冰与火之歌系列之《权力的游戏》第423期:第二十四章 艾德(20)

 　　Arya stood on one leg. She was getting much better at that of late.  艾莉亚单脚站立，近来她越来越擅长此道。

　　Syrio says that every hurt is a lesson, and every lesson makes you better. 西利欧说每次受伤都是一次教训，而每次教训都让我们更强。

　　Ned frowned. The man Syrio Forel had come with an excellent reputation, and his flamboyant¹ Braavosi style was well suited to Arya's slender blade,  奈德听了不禁皱眉。西利欧·佛瑞尔颇具盛名，而他夸张华丽的布拉佛斯风格也很适合艾莉亚纤细的剑，

　　yet still...a few days ago, she had been wandering around with a swatch of black silk tied over her eyes.  然而…几天前她绑了条黑丝巾遮住眼睛，

　　Syrio was teaching her to see with her ears and her nose and her skin, she told him.  到处晃来晃去，告诉他说西利欧教她要用耳朵、鼻子和皮肤去感知四周环境。

　　Before that, he had her doing spins and back flips². Arya, are you certain you want to persist in this? 在那之前，他又叫她练习前后滚翻。艾莉亚，你真的要继续学下去？

　　She nodded. Tomorrow we're going to catch cats. 她点点头。明天我们开始抓猫。

　　Cats. Ned sighed. Perhaps it was a mistake to hire this Braavosi. If you like, I will ask Jory to take over your lessons.  抓猫。奈德叹道，或许我不该雇这布拉佛斯人来教你。你愿意的话，我就请乔里接手，由他来教。

　　Or I might have a quiet word with Ser Barristan. He was the finest sword in the Seven Kingdoms in his youth. 不然我也可以跟巴利斯坦说一声，他年轻时是七国上下最优秀的使剑好手。

　　I don't want them, Arya said. I want Syrio. 我不要他们，艾莉亚说，我只要西利欧。

　　Ned ran his fingers through his hair.  奈德伸手拨拨头发。

　　Any decent master-at-arms could give Arya the rudiments³ of slash-and-parry without this nonsense of blindfolds⁴, cartwheels, and hopping⁵ about on one leg,  其实，随便一个还过得去的教头，都可以教艾莉亚基础的砍劈和挡格，用不着这些蒙眼睛走路、翻跟斗和单脚跳跃的把戏。

　　but he knew his youngest daughter well enough to know there was no arguing with that stubborn jut⁶ of jaw⁷.  但他太了解自己小女儿的个性，知道跟她那固执的下巴争吵毫无用处。

　　As you wish, he said. Surely she would grow tired of this soon. Try to be careful. 那就西利欧吧。反正她迟早也会玩腻。不过你一定要小心。

　　I will, she promised solemnly as she hopped⁸ smoothly⁹ from her right leg to her left. 我会的。她一本正经地向他保证，然后平顺地从右脚跳到左脚。

1 flamboyant   

adj.火焰般的，华丽的，炫耀的

参考例句：

• His clothes were rather flamboyant for such a serious occasion.他的衣着在这种严肃场合太浮夸了。
• The King's flamboyant lifestyle is well known.国王的奢华生活方式是人尽皆知的。

2 flips   

轻弹( flip的第三人称单数 )； 按（开关）； 快速翻转； 急挥

参考例句：

• Larry flips on the TV while he is on vacation in Budapest. 赖瑞在布达佩斯渡假时，打开电视收看节目。
• He flips through a book before making a decision. 他在决定买下一本书前总要先草草翻阅一下。

3 rudiments   

n.基础知识，入门

参考例句：

• He has just learned the rudiments of Chinese. 他学汉语刚刚入门。
• You do not seem to know the first rudiments of agriculture. 你似乎连农业上的一点最起码的常识也没有。

4 blindfolds   

n.蒙眼的绷带[布等]( blindfold的名词复数 )；障眼物，蒙蔽人的事物

参考例句：

• Why not just hand out blindfolds, Captain? 何不干脆给我们眼罩不就行了吗？ 来自电影对白
• Prejudice blindfolds the mind. 偏见使人无法正确理解事物。 来自互联网

5 hopping   

n. 跳跃 动词hop的现在分词形式

参考例句：

• The clubs in town are really hopping. 城里的俱乐部真够热闹的。
• I'm hopping over to Paris for the weekend. 我要去巴黎度周末。

6 jut   

v.突出；n.突出，突出物

参考例句：

• His mouth started to jut out,and his jaw got longer.他的嘴向前突出，下巴也变长了。
• His teeth tend to jut out a little.他的牙齿长得有点儿凸出。

7 jaw   

n.颚，颌，说教，流言蜚语；v.喋喋不休，教训

参考例句：

• He delivered a right hook to his opponent's jaw.他给了对方下巴一记右钩拳。
• A strong square jaw is a sign of firm character.强健的方下巴是刚毅性格的标志。

8 hopped   

跳上[下]( hop的过去式和过去分词 )； 单足蹦跳； 齐足（或双足）跳行； 摘葎草花

参考例句：

• He hopped onto a car and wanted to drive to town. 他跳上汽车想开向市区。
• He hopped into a car and drove to town. 他跳进汽车，向市区开去。

9 smoothly   

adv.平滑地，顺利地，流利地，流畅地

参考例句：

• The workmen are very cooperative,so the work goes on smoothly.工人们十分合作，所以工作进展顺利。
• Just change one or two words and the sentence will read smoothly.这句话只要动一两个字就顺了。