CHAPTER 4 第四章-双语名著无障碍阅读丛书——《简·爱Jane Eyre》

CHAPTER4 ... 'What would Uncle Reed say to you, if he were alive?' was my scarcely① voluntary② demand. I say scarcely voluntary, for it seemed as if my tongue pronounced words without my will consenting③ to their utterance{};: something spoke out of me over which I had no control. 'What?' said Mrs Reed under her breath: her usually cold, composed gray eye became troubled with a look of fear; she took her hand from my arm, and gazed at me as if she really did not know whether I were child or fiend}. I was now in for it. 'My Uncle Reed is in heaven, and can see all you go and think; and so can papa and mamma; they know how you shut me up all day long, and how you wish me dead.' Mrs Reed soon rallied{*} her spirits: she shook me most soundly, she boxed both my ears, and then left me without a word. Bessie supplied the hiatus{}by a homily of an hour's length, in which she proved beyond a doubt that I was the most wicked and abandoned child ever reared③} under a roof. I half believed her, for I felt, indeed, only bad feelings surging{} in my breast. ·014· 第四章 ._.... “要是里德舅舅还活着,他会对你的所作 ①scarcely /'skeasly ad. 几平 所为说什么?”我无意中说。我说无意,是因 不,简直没有 ② voluntary /vplantori/ a. 自 为看起来我的舌头仿佛不由自主地吐出了这句 愿的,志愿的 话,这话之所以能够说出是因为非我本意所能 ③ consent /kan'sent/ v. 同意 ④ utterance /Atarans/ n. 说 控制。 话,发表 “什么?”里德太太含混不清地说。她平日 冷漠的灰眼显得有些惊慌,近乎恐惧。她放开 了我的胳膊,盯着我,仿佛弄不明白我是个孩 fiend/fi:nd/n. 魔鬼,邪神 童还是魔鬼。这时我也豁出去了 “我的里德舅舅在天堂里,能清楚地看到 你做的和想的。我爸爸妈妈也能。他们知道你 关了我一整天,巴不得我死掉。” rally /reln恢复精衬 里德太太很快便缓过神来;狠命地摇晃 我,扇了我两个耳光,随后二话没说扔下我就 走了。接下来,贝西不休地教育了我一个 7hiatus /hareitas/ n. 空院 小时,其目的是要证明毫无疑问我是这个家里 裂缝 所养大的最坏、最放任的孩子。我也有些半信 ⑧rear/ro/ v. 养育 半疑,因为我确实觉得,在我胸膛里翻腾的只 surge /sa:d3v. 汹涌,澎洲 有恶毒的感情 .015· JaneFyre ... Mrs Reed occupied{①} her usual seat by the fireside: she made a signal to me to approach; I did so, and she introduced me to the stony stranger with the words- 'This is the little girl respecting whom I applied to you.' He, for it was a man, turned his head slowly towards where I stood, and having examined me with the two inquisitive-looking{②gray eyes which twinkled③ under a pair of bushy brows, said solemnly④, and in a bassvoice- 'Her size is small; what is her age?' 'Ten years.' 'So much?' was the doubtful answer; and he prolonged *his scrutiny{} for some minutes. Presently he addressed me- 'Your name, little girl?' Jane Eyre, sir.' In uttering these words I looked up: he seemed to me a tall gentleman, but then I was very little; his features were large, and they and all the lines of his frame were equally harsh and prim^{}. 'Well, Jane Eyre, and are you a good child?' Impossible to reply to this in the affirmative: my little world held a contrary opinion: I was silent. Mrs Reed answered for me by an expressive shake of the head, adding soon, 'Perhaps the less said on that subject the better, Mr Brocklehurst.' 'Sorry indeed to hear it! She and I must have some talk'; and bending from the perpendicular^{}, he installed{} his person in the arm- chair, opposite Mrs Reed's. 'Come here,'he said. I stepped across the rug^{①}: he placed me square and straight before · 016. 简·爱) ..... ① occupy/pkjopai/v. 占,住 里德太太像往常一样坐在壁炉旁边的位置 上,她示意我走近她。我照着做了。她这样把 我介绍给那个毫无表情的陌生人- “这就是我跟你谈起过的那个小女孩。” ② inguisitive /in kwizitivl a 他--因为是个男人--缓缓地把头转向 想问的,想知道的 ③ twinkle /twnkl/ r. 闪烁 我站的地方,他那双浓眉下有一双灰色的眼 ④ solemnly /splomlu/ ad. 