9.Mrs.Rachel Lynde Is Properly Horrified蕾切尔·林德太太惊恐万状-双语名著无障碍阅读丛书——《绿山墙的安妮Anne of Green Gables》上

Chapter IX Mrs. Rachel Lynde Is Properly Horrified Anne had been a fortnight at Green Gables before Mrs. Lynde arrived to inspect her. Mrs. Rachel, to do her justice, was not to blame for this. A severe and unseasonable attack of grippe{①}had confined②that good lady to her house ever since the occasion of her last visit to Green Gables. Anne was out in the orchard when Mrs. Rachel came, wandering at her own sweet will through the lush, tremulous③} grasses splashed{④} with ruddy③ evening sunshine; so that good lady had an excellent chance to talk her illness fully over, describing every ache and pulse{beat with such evident enjoyment that Marilla thought even grippe must bring its compensations^{}. When details were exhausted{} Mrs. Rachel introduced the real reason of her call. "I've been hearing some surprising things about you and Matthew." "I don't suppose you are any more surprised than I am myself," said Marilla. "I'm getting over my surprise now." "It was too bad there was such a mistake,” said Mrs. Rachel sympathetically. "Couldn't you have sent her back?" .o86. 第九章 蕾切尔·林德太太惊恐万状 在蕾切尔·林德太太前来巡视以前,安呢已 经在绿山墙住了两星期了。公平地说,这不能怪 ①grippe /grip/n. 流行性感冒 蕾切尔太太。自从她上次来绿山墙以后,一场不 ② confine /kon'fain/ v. 限制. 禁闭 合季节的严重流行性感冒使这位好太太不得不待 在家里。 蕾切尔太太到来时安呢正在果园里,芳草萎 ③ tremulous /'tremjolasl a. 发 抖的,战粟的,胆小的 萎,夕阳如血,安呢随意徜徉其间,所以那位好 ④splash /splaef/ v. 陇,泼 太太有绝好的机会充分讨论她自已的病症。她如 ruddy /rAd/a.红的,红润 的 此兴趣盎然地描述着每一阵痛苦,每一次脉搏的 pulse /pAls/ n. 脉搏 跳动,就连玛丽拉都觉得流行性感冒也必定有它 compensation 的好处了。所有的细节都叙述完了,蕾切尔太太 /kpmpen'serfan/ n. 补偿. 赔偿 才说了她来访的真正原因。 ③ exhausted /g'za:stid a. 用完 “我听到关于你和马修的一些让人吃惊的事 的,精疲力竭的 情。” “我不认为你会比我更吃惊,”玛丽拉说, “我正慢慢恢复平静呢。” “出了这种差错太糟糕了,”蕾切尔太太同情 地说, “你们不能送她回去吗?” .087: Anne of Green Gabfes "I suppose we could, but we decided not to. Matthew took a fancy to her. And I must sayI like her mvself - although I admit she has her faults." Marilla said more than she had intended to say when she began, for she read disapproval in Mrs. Rachel's expression. "It's a great responsibility you've taken on yourself," said that lady gloomily①, "especially when you've never had any experience with children. But I don't want to discourage you I'm sure, Marilla." "I'm not feeling discouraged," was Marilla's dry response, "when I make up my mind to do a thing it stays made up. I suppose you'd like to see Anne. I'll call her in." Anne came running in presently, her face sparkling② with the delight of her orchard rovings; but, abashed③ at finding the delight herself in the unexpected presence of a stranger, she halted confusedly④ inside the door. She certainly was an odd-looking little creature in the short tight wincey dress she had worn from the asylum. “Well, they didn't pick you for your looks, that's sure and certain,"was Mrs. Rachel Lynde's emphatic{}comment. "She's terrible skinny{}and homely, Marilla. Come here, child, and let me have a look at you. Lawful heart, did any one ever see such freckles^{}? And hair as red as carrots! Come here, child, I say." Anne "came there,"but not exactly as Mrs. Rachel expected. With one bound she crossed the kitchen floor and stood before Mrs. Rachel. her face scarlet^{} with anger, her lips quivering, and her whole slender{} form trembling from head to foot "I hate you," she cried in a choked{ voice, stamping{} her foot on the floor. "I hate you -I hate you -I hate you -”a louder stamp with each assertion{②} of hatred. "How dare you call me skinny and ugly? How dare you say I'm freckled and redheaded? You are a rude, ·088. 