Chapter2-双语名著无障碍阅读丛书——《巴黎圣母院The Hunchback of Notre-Dame》

CHAPTER2 We have great satisfaction in apprising① the reader that, during the whole of this scene, Gringoire and his play had maintained their ground. His actors, egged on by him, had continued the performance of his comedy, and he had continued to listen to them. In spite of the uproar he was determined to go through with it, not despairing② of being able to recall the attention of the public. This glimmer③ of hope became brighter when he saw Quasimodo, Coppenole, and the obstreperous④ retinue of the Pope of Fools leaving the hall. The crowd rushed out after them. "Excellent!" said he, "We shall get rid of all those troublesome knaves." Unluckily these were the whole assembly. In the twinkling of an eye the great hall was empty. “Comrades," all at once shouted one of the young scapegraces^{②} in the windows, "La Esmeralda! La Esmeralda in the Place!" ... This intimation{ produced a magic effect. All who were left in the hall ran to the windows, clambering{}up the walls and repeating,"La Esmeralda! La Esmeralda!" ·014· 第二章 ① apprise /a'praiz/v. 通知,报告 我们很高兴地告诉读者,就在此事发 生时,甘果瓦和他的演出仍在继续。被他 鼓舞起来的演员继续演他写的戏,他也继 续欣赏,无论人们如何吵闹,他都决心把 戏演完。对于挽回观众的注意力,他还留 ② despairing /drs'pearin/ a. 感到 绝望的 有一线希望。当他看到加西莫多、科勃诺 ③ glimmer /qlmo/ n. 微光 尔以及跟随愚人王的喧闹队伍离开大厅时 ④ obstreperous /ob'streporasl a 叫 这一希望的光芒更明亮了。人们急匆匆地 闹的,喧腾的 retinue /retiniun. 侍从,随员 跟着拥了出去。“好啊!”他说,“我们总 算摆脱了这些无赖啦!”但是不幸的是,这 knaye /nervn.恶棍,无趋 些观众都是无赖。转眼间,大厅就空无一 人了。 ...... “伙计们!”一个坐在窗户上的小顽童 scapegrace /'skeipgreis/ n. 顽 忽然喊道:“拉·爱斯美拉达!拉·爱斯美 童,淘气鬼 拉达在广场上!” ...... ⑧ intimation /ntr'merfan/ n. 通 这一个通告产生了神奇的效果。所有 知 留在大厅的人都跑到窗口,爬到墙头上去, clamber /klaemba/v. 爬上,学 登 并连连喊道:“拉·爱斯美拉达!拉·爱斯 · 015· The Hfunchback of Notre-Dame This was the final blow. Gringoire received it with resignation^{①} ... Night comes on early in the month of January. It was already dusk when Gringoire left the palace, he saw the procession of the Pope of Fools coming out of the palace, and advancing across the court toward him, with loud shouts, the glare of numerous torches, land his own band of music. This sight tore open afresh the wounds of his self-love: he took to his heels. ... When Pierre Gringoire reached the Place de Greve, he was quite benumbed with cold. "Cursed Parisians!" said he to himself. For Gringoire, like a genuine dramatic poet, was addicted{②} to soliloquies③. "But what are they doing there, I want to know? Warming themselves-fine amusement!" In an extensive space left open between the crowd and the fire, there was a young girl dancing. Whether this young girl was a human being, or a fairy, or an angel, Gringoire, sceptical{④} philosopher and satirical{ poet as he was, could not at the first moment decide, so completely was he fascinated by the dazzling vision. She was not tall, though she appeared to be so from the slendemess and elegance of her figure. Her complexion*}was dark, but it was easy to divine that by daylight her skin must have the beautiful golden tint^{} of the Roman and Andalusian women. Every eye was fixed upon her, every mouth open. With the sound of the tambourine^{}, which her two plump^{} exquisitely^{} shaped arms .o16. 