英语听力 暮光之城•暮色 第230期:第十三章 自白(21)

 We sat like that for another immeasurable moment; I wondered if he could be as unwilling¹ to move as I was. 我们像那样坐着，不知坐了多久。我怀疑他是否不情愿改变姿势，就像我一样。

But I could see the light was fading, the shadows of the forest beginning to touch us, and I sighed. 但我能看到光线黯淡下来了，树林的阴影开始延伸到我们身下。我叹了口气。

"You have to go." “你得走了。”

"I thought you couldn't read my mind." “我以为你不能读我的心。”

"It's getting clearer." I could hear a smile in his voice. “我越来越擅长读你的表情了。”我能听到他声音里的笑意。

He took my shoulders and I looked into his face. 他扶起我的肩膀，我看着他的眼睛。

"Can I show you something?" he asked, sudden excitement flaring² in his eyes. “我能向你展示某件事吗？”他问道，某种突如其来的兴奋在他眼里一闪而过。

"Show me what?" “向我展示什么？”

"I'll show you how I travel in the forest." “我会向你展示我是怎样在森林里旅行的。”

He saw my expression. 他看见了我的表情。

"Don't worry, you'll be very safe, and we'll get to your truck much faster." “别担心。你会很安全的，而且我们会更快地到达你的卡车。”

His mouth twitched³ up into that crooked⁴ smile so beautiful my heart nearly stopped. 他的嘴唇弯了起来，那个弯弯的笑容是如此的美丽，我的心跳几乎要停拍了。

"Will you turn into a bat?" I asked warily⁵. “你要变成一只蝙蝠吗？”我警惕地问道。

He laughed, louder than I'd ever heard. "Like I haven't heard that one before!" 他大笑起来，甚至比我听过的还有响亮。“好像我之前还没听过这个理论。”

"Right, I'm sure you get that all the time." “没错，我能肯定你始终知道这一点。”

"Come on, little coward, climb on my back." “来吧，胆小鬼，爬到我的背上来。”

I waited to see if he was kidding, but, apparently⁶, he meant it. 我等着看他是否在开玩笑，但是，显然，他就是这个意思。

He smiled as he read my hesitation⁷, and reached for me. 他看懂了我的表情，然后笑了起来，伸手抓住我。

My heart reacted; even though he couldn't hear my thoughts, my pulse always gave me away. 我的心脏立刻有了反应：尽管他听不到我的想法，我的脉搏总是会出卖我。

He then proceeded to sling⁸ me onto his back, with very little effort on my part, 他随即把我扔到了背上，我几乎没怎么费劲。

besides, when in place, clamping my legs and arms so tightly around him that it would choke a normal person. 另外，当我爬上去时，我用胳膊和腿紧紧地钳住了他，如果他是一个普通的人类的话，他一定会窒息的。

It was like clinging to a stone. 这像是在紧紧地抱住一块石头。

1 unwilling   

adj.不情愿的

参考例句：

• The natives were unwilling to be bent by colonial power.土著居民不愿受殖民势力的摆布。
• His tightfisted employer was unwilling to give him a raise.他那吝啬的雇主不肯给他加薪。

2 flaring   

a.火焰摇曳的，过份艳丽的

参考例句：

• A vulgar flaring paper adorned the walls. 墙壁上装饰着廉价的花纸。
• Goebbels was flaring up at me. 戈塔尔当时已对我面呈愠色。

3 twitched   

vt.& vi.（使）抽动，（使）颤动（twitch的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• Her lips twitched with amusement. 她忍俊不禁地颤动着嘴唇。
• The child's mouth twitched as if she were about to cry. 这小孩的嘴抽动着，像是要哭。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 crooked   

adj.弯曲的；不诚实的，狡猾的，不正当的

参考例句：

• He crooked a finger to tell us to go over to him.他弯了弯手指，示意我们到他那儿去。
• You have to drive slowly on these crooked country roads.在这些弯弯曲曲的乡间小路上你得慢慢开车。

5 warily   

adv.留心地

参考例句：

• He looked warily around him,pretending to look after Carrie.他小心地看了一下四周，假装是在照顾嘉莉。
• They were heading warily to a point in the enemy line.他们正小心翼翼地向着敌人封锁线的某一处前进。

6 apparently   

adv.显然地；表面上，似乎

参考例句：

• An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
• He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。

7 hesitation   

n.犹豫，踌躇

参考例句：

• After a long hesitation, he told the truth at last.踌躇了半天，他终于直说了。
• There was a certain hesitation in her manner.她的态度有些犹豫不决。

8 sling   

vt.扔；悬挂；n.挂带；吊索，吊兜；弹弓

参考例句：

• The boy discharged a stone from a sling.这个男孩用弹弓射石头。
• By using a hoist the movers were able to sling the piano to the third floor.搬运工人用吊车才把钢琴吊到3楼。