《至爱梵高·星空之谜》精讲 画布太贵了

Marguerite said the brother came here.

玛格丽特说他弟弟来过这儿

Did you meet him?

你见到了吗

No,

没有

I heard he came at Gachets invitation.

但我听说他是加歇邀请来的

Vincent was always saying that they might come here.

文森特经常说他家里会来人

Always checking if we had rooms at weekends,

他总是来看看我们周末还有没有空房

but they never did come.

但他们从没有来过

So did Vincent visit them ever?

那文森特去找过他们吗

No, you know he'd spend hours on hours

没有 你也知道他只是花很多时间

writing those letters to his brother

给他弟弟写信

when he could've just hopped¹ on a train.

可他明明坐火车就能见到人

Oh no, he did go once.

哦 对了 他确实去过一次

He said his brother's baby was ill.

他说他弟弟的孩子生病了

But, I don't think the visit went that well.

但那次会面好像不太愉快

Why not?

此话怎讲

The lea towels.

从抹布的事儿就能看出来

He said that canvasses² were too expensive.

他告诉我这些画布太贵了

More.

多拿一点

And so now he's only gonna paint on these old rags³.

所以他打算只在旧抹布上画画

1 hopped   

跳上[下]( hop的过去式和过去分词 )； 单足蹦跳； 齐足（或双足）跳行； 摘葎草花

参考例句：

• He hopped onto a car and wanted to drive to town. 他跳上汽车想开向市区。
• He hopped into a car and drove to town. 他跳进汽车，向市区开去。

2 canvasses   

n.检票员，游说者，推销员( canvass的名词复数 )v.（在政治方面）游说( canvass的第三人称单数 )；调查（如选举前选民的）意见；为讨论而提出（意见等）；详细检查

参考例句：

• He canvasses by singing, and the votes have really increased a lot. 他唱歌为自己拉票，票数还真是增长了不少呢。 来自互联网
• Even the canvasses on the restaurant's walls are up for sale. 连餐厅墙上的绘画作品也能出售。 来自互联网

3 rags   

n.破旧衣服；破布( rag的名词复数 )；碎布；破旧衣服；（质量差的）报纸

参考例句：

• skeletal figures dressed in rags 衣衫褴褛、骨瘦如柴的人
• He went from rags to riches in only three years. 他仅用了三年就从赤贫变成了巨富。 来自《简明英汉词典》