英语听力 暮光之城·暮色 第390期:第二十五章 一触即发(15)

 　　You promised, he objected. “你保证过的。”他反对道。

　　I know. “我知道。”

　　What's the problem? “这有什么问题吗？”

　　I knew he thought it was mere¹ embarrassment² holding me back. I think it will make you mad or sad. 我知道，他认为是尴尬让我退缩的。“我猜这一定会让你发疯的——或者悲伤。”

　　His brows pulled together over his eyes as he thought that through. I still want to know. Please? 当他思索着这个想法的时候，他的额头皱在了一起。“我还是想要知道。求你了？”

　　I sighed. He waited. 我叹了口气。他等待着。

　　Well… I assumed it was some kind of… occasion. But I didn't think it would be some trite³ human thing… prom! I scoffed⁴. “嗯……我假定这是某种……场合。但我不认为那是某种平庸的人类活动……舞会！”嘲弄道。

　　Human? he asked flatly. He'd picked up on the key word. “人类？”他冷淡地问道。他抓住了关键词。

　　I looked down at my dress, fidgeting with a stray piece of chiffon. He waited in silence. 我低下头看着自己的裙子，烦躁不安地抓起一片迷路的薄纱。他沉默地等待着。

　　Okay, I confessed in a rush. So I was hoping that you might have changed your mind… that you were going to change me, after all. “好吧。”我一吐为快。“我希望你也许已经改变心意了……你终于打算转变我了。”

　　A dozen emotions played across his face. Some I recognized: anger… pain… and then he seemed to collect himself and his expression became amused. 许多情绪在他脸上一闪而过。有些我能辨认出来：愤怒……痛苦……然后他似乎控制住了自己，然后他的表情变得有趣起来。

1 mere   

adj.纯粹的；仅仅，只不过

参考例句：

• That is a mere repetition of what you said before.那不过是重复了你以前讲的话。
• It's a mere waste of time waiting any longer.再等下去纯粹是浪费时间。

2 embarrassment   

n.尴尬；使人为难的人(事物)；障碍；窘迫

参考例句：

• She could have died away with embarrassment.她窘迫得要死。
• Coughing at a concert can be a real embarrassment.在音乐会上咳嗽真会使人难堪。

3 trite   

adj.陈腐的

参考例句：

• The movie is teeming with obvious and trite ideas.这部电影充斥着平铺直叙的陈腐观点。
• Yesterday,in the restaurant,Lorraine had seemed trite,blurred,worn away.昨天在饭店里，洛兰显得庸俗、堕落、衰老了。

4 scoffed   

嘲笑，嘲弄( scoff的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He scoffed at our amateurish attempts. 他对我们不在行的尝试嗤之以鼻。
• A hundred years ago people scoffed at the idea. 一百年前人们曾嘲笑过这种想法。