White nights, and other stories — Page 11
那女孩飞奔而去，笔直如箭，
The girl flew straight as an arrow,
带着那种胆怯的匆忙，这种神情在所有不愿有人自告奋勇夜里送她们回家的女孩身上都能看到，
with the timid haste one sees in all girls who do not want any one to volunteer to accompany them home at night,
无疑那个踉跄的男人也不会追上去，若不是我的好运气促使了他的话。
and no doubt the staggering gentleman would not have pursued her, if my good luck had not prompted him.
突然间，那绅士没有对任何人说一个字，便拔腿飞奔，全速追赶我那不知名的女士。
Suddenly, without a word to any one, the gentleman set off and flew full speed in pursuit of my unknown lady.
她跑得像风一样快，但那踉跄的绅士正在追上来——追上了她。
She was racing like the wind, but the staggering gentleman was overtaking--overtook her.
那女孩发出一声尖叫，而……我真是感谢我的好运气，幸亏那根打了结的好棍子，恰好在那一刻握在我的右手中。
The girl uttered a shriek, and ... I bless my luck for the excellent knotted stick, which happened on that occasion to be in my right hand.
转眼间我已到了街道的另一边；转眼间那位冒失的绅士已看清了形势，领悟了这无可辩驳的道理，一言不发地退了回去，
In a flash I was on the other side of the street; in a flash the obtrusive gentleman had taken in the position, had grasped the irresistible argument, fallen back without a word,
只是等我们走得很远的时候，才用相当激烈的言辞对我的举动提出抗议。
and only when we were very far away protested against my action in rather vigorous language.
但他的话几乎没有传到我们耳中。
But his words hardly reached us.
「把你的手臂挽上我，」我对那女孩说，「这样他就不敢再来烦扰我们了。」
"Give me your arm," I said to the girl. "And he won't dare to annoy us further."
她一言不发地挽上了我的手臂，仍在因激动与恐惧而颤抖。
She took my arm without a word, still trembling with excitement and terror.
哦，那冒失的绅士！我在那一刻是多么感激你！
Oh, obtrusive gentleman! How I blessed you at that moment!
我偷偷瞥了她一眼——她非常迷人，肤色深，我猜对了。
I stole a glance at her, she was very charming and dark--I had guessed right.
她那黑色的睫毛上还闪烁着一滴泪珠——是因为刚才的惊吓，还是因为心中原有的悲伤——我不得而知。
On her black eyelashes there still glistened a tear--from her recent terror or her former grief--I don't know.
Vocabulary
- girl
- 女孩，年轻女性
- flew
- fly的过去式，快速移动，飞奔
- straight
- 笔直地，直接地，不弯曲
- arrow
- 箭，一种细长的射击武器
- timid
- 胆怯的，羞怯的，缺乏勇气的
- haste
- 急忙，匆忙，快速行动
- volunteer
- 自愿，主动提出做某事
- accompany
- 陪伴，陪同某人同行
- doubt
- 毫无疑问，不确定
- staggering
- 蹒跚的，摇摇晃晃走路的
- gentleman
- 绅士，有礼貌的男士
- pursued
- 追赶，追逐某人或某物
- luck
- 运气，幸运
- prompted
- 促使，推动某人做某事
- Suddenly
- 突然地，出乎意料地
- without
- 没有，不带，缺少
- speed
- 速度，快速移动
- pursuit
- 追赶，追逐某人的行为
- unknown
- 不知名的，陌生的，未知的
- lady
- 女士，对女性的尊称
- racing
- 飞速奔跑，快速移动
- overtaking
- 追上，赶上某人
- overtook
- overtake的过去式，追上赶超
- uttered
- 发出声音，说出，叫出
- shriek
- 尖叫声，突然发出的尖锐叫声
- bless
- 感谢，祝福，表示感激
- excellent
- 极好的，优秀的，出色的
- knotted
- 有节的，打了结的，粗壮的
- stick
- 手杖，棍棒，细长木棒
- happened
- 碰巧，恰好，偶然发生
- occasion
- 场合，时机，特定时刻
- flash
- 瞬间，一刹那，极短时间
- obtrusive
- 冒失的，强行介入的人
- position
- 位置，所处的地点或姿态
- grasped
- 抓住，紧握，理解
- irresistible
- 不可抗拒的，无法抵挡的
- argument
- 论据，这里指手杖作为有力工具
- protested
- 抗议，大声表示反对
- against
- 反对，针对某人或某事
- action
- 行动，所做的事情
- rather
- 相当，有些，程度副词
- vigorous
- 激烈的，强劲有力的
- language
- 语言，措辞，说话方式
- hardly
- 几乎不，勉强能够
- reached
- 到达，传到，触及
- arm
- 手臂，伸出手臂搀扶
- dare
- 敢于，胆敢做某事
- annoy
- 打扰，烦扰，骚扰某人
- further
- 进一步，再也不，更多地
- trembling
- 颤抖的，因激动或恐惧而发抖
- excitement
- 兴奋，激动的情绪状态
- terror
- 恐惧，极度的害怕
- blessed
- 幸运的，有福的，值得感激的
- moment
- 时刻，瞬间，某一特定时间
- stole
- 偷偷地看，steal的过去式
- glance
- 一瞥，快速地看一眼
- charming
- 迷人的，有魅力的，漂亮的
- guessed
- 猜测，估计，推断
- eyelashes
- 睫毛，眼睛边缘的细毛
- glistened
- 闪闪发光，光亮地闪烁
- tear
- 泪水，眼泪
- recent
- 近来的，最近发生的
- former
- 过去的，以前的，早先的
- grief
- 悲伤，深切的痛苦或悲痛
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