《复仇》 第325期:让格雷森害怕的蓝眼睛

 Carole, it's me. 卡罗尔  是我

I need you to do exactly as I say. 你现在要按我说的做

Get up and walk away from your desk. 站起来  从你的座位走开

Do not take your purse. 不要拿你的包

Just act like you're walking down the hall. Do it now! 假装你只是去走廊转转  快走

You're scaring¹ me.  Good. 你吓到我了  那就对了

Get in a cab² and take it 叫辆出租车

straight to that place we went that one summer, 直接开到那年夏天我们去的地方

with the horses. 那个养马的地方

Do not stop off at your apartment. 别去你的公寓

I'll be waiting when you get there. 我会在目的地等你

So... 就这样

He saved my life. 他救了我的命

By faking your death. 然后假造了你的死亡证明

Tell her about the white-haired man. 跟她说说那个白发人的事

There was a man who 那时有个人

visited Grayson a handful³ of times. 多次拜访过格雷森

Now these meetings were always off the books. 这些会面从不允许记录

The first time I saw him 我第一次见到那个人

was a year to the day before that plane went down. 是在飞机遇难前的那一年

The last time 最后一次

was the morning your father died. 则是在你父亲去世的那天早上

Do you remember his name? 你还记得他的名字吗

He never gave it. 他没有透露过

But I will never forget his face. 但我永远忘不掉那张脸

He had a full head of white hair 他有满头白发

and ice-blue eyes, 一双冰冷的蓝眼睛

and there was something so terrifying⁴ about him. 周身散发着令人不寒而栗的气息

And I know he frightened Conrad even in the bright of day. 光天白日之下  他竟也能让康拉德畏惧

 

1 scaring   

vt.惊吓，受惊，威吓v.恐吓，使惊恐( scare的现在分词 )；受惊吓，感到害怕

参考例句：

• He flung a stone at the sparrows,he missed,scaring all the sparrows away. 他投石子打麻雀，没有击中，把麻雀都吓飞了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The high price is scaring away possible buyers. 高昂的价格把有意光顾的买主都吓跑了。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 cab   

n.计程车，出租车，出租单马车；vi.乘出租马车

参考例句：

• The cab drove over his legs.马车从他腿上碾过。
• Shall we walk or take a cab?我们步行还是坐出租车？

3 handful   

n.一把；少量，少数，一小撮

参考例句：

• We invited 30 people, but only a handful came.我们邀请了30人，但是只到了几个人。
• He pulled out a handful of coins from his pocket.他从口袋里掏出一把硬币。

4 terrifying   

adj.可怕的；极大的v.使恐怖，使惊吓；恐吓(terrify的现在分词)

参考例句：

• This movie is by turn (= alternately) terrifying and very funny. 这部电影一会儿令人毛骨悚然，一会儿滑稽可笑。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The most terrifying aspect of nuclear bombing is radiation. 核轰炸最可怕的方面是核辐射。 来自《简明英汉词典》