CHAPTER1 第一章-双语名著无障碍阅读丛书——《简·爱Jane Eyre》

CHAPTER 1 Folds of scarlet drapery shut in my view to the right hand;to the left were the clear panes of glass,protecting,but not separating me from the drear November day.At intervals,while turning over the leaves in my book,I studied the aspect of that winter afternoon.Afar, it offered a pale blank of mist and cloud;near,a scene of wet lawn and storm-beat shrub4,with ceaseless rain sweeping away wildly before a long and lamentable5 blast. John Reed was a schoolboy of fourteen years old;four years older than I,for I was but ten;large and stout for his age,with a dingy and unwholesome skin;thick lineaments in a spacious visage,heavy limbs and large extremities.He gorged himself habitually at table, which made him bilious,and gave him a dim and bleared eye with flabby cheeks.He ought now to have been at school;but his mamma had taken him home for a month or two.'on account ofu his delicate health'.Mr Miles,the master,affirmed that he would do very well if he had fewer cakes and sweetmeats sent him from home;but the ·002· 第一 章 ①scarlet'skatlit/a.深红色 绯红色窗幔的皱褶挡住了我右侧的视线： 的 2 drapery/'dreiparln.韩帐， 左侧是明亮的玻璃窗，保护着我，使我既免受 布料 十一月阴沉天气的折磨，又不会与外界隔绝。 pane/pen/n窗玻璃 在翻书的间隙，我观察着冬日下午的景色。远 方是一片白茫茫的云雾，近处是一块湿漉漉的 ④shrub小rAb/m.灌木 草地和饱受风雨摧残的灌木。一阵阵凄厉的狂 5 lamentable /'laemantabl/a. 可悲的，哀伤的 风伴着连绵的暴雨狂野地冲刷着眼前的一切。 6 blast /bla:st/.冲击波. 一阵 4 约翰·里德是个十四岁的小学生，比我大 stout/staot/a.强壮的 四岁，因为我才十岁。相对于他的年龄而言， 露ding/'dind3a微黑的 lineament /'liniamant/n. 他长得又大又壮，但肤色灰暗，一副病态。他 轮廓 的脸盘很阔，四肢粗大。他吃饭时常常狼吞虎 0 visage'vTzd3/h.面貌， 容貌 咽，这使他肝火很旺，眼睛黯淡无光，面颊松 gogc/gp:d3/R.狼吞虎咽， 寒饱 弛。现在他本该待在学校，但他妈把他领了回 ebi证ous/"blj3s/a坏牌气 来，准备在家住上一两个月，理由是“身体欠 的 B blear /blia/r.使…模糊 佳”。但他的老师迈尔斯先生却断言，如果家 不清 B on account of因为，由于 里少送些糕点、糖果，他肯定会什么都很好。 ·003· JaneEyre mother's heart turned from an opinion so harsh,and inclined rather to the more refined idea that John's sallowness was owing to over- application,and,perhaps,to pining after home. John had not much affection for his mother and sisters,and an antipathy to me.He bullied and punished me;not two or three times in the week,nor once or twice in a day,but continually:every nerve I had feared him,and every morsel of flesh on my bones shrank when he came near.There were moments when I was bewildered 5 by the terror he inspired,because I had no appeal whatever against either his menaces or his inflictions;the servants did not like to offend their young master by taking my part against him,and Mrs Reed was blind and deaf on the subject;she never saw him strike or heard him abuse me,though he did both now and then in her very presence;more frequently,however,behind her back. 