欧美文化博览 文森特·凡· 高传(12)（在线收听）

Vincent never said a word.

文森特从没有说过一个字。

When it finally came out unamazed Eugenie informed him that she was already secretly engaged to a previous lodger,

最终消息传出，不怎么感到惊讶的尤金告诉他,她已经秘密地与前一位房客订婚,

an engineer called Samuel Ploughman.

这是一位名叫萨穆埃尔·普拉格曼的工程师。

The effect on Vincent of this firm and terrible rejection was devastating.

这个坚定而糟糕的拒绝对于文森特的影响是毁灭性的。

When Eugenie rejected him, Vincent did what many before him have done and will always do.

当尤金拒绝他的时候, 文森特做了在自己面前总能做的许多事。

He found religion.

他用宗教给自己解脱。

He didn't have to look very far.

他看起来不是很远。

It was already there in his blood, his upbringing.

这已经在他的血液中,在他的成长环境中形成。

He started reading the Bible at nights, puffing away his pipe, coming home early from work.

他开始在晚上阅读圣经,吸着烟斗,而且很早就下班回家。

He'd go to Salvation Army meetings at Elephant and Castle,

他还曾经去过大象城堡的救世军会议。

hang around the soup kitchens and the prayer halls, sinking ever deeper into a melancholy love stupor.

徘徊在厨房,祈祷大厅，因为爱情麻木带来的忧郁越陷越深。

His work was now going so badly that his bosses decided to transfer him again to Paris.

他的工作现表现如此之差以致于他的老板们决定把他再弄到巴黎。

This is the old Goupil Headquarters in Paris where Vincent was made head of pictures.

这是古旧的在巴黎的古皮尔总部,文森特在这里负责照片。