CHAPTER 6 第六章-双语名著无障碍阅读丛书——《简·爱Jane Eyre》

CHAPTER 6 My first quarter at Lowood seemed an age,and not the golden age either;it comprised an irksome struggle with difficulties in habituating myself to new rules and unwonted2 tasks.The fear of failure in these points harassed3 me worse than the physical hardships of my lot, though these were no trifles. During January,February,and part of March,the deep snows,and after their melting,the almost impassable roads,prevented our stirring beyond the garden walls,except to go to church,but within these limits we had to pass an hour every day in the open air.Our clothing was insufficient to protect us from the severe cold;we had no boots,the snow got into our shoes,and melted there;our ungloved hands became numbed and covered with chilblains5,as were our feet.I remember well the distracting irritation I endured from this cause every evening,when my feet inflamed,and the torture of thrusting the swelled,raw,and stiff toes into my shoes in the morning.Then the scanty supply of food was distressing:With the keen appetites of growing children we had scarcely sufficient to keep alive a delicate invalid From this deficiency ·028· 第六章 在罗沃德过的第一个季度就像一个时代， ①irksome'3:ks3m/a讨厌 的，令人厌烦的 还不是黄金时代。我进行了种种恼人的斗争克 2unwonted /An'waontid/a. 服困难，以适应新规矩和不熟悉的工作。担心 不寻常的，非习常的 harass /'haeras/v. 在这些方面出错所受的痛苦远甚于肉体承受的 使…困扰，反复袭击 ①tine/"traifl/n.琐事 苦难，当然那些苦难也不是小事。 在一月、二月和三月的部分日子里，厚厚 的积雪以及化雪后几乎不通的道路使我们除了 去教堂只能在花园的围墙之内活动，但就在这 个小范围内，我们每天必须在户外度过一小 时。我们的衣服不足以保护我们抵御严寒，我 们没有靴子，雪灌进了鞋子，并在里面融化。 我们不戴手套的手被冻僵了，和脚上一样，长 5 chilblain /'tfilblein/m.东疮 满了冻疮。我记得很清楚由于这个原因每晚我 6 irritation /r'teiJan/n. 激，烦恼 都忍受着双脚红肿、痛痒的折磨：因为脚发炎 7inflame/m'flerm/.发炎 8swcl/swe.增大，使..膨 了，早上又受折磨：把肿胀、疼痛和僵硬的脚 胀 趾伸进鞋子。食品供应不足也令人沮丧，我们 scanty/'skaenti/a.缺乏的， 不够的 这些正在长身体的孩子胃口都很好，但我们吃 鱼invalid /in'vaelid/病人 的东西却难以养活一个虚弱的病人。营养缺乏 ·029· JaneEyre of nourishment resulted an abuse which pressed hardly on the younger pupils:whenever the famished great girls had an opportunity they would coaxor menace the little ones out of their portion.Many a time I have shared between two claimants3 the precious morsel of brown bread distributed at tea time,and after relinquishing to a third half the contents of my mug of coffee,I have swallowed the remainder with an accompaniment of secret tears,forced from me by the exigency 5 of hunger. 'Madam,allow me an instant.You are aware that my plan in bringing up these girls is,not to accustom them to habits of luxury and indulgence,but to render them hardy,patient,self-denying. Should any little accidental disappointment of the appetite occur,such as the spoiling of a meal,the under or the over-dressing of a dish,the incident ought not to be neutralized by replacing with something more delicate the comfort lost,thus pampering the body and obviating the aim of this institution;it ought to be improved to the spiritual edification of the pupils,by encouraging them to evince fortitudeunder the temporary privation.A brief address on those occasions would not be mistimed,wherein a judicious instructor would take the opportunity of referring to the sufferings of the primitive Christians;to the torments of martyrs;to the exhortations of our Blessed Lord Himself,calling upon His disciples to take up their cross and follow Him;to His warnings that man shall not live by bread alone,but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God;to His divine consolations,"If ye suffer hunger or thirst for My sake, happy are ye."Oh,madam,when you put bread and cheese,instead ·030· 简·爱 带来的不良习气使年纪较小的学生深受其害。 ①famish/fEmf/.使挨饿， 饿昏的大龄女生一有机会就连哄带吓地从小学 饥饿 ②c0ax/k3uks/,诱骗 生的那份口粮里弄点吃的。有很多次，在吃茶 claimant /'kleimont/n. 求者 点的时候，我都把那一口珍贵的黑面包分给 ④relinquish/r'ligkwif/.放 了两位向我要的人，还把我杯子里的半杯咖 弃，让渡 5exigency /eksidsansi/n. 啡给了第三位，自己便狼吞虎咽地把剩下的 紧急，迫切需要 吃掉，同时咽下因过度饥饿而悄悄流下的眼 泪。 “小姐，请允许我占用一点时间。你都该 清楚，我培养这些姑娘的目的不是打算让她们 indulgence /in'dAldsns/n. 耽溺，放纵 养成骄淫奢侈的习惯，而是使她们吃苦耐劳， 善于忍耐，严于克己。如果偶尔有一些不符合 胃口、令人失望的小事发生，譬如一顿饭烧坏 7 neutralize nju:tralaiz/e. 了，一个菜佐料加少了或者加多了，这种情况 中和 8 pamper/'pacmpa/r,使吃 不应用更可口的东西来补救，那样只会纵容躯 饱，使过量 obviate'Dbvieit/..除去， 体，偏离这所学校办学的目的。应当利用这件 排除 事使学生的精神升华，应该鼓励他们忍受暂时 1 edification /edifi'keifon/n. 陶冶，教海 的困难。在这种场合，该不失时机地发表一个 Ievince'vins/.表明，表 示 简短的讲话。一位贤明的导师会利用这个机会 fortitude /'fo:titju:d/n. 毅，坚毅 说说早期基督徒所受的苦难；说说殉道者所受 的折磨；说说我们神圣的基督本人的劝导，号 13 privation /prat'vetfan/n. 贫困 召信徒拿起十字架跟随他；说说他的告诫人不 martyr /ma:to/n.烈土，殉 能仅仅靠着面包就能生活下去，还要靠通过上 道者 5 exhortation /egzo:'telfan/ 帝之口说出的每一句话而生活；说说他神圣的 n动告，训词 T consolation /konsa'leifan/ 慰藉：·如果你因为我的缘故而受到饥渴的折 n.安慰 ·031· JaneEyre of burnt porridge,into these children's mouths,you may indeed feed their vile bodies,but you little think how you starve their immortal souls!' Hitherto,while gathering up the discourse of Mr Brocklehurst and Miss Temple,I had not,at the same time,neglected precautions to procure my personal safety,which I thought would be effected,if I only could elude observation.To this end,I had sat well back on the form,and while seeming to be busy with my sum,had held my slate in such a manner as to conceal my face.I might have escaped notice,had not my treacherous slate somehow happened to slip from my hand,and falling with an obtrusive crash,directly drawn every eye upon me;I knew it was all over now,and,as I stooped to pick up the two fragments of slate,I rallied my forces for the worst.It came. 'A careless girl!said Mr Brocklchurst,and immediately after- "it is the new pupil,I perceive.'And before I could draw breath,'I must not forget I have a word to say respecting her.'Then aloud- how loud it seemed to me!'Let the child who broke her slate come forward!' Of my own accord,I could not have stirred:I was paralysed;but the two great girls who sat on each side of me set me on my legs and pushed me towards the dread judge,and then Miss Temple gently assisted me to his very feet,and I caught her whispered counsel 'Don't be afraid,Jane,I saw it was an accident;you shall not be punished.' ·032· 简·爱 磨，你会得到上帝的恩赐。’啊，小姐，当你 把面包和奶酪而不是烧焦的粥放进孩子们嘴里 的时候，你的确喂养了她们邪恶的肉体，而你 没有想到，你在使她们不朽的灵魂挨饿！” D hitherto /hioa'tuy ad到目前为止 到现在为止，我一面听着布罗克赫斯特先 生和坦普尔小姐的讲话，同时也没有放松警惕 ②procure/pr3'kjua/.获得， 取得 以确保自己的安全，我认为只要不被看到，这 3 clude/'lu:d.逃避，躲避 个应该没有问题。为了达到这个日的，我在长 凳上身子往后靠，表面看上去似乎在忙着算算 术，把写字板摆得刚好遮住了脸。我本可以逃 避别人的注意，却不料我那块倒霉的写字板恰 ④obtrusive/ab'tru:sIv/a.冒 巧从我手里滑落，砰地一声落在地上。所有人 失的 的目光都过来了。我知道全完了，我弯下腰捡 起了两半的写字板，鼓足勇气准备面对最坏的 结局，它来了。 “多粗心的姑娘！”布罗克赫斯特先生说， 随后又说，“新来的，我看出来了，”还没等 我喘过气来，“我决不会忘，我要说几句关于 她的话，”大声说道。对我来说声音太大了！ “让那个打破写字板的孩子到前面来！” 5paralyse /'peralaiz/rt. 我自己已经不会动弹了，我瘫了下来。可 …无力 是坐在我两边的两个大姑娘，把我弄了起来， 推向那位吓人的法官。随后坦普尔小姐轻轻地 counsel/"kaons3.l/m.忠告 扶我来到他的脚前，我听见她小声地安慰我： “别怕，简，我知道这只是一次偶然事件 你不会受罚的。” 