《简·爱》 Chapter 38 第三十八章（3）

So I sought out a school conducted on a more indulgent system, and near enough to permit of my visiting her often, and bringing her home sometimes.

因此我选了一个校规比较宽容的学校，而且又近家，让我常常可去探望她，有时还可以把她带回家来。

I took care she should never want for anything that could contribute to her comfort:

我还留意让她过得舒舒服服，什么都不缺。

she soon settled in her new abode¹, became very happy there, and made fair progress in her studies.

她很快在新的居所安顿下来了，在那儿过得很愉快，学习上也取得了长足的进步。

As she grew up, a sound English education corrected in a great measure her French defects;

她长大以后，健全的英国教育很大程度上纠正了她的法国式缺陷。

and when she left school, I found in her a pleasing and obliging companion: docile², good-tempered, and well-principled.

她离开学校时，我发觉她已是一个讨人喜欢、懂礼貌的伙伴，和气，听话，很讲原则。

By her grateful attention to me and mine, she has long since well repaid any little kindness I ever had it in my power to offer her.

她出于感激，对我和我家人的照应，早已报答了我在力所能及的情况下给予她的微小帮助。

My tale draws to its close: one word respecting my experience of married life,

我的故事已近尾声，再说一两句关于我婚后的生活情况，

and one brief glance at the fortunes of those who se names have most frequently recurred³ in this narrative⁴, and I have done.

粗略地看一看他们的名字在我叙述中反复出现的人的命运，我也就把故事讲完了。

I have now been married ten years.

如今我结婚已经十年了。

I know what it is to live entirely⁵ for and with what I love best on earth.

我明白一心跟世上我最喜爱的人生活，为他而生活是怎么回事。

I hold myself supremely⁶ blest -- blest beyond what language can express; because I am my husband's life as fully⁷ is he is mine.

我认为自己无比幸福——幸福得难以言传，因为我完全是丈夫的生命，他也完全是我的生命。

No woman was ever nearer to her mate than I am: ever more absolutely bone of his bone and flesh of his flesh.

没有女人比我跟丈夫更为亲近了，比我更绝对地是他的骨中之骨，肉中之肉了。

I know no weariness of my Edward's society:

我与爱德华相处，永远不知疲倦，

he knows none of mine, any more than we each do of the pulsation⁸ of the heart that beats in our separate bosoms⁹; consequently, we are ever together.

他同我相处也是如此，就像我们对搏动在各自的胸腔里的心跳不会厌倦一样。

To be together is for us to be at once as free as in solitude¹⁰, as gay as in company.

结果，我们始终呆在一起。对我们来说，在一起既像独处时一样自由，又像相聚时一样欢乐。

We talk, I believe, all day long: to talk to each other is but a more animated¹¹ and an audible thinking.

我想我们整天交谈着，相互交谈不过是一种听得见、更活跃的思索罢了。

All my confidence is bestowed¹² on him, all his confidence is devoted¹³ to me; we are precisely¹⁴ suited in character -- perfect concord¹⁵ is the result.

他同我推心置腹，我同他无话不谈。我们的性格完全投合，结果彼此心心相印。

1 abode   

n.住处，住所

参考例句：

• It was ten months before my father discovered his abode.父亲花了十个月的功夫，才好不容易打听到他的住处。
• Welcome to our humble abode!欢迎光临寒舍！

2 docile   

adj.驯服的，易控制的，容易教的

参考例句：

• Circus monkeys are trained to be very docile and obedient.马戏团的猴子训练得服服贴贴的。
• He is a docile and well-behaved child.他是个温顺且彬彬有礼的孩子。

3 recurred   

再发生，复发( recur的过去式和过去分词 )； 治愈

参考例句：

• Old memories constantly recurred to him. 往事经常浮现在他的脑海里。
• She always winced when he recurred to the subject of his poems. 每逢他一提到他的诗作的时候，她总是有点畏缩。

4 narrative   

n.叙述，故事；adj.叙事的，故事体的

参考例句：

• He was a writer of great narrative power.他是一位颇有记述能力的作家。
• Neither author was very strong on narrative.两个作者都不是很善于讲故事。

5 entirely   

ad.全部地，完整地；完全地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The fire was entirely caused by their neglect of duty. 那场火灾完全是由于他们失职而引起的。
• His life was entirely given up to the educational work. 他的一生统统献给了教育工作。

6 supremely   

adv.无上地，崇高地

参考例句：

• They managed it all supremely well. 这件事他们干得极其出色。
• I consider a supremely beautiful gesture. 我觉得这是非常优雅的姿态。

7 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

8 pulsation   

n.脉搏，悸动，脉动；搏动性

参考例句：

• At low frequencies, such as 10 per sec., pulsation is sensed rather than vibration. 在低频率（譬如每秒十次）时，所感觉到的是脉冲而非振动。 来自辞典例句
• If the roller pulsation, the pressure on paper as cause misregister. 如果滚子径向跳不静，则差纸的不张辛有不小有小，致使套印禁绝。 来自互联网

9 bosoms   

胸部( bosom的名词复数 )； 胸怀； 女衣胸部（或胸襟）； 和爱护自己的人在一起的情形

参考例句：

• How beautifully gold brooches glitter on the bosoms of our patriotic women! 金光闪闪的别针佩在我国爱国妇女的胸前，多美呀！
• Let us seek out some desolate shade, and there weep our sad bosoms empty. 我们寻个僻静的地方，去痛哭一场吧。

10 solitude   

n. 孤独; 独居,荒僻之地,幽静的地方

参考例句：

• People need a chance to reflect on spiritual matters in solitude. 人们需要独处的机会来反思精神上的事情。
• They searched for a place where they could live in solitude. 他们寻找一个可以过隐居生活的地方。

11 animated   

adj.生气勃勃的，活跃的，愉快的

参考例句：

• His observations gave rise to an animated and lively discussion.他的言论引起了一场气氛热烈而活跃的讨论。
• We had an animated discussion over current events last evening.昨天晚上我们热烈地讨论时事。

12 bestowed   

赠给，授予( bestow的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• It was a title bestowed upon him by the king. 那是国王赐给他的头衔。
• He considered himself unworthy of the honour they had bestowed on him. 他认为自己不配得到大家赋予他的荣誉。

13 devoted   

adj.忠诚的，忠实的，热心的，献身于...的

参考例句：

• He devoted his life to the educational cause of the motherland.他为祖国的教育事业贡献了一生。
• We devoted a lengthy and full discussion to this topic.我们对这个题目进行了长时间的充分讨论。

14 precisely   

adv.恰好，正好，精确地，细致地

参考例句：

• It's precisely that sort of slick sales-talk that I mistrust.我不相信的正是那种油腔滑调的推销宣传。
• The man adjusted very precisely.那个人调得很准。

15 concord   

n.和谐；协调

参考例句：

• These states had lived in concord for centuries.这些国家几个世纪以来一直和睦相处。
• His speech did nothing for racial concord.他的讲话对种族和谐没有作用。