欧美文化博览 文森特·凡· 高传(13)

Vincent had found a room up here in Montmartre.

文森特在蒙马特找到了一个房间。

Montmartre means the hill of martyrs², and a martyr¹ is definitely what he now fancied himself to be.

蒙马特意味着烈士之山,而他现在绝对认为自己是位烈士。

He spent every evening up in that little room, reading the Bible and praying feverishly³.

他每天晚上的时间都花在那个小房间里,阅读圣经和狂热祈祷。

Get rid of all your books, he wrote to Theo, and keep only the Bible.

扔掉你所有的书,他写信给西奥,只保留《圣经》。

Goupil employees were expected to work over Christmas.

葛普丽员工会在圣诞节期间工作。

It was the busiest selling period of the year.

这是一年中最繁忙的销售旺季。

But without telling anybody, Vincent bunked⁴ off at Christmas that year and spent it in Holland with his family.

但是没有告诉任何人,文森特在圣诞节那一年没有工作,在荷兰与他的家人相聚。

When he returned to Paris, he was summoned into the boss’s office and asked to resign.

当他返回巴黎,他被叫到老板的办公室,要求辞职。

Goupils gave him three months notice which was generous of them.

葛普丽给了他三个月观察期以显示公司的慷慨。

Vincent had been reading the English papers in Paris, looking through the classifieds for a job.

而文森特在巴黎一直读英文报纸,通过分类找寻工作。

1 martyr   

n.烈士，殉难者；vt.杀害，折磨，牺牲

参考例句：

• The martyr laid down his life for the cause of national independence.这位烈士是为了民族独立的事业而献身的。
• The newspaper carried the martyr's photo framed in black.报上登载了框有黑边的烈士遗像。

2 martyrs   

n.martyr的复数形式；烈士( martyr的名词复数 )；殉道者；殉教者；乞怜者（向人诉苦以博取同情）

参考例句：

• the early Christian martyrs 早期基督教殉道者
• They paid their respects to the revolutionary martyrs. 他们向革命烈士致哀。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

3 feverishly   

adv. 兴奋地

参考例句：

• Feverishly he collected his data. 他拼命收集资料。
• The company is having to cast around feverishly for ways to cut its costs. 公司迫切须要想出各种降低成本的办法。

4 bunked   

v.（车、船等倚壁而设的）铺位( bunk的过去式和过去分词 )；空话，废话

参考例句：

• He bunked with a friend for the night. 他和一个朋友同睡一张床过夜。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• We bunked in an old barn. 我们将就着睡在旧谷仓里。 来自辞典例句