美国语文第六册 第135期:哲学家(6)

 But it happened upon one dreary¹ winter night, during a tremendous snowstorm, 可是，碰巧在一个阴沉的冬天晚上，在暴风雪漫天飞卷期间，

which was banging the shutters² and doors of the house so as to keep up a continual uproar³, 当时百叶窗和门被风雪刮得啪啪作响。

that Ned, having waited in the parlor⁴ for the philosophers until midnight, 奈德在客厅等着哲学家一直到午夜时分，

set out to invade their retreat — not doubting that he should find them deep in study. 打算打扰他们的静修——毫无疑问他本来注意到了他们在入迷地读书。

When he entered the library, both candles were burning in their sockets⁵, with long, untrimmed wicks; 当他闯进图书馆时，只见他们旁边的烛台插着的两根蜡烛已经燃了很久了，蜡花没有修剪；

the fire was reduced to its last embers, and, in an armchair on one side of the table, 火苗已经奄奄一息，在书桌一侧的扶手椅上，

the parson was discovered in a sound sleep over Jeremy Taylor's "Ductor Dubitantium," 教区长头埋在杰里米·泰勒的那本《半信半疑的医生》上呼呼大睡，

whilst Frank, in another chair on the opposite side, was snoring over a folio edition of Montaigne. 而弗兰克坐在对面的另一把椅子上，正冲着一本对开的蒙田选集打呼噜呢。

And upon the table stood a small stone pitcher⁶, containing a residuum of whisky punch, now grown cold. 在桌上摆着一个很小的石头制成的水罐，里面盛着的威士忌已经冰凉了。

Frank started up in great consternation⁷ upon hearing Ned's footstep beside him, and, from that time, almost entirely⁸ deserted⁹ the library. 弗兰克开始聚精会神地谛听身旁奈德脚步声，从那一时刻起，几乎完全忘记了自己是在图书馆里。

Mr. Chub, however, was not so easily drawn¹⁰ away from the career of his humor, and still shows his hankering after his leather-coated friends. 然而，查伯先生并不会如此轻易地从他一贯的幽默摆脱出来，渴望马上找到他坐在皮椅子上的朋友。

 

1 dreary   

adj.令人沮丧的，沉闷的，单调乏味的

参考例句：

• They live such dreary lives.他们的生活如此乏味。
• She was tired of hearing the same dreary tale of drunkenness and violence.她听够了那些关于酗酒和暴力的乏味故事。

2 shutters   

百叶窗( shutter的名词复数 )； （照相机的）快门

参考例句：

• The shop-front is fitted with rolling shutters. 那商店的店门装有卷门。
• The shutters thumped the wall in the wind. 在风中百叶窗砰砰地碰在墙上。

3 uproar   

n.骚动，喧嚣，鼎沸

参考例句：

• She could hear the uproar in the room.她能听见房间里的吵闹声。
• His remarks threw the audience into an uproar.他的讲话使听众沸腾起来。

4 parlor   

n.店铺，营业室；会客室，客厅

参考例句：

• She was lying on a small settee in the parlor.她躺在客厅的一张小长椅上。
• Is there a pizza parlor in the neighborhood?附近有没有比萨店？

5 sockets   

n.套接字，使应用程序能够读写与收发通讯协定(protocol)与资料的程序( Socket的名词复数 )；孔( socket的名词复数 )；（电器上的）插口；托座；凹穴

参考例句：

• All new PCs now have USB sockets. 新的个人计算机现在都有通用串行总线插孔。
• Make sure the sockets in your house are fingerproof. 确保你房中的插座是防触电的。 来自超越目标英语 第4册

6 pitcher   

n.(有嘴和柄的)大水罐；(棒球)投手

参考例句：

• He poured the milk out of the pitcher.他从大罐中倒出牛奶。
• Any pitcher is liable to crack during a tight game.任何投手在紧张的比赛中都可能会失常。

7 consternation   

n.大为吃惊，惊骇

参考例句：

• He was filled with consternation to hear that his friend was so ill.他听说朋友病得那么厉害，感到非常震惊。
• Sam stared at him in consternation.萨姆惊恐不安地注视着他。

8 entirely   

ad.全部地，完整地；完全地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The fire was entirely caused by their neglect of duty. 那场火灾完全是由于他们失职而引起的。
• His life was entirely given up to the educational work. 他的一生统统献给了教育工作。

9 deserted   

adj.荒芜的，荒废的，无人的，被遗弃的

参考例句：

• The deserted village was filled with a deathly silence.这个荒废的村庄死一般的寂静。
• The enemy chieftain was opposed and deserted by his followers.敌人头目众叛亲离。

10 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。