Chapter17-双语名著无障碍阅读丛书——《基督山恩仇记The Count of Monte Cristo》

Chapter 17 On the fifth of September. "Maximilien!"Julie cried. “Julie,.”said Madame Morrel,.making a sign to her danghter,“go tell your father Maximilien has arrived." Julie rushed out of the room,but at the bottom of the staircase she found a man holding a letter in his hand. "You're Mademoiselle Julie Morrel,aren't you?"he said with a pronounced Italian accent. “Yes,Iam,”stammered Julie. "Read this,"said the man,holding out the letter to her.Julie hesitated."Your father's salvation depends on it,"said the messenger. She snatched the letter from his hands,tore it open and read the following: "Go immediately to 15 Allees de Meilhan,ask the porter for the key to the room on the sixth floor,enter that room,take the red silk purse which you will find on the mantelpiece and bring this purse to ·090· 第十七章 九月五日。 “玛西米兰！”尤丽喊道， “尤丽，”摩莱尔夫人朝女儿打着手势说，“去 告诉你的父亲，玛西米兰到了。” 尤丽急忙冲出房间，但在楼梯口，她看到一个 手里拿着一封信的男人。 “你是尤丽·摩莱尔小姐，对不对？”那人带着浓 重的意大利口音问。 “是的，我是。”尤丽吞吞吐吐地回答。 ①stammer/'staema/k.口 “看看这封信，”他说，他掏出信给她。尤丽有 吃，结巴 点犹豫。“令尊要得救，全靠这封信了。”信差说。 她急忙从他手里接过信赶紧拆开，读道： 2 snatch/snatf/#.夺取， 想抢走 “马上到米兰巷去，走进十五号门牌的那座房 子，向门房要六楼的房门钥匙。走进那个房间，在 ③porter /po:ta/m.守门 壁炉架的角落里有一只红色的丝钱袋，拿来给令尊 人，门房 大人。注意，他必须在十一点以前收到这只钱袋。 现在我提醒你要记得你的诺言。 水手辛巴德” ·091· The Count Of Monte Cristo your father.It is essential that he have it before eleven o'clock.You promised to obey me blindly;I now remind you of your promise. SINBAD THE SAILOR” Maximilien ran down the stairs and threw his arms around his father's neck.But then he stepped back abruptly and turned as pale as death."Father,"he said,"why are you carrying a pair of pistols2 under your coat?:” "Blood washes away dishonor."said Morrel. "Oh,father,father!"cried the young man."If only you could live!" Morrel sank back into his chair and looked at the clock.He picked up the pistol with his eyes fixed on the hands of the clock. "Father!Father!"Julie cried,out of breath and wild with joy. “Saved!You're saved!”She held up a red silk purse.“Look!Look!" she said. Morrel took the purse,troubled by a vague feeling that he had seen it before.In one compartment of the purse was the bill for two hundred and eighty-seven thousand five hundred francs.It was marked paid.In the other compartment was a diamond the size of a walnut, with these words written on a small piece of parchment 5:"Julie's dowryo." “Monsieur Morrel！!”cried a voice from the staircase..Then Emmanuel came in,his face beaming with joy and excitement. “The Pharaoh!She's coming into port!” She was an exact duplicate of the other Pharaoh. ·092· 基督山恩仇记 ①essential'senfal/a.必 玛西米兰跑下楼去，抱住他父亲的脖子。但他 要的，重要的 突然缩回身体，脸色变得像死人一样白，“爸爸！” 他喊道，“你在衣服底下藏着这一对手枪要干什 么？” “血可以洗清耻辱。”摩莱尔说。 ②pistol/'pist/n.手枪 “哦，爸爸！爸爸啊！”青年哭道，“你为什么 不能活下去呢！” 摩莱尔坐回到他的椅子里，盯着钟。他举起了手 中的手枪，他的眼睛死死地盯着钟的指针。 “爸爸！爸爸！”尤丽气喘吁吁，幸福得有些发 狂，大喊道，“得救啦！您得救啦！”她举着一只 红色的丝钱袋。“看！看！”她说。 摩莱尔拿过钱袋，他模模糊糊地记得曾经见过 这只钱袋。在钱袋的一个隔层里装着那张二十八万 七千五百法郎的期票。期票上签着已付。在钱袋的 另一个隔层里放着一颗胡桃般大的钻石，还附有一 ③compartment k3m'pa:tm3nt/n.间隔， 张羊皮纸，上面写着：“尤丽的嫁妆。” 格，层 “摩莱尔先生，”一个声音从楼梯上传来。这 ④walnut /wo:ln3t/n胡桃 时，艾曼纽进来了，他的脸由于喜悦和兴奋而闪闪 5 parchment /'pa:tfmant/ 发光。 m羊皮纸 ⑥dowry /'dauor/n.嫁妆 “‘法老号’！她进港了！” 这是一艘与“法老号”一样的复制品。 ②beam /bi:m/,堆满笑 容 duplicate /dju:plikeit/n. 副本，复本 ·093·