The Great Gatsby — Page 59
一位穿黄衣的女孩正在弹钢琴，她旁边站着一位高挑的红发年轻女士，来自某著名歌舞团，正在引吭高歌。
One of the girls in yellow was playing the piano, and beside her stood a tall, red-haired young lady from a famous chorus, engaged in song.
她喝了大量香槟，在演唱过程中，她莫名地断定一切都是那么那么悲伤——她不只是在唱歌，她还在哭泣。
She had drunk a quantity of champagne, and during the course of her song she had decided, ineptly, that everything was very, very sad—she was not only singing, she was weeping too.
每当歌曲出现间歇，她便用哽咽的、断断续续的抽泣声来填补，随后又以颤抖的女高音重新唱起歌词。
Whenever there was a pause in the song she filled it with gasping, broken sobs, and then took up the lyric again in a quavering soprano.
泪水顺着她的双颊流淌——然而并不畅通，因为泪水触及她那缀满珠饰的浓密睫毛时，便染上了墨色，之后以缓慢的黑色细流继续蜿蜒而下。
The tears coursed down her cheeks—not freely, however, for when they came into contact with her heavily beaded eyelashes they assumed an inky colour, and pursued the rest of their way in slow black rivulets.
有人打趣建议她把脸上的音符唱出来，于是她双手一举，跌坐进一把椅子里，沉沉地睡入了醉酒的深眠。
A humorous suggestion was made that she sing the notes on her face, whereupon she threw up her hands, sank into a chair, and went off into a deep vinous sleep.
「她和一个自称是她丈夫的男人吵架了，」我身旁一个女孩解释道。
"She had a fight with a man who says he's her husband," explained a girl at my elbow.
我环顾四周，大多数剩下的女人此刻都在与据称是她们丈夫的男人争吵。
I looked around. Most of the remaining women were now having fights with men said to be their husbands.
就连乔丹那一群人——从东卵来的四人组——也因争执而分崩离析。
Even Jordan's party, the quartet from East Egg, were rent asunder by dissension.
Vocabulary
- beside
- 在……旁边，靠近某人或某物
- red-haired
- 红发的，头发呈红色的人
- chorus
- 合唱团，一群共同演唱的人
- engaged
- 参与其中，忙于某项活动
- drunk
- 喝醉的，因饮酒过多而醉
- quantity
- 数量，一定数量或大量
- champagne
- 香槟酒，一种起泡的法国白葡萄酒
- ineptly
- 笨拙地，以不恰当或无能的方式
- weeping
- 哭泣，流泪悲哭的状态
- Whenever
- 每当，无论何时，表示时间条件
- pause
- 停顿，短暂的中止或间歇
- gasping
- 喘息的，因激动或缺氧而大口喘气
- broken
- 断断续续的，不连贯或破碎的
- sobs
- 抽泣声，哽咽哭泣的声音
- lyric
- 歌词，歌曲中演唱的文字部分
- quavering
- 颤抖的，声音因情绪而抖动不稳
- soprano
- 女高音，音域最高的女声歌唱声部
- coursed
- 流淌，液体快速流动的状态
- cheeks
- 脸颊，面部两侧的部位
- however
- 然而，但是，表示转折关系
- contact
- 接触，与某物相碰或相遇
- heavily
- 浓重地，大量地，程度副词
- beaded
- 饰有珠子的，带有珠状装饰的
- eyelashes
- 睫毛，生长在眼睑边缘的毛发
- assumed
- 呈现，呈现出某种外观或特征
- inky
- 墨黑色的，深黑如墨水的颜色
- pursued
- 继续，沿着路线追随或前进
- rivulets
- 细流，小溪流，细小的水流
- humorous
- 幽默的，有趣可笑的
- suggestion
- 建议，提出的主意或想法
- notes
- 音符，音乐中的基本声音单位
- whereupon
- 于是，在此之后，表示紧接的结果
- sank
- 沉入，sink的过去式，向下陷
- vinous
- 与葡萄酒相关的，因饮酒导致的
- elbow
- 手肘，手臂中间的弯曲关节
- remaining
- 剩余的，还留下来的
- Even
- 甚至，连……也，表示意外强调
- quartet
- 四人组，由四个人组成的团体
- rent
- 撕裂，被强行分开（rend过去式）
- asunder
- 分裂，分离，被分成两部分
- dissension
- 内部纷争，意见不合造成的分裂
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