月亮和六便士 第四十一章(6)

 I had never heard Strickland speak so much at one time. He spoke¹ with a passion of indignation. 思特里克兰德从来没有对我一次讲这么多话。他说话的时候带着一肚子的怒气。

But neither here nor elsewhere do I pretend to give his exact words; 但是不论是这里或是在其他地方，我都不想把我写下来的假充为他的原话。

his vocabulary was small, and he had no gift for framing sentences, 思特里克兰德的词汇量很少，也没有组织句子的能力，

so that one had to piece his meaning together out of interjections, the expression of his face, gestures and hackneyed phrases. 所以一定得把他的惊叹词、他的面部表情、他的手势同一些平凡陈腐的词句串联起来才能弄清楚他的意思。

"You should have lived at a time when women were chattels² and men the masters of slaves," I said. “你应该生活在妇女是奴隶、男人是奴隶主的时代。”我说。

"It just happens that I am a completely normal man." “偏偏我生来是一个完全正常的男人。”

I could not help laughing at this remark, made in all seriousness; 他一本正经地说了这么一句话，不由得又使我笑起来。

but he went on, walking up and down the room like a caged beast, intent on expressing what he felt, but found such difficulty in putting coherently. 他却毫不在意地只顾说下去，一边在屋子里走来走去。但是尽管他全神贯注地努力想把自己感觉到的表达出来，却总是辞不达意。

"When a woman loves you she's not satisfied until she possesses your soul. “要是一个女人爱上了你，除非连你的灵魂也叫她占有了，她是不会感到满足的。

Because she's weak, she has a rage for domination, and nothing less will satisfy her. 因为女人是软弱的，所以她们具有非常强烈的统治欲，不把你完全控制在手就不甘心。

She has a small mind, and she resents the abstract which she is unable to grasp. 女人的心胸狭窄，对那些她理解不了的抽象东西非常反感。

She is occupied with material things, and she is jealous of the ideal. 她们满脑子想的都是物质的东西，所以对于精神和理想非常妒忌。

The soul of man wanders through the uttermost regions of the universe, and she seeks to imprison³ it in the circle of her account-book. 男人的灵魂在宇宙的最遥远的地方邀游，女人却想把它禁锢在家庭收支的账簿里。

Do you remember my wife? 你还记得我的妻子吗？

I saw Blanche little by little trying all her tricks. 我发觉勃朗什一点一点地施展起我妻子的那些小把戏来。

With infinite patience she prepared to snare⁴ me and bind⁵ me. 她以无限的耐心准备把我网罗住，捆住我的手脚。

She wanted to bring me down to her level; she cared nothing for me, she only wanted me to be hers. 她要把我拉到她那个水平上；她对我这个人一点也不关心，唯一想的是叫我依附于她。

She was willing to do everything in the world for me except the one thing I wanted: to leave me alone." 为了我，世界上任何事情她都愿意做，只有一件事除外：不来打搅我。”

1 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

2 chattels   

n.动产，奴隶( chattel的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• An assignment is a total alienation of chattels personal. 动产转让是指属人动产的完全转让。 来自辞典例句
• Alan and I, getting our chattels together, struck into another road to reassume our flight. 艾伦和我收拾好我们的财物，急匆匆地走上了另一条路，继续过我们的亡命生活。 来自辞典例句

3 imprison   

vt.监禁，关押，限制，束缚

参考例句：

• The effect of this one is going to imprison you for life.而这件事的影响力则会让你被终身监禁。
• Dutch colonial authorities imprisoned him for his part in the independence movement.荷兰殖民当局因他参加独立运动而把他关押了起来。

4 snare   

n.陷阱，诱惑，圈套；（去除息肉或者肿瘤的）勒除器；响弦，小军鼓；vt.以陷阱捕获，诱惑

参考例句：

• I used to snare small birds such as sparrows.我曾常用罗网捕捉麻雀等小鸟。
• Most of the people realized that their scheme was simply a snare and a delusion.大多数人都认识到他们的诡计不过是一个骗人的圈套。

5 bind   

vt.捆，包扎；装订；约束；使凝固；vi.变硬

参考例句：

• I will let the waiter bind up the parcel for you.我让服务生帮你把包裹包起来。
• He wants a shirt that does not bind him.他要一件不使他觉得过紧的衬衫。