《远大前程》第7章 匹普到达伦敦(4)

Her mother died young． Her father was very rich and very proud,with only one child,Miss Havisham,by his first wife．

她的妈妈年轻时就去世了，她的父亲是个富翁也很高傲，他第一个妻子，只有郝薇香小姐这一个孩子。

Then he married his cook,and had a son by her．

然后，他和他的厨娘结婚，和她有一个儿子，

This son,a half-brother to Miss Havisham,was a bad character,and didn't inherit¹ as much from his father as Miss Havisham did．

这个儿子，对郝薇香小姐来说是同父异母的弟弟，是一个性格很坏的人，从他父亲那里继承的家产远没有郝薇香小姐那么多。

And so perhaps he was angry with her for influencing her father against him．

或许是他生她的气，影响到她父亲反对他。

Anyway，a certain man appeared,and pretended² he was in love with Miss Havisham．

有一个人假装爱上了郝薇香小姐，

She was certainly in love with him，and gave him whatever money he asked for．

她是深深地爱着他，无论什么时候他要钱，她都给他。

My father was the only one of her relations who dared³ to tell her that this man should not be trusted．

我父亲是她亲戚中唯一的一个，他敢告诉她这个人不是真正地爱她。

She was so angry that she ordered my father straight out of the house,and he has never seen her since．

她很生气，以致于下令让我父亲离开她的家。从此，他再也没有见到她。

Her other relations were not interested in her happiness but only in inheriting⁴ her wealth,so they said nothing．

其他的亲戚对她的幸福不感兴趣，只想继承她的财富。

The couple fixed⁵ the wedding day,the guests were invited,the dress and the cake were brought to the house．

因此，他们什么也不说。两人定好结婚的日子，宾客都邀请了，结婚礼服和蛋糕都买回家了。

The day came，but the man did not． He wrote a letter—

可是，结婚这一天到来之际，那人却不见了。他写了一封信—

Which she received at twenty to nine,when she was dressing⁶ for her wedding？ I said．

她是在8点40分收到的，当时她正穿着结婚礼服吧？我说。

Yes，so she stopped the clocks at that moment．She was very ill for a while,and since then has not seen daylight．

不错，在那一时刻她停止了钟表。她一时病得很重，自从那以后再没见过阳光。

People think that her half－brother sent the man to get money from her,and that he shared the profits．

人们认为是她同父异母的弟弟派那个人来向她要钱，他从中得利。

Perhaps he hated her for inheriting most of the Havisham fortune．

也许他恨郝薇香继承的财富太多，

Nobody knows what happened to the two men．So now you know as much as I do！

没有人知道两人发生了什么事情。现在你所知道的和我一样多！

1 inherit   

vt.继承(金钱等)，经遗传而得(性格、特征)

参考例句：

• He intended that his son should inherit his business.他打算让他的儿子继承他的生意。
• We must inherit in a critical way.我们要以批判的方式继承。

2 pretended   

adj.假装的；徒有外表的；传说的；号称的v.假装( pretend的过去式和过去分词 )；伪装；（尤指儿童）（在游戏中）装扮；自诩

参考例句：

• He pretended that resigning was part of his long-term career strategy. 他假装辞职是他长远事业规划的一部分。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He politely pretended not to have heard this remark. 他有礼貌地假装没有听到这句话。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 dared   

v.敢( dare的过去式和过去分词 )；敢做；激（某人做某事）；问（某人）有没有胆量（做某事）

参考例句：

• She said it as loudly as she dared. 她壮着胆子大声说了出来。
• I wouldn't have dared to defy my teachers. 我可不敢不听老师的话。

4 inheriting   

v.继承( inherit的现在分词 )；经遗传获得（品质、身体特征等）接替（责任等），继任

参考例句：

• The two brothers split on inheriting the legacy of their parents. 两兄弟为继承父母的遗产而闹翻。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Nothing can clear Mr. Collins from the guilt of inheriting Longbourn. 柯林斯先生继承了浪博恩的产业，他这桩罪过是什么也洗不清的。 来自辞典例句

5 fixed   

adj.固定的，不变的，准备好的；(计算机)固定的

参考例句：

• Have you two fixed on a date for the wedding yet?你们俩选定婚期了吗？
• Once the aim is fixed,we should not change it arbitrarily.目标一旦确定，我们就不应该随意改变。

6 dressing   

n.(食物)调料；包扎伤口的用品，敷料

参考例句：

• Don't spend such a lot of time in dressing yourself.别花那么多时间来打扮自己。
• The children enjoy dressing up in mother's old clothes.孩子们喜欢穿上妈妈旧时的衣服玩。