CHAPTER 7 第七章-双语名著无障碍阅读丛书——《简·爱Jane Eyre》

CHAPTER 7 'Come,eat something,'she said;but I put both away from me, feeling as if a drop or a crumb would have choked me in my present condition.Helen regarded me,probably,with surprise:I could not now abate3 my agitation,though I tried hard;I continued to weep aloud. She sat down on the ground near me,embraced her knees with her arms,and rested her head upon them;in that attitude she remained silent as an Indian.I was the first who spoke- 'Helen.why do you stay with a girl whom everybody believes to be a liar?' "Everybody,Jane?Why,there are only eighty people who have heard you called so,and the world contains hundreds of millions.' 'But what have I to do with millions!The eighty I know despise me.' 'Jane,you are mistaken:probably not one in the school either despises or dislikes you;many,I am sure,pity you much.' "How can they pity me after what Mr Brocklehurst said?' ·038· 第七章 ①crumb /krAm/n碎屑，面 “来，吃点东西，”她说，但我把两样东西 包心 都从我面前推开了，只觉得仿佛眼下这个时候 2choke /tfauk/,窒息，阻塞 一滴咖啡或一口面包就会把我噎住似的。海伦 ③abate /a'beit/.缓和，减弱 凝视着我，也许很惊奇，尽管我已竭尽全力， 4 agitation /aed3r'teifan/n. 激动，兴奋 但仍无法抑制内心的激动，仍然继续大声号 陶。她在我身旁的地上坐下，胳膊抱膝，头靠 在膝盖上，她就那个姿势静静地坐着，像一个 印度人。我第一个开了口 “海伦，你怎么会跟一个人人都认为说谎 的人待在一起呢？” “人人，简？喂，只有八十个人听见别人 叫你撒谎者，可是在世界上有千千万万的人 呢。” “可是那千千万万的人跟我有什么关系呢？ 我认识的八十个人都瞧不起我。” “简，你错啦，并不是每个人都瞧不起你， 或讨厌你，我敢肯定，很多人都同情你。” “布罗克赫斯特先生那么说，她们怎么可 能同情我呢。” ·039· JaneFyre 'Mr Brocklehurst is not a god:nor is he even a great and admired man:he is little liked here;he never took steps to make himself liked. Had he treated you as an especial favourite,you would have found enemies,declared or covert,all around you. 'If all the world hated you,and believed you wicked,while your own conscience approved you and absolved you from guilt,you would not be without friends.' ·040· 简，爱【 “布罗克赫斯特先生不是神，甚至也不是 一个杰出的值得钦佩的人。这里人不喜欢他。 他也没有想过办法让大家喜欢。要是他把你看 ①covert"kavat/a.隐蔽的 成他的宠儿，你倒会处处树敌，明的暗的都会 有。” ②absolve/b'zlv/.宣告 “即使整个世界恨你，认为你很坏，只要 …无罪，赦免 你自己问心无愧，知道你是清白的，你就不会 没有朋友。” ·041·