CHAPTER 17 第十七章-双语名著无障碍阅读丛书——《简·爱Jane Eyre》

CHAPTER 17 'Well,and you want your fortune told?'she said,in a voice as decided as her glance,as harsh as her features. 'I don't care about it,mother;you may please yourself:but I ought to warn you,I have no faith.' 'You are cold;you are sick;you are silly.' 'Prove it,'I rejoined. 'I will in a few words.You are cold,because you are alone:no contact strikes the fire from you that is in you.You are sick,because the best of feelings,the highest and the sweetest given to man,keeps far away from you.You are silly,because,suffer as you may,you will not beckon it to approach,nor will you stir one step to meet it where it waits for you.' She again put her short black pipe to her lips,and renewed her smoking with vigour②. 'Sit down!Let me hear what they said about me.' 'I had better not stay long,sir;it must be near eleven o'clock. ·100· 第十七章 “噢，你想算命吗？”她以一种像她目光那 样坚定、像她面貌那样严厉的口气说。 “我并不在乎，大妈，随你便吧，不过我 得提醒你，我并不相信。” “你很冷；你有病；你很傻。” “拿出证据来，”我回答。 “我会的，三言两语就可以。你很冷，因 为你孤独，没有交往就不能激发你内心的火 花。你病了，因为给予男人最好、最高尚、最 甜蜜的感情，与你无缘。你很傻，因为尽管你 ①beckon /bekon/.招手 很痛苦，你却既不愿意召唤它靠近你，也不会 跨出一步去迎接它，可它却在那等候你。” 她又把那短杆黑色烟斗放进嘴里，使劲吸 ②vigour'viga/n.精力 了起来。 0 “坐下，让我听听他们说我什么。” “我还是别待得太久为好，先生。已经快 ·101· JaneEyre Oh!are you aware,Mr Rochester,that a stranger has arrived here since you left this morning?' 'A stranger!-no;who can it be?I expected no one;is he gone?' 'No;he said he had known you long,and that he could take the liberty of installing himself here till you returned.' 'The devil he did!Did he give his name?' 'His name is Mason,sir;and he comes from the West Indies; from Spanish Town,in Jamaica,I think.' Mr Rochester was standing near me;he had taken my hand,as if to lead me to a chair.As I spoke he gave my wrist a convulsive grip;the smile on his lips froze:apparently a spasm caught his breath. 'Mason!-the West Indies!'he said,in a tone one might fancy a speaking automaton to enounce its single words; 'Mason!-the West Indies!'he reiterated;and he went over the syllables three times,growing,in the intervals of speaking,whiter than ashes:he hardly seemed to know what he was doing. 'Do you feel ill,sir?'I inquired. Jane,I've got a blow-I've got a blow,Jane!'He staggered Oh,lean on me,sir.' 'Jane,you offered me your shoulder once before;let me have it now.' 'Yes,sir,yes;and my arm.' He sat down and made me sit beside him.Holding my hand in both his own,he chafed it;gazing on me,at the same time,with the most troubled and dreary look. ·102· 简·爱 十一点了。呵！你可知道，罗切斯特先生，你 早晨走后，有位陌生人到了。” “陌生人！—不，会是谁呢？我并没有 盼谁来，他走了吗？” “没有呢，他说他与你相识很久，可以冒 昧地住下等到你回来。” “见鬼！他可说了自己的姓名吗？” “他的名字叫梅森，先生，他是从西印度 群岛来的，我想是牙买加的西班牙城。” 罗切斯特先生正站在我身旁。他拉住了我 的手，仿佛要领我坐到一条椅子上。我一说出 ①wrist/rst/n.腕，腕关节 口，他便痉挛地紧紧抓住我的手，嘴角的笑容 ②spasm/'spazom/n.抽筋， 痉挛 僵住了，显然抽搐使他透不过气来。 “梅森！一西印度群岛！”他说，那口气 3 automaton /:'tpmoton/n. 机器人 使人以为是一架自动说话机在发出单个词汇： ④reiterate/ri:'itoreit/.反复 地说 “梅森！一西印度群岛！”他念念有词， ③syllable/'silabl/n.音节 把那几个字重复了三遍，说话的间隙，脸色惨 白如灰，他几乎不知道自己在干什么。 “你不舒服，先生？”我问。 @stagger/"steg3/.蹒漏，踌 “简，我受了打击，简！”他身子摇晃着。 躇 “呵！—靠在我身上，先生。” “简，你的肩膀曾支撑过我，现在再支撑 一回吧。” “好的，先生，好的，还有我的胳膊。” 他坐了下来，让我坐在他旁边，用双手握 ②chafe /tferf/.摩擦 住我的手，搓了起来，凝视着我，与此同时， 眼睛里含着痛苦、害怕的神色。 ·103·