英语听力 暮光之城•暮色 第117期:第八章 天使港(2)

 "Why not?" Jessica demanded. “为什么不出去呢？”杰西卡盘问道。

"No one asked me," I answered honestly. “没人邀请我。”我如实答道。

She looked skeptical¹. "People ask you out here," she reminded me, "and you tell them no." 她看上去仍在怀疑。“这里有人邀请你出去，”她提醒我，“可你都对他们说不。”

We were in the juniors' section now, scanning the racks for dress-up clothes. 我们正在青春时尚区，细看着一排排派对服饰。

"Well, except for Tyler," Angela amended² quietly. “嗯，除了泰勒。”安吉拉默默地更正道。

"Excuse me?" I gasped³. "What did you say?" “不好意思，”我喘着气说道。“你在说什么？”

"Tyler told everyone he's taking you to prom," Jessica informed me with suspicious eyes. “泰勒告诉每一个人他将会和你一起去正式舞会。”杰西卡用怀疑的眼神告诉我。

"He said what?" I sounded like I was choking. “他说什么？”我的声音听起来像是要窒息了。

"I told you it wasn't true," Angela murmured to Jessica. “我告诉过你那不是真的。”安吉拉对杰西卡低声抱怨道

I was silent, still lost in shock that was quickly turning to irritation⁴. 我沉默着，依然沉浸在打击之中，然后很快变成了愤怒。

But we had found the dress racks, and now we had work to do. 但我们已经找到衣架了，现在我们有活干了。

"That's why Lauren doesn't like you," Jessica giggled⁵ while we pawed through the clothes. “这就是为什么劳伦不喜欢你。”当我们翻拣着衣服的时候，杰西卡咯咯地笑着对我说。

I ground my teeth. "Do you think that if I ran him over with my truck he would stop feeling guilty about the accident? 我把牙咬得咯咯直响。“你觉得，要是我开着我的卡车从他身上碾过去，他会不会不再对对那次事故感到内疚？

That he might give up on making amends⁶ and call it even?" 他会不会放弃弥补他的过错甚至回过头来要求我补偿他？”

"Maybe," Jess snickered. '"If that's why he's doing this." “也许吧。”杰西窃笑着说。“也许这就是他这样做的原因。”

The dress selection wasn't large, but both of them found a few things to try on. 这里的裙子不算很多，但她们两个都找到了不少值得试穿的衣服。

I sat on a low chair just inside the dressing⁷ room, by the three-way mirror, trying to control my fuming⁸. 我坐在更衣室里的一张矮脚凳上，靠着那块三面镜，试图控制自己七窍生烟的愤怒。

1 skeptical   

adj.怀疑的，多疑的

参考例句：

• Others here are more skeptical about the chances for justice being done.这里的其他人更为怀疑正义能否得到伸张。
• Her look was skeptical and resigned.她的表情是将信将疑而又无可奈何。

2 Amended   

adj. 修正的 动词amend的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He asked to see the amended version. 他要求看修订本。
• He amended his speech by making some additions and deletions. 他对讲稿作了些增删修改。

3 gasped   

v.喘气( gasp的过去式和过去分词 )；喘息；倒抽气；很想要

参考例句：

• She gasped at the wonderful view. 如此美景使她惊讶得屏住了呼吸。
• People gasped with admiration at the superb skill of the gymnasts. 体操运动员的高超技艺令人赞叹。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

4 irritation   

n.激怒，恼怒，生气

参考例句：

• He could not hide his irritation that he had not been invited.他无法掩饰因未被邀请而生的气恼。
• Barbicane said nothing,but his silence covered serious irritation.巴比康什么也不说，但是他的沉默里潜伏着阴郁的怒火。

5 giggled   

v.咯咯地笑( giggle的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The girls giggled at the joke. 女孩子们让这笑话逗得咯咯笑。
• The children giggled hysterically. 孩子们歇斯底里地傻笑。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 amends   

n. 赔偿

参考例句：

• He made amends for his rudeness by giving her some flowers. 他送给她一些花，为他自己的鲁莽赔罪。
• This country refuses stubbornly to make amends for its past war crimes. 该国顽固地拒绝为其过去的战争罪行赔罪。

7 dressing   

n.(食物)调料；包扎伤口的用品，敷料

参考例句：

• Don't spend such a lot of time in dressing yourself.别花那么多时间来打扮自己。
• The children enjoy dressing up in mother's old clothes.孩子们喜欢穿上妈妈旧时的衣服玩。

8 fuming   

愤怒( fume的现在分词 )； 大怒； 发怒； 冒烟

参考例句：

• She sat in the car, silently fuming at the traffic jam. 她坐在汽车里，心中对交通堵塞感到十分恼火。
• I was fuming at their inefficiency. 我正因为他们效率低而发火。