英语听力 暮光之城•暮色 第109期:第七章 梦魇(14)

 "Great day, isn't it?" “好天气，不是吗？”

"My kind of day," I agreed. “我喜欢的天气。”我赞同道。

"What did you do yesterday?" His tone was just a bit too proprietary¹. “你昨天都在做什么？”他的语气有点儿像是在过问自己的所有物的情况。"

I mostly worked on my essay." I didn't add that I was finished with it — no need to sound smug. “我几乎都在写我的论文。”我没有补充说我已经完成了——没有必然让自己显得是在炫耀。

He hit his forehead with the heel of his hand. "Oh yeah — that's due Thursday, right?" 他用手背拍了一下额头。“哦，是的——那是在周四截止，对吧？”

"Um, Wednesday, I think." “呃，我想，应该是周三。”

"Wednesday?" He frowned. "That's not good… What are you writing yours on?" “周三？”他皱起眉。“大事不妙……你的题目是什么？”

"Whether Shakespeare's treatment of the female characters is misogynistic²." “莎士比亚对待女性角色的态度是否是厌恶女性的表现。”

He stared at me like I'd just spoken in pig Latin. 他盯着我，就好像我刚刚在说隐语一样。

"I guess I'll have to get to work on that tonight," he said, deflated³. " “我想我今晚就得着手写论文了。”他泄气地说道。

I was going to ask if you wanted to go out." “我本来还想问你愿不愿意出去逛逛呢。”

"Oh." I was taken off guard.  “哦。”我卸下了防备。

Why couldn't I ever have a pleasant conversation with Mike anymore without it getting awkward? 为什么我每次跟迈克愉快的谈话都得以尴尬告终呢？

"Well, we could go to dinner or something… and I could work on it later." He smiled at me hopefully. “嗯，我们可以一起吃晚餐，或者……我可以晚些再写论文。”他满怀希望地向我微笑着。

"Mike…" I hated being put on the spot. "I don't think that would be the best idea." “迈克……”我不喜欢被置于这种处境。“我不认为这是一个好主意。”

His face fell. "Why?" he asked, his eyes guarded. My thoughts flickered⁴ to Edward,  他拉下脸来。“为什么？”他问道，眼里充满了警惕。我飞快地想起了爱德华，

wondering if that's where his thoughts were as well. 怀疑着这是否恰好也是他所想到的。

"I think… and if you ever repeat what I'm saying right now I will cheerfully beat you to death,"  “我觉得……如果你敢立刻重复我所说的话，我会很乐意弄死你的。”

I threatened, "but I think that would hurt Jessica's feelings." 我威胁道。“但我觉得这会伤害杰西卡的感情。”

He was bewildered, obviously not thinking in that direction at all. "Jessica?" 他完全不知所措，显然根本没有往这方面想。“杰西卡？”

"Really, Mike, are you blind?" “真的，迈克，你是瞎子吗？”

"Oh," he exhaled⁵ — clearly dazed. I took advantage of that to make my escape. “哦。”他轻呼道——显然还在迷惑着。我利用这一点，让自己脱身。

1 proprietary   

n.所有权，所有的；独占的；业主

参考例句：

• We had to take action to protect the proprietary technology.我们必须采取措施保护专利技术。
• Proprietary right is the foundation of jus rerem.所有权是物权法之根基。

2 misogynistic   

参考例句：

• And it brings out everything that is most noxious and misogynistic about the right. 而且，这种情绪也流露出右派思想中最为保守有害，歧视女性的那一面。 来自互联网

3 deflated   

adj. 灰心丧气的

参考例句：

• I was quite deflated by her lack of interest in my suggestions.他对我的建议兴趣不大，令我感到十分气馁。
• He was deflated by the news.这消息令他泄气。

4 flickered   

（通常指灯光）闪烁，摇曳( flicker的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The lights flickered and went out. 灯光闪了闪就熄了。
• These lights flickered continuously like traffic lights which have gone mad. 这些灯象发狂的交通灯一样不停地闪动着。

5 exhaled   

v.呼出，发散出( exhale的过去式和过去分词 )；吐出（肺中的空气、烟等），呼气

参考例句：

• He sat back and exhaled deeply. 他仰坐着深深地呼气。
• He stamped his feet and exhaled a long, white breath. 跺了跺脚，他吐了口长气，很长很白。 来自汉英文学 - 骆驼祥子