英语听力 暮光之城•暮色 第149期:第九章 理论(13)

 "I'm sorry." His voice burned with regret. “我很抱歉。”他的声音被懊悔灼烧着。

I knew he wasn't just apologizing for the words that had upset me. 我知道，他不只是在为刺痛了我的那些话道歉。

The darkness slipped by us in silence. 黑暗在沉默中从我们中间飞掠而过。

"Tell me something," he asked after another minute, and I could hear him struggle to use a lighter¹ tone². “和我说说话。”又过了一分钟，他要求道。我能听出来，他竭力让自己的语气更轻柔些。

"Yes?" “说什么？”

"What were you thinking tonight, just before I came around the corner? “今天晚上，在我转过拐角以前，你在想什么？

I couldn't understand your expression you didn't look that scared, you looked like you were concentrating very hard on something." 我不明白你的表情，你看上去并不那么害怕，看起来就像是在聚精会神地想着某件事。”

"I was trying to remember how to incapacitate an attacker—you know, self-defense. I was going to smash³ his nose into his brain." “我在努力回想着要怎样挫败攻击我的人——你知道，防身术。我本来打算猛击他的鼻子，把它打进他的脑袋里的。”

I thought of the dark-haired man with a surge⁴ of hate. 我想起了那个黑发男人，不由得一阵厌恶。

"You were going to fight them?" This upset him. "Didn't you think about running?" “你打算反抗他们？”这让他不安起来。“你没想过逃跑吗？”

"I fall down a lot when I run," I admitted. “我跑步的时候老是摔倒。”我坦白道。

"What about screaming for help?" “那为什么不大声求救呢？”

"I was getting to that part." “我正要那样做。”

He shook his head. "You were right—I'm definitely fighting fate trying to keep you alive." 他摇了摇头。“你是对的——我确实是在和命运抗争，努力让你活下来。”

I sighed. 我叹了口气。

We were slowing, passing into the boundaries of Forks. 我们开始减速了，穿过了福克斯的边界。

It had taken less than twenty minutes. 总共才花了不到二十分钟的时间。

"Will I see you tomorrow?" I demanded. “我明天能见到你吗？”我请求道。

"Yes—I have a paper due, too." He smiled. "I'll save you a seat at lunch." “能——我也有一篇论文到期要交。”他微笑着。“午餐的时候我会给你留个座位的。”

It was silly, after everything we'd been through tonight, how that little promise sent flutters⁵ through my stomach, and made me unable to speak. 这太愚蠢了。在我们经历了今晚的每一件事以后，这个小小的承诺居然能让我如此忐忑不安，让我说不出话来。

1 lighter   

n.打火机，点火器；驳船；v.用驳船运送；light的比较级

参考例句：

• The portrait was touched up so as to make it lighter.这张画经过润色，色调明朗了一些。
• The lighter works off the car battery.引燃器利用汽车蓄电池打火。

2 tone   

n.语气，音调，气度，色调；vt.（up）增强

参考例句：

• There was a tone of mockery in his voice.他说话的语气含有嘲笑的意味。
• Holmes used an informal,chatty tone in his essays.霍姆斯在文章中语气轻松随便。

3 smash   

v.粉碎，打碎；n.轰动的演出，巨大的成功

参考例句：

• We heard the smash of plates breaking in the kitchen.我们听到厨房里盘子破碎的声音。
• The gifted author wrote one smash after another.这个天才作家创作了一篇又一篇轰动一时的作品。

4 surge   

n.汹涌，澎湃；vi.汹涌，强烈感到，飞涨；vt.放开，松手

参考例句：

• The surge travelled southwards along the coast.浪涛沿着海岸向南涌去。
• It failed to stimulate a surge of investment in industry.这没有能刺激工业投资的激增。

5 flutters   

v.飘动( flutter的第三人称单数 )；（心）快速跳动；振翼，拍翅膀

参考例句：

• She just flutters her eyelashes and the men come running! 她只要眨一下眼睫毛，男人们便忙不迭地跑过来！
• The music of the far-away summer flutters around the Autumn seeking its former nest. 远远去了的夏之音乐，翱翔于秋间，寻求它的旧垒。 来自辞典例句