White nights, and other stories — Page 12
但她嘴角已经浮现出一丝微笑。她也偷偷地瞥了我一眼，微微泛红，然后低下了头。
But there was already a gleam of a smile on her lips. She too stole a glance at me, faintly blushed and looked down.
「你看，就是这样；你为什么要把我赶走？要是我在这里，什么事都不会发生的……」
"There, you see; why did you drive me away? If I had been here, nothing would have happened...."
「但我不认识你；我以为你也……」
"But I did not know you; I thought that you too...."
「那么，你现在认识我了吗？」
"Why, do you know me now?"
「有一点！比如说，你为什么在发抖？」
"A little! Here, for instance, why are you trembling?"
「哦，你第一次猜就猜对了！」我回答道，很高兴我的姑娘有头脑；美貌与智慧同在，从来都不多余。「是的，从第一眼起你就猜出了你面对的是什么样的人。正是如此；我在女人面前很害羞，我很激动，我不否认，就像你刚才被那位先生吓到时一样。我现在也有些不安。这像是一场梦，我做梦也没想到我会和任何女人说话。」
"Oh, you are right at the first guess!" I answered, delighted that my girl had intelligence; that is never out of place in company with beauty. "Yes, from the first glance you have guessed the sort of man you have to do with. Precisely; I am shy with women, I am agitated, I don't deny it, as much so as you were a minute ago when that gentleman alarmed you. I am in some alarm now. It's like a dream, and I never guessed even in my sleep that I should ever talk with any woman."
「什么？真的吗？……」
"What? Really?..."
「是的；如果我的手臂在颤抖，那是因为它从未被像你这样漂亮的小手握过。我对女人来说完全是个陌生人；也就是说，我从未习惯与她们相处。你看，我是孤独的……我甚至不知道怎么和她们说话。就在这里，我现在都不知道我是否对你说了什么蠢话！」
"Yes; if my arm trembles, it is because it has never been held by a pretty little hand like yours. I am a complete stranger to women; that is, I have never been used to them. You see, I am alone.... I don't even know how to talk to them. Here, I don't know now whether I have not said something silly to you!"
Vocabulary
- But
- 但是，表示转折的连接词
- there
- 那里，或用于引出某事物的存在
- was
- be动词的过去式，表示"是/在"
- already
- 已经，表示某事在预期之前发生
- gleam
- 微光，闪光；微弱的光亮或迹象
- smile
- 微笑，嘴角上扬的表情
- lips
- 嘴唇，嘴的上下两片
- too
- 也，同样，表示附加或类同
- stole
- steal的过去式，偷偷地做某事
- glance
- 瞥一眼，快速短暂地看一下
- faintly
- 微微地，轻微地，程度很浅
- blushed
- 脸红，因害羞或激动脸色变红
- down
- 向下，往下的方向
- drive
- 驱赶，驱走；使某人离开
- away
- 离开，远离，表示离去
- If
- 如果，表示假设或条件的连接词
- nothing
- 没有什么，无任何事物
- would
- 表示条件或意愿的情态动词
- happened
- 发生，happen的过去式
- thought
- 想，以为；think的过去式
- little
- 一点点，少量的
- instance
- 例子，实例；for instance即"例如"
- trembling
- 颤抖，发抖，因紧张或寒冷而抖动
- right
- 对的，正确的
- first
- 第一，最先的
- guess
- 猜测，猜想
- answered
- 回答，answer的过去式
- delighted
- 高兴的，非常愉快的
- intelligence
- 智慧，智力，聪明才智
- never
- 从不，永远不
- place
- 地方，位置；out of place指不合时宜
- company
- 陪伴，相处；公司；与……同在
- beauty
- 美丽，美貌
- guessed
- 猜到了，guess的过去式
- sort
- 种类，类型
- Precisely
- 恰恰是，正是，用于表示完全同意
- shy
- 害羞的，腼腆的
- agitated
- 激动的，焦虑不安的
- deny
- 否认，拒绝承认某事
- much
- 很多，大量，程度大
- minute
- 分钟；a minute ago即"刚才"
- ago
- 以前，表示过去某时间点
- gentleman
- 绅士，有礼貌的男士
- alarmed
- 警觉的，受惊的，感到害怕
- alarm
- 警报，惊恐，担忧
- dream
- 梦，梦想
- even
- 甚至，连……都
- should
- 应该，表示义务或可能的情态动词
- ever
- 曾经，任何时候
- if
- 如果，假设，条件连接词
- arm
- 手臂，上肢
- trembles
- 颤抖，发抖（第三人称单数现在式）
- because
- 因为，表示原因的连接词
- held
- 握住，hold的过去分词
- pretty
- 漂亮的，好看的
- yours
- 你的（独立所有代词）
- complete
- 完全的，彻底的；完整的
- stranger
- 陌生人，不认识的人
- used
- 习惯于；used to表示过去的习惯
- alone
- 单独地，只有……，仅仅
- whether
- 是否，表示两种可能性的连接词
- something
- 某事，某物
- silly
- 愚蠢的，傻的，荒唐的
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