The Yellow Wallpaper — Page 12
但我必须以某种方式表达我的感受和想法——这真是一种解脱！
But I must say what I feel and think in some way—it is such a relief!
但是，努力付出所得到的回报，已经越来越不及那份解脱感了。
But the effort is getting to be greater than the relief.
如今，有一半的时间我都懒得出奇，动不动就躺下来。
Half the time now I am awfully lazy, and lie down ever so much.
约翰说我不能损耗体力，让我喝鱼肝油，还有各种补品之类的东西，更别提麦酒、葡萄酒和嫩肉了。
John says I mustn't lose my strength, and has me take cod-liver oil and lots of tonics and things, to say nothing of ale and wine and rare meat.
亲爱的约翰！他深深地爱着我，不愿见我生病。有一天，我试图与他进行一次认真而理性的谈话，告诉他我多么希望他能让我去表兄亨利和朱莉娅那里小住一段时间。
Dear John! He loves me very dearly, and hates to have me sick. I tried to have a real earnest reasonable talk with him the other day, and tell him how I wish he would let me go and make a visit to Cousin Henry and Julia.
但他说我既没有能力出门，到了那里也撑不住；而我自己也没能为自己争辩有力，因为话还没说完，我就已经哭了起来。
But he said I wasn't able to go, nor able to stand it after I got there; and I did not make out a very good case for myself, for I was crying before I had finished.
对我来说，要理清思路变得越来越费力。我想，不过是神经衰弱罢了。
It is getting to be a great effort for me to think straight. Just this nervous weakness, I suppose.
亲爱的约翰把我搂入怀中，直接抱我上了楼，把我放到床上，然后坐在我身旁，一直读书给我听，直到我头疼为止。
And dear John gathered me up in his arms, and just carried me upstairs and laid me on the bed, and sat by me and read to me till it tired my head.
他说我是他的心肝宝贝，是他的慰藉，是他的一切，说我必须为了他好好爱惜自己，保持健康。
He said I was his darling and his comfort and all he had, and that I must take care of myself for his sake, and keep well.
Vocabulary
- But
- 但是，表示转折的连词
- must
- 必须，表示强烈义务或必要性
- such
- 如此，这样的，表示程度或种类
- relief
- 释然，解脱，压力消除后的轻松感
- effort
- 努力，完成某事所需的力气或付出
- greater
- 更大的，great的比较级，程度更高
- Half
- 一半，表示二分之一的量
- awfully
- 非常，极其，程度副词（口语）
- lazy
- 懒惰的，不愿活动或努力
- lie
- 躺，平卧在某处
- lose
- 失去，丧失某物或能力
- strength
- 力气，体力，身体或精神的强度
- cod
- 鳕鱼，一种海鱼，常用于提取鱼肝油
- liver
- 肝脏，动物或人体的重要器官
- oil
- 油，液态脂肪或润滑剂
- tonics
- 补品，滋补剂，增强体力的药物或饮料
- ale
- 麦芽啤酒，一种英式淡啤酒
- wine
- 葡萄酒，由葡萄发酵制成的酒
- rare
- 半生的（肉），未完全煮熟的
- meat
- 肉，动物的肌肉组织，用作食物
- dearly
- 深深地，深切地，表示深厚情感
- hates
- 憎恨，非常不喜欢某事或某人
- sick
- 生病的，身体不舒服的
- earnest
- 认真的，诚挚的，严肃认真的
- reasonable
- 合理的，讲道理的，理智的
- wish
- 希望，渴望某事发生
- visit
- 拜访，探望，到某地做客
- Cousin
- 堂/表兄弟姐妹，旁系亲属
- able
- 能够的，有能力做某事
- nor
- 也不，用于否定句中连接并列成分
- stand
- 站立，忍受，承受某事
- case
- 理由，情况，论据，案例
- myself
- 我自己，第一人称反身代词
- crying
- 哭泣，流泪，cry的现在分词
- straight
- 直接地，立刻，笔直的
- nervous
- 神经的，紧张的，与神经系统相关
- weakness
- 虚弱，软弱，缺乏力量或活力
- suppose
- 猜想，认为，假设某事可能属实
- gathered
- 聚拢，gather的过去式，将某物收拢
- arms
- 手臂，arm的复数，身体上肢
- carried
- 抱起，carry的过去式，搬运或抱着
- upstairs
- 到楼上，往上层楼移动
- laid
- 放下，lay的过去式，将某人放置躺下
- till
- 直到，until的同义词
- tired
- 疲倦的，感到疲劳或困倦
- darling
- 亲爱的，宝贝，表示亲昵的称呼
- comfort
- 安慰，舒适，给人安心的人或事
- care
- 关心，照料，对某人的关注与呵护
- sake
- 缘故，目的，for one's sake意为为了某人
- keep
- 保持，保持某种状态或继续做某事
- well
- 健康的，身体状况良好
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