英语听力 暮光之城•暮色 第248期:第十四章 精神胜于物质（17）

 "I'm trying," he whispered, his voice pained. “我在尝试。”他耳语道，他的声音充满了痛苦。

"If it gets to be... too much, I'm fairly sure I'll be able to leave." “如果情况变得……太过头。我相当肯定我能够离开。”

I scowled¹. I didn't like the talk of leaving. 我皱起眉。我不喜欢谈到离开。

"And it will be harder tomorrow," he continued. “而明天这会变得更加艰难，”他继续说道。

"I've had the scent² of you in my head all day, and I've grown amazingly desensitized. “今天一整天我的脑子里都是你的味道，我变得很不敏感了。

If I'm away from you for any length of time, I'll have to start over again. 如果我离开你一段时间的话，我又得从头开始了。

Not quite from scratch, though, I think." 不过，我想，至少不算是从零开始。”

"Don't go away, then," I responded, unable to hide the longing³ in my voice. “那就别离开。”我答道，无法藏起我声音里的渴望。

"That suits me," he replied, his face relaxing into a gentle smile. “这正合我意。”他回应道，他的脸放松下来，变成一个温柔的微笑。

"Bring on the shackles⁴ — I'm your prisoner." “戴上枷锁——我是你的囚徒。”

But his long hands formed manacles around my wrists as he spoke⁵. 但当他说着的时候，他长长的手臂环住了我的腰，形成了一个铁箍。

He laughed his quiet, musical laugh. 他安静地笑起来，笑声有如天籁。

He'd laughed more tonight than I'd ever heard in all the time I'd spent with him. 他今晚笑得很多，比我和他在一起的所有时间里我所听到的还要多。

"You seem more... optimistic than usual," I observed. "I haven't seen you like this before." “你似乎……比平常更乐观了。”我评论道。“我之前从没见过你像这样。”

"Isn't it supposed to be like this?" He smiled. “不应该像这样吗？”他笑着说。

"The glory of first love, and all that. “初恋的荣耀，还有所有的这一切。

It's incredible⁶, isn't it, the difference between reading about something, seeing it in the pictures, and experiencing it?" 这简直难以置信，不是吗，经历过，与读到过，和在画里看到过，是如此的不一样？”

"Very different," I agreed. "More forceful than I'd imagined." “非常不一样，”我赞同道。“比我想象过的还有强烈得多。”

1 scowled   

怒视，生气地皱眉( scowl的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He scowled his displeasure. 他满脸嗔色。
• The teacher scowled at his noisy class. 老师对他那喧闹的课堂板着脸。

2 scent   

n.气味，香味，香水，线索，嗅觉；v.嗅，发觉

参考例句：

• The air was filled with the scent of lilac.空气中弥漫着丁香花的芬芳。
• The flowers give off a heady scent at night.这些花晚上散发出醉人的芳香。

3 longing   

n.（for）渴望

参考例句：

• Hearing the tune again sent waves of longing through her.再次听到那首曲子使她胸中充满了渴望。
• His heart burned with longing for revenge.他心中燃烧着急欲复仇的怒火。

4 shackles   

手铐( shackle的名词复数 )； 脚镣； 束缚； 羁绊

参考例句：

• a country struggling to free itself from the shackles of colonialism 为摆脱殖民主义的枷锁而斗争的国家
• The cars of the train are coupled together by shackles. 火车的车厢是用钩链连接起来的。

5 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。

6 incredible   

adj.难以置信的，不可信的，极好的，大量的

参考例句：

• Some planets run at incredible speed.某些星球以难以置信的速度运行着。
• Her answer showed the most incredible stupidity.她的回答显示出不可思议的愚蠢。