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于是我们住进了育婴室,就在房子的顶层。

So we took the nursery, at the top of the house.

这是一间宽敞明亮的大房间,几乎占据了整整一层楼,四面都有窗户,阳光充足,空气清新。

It is a big, airy room, the whole floor nearly, with windows that look all ways, and air and sunshine galore.

我猜这里最初是育婴室,后来又做了游乐室和体育室;因为窗户装了铁栏,是为了保护小孩子,墙上还有铁环之类的东西。

It was nursery first and then playground and gymnasium, I should judge; for the windows are barred for little children, and there are rings and things in the walls.

墙上的油漆和壁纸看起来像是被某所男校用过一样。

The paint and paper look as if a boys' school had used it.

壁纸被撕掉了一大块——就在我床头四周,大约是我手能够到的地方,房间另一侧靠近地板的地方也有一大块被撕掉了。

It is stripped off—the paper—in great patches all around the head of my bed, about as far as I can reach, and in a great place on the other side of the room low down.

我这辈子从没见过比这更糟糕的壁纸。

I never saw a worse paper in my life.

图案杂乱而浮华,犯下了所有艺术上的大忌。

One of those sprawling flamboyant patterns committing every artistic sin.

图案晦暗得让眼睛追随时感到迷乱,又鲜明得令人时时烦躁、忍不住反复打量;当你顺着那些歪斜不定的曲线看了一段距离,它们便突然走向自我毁灭——以荒诞的角度猛然折断,在难以置信的矛盾中将自身摧毁。

It is dull enough to confuse the eye in following, pronounced enough to constantly irritate, and provoke study, and when you follow the lame, uncertain curves for a little distance they suddenly commit suicide—plunge off at outrageous angles, destroy themselves in unheard-of contradictions.

颜色令人厌恶,几乎让人作呕;是一种闷沉的、污浊的黄色,被缓缓转移的阳光奇异地褪去了光泽。

The color is repellant, almost revolting; a smouldering, unclean yellow, strangely faded by the slow-turning sunlight.

有些地方呈现出一种暗沉而又刺眼的橙色,另一些地方则是一种令人作呕的硫黄色。

It is a dull yet lurid orange in some places, a sickly sulphur tint in others.

难怪孩子们讨厌它!如果我要在这个房间里久住,我自己也会恨死它的。

No wonder the children hated it! I should hate it myself if I had to live in this room long.

约翰来了,我得把这个收起来——他最讨厌我写哪怕一个字。

There comes John, and I must put this away,—he hates to have me write a word.

Vocabulary

nursery
儿童房,供小孩睡觉或玩耍的房间
airy
通风的,空气流通良好的房间或空间
galore
大量的,极其充足,通常置于名词后
playground
游乐场,供儿童玩耍的场地
gymnasium
体育馆,进行体育锻炼的室内场所
judge
判断,推测,根据证据做出结论
barred
装有栏杆的,被铁条封住的
rings
环,圆环,此处指墙上的铁环
stripped
剥去,撕掉,去除表面覆盖物
patches
斑块,大片不规则的区域
sprawling
蔓延的,杂乱伸展的,无规则扩展
flamboyant
华而不实的,过于炫耀张扬的
patterns
图案,花纹,重复出现的设计
committing
犯下,做出(错误或罪行)
artistic
艺术上的,与艺术美感相关的
sin
罪,错误,此指艺术上的失误
dull
单调的,乏味的,令人厌倦的
confuse
使困惑,使混乱,让人看不清楚
pronounced
明显的,显著的,容易察觉的
constantly
不断地,持续地,一直如此
irritate
激怒,使烦躁,使感到不适
provoke
激起,引发,激怒某人
lame
无力的,软弱的,不令人信服的
uncertain
不确定的,不清晰的,犹豫不定的
curves
曲线,弯曲的线条或轮廓
commit
做出,实施,此指图案突然转向
suicide
自杀,结束自己生命的行为
plunge
猛然转入,急速投入某方向
outrageous
骇人的,极其过分令人震惊的
angles
角度,两条线相交形成的方向
destroy
破坏,摧毁,使彻底消灭
unheard-of
前所未闻的,极为罕见怪异的
contradictions
矛盾,相互对立抵触的事物
repellant
令人厌恶的,使人想躲避的
revolting
令人恶心的,极其让人反感的
smouldering
暗燃的,闷烧的,无明火但持续燃烧
unclean
不洁净的,肮脏的,不纯净的
strangely
奇怪地,以奇特方式,令人费解地
faded
褪色的,颜色变淡或消退的
slow-turning
缓慢转动的,移动极为迟缓的
lurid
耀眼刺目的,令人不安的鲜艳色彩
sickly
病态的,令人不舒服的色调
sulphur
硫磺色,带有刺眼黄绿色的颜色
tint
色调,淡淡的颜色,轻微的染色
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