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她出生还不到一个小时,汤姆不知道跑哪儿去了。我从麻醉中醒来,心里有一种彻底被遗弃的感觉,马上问护士是男孩还是女孩。

She was less than an hour old and Tom was God knows where. I woke up out of the ether with an utterly abandoned feeling, and asked the nurse right away if it was a boy or a girl.

她告诉我是个女孩,于是我把头扭到一边,哭了起来。

She told me it was a girl, and so I turned my head away and wept.

'好吧,'我说,'我很高兴是个女孩。我希望她是个傻瓜——那是一个女孩在这个世界上所能成为的最好的东西,一个漂亮的小傻瓜。'

'All right,' I said, 'I'm glad it's a girl. And I hope she'll be a fool—that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool.'

'你看,我觉得无论如何一切都是可怕的,'她以一种笃定的口吻继续说道。'每个人都这么想——那些最进步的人。我知道。我走遍了各处,见过一切,也经历过一切。'

"You see I think everything's terrible anyhow," she went on in a convinced way. "Everybody thinks so—the most advanced people. And I know. I've been everywhere and seen everything and done everything."

她的眼神以一种挑衅的方式在四周闪动,颇像汤姆,她带着令人颤栗的轻蔑笑了起来。'老练——天哪,我太老练了!'

Her eyes flashed around her in a defiant way, rather like Tom's, and she laughed with thrilling scorn. "Sophisticated—God, I'm sophisticated!"

就在她的声音戛然而止、不再吸引我的注意力和信任的那一刻,我感觉到了她所说的话骨子里的虚伪。

The instant her voice broke off, ceasing to compel my attention, my belief, I felt the basic insincerity of what she had said.

这让我感到不安,仿佛整个晚上都是某种把戏,为了从我这里榨取一种呼应的情感。

It made me uneasy, as though the whole evening had been a trick of some sort to exact a contributory emotion from me.

我等待着,果然,过了一会儿,她用那张可爱的脸对我露出一副十足得意的笑容,仿佛她刚刚宣示了自己是某个颇为高贵的秘密团体的成员——那个她与汤姆同属的团体。

I waited, and sure enough, in a moment she looked at me with an absolute smirk on her lovely face, as if she had asserted her membership in a rather distinguished secret society to which she and Tom belonged.

屋内,深红色的房间在灯光中盛放。

Inside, the crimson room bloomed with light.

Vocabulary

less
较少的,程度或数量更小
hour
小时,时间单位,等于60分钟
God
上帝;神;常用于感叹表达
woke
wake的过去式,从睡眠中醒来
ether
乙醚,旧时用作麻醉剂的化学物质
utterly
完全地,彻底地,程度副词
abandoned
被遗弃的;也指放纵、毫无拘束的
nurse
护士;照料病人的医护人员
wept
哭泣,weep的过去式,流泪
glad
高兴的,感到愉快和满足
fool
傻瓜,愚笨的人
terrible
可怕的,糟糕的,极其恶劣的
anyhow
无论如何,不管怎样
convinced
确信的,坚信的,深信不疑
advanced
先进的,高级的,超前的
everywhere
到处,各地,无处不在
flashed
闪烁,flash的过去式,眼神闪亮
defiant
挑衅的,反抗的,蔑视权威的
rather
相当,有点,表示程度修饰
thrilling
令人激动的,刺激的,兴奋的
scorn
轻蔑,蔑视,不屑一顾的态度
Sophisticated
老练的,见多识广的,精致复杂的
sophisticated
老练的,见多识广的,精致复杂的
instant
瞬间,立刻;某一特定时刻
broke
break的过去式,打破;声音中断
ceasing
停止,cease的现在分词
compel
强迫,迫使,使某人不得不做
attention
注意,关注,留心
belief
信念,信仰,相信某事为真
basic
基本的,基础的,根本的
insincerity
不真诚,虚伪,言行不一致
uneasy
不安的,焦虑的,感到不舒适
though
尽管,虽然,好像,让步连词
trick
把戏,诡计,欺骗手段
sort
种类,类型;some sort of意为某种
exact
精确的,准确的,要求严格的
contributory
起促成作用的,有贡献的
emotion
情感,情绪,内心的感受
moment
片刻,瞬间,某一时刻
absolute
绝对的,完全的,毫无疑问的
smirk
得意的笑,自鸣得意的表情
lovely
可爱的,美丽的,令人愉快的
asserted
声称,断言,assert的过去式
membership
成员资格,会员身份
distinguished
杰出的,卓越的,有声望的
secret
秘密的,保密的,不公开的
society
社会,团体,社交圈
belonged
属于,belong的过去式
crimson
深红色,绯红色,鲜艳的红色
bloomed
绽放,bloom的过去式,充满生机
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