绿山墙的安婉 “我想我们能,但是我们决定不这么做。马 修喜欢上她了,而且我必须承认我也喜欢她- 虽然我也承认她有她的毛病。” 玛丽拉说的话比她开始想说的要多,因为她 看出来蕾切尔太太不赞同的神情 “你可挑了份不轻的担子,”这位太太闷闷不 ①gloomily /olu:mly gd 阻郁 地,沮丧地 乐地说,“尤其是你根本没有带孩子的经验。不 过我肯定不是想扫你的兴,玛丽拉。” “我不觉得扫兴,”玛丽拉干脆地答道。 “我 要是决心干一件事就决不动摇。我猜你愿意见见 安呢,我叫她进来。” ② sparkling /spa:kln/ a. 闪闪 一会儿安呢就跑了进来,果园里的漫步使她 发光的,闪烁的 的脸庞兴奋得发亮。可是,当她发现家里来了位 ③ abasbed /a'baefta. 羞愧的 局促不安的 不速之客时,羞怯得不知所措,便停下了脚步。 ④ confusedly /kan'fiu:zidl 她穿着那件从孤儿院里带来的紧细细的短小的棉 d. 困感地,慌乱地,混乱地 绒裙,看起来确实是个小怪物 “嗯,他们不是因为你的长相才挑中你的, emphatic /m'faetik/ a 强调 这毫无疑问。”蕾切尔·林德太太加重语气评论 的,语调强的,引人注意的 skinny /skin/a. 皮包骨头 道。“她干巴瘦,太不好看了,玛丽拉。过来, 的 孩子,让我看看你。天地良心,谁见过这么多的 freckle /frekol/ n. 雀斑,斑 雀斑?头发红得像胡萝卜!喂,过来,孩子。” 点 B scarlet/'ska:lt/a. 绿红色的 安婉“过来”了,不过不完全像蕾切尔太太 slender /slendo/ a.苗条的. 期望的那样走到她身边。她一跃跨过厨房地板就 修长的 到了蕾切尔太太面前,她的脸气得通红,嘴唇发 o choked /tfaoku/ a. 塞住的. 堵住的 抖,瘦瘦的身子从头到脚都在打颤。 stamp /staemp/ v. 踩(脚). “我恨你,”她硬咽着喊道,使劲跺着脚。 踩踏 “我恨你,我恨你一-我恨你一一”每一声仇恨 assertion /a's3:fan/ n. 断言. 主张 的宣言都伴随着更猛烈的跺脚。“你怎么敢说我 干巴瘦,不好看?你怎么敢说我长雀斑,红头 .o89. Anne of Green Gabfes impolite, unfeeling woman!" "Anne!" exclaimed Marilla in consternation^{①}. "Did anybody ever see such a temper!" exclaimed the horrified Mrs. Rachel. “Anne go to your room and stay there until I come up." said Marilla, recovering her powers of speech with difficulty. Anne, bursting into tears, rushed to the hall door, slammed②it until the tins on the porch③} wall outside rattled in sympathy, and fled through the hall and up the stairs like a whirlwind④. A subdued}slam above told that the door of the east gable had been shut with equal vehemence. "Well, I don't envy you your job bringing THAT up, Marilla." said Mrs. Rachel with unspeakable solemnity{}. "I'm not trying to excuse her," said Marilla slowly. "She's been very naughty and I'll have to give her a talking to about it. But we must make allowances for{} her. She's never been taught what is right. And you WERE too hard on her, Rachel." Marilla could not help tacking on{} that last sentence, although she was again surprised at herself for doing it. Mrs. Rachel got up with an air of offended dignity. "Well, good evening, Marilla. I hope you'll come down to see me often as usual. But you can't expect me to visit here again in a hurry, if I'm liable* to be flown at and insulted in such a fashion. It's something new in MY experience." Whereat Mrs. Rachel swept out and away and Marilla with a very solemn face betook herself to^{} the east gable. On the way upstairs she pondered uneasily as to what she ought to do. She did not believe she could whip a child. No, some other method of punishment must be found to bring Anne to a proper realization of the .090. 绿山墙的安婉 发?你是个粗鲁、无礼、冷酷的女人!” ① consternation “安呢!”玛丽拉惊叫道。 /.kpnsta'neifon/ n. 惊,恐 怖,惊慌失措 “谁见过这么大的脾气!”惊愣万分的蕾切尔 太太叫道。 “安婉,回你的房间去,我没去叫你,你就 待在那儿。”玛丽拉说,她费了半天劲儿才说出 ② slam /slaem/v. 砰地,猛然 (撞击,关上,放下) 话来。 ③ porch/po:t/n. 门廊 安婉大哭着冲向门厅,摔上厅门,震得屋外 ④ whirlwind /wa:L wind n. 旋 风 门廊墙壁上的锡罐发出同情的格格声,她像旋风 subdued /sob'dju:d/ a. 屈服 一样飞跑着穿过门厅上了楼。随后楼上传来一声 的,柔和的,减弱的 闷响,说明东侧房的房门也是同样被狠狠摔上 vehemence /'vi:imans n. 热 的。 烈:猛烈 “俟,抚养这样的孩子可不值得羡慕,玛丽 solemnity /sp'lemnitr/ n. 庄 拉。”蕾切尔太太极其严肃地说。 严,肃穆 “我并不是替她找借口,”玛丽拉缓缓说道。 ③ make allowance for 体该 “她是很没规矩,我会好好说说她。