《童话镇》第260期:净化她的灵魂

 Is this about that girl I met on the road? 是因为我在路上遇见的那姑娘吗

What was her name? Margie? Verna? 她叫什么名字 玛吉 维尔纳

Belle¹. 贝儿

Right. Well, you can rest assured I had nothing to do with that tragedy. 没错 你放心  这场悲剧与我无关

What tragedy? 什么悲剧

You don't know? 你还不知道

After she got home... her fiance had gone missing. 她回家乡后 发现未婚夫失踪了

And after her stay here, her... "association" with you, no one would want her, of course. 鉴于她在这的经历 鉴于她 和你的"关系" 当然没人愿意娶她

Her father shunned² her, cut her off, shut her out. 她父亲拒绝见她 和她断绝往来  拒之门外

So she needs... a home? 所以她现在需要一个家

He was cruel to her.  他对她毫不留情

He locked her in a tower and sent in clerics to cleanse³ her soul with scourges⁴ and flaying⁵. 把她锁在高塔之上 让牧师用鞭笞和斥骂 净化她的灵魂

After a while, she threw herself off the tower. 没过多久  她就自己从塔上跳了下来

She died.  她死了

 

1 belle   

n.靓女

参考例句：

• She was the belle of her Sunday School class.在主日学校她是她们班的班花。
• She was the belle of the ball.她是那个舞会中的美女。

2 shunned   

v.避开，回避，避免( shun的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• She was shunned by her family when she remarried. 她再婚后家里人都躲着她。
• He was a shy man who shunned all publicity. 他是个怕羞的人，总是避开一切引人注目的活动。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 cleanse   

vt.使清洁，使纯洁，清洗

参考例句：

• Health experts are trying to cleanse the air in cities. 卫生专家们正设法净化城市里的空气。
• Fresh fruit juices can also cleanse your body and reduce dark circles.新鲜果汁同样可以清洁你的身体,并对黑眼圈同样有抑制作用。

4 scourges   

带来灾难的人或东西，祸害( scourge的名词复数 )； 鞭子

参考例句：

• Textile workers suffer from three scourges -- noise, dust and humidity. 纱厂工人的三大威胁，就是音响、尘埃和湿气。 来自汉英文学 - 现代散文
• Believe, if Internet remains great scourges, also won't have present dimensions. 相信，如果互联网仍然是洪水猛兽，也不会有现在的规模。

5 flaying   

v.痛打( flay的现在分词 )；把…打得皮开肉绽；剥（通常指动物）的皮；严厉批评

参考例句：

• Every tree doomed to the flaying process was first attacked by Upjohn. 每一棵决定要剥皮的树，首先由厄普约翰开始动手干。 来自辞典例句
• Cannon rolled past, the drivers flaying the thin mules with lengths of rawhide. 后面是辚辚滚动的炮车，赶车的用长长的皮鞭狠狠抽打着羸弱的骡子。 来自飘（部分）