《简·爱》 Chapter 10 第十章（3）

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I went to my window, opened it, and looked out.

我走向窗子，把它打开，往外眺望。

There were the two wings of the building;

我看见了大楼的两翼。

There was the garden; there were the skirts of Lowood;

看见了花园，看见了罗沃德的边缘。

There was the hilly horizon.

看见了山峦起伏的地平线。

My eye passed all other objects to rest on those most remote, the blue peaks.

我的目光越过了其他东西，落在那些最遥远的蓝色山峰上。

It was those I longed to surmount¹;

正是那些山峰，我渴望去攀登。

All within their boundary of rock and heath seemed prison-ground, exile limits.

荒凉不堪岩石嶙峋的边界之内，仿佛是囚禁地，是放逐的极限。

I traced the white road winding² round the base of one mountain, and vanishing in a gorge³ between two;

我跟踪那条白色的路蜿蜒着绕过一座山的山脚，消失在两山之间的峡谷之中。

How I longed to follow it farther!

我多么希望继续跟着它往前走啊！

I recalled the time when I had travelled that very road in a coach;

我忆起了我乘着马车沿着那条路走的日子。

I remembered descending⁴ that hill at twilight⁵;

我记得在薄暮中驶下了山。

An age seemed to have elapsed since the day which brought me first to Lowood, and I had never quitted it since.

自从我被第一次带到罗沃德时起，仿佛一个世纪己经过去，但我从来没有离开过这里。

My vacations had all been spent at school:

假期都是在学校里度过的。

Mrs. Reed had never sent for me to Gateshead;

里德太太从来没有把我接到盖茨黑德去过。

Neither she nor any of her family had ever been to visit me.

不管是她本人，还是家里的其他人，从未来看过我。

I had had no communication by letter or message with the outer world:

我与外部世界既没有书信往来，也不通消息。

School-rules, school-duties, school-habits and notions, and voices, and faces, and phrases, and costumes, and preferences, and antipathies⁶ — such was what I knew of existence.

学校的规定、任务、习惯、观念、音容、语言、服饰、好恶，就是我所知道的生活内容。

And now I felt that it was not enough;

而如今我觉得这很不够。

I tired of the routine of eight years in one afternoon.

一个下午之间，我对八年的常规生活突然感到厌倦了。

I desired liberty; for liberty I gasped⁷; for liberty I uttered a prayer.

我憧憬自由，我渴望自由，我为自由作了一个祷告。

It seemed scattered⁸ on the wind then faintly blowing.

这祈祷似乎被驱散，融入了微风之中。

I abandoned it and framed a humbler supplication⁹; for change, stimulus¹⁰:

我放弃了祈祷，设想了一个更谦卑的祈求，祈求变化，祈求刺激。

That petition, too, seemed swept off into vague space: "Then," I cried, half desperate, "grant me at least a new servitude!"

而这恳求似乎也被吹进了浩茫的宇宙。“那么”，我近乎绝望地叫道，“至少赐予我一种新的苦役吧！”

Here a bell, ringing the hour of supper, called me downstairs.

这时，晚饭铃响了，把我召唤到了楼下。

I was not free to resume the interrupted chain of my reflections till bedtime.

直到睡觉的时候，我才有空继续那被打断了的沉思。

Even then a teacher who occupied the same room with me kept me from the subject to which I longed to recur¹¹, by a prolonged effusion of small talk.

即便在那时，同房间的一位教师还絮絮叨叨闲聊了好久，使我没法回到我所渴望的问题上。

How I wished sleep would silence her.

我多么希望瞌睡会使她闭上嘴巴！

It seemed as if, could I but go back to the idea which had last entered my mind as I stood at the window, some inventive suggestion would rise for my relief.

仿佛只要我重新思考伫立窗前时闪过脑际的念头，某个独特的想法便会自己冒出来，使我得以解脱似的。

Miss Gryce snored at last;

格丽丝小姐终于打瞌了。

She was a heavy Welshwoman, and till now her habitual¹² nasal strains had never been regarded by me in any other light than as a nuisance.

她是一位笨重的威尔士女人，在此之前我对她惯常的鼻音曲除了认为讨厌，没有别的看法。

Tonight I hailed the first deep notes with satisfaction.

而今晚我满意地迎来了它最初的深沉曲调。

I was debarrassed of interruption. My half-effaced thought instantly revived.

我免除了打扰，心中那抹去了一半的想法又立刻复活了。

1 surmount   

vt.克服；置于…顶上

参考例句：

• We have many problems to surmount before we can start the project.我们得克服许多困难才能著手做这项工作。
• We are fully confident that we can surmount these difficulties.我们完全相信我们能够克服这些困难。

2 winding   

n.绕，缠，绕组，线圈

参考例句：

• A winding lane led down towards the river.一条弯弯曲曲的小路通向河边。
• The winding trail caused us to lose our orientation.迂回曲折的小道使我们迷失了方向。

3 gorge   

n.咽喉，胃，暴食，山峡；v.塞饱，狼吞虎咽地吃

参考例句：

• East of the gorge leveled out.峡谷东面地势变得平坦起来。
• It made my gorge rise to hear the news.这消息令我作呕。

4 descending   

n. 下行 adj. 下降的

参考例句：

• The results are expressed in descending numerical order . 结果按数字降序列出。
• The climbers stopped to orient themselves before descending the mountain. 登山者先停下来确定所在的位置，然后再下山。

5 twilight   

n.暮光，黄昏；暮年，晚期，衰落时期

参考例句：

• Twilight merged into darkness.夕阳的光辉融于黑暗中。
• Twilight was sweet with the smell of lilac and freshly turned earth.薄暮充满紫丁香和新翻耕的泥土的香味。

6 antipathies   

反感( antipathy的名词复数 )； 引起反感的事物； 憎恶的对象； （在本性、倾向等方面的）不相容

参考例句：

• Yet it breeds antipathies of the most pungent character between those who lay the emphasis differently. 然而，由于个人的着重点不同，彼此之间就产生了许多非常尖锐的嫌恶感。
• Yet breeds antipathies of the most pungent character between those who lay the emphasis differently. 然而。由于个人的着重点不同。彼此之间就产生了许多非常尖锐的嫌恶感。

7 gasped   

v.喘气( gasp的过去式和过去分词 )；喘息；倒抽气；很想要

参考例句：

• She gasped at the wonderful view. 如此美景使她惊讶得屏住了呼吸。
• People gasped with admiration at the superb skill of the gymnasts. 体操运动员的高超技艺令人赞叹。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

8 scattered   

adj.分散的，稀疏的；散步的；疏疏落落的

参考例句：

• Gathering up his scattered papers,he pushed them into his case.他把散乱的文件收拾起来，塞进文件夹里。

9 supplication   

n.恳求，祈愿，哀求

参考例句：

• She knelt in supplication. 她跪地祷求。
• The supplication touched him home. 这个请求深深地打动了他。 来自英汉文学 - 双城记

10 stimulus   

n.刺激，刺激物，促进因素，引起兴奋的事物

参考例句：

• Regard each failure as a stimulus to further efforts.把每次失利看成对进一步努力的激励。
• Light is a stimulus to growth in plants.光是促进植物生长的一个因素。

11 recur   

vi.复发，重现，再发生

参考例句：

• Economic crises recur periodically.经济危机周期性地发生。
• Of course,many problems recur at various periods.当然，有许多问题会在不同的时期反复提出。

12 habitual   

adj.习惯性的；通常的，惯常的

参考例句：

• He is a habitual criminal.他是一个惯犯。
• They are habitual visitors to our house.他们是我家的常客。