严 睛,闪着好奇的目光,他审视着我,随后用严 肃地,庄严地 bass/bers/ n. 低音 肃而低沉的声音说道-- “她个子很小,几岁了?” “十岁。” prolong /pra'lpn/v. 延长 “这么大了!”他怀疑地问道;又打量了我 拖延 几分钟,接着对我说-- scrutiny /skru:tini/ n. 研 究,推敲 “你叫什么名字,小姑娘?” “简·爱,先生。” 说完,我抬起头来,我觉得他是位身材高 大的绅士,不过那时我自已个头太小。他五官 ③ prim /prim/a. 呆板的,拘 谨的 粗大,每个部分以及身体轮廊的每根线条都是 同样的粗糙和刻板 “瞧,简·爱,你是个好孩子吗?” 我不可能回答说是,我那小天地里的人都 持相反的意见,我没有说话。里德太太以用力 地摇头替我作了回答,并立即补充说:“这个 话题也许少说为佳。布罗克赫斯特先生。” ② perpendicular “很遗憾听你这么说!我必须同她谈谈。” /.pa:pon'dikjola/ n. 垂直的 位置 他俯下原本直立的身子,坐进里德太太对面的 install /in'sto:l/v. 安置 扶手椅里。“过来,”他说。 rug/rAgl n. 地毯 我走过地毯,他让我笔直站在他面前。这 ·017· JaneFyre him. What a face he had, now that it was almost on a level with mine! what a great nose! and what a mouth! and what large, prominent{①} teeth! 'No sight so sad as that of a naughty child,' he began, 'especially a naughty little girl. Do you know where the wicked g after death?' 'They go to hell,' was my ready and orthodox{} answer. 'And what is hell? Can you tell me that?' 'A pit full of fire.' 'And should you like to fall into that pit, and to be burning there for ever?' 'No,sir.' 'What must you do to avoid it?' I deliberated③ a moment: my answer, when it did come, was objectionable④: 'I must keep in good health, and not die.' 'How can you keep in good health? Children younger than you die daily. I buried a little child of five years old only a day or two since-a good little child, whose soul is now in heaven. It is to be feared the same could not be said of you, were you to be called thence{}.' Not being in a condition to remove his doubt, I only cast my eyes down on the two large feet planted on the rug, and sighed, wishing myself far enough away. 'I hope that sigh is from the heart, and that you repent of ever having been the occasion of discomfort to your excellent benefactres^}' 'Benefactress! benefactress! ' said I inwardly: 'they all call Mrs · 018. 简·爱) 时他的脸与我的几乎平行,那是一张无法描述 ① prominent / promnant/ a. 的脸!大大的鼻子,难看的嘴巴!还有一口大 突出的 鹊牙! “没有比看到一个淘气的孩子更让人痛 心,”他开始说,“尤其一个淘气的小姑娘。 你知道坏人死后到哪里去吗?” “他们下地狱,”我的回答现成而正统。 ② orthodox /s:eodpks/ a. 正 统的 “地狱是什么地方?你能告诉我吗?” “是个火坑。” “你想落入那个火坑里,永远被火烤吗?” “不,先生。” “那你必须怎样做才能避免呢?” 我细细思付了一会,想出了不能驳斥的答 案: “我必须保持健康,不要死掉。” ③ deliberately /dr'ltborotlv/ ad. “你怎么可能保持健康呢?比你年纪小的 故意地 ④ objectionable 孩子每天都有死的。一两天前我刚埋葬了一个 /ab'd3ekfonobl/a. 有异议 的 只有五岁的孩子-一个好孩子,现在他的灵 魂已经进了天堂,如果你被召唤去,恐怕很难 说能同他一样了。” 照此情况我无法消除他的疑虑,我只好低 ③ thence /ens gd 因t 下眼睛看他那双站在地毯上的大脚,叹了一口 气,希望自己离得远一些。 “我希望你的叹息是发自内心的,希望你 为以前给你的大恩人带来的烦恼而感到后 repent /rr'pent/v. 后悔,悔 悔。” “恩人!恩人!”我心里说, “他们都说里 7 benefactress /benifaektris n.女恩人 德太太是我的恩人,要真是这样,那么恩人就 ·019· JaneFyre Reed my benefactress; if so, benefactress is a disagreeable thing.' 'Do you say your prayers night and morning?" continued my interrogator①. 'Yes,sir.' 'Do you read Bible?' 'Sometimes.' ... 'Mr Brocklehurst, I believe I intimated{②} in the letter which I wrote to you three weeks ago, that this little girl has not quite the character and disposition③ I could wish: should you admit her into Lowood School, I should be glad if the superintendent④ and teachers were requested to keep a strict eye on her, and, above all, to guard against her worst fault, a tendency to deceit{. I mention this in your hearing, Jane, that you may not attempt to impose on Mr Brocklehurst.' ._. Speak I must: I had been trodden} on severely{}, and must turn: but how? What strength had I to dart^{}retaliation^{} at my antagonist^{?I gathered my energies and launched{" them in this blunt sentence- 'I am not deceitful: if I were, I should say I loved you; but I declare I do not love you: I dislike you the worst of anybody in the world except John Reed: and this book about the Liar, you may give to your girl, Georgians, for it is she who tell lies, and not I.' ._. 