'You have no business to take our books;you are a dependant, mamma says;you have no money;your father left you none;you ought to beg,and not to live here with gentlemen's children like us, and eat the same meals we do,and wear clothes at our mamma's expense.Now,I'll teach you to rummage my book-shelves:for they are mine;all the house belongs to me,or will do in a few years.Go and stand by the door,out of the way of the mirror and the windows.' I did so,not at first aware what was his intention;but when I saw him lift and poise the book and stand in act to hurl it,I instinctively started aside with a cry of alarm:not soon enough,however;the ·004· 简·爱 做妈妈的心里对这样尖锐的意见是难以接受 的，而倾向于一种比较高雅的想法，认为约翰 是过于用功，或许还因为想家，才弄得那么面 黄肌瘦的。 ①antipathy/en'tp30l.憎 约翰对母亲和姐妹们没有多少感情，对 恶，反感 ②buly/"bul/.恐吓，欺负 我则更是厌恶。他欺侮我，责罚我，不是一 mosd'm3:sal/a.-口，- 周三两次，也不是一天一两回，而是经常如 片 此：我的每根神经都对他发怵，每当他走近 ④shrink /frink/r,收缩，退缩 bewilder /bI'wilda/v. 我的时候，我身上的每块肌肉都会收缩起来。 使…不知所措 我经常被他突发的行为吓得手足无措，因为 6 menace /'menas/n.威胁， 面对他的恐吓和欺侮，我无处哭诉。佣人们 胁迫 7 infliction /in'fltkfan/n. 不愿站在我一边去得罪他们的少爷，而里德 加于人身的)痛苦，刑罚 太太则对此装聋作哑、充耳不闻。她从没看 过她儿子打骂过我，尽管里德经常就当着她 的面这样做，而背着她打骂我的次数不用说 就更多了。 “你无权动我们的书。妈妈说你是个寄生 虫。你没有钱，你爸爸什么也没给你留下，你 应当去讨饭，不能与我们这样体面人家的孩子 住在一起，同我们吃一样的饭，穿我妈妈花钱 8 rummage /rAmid3B搜出， 检查 买的衣服。现在我要教训教训你，因为你翻了 我们的书架，而那些书都是我的，整座房子都 是我的，或者说过几年就归我了。滚到门边 去，离镜子和窗子远点儿。” ⑨poise /parz/.使.…平衡 我照他的话做了，起初并不知道他意欲何 hurl /h3山就.用力投掷 为，但是他举起书，拿稳当了，摆出要扔过来 的架势时，我一声惊叫，本能地往旁边一闪， ·005· JaneEyre volume was flung,it hit me,and I fell,striking my head against the door and cutting it.The cut bled,the pain was sharp:my terror had passed its climax;other feelings succeeded. 'Wicked and cruel boy!I said.'You are like a murderer-you are like a slave-driver-you are like the Roman emperors!' He ran headlong at me:I felt him grasp2my hair and my shoulder: he had closed with a desperate thing.I really saw in him a tyrant a murderer.I felt a drop or two of blood from my head trickle down my neck,and was sensible of somewhat pungent 5 suffering:these sensations for the time predominated over fear,and I received him in frantic sort.I don't very well know what I did with my hands,but he called me 'Rat!rat!'and bellowed out aloud.Aid was near him:Eliza and Georgiana had run for Mrs Reed,who was gone upstairs;she now came upon the scene,followed by Bessie and her maid Abbot.We were parted:I heard the words- 'Dear!Dear!What a fury to fly at Master John!' Then Mrs Reed subjoined:'Take her away to the red-room,and lock her in there,Four hands were immediately laid upon me,and I was borne upstairs. ·006· 简·爱 可是晚了，那本书己经飞过来了，正好打中了 我，我应声倒地，脑袋撞在门上，碰出了一道 ①climax /'klaimaeks/n.高 口子。伤口流出了血，阵阵刺痛。恐惧已经越 潮，极点 过了极限，其他的情感随之而至。 “你这个邪恶冷酷的孩子！”我说，“你像 个杀人犯—奴隶监工一罗马皇帝！” ②gsp/gra:sp/.抓住 3 yrant'/tatoront/元暴君 他直向我扑过来：我觉得他抓住了我的头 ④trickle'trIk/,滴流，细细 地流 发和肩膀，他跟一个疯狂的东西扭打在一起。 5 pungent/pAnd3ant/a苦痛 我看出他真是个暴君、杀人犯。我觉得一两滴 的 ⑥suffering"sAfarig/n.苦 血从头上顺着脖子淌下来，火辣辣地疼。这些 楚，受难 感觉一度使我不再畏惧，发疯似地同他对打起 predominate /pri'domineit/ 学握，控制 来。我不知道自己的双手到底干了什么，只听 8 frantic/fraentik/a疯狂 的，狂乱的 得他骂我“讨厌鬼！讨厌鬼！”，同时大声地嚎 叫着。他的帮手就要来了，伊丽莎和乔治亚娜 早已跑出去叫楼上的里德太太。她来到现场 时，后面跟随着贝茜和女佣艾博特。她们把我 9 fury /'fjoar/n.愤怒，狂暴 们拉开了，我听见她们说： “天啊！对约翰少爷发这么大的火！” subjoin/'sab'dIn.添，增 补 随后里德太太补充说：“把她带到红房子 里去，锁起来。”四只手立刻抓住了我，我被 抬到楼上。 ·007