可我们得体 谅她,从来没人教过她什么是对什么是错。而你 对她也未免太不客气了,蕾切尔。” D tack on添加 玛丽拉忍不住添上了最后那句话,虽然她对 自己的话又吃了一惊。蕾切尔太太霍地站了起 来,显然她的尊严受到了冒犯。 “好吧,再见,玛丽拉。我希望你会跟往常 一样来看我,不过要是我可能还会遭到这样的羞 liable /laiobl/ a. 易于..... 辱,你就别指望我急着来看你了。这可是我从来 的,有......的倾向 没有碰到过的事!” 说着,萤切尔太太就冲出门走了,而玛丽拉 betake oneself to 到.往 则表情异常严肃地向东侧房走去 上楼时她不安地想:该怎么办呢?她觉得她 不能打孩子,不,得想个别的办法让安呢彻底认 识到她的罪过有多大 .091· Anne of Green Gabfes enormity{①} of her offense. Marilla found Anne face downward on her bed, crying bitterly, quite oblivious② of muddy boots on a clean counterpane③. “Anne," she said not ungently. No answer. “Anne,"with greater severity④, "get off that bed this minute and listen to what I have to say to you." Anne squirmed} off the bed and sat rigidly on a chair beside it, her face swollen and tear-stained and her eyes fixed stubbornly on the floor "This is a nice way for you to behave. Anne! Aren't you ashamed of yourself?" "She hadn't any right to call me ugly and redheaded." retorted Anne, evasive{} and defiant^{}. “You hadn't any right to fly into such a fury and talk the way you did to her, Anne. I was ashamed of you - thoroughly{} ashamed of you. You made a fine exhibition of yourself I must say. Mrs. Lynde will have a nice story to tell about you everywhere- and she'll tell it, too It was a dreadful thing for you to lose your temper like that, Anne. And" - Marilla had a saving inspiration of punishment - "you must go to her and tell her you are very sorry for your bad temper and ask her to forgive you." "I can never do that," said Anne determinedly and darkly. "You can punish me in any way you like, Marilla. You can shut me up in a dark, damp dungeon{} inhabited by snakes and toads and feed me only on bread and water and I shall not complain. But I cannot ask Mrs. Lynde to forgive me." “We're not in the habit of shuting people up in dark damp dungeons," said Marilla drily, "But apologize to Mrs. Lynde you must .092· 绿山墙的安婉 ① enormity /t'no:matv/ n. 暴 玛丽拉发现安婉正趴在床上痛哭不已,全然 行,极恶 不顾沾满泥巴的靴子在干净的床罩上 ② oblivious /s'blrvios/ a. 没注 意到,不知道 “安婉。”她不慌不忙地说。 ③ counterpane /kaontapein/ n 没有回答。 床单,床罩 “安妃,”口气严厉了些, “马上坐起来,听 ④severity /sr'veriti/ n. 严厉; 严重 着,我有些话不能不说。” squirm /skwam/v:(因不 安呢局促不安地从床上爬起来,僵硬地坐在 舒适、羞愧或紧张而)蟋动 床边的椅子上,脸庞浮肺,布满泪痕,两眼固执 地盯着地板。 “这样才对,安婉!你难道不为自己的行为 感到惭愧吗?” “她没有权利说我丑,说我红头发。”安婉反 evasive /t'versivl a. 逃避的 驳道,语气软了下来却又毫不屈服 defiant /dr'farant/ a. 反抗的. “你没有权利大发脾气,还那样跟她说话, 排蚌的 ③ thoroughly /arol/ ad. 彻 安婉。我真替你害躁--实实在在替你害躁。我 底地 本指望你在林德太太面前能举止得体,可你却让 我丢尽了脸。我必须说你可是充分暴露了自己, 林德太太可算有了关于你的好故事可以到处去讲 了--而且她也肯定会讲的。你发这么大的脾气 对你太不利了,安婉。” “所以,”--玛丽拉灵机一动,有了个惩罚 她的办法--“你必须去找她,对她说你为你的 坏脾气感到非常抱歉,并且请求她原谅你。” dungeon/dandsan/n. 地牢 “我决不会这样做,”安呢断然而阴郁地说。 土牢 “您可以随便怎么惩罚我,玛丽拉,您可以把我 关在有很多毒蛇和痴给蝶的阴暗潮湿的地牢里。 只给我面包和水,我不会抱怨的。可我不能去请 求林德太太原谅。” “我们可没有把人关在阴暗潮湿的地牢里的 .093· Anne of Green Gabfes and shall and you'll stay here in your room until you can tell me you're willing to do it." "I shall have to stay here forever then." said Anne mournfully①. “You'll have the night to think over your conduct in and come to a better frame of mind. You said you would try to be a very good girl if we kept you at Green Gables, but I must say it hasn't seemed very much like it this evening." said Marilla, rising to depart. ·094: 绿山墙的安婉 习惯,”玛丽拉一本正经地说, “但是你必须向 林德太太道歉,你就待在这房间里直到你告诉我 ① mourmfully /mo:nfolr/ ad 愿意这么做。” 悲哀地 “那我就不得不永远待在这儿了。”安呢伤心 地说。 “你有一晚上的时间反省你的行为,这会使 你头脑更清楚些。你说过要是我们把你留在绿山 墙,你会努力做个好孩子,可是我得说,今天晚 上发生的事可跟你保证的不一样。”玛丽拉说着 站起身来离开了。 ·095·