The Great Gatsby — Page 162
然后我沿着车道慢慢走离房子,打算在大门旁等候。
Then I walked slowly down the drive away from the house, intending to wait by the gate.
我还没走二十码,就听到有人叫我的名字,盖茨比从两丛灌木之间走上了小路。
I hadn't gone twenty yards when I heard my name and Gatsby stepped from between two bushes into the path.
那时我一定感觉相当怪异,因为我脑子里只想得到他那件粉色西装在月光下散发的光亮。
I must have felt pretty weird by that time, because I could think of nothing except the luminosity of his pink suit under the moon.
「你在干什么?」我问道。
"What are you doing?" I inquired.
「只是站在这里,老兄。」
"Just standing here, old sport."
不知为何,这似乎是一种卑劣的行为。
Somehow, that seemed a despicable occupation.
就我所知,他随时可能去打劫那栋房子;如果他身后的黑暗灌木丛中出现几张阴险的脸——「沃尔夫山姆的人」——我也不会感到惊讶。
For all I knew he was going to rob the house in a moment; I wouldn't have been surprised to see sinister faces, the faces of "Wolfshiem's people," behind him in the dark shrubbery.
「你在路上有没有看到什么意外?」过了一会儿他问道。
"Did you see any trouble on the road?" he asked after a minute.
「有。」
"Yes."
他迟疑了一下。
He hesitated.
「她死了吗?」
"Was she killed?"
「是的。」
"Yes."
「我就猜到了;我告诉黛西我猜到了。一次承受所有的打击反而好些。她撑得相当不错。」
"I thought so; I told Daisy I thought so. It's better that the shock should all come at once. She stood it pretty well."
他说话的语气仿佛黛西的反应是唯一重要的事。
He spoke as if Daisy's reaction was the only thing that mattered.
「我从一条小路回到西卵,」他继续说,「把车停在我的车库里。我不认为有人看见我们,但当然我无法确定。」
"I got to West Egg by a side road," he went on, "and left the car in my garage. I don't think anybody saw us, but of course I can't be sure."
此时我已经非常厌恶他,觉得没有必要告诉他他错了。
I disliked him so much by this time that I didn't find it necessary to tell him he was wrong.
「那个女人是谁?」他问道。
"Who was the woman?" he inquired.
「她叫威尔逊。她丈夫开了一家车库。」
"Her name was Wilson. Her husband owns the garage.
Vocabulary
- Then
- 表示接下来发生的事情,然后
- walked
- walk的过去式,步行,走路
- slowly
- 缓慢地,不快地
- down
- 向下,沿着(某方向)走
- drive
- 此处指通往房屋的私人车道
- away
- 离开,远离某处
- house
- 房子,住宅
- intending
- 打算,有意图做某事
- wait
- 等待,停留直到某事发生
- by
- 在……旁边,靠近
- gate
- 大门,出入口的门
- gone
- go的过去分词,已走,已离开
- twenty
- 数字二十
- yards
- 码,英制长度单位,约0.9米
- when
- 当……时候,引导时间状语从句
- heard
- hear的过去式,听到
- name
- 名字,姓名
- stepped
- step的过去式,迈步,踏入
- between
- 在两者之间
- bushes
- 灌木丛,低矮的丛生植物
- into
- 进入,表示动作方向
- path
- 小路,小径
- must
- 情态动词,表示推测或必须
- felt
- feel的过去式,感觉,感受到
- pretty
- 此处作副词,相当于quite,相当地
- weird
- 奇怪的,诡异的,令人不安的
- time
- 时间,时刻
- because
- 因为,引导原因状语从句
- could
- can的过去式,能够,可以
- think
- 思考,想到
- nothing
- 什么都没有,毫无
- except
- 除了……之外,不包括
- luminosity
- 发光性,明亮度,光辉
- pink
- 粉红色的
- suit
- 西装,套装
- under
- 在……下面,在……之下
- moon
- 月亮,月球
- inquired
- inquire的过去式,询问,打听
- Just
- 只是,仅仅
- standing
- stand的现在分词,站立着
- here
- 这里,此处
- old
- 此处为称呼语,老兄,老伙计
- sport
- 此处为英式口语称呼,伙计,老兄
- Somehow
- 不知为何,以某种方式
- seemed
- seem的过去式,似乎,好像
- despicable
- 卑鄙的,可鄙的,令人鄙视的
- occupation
- 此处指所做的事,行为,行动
- all
- 所有,一切
- knew
- know的过去式,知道,了解
- rob
- 抢劫,偷盗某人或某地
- moment
- 片刻,瞬间,一会儿
- would
- will的过去式,表示推测或意愿
- surprised
- 感到惊讶的,出乎意料的
- see
- 看见,看到
- sinister
- 险恶的,不祥的,邪恶的
- faces
- face的复数,面孔,脸
- people
- 人们,人员,手下
- behind
- 在……后面,在……背后
- dark
- 黑暗的,昏暗的
- shrubbery
- 灌木丛,种有灌木的地方
- any
- 任何,用于疑问或否定句
- trouble
- 麻烦,问题,困难
- road
- 道路,公路
- asked
- ask的过去式,询问,提问
- after
- 在……之后
- minute
- 分钟,片刻
- hesitated
- hesitate的过去式,犹豫,迟疑
- killed
- kill的过去式,被杀死,死亡
- thought
- think的过去式,认为,想
- so
- 是这样,用于表示确认
- told
- tell的过去式,告诉,说
- better
- 更好的,较好地
- shock
- 震惊,打击,冲击
- should
- 情态动词,应该,表示建议
- come
- 来,到来
- once
- 立刻,马上,一次
- stood
- stand的过去式,此处指承受,忍受
- well
- 好,良好地
- spoke
- speak的过去式,说话,讲
- as
- 如同,作为,引导状语从句
- if
- 如果,假如,引导条件从句
- reaction
- 反应,回应,应对方式
- only
- 唯一的,仅仅,只有
- thing
- 事情,事物
- mattered
- matter的过去式,重要,有关系
- got
- get的过去式,到达,得到
- West
- 西方,此处为地名West Egg一部分
- side
- 一侧,边,方面
- went
- go的过去式,去,走
- left
- leave的过去式,留下,离开
- car
- 汽车,轿车
- garage
- 车库,停车场
- anybody
- 任何人,有没有人
- saw
- see的过去式,看见,目睹
- but
- 但是,表示转折
- course
- of course表示当然,自然
- sure
- 确定的,肯定的
- disliked
- dislike的过去式,不喜欢,厌恶
- much
- 非常,很,大量
- find
- 发现,认为,觉得
- necessary
- 必要的,有必要的
- tell
- 告诉,说明
- wrong
- 错误的,不对的
- woman
- 女人,成年女性
- husband
- 丈夫,配偶中的男方
- owns
- own的第三人称单数,拥有,持有
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