英语听力 暮光之城•暮色 第129期:第八章 天使港(14)

 He spoke¹ before I could. "Go stop Jessica and Angela before I have to track them down, too. 在我开口以前，他说话了：“在我又想去追捕他们以前，去把杰西卡和安吉拉叫住。

I don't think I could restrain myself if I ran into your other friends again." 要是我再碰上你另一些朋友，我不认为我还能管得住自己。”

I shivered at the threat in his voice. 他话语里的威胁让我不寒而栗。

"Jess! Angela!" I yelled after them, waving when they turned. “杰西！安吉拉！”我在她们背后大喊着，当她们回过头来时，我用力挥着手。

They rushed back to me, 她们转身向我冲回来，

the pronounced relief on both their faces simultaneously² changing to surprise as they saw who I was standing³ next to. 但在看清和我站在一起的人以后，脸上显而易见的宽慰瞬间变成了惊讶。

They hesitated a few feet from us. 她们在离我只有几英尺远的地方踌躇着。

"Where have you been?" Jessica's voice was suspicious. “你上哪儿去了？”杰西卡的声音里充满了怀疑。

"I got lost," I admitted sheepishly. “我迷路了。”我羞怯地承认道。

"And then I ran into Edward." I gestured toward him. “然后我碰见了爱德华。”我向他做了个手势。

"Would it be all right if I joined you?" he asked in his silken, irresistible⁴ voice. “我可以加入你们吗？”他用丝绸一样柔软的，让人无法抗拒的声音问道。

I could see from their staggered expressions that he had never unleashed⁵ his talents on them before. 我能从她们脸上吃惊的神情看出，此前他从未对她们施展过他的天赋。

"Er...sure," Jessica breathed. “唔……当然。”杰西卡喘息着说。

"Um, actually, Bella, we already ate while we were waiting—sorry," Angela confessed. “呃，事实上，贝拉，在我们等待的时候我们就吃过了——抱歉。”安吉拉坦白道。

"That's fine—I'm not hungry." I shrugged⁶. “没关系——我不饿。”我耸耸肩。

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 simultaneously   

adv.同时发生地，同时进行地

参考例句：

• The radar beam can track a number of targets almost simultaneously.雷达波几乎可以同时追着多个目标。
• The Windows allow a computer user to execute multiple programs simultaneously.Windows允许计算机用户同时运行多个程序。

3 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

4 irresistible   

adj.非常诱人的，无法拒绝的，无法抗拒的

参考例句：

• The wheel of history rolls forward with an irresistible force.历史车轮滚滚向前，势不可挡。
• She saw an irresistible skirt in the store window.她看见商店的橱窗里有一条叫人着迷的裙子。

5 unleashed   

v.把（感情、力量等）释放出来，发泄( unleash的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The government's proposals unleashed a storm of protest in the press. 政府的提案引发了新闻界的抗议浪潮。
• The full force of his rage was unleashed against me. 他把所有的怒气都发泄在我身上。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 shrugged   

vt.耸肩（shrug的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• Sam shrugged and said nothing. 萨姆耸耸肩膀，什么也没说。
• She shrugged, feigning nonchalance. 她耸耸肩，装出一副无所谓的样子。 来自《简明英汉词典》