The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom — Complete — Page 11
英雄在巴勒迪克与沙隆之间的树林里度过的那个夜晚,对我们十八世纪的祖先来说,无疑比对我们更令人毛骨悚然——我们已经在为数不多的优秀冒险小说以及更多不入流的作品中,见识过数十个类似的情节。
The hero's night in the wood between Bar-le-duc and Chalons was no doubt more blood-curdling to our eighteenth-century ancestors than it is to us, who have become acquainted with scores of similar situations in the small number of exciting romances which belong to literature, and in the greater number which do not.
尽管如此,即便是今天,一个因滥读劣质小说而审美疲劳的读者,在读到范瑟姆被老妇人锁在阁楼上过夜的经历时,仍然能感受到斯摩莱特的笔力,以及几番心惊肉跳的紧张刺激。
Still, even to-day, a reader, with his taste jaded by trashy novels, will be conscious of Smollett's power, and of several thrills, likewise, as he reads about Fathom's experience in the loft in which the beldame locks him to pass the night.
这一情节与其说是浪漫主义的,不如说是通俗剧式的——就该词在十八、十九世纪文学批评中的技术性用法而言。
This situation is melodramatic rather than romantic, as the word is used technically in application to eighteenth and nineteenth-century literature.
然而,《范瑟姆》中也不乏真正具有浪漫主义精神的内容。
There is no little in Fathom, however, which is genuinely romantic in the latter sense.
例如,伯爵夫人被囚禁于城堡塔楼中,向年轻的伯爵——她的儿子兼意欲救她之人——挥舞手帕的情节,便是如此。
Such is the imprisonment of the Countess in the castle-tower, whence she waves her handkerchief to the young Count, her son and would-be rescuer.
尤其是教堂中的那一幕——雷纳尔多(光是这个名字就充满浪漫气息)在午夜时分前往祭拜他心上人的疑冢。
And especially so is the scene in the church, when Renaldo (the very name is romantic) visits at midnight the supposed grave of his lady-love.
在等待墓地看门人开门之际,他的"灵魂……已被提升至狂热悲痛的极致。那异乎寻常的黑暗……那庄严的寂静,以及此地的幽僻,与他此行的缘由、心中阴郁的幻想交织在一起,共同催生出一种真实的、沉郁而充满期待的迷狂——举世之力也无法说服他将这份感受轻易辜负。"
While he was waiting for the sexton to open the door, his "soul . . was wound up to the highest pitch of enthusiastic sorrow. The uncommon darkness, . . the solemn silence, and lonely situation of the place, conspired with the occasion of his coming, and the dismal images of his fancy, to produce a real rapture of gloomy expectation, which the whole world could not have persuaded him to disappoint.
Vocabulary
- The
- 定冠词,指特定的人或物
- hero
- 英雄,故事或小说的主人公
- night
- 夜晚,日落到日出之间的时间
- in
- 介词,表示位置、时间或状态
- wood
- 森林,许多树木的地方
- between
- 在两个人或物之间的中间位置
- and
- 连接词,用于连接词语或句子
- was
- 是,be动词的过去式
- no
- 不,用于否定
- doubt
- 怀疑,不确定或有疑虑
- more
- 更多,比较级形式
- ancestors
- 祖先,已故的前代家族成员
- than
- 比,用于比较两个事物
- it
- 它,代词指代物体或事物
- us
- 我们,代词指说话者和他人
- who
- 谁,疑问代词或关系代词
- have
- 有,表示拥有或已完成的动作
- become
- 变成,开始处于某种状态
- acquainted
- 熟悉的,了解或认识
- with
- 与,表示伴随或使用
- scores
- 许多,大量的数量
- of
- 的,表示所有关系
- similar
- 相似的,几乎相同或相近
- situations
- 情况,特定的环境或状况
- small
- 小的,尺寸或数量不大
- number
- 数字,表示数量的符号
- exciting
- 令人兴奋的,引起兴趣或激动
- romances
- 爱情故事,浪漫的故事或冒险
- which
- 哪一个,关系代词
- belong
- 属于,是某物的一部分
- literature
- 文学,书籍和书面作品的总称
- greater
- 更大的,比较级
- do
- 做,执行或完成动作
- not
- 不,否定词
- Still
- 仍然,继续或尽管如此
- even
- 甚至,用于强调或比较
- to-day
- 今天,当前的一天
- reader
- 读者,阅读书籍的人
- his
- 他的,属于男性的所有格
- taste
- 品味,对艺术或食物的偏好
- jaded
- 厌倦的,因过度接触而感到无聊
- by
- 被,表示动作执行者或方式
- trashy
- 低俗的,质量低劣或廉价的
- novels
- 小说,虚构的长篇文学作品
- will
- 将,表示未来时态
- be
- 是,最基本的动词
- conscious
- 意识到的,知道或感受到
- power
- 力量,能力或影响力
- several
- 几个,不止一个但不很多
- thrills
- 刺激,令人兴奋的感受或经历
- likewise
- 同样地,以相同的方式
- as
- 当,表示时间或比较
- he
- 他,男性代词
- reads
- 读,看和理解文字
- about
- 关于,表示主题或方向
- experience
- 经历,亲身经过或感受
- loft
- 阁楼,建筑物的顶层
- locks
- 锁,用于固定或关闭的装置
- him
- 他,男性宾语代词
- pass
- 通过,越过或允许进行
- This
- 这,指示代词
- situation
- 情况,环境或具体的状况
- melodramatic
- 夸张的,过度戏剧化或感情用事
- rather
- 相当地,在某种程度上
- romantic
- 浪漫的,充满爱情或冒险精神
- used
- 使用,利用或采用
- technically
- 技术上地,严格按照规则或定义
- application
- 应用,使用或将某物付诸实践
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