【有声英语文学名著】英国病人 22

 Darkness between Hana and Caravaggio as they walk in the garden. Now he begins to talk in his familiar slow drawl. “It was someone’s birthday party late at night on Danforth Avenue. The Night Crawler restaurant. Do you remember, Hana? Everyone had to stand and sing a song. Your father, me,  friends, and you said you wanted to as well— for the first time. You were still at school then, and you had learned¹ the song in a French class. 

“You did it formally, stood on the bench and then one more step up onto the wooden table between the plates and the candles burning. 

 

“ ‘Alonson fon!’ 

 

“You sang out, your left hand to your heart. Alonson fon! Half the people there didn’t know what the hell² you were singing, and maybe you didn’t know what the exact words meant, but you knew what the song was about. “The breeze³ from the window was swaying⁴ your skirt over so it almost touched a candle, and your ankles seemed fire-white in the bar. Your father’s eyes looking up at you, miraculous with this new language, the cause pouring out so distinct, flawless, no hesitations, 

 

1 learned   

adj.有学问的，博学的；learn的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He went into a rage when he learned about it.他听到这事后勃然大怒。
• In this little village,he passed for a learned man.在这个小村子里，他被视为有学问的人。

2 hell   

n.地狱，阴间；用以咒骂或表示愤怒，不满

参考例句：

• It's a hell of a hike from Sydney to Perth.从悉尼到珀斯的徒步旅行简直苦死了。
• The boss really gave me hell today.老板今天着实数落了我一通。

3 breeze   

n.微风；轻而易举的事；vi.来去匆匆，急速走

参考例句：

• A little breeze is blowing in from the window.微风从窗户里吹进来。
• The clouds are pale and a light breeze is blowing.云淡风轻。

4 swaying   

v.（使）摇摆， （使）摇动( sway的现在分词 )；影响、改变…的观点[行动]；横荡；晃晃悠悠

参考例句：

• The flowers were gently swaying in the breeze . 花儿在微风中轻轻舞动。
• The branches were swaying in the wind. 树枝在风中摇曳。