冰与火之歌系列之《权力的游戏》第95期:第七章 艾莉亚 (6)

 They arrived, flushed and breathless, to find Jon seated on the sill, one leg drawn¹ up languidly to his chin.  等她气喘吁吁地跑到目的地，却发现琼恩已经靠坐在窗棂上，一只脚无精打采地翘起顶着下巴。

He was watching the action, so absorbed that he seemed unaware² of her approach until his white wolf moved to meet them.  他聚精会神地注意着下方的打斗，直等到他自己的白狼站起来朝她们迎去方才回过神来。

Nymeria stalked closer on wary³ feet. Ghost, already larger than his litter mates, smelled her, gave her ear a careful nip, and settled back down. 娜梅莉亚小心翼翼地靠了过去，白灵已经长得比其他几只狼都要高大，它嗅了嗅她，轻轻地咬了一下她的耳朵，然后返身趴下。

Jon gave her a curious look. “Shouldn’t you be working on your stitches, little sister?” 琼恩狐疑地看着她："小妹，你这会儿不是该上缝纫课么？"

Arya made a face at him. “I wanted to see them fight.” 艾莉亚朝他扮个鬼脸。"我想看他们打架。"

He smiled. “Come here, then.” 他笑道："那就快过来吧。"

Arya climbed up on the window and sat beside him, to a chorus of thuds and grunts⁴ from the yard below. 艾莉亚爬上窗台，在他身边坐下，下面校场上的铿锵响声顿时传入耳中。

To her disappointment, it was the younger boys drilling.  可令她大失所望的是，在场子上比划的只有年纪比较小的几个男孩子。

Bran was so heavily padded he looked as though he had belted on a featherbed, and Prince Tommen, who was plump to begin with, seemed positively⁵ round.  布兰全身上下穿着护具，看起来活像被绑在一张羽毛床上。而托曼王子本来就胖，这一模样更是浑圆无比。

They were huffing and puffing⁶ and hitting at each other with padded wooden swords under the watchful⁷ eye of old Ser Rodrik Cassel,  他们正在老罗德利克爵士的监视下，挥舞木制钝剑相互攻击。

the master-at-arms, a great stout⁸ keg of a man with magnificent white cheek whiskers.  老爵士是城里的教头，身材高大魁梧，有一把气派非凡的雪白胡须。

A dozen spectators, man and boy, were calling out encouragement, Robb’s voice the loudest among them.  十几个在旁围观的人正为两个小男孩加油打气，里面喊声最大的就是罗柏。

She spotted⁹ Theon Greyjoy beside him, his black doublet emblazoned with the golden kraken of his House, a look of wry¹⁰ contempt on his face.  艾莉亚看到席恩·葛雷乔伊站在罗柏旁边，穿着黑色紧身上衣，上面绣有他的金色海怪家徽，脸上则挂着一抹嘲讽的轻蔑。

Both of the combatants were staggering. Arya judged that they had been at it awhile. 两个比武的男孩子脚步都不太稳，艾莉亚推测他们可能已经打上好一阵子了。

 

1 drawn   

v.拖，拉，拔出；adj.憔悴的，紧张的

参考例句：

• All the characters in the story are drawn from life.故事中的所有人物都取材于生活。
• Her gaze was drawn irresistibly to the scene outside.她的目光禁不住被外面的风景所吸引。

2 unaware   

a.不知道的，未意识到的

参考例句：

• They were unaware that war was near. 他们不知道战争即将爆发。
• I was unaware of the man's presence. 我没有察觉到那人在场。

3 wary   

adj.谨慎的，机警的，小心的

参考例句：

• He is wary of telling secrets to others.他谨防向他人泄露秘密。
• Paula frowned,suddenly wary.宝拉皱了皱眉头，突然警惕起来。

4 grunts   

（猪等）作呼噜声( grunt的第三人称单数 )； （指人）发出类似的哼声； 咕哝着说； 石鲈

参考例句：

• With grunts of anguish Ogilvie eased his bulk to a sitting position. 奥格尔维苦恼地哼着，伸个懒腰坐了起来。
• Linda fired twice A trio of Grunts assembling one mortar fell. 琳达击发两次。三个正在组装迫击炮的咕噜人倒下了。

5 positively   

adv.明确地，断然，坚决地；实在，确实

参考例句：

• She was positively glowing with happiness.她满脸幸福。
• The weather was positively poisonous.这天气着实讨厌。

6 puffing   

v.使喷出( puff的现在分词 )；喷着汽（或烟）移动；吹嘘；吹捧

参考例句：

• He was puffing hard when he jumped on to the bus. 他跳上公共汽车时喘息不已。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• My father sat puffing contentedly on his pipe. 父亲坐着心满意足地抽着烟斗。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 watchful   

adj.注意的，警惕的

参考例句：

• The children played under the watchful eye of their father.孩子们在父亲的小心照看下玩耍。
• It is important that health organizations remain watchful.卫生组织保持警惕是极为重要的。

8 stout   

adj.强壮的，粗大的，结实的，勇猛的，矮胖的

参考例句：

• He cut a stout stick to help him walk.他砍了一根结实的枝条用来拄着走路。
• The stout old man waddled across the road.那肥胖的老人一跩一跩地穿过马路。

9 spotted   

adj.有斑点的，斑纹的，弄污了的

参考例句：

• The milkman selected the spotted cows,from among a herd of two hundred.牛奶商从一群200头牛中选出有斑点的牛。
• Sam's shop stocks short spotted socks.山姆的商店屯积了有斑点的短袜。

10 wry   

adj.讽刺的；扭曲的

参考例句：

• He made a wry face and attempted to wash the taste away with coffee.他做了个鬼脸，打算用咖啡把那怪味地冲下去。
• Bethune released Tung's horse and made a wry mouth.白求恩放开了董的马，噘了噘嘴。