英语听力 暮光之城·暮色 第380期:第二十五章 一触即发(5)

 　　I gritted¹ my teeth. How Tyler could be so delusional², I couldn't imagine.  我咬紧了牙。我想象不出来，泰勒怎么能这么爱妄想。

　　At school, where Charlie couldn't interfere³, Edward and I were inseparable except for those rare sunny days. 在学校里，查理根本干涉不到，所以爱德华和我简直形影不离——除了那些罕见的阳光灿烂的日子。

　　We were at the school now; Rosalie's red convertible⁴ was conspicuous⁵ in the parking lot.  现在我们到了学校。罗莎莉那辆火红的敞篷车在停车场里格外显眼。

　　The clouds were thin today, a few streaks⁶ of sunlight escaping through far away in the west. 今天的云层很稀薄，几缕阳光从云层里溜出来，落在遥远的西边。

　　He got out and walked around the car to open my door. He held out his hand. 他下了车，绕过车子，替我开了门。他伸出了 。

　　I sat stubbornly in my seat, arms folded, feeling a secret twinge of smugness. The lot was crowded with people in formal dress: witnesses.  我固执地坐在座位上，交叠着胳膊，感到一阵隐秘的装模作样的矜持带来的刺痛。停车场里挤满了穿着正装的人们，

　　He couldn't remove me forcibly from the car as he might have if we'd been alone. 他们都是目击证人。他没法像我们独处时那样把我强行抱出车外。

　　He sighed. "When someone wants to kill you, you're brave as a lion and then when someone mentions dancing…" He shook his head. 他叹了口气。“当有人要杀你的时候，你勇敢得像头狮子——然后，当有人提到跳舞的时候……”他摇着头。

　　I gulped⁷. Dancing. 我吞咽了一下。跳舞。

　　"Bella, I won't let anything hurt you not even yourself. I won't let go of you once, I promise." “贝拉，我不会让任何东西伤害你的——哪怕是你自己。我一次都不会放开你的，我保证。”

　　I thought about that and suddenly felt much better. He could see that in my face. 我思考着这些，忽然感觉好些了。他能从我脸上看出来。

　　"There, now," he said gently, "it won't be so bad." He leaned down and wrapped one arm around my waist. I took his other hand and let him lift me from the car. “你瞧，现在，”他温柔地说道。“这没那么糟。”他俯下身来，一只胳膊挽住我的腰。我抓住他另一只手，让他把我抱出车外。

　　He kept his arm tightly around me, supporting me as I limped toward the school. 他的胳膊紧紧地环绕着我，扶着我一瘸一拐地向学校走去。

　　In Phoenix⁸, they held proms in hotel ballrooms⁹. This dance was in the gym, of course. It was probably the only room in town big enough for a dance.  在凤凰城的时候，他们都在酒店宴会厅里举行舞会。当然，这场舞会在体育馆里举行。这很有可能是镇上唯一一间大得能容纳一个舞会的房间。

　　When we got inside, I giggled¹⁰. There were actual balloon arches and twisted garlands of pastel crepe paper festooning the walls. 当我们走进去的时候，我吃吃地傻笑起来。这里有货真价实的气球拱门，还有用蜡光纸折成的花环装饰着墙面。

　　"This looks like a horror movie waiting to happen," I snickered. “看上去像一场惊悚电影正等着发生。”我窃笑着。

　　"Well," he muttered as we slowly approached the ticket table he was carrying most of my weight,  “好吧，”当我们慢慢地走向检票台时，他低声说道——他支撑着我大部分的体重，但我依然不得不拖着脚，

　　but I still had to shuffle¹¹ and wobble my feet forward "there are more than enough vampires¹² present." 摇摇晃晃地向前走着——“这里的吸血鬼多得足够了。”

1 gritted   

v.以沙砾覆盖（某物），撒沙砾于( grit的过去式和过去分词 )；咬紧牙关

参考例句：

• He gritted his teeth and plunged into the cold weather. 他咬咬牙，冲向寒冷的天气。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• The young policeman gritted his teeth and walked slowly towards the armed criminal. 年轻警官强忍住怒火，朝武装歹徒慢慢走过去。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 delusional   

妄想的

参考例句：

• You became delusional and attacked several people trying to escape. 你产生了错觉并攻击了许多人还试图逃走。 来自电影对白
• He is incoherent, delusional, suffering auditory hallucinations. 他出现无逻辑的，妄想的，幻听的症状。 来自电影对白

3 interfere   

v.(in)干涉，干预；(with)妨碍，打扰

参考例句：

• If we interfere, it may do more harm than good.如果我们干预的话，可能弊多利少。
• When others interfere in the affair,it always makes troubles. 别人一卷入这一事件，棘手的事情就来了。

4 convertible   

adj.可改变的，可交换，同意义的；n.有活动摺篷的汽车

参考例句：

• The convertible sofa means that the apartment can sleep four.有了这张折叠沙发，公寓里可以睡下4个人。
• That new white convertible is totally awesome.那辆新的白色折篷汽车简直棒极了。

5 conspicuous   

adj.明眼的，惹人注目的；炫耀的，摆阔气的

参考例句：

• It is conspicuous that smoking is harmful to health.很明显，抽烟对健康有害。
• Its colouring makes it highly conspicuous.它的色彩使它非常惹人注目。

6 streaks   

n.（与周围有所不同的）条纹( streak的名词复数 )；（通常指不好的）特征（倾向）；（不断经历成功或失败的）一段时期v.快速移动( streak的第三人称单数 )；使布满条纹

参考例句：

• streaks of grey in her hair 她头上的绺绺白发
• Bacon has streaks of fat and streaks of lean. 咸肉中有几层肥的和几层瘦的。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

7 gulped   

v.狼吞虎咽地吃，吞咽( gulp的过去式和过去分词 )；大口地吸（气）；哽住

参考例句：

• He gulped down the rest of his tea and went out. 他把剩下的茶一饮而尽便出去了。
• She gulped nervously, as if the question bothered her. 她紧张地咽了一下，似乎那问题把她难住了。 来自《简明英汉词典》

8 phoenix   

n.凤凰，长生(不死)鸟；引申为重生

参考例句：

• The airline rose like a phoenix from the ashes.这家航空公司又起死回生了。
• The phoenix worship of China is fetish worship not totem adoration.中国凤崇拜是灵物崇拜而非图腾崇拜。

9 ballrooms   

n.舞厅( ballroom的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• It was performed in fashionable Casino ballrooms. 人们在时髦的娱乐舞厅里跳这种舞蹈。 来自互联网
• Some settled into ballrooms or theaters or hotels for weeks or months at a time. 有的乐队在舞厅、剧院或旅馆作数月甚至数月的逗留。 来自互联网

10 giggled   

v.咯咯地笑( giggle的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The girls giggled at the joke. 女孩子们让这笑话逗得咯咯笑。
• The children giggled hysterically. 孩子们歇斯底里地傻笑。 来自《简明英汉词典》

11 shuffle   

n.拖著脚走，洗纸牌；v.拖曳，慢吞吞地走

参考例句：

• I wish you'd remember to shuffle before you deal.我希望在你发牌前记得洗牌。
• Don't shuffle your feet along.别拖着脚步走。

12 vampires   

n.吸血鬼( vampire的名词复数 )；吸血蝠；高利贷者；（舞台上的）活板门

参考例句：

• The most effective weapon against the vampires is avampire itself. 对付吸血鬼最有效的武器就是吸血鬼自己。 来自电影对白
• If vampires existed, don`t you think we would`ve found them by now? 如果真有吸血鬼，那我们怎么还没有找到他们呢？ 来自电影对白