英语听力 暮光之城•暮色 第221期:第十三章 自白(12)

 "I couldn't understand why. How you could hate me so quickly..." “我只是不能理解为什么。你这么快就开始讨厌我了……”

"To me, it was like you were some kind of demon¹, summoned straight from my own personal hell to ruin me. “那时对我来说，你就像是某种恶魔，是直接从我自己的炼狱里被召唤出来，来毁掉我的。

The fragrance² coming off your skin... I thought it would make me deranged³ that first day. 你的肌肤上散发着的芬芳……我本以为它会让我在第一天就发狂了。

In that one hour, I thought of a hundred different ways to lure⁴ you from the room with me, to get you alone. 那一个小时里，我想到了一百种不同的方式把你从这个房间里引诱出去，让你落单。

And I fought them each back, thinking of my family, what I could do to them. 但我把所有这些想法都击退了，我想到了我的家族，想到我能为他们做什么。

I had to run out, to get away before I could speak the words that would make you follow..." 我不得不冲出去，在我说出任何让你跟着的话以前离开……”

He looked up then at my staggered expression as I tried to absorb his bitter memories. 他抬起头，注视着我脸上难以置信的神情，我正试图消化他痛苦的回忆。

His golden eyes scorched⁵ from under his lashes⁶, hypnotic and deadly. 他金色的眼睛在睫毛下焦灼着，催眠而致命。

"You would have come," he promised. “那时你一定会跟着来的。”他保证道。

I tried to speak calmly. "Without a doubt." 我努力用平静的语气说：“而且毫无疑虑。”

He frowned down at my hands, releasing me from the force of his stare. 他皱起眉，看着我的手，让我从他眼中的魔力里解脱出来。

"And then, as I tried to rearrange my schedule in a pointless attempt to avoid you, “然后，当我试图重新安排我的课表，徒劳地想要避开你的时候，

you were there—in that close, warm little room, the scent⁷ was maddening. 你就在那里——在那间密闭的，温暖的小屋子里，你的香气简直让我发狂。

I so very nearly took you then. 我几乎差点就要对你得手了。

There was only one other frail⁸ human there—so easily dealt with." 那里只有另一个脆弱的人类——太容易处理了。”

I shivered in the warm sun, seeing my memories anew through his eyes, only now grasping the danger. 我在温暖的阳光里颤抖着，从他的眼里再次寻回了自己的回忆，在这时我才意识到那时候的危机。

Poor Ms. Cope; I shivered again at how close I'd come to being inadvertently responsible for her death. 可怜的柯普夫人。我再次战栗着，因为想到我只差一点点就会无意地导致了她的死亡。

1 demon   

n.魔鬼，恶魔

参考例句：

• The demon of greed ruined the miser's happiness.贪得无厌的恶习毁掉了那个守财奴的幸福。
• He has been possessed by the demon of disease for years.他多年来病魔缠身。

2 fragrance   

n.芬芳，香味，香气

参考例句：

• The apple blossoms filled the air with their fragrance.苹果花使空气充满香味。
• The fragrance of lavender filled the room.房间里充满了薰衣草的香味。

3 deranged   

adj.疯狂的

参考例句：

• Traffic was stopped by a deranged man shouting at the sky.一名狂叫的疯子阻塞了交通。
• A deranged man shot and killed 14 people.一个精神失常的男子开枪打死了14人。

4 lure   

n.吸引人的东西，诱惑物；vt.引诱，吸引

参考例句：

• Life in big cities is a lure for many country boys.大城市的生活吸引着许多乡下小伙子。
• He couldn't resist the lure of money.他不能抵制金钱的诱惑。

5 scorched   

烧焦，烤焦( scorch的过去式和过去分词 )； 使（植物）枯萎，把…晒枯； 高速行驶； 枯焦

参考例句：

• I scorched my dress when I was ironing it. 我把自己的连衣裙熨焦了。
• The hot iron scorched the tablecloth. 热熨斗把桌布烫焦了。

6 lashes   

n.鞭挞( lash的名词复数 )；鞭子；突然猛烈的一击；急速挥动v.鞭打( lash的第三人称单数 )；煽动；紧系；怒斥

参考例句：

• Mother always lashes out food for the children's party. 孩子们聚会时，母亲总是给他们许多吃的。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Never walk behind a horse in case it lashes out. 绝对不要跟在马后面，以防它突然猛踢。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 scent   

n.气味，香味，香水，线索，嗅觉；v.嗅，发觉

参考例句：

• The air was filled with the scent of lilac.空气中弥漫着丁香花的芬芳。
• The flowers give off a heady scent at night.这些花晚上散发出醉人的芳香。

8 frail   

adj.身体虚弱的；易损坏的

参考例句：

• Mrs. Warner is already 96 and too frail to live by herself.华纳太太已经九十六岁了，身体虚弱，不便独居。
• She lay in bed looking particularly frail.她躺在床上，看上去特别虚弱。