英语听力 暮光之城•暮色 第211期:第十三章 自白(2)

 Hesitantly, always afraid, even now, that he would disappear like a mirage¹, too beautiful to be real... 我迟疑着，即使是现在，我也总是担心着，生怕他会像海市蜃楼一样消失，他太美丽了，根本不像现实存在的……

hesitantly, I reached out one finger and stroked the back of his shimmering² hand, where it lay within my reach. 我迟疑着伸出了一根手指，轻抚着近在咫尺的，他闪烁着微光的手背。

I marveled again at the perfect texture³, satin smooth, cool as stone. 我又一次震惊于那完美的肌理，光洁如绸缎，冰冷如石头。

When I looked up again, his eyes were open, watching me. 当我再次抬头看去时，他的眼睛睁开了，正看着我。

Butterscotch today, lighter⁴, warmer after hunting. 今天他的眼睛是奶油糖果的颜色，在狩猎以后，变得更明亮，更温暖了。

His quick smile turned up the corners of his flawless lips. 一抹轻快的笑容浮现在他毫无瑕疵的唇角。

"I don't scare you?" he asked playfully, but I could hear the real curiosity in his soft voice. “我没吓到你吗？”他打趣地问道，但我能听出他柔软的声音里真正的好奇。

"No more than usual." “不比平常多。”

He smiled wider; his teeth flashed in the sun. 他笑得更深了，他的皓齿在阳光下闪闪发光。

I inched closer, stretched out my whole hand now to trace the contours of his forearm with my fingertips. 我缓缓地挪到更近的地方，张开手伸过去，用指尖描摹着他小臂的轮廓。

I saw that my fingers trembled, and knew it wouldn't escape his notice. 我看见自己的手指在颤抖着，知道这一切都逃不过他的注意。

"Do you mind?" I asked, for he had closed his eyes again. “你介意吗？”我问道，因为他又闭上了眼睛。

"No," he said without opening his eyes. "You can't imagine how that feels." He sighed. “不。”他说着，没有睁开眼。“你不会想象到这是什么样的感觉。”他叹息着。

I lightly trailed my hand over the perfect muscles of his arm, followed the faint pattern of bluish veins⁵ inside the crease⁶ at his elbow. 我轻柔地用手抚过他手臂上完美的肌肉，跟随着他肘弯上浅浅的淡蓝色静脉的纹路。

With my other hand, I reached to turn his hand over. 我伸出另一只手，想把他的手掌翻过来。

Realizing what I wished, he flipped⁷ his palm up in one of those blindingly fast, disconcerting movements of his. 他意识到了我想做什么，立刻把掌心翻过来，动作快得看不见，简直让人仓皇失措。

It startled me; my fingers froze on his arm for a brief second. 他的动作让我吓了一跳，我的手指在他手臂上停滞了片刻。

1 mirage   

n.海市蜃楼，幻景

参考例句：

• Perhaps we are all just chasing a mirage.也许我们都只是在追逐一个幻想。
• Western liberalism was always a mirage.西方自由主义永远是一座海市蜃楼。

2 shimmering   

v.闪闪发光，发微光( shimmer的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• The sea was shimmering in the sunlight. 阳光下海水波光闪烁。
• The colours are delicate and shimmering. 这些颜色柔和且闪烁微光。 来自辞典例句

3 texture   

n.(织物)质地；(材料)构造；结构；肌理

参考例句：

• We could feel the smooth texture of silk.我们能感觉出丝绸的光滑质地。
• Her skin has a fine texture.她的皮肤细腻。

4 lighter   

n.打火机，点火器；驳船；v.用驳船运送；light的比较级

参考例句：

• The portrait was touched up so as to make it lighter.这张画经过润色，色调明朗了一些。
• The lighter works off the car battery.引燃器利用汽车蓄电池打火。

5 veins   

n.纹理；矿脉( vein的名词复数 )；静脉；叶脉；纹理

参考例句：

• The blood flows from the capillaries back into the veins. 血从毛细血管流回静脉。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• I felt a pleasant glow in all my veins from the wine. 喝过酒后我浑身的血都热烘烘的，感到很舒服。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 crease   

n.折缝，褶痕，皱褶；v.(使)起皱

参考例句：

• Does artificial silk crease more easily than natural silk?人造丝比天然丝更易起皱吗？
• Please don't crease the blouse when you pack it.包装时请不要将衬衫弄皱了。

7 flipped   

轻弹( flip的过去式和过去分词 )； 按（开关）； 快速翻转； 急挥

参考例句：

• The plane flipped and crashed. 飞机猛地翻转，撞毁了。
• The carter flipped at the horse with his whip. 赶大车的人扬鞭朝着马轻轻地抽打。