Notre-Dame de Paris — Page 8
如果我们这些1830年的人，能够在思想上与那些十五世纪的巴黎人融为一体，与他们一同被推搡、被挤压、被拉扯着，涌入那座宫殿那宽阔却在1482年1月6日那天显得极为拥挤的大厅，这番景象将不乏趣味与魅力，而我们身边所见的一切，都将是如此古老，反而显得焕然一新。
If it could be granted to us, the men of 1830, to mingle in thought with those Parisians of the fifteenth century, and to enter with them, jostled, elbowed, pulled about, into that immense hall of the palace, which was so cramped on that sixth of January, 1482, the spectacle would not be devoid of either interest or charm, and we should have about us only things that were so old that they would seem new.
承蒙读者应允，我们将尝试在思想中重现，当我们一同跨过那座宏伟大厅的门槛时，置身于那身着罩袍、短款无袖外套与紧身上衣的喧嚣人群之中，你所会感受到的那份印象。
With the reader's consent, we will endeavor to retrace in thought, the impression which he would have experienced in company with us on crossing the threshold of that grand hall, in the midst of that tumultuous crowd in surcoats, short, sleeveless jackets, and doublets.
首先，耳中嗡嗡作响，眼前一片眩目。我们头顶之上，是一座双联尖拱穹顶，以木雕镶嵌，涂以蔚蓝，并饰有金色的鸢尾花纹；脚下是黑白大理石铺就的地面，交替排列。不远处，一根巨大的廊柱，又一根，再一根；大厅通长共七根廊柱，支撑着双联穹顶拱券的起拱处，位于大厅宽度的中央。围绕其中四根廊柱，是商贩的摊位，玻璃与金箔闪闪发光；围绕最后三根，是橡木长凳，被诉讼人的灯笼裤与律师的长袍磨得光滑锃亮。
And, first of all, there is a buzzing in the ears, a dazzlement in the eyes. Above our heads is a double ogive vault, panelled with wood carving, painted azure, and sown with golden fleurs-de-lis; beneath our feet a pavement of black and white marble, alternating. A few paces distant, an enormous pillar, then another, then another; seven pillars in all, down the length of the hall, sustaining the spring of the arches of the double vault, in the centre of its width. Around four of the pillars, stalls of merchants, all sparkling with glass and tinsel; around the last three, benches of oak, worn and polished by the trunk hose of the litigants, and the robes of the attorneys.
Vocabulary
- If
- 表示条件或假设的连接词
- it
- 代词,指代事物或情况
- could
- 能够,可能,过去式的can
- be
- 动词,表示存在或状态
- granted
- 被给予,被承认,过去分词
- to
- 介词,表示方向、对象或关系
- us
- 代词,我们的宾格形式
- the
- 定冠词,用于特指
- men
- 人,男人,man的复数形式
- of
- 介词,表示所属、成分或来源
- mingle
- 混合,交往,与某人相聚
- in
- 介词,表示位置、状态或时间
- thought
- 思想,想法,思维过程
- with
- 介词,表示伴随、工具或关系
- those
- 代词,那些人或物
- Parisians
- 巴黎人,来自巴黎的居民
- fifteenth
- 第十五的,序数词
- century
- 世纪,一百年的时期
- and
- 连接词,表示并列关系
- enter
- 进入,步入某个地方
- them
- 代词,他们或它们的宾格
- jostled
- 推挤,碰撞,拥挤中互相冲撞
- elbowed
- 用肘部推,挤开道路
- pulled
- 拉,拖,拔动
- about
- 关于,大约,在周围
- into
- 介词,表示进入某个地方或状态
- that
- 代词或连接词,那个
- immense
- 巨大的,广大的,无限的
- hall
- 大厅,走廊,会堂
- palace
- 宫殿,豪华建筑物
- which
- 关系代词,哪个,引导定语从句
- was
- 是,过去式的be
- so
- 如此,这样,非常
- cramped
- 拥挤的,狭窄的,局促的
- on
- 介词,在...上面或发生
- sixth
- 第六的,序数词
- January
- 一月,年度的第一个月
- spectacle
- 景象,奇观,引人注目的情景
- would
- 会,将要,表示假设或过去习惯
- not
- 不,表示否定
- devoid
- 缺乏,没有,完全没有
- either
- 也不,任何一个,两者之一
- interest
- 兴趣,利益,使...感兴趣
- or
- 或者,或,连接词
- charm
- 魅力,迷人之处,吸引力
- we
- 代词,我们
- should
- 应该,应当,表示推测
- have
- 有,拥有,助动词
- only
- 仅仅,只有,只是
- things
- 事物,东西,东西
- were
- 是,过去式的be,复数形式
- old
- 老的,旧的,古老的
- they
- 代词,他们,它们
- seem
- 似乎,看起来,显得
- new
- 新的,崭新的,新颖的
- With
- 介词,用,凭借,伴随
- reader
- 读者,阅读器
- consent
- 同意,赞成,许可
- will
- 将会,意愿,遗嘱
- endeavor
- 努力,尝试,为...而努力
- retrace
- 追溯,重新描述,回顾
- impression
- 印象,感觉,印记
- he
- 代词,他
- experienced
- 经历,体验,有经验的
- company
- 公司,同伴,陪伴
- crossing
- 穿过,十字路口,横渡
- threshold
- 门槛,入口,开始
- grand
- 宏伟的,壮大的,主要的
- midst
- 中间,中央,之中
- tumultuous
- 混乱的,骚动的,喧闹的
- crowd
- 人群,拥挤,聚集
- short
- 短的,矮的,缺少的
- sleeveless
- 无袖的,没有袖子的
- jackets
- 夹克,短上衣,外套
- first
- 第一的,最初的,首先
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