英语听力 暮光之城•暮色 第19期:初见(9)

 The final bell rang at last. I walked slowly to the office to return my paperwork. The rain had drifted away, but the wind was strong, and colder. I wrapped my arms around myself.

最后的一遍铃声终于响了。我慢慢地到行政办公室去交还我的纸片。雨已经飘到别的地方去了，但风很大，而且更冷了。我抱紧双臂，缩成了一团。

 

When I walked into the warm office, I almost turned around and walked back out.

 

走进那暖和的办公室后，我差点儿转身就出来了。

 

Edward Cullen stood at the desk in front of me. I recognized again that tousled bronze hair. He didn't appear to notice the sound of my entrance. I stood pressed against the back wall, waiting for the receptionist to be free.

 

爱德华·卡伦站在我面前的办公桌边，我又认出了那一头蓬乱的古铜色头发。他似乎没有注意到我进来的响声。我贴着后墙站着，等着负责接待的老师闲下来。

 

He was arguing with her in a low, attractive voice. I quickly picked up the gist¹ of the argument. He was trying to trade from sixth-hour Biology to another time — any other time.

 

他正在用很有吸引力的声音低声同她理论，我很快就抓住了他们争论的要点。他想要将第六节生物课调到别的时间——任何别的时间都行。

 

I just couldn't believe that this was about me. It had to be something else, something that happened before I entered the Biology room. The look on his face must have been about another aggravation² entirely³. It was impossible that this stranger could take such a sudden,intense dislike to me.

 

我怎么也不能相信这事和我有关。肯定是因为什么别的事情，发生在我进那间生物学教室之前的事情。他脸上的表情肯定百分之百和另外一件恼火的事情有关。他跟我素昧平生，绝对不可能突如其来地对我产生如此强烈的厌恶之情。

 

The door opened again, and the cold wind suddenly gusted⁴ through the room, rustling⁵ the papers on the desk, swirling⁶ my hair around my face. The girl who came in merely stepped to the desk, placed a note in the wire basket, and walked out again. But Edward Cullen's back stiffened⁷, and he turned slowly to glare at me — his face was absurdly handsome — with piercing, hate-filled eyes. For an instant, I felt a thrill of genuine fear, raising the hair on my arms. The look only lasted a second, but it chilled me more than the freezing wind. He turned back to the receptionist.

 

门又开了，冷风突然灌了进来，把桌上的报纸刮得沙沙作响，吹散了我的头发，纷乱地贴在我的脸上。进来的女生只不过是走到桌边，往铁筐里放了一张纸条就又出去了。可爱德华·卡伦的背都僵直了，接着他慢慢地扭过头来瞪了我一眼——他的脸漂亮得不可思议——锐利的目光里充满了仇恨。刹那间，我感到了一阵真正的恐惧，胳膊上的汗毛都竖起来了。他只瞪了我一秒钟，可这一瞪比刚才那阵刺骨的寒风，还要令我感到寒冷。他把头又扭回去，面向接待员了。

 

"Never mind, then," he said hastily in a voice like velvet⁸. "I can see that it's impossible. Thank you so much for your help." And he turned on his heel without another look at me, and disappeared out the door.

 

"那么，没关系，"他用天鹅绒般柔和的声音匆匆说道，"我看得出来那是不可能的了。多谢您帮忙。"说完，他转身就走，没有再看我一眼，然后就消失在门外了。

 

I went meekly⁹ to the desk, my face white for once instead of red, and handed her the signed slip.

 

我懦弱地来到了桌前，这一次脸不是变红了而是变白了，把签了名的纸片儿交给了她。

 

"How did your first day go, dear?" the receptionist asked maternally¹⁰.

 

"你第一天过得怎样啊，宝贝?"接待老师如慈母般地问道。

 

"Fine," I lied, my voice weak. She didn't look convinced.

 

"挺好的，"我撒了个谎，声音有些发虚。她好像并不太相信。

 

When I got to the truck, it was almost the last car in the lot. It seemed like a haven¹¹, already the closest thing to home I had in this damp green hole. I sat inside for a while, just staring out the windshield blankly. But soon I was cold enough to need the heater, so I turned the key and the engine roared to life. I headed back to Charlie's house, fighting tears the whole way there.

 

我来到停车场的时候，几乎就剩下我的那辆车了。车似乎像一个避难所，已经是我在这个潮湿的绿洞里所拥有的最接近家那边的东西了。我在里边坐了一会儿，一脸茫然地盯着挡风玻璃外边，仅此而已。可是，很快我就被冻得需要打开空调，于是我钥匙一转，引擎咆哮着发动起来了。我驶上了回查理家的路，一路上都在竭力不让泪水掉下来。

1 gist   

n.要旨；梗概

参考例句：

• Can you give me the gist of this report?你能告诉我这个报告的要点吗？
• He is quick in grasping the gist of a book.他敏于了解书的要点。

2 aggravation   

n.烦恼，恼火

参考例句：

• She stirred in aggravation as she said this. 她说这句话，激动得过分。
• Can't stand the aggravation, all day I get aggravation. You know how it is." 我整天都碰到令人发火的事，你可想而知这是什么滋味。” 来自教父部分

3 entirely   

ad.全部地，完整地；完全地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The fire was entirely caused by their neglect of duty. 那场火灾完全是由于他们失职而引起的。
• His life was entirely given up to the educational work. 他的一生统统献给了教育工作。

4 gusted   

n. 突然一阵 n. 风味 vi. 猛吹

参考例句：

• The wind gusted up to 45 miles an hour. 风力达每小时45英里。
• As the strong winds gusted against the kites, a string kept them in check. 一阵强风刮向风筝，一根弦控制住了风筝。

5 rustling   

n. 瑟瑟声，沙沙声 adj. 发沙沙声的

参考例句：

• the sound of the trees rustling in the breeze 树木在微风中发出的沙沙声
• the soft rustling of leaves 树叶柔和的沙沙声

6 swirling   

v.旋转，打旋( swirl的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• Snowflakes were swirling in the air. 天空飘洒着雪花。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• She smiled, swirling the wine in her glass. 她微笑着，旋动着杯子里的葡萄酒。 来自辞典例句

7 stiffened   

加强的

参考例句：

• He leaned towards her and she stiffened at this invasion of her personal space. 他向她俯过身去，这种侵犯她个人空间的举动让她绷紧了身子。
• She stiffened with fear. 她吓呆了。

8 velvet   

n.丝绒，天鹅绒；adj.丝绒制的，柔软的

参考例句：

• This material feels like velvet.这料子摸起来像丝绒。
• The new settlers wore the finest silk and velvet clothing.新来的移民穿着最华丽的丝绸和天鹅绒衣服。

9 meekly   

adv.温顺地，逆来顺受地

参考例句：

• He stood aside meekly when the new policy was proposed. 当有人提出新政策时，他唯唯诺诺地站 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He meekly accepted the rebuke. 他顺从地接受了批评。 来自《简明英汉词典》

10 maternally   

参考例句：

• She loved her students almost maternally. 她像母亲一样爱她的学生。
• The resulting fetuses consisted of either mostly paternally or mostly maternally expressed genes. 这样产生的胎儿要么主要是父方的基因表达，要么主要是母方的基因表达。

11 haven   

n.安全的地方，避难所，庇护所

参考例句：

• It's a real haven at the end of a busy working day.忙碌了一整天后，这真是一个安乐窝。
• The school library is a little haven of peace and quiet.学校的图书馆是一个和平且安静的小避风港。