冰与火之歌系列之《权力的游戏》第581期:第二十七章 凯特琳(3)

 　　My father would not have given the defense¹ of Riverrun over to Edmure unless he was very sick, she said, worried.  父亲若非病重，决不会把奔流的防务交给艾德慕。她忧心忡忡地说，

　　I should have been woken as soon as this bird arrived. 鸟儿捎信来的时候，你应该立刻叫醒我才对。

　　Your lady sister thought it better to let you sleep, Maester Colemon told me. 柯蒙学士告诉我，您妹妹想让您好好休息。

　　I should have been woken, she insisted. 应该叫醒我。她坚持。

　　The maester tells me your sister planned to speak with you after the combat, Ser Rodrik said. 学士他还说，您妹妹准备在比武之后再和您谈谈。

　　Then she still plans to go through with this mummer's farce²? Catelyn grimaced³.  这么说来，她真打算把这出闹剧演下去？凯特琳皱眉。

　　The dwarf⁴ has played her like a set of pipes, and she is too deaf to hear the tune⁵.  那侏儒拿她当笛子吹，她自己还蒙在鼓里。

　　Whatever happens this morning, Ser Rodrik, it is past time we took our leave.  罗德利克爵士，无论今天早上结果如何，我们都该动身。

　　My place is at Winterfell with my sons.  我的职责是在临冬城陪伴儿子们。

　　If you are strong enough to travel, I shall ask Lysa for an escort to see us to Gulltown. We can take ship from there. 假如你体力还撑得住，我这就请莱莎派人护送我们到海鸥镇，我们从那里搭船回去。

　　Another ship? Ser Rodrik looked a shade green, yet he managed not to shudder⁶.  又要坐船？罗德利克脸色发青，但还是忍耐住没有发抖。

　　As you say, my lady. 夫人，就照您吩咐。

　　The old knight⁷ waited outside her door as Catelyn summoned the servants Lysa had given her.  凯特琳唤来莱莎派给她差遣的仆人，老骑士则候在门外。

　　If she spoke⁸ to her sister before the duel⁹, perhaps she could change her mind, she thought as they dressed her.  她一边更衣，一边想着如果赶在决斗开始前与妹妹谈谈，或许能让她改变心意。

　　Lysa's policies varied¹⁰ with her moods, and her moods changed hourly.  莱莎行事全依心情而定，偏偏她的个性又阴晴不定。

　　The shy girl she had known at Riverrun had grown into a woman who was by turns proud, fearful, cruel, dreamy, reckless, timid, stubborn, vain, and, above all, inconstant. 她所认识的，昔日奔流城那位羞怯少女，已经长成了时而傲慢，时而忧惧，又或残忍，甚至空幻不切实际，粗心大意、怯懦怕事、好大喜功的妇人，最糟糕的是她还变化无常。

　　When that vile¹¹ turnkey of hers had come crawling to tell them that Tyrion Lannister wished to confess, Catelyn had urged Lysa to have the dwarf brought to them privately¹², but no, nothing would do but that her sister must make a show of him before half the Vale. And now this. 当初她那阴狠的狱吏连走带爬，跑来告诉她们提利昂·兰尼斯特有意认罪，凯特琳便力劝莱莎私下会审侏儒，然而妹妹非得在峡谷贵族面前大肆炫耀一番不可，结果竟演变至此…

1 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

2 farce   

n.闹剧，笑剧，滑稽戏；胡闹

参考例句：

• They played a shameful role in this farce.他们在这场闹剧中扮演了可耻的角色。
• The audience roared at the farce.闹剧使观众哄堂大笑。

3 grimaced   

v.扮鬼相，做鬼脸( grimace的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He grimaced at the bitter taste. 他一尝那苦味，做了个怪相。
• She grimaced at the sight of all the work. 她一看到这么多的工作就皱起了眉头。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 dwarf   

n.矮子，侏儒，矮小的动植物；vt.使…矮小

参考例句：

• The dwarf's long arms were not proportional to his height.那侏儒的长臂与他的身高不成比例。
• The dwarf shrugged his shoulders and shook his head. 矮子耸耸肩膀，摇摇头。

5 tune   

n.调子；和谐，协调；v.调音，调节，调整

参考例句：

• He'd written a tune,and played it to us on the piano.他写了一段曲子，并在钢琴上弹给我们听。
• The boy beat out a tune on a tin can.那男孩在易拉罐上敲出一首曲子。

6 shudder   

v.战粟，震动，剧烈地摇晃；n.战粟，抖动

参考例句：

• The sight of the coffin sent a shudder through him.看到那副棺材，他浑身一阵战栗。
• We all shudder at the thought of the dreadful dirty place.我们一想到那可怕的肮脏地方就浑身战惊。

7 knight   

n.骑士，武士；爵士

参考例句：

• He was made an honourary knight.他被授予荣誉爵士称号。
• A knight rode on his richly caparisoned steed.一个骑士骑在装饰华丽的马上。

8 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

9 duel   

n./v.决斗；(双方的)斗争

参考例句：

• The two teams are locked in a duel for first place.两个队为争夺第一名打得难解难分。
• Duroy was forced to challenge his disparager to duel.杜洛瓦不得不向诋毁他的人提出决斗。

10 varied   

adj.多样的，多变化的

参考例句：

• The forms of art are many and varied.艺术的形式是多种多样的。
• The hotel has a varied programme of nightly entertainment.宾馆有各种晚间娱乐活动。

11 vile   

adj.卑鄙的，可耻的，邪恶的；坏透的

参考例句：

• Who could have carried out such a vile attack?会是谁发起这么卑鄙的攻击呢？
• Her talk was full of vile curses.她的话里充满着恶毒的咒骂。

12 privately   

adv.以私人的身份，悄悄地，私下地

参考例句：

• Some ministers admit privately that unemployment could continue to rise.一些部长私下承认失业率可能继续升高。
• The man privately admits that his motive is profits.那人私下承认他的动机是为了牟利。