间
- neighbors
- 邻居、邻近的人
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