'I am glad you are no relation of mine. I will never call you aunt .020. 简·爱) 是个讨厌的家伙。” “你早晚都做祷告吗?”我的询问者继续 说。 ① interrogator /in'teraqeita “是的,先生。” n. 讯问者,质问者 “你读《圣经》吗?” “有时候读。” ...... “布罗克赫斯特先生,我认为三个星期以 ② intimate /ntimit/ v. 暗示 告诉 前我给你的信中曾经提到,这个小姑娘不具备 我所期望的人品与气质。如果你准许她进罗沃 ③ disposition /dtspa'ztfan/ n 德学校,我乐意看到校长和教师们能够对她严 性情 ④ superintcndent 加看管,尤其要戒除她身上最坏的毛病,一种 /sju:porin'tendant/ n. 监 爱说谥的毛病。我当着你的面说这件事,简。 督人,管理人 deceit /dr'si:t/ n. 欺骗 目的是让你不能试图对布罗克赫斯特先生隐 瞒。” ..... 我必须讲话,我一直被残酷地折磨着,我 tread/tred/..踏,行走 severely /st'vial/ ad. 艰难 必须反抗。可是怎么反抗呢?我有什么力量向 地 ③ dart /dart/ v. 投射 对手复仇呢?我鼓足勇气,直言不讳地对他们 retaliation /r.taelr'etfon/ n 报复,反击 说了起来-- D antagonist /aen'taeganist/ n. “我不骗人:如果我骗人,我会说我爱你。 数手,对手 n launch/la:ntf/ v. 发射 但我声明我不爱你,除约翰·里德之外,你是 这个世上我最不喜欢的人。这本写说谥者的 书,你可以送给你的女儿乔治亚娜,因为说诺 的是她,不是我。” ...... “我很庆幸你不是我亲戚,今生今世只要 · 021. JaneFyre again as long as I live. I will never come to see you when I am grown up; and if any one asks me how I liked you, and how you treated me, I will say the very thought of you makes me sick, and that you treated me with miserable cruelty.' 'How dare you affirm that, Jane Eyre?' 'How dare I. Mrs Reed? How dare I? Because it is the truth. You think I have no feelings, and that I can do without one bit of love or kindness; but I cannot live so: and you have no pity. I shall remember how you thrust me back-roughly and violently thrust me back-into the red-room, and locked me up there, to my dying day, though I was in agony{①}, though I cried out, while suffocating② with distress③, "Have mercy③! Have mercy, Aunt Reed! "And that punishment you made me suffer because your wicked boy struck me-knocked me down for nothing. I will tell anybody who asks me questions this exact tale. People think you a good woman, but you are bad, hard-hearted. You are deceitful!' Ere{I had finished this reply, my soul began to expand, to exult^{, with the strangest sense of freedom, of triumph^{}, I ever felt. It seemed as if an invisible bond had burst, and that I had struggled out into unhoped-for liberty. Not without cause was this sentiment: Mrs Reed looked frightened: her work had slipped from her knee; she was lifting up her hands, rocking herself to and fro^{}, and even twisting^{}her face as if she would cry. ,. . 022. 简·爱) 我活着,我再也不会叫你舅妈了。长大了我也 永远不会来看你,要是有人问起我喜欢不喜欢 你,你怎样待我,我会说一想起你就使我恶 心,你对我冷酷得到了可耻的地步。” “你怎么敢这样说话,简·爱?” “我怎么敢,里德太太?我怎么敢?因为 这是事实,你以为我没有情感,以为我没有抚 爱或亲情可以过去,可是我不能。你没有怜悯 之心。我会记住你怎么推操我--粗暴地把我 弄进红房子,锁在里面,我到死都不会忘记 尽管我很痛苦,尽管我大声哭泣,痛苦地叫 ① agony /aegon!/n. 极度的 喊,‘可怜可怜我吧!可怜可怜我吧,里德舅 痛苦 ② suffocating /'sAfakeitin/ a 妈!'你如此地惩罚我完全是因为你那可恶的 使人窒息的 ③ distress /drs'tres/ n. 苦恼 儿子打了我--无缘无故把我打倒在地。我要 ④mercy/m3:si/ n. 怜惘,仁 。 告诉每个问我的人事情的真实经过。人们以为 ere /eol pron. 在...之前 你是个好女人,其实你很坏,心肠很硬。你骗 人!" 我还没有说完,内心便有一种前所未有的 cxult /gzAlt/ v. 欢腾 奇怪的解放和胜利的感觉,开始升腾、膨胀。 好似某种无形的羁束已被打破,获得了从未想 triumph/traiomf/ n. 胜利 凯旋 过的自由。这种情感不是没有原因:里德太太 看来慌了神,活儿从她的膝头滑落,她举起双 手,身子前后摇晃着,甚至连脸也扭曲了,好 像要哭出来。 ② to and fro往复的 ...... twist /twist/v. 拧.扭曲 · 023·