英语听力 暮光之城•暮色 第63期:第五章 血型(16)

 "We're meeting at my dad's store, at ten." “十点，我们在我爸的商店门口集合。”

His eyes flickered¹ to Edward again, wondering if he was giving out too much information. 他的眼睛又一次飞快地掠过爱德华，想知道自己是不是透露了太多信息。

His body language made it clear that it wasn't an open invitation. 他的身体语言清楚地表明了这不是一个公开的邀请。

"I'll be there," I promised. “我会去的。”我保证道。

"I'll see you in Gym, then," he said, moving uncertainly toward the door. “那么，体育馆见。”他说着，不太确定地向门口走去。

"See you," I replied. “回见。”我应声说道。

He looked at me once more, his round face slightly pouting², and then as he walked slowly through the door, his shoulders slumped³. 他又看了我一会儿，圆圆的脸上露出了不悦。然后他耷拉着肩膀，慢吞吞地走出门去。

A swell⁴ of sympathy washed over me. I pondered seeing his disappointed face again… in Gym. 一股不断膨胀的同情袭击了我。我思索着，想到自己还得再看一次他那张失落的脸……在体育馆里。

"Gym," I groaned⁵. “体育馆。”我呻吟了一声。

"I can take care of that." I hadn't noticed Edward moving to my side, but he spoke⁶ now in my ear. "Go sit down and look pale," he muttered. “我能照看好自己。”我这才注意到，爱德华站到了我的身旁。但他紧贴着我的耳朵低声说道：“去那边坐下来，装出苍白虚弱的样子。”他的声音近乎呢喃。

That wasn't a challenge; I was always pale, and my recent swoon had left a light sheen of sweat on my face. 这不是什么难事。我一向很苍白，而且刚刚的昏厥让我的脸沁出了一层薄汗。

I sat in one of the creaky folding chairs and rested my head against the wall with my eyes closed. Fainting spells always exhausted⁷ me. 我坐在其中一张吱嘎作响的折叠椅上，头抵着墙，闭目养神。晕厥总让我筋疲力尽。

I heard Edward speaking softly at the counter. 我听见爱德华站在柜台旁柔声说着话。

"Ms. Cope?" “柯普女士？”

"Yes?" I hadn't heard her return to her desk. “怎么了？”我没听见她回到她的桌子上的声音。

"Bella has Gym next hour, and I don't think she feels well enough. “贝拉的下一堂课是体育课，我觉得她还没恢复到能上体育课的地步。

Actually, I was thinking I should take her home now. Do you think you could excuse her from class?" 事实上，我觉得我应该现在就把她送回家去。您看，能不能准许她下堂课请假呢？”

His voice was like melting honey. I could imagine how much more overwhelming his eyes would be. 他的声音甜得像融化的蜂蜜一样。我甚至能想象出，他的眼神会是多么的令人难以抗拒。

"Do you need to be excused, too, Edward?" Ms. Cope fluttered. Why couldn't I do that? “你也需要准假吗，爱德华？”柯普女士急不可耐地说道。为什么我就做不到这一点呢？

"No, I have Mrs. Goff, she won't mind." “不必了，我有高夫太太呢，她不会介意的。”

"Okay, it's all taken care of. You feel better, Bella," she called to me. I nodded weakly, hamming it up just a bit. “好了，一切都安排好了。你感觉好些了吧，贝拉。”她远远地冲我喊道。我虚弱地点点头，为了显得更夸张一些，我只是略微抬了抬头。

"Can you walk, or do you want me to carry you again?" With his back to the receptionist, his expression became sarcastic⁸. “你能走路吗？或者你想让我再把你抱出去？”一背对着那位接待员，他立刻换上了一副挖苦的表情。

"I'll walk." “我能自己走。”

1 flickered   

（通常指灯光）闪烁，摇曳( flicker的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The lights flickered and went out. 灯光闪了闪就熄了。
• These lights flickered continuously like traffic lights which have gone mad. 这些灯象发狂的交通灯一样不停地闪动着。

2 pouting   

v.撅（嘴）( pout的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• The child sat there pouting. 那孩子坐在那儿，一副不高兴的样子。 来自辞典例句
• She was almost pouting at his hesitation. 她几乎要为他这种犹犹豫豫的态度不高兴了。 来自辞典例句

3 slumped   

大幅度下降，暴跌( slump的过去式和过去分词 )； 沉重或突然地落下[倒下]

参考例句：

• Sales have slumped this year. 今年销售量锐减。
• The driver was slumped exhausted over the wheel. 司机伏在方向盘上，疲惫得睡着了。

4 swell   

vi.膨胀，肿胀；增长，增强

参考例句：

• The waves had taken on a deep swell.海浪汹涌。
• His injured wrist began to swell.他那受伤的手腕开始肿了。

5 groaned   

v.呻吟( groan的过去式和过去分词 )；发牢骚；抱怨；受苦

参考例句：

• He groaned in anguish. 他痛苦地呻吟。
• The cart groaned under the weight of the piano. 大车在钢琴的重压下嘎吱作响。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 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。

7 exhausted   

adj.极其疲惫的，精疲力尽的

参考例句：

• It was a long haul home and we arrived exhausted.搬运回家的这段路程特别长，到家时我们已筋疲力尽。
• Jenny was exhausted by the hustle of city life.珍妮被城市生活的忙乱弄得筋疲力尽。

8 sarcastic   

adj.讥讽的，讽刺的，嘲弄的

参考例句：

• I squashed him with a sarcastic remark.我说了一句讽刺的话把他给镇住了。
• She poked fun at people's shortcomings with sarcastic remarks.她冷嘲热讽地拿别人的缺点开玩笑。