巴黎圣母院 ① resignation/rezig'nerfon/ n. 认 美拉达!” 命 这是最后的打击。甘果瓦只好听天由 命了。 ..... 一月的夜晚来得很早。当甘果瓦走出 司法宫时,天已经昏黑了。他看见愚人王 的行列也正从司法宫出来,带着大声的叫 喊、明亮的火炬和他自已的乐队,正穿过 庭院向他走来。这情景使他的自尊心再次 受伤,他转身走开了。 ..... 当甘果瓦到达格雷沃广场时,他已经 冻僵了。 ②addicted /a'drktid/ a. 沉漏于某 “该死的巴黎人!”他自言自语道。像 种嗜好中的 他这样一个天才的戏剧诗人,是热衷于自 ③ soliloquy /so'lilakwv/ n. 独白, 自言自语 言自语的。“我想知道他们正在干什么? 烤火--好消遣!” 在人群与篝火之间的开阔空地上,有 一个年轻姑娘正在跳舞。 作为一个怀疑派哲学家和讽刺诗人 甘果瓦一开始不能确定这年轻姑娘究竟是 ④ sceptical /'skeptikal/ a. 怀疑的 凡人、仙女还是天使,他被眼前这灿烂夺 satirical /sa'trikl/a 讽刺的:爱 挖苦的 目的景象迷住了。那姑娘的个子不高,但 complexion /kam'plekfan/ n. 面 她优美的身材亭亭玉立,使她显得很高。 色,肤色 她的脸黑黝黜的,但很容易推断在阳光下, tint /tint/n. 色彩 这张脸必定像罗马妇女和安达卢西亚妇女 ⑧ tambourine /taemba'ritn/ n. 小 一样闪着漂亮的金光 手鼓 plump /plAmp/a. 圆胖的,丰满 所有人都目不转睛、大张着嘴地看着 的 她。她有两只丰满的手,姿态优美地将一 exquisitely /ek'skwizitlr/ ad. 精 巧地,敏锐地 个小手鼓举在头顶,伴随着鼓声跳着舞。 ·017· The Hfunchback of Notre-Dame held above her head, her bodice^{①} of gold without folds, her spotted robe which swelled ② with the rapidity of her motions, her bare shoulders, her finely turned legs which her petticoat③ now and then discovered, her black hair, her eyes of flame, she was a supernatural creature. "Verily," thought Gringoire, "it is a salamander{④, a nymph^{,a goddess, a bacchanal{ of Mount Menalaus!" At that moment one of the tresses^{} of the salamander's hair got loose, and a piece of brass which had been fastened to it dropped to the ground. "Ha! No." said he,"'Tis a gipsy!" The illusion was at an end. Among the thousand faces to which this light communicated a scarlet hue, there was one which seemed to be more deeply absorbed in the contemplation of the dancer than any of the others. It was the face of a man, austere{}, calm, and somber^{}. This man, whose dress was concealed by the surrounding crowd, appeared to be no more than thirty-five years of age; he was, nevertheless, bald, and had merely at his temples a few tufts{ of thin and already grey hair. His ample and lofty brow began to be furrowed with wrinkles; but in his deep-sunk eyes there was an expression of extraordinary youth, ardent^{①} life, and profound passion. He kept them intently fixed on the Bohemian; and while the lively girl of sixteen was delighting all the other spectators by her dancing and her capers^{}, his reverie^{} seemed to become more and more gloomy{}. At times a smile and a sigh would meet upon his lips, but the smile was by far the sadder of the two. The girl at length paused, panting with her exertions , and people applauded with enthusiasm. "Djali!" said the Bohemian, and up started a pretty little white 。 018. 巴黎圣母院| ①bodice /bpdrs/ n. 女服的紧身 她那金色的小背心没有一点儿皱褶,带 衣 ②swell /swel/v. 