这善意的耳语像匕首一样刺痛了我。 ·033· JaneEyre The kind whisper went to my heart like a dagger. ‘Another minute and she will despise②me for a hypocrite③，' thought I;and an impulse of fury against Reed,Brocklehurst,and Co. bounded in my pulses at the conviction.I was no Helen Burns. 'Fetch that stool,'said Mr Brocklehurst.pointing to a very high one. "Place the child upon it.' 'Ladies,'said he,turning to his family,'Miss Temple,teachers, and children,you all see this girl?' Of course they did;for I felt their eyes directed like burning-glasses against my scorched5 skin. 'You see she is yet young:you observe she possesses the ordinary form of childhood;God has graciously given her the shape that He has given to all of us;no single deformity points her out as a marked character.Who would think that the Evil One had already found a servant and agent in her?Yet such,I grieve to say,is the case.' 'My dear children,'pursued the black marble clergyman with pathos,'this is a sad,a melancholy occasion;for it becomes my duty to warn you that this girl,who might be one of God's own lambs,is a little castaway not a member of the true flock,but evidently an interloper and an alien.You must be on your guard against her;you must shun her example-if necessary,avoid her company,exclude her from your sports,and shut her out from your converse.Teachers, you must watch her;keep your eyes on her movements,weigh well ·034· 简·爱 ①dagger'dega/h.短剑，匕 “再过一分钟，她就会把我当做伪君子而 首 2 despise/ds'pa1zl,轻视 瞧不起我了，”我想。一想到这一点，一股对 ③hypocrite/'hipakrit/n.伪 里德太太和布罗克赫斯特之流的仇恨之火在我 君子，伪善者 ④conviction/kan'vmk「pn/m. 心中激荡，我可不是海伦·彭斯。 定罪 “把那条凳子拿来，”布罗克赫斯特先生指 着一条很高的凳子说。 “把这孩子放上去。” “女士们，”他转向他的家人，“坦普尔小 姐，教师们和孩子们，都看到了这个女孩子？” 她们当然都看到了。我觉得她们的眼睛像 火镜一样照在我已被灼伤的皮肤。 scorch/sko:tf/.使烧焦， “你们看她还很小；你们注意到她有着正 变焦 常儿童的外貌，上帝仁慈地把赐与我们大家的 形体一样赐给了她，没有什么明显的残疾表明 她是个特殊人物。谁能想到魔鬼已经在她身上 deformity/d'fo:mlt/么.畸 找到了一个奴仆和代理人呢？但我痛心地说， 形 事实的确如此。” “我可爱的孩子们，”黑大理石般的牧师继 续悲切地说，“这是一个悲哀而忧伤的一幕， 因为我有责任告诚大家，这个小姑娘，她本可 ⑦pathos/pe0os/n.感伤，悲 以成为上帝身边的羔羊，是个小小的被遗弃 怅 者，不属于真正羊群中的成员，显然她是一个 8 castaway /'ka:stawel/n. 抛弃的人 闯入者，一个异类。你们必须提防她，不要学 9 interloper /'intalaupa/n. 入者 她的样子。如果有必要，不要与她结伴，不要 D alien /'eiljon/h.外星人，异 同她一起游戏，不要与她交谈。教师们，你们 类 1 shun厂An/.避开避免 必须看住她，注意她的行踪，掂量她的话语， 监视她的行动，惩罚她的肉体以拯救她的灵 ·035· JaneEyre her words,scrutinize her actions,punish her body to save her soul- if,indeed,such salvation be possible,for (my tongue falterswhile I tell it)this girl,this child,the native of a Christian land,worse than many a little heathen s who says its prayers to Brahma and kneels before Juggernaut-this girl is-a liar!' Now came a pause of ten minutes,during which I-by this time in perfect possession of my wits-observed all the female Brocklehursts produce their pocket-handkerchiefs and apply them to their optics while the elderly lady swayed herself to and fro,and the two younger ones whispered.How shocking!' 'Let her stand half an hour longer on that stool,and let no one speak to her during the remainder of the day.' ·036· 简·爱 ①scrutinize/'skrutinarz/tk细 魂，如果有可能挽救的话，因为（我实在说 察 2 falter /fo:lta/.支吾地说， 不出口)，这个姑娘，这个孩子，基督国度的 迟疑 子民，比许多向梵天祈祷，向讫里什那神像 3 heathen/'hi:0an/m.异数徒 跪拜的小异教徒还坏，这个女孩子是一个说 谎者！” 停顿了十分钟，此时我已经镇定自若了， 借此机会我看到布罗克赫斯特家的三个女人都 ④opic"Dptk/n.镜片 拿出了手帕，擦了擦眼睛，年长的妇女前后摇 晃着，年轻的两位耳语着：“多令人震惊啊！” 4…4 “让她在那条凳子上再站半个小时，在今 天剩下的时间里，任何人都不能同她说话。” ·037·