《简·爱》 Chapter 16 第十六章（7）

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She looked up with a sort of start.

她抬起头，颇有些吃惊。

"Qu' avez-vous, mademoiselle?" said she.

"小姐，您..."她说

"Vos doigts tremblent comme la feuille, et vos joues sont rouges¹: mais, rouges comme des cerises!"

"你的手指颤抖像一片树叶，你的脸颊红如樱桃！"

"I am hot, Adèle, with stooping!" She went on sketching². I went on thinking.

"我很热，阿黛勒，这么躬着身！"她继续画她的速写，我继续我的思考。

I hastened to drive from my mind the hateful notion I had been conceiving respecting Grace Poole.

我急于要把对格雷斯·普尔的讨厌想法，从脑海中驱走。

it disgusted me.

它使我感到厌恶。

I compared myself with her, and found we were different.

我把她与自己作了比较，发现彼此并不相同。

Bessie Leaven³ had said I was quite a lady, and she spoke⁴ truth — I was a lady.

贝茜·利文曾说我很有小姐派头。她说的是事实，我是一位小姐。

And now I looked much better than I did when Bessie saw me.

而如今，我看上去已比当初贝茜见我时好多了。

I had more colour and more flesh, more life, more vivacity⁵,

我脸色已更加红润，人已更加丰满，更富有生命力，更加朝气蓬勃，

because I had brighter hopes and keener enjoyments⁶.

因为有了更光明的前景和更大的欢乐。

"Evening approaches," said I, as I looked towards the window.

"黄昏快到了，"我朝窗子看了看，自言自语地说。

I have never heard Mr. Rochester's voice or step in the house to-day,

今天我还没有在房间里听到过罗切斯特先生的声音和脚步声呢。

but surely I shall see him before night.

不过天黑之前我肯定会见到他。

I feared the meeting in the morning.

早上我害怕见面。

Now I desire it, because expectation has been so long baffled that it is grown impatient.

而现在却渴望见面了。我的期望久久落空，真有点让人不耐烦了。

When dusk actually closed,

当真的暮色四合，

and when Adèle left me to go and play in the nursery with Sophie, I did most keenly desire it.

阿黛勒离开我到保育室同索菲娅一起去玩时，我急盼着同他见面。

I listened for the bell to ring below.

我等待着听到楼下响起铃声。

I listened for Leah coming up with a message.

等待着听到莉娅带着口讯上楼的声音。

1 rouges   

胭脂，口红( rouge的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• A young lady who thinks is like a young man who rouges. 妙龄女郎之作思考，有如青年男子之涂脂抹粉。
• Her sister rouges her face at home. 阿姊闻妹来当户理红妆。

2 sketching   

n.草图

参考例句：

• They are sketching out proposals for a new road. 他们正在草拟修建新路的计划。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• "Imagination is busy sketching rose-tinted pictures of joy. “飞舞驰骋的想象描绘出一幅幅玫瑰色欢乐的场景。 来自英汉文学 - 汤姆历险

3 leaven   

v.使发酵；n.酵母；影响

参考例句：

• These men have been the leaven in the lump of the race.如果说这个种族是块面团，这些人便是发酵剂。
• The leaven of reform was working.改革的影响力在起作用。

4 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。

5 vivacity   

n.快活，活泼，精神充沛

参考例句：

• Her charm resides in her vivacity.她的魅力存在于她的活泼。
• He was charmed by her vivacity and high spirits.她的活泼与兴高采烈的情绪把他迷住了。

6 enjoyments   

愉快( enjoyment的名词复数 )； 令人愉快的事物； 享有； 享受

参考例句：

• He is fond of worldly enjoyments. 他喜爱世俗的享乐。
• The humanities and amenities of life had no attraction for him--its peaceful enjoyments no charm. 对他来说，生活中的人情和乐趣并没有吸引力——生活中的恬静的享受也没有魅力。