增大,膨胀 斑点的裙衣旋转时膨胀起来,双肩裸 ③ petticoat /petrkaut/ n. 裙子 露,一双美腿不时从裙子里露出来,头 发乌黑、双眼明亮,真是个异乎寻常的 可人儿。 “真的!”甘果瓦想,“这是一只火焰 ④ salamander /'saelamaenda/ n. 火 妖精,一位森林里的女神,一位仙女,梅 怪,火精 纳伦山上的酒神祭司!”这时,那只“妖 nymph /nimf/ n. 女神 bacchanal /bekanal/ n. 酒神经 精”的发辩松了,别在发辩上的黄铜别针 掉在地上。“哦,不对,”他说,“这是 tress /tres/n.头发一束 个吉卜赛人!”幻觉一下子消失了。 被火光映得红红的上千张脸中,有一 张与别人的不同,好像更加注意这个跳舞 的姑娘。那是一张严酷、冷静、阴沉的男 人的脸。这个人的衣服被周围的人遮住 ⑧austere /o:'stio/ a 严酷的,简朴 了;从外表看上去,他不超过三十五岁。 的 尽管如此年轻,但他已经秃顶了,只有太 somber /spmbo/a. 阴森的 阳穴上还有几簇稀疏的头发,但也已经变 成了灰白色。他那又宽又高的额头已开始 ouft/tAft/n.-线 爬上了皱纹,但他深沉的眼睛里却有一种 异常的年轻神情、一种热烈的生命气息、 ardent /'o:dant/a 热心的.热烈 一种深深的炽热情感。他紧紧盯着那个波 的 希米亚姑娘,当那个十六岁的活泼少女以 飞舞和顽皮取悦观众时,他的幻想却越来 caper /keipo/ n. 跳跃 越黯淡。当一丝微笑和一声叹息同时出现 reverie /revari/ n. 幻想 gloomy /glu:mv/a. 抑沉的,忧 在他唇边时,那微笑比叹息要苦涩得多 闷的 终于,那少女气喘吁吁地停止了舞蹈,观 众们对她的表演报以热烈的鼓掌。 exertion /ig'za:fon/n. 努力 “雅里!”波希米亚姑娘喊道。一只美 丽的白山羊走了过来,它敏捷、活泼、毛 · 019· The 3funchback of Notre-Dame goat, a nimble{①}, lively,glossy{②}creature,"Djali,"said the girl,"it is your turn now." And, seating herself, she gracefully held the tambourine before the animal. "Djali," continued she, "what month are we in?" The goat raised her foreleg and struck one stroke upon the tambourine. It was actually the first month. The crowd applauded. "Djali," said the girl, turning the tambourine a different way, "what day of the month is this?" Djali again raised her little garnished hoof, and struck six blows upon the instrument. "Djali,"continued the Egyptian, again changing the position of the tambourine, "what o'clock is it?" Djali gave seven blows. At that moment the clock of the Maison aux Pilliers struck seven. The people were astounded. "There is sorcery③ at the bottom of this!" said a sinister④ voice in the crowd. It was that of the bald man, who never took his eyes off the Bohemian. “Ah!" said she, "It is that hateful man!" then lengthening her lower lip beyond the upper she gave a pout{ that seemed to be habitual to her, turned upon her heel, and began to collect the donations*} of the multitude in her tambourine. Silver and copper coins of all sorts and sizes were showered into it. She came to Gringoire, who so readily thrust^{} his hand into his pocket that she stopped. "The devil!" Muttered the poet fumbling{③} in his pocket and finding the reality: that is, nothing. An unexpected incident luckily relieved him "Wilt thou begone, Egyptian grasshopper^{?" cried a sharp voice issuing from{} the darkest corner of the Place. The young girl turned about in alarm ·o20. 巴黎圣母院 ① nimble /nimbl/a. 敏捷的 色光亮。“雅里,”姑娘说,“现在轮到你 ② glossy /glpsv/a. 光滑的,有 光泽的 啦。”她坐下来,优雅地把小鼓举到她面前。 “雅里”,她继续说,“我们现在是在几月 份?”小山羊举起前腿在鼓上敲了一下。那 时确实是一月,人们鼓掌喝彩了。“雅里,” 姑娘把小鼓翻了面,又问,“今天是这个月 的几号了?”雅里举起她装饰过的小蹄,在 小鼓上敲了六下。“雅里,”埃及女郎改变 了拿小鼓的姿势,继续问道:“现在几点 了?”雅里敲了七下。与此同时,柱子房的 大钟也正敲响七点。人们都惊呆了。 “这里头有妖法!”人群中一个声音恶 ③ sorcery /so:sorv/ n. 巫术, 魔法 狠狠地说道。这就是那个一直盯着波希米 ④ sinister /sinIstol a. 凶恶的 亚姑娘的秃顶男子的声音。 “啊!是那个可恶的男人!”她说。于是 把下嘴唇伸到上嘴唇外,她好像习惯性地 pout /paut/ n. 嚼 起嘴,转过身去,开始用小手鼓向人们 donation /dou'nerfan/ n. 指 收钱。各种银币、铜币雨点般地落下来。 款 她来到了甘果瓦面前,他很乐意地拘着口 袋,姑娘于是停下来等他。“见鬼!”他咕 咳着,他搜遍了自己的钱包后知道了自己 ② thrust /0rast/ e. 插入 的真实情况:不名一文。幸好一件意外的 ⑧ fumble /fAmbl/ v. 摸索 事解救了他。 grasshopper /'gra:shppo/ n “你还不滚吗?你这个埃及蚱蝠!”从 蚱蝠 广场最黑暗的一角传来一声尖叫。少女惊 issue from产生干 恐地转过身去。 “这是罗兰塔里的那个疯女人啊!”他 · o21· The Hfunchback of Notre-Dame "This's the crazy woman in the Tour-Roland," cried they, with shouts of laughter, "it's Sacky who is scolding^{}. Perhaps she has had no supper. Let us run to the city larder② and see if we can get something for her!" Meanwhile Gringoire had taken advantage of the girl's agitation to sneak off. ... This procession, which set out, as the reader has seen, from the palace, was joined in its progress by all the idle ragamuffins③}, thieves. and vagabonds④ in Paris; accordingly it exhibited a most respectable appearance when it reached the Greve. It is impossible to convey any idea of the look of pride and self- complacency which had overspread Quasimodo's dull and hideous countenance{} during this triumphant procession from the palace to the Greve. It was the first gratification of self-love that he had ever experienced. Hitherto he had met with nothing but humiliation, contempt for his condition, disgust of his person. It was, therefore, not without surprise and alarm that at the moment when Quasimodo, in this state of half intoxication{}, was borne triumphantly past the Maison aux Pilliers, his attendants beheld a man suddenly dart from among the crowd, and with an angry gesture snatch from his hands his crosier+ of gilt wood, the mark of his newly conferred dignity. This rash man was the bald-headed personage, who, mingled in the group of spectators, had thrilled the poor gipsy-girl by his exclamation of menace and abhorrence. He was attired in the ecclesiastical^{} habit. At the moment when he issued from among the crowd, Gringoire, who had not before noticed him, recognized in him .022· 巴黎圣母院) 们大笑着嚷道, “这是那个粗麻袋在骂人 ①scold /skauld/v: 责骂,训斥 呢!可能没吃晚饭吧?咱们去城里的会餐 ② larder /lo:da/ n.食品室 桌上给她弄点什么吃的吧!” 甘果瓦趁着那姑娘惊慌失措之际偷偷 地溜走了。 ...... 读者们刚才看见的从司法宫出发的那 支游行队伍,一路上吸收了全巴黎所有的 衣衫襟楼的人、小偷以及流浪汉,在到达 ③ ragamuffin /'raegamAftn/ n. 衣 格雷沃广场时,这支队伍已经显得非常像 衫襟楼的人 ④ vagabond /veqabond/ n. 流浪 样了。 A 在从司法宫到格雷沃广场的凯旋队伍 self-complacency 中,加西莫多那张呆滞而丑陋的脸上流露 /selfkam'pleisansv/ n. 自满自 得 出来的那种骄傲和自得的神态真是难以用 hideous/hidras/ H陋的.可 怕的 笔墨来形容。这可是他平生第一次体会到 countenance /kauntinons/ n. 面 自恋带来的欢乐。在这之前,他只遭受到 容 别人的侮辱、对他身体状况的轻蔑以及对 他本人的厌恶。 这支游行队伍拥着半陶醉的加西莫多 凯旋地经过柱子房时,随从的人们看见人 intoxication /tntpksr'keifan n 群中突然跳出一个男子,用一种极愤怒的 陶醉 姿势夺下了那根象征着他那刚被赋予的尊 严的、涂了金粉的权杖。这情景委实令人 既惊又怕。这个粗野的男人,就是那个观 crosier /krou3a/ n. 权村 看那波希米亚姑娘跳舞的秃顶。刚才这家 伙还混在观众里,用可怕可恨的话吓唬那 可怜的吉卜赛姑娘。他身穿教士服。当他 abhorrence /ab'hprans/n. 憎恶 从人群中跳出来时,一直没注意到他的甘 ecclesiastical /.kli:zt'aestikl/ a. 果瓦一眼就认出了这个老熟人。“天哪!” 基督教会的,教士的 甘果瓦惊呼,“这是我在赫尔墨斯时的老 · 023·