The Yellow Wallpaper — Page 7
他说，凭借我丰富的想象力和讲故事的习惯，像我这样的神经衰弱必然会引发各种各样的胡思乱想，说我应该运用意志力和理智来克制这种倾向。于是我努力尝试。
He says that with my imaginative power and habit of story-making a nervous weakness like mine is sure to lead to all manner of excited fancies, and that I ought to use my will and good sense to check the tendency. So I try.
我有时候想，如果我身体好一些，能够稍微写点东西，也许能缓解那些积压的念头，让我得到休息。
I think sometimes that if I were only well enough to write a little it would relieve the press of ideas and rest me.
但我发现，每当我尝试的时候，都会感到相当疲倦。
But I find I get pretty tired when I try.
在我的写作上得不到任何建议和陪伴，真是令人沮丧。约翰说等我真正康复了，我们会邀请亨利表哥和茱莉亚来长住；但他说，与其让那些令人兴奋的人现在来陪我，还不如把烟花塞进我的枕套里。
It is so discouraging not to have any advice and companionship about my work. When I get really well John says we will ask Cousin Henry and Julia down for a long visit; but he says he would as soon put fire-works in my pillow-case as to let me have those stimulating people about now.
我真希望自己能好得快一些。
I wish I could get well faster.
但我不能去想这些。这壁纸看起来好像知道自己有多么恶劣的影响！
But I must not think about that. This paper looks to me as if it knew what a vicious influence it had!
有一处反复出现的图案，像一截断颈一样耷拉着，两只鼓胀的眼睛倒挂着盯着你。
There is a recurrent spot where the pattern lolls like a broken neck and two bulbous eyes stare at you upside-down.
我对它的厚颜无耻和无休无止感到无比恼怒。它们上下左右地爬动，那些荒唐的、一眨不眨的眼睛无处不在。有一处两幅壁纸没有对齐，那些眼睛就沿着接缝一路排开，一只比另一只略高一些。
I get positively angry with the impertinence of it and the everlastingness. Up and down and sideways they crawl, and those absurd, unblinking eyes are everywhere. There is one place where two breadths didn't match, and the eyes go all up and down the line, one a little higher than the other.
Vocabulary
- imaginative
- 富有想象力的，善于创造性思维的
- habit
- 习惯，惯常的行为方式
- story-making
- 编故事，创作故事的行为或习惯
- nervous
- 神经的；紧张的；与神经系统有关的
- weakness
- 虚弱，软弱；身体或意志的不足之处
- manner
- 方式，种类；manner of指各种各样的
- fancies
- 幻想，奇思妙想；无根据的想法
- ought
- 应该，理应；表示义务或建议
- check
- 控制，抑制；检查，核实
- tendency
- 倾向，趋势；习惯性的行为方向
- relieve
- 缓解，减轻（痛苦、压力等）
- press
- 压力；挤压；此处指思想的积压感
- discouraging
- 令人沮丧的，使人灰心丧气的
- advice
- 建议，劝告；指导意见
- companionship
- 陪伴，友谊；与他人共处的状态
- fire-works
- 烟火，烟花；此处比喻刺激性事物
- pillow-case
- 枕套；套在枕头外面的布套
- stimulating
- 刺激性的，令人兴奋的；激励人心的
- vicious
- 恶意的，邪恶的；凶残的
- influence
- 影响，作用；对人或事的影响力
- recurrent
- 反复出现的，周期性的；循环的
- spot
- 斑点，地点；特定的位置或图案
- pattern
- 图案，花纹；重复出现的样式
- lolls
- 懒散地垂挂；松弛地悬垂着
- bulbous
- 球状的，鼓胀的；圆球形凸出的
- stare
- 凝视，盯着看；目不转睛地看
- upside-down
- 颠倒的，倒置的；上下翻转的
- positively
- 确实地，绝对地；带有强调语气
- impertinence
- 无礼，冒失；不适宜的鲁莽行为
- everlastingness
- 永无止境，无休无止；永恒的状态
- sideways
- 向侧面，斜向；朝一侧移动地
- crawl
- 爬行，蠕动；缓慢移动
- absurd
- 荒谬的，荒唐的；毫无道理的
- unblinking
- 目不转睛的，毫不眨眼的；坚定凝视
- breadths
- （布或纸的）幅宽；宽度，一段宽度
- match
- 匹配，相符；图案对齐一致
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