英语听力 暮光之城•暮色 第207期:第十二章 平衡(19)

 He stared at me, bewildered by my tortured expression. 他注视着我，对我脸上备受折磨的神情困惑不已。

"Do you want to go home?" he said quietly, a different pain than mine saturating¹ his voice. “你想回家了吗？”他安静地问道，一种不同于我的痛苦浸透了他的语气。

"No." I walked forward till I was close beside him, anxious not to waste one second of whatever time I might have with him. “不。”我走向前，直到自己紧挨在他身旁。我焦虑不安着，不想再浪费我还能和他在一起的每一秒钟。

"What's wrong?" he asked, his voice gentle. “怎么回事？”他问道，声音是那么的温柔。

"I'm not a good hiker," I answered dully. "You'll have to be very patient." “我不是个很好的徒步旅行者。”我沉闷地回答道。“你得非常有耐心才行。”

"I can be patient—if I make a great effort." “我可以很有耐心——如果我努力的话。”

He smiled, holding my glance, trying to lift me out of my sudden, unexplained dejection. 他微笑着，抓住了我的视线，试图把我从那阵突如其来的，无法解释的沮丧中拉出来。

I tried to smile back, but the smile was unconvincing. He scrutinized² my face. 我努力向他微笑，但那笑容太假了。他仔细审视着我的脸。

"I'll take you home," he promised. “我会带你回家的。”他保证道。

I couldn't tell if the promise was unconditional³, or restricted to an immediate⁴ departure. 我说不清这个保证是没有限制的，还是指立刻离开。

I knew he thought it was fear that upset me, 我知道他认为是害怕让我紧张不安。

and I was grateful again that I was the one person whose mind he couldn't hear. 而我又一次对此感到高兴，我是唯一一个他无法读心的人。

"If you want me to hack⁵ five miles through the jungle before sundown, you'd better start leading the way," I said acidly. “如果你想让我在日落以前穿过这五英里的丛林，你最好现在就开始带路。”我尖刻地说道。

He frowned at me, struggling to understand my tone and expression 他冲我皱起了眉，挣扎着想读懂我的语气和神情。

He gave up after a moment and led the way into the forest. 片刻之后，他放弃了，带头向森林里走去。

It wasn't as hard as I had feared. 这趟旅程并没有我所畏惧的那样艰难。

The way was mostly flat, and he held the damp ferns and webs of moss⁶ aside for me. 一路上几乎非常平坦，他为我把潮湿的蕨类植物和密布的苔藓拨到一边。

When his straight path took us over fallen trees or boulders⁷, 当他笔直的路线穿过了倒下的树木或巨石时，

he would help me, lifting me by the elbow, and then releasing me instantly when I was clear. 他会帮助我，用手肘把我举起来，然后趁我还神志清醒的时候立刻放开我。

His cold touch on my skin never failed to make my heart thud erratically⁸. 他冰冷的触碰落在我的肌肤上，总能让我的心砰砰乱跳，无一落空。

Twice, when that happened, I caught a look on his face that made me sure he could somehow hear it. 有两次，发生这样的状况时，我捕获到了他脸上的神情，我敢肯定他听见了。

1 saturating   

浸湿，浸透( saturate的现在分词 )； 使…大量吸收或充满某物

参考例句：

• In the last days before the vote, both sides are saturating the airwaves. 选举前最后几天，竞选双方占用了所有的广播电台和电视台。
• A saturating rain was expected to end the drought. 只盼下场透雨，解除旱情。

2 scrutinized   

v.仔细检查，详审( scrutinize的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The jeweler scrutinized the diamond for flaws. 宝石商人仔细察看钻石有无瑕庇 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• Together we scrutinized the twelve lemon cakes from the delicatessen shop. 我们一起把甜食店里买来的十二块柠檬蛋糕细细打量了一番。 来自英汉文学 - 盖茨比

3 unconditional   

adj.无条件的，无限制的，绝对的

参考例句：

• The victorious army demanded unconditional surrender.胜方要求敌人无条件投降。
• My love for all my children is unconditional.我对自己所有孩子的爱都是无条件的。

4 immediate   

adj.立即的；直接的，最接近的；紧靠的

参考例句：

• His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
• We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。

5 hack   

n.劈，砍，出租马车；v.劈，砍，干咳

参考例句：

• He made a hack at the log.他朝圆木上砍了一下。
• Early settlers had to hack out a clearing in the forest where they could grow crops.早期移民不得不在森林里劈出空地种庄稼。

6 moss   

n.苔，藓，地衣

参考例句：

• Moss grows on a rock.苔藓生在石头上。
• He was found asleep on a pillow of leaves and moss.有人看见他枕着树叶和苔藓睡着了。

7 boulders   

n.卵石( boulder的名词复数 )；巨砾；（受水或天气侵蚀而成的）巨石；漂砾

参考例句：

• Seals basked on boulders in a flat calm. 海面风平浪静，海豹在巨石上晒太阳。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The river takes a headlong plunge into a maelstrom of rocks and boulders. 河水急流而下，入一个漂砾的漩涡中。 来自《简明英汉词典》

8 erratically   

adv.不规律地，不定地

参考例句：

• Police stopped him for driving erratically. 警察因其驾驶不循规则而把他拦下了。 来自辞典例句
• Magnetitite-bearing plugs are found erratically from the base of the Critical Zone. 含磁铁岩的岩栓不规则地分布于关键带的基底以上。 来自辞典例句