巴斯克威尔的猎犬 巴斯克维尔庄园（4）

 

The journey was a swift and pleasant one, and I spent it in making the more intimateacquaintance of my two companions and in playing with Dr. Mortimer's spaniel. In a very fewhours the brown earth had become ruddy, the brick had changed to granite¹, and red cows grazed inwell-hedged fields where the lush grasses and more luxuriant vegetation spoke² of a richer, if adamper, climate. Young Baskerville stared eagerly out of the window and cried aloud with delightas he recognized the familar features of the Devon scenery.

这真是一趟既迅速而又愉快的旅行， 在这段时间里， 我和我的两位同伴搞得较前更加亲密了， 有时还和摩梯末医生的长耳獚犬嬉戏。 车行几小时以后， 棕色的大地慢慢变成了红色，砖房换成了石头建筑物， 枣红色的牛群在用树篱围得好好的地里吃着草， 青葱的草地和极其茂密的菜园说明， 这里的气候湿润而易于获得丰收。年轻的巴斯克维尔热切地向窗外眺望着，他一认出了德文郡熟悉的风景， 就高兴得叫了起来。

"I've been over a good part of the world since I left it, Dr. Watson," said he; "but I have neverseen a place to compare with it."

“自从离开这里以后， 我曾到过世界上很多地方， 华生医生，” 他说道，“可是， 我从来没有见过一个地方能和这里相比。”

"l never saw a Devonshire man who did not swear by his county," I remarked.

“我还从没有见到过一个不赞美故乡 的德文郡人呢。” 我说道。

"It depends upon the breed of men quite as much as on the county," said Dr. Mortimer. "Aglance at our friend here reveals the rounded head of the Celt, which carries inside it the Celticenthusiasm and power of attachment³. Poor Sir Charles's head was of a very rare type, half Gaelic,half Ivernian in its characteristics. But you were very young when you last saw Baskerville Hall,were you not?"

“不光是本郡的地理条件， 就是本地的人也是不凡呢。” 摩梯末医生说道，“试看我们这位朋友， 他那圆圆的头颅就是属于凯尔特型的， 里面充满着凯尔特人的强烈的感情。 可怜的查尔兹爵士的头颅则属于一种非常稀有的典型， 他的特点是一半象盖尔人， 一半象爱弗人。

以前看到巴斯克维尔庄园的时候， 您还很年轻呢， 是不是？ ”

1 granite   

adj.花岗岩，花岗石

参考例句：

• They squared a block of granite.他们把一块花岗岩加工成四方形。
• The granite overlies the older rocks.花岗岩躺在磨损的岩石上面。

2 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。

3 attachment   

n.附属物，附件；依恋；依附

参考例句：

• She has a great attachment to her sister.她十分依恋她的姐姐。
• She's on attachment to the Ministry of Defense.她现在隶属于国防部。