英语听力 暮光之城•暮色 第160期:第十章 审问(8)

 "Why?" I was shocked, but she didn't understand my reaction. “为什么？”我震惊了，但她误解了我的反应。

"He's so... intimidating¹. I wouldn't know what to say to him." “他太……吓人了。我不知道该怎么形容他。”

She made a face, probably remembering this morning or last night, when he'd turned the overwhelming force of his eyes on her. 她做了个鬼脸，大概想起了今天早上或者昨晚的事，那时候他把那种充满了压倒性的魔力的眼神施展到了她身上。

"I do have some trouble with incoherency when I'm around him," I admitted. “当我在他身旁的时候，我确实很难让自己保持理性。”我坦承道。

"Oh well. He is unbelievably gorgeous." Jessica shrugged² as if this excused any flaws. “哦是的。他俊美得不可思议。”杰西卡耸耸肩，就像这是某种可以原谅的缺点一样。

Which, in her book, it probably did. 这个，在她的字典里，也许是这样。

"There's a lot more to him than that." “他不仅仅是这样。”

"Really? Like what?" “真的？例如？”

I wished I had let it go. Almost as much as I was hoping he'd been kidding about listening in. 我希望我能把这话说出来。这种愿望几乎和我所希望的他只是开玩笑说要偷听一样强烈。

"I can't explain it right...but he's even more unbelievable behind the face." “我没法确切地解释……但他比表面上看起来的还要让人难以置信。”

The vampire³ who wanted to be good—who ran around saving people's lives so he wouldn't be a monster 一个想要做个好人的吸血鬼——他四处奔忙，去拯救别人的性命，那样他就不会是一个怪物了……

I stared toward the front of the room. 我注视着教室的前方。

"Is that possible?" She giggled⁴. “这可能吗？”她咯咯地笑了起来。

I ignored her, trying to look like I was paying attention to Mr. Varner. 我不去理会她，试图装出正在专心听温纳老师讲课的样子。

"So you like him, then?" She wasn't about to give up. “那么，你是喜欢他的咯？”她不打算放弃。

"Yes," I said curtly⁵. “是的。”我简略地说道。

"I mean, do you really like him?" she urged. “我是说，你真的喜欢他？”她催促着。

"Yes, I said again, blushing. I hoped that detail wouldn't register in her thoughts. “是的。”我叹息着说道，两颊飞红。我希望她没有把这个细节纳入她的思路里。

She'd had enough with the single syllable⁶ answers. How much do you like him?" 她受够了这种单音节的回答。“你有多喜欢他？”

"Too much," I whispered back. "More than he likes me. But I don't see how I can help that." “非常喜欢。”我向她耳语道。“比他对我的喜欢还要多。但我不知道该怎么办。”

I sighed, one blush blending into the next. 我叹息着，羞怯一阵接一阵涌上我的脸来。

1 intimidating   

vt.恐吓，威胁( intimidate的现在分词)

参考例句：

• They were accused of intimidating people into voting for them. 他们被控胁迫选民投他们的票。
• This kind of questioning can be very intimidating to children. 这种问话的方式可能让孩子们非常害怕。

2 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》

3 vampire   

n.吸血鬼

参考例句：

• It wasn't a wife waiting there for him but a blood sucking vampire!家里的不是个老婆，而是个吸人血的妖精！
• Children were afraid to go to sleep at night because of the many legends of vampire.由于听过许多有关吸血鬼的传说，孩子们晚上不敢去睡觉。

4 giggled   

v.咯咯地笑( giggle的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The girls giggled at the joke. 女孩子们让这笑话逗得咯咯笑。
• The children giggled hysterically. 孩子们歇斯底里地傻笑。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 curtly   

adv.简短地

参考例句：

• He nodded curtly and walked away. 他匆忙点了一下头就走了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The request was curtly refused. 这个请求被毫不客气地拒绝了。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 syllable   

n.音节；vt.分音节

参考例句：

• You put too much emphasis on the last syllable.你把最后一个音节读得太重。
• The stress on the last syllable is light.最后一个音节是轻音节。