英语听力 暮光之城•暮色 第271期:第十六章 卡莱尔(9)

 I shivered, imagining only too clearly what he described — the alley¹ at night, the frightened girl, the dark man behind her.  我颤抖着，太过清晰地想象出了他所描述的情景——深夜的小巷，受惊的女孩，尾随着她的那个阴暗的男人。

And Edward, Edward as he hunted, terrible and glorious as a young god, unstoppable. Would she have been grateful, that girl, or more frightened than before? 还有爱德华，正在狩猎的爱德华，可怕又威武，宛如一个年轻的神明，不停地追赶着。那个女孩，她会更加感激，还是更加惊恐呢？

But as time went on, I began to see the monster in my eyes.  “但随着时间的推移，我开始从自己的眼中看见了那个怪物。

I couldn't escape the debt of so much human life taken, no matter how justified².  不管我的行为多么正义，我都无法逃避自己夺走了那么多人命的罪过。

And I went back to Carlisle and Esme. They welcomed me back like the prodigal³. It was more than I deserved. 然后我回到了卡莱尔和艾思梅的身边。他们热切地欢迎我这个游子归来。这远比我应得的还要多。”

We'd come to a stop in front of the last door in the hall. 我们停在了走廊尽头的最后一扇门前。

My room, he informed me, opening it and pulling me through. “我的房间。”他向我介绍道，打开门，然后把我拉进去。

His room faced south, with a wall-sized window like the great room below. The whole back side of the house must be glass.  他的房间朝南，有整整一面墙的落地窗，就像楼下的那个大房间一样。

His view looked down on the winding⁴ Sol Duc River, across the untouched forest to the Olympic Mountain range.  这栋屋子的后墙一定全是玻璃。他的视野囊括了那条蜿蜒的Sol Duc河，一直穿过那片未被涉足过的密林，直到奥林匹亚山脉。

The mountains were much closer than I would have believed. 这片山脉比我相信的还要更近些。

The western wall was completely covered with shelf after shelf of CDs. His room was better stocked than a music store.  西面的墙上摆满了一个接一个架子的CD。他房间里的库存比一家音像店里的还多。

In the corner was a sophisticated-looking sound system, the kind I was afraid to touch because I'd be sure to break something.  角落里是一套看上去久经世故的音响系统，是那种我不敢轻易触碰的音响，因为我知道我一定会打坏什么东西的。

There was no bed, only a wide and inviting⁵ black leather sofa. The floor was covered with a thick golden carpet,  这里没有床，只有一张宽大的让人动心的黑色皮沙发。地上铺着厚厚的金色的地毯，

and the walls were hung with heavy fabric⁶ in a slightly darker shade. 墙上贴满了一种厚重的颜色稍深的织物。

1 alley   

n.小巷，胡同；小径，小路

参考例句：

• We live in the same alley.我们住在同一条小巷里。
• The blind alley ended in a brick wall.这条死胡同的尽头是砖墙。

2 justified   

a.正当的，有理的

参考例句：

• She felt fully justified in asking for her money back. 她认为有充分的理由要求退款。
• The prisoner has certainly justified his claims by his actions. 那个囚犯确实已用自己的行动表明他的要求是正当的。

3 prodigal   

adj.浪费的，挥霍的，放荡的

参考例句：

• He has been prodigal of the money left by his parents.他已挥霍掉他父母留下的钱。
• The country has been prodigal of its forests.这个国家的森林正受过度的采伐。

4 winding   

n.绕，缠，绕组，线圈

参考例句：

• A winding lane led down towards the river.一条弯弯曲曲的小路通向河边。
• The winding trail caused us to lose our orientation.迂回曲折的小道使我们迷失了方向。

5 inviting   

adj.诱人的，引人注目的

参考例句：

• An inviting smell of coffee wafted into the room.一股诱人的咖啡香味飘进了房间。
• The kitchen smelled warm and inviting and blessedly familiar.这间厨房的味道温暖诱人，使人感到亲切温馨。

6 fabric   

n.织物，织品，布；构造，结构，组织

参考例句：

• The fabric will spot easily.这种织品很容易玷污。
• I don't like the pattern on the fabric.我不喜欢那块布料上的图案。