英语听力 暮光之城•暮色 第305期:第十八章 猎杀(4)

 That sounds very interesting, and welcome. His smile was genial¹.  “这听上去很有趣，我们很受欢迎。”他和蔼地笑着。

We've been on the hunt all the way down from Ontario, and we haven't had the chance to clean up in a while.  “我们从安大略湖过来，一路上都在狩猎，还没有机会停下来梳洗一番。”

His eyes moved appreciatively over Carlisle's refined appearance. 他的目光欣赏地打量着卡莱尔优雅的装束。

Please don't take offense², but we'd appreciate it if you'd refrain from hunting in this immediate³ area.  “请不要客气，但如果你们能尽量克制避免就近在这个地区狩猎，我们会非常感激的。

We have to stay inconspicuous, you understand, Carlisle explained. 我们要待在这里，得不引人注目，你能明白的。”卡莱尔解释道。

Of course. Laurent nodded. We certainly won't encroach on your territory. We just ate outside of Seattle, anyway,  “当然。”劳伦点点头。“我们确实不想侵占你们的领地。无论如何，我们会在西雅图之外进食。”

he laughed. A shiver ran up my spine⁴. 他大笑起来。一阵战栗滑过我的脊背。

We'll show you the way if you'd like to run with us — Emmett and Alice,  “我们会给你们指路，如果你们愿意和我们一起奔跑的话——艾美特和爱丽丝，

you can go with Edward and Bella to get the Jeep, he casually⁵ added. 你们跟爱德华和贝拉一起坐越野车走。”他若无其事地补充道。

Three things seemed to happen simultaneously⁶ while Carlisle was speaking. 在卡莱尔说话的当儿，有三件事碰巧同时发生了。

My hair ruffled⁷ with the light breeze, Edward stiffened⁸, and the second male, James, 我的头发被微风吹乱了，爱德华僵住了，而第二个男人，詹姆斯，

suddenly whipped his head around, scrutinizing⁹ me, his nostrils¹⁰ flaring¹¹. 忽然转过头来，审视着我，他的鼻孔张大了。 

A swift rigidity¹² fell on all of them as James lurched one step forward into a crouch¹³. 当詹姆斯蜷下腰向我踏出第一步的时候，所有人都迅速地僵直起来。

Edward bared his teeth, crouching¹⁴ in defense¹⁵, a feral snarl¹⁶ ripping from his throat. 爱德华露出牙齿，防备地蜷下腰，一阵狂野的咆哮冲出了他的喉头。

It was nothing like the playful sounds I'd heard from him this morning;  这完全不像今天早上我听到的他那种玩闹的咆哮。

it was the single most menacing thing I had ever heard, and chills ran from the crown of my head to the back of my heels. 这绝对是我所听过的最具威胁性的声音。一阵寒意从我的头顶一直传到我的脚后跟。

1 genial   

adj.亲切的，和蔼的，愉快的，脾气好的

参考例句：

• Orlando is a genial man.奥兰多是一位和蔼可亲的人。
• He was a warm-hearted friend and genial host.他是个热心的朋友，也是友善待客的主人。

2 offense   

n.犯规，违法行为；冒犯，得罪

参考例句：

• I hope you will not take any offense at my words. 对我讲的话请别见怪。
• His words gave great offense to everybody present.他的发言冲犯了在场的所有人。

3 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。

4 spine   

n.脊柱，脊椎；(动植物的)刺；书脊

参考例句：

• He broke his spine in a fall from a horse.他从马上跌下摔断了脊梁骨。
• His spine developed a slight curve.他的脊柱有点弯曲。

5 casually   

adv.漠不关心地，无动于衷地，不负责任地

参考例句：

• She remarked casually that she was changing her job.她当时漫不经心地说要换工作。
• I casually mentioned that I might be interested in working abroad.我不经意地提到我可能会对出国工作感兴趣。

6 simultaneously   

adv.同时发生地，同时进行地

参考例句：

• The radar beam can track a number of targets almost simultaneously.雷达波几乎可以同时追着多个目标。
• The Windows allow a computer user to execute multiple programs simultaneously.Windows允许计算机用户同时运行多个程序。

7 ruffled   

adj. 有褶饰边的, 起皱的 动词ruffle的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• She ruffled his hair affectionately. 她情意绵绵地拨弄着他的头发。
• All this talk of a strike has clearly ruffled the management's feathers. 所有这些关于罢工的闲言碎语显然让管理层很不高兴。

8 stiffened   

加强的

参考例句：

• He leaned towards her and she stiffened at this invasion of her personal space. 他向她俯过身去，这种侵犯她个人空间的举动让她绷紧了身子。
• She stiffened with fear. 她吓呆了。

9 scrutinizing   

v.仔细检查，详审( scrutinize的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• His grandfather's stern eyes were scrutinizing him, and Chueh-hui felt his face reddening. 祖父的严厉的眼光射在他的脸上。 来自汉英文学 - 家（1-26） - 家（1-26）
• The machine hushed, extraction and injection nozzles poised, scrutinizing its targets. 机器“嘘”地一声静了下来，输入输出管道各就各位，检查着它的目标。 来自互联网

10 nostrils   

鼻孔( nostril的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Her nostrils flared with anger. 她气得两个鼻孔都鼓了起来。
• The horse dilated its nostrils. 马张大鼻孔。

11 flaring   

a.火焰摇曳的，过份艳丽的

参考例句：

• A vulgar flaring paper adorned the walls. 墙壁上装饰着廉价的花纸。
• Goebbels was flaring up at me. 戈塔尔当时已对我面呈愠色。

12 rigidity   

adj.钢性，坚硬

参考例句：

• The rigidity of the metal caused it to crack.这金属因刚度强而产生裂纹。
• He deplored the rigidity of her views.他痛感她的观点僵化。

13 crouch   

v.蹲伏，蜷缩，低头弯腰；n.蹲伏

参考例句：

• I crouched on the ground.我蹲在地上。
• He crouched down beside him.他在他的旁边蹲下来。

14 crouching   

v.屈膝，蹲伏( crouch的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• a hulking figure crouching in the darkness 黑暗中蹲伏着的一个庞大身影
• A young man was crouching by the table, busily searching for something. 一个年轻人正蹲在桌边翻看什么。 来自汉英文学 - 散文英译

15 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

16 snarl   

v.吼叫，怒骂，纠缠，混乱；n.混乱，缠结，咆哮

参考例句：

• At the seaside we could hear the snarl of the waves.在海边我们可以听见波涛的咆哮。
• The traffic was all in a snarl near the accident.事故发生处附近交通一片混乱。