The Yellow Wallpaper — Page 8
我从未在一件无生命的东西上见过如此丰富的表情，而我们都知道它们有多少表情！
I never saw so much expression in an inanimate thing before, and we all know how much expression they have!
我小时候常常躺着睡不着觉，从白墙和简陋的家具中获得的乐趣和恐惧，比大多数孩子在玩具店里能找到的还要多。
I used to lie awake as a child and get more entertainment and terror out of blank walls and plain furniture than most children could find in a toy-store.
我记得我们那张大旧梳妆台的把手曾经有多么亲切的眨眼神情，还有一把椅子，看起来总像是一位可靠的朋友。
I remember what a kindly wink the knobs of our big old bureau used to have, and there was one chair that always seemed like a strong friend.
我过去常常觉得，如果其他东西看起来太凶了，我随时可以跳进那把椅子里，在那里感到安全。
I used to feel that if any of the other things looked too fierce I could always hop into that chair and be safe.
不过，这个房间里的家具顶多只是不协调，算不上更糟，因为我们不得不把它们全从楼下搬来。
The furniture in this room is no worse than inharmonious, however, for we had to bring it all from downstairs.
我想当这里被用作游戏室时，他们不得不把育儿室的东西搬走，这也难怪！
I suppose when this was used as a playroom they had to take the nursery things out, and no wonder!
我从未见过孩子们在这里造成过如此大的破坏。
I never saw such ravages as the children have made here.
壁纸，如我之前所说，有些地方已经被撕掉了，而且它比兄弟还要粘得紧——他们一定既有毅力，又怀有憎恨。
The wallpaper, as I said before, is torn off in spots, and it sticketh closer than a brother—they must have had perseverance as well as hatred.
地板被刮花、凿坑、弄得支离破碎，灰泥本身也在各处被挖掉，而这张大而沉重的床——房间里唯一的东西——看起来像是经历过战火一般。
Then the floor is scratched and gouged and splintered, the plaster itself is dug out here and there, and this great heavy bed, which is all we found in the room, looks as if it had been through the wars.
但我一点儿都不介意——只是那壁纸而已。
But I don't mind it a bit—only the paper.
约翰的姐姐来了。她真是个可爱的女孩，对我是如此细心！
There comes John's sister. Such a dear girl as she is, and so careful of me!
Vocabulary
- never
- 从不，表示在任何时候都不
- saw
- see的过去式，意为看见、看到
- expression
- 表情；表达，流露出的情感或意思
- inanimate
- 无生命的，没有生气的物体或事物
- used
- used to表示过去习惯性的动作或状态
- lie
- 躺下，平躺，处于水平位置
- awake
- 醒着的，没有睡着的状态
- entertainment
- 娱乐，消遣，使人愉快的活动或事物
- terror
- 恐惧，惊骇，极度的害怕感
- blank
- 空白的，没有任何图案或内容的
- plain
- 朴素的，简单的，没有装饰的
- furniture
- 家具，房间里的桌椅床柜等物品
- toy-store
- 玩具店，专门出售玩具的商店
- kindly
- 友善地，亲切地，带有好意地
- wink
- 眨眼，挤眼示意，快速闭合一只眼
- knobs
- 圆形把手，门或抽屉上的球形旋钮
- bureau
- 五斗柜，带抽屉的大型收纳家具
- seemed
- 似乎，看起来，seem的过去式
- fierce
- 凶猛的，可怕的，令人恐惧的
- hop
- 跳，单脚或双脚跳跃进入某处
- worse
- 更糟的，bad的比较级，更差
- inharmonious
- 不协调的，不和谐的，令人不适的
- however
- 然而，但是，表示转折关系
- downstairs
- 楼下，在下层楼，往楼下方向
- suppose
- 推测，猜想，认为可能是这样
- playroom
- 游戏室，专供儿童玩耍的房间
- nursery
- 育儿室，供婴幼儿睡眠或玩耍的房间
- wonder
- 想知道，对某事感到好奇疑惑
- ravages
- 破坏，损毁，严重的损坏痕迹
- wallpaper
- 壁纸，贴在墙面上的装饰纸
- torn
- 撕裂的，tear的过去分词，破损的
- spots
- 斑点，地方，某些特定的位置
- sticketh
- （古英语）坚持，紧紧依附，不离去
- perseverance
- 坚持不懈，坚忍，持续努力的精神
- hatred
- 仇恨，强烈的憎恶和厌恶之情
- scratched
- 刮花的，有划痕的，scratch的过去式
- gouged
- 凿出槽痕的，被深挖刻划过的
- splintered
- 碎裂的，裂成碎片的，破损严重的
- plaster
- 灰泥，粉刷墙壁用的石膏或泥料
- dug
- 挖，dig的过去式，向下挖掘
- wars
- 战争，武装冲突，war的复数
- mind
- 介意，在乎，对某事感到烦恼
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