英语听力 暮光之城•暮色 第65期:第五章 血型(18)

 By dint¹ of much elbow grease, I was able to get both windows in the truck almost completely rolled down.  靠着肘部脂肪的力量，我终于能够把卡车里的每扇窗子都差不多完全摇了下来。

I was one of the first ones to school; I hadn't even checked the clock in my hurry to get outside.  我是第一个到学校的。我甚至没有看一眼时钟，就急急忙忙地出门了。

I parked and headed toward the seldom-used picnic benches on the south side of the cafeteria.  我把车停好，径直走向自助餐厅南面的那些很少用到的野餐长凳。

The benches were still a little damp, so I sat on my jacket, glad to have a use for it.  那些长凳还有点潮，所以我坐在了我的夹克上，为有机会用到它而高兴着。

My homework was done — the product of a slow social life — but there were a few Trig problems I wasn't sure I had right.  我的作业已经做完了——慢节奏社交生活的产物——但还有几道三角函数题我不能肯定自己做对了。

I took out my book industriously², but halfway³ through rechecking the first problem I was daydreaming⁴, watching the sunlight play on the red-barked trees.  我勤奋地拿出了书，但在检查第一道题的时候就中途停了下来，开始神游太虚，注视着在红色树皮的树顶上跃动着的阳光。

I sketched⁵ inattentively along the margins⁶ of my homework.  我一时大意，在我的家庭作业的空白处画起速写来。

After a few minutes, I suddenly realized I'd drawn⁷ five pairs of dark eyes staring out of the page at me.  几分钟以后，我才忽然注意到，自己画了五双黑色的眼睛，都在纸上盯着我看。

I scrubbed them out with the eraser. 我用橡皮擦把它们完全擦掉了。

"Bella!" I heard someone call, and it sounded like Mike. “贝拉！”我听到某人在喊我，听起来像是迈克。

I looked around to realize that the school had become populated while I'd been sitting there, absentminded.  我抬起头看四周，这才发觉在我心不在焉地坐在这里的时候，学校里已经挤满了人。

Everyone was in t-shirts, some even in shorts though the temperature couldn't be over sixty.  每个人都穿着T恤衫，有些人甚至还穿着短袖衫，尽管气温最多不超过六十华氏度。

Mike was coming toward me in khaki shorts and a striped Rugby shirt, waving. 迈克向我走过来，一路挥着手，他穿着卡其色的短袖衫，套在一件条纹橄榄球衫外。

"Hey, Mike," I called, waving back, unable to be halfhearted on a morning like this. “嗨，迈克。”我喊着，向他挥手。我不能在这样一个早晨表现得毫无兴致。

He came to sit by me, the tidy spikes⁸ of his hair shining golden in the light, his grin stretching across his face.  他走过来坐到我身旁，梳得整整齐齐的头发在阳光里闪闪发亮。

He was so delighted to see me, I couldn't help but feel gratified. 他张大嘴笑着。只是见到我就能让他这样高兴，我无法不感到满足。

1 dint   

n.由于，靠；凹坑

参考例句：

• He succeeded by dint of hard work.他靠苦干获得成功。
• He reached the top by dint of great effort.他费了很大的劲终于爬到了顶。

2 industriously   

参考例句：

• She paces the whole class in studying English industriously. 她在刻苦学习英语上给全班同学树立了榜样。
• He industriously engages in unostentatious hard work. 他勤勤恳恳，埋头苦干。

3 halfway   

adj.中途的，不彻底的，部分的；adv.半路地，在中途，在半途

参考例句：

• We had got only halfway when it began to get dark.走到半路，天就黑了。
• In study the worst danger is give up halfway.在学习上，最忌讳的是有始无终。

4 daydreaming   

v.想入非非，空想( daydream的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• Stop daydreaming and be realistic. 别空想了，还是从实际出发吧。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• Bill was sitting and daydreaming so his mother told him to come down to earth and to do his homework. 比尔坐着空想， 他母亲要他面对现实，去做课外作业。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

5 sketched   

v.草拟（sketch的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• The historical article sketched the major events of the decade. 这篇有关历史的文章概述了这十年中的重大事件。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He sketched the situation in a few vivid words. 他用几句生动的语言简述了局势。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

6 margins   

边( margin的名词复数 )； 利润； 页边空白； 差数

参考例句：

• They have always had to make do with relatively small profit margins. 他们不得不经常设法应付较少的利润额。
• To create more space between the navigation items, add left and right margins to the links. 在每个项目间留更多的空隙，加左或者右的margins来定义链接。

7 drawn   

v.拖，拉，拔出；adj.憔悴的，紧张的

参考例句：

• All the characters in the story are drawn from life.故事中的所有人物都取材于生活。
• Her gaze was drawn irresistibly to the scene outside.她的目光禁不住被外面的风景所吸引。

8 spikes   

n.穗( spike的名词复数 )；跑鞋；（防滑）鞋钉；尖状物v.加烈酒于( spike的第三人称单数 )；偷偷地给某人的饮料加入（更多）酒精（ 或药物）；把尖状物钉入；打乱某人的计划

参考例句：

• a row of iron spikes on a wall 墙头的一排尖铁
• There is a row of spikes on top of the prison wall to prevent the prisoners escaping. 监狱墙头装有一排尖钉，以防犯人逃跑。 来自《简明英汉词典》