Wuthering Heights — Page 4
她身材纤细，看起来才刚刚过了少女时期：体态优美，面容精致，是我有幸见过的最美丽的小脸；五官小巧，肤色白皙；淡黄色的卷发，或者说是金色的，散落在她娇嫩的颈间；她的眼睛，若是神情温柔可人，定会令人无法抗拒：幸好对我这颗多情的心而言，那眼神所流露的唯有傲慢与一种近乎绝望的神情，出现在那张脸上显得格外不自然。
She was slender, and apparently scarcely past girlhood: an admirable form, and the most exquisite little face that I have ever had the pleasure of beholding; small features, very fair; flaxen ringlets, or rather golden, hanging loose on her delicate neck; and eyes, had they been agreeable in expression, that would have been irresistible: fortunately for my susceptible heart, the only sentiment they evinced hovered between scorn and a kind of desperation, singularly unnatural to be detected there.
那些罐子几乎超出了她够得着的范围；我做了个要帮她的手势；她转过身来看着我，就像一个守财奴在有人试图帮他数金子时的反应一样。
The canisters were almost out of her reach; I made a motion to aid her; she turned upon me as a miser might turn if any one attempted to assist him in counting his gold.
「我不需要你的帮助，」她厉声说道，「我自己能拿到。」
"I don't want your help," she snapped; "I can get them for myself."
「请原谅我的冒昧！」我赶忙回答道。
"I beg your pardon!" I hastened to reply.
「有人请你来喝茶吗？」她质问道，一边将围裙系在整洁的黑色连衣裙上，一边手持一勺茶叶悬在茶壶上方，站在那里。
"Were you asked to tea?" she demanded, tying an apron over her neat black frock, and standing with a spoonful of the leaf poised over the pot.
「我很乐意喝一杯，」我回答道。
"I shall be glad to have a cup," I answered.
「有人请你了吗？」她重复问道。
"Were you asked?" she repeated.
「没有，」我微微一笑说道，「您才是应该邀请我的人。」
"No," I said, half smiling. "You are the proper person to ask me."
她将茶叶连同茶匙一起扔了回去，赌气地回到椅子上坐下；她皱起眉头，红润的下唇噘了出来，像一个随时要哭的孩子。
She flung the tea back, spoon and all, and resumed her chair in a pet; her forehead corrugated, and her red under-lip pushed out, like a child's ready to cry.
Vocabulary
- slender
- 形容身材苗条、纤细的
- apparently
- 副词，表示看起来似乎如此
- scarcely
- 副词，表示几乎不、勉强
- girlhood
- 名词，指少女时代、青春期
- admirable
- 形容词，令人钦佩的、极好的
- form
- 名词，此处指体形、身材
- exquisite
- 形容词，精致的、极其美丽的
- pleasure
- 名词，快乐、荣幸
- beholding
- 动词，注视、观看（较正式用法）
- features
- 名词复数，指面部五官特征
- fair
- 形容词，此处指肤色白皙的
- flaxen
- 形容词，形容头发呈淡黄色
- ringlets
- 名词复数，指螺旋形小卷发
- rather
- 副词，更确切地说、宁可
- loose
- 形容词，松散的、未束起的
- delicate
- 形容词，精致的、纤细柔弱的
- agreeable
- 形容词，令人愉快的、和蔼的
- expression
- 名词，表情、神情
- irresistible
- 形容词，难以抗拒的、极具吸引力的
- fortunately
- 副词，幸运地、幸亏
- susceptible
- 形容词，易受影响的、敏感的
- sentiment
- 名词，情感、情绪、感情
- evinced
- 动词过去式，表明、显示出
- hovered
- 动词过去式，徘徊于、游移于
- scorn
- 名词，蔑视、轻视
- desperation
- 名词，绝望、拼死的心态
- singularly
- 副词，异常地、格外地
- unnatural
- 形容词，不自然的、异常的
- detected
- 动词过去分词，被察觉、被发现
- canisters
- 名词复数，指金属小罐、容器
- reach
- 名词，够得到的范围
- motion
- 名词，动作、手势
- aid
- 动词/名词，帮助、援助
- upon
- 介词，在……上面（较正式）
- miser
- 名词，守财奴、吝啬鬼
- attempted
- 动词过去式，试图、企图
- assist
- 动词，帮助、协助
- snapped
- 动词过去式，厉声说、急促回答
- beg
- 动词，请求、乞求
- pardon
- 名词，原谅；beg your pardon表道歉
- hastened
- 动词过去式，急忙、赶紧
- reply
- 动词/名词，回答、回应
- demanded
- 动词过去式，质问、强烈要求
- tying
- 动词现在分词，系、绑
- apron
- 名词，围裙
- neat
- 形容词，整洁的、干净利落的
- frock
- 名词，连衣裙、长袍
- spoonful
- 名词，一满勺的量
- poised
- 形容词/动词，悬停、保持平衡
- glad
- 形容词，高兴的、乐意的
- repeated
- 动词过去式，重复说、再说一遍
- proper
- 形容词，适当的、合适的
- flung
- 动词过去式，猛地抛出、扔
- resumed
- 动词过去式，重新回到、继续
- pet
- 动词，此处指抚弄、轻拍（自己）
- forehead
- 名词，额头、前额
- corrugated
- 形容词，皱起的、起皱纹的
- under-lip
- 名词，下嘴唇
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