《简·爱》 Chapter 15 第十五章（9）

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Oh, that is the light in which you view it!

啊，你是从这个角度来看待这件事了。

Well, I must go in now, and you too. It darkens.

好吧，我得进去了，你也一样，天黑下来了。

But I stayed out a few minutes longer with Adèle and Pilot

但我同阿黛勒和派洛特在外面又呆了几分钟，

ran a race with her, and played a game of battledore and shuttlecock.

同她一起赛跑，还打了场板羽球。

When we went in, and I had removed her bonnet¹ and coat, I took her on my knee,

我们进屋以后，我脱下了她的帽子和外衣，把她放在自己的膝头上，

kept her there an hour, allowing her to prattle² as she liked.

坐了一个小时，允许她随心所欲地唠叨个不停。

Not rebuking³ even some little freedoms and trivialities into which she was apt to stray when much noticed,

即使有点放肆和轻浮，也不加指责。别人一多去注意她，她就容易犯这个毛病，

and which betrayed in her a superficiality of character,

暴露出她性格上的浅薄。这种浅薄同普通英国头脑几乎格格不入，

inherited probably from her mother, hardly congenial to an English mind.

很可能是从她母亲那儿遗传来的。

Still she had her merits.

不过她有她的长处。

And I was disposed to appreciate all that was good in her to the utmost.

我有意尽力赏识她身上的一切优点。

I sought in her countenance⁴ and features a likeness⁵ to Mr. Rochester, but found none:

还从她的面容和五官上寻找同罗切斯特先生的相似之处，但踪影全无。

no trait, no turn of expression announced relationship.

没有任何性格特色，没有任何谈吐上的特点，表明相互之间的关系。

It was a pity. If she could but have been proved to resemble him, he would have thought more of her.

真可惜，要是能证实她确实像他就好了，他准会更想着她。

1 bonnet   

n.无边女帽；童帽

参考例句：

• The baby's bonnet keeps the sun out of her eyes.婴孩的帽子遮住阳光，使之不刺眼。
• She wore a faded black bonnet garnished with faded artificial flowers.她戴着一顶褪了色的黑色无边帽，帽上缀着褪了色的假花。

2 prattle   

n.闲谈；v.（小孩般）天真无邪地说话；发出连续而无意义的声音

参考例句：

• Amy's happy prattle became intolerable.艾美兴高采烈地叽叽喳喳说个不停，汤姆感到无法忍受。
• Flowing water and green grass witness your lover's endless prattle.流水缠绕，小草依依，都是你诉不尽的情话。

3 rebuking   

责难或指责( rebuke的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• Rebuking people who disagree with them. 指责和自己意见不同的人。
• We could hear the director rebuking Jim for being late from work again. 我们听得见主任在斥辞责吉姆上班又迟到了。

4 countenance   

n.脸色，面容；面部表情；vt.支持，赞同

参考例句：

• At the sight of this photograph he changed his countenance.他一看见这张照片脸色就变了。
• I made a fierce countenance as if I would eat him alive.我脸色恶狠狠地，仿佛要把他活生生地吞下去。

5 likeness   

n.相像，相似（之处）

参考例句：

• I think the painter has produced a very true likeness.我认为这位画家画得非常逼真。
• She treasured the painted likeness of her son.她珍藏她儿子的画像。