Chapter3-双语名著无障碍阅读丛书——《巴黎圣母院The Hunchback of Notre-Dame》

CHAPTER 3 Gringoire took it into his head to follow the gipsy-girl at all hazards. He saw her with her goat turn into the Rue de Coutellerie,and to the same street he directed his course. The streets,in the meantime,became every moment darker and more deserted.The girl proceeded as along a way that was well known to her,and at a more and more rapid pace.For his part,he should not have had the remotest conception of where he was had he not perceived②. He had,by this time,begun to attract the notice of the young girl: she had more than once turned her head and looked at him with some uneasiness;nay,she had stopped short and taken advantage of a ray of light issuing from the half open door of a bakehouse,to scrutinize3 him attentively from head to foot. He began,in consequence,to hang his head,as if to count the stones of the pavement5,and to drop farther behind,when,on reaching the corner of a street into which she had turned,he was startled by a piercing shriek.The street was extremely dark;a wick steeped in oil,burning in an iron cage at the foot of the Blessed Virgin ·026· 第三章 甘果瓦决心冒险跟着那个吉卜赛姑娘。 他看见她带着小羊走进了古特雷西街，他 也朝同一条街走去。 与此同时，在甘果瓦追踪那吉卜赛姑娘 的过程中，街道也越发黑暗和偏僻了。那 姑娘走上了一条她很熟悉的路，而且还越 ①remote/r'm3ut/a遥远的 走越快。至于这可怜人儿呢，则丝毫不知 ②perceive /pa'siv/r.察觉，感觉 道白己究竟身在何处。 在那时候，他引起那姑娘的注意已经 好一会儿了。有好几次，她不安地回头看 着甘果瓦；甚至还停了一会儿，借助一间 面包房半开的窗中透出的一线亮光，把他 3 scrutinize'skrutinaiz/款.仔细 检查 从头到脚仔仔细细地打量了一番。 consequence /'konsikwans/n. 于是，他开始低着头走路，好像在数铺 结果 路的石板有多少块，他被那波希米亚姑娘 ⑤pavement/"peivmant/n.人行 道 远远地甩在了后面。在他走到一条街的街 角时，那姑娘就在这街角转到了另一条街， ⑥startle∥start(aW.(使)大吃 他忽然被一声尖锐的叫声吓了一跳。街上 一惊 一片黑暗，街角圣母玛丽亚像的铁栏里一 ·027· The Hunchback of Notre-Dame at the angle of the street,nevertheless enabled Gringoire to distinguish the Bohemian struggling in the grasp of two men,who were striving to stifle her cries. "Watch!Watch!"shouted Gringoire,boldly advancing.One of the men who held the girl turned upon him.It was the formidable visage of Quasimodo.Gringoire did not run away,neither did he advance another step.Quasimodo went up to him and dealt him a backhanded blow that sent him reeling2 three or four yards and stretched him sprawling upon the pavement;then,darting back,he caught up the young girl,and bore her off across one of his arms like a silken scarf. His companion followed,and the poor goat ran after the three,bleating in a most plaintive manner. “Murder！Murder!"cried the gipsy-girl. “Halt,scoundrels,and let the wench⑧go!”suddenly roared,in a voice of thunder,a horseman who came dashing along out of the next street.It was the captain of the archers of the King's Ordnance,armed cap-a-pie,and his drawn sword in his hand.He snatched the Bohemian out of the grasp of the stupefied Quasimodo,laid her across his saddle. Quasimodo was surrounded,seized,and bound.He bellowed,he foamed,he kicked,he bit;his companion had disappeared during the struggle. The Bohemian gracefully raised herself upon the officer's saddle. Clapping her two hands upon his shoulders,she looked at him intently for a few moments,as if charmed with his handsome face,and grateful for the seasonable succour he had afforded her.Then,giving a sweeter tone than usual to her sweet voice,she inquired,"What is your name?” ·028· 巴黎圣母院【 只被油浸了的灯芯正亮着，这让甘果瓦看 见波希米亚姑娘正努力挣脱两个男人的搂 ①stifle /starfl/,室息，抑制 抱，他们想堵住她的嘴不让她喊。 “救命啊！救命啊！”甘果瓦大叫着，勇 敢地往前冲，这时候抓住那少女的两人中 有一个人向他转过头来。是加西莫多的那 张可怕的脸。甘果瓦没有逃跑，也没有再 往前迈步。加西莫多走向他，反手一拳， ②rccl/ril/.眩最，瞒批 将他打出三、四码外，甘果瓦眩晕地躺在 绿sprawl/spro.躺卧 路上。接着，加西莫多又窜回黑暗中，举 ④scarf/ska:f/h.围巾 起少女，把她像搭一块丝围巾一样搭在他 的胳膊上。他的同伴紧跟着他。那可怜的 plaintive/'"pleintiv/a.悲衰的， 哀伤的 小羊跟在他们后面，悲惨地叫着。 “杀人啦！杀人啦”吉卜赛姑娘惨叫。 halt /ho:lt/.停止 “停下来，混蛋！把那妞儿放了！”突 scoundrel /'skaundrol/n.无教 图wench/wentf/n.乡下姑娘 然，一个骑马的人用雷鸣般洪亮的声音喊 道。他从邻近的一条街疾驰而来。他是国 王弓箭手护卫队的队长，全副武装，手拿 ⑨cp-a-pie a.从头到脚，全身 宝剑。他从被惊呆了的加西莫多手中夺下 波希米亚姑娘，把她横放在他的马鞍上。 加西莫多被包围了，他被抓住绑了起 来。他咆哮着，吐着唾沫，又踢又咬。他 的同伴在他们扭打时逃走了。 波希米亚姑娘在军官的马鞍上得体地 坐起来，她用双手拍着那军官的肩，仔细 0 uccour /sAka/n.救助 地打量了他一阵，好像被他英俊的面容所 吸引，并且十分感谢他的适时援救。随后， 她用本来就很甜的声音更加甜美地问道： “先生，请问您尊姓大名？” ·029· The Hunchback of Notre-Dame "Captain Phoebus de Chateaupers,at your service,my dear," replied the officer,drawing himself up to his full height. "Thank you,"said she.While the captain was turning up his whiskers in Burgundian fashion,she slid down the horse's side to the ground,and vanished2 with the swiftness3 of lightning. ·030· 巴黎圣母院【 “弗比斯·德·沙多贝尔队长，乐意效 劳，我的美人”军官挺直了身子回答道。 “谢谢您。”她说。可是当军官想照勃 ①whisker /hwiska/n八字须 艮第的风尚用他蓄着八字须的嘴去吻她时， 2 vanish /'vaenif/.消失 swiftness/'swiftnis/L迅速，敏 她从马背上溜下来，轻快地跑开不见了。 捷 031·