英语听力 暮光之城•暮色 第114期:第七章 梦魇(19)

 "Well, okay." He seemed to realize that he was out of his depth with the girlie stuff. "It's a school night, though." “嗯，好吧。”他似乎意识到他离少女的世界太远了。“不过，这是上学的晚上。”

"We'll leave right after school, so we can get back early. You'll be okay for dinner, right?" “我们一放学就去，这样我们就可以早点回来。你要自己解决晚餐，没问题吧？”

"Bells, I fed myself for seventeen years before you got here," he reminded me. “贝尔，在你到这儿来以前，我自力更生了十七年。”他提醒我。

"I don't know how you survived," I muttered, then added more clearly, “我不知道你是怎么活下来的。”我嘟囔着，然后更清晰地补充道。

"I'll leave some things for cold-cut sandwiches in the fridge, okay? Right on top." “我会在冰箱里留一点做冷餐三明治的食材，好吗？就在冰箱上层。”

It was sunny again in the morning. I awakened¹ with renewed hope that I grimly tried to suppress. 这天早上又是晴空万里。我又燃起了新的希望，虽然我冷漠地试图把这种感觉给压下去。

I dressed for the warmer weather in a deep blue V-neck blouse—something I'd worn in the dead of winter in Phoenix². 因为天气更暖和了，我穿上了一件深蓝色V领短打衫——这是我在凤凰城冬天最冷的时候才会穿的衣服。

I had planned my arrival at school so that I barely had time to make it to class. 我精确地安排着到校时间，这样我就能刚好赶上上课了。

With a sinking heart, I circled the full lot looking for a space, while also searching for the silver Volvo that was clearly not there. 我心里沉甸甸的，满停车场兜着圈子找空位，同时也是在找那辆银色沃尔沃，但它显然不在。

I parked in the last row and hurried to English, arriving breathless, but subdued³, before the final bell. 我把车停到最后一排，然后匆忙地跑去上英语课，上气不接下气地赶到了教室，然后在最后一声铃响前缓了过来。

It was the same as yesterday—I just couldn't keep little sprouts⁴ of hope from budding in my mind, 今天和昨天完全一样——只是我没能保住心头萌发的小小希望之芽。

only to have them squashed painfully as I searched the lunchroom in vain and sat at my empty Biology table. 当我徒劳地搜索着午餐室，当我坐到空荡荡的生物实验桌旁时，我只能痛苦地把它们扼杀掉。

1 awakened   

v.（使）醒( awaken的过去式和过去分词 )；（使）觉醒；弄醒；（使）意识到

参考例句：

• She awakened to the sound of birds singing. 她醒来听到鸟的叫声。
• The public has been awakened to the full horror of the situation. 公众完全意识到了这一状况的可怕程度。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 phoenix   

n.凤凰，长生(不死)鸟；引申为重生

参考例句：

• The airline rose like a phoenix from the ashes.这家航空公司又起死回生了。
• The phoenix worship of China is fetish worship not totem adoration.中国凤崇拜是灵物崇拜而非图腾崇拜。

3 subdued   

adj. 屈服的，柔和的，减弱的 动词subdue的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He seemed a bit subdued to me. 我觉得他当时有点闷闷不乐。
• I felt strangely subdued when it was all over. 一切都结束的时候，我却有一种奇怪的压抑感。

4 sprouts   

n.新芽，嫩枝( sprout的名词复数 )v.发芽( sprout的第三人称单数 )；抽芽；出现；（使）涌现出

参考例句：

• The wheat sprouts grew perceptibly after the rain. 下了一场雨，麦苗立刻见长。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• The sprouts have pushed up the earth. 嫩芽把土顶起来了。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》