英语听力 暮光之城•暮色 第106期:第七章 梦魇(11)

 And I knew in that I had my answer.  然后我知道，我已经得出答案了。

I didn't know if there ever was a choice, really.  我甚至不知道这里面是否真的有过一个抉择。

I was already in too deep. Now that I knew, 我已经陷得太深了。我知道

if I knew, I could do nothing about my frightening secret.  如果我真的知道的话，对于我这个吓人的秘密，我什么也不会做的。

Because when I thought of him, of his voice, his hypnotic eyes,  因为每当我想起他，想起他的声音，他能够催眠的眼睛，

the magnetic force of his personality, I wanted nothing more than to be with him right now.  他极具吸引力的个人魅力的时候，我只想立刻和他在一起，除此之外便别无所求了。

Even if… but I couldn't think it. Not here, alone in the darkening forest.  即使……但我不能再想下去了。不能在这里，独自一人待在越来越黑的森林里想。

Not while the rain made it dim as twilight¹ under the canopy²  不能在这个时候，不能在雨水让天边的暮色变得黯淡，

and pattered like footsteps across the matted earthen floor. 滴滴答答的声音就像走过铺着瓷砖的地板的脚步声的时候想。

I shivered and rose quickly from my place of concealment³,  我颤抖着，赶快从我的隐蔽之所站起来，

worried that somehow the path would have disappeared with the rain. 担心着那条小路也许会消失在雨中。

But it was there, safe and clear, winding⁴ its way out of the dripping green maze⁵.  但它仍在那里，安全又清晰，蜿蜒着穿过那片湿漉漉的绿色迷宫。

I followed it hastily, my hood⁶ pulled close around my face, becoming surprised,  我慌忙沿着小路走回去，我的兜帽拉得很低，垂在我的脸旁。我开始惊慌起来，

as I nearly ran through the trees, at how far I had come.  几乎是跑着穿过树林，因为我觉得已经走了像来时那么远的距离了。

I started to wonder if I was heading out at all,  我开始怀疑自己是不是已经冲过头了，

or following the path farther into the confines of the forest.  又或者是沿着小路走到了森林里更远的地方。

Before I could get too panicky, though,  但在我变得更加惊慌失措以前，

I began to glimpse some open spaces through the webbed branches.  透过密密麻麻像蜘蛛网一样的树枝，我隐约能瞥见一些开阔地了。

And then I could hear a car passing on the street, and I was free,  然后我听到了一辆车穿过街道的声音，我自由了。

Charlie's lawn stretched out in front of me, the house beckoning⁷ me, promising⁸ warmth and dry socks. 查理的草坪出现在我的面前，那所房子在召唤着我，许诺着温暖以及干燥的袜子。

It was just noon when I got back inside.  我走回屋里的时候刚好是正午。

I went upstairs and got dressed for the day, jeans and a t-shirt, since I was staying indoors.  我走上楼，换上这一天的装束——牛仔裤和T恤衫——因为我会一直待在家里。

It didn't take too much effort to concentrate on my task for the day,  全力以赴解决今天的任务不会花上太多的工夫，

a paper on Macbeth that was due Wednesday.  只是一份周三截止的关于麦克白的论文而已。

I settled into outlining a rough draft contentedly⁹,  我心满意足地投入工作，罗列出了一份粗略的草稿。

more serene¹⁰ than I'd felt since… well, since Thursday afternoon, if I was being honest. 这份宁静的心境是我许久没有感受过的，自从……好吧，自从周四下午以后，如果我足够诚实的话。

1 twilight   

n.暮光，黄昏；暮年，晚期，衰落时期

参考例句：

• Twilight merged into darkness.夕阳的光辉融于黑暗中。
• Twilight was sweet with the smell of lilac and freshly turned earth.薄暮充满紫丁香和新翻耕的泥土的香味。

2 canopy   

n.天篷，遮篷

参考例句：

• The trees formed a leafy canopy above their heads.树木在他们头顶上空形成了一个枝叶茂盛的遮篷。
• They lay down under a canopy of stars.他们躺在繁星点点的天幕下。

3 concealment   

n.隐藏, 掩盖，隐瞒

参考例句：

• the concealment of crime 对罪行的隐瞒
• Stay in concealment until the danger has passed. 把自己藏起来，待危险过去后再出来。

4 winding   

n.绕，缠，绕组，线圈

参考例句：

• A winding lane led down towards the river.一条弯弯曲曲的小路通向河边。
• The winding trail caused us to lose our orientation.迂回曲折的小道使我们迷失了方向。

5 maze   

n.迷宫，八阵图，混乱，迷惑

参考例句：

• He found his way through the complex maze of corridors.他穿过了迷宮一样的走廊。
• She was lost in the maze for several hours.一连几小时，她的头脑处于一片糊涂状态。

6 hood   

n.头巾，兜帽，覆盖；v.罩上，以头巾覆盖

参考例句：

• She is wearing a red cloak with a hood.她穿着一件红色带兜帽的披风。
• The car hood was dented in.汽车的发动机罩已凹了进去。

7 beckoning   

adj.引诱人的，令人心动的v.（用头或手的动作）示意，召唤( beckon的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• An even more beautiful future is beckoning us on. 一个更加美好的未来在召唤我们继续前进。 来自辞典例句
• He saw a youth of great radiance beckoning to him. 他看见一个丰神飘逸的少年向他招手。 来自辞典例句

8 promising   

adj.有希望的，有前途的

参考例句：

• The results of the experiments are very promising.实验的结果充满了希望。
• We're trying to bring along one or two promising young swimmers.我们正设法培养出一两名有前途的年轻游泳选手。

9 contentedly   

adv.心满意足地

参考例句：

• My father sat puffing contentedly on his pipe.父亲坐着心满意足地抽着烟斗。
• "This is brother John's writing,"said Sally,contentedly,as she opened the letter.

10 serene   

adj. 安详的，宁静的，平静的

参考例句：

• He has entered the serene autumn of his life.他已进入了美好的中年时期。
• He didn't speak much,he just smiled with that serene smile of his.他话不多，只是脸上露出他招牌式的淡定的微笑。