双语有声阅读：火车上沉默的男孩

 A Silent Boy on the Train

 

火车上沉默的男孩

The first time I saw him I realized I had seen him before ,though exactly why i had not realy seen him before this "first time",i do not know.

 

第一次看到他的时候，我就感觉到我们曾经在哪儿见过，但我不明白为什么我们以前竟然没见过面。

Probably I was too busy with the plot of the story I was writing or a line in a poem I was composing.

或许是因为我正忙着构思小说，抑或正沉醉于润色某一行诗句。

Yet I had noted¹ generally all the others—with their caps askew² and their school sathels haning at various lengthes from their shoulders.

我却像往常一样注意到了其他人——那些外带着学生帽，斜挎着书包的学生们。

I had heard them too –the laughing,the whispering,the compressed exuberance³ of youth in a too small space ,the carriage of a buss.

 

不仅如此，我还听到他们的笑声，他们的窃窃私语声，目睹了他们那被压缩在这节狭小的火车车厢里的旺盛的青春活力。

It was the year I was living in England. Every day I would go back and forth⁴ from Hertfordshire to London by train.

那一年，我住在英国。每天，我都要乘坐火车来往于赫特福德郡和伦敦之间。

The journey took about half an hour each way. Every morning a group of schoolboys would board the bus and ride for fifteen to twenty minutes .

这段路程每趟大约要花费一个小时的时间。每天早晨，都会有一群男孩子乘坐这趟火车去上学，大约需要15~20分钟。

I was aware of them , but not acutely so . in the beginning they seemed but a noisy blur⁵. Other passengers on the bus did not seem to notice them at all ,they continue to doze⁶, look out the windows or bury themselves in their favorite newspapers.

我已经注意到了他们的存在，但并没有对他们给予太多的关注。开始的时候，他们似乎只是一个个不起眼的吵吵嚷嚷的小斑点，并没有引起人们太多的注意，车上的其他乘客好像根本没有注意到他们似地，有的打瞌睡，有的茫然地望着窗外，有的则藏在报纸后面专心致志地看着新闻。

Then one day I saw him,a tiny figure bundle up warmly against the city’s autumn weather.

就这样，终于有一天，我看到了他——一个瘦小的男孩子。他把自己紧紧地过载衣服里，抵御着乡下秋天日渐寒冷的天气。

I realized immediately that I had seen him many times before, always in the same place, the seat directly opposite my own.

我立即就意识到我曾经不止一次地见过他，而且都是在同一个地方——我的座位正对面的那个位置。

I smiled at him,having looked up, momentarily from the poem which I was trying to write.

顿时，思绪从我正在构思的一首诗里回转过来，我抬起头，微笑地看着他。

His wide , dark eyes blinked in shyness, I thought, and he turnde his head to gaze out the window for the rest of the journey.

而他呢，也许是见我在看他的缘故，一双乌溜溜的大眼睛扑闪着，流露出羞涩的神情（我是这么想的），然后，把头转向车窗。在剩下的路途里，他就这样一直望着窗外。

The next day I found myself waiting for him to get on the train. At last he came with the others, yet seemingly apart from them.

第二天，当我上了火车后，我竟然不由自主地向对面的车座看去——他还没来。这是，我才发现自己竟然是那么期待他登上这趟火车。

He was surrounded by them, yet divorced from them. He seemed to carry his own special world with him a world of one, a world of silence , or so I mused⁷ as I watched.

最终他还是和大家一起来了，却显得与众不同——虽然他被环绕在他们中间，却和他们显得格格不入。他似乎沉浸在自己那个独特的世界 --- 一个孤独，寂静的世界里，或者说我冷眼看上去是那么回事。

The others jostled and poked⁸ on another. Their behavior toward him was gentle when they noticed him. But no one spoke⁹ to him.

其他的学生则你推我一下，我挤你一下，互相嬉闹着。然而，当他们注意到他走过来时，对他的举止却变得彬彬有礼起来。但是没人和他讲话。

Quietly and deliberately¹⁰ he made his way to his usual seat. I kept my eyes on him.

他平平静静，从容不迫地径直走向平时所坐的那个座位，而我则一直在看着他。

"Hello,” I said brightly,”I have been waiting foy you.”

“嗨，你好，”我热情地向他打招呼，“我一直在这儿等你。”

1 noted   

adj.著名的，知名的

参考例句：

• The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
• Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。

2 askew   

adv.斜地；adj.歪斜的

参考例句：

• His glasses had been knocked askew by the blow.他的眼镜一下子被打歪了。
• Her hat was slightly askew.她的帽子戴得有点斜。

3 exuberance   

n.丰富；繁荣

参考例句：

• Her burst of exuberance and her brightness overwhelmed me.她勃发的热情和阳光的性格征服了我。
• The sheer exuberance of the sculpture was exhilarating.那尊雕塑表现出的勃勃生机让人振奋。

4 forth   

adv.向前；向外，往外

参考例句：

• The wind moved the trees gently back and forth.风吹得树轻轻地来回摇晃。
• He gave forth a series of works in rapid succession.他很快连续发表了一系列的作品。

5 blur   

n.模糊不清的事物；vt.使模糊，使看不清楚

参考例句：

• The houses appeared as a blur in the mist.房子在薄雾中隐隐约约看不清。
• If you move your eyes and your head,the picture will blur.如果你的眼睛或头动了，图像就会变得模糊不清。

6 doze   

v.打瞌睡；n.打盹，假寐

参考例句：

• He likes to have a doze after lunch.他喜欢午饭后打个盹。
• While the adults doze,the young play.大人们在打瞌睡，而孩子们在玩耍。

7 mused   

v.沉思，冥想( muse的过去式和过去分词 )；沉思自语说（某事）

参考例句：

• \"I wonder if I shall ever see them again, \"he mused. “我不知道是否还可以再见到他们，”他沉思自问。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• \"Where are we going from here?\" mused one of Rutherford's guests. 卢瑟福的一位客人忍不住说道：‘我们这是在干什么？” 来自英汉非文学 - 科学史

8 poked   

v.伸出( poke的过去式和过去分词 )；戳出；拨弄；与（某人）性交

参考例句：

• She poked him in the ribs with her elbow. 她用胳膊肘顶他的肋部。
• His elbow poked out through his torn shirt sleeve. 他的胳膊从衬衫的破袖子中露了出来。 来自《简明英汉词典》

9 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

10 deliberately   

adv.审慎地；蓄意地；故意地

参考例句：

• The girl gave the show away deliberately.女孩故意泄露秘密。
• They deliberately shifted off the argument.他们故意回避这个论点。