月亮和六便士 第二十二章(1)

 　　Chapter 22 第二十二章

　　I settled down in Paris and began to write a play. 我在巴黎定居下来，开始写一个剧本。

　　I led a very regular life, 我的生活很有规律；

　　working in the morning, and in the afternoon lounging about the gardens of the Luxembourg or sauntering through the streets. 早上工作，下午在卢森堡公园或者在大街上漫步。

　　I spent long hours in the Louvre, the most friendly of all galleries and the most convenient for meditation¹; 我把很多时间消磨在卢佛尔宫里，这是巴黎所有画廊中我感到最亲切的一个，也是最适于我冥想的地方。

　　or idled on the quays², fingering second-hand³ books that I never meant to buy. 再不然我就在塞纳河边悠闲地打发时间，翻弄一些我从来不想买的旧书。

　　I read a page here and there, and made acquaintance with a great many authors whom I was content to know thus desultorily⁴. 我东读两页、西读两页，就这样熟悉了不少作家。对这些作家我有这种零星的知识也就完全够用了。

　　In the evenings I went to see my friends. 晚饭后我去看朋友。

　　I looked in often on the Stroeves, and sometimes shared their modest fare. 我常常到施特略夫家去，有时候在他家吃一顿简便的晚饭。

　　Dirk Stroeve flattered himself on his skill in cooking Italian dishes, and I confess that his spaghetti were very much better than his pictures. 施特略夫认为做意大利菜是他的拿手，我也承认他做的意大利通心粉远比他画的画高明。

　　It was a dinner for a King when he brought in a huge dish of it, succulent with tomatoes, 当他端上来一大盘香喷喷的通心粉，配着西红柿，

　　and we ate it together with the good household bread and a bottle of red wine. 我们一边喝红葡萄酒，一边就着通心粉吃他家自己烘烤的面包的时候，这一顿饭简直抵得上皇上的御餐了。

　　I grew more intimate with Blanche Stroeve, and I think, because I was English and she knew few English people, she was glad to see me. 我同勃朗什·施特略夫逐渐熟起来。我想，可能因为我是英国人，而她在这里认识的英国人不多，所以她很高兴看到我。

　　She was pleasant and simple, but she remained always rather silent, and I knew not why, gave me the impression that she was concealing⁵ something. 她心地单纯，人总是快快活活，但是她一般不太爱说话。不知道为什么，她给我一个印象，仿佛心里藏着什么东西似的。

　　But I thought that was perhaps no more than a natural reserve accentuated⁶ by the verbose⁷ frankness of her husband. 但是我也想过，这也许只是因为她生性拘谨，再加上她丈夫心直口快、过于饶舌的缘故。

　　Dirk never concealed⁸ anything. 戴尔克心里有什么话都憋不住，

　　He discussed the most intimate matters with a complete lack of self-consciousness. 就是最隐秘的事也毫无避讳地公开和你讨论。

1 meditation   

n.熟虑，（尤指宗教的）默想，沉思，（pl.）冥想录

参考例句：

• This peaceful garden lends itself to meditation.这个恬静的花园适于冥想。
• I'm sorry to interrupt your meditation.很抱歉，我打断了你的沉思。

2 quays   

码头( quay的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• She drove across the Tournelle bridge and across the busy quays to the Latin quarter. 她驾车开过图尔内勒桥，穿过繁忙的码头开到拉丁区。
• When blasting is close to such installations as quays, the charge can be reduced. 在靠近如码头这类设施爆破时，装药量可以降低。

3 second-hand   

adj.用过的，旧的，二手的

参考例句：

• I got this book by chance at a second-hand bookshop.我赶巧在一家旧书店里买到这本书。
• They will put all these second-hand goods up for sale.他们将把这些旧货全部公开出售。

4 desultorily   

adv. 杂乱无章地, 散漫地

参考例句：

• The man continued talking. She answered him desultorily. 那个男人继续说着。她随口应答。 来自柯林斯例句

5 concealing   

v.隐藏，隐瞒，遮住( conceal的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• Despite his outward display of friendliness, I sensed he was concealing something. 尽管他表现得友善，我还是感觉到他有所隐瞒。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• SHE WAS BREAKING THE COMPACT, AND CONCEALING IT FROM HIM. 她违反了他们之间的约定，还把他蒙在鼓里。 来自英汉文学 - 三万元遗产

6 accentuated   

v.重读( accentuate的过去式和过去分词 )；使突出；使恶化；加重音符号于

参考例句：

• The problem is accentuated by a shortage of water and electricity. 缺乏水电使问题愈加严重。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Her black hair accentuated the delicateness of her skin. 她那乌黑的头发更衬托出她洁嫩的皮肤。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

7 verbose   

adj.用字多的；冗长的；累赘的

参考例句：

• His writing is difficult and often verbose.他的文章很晦涩，而且往往篇幅冗长。
• Your report is too long and verbose.你的报告太长太罗嗦了。

8 concealed   

a.隐藏的，隐蔽的

参考例句：

• The paintings were concealed beneath a thick layer of plaster. 那些画被隐藏在厚厚的灰泥层下面。
• I think he had a gun concealed about his person. 我认为他当时身上藏有一支枪。