英语听力 暮光之城•暮色 第4期:卡车

 "Well, Billy's done a lot of work on the engine — it's only a few years old, really."

"哦，比利已经在发动机上下了大力气了——才几年的车，真的。"

 

I hoped he didn't think so little of me as to believe I would give up that easily. "When did he buy it?"

 

我希望他别太小瞧我了，以为我这么轻易就可以打发："他什么时候买的?"

 

"He bought it in 1984, I think."

 

"1984年买的，我想是。"

 

"Did he buy it new?"

 

"他是买的新车吗?"

 

"Well, no. I think it was new in the early sixties — or late fifties at the earliest," he admitted sheepishly.

 

"哦，不是新车。我想是65年以前的新车——最早也是55年以后的，"他不好意思地承认道。

 

"Ch — Dad, I don't really know anything about cars. I wouldn't be able to fix it if anything went wrong, and I couldn't afford a mechanic…"

 

"查——爸爸，车我可真是一窍不通哟。要是出了什么毛病，我自己可不会修，请人修吧，我又请不起。……"

 

"Really, Bella, the thing runs great. They don't build them like that anymore."

 

"真的，贝拉，那家伙棒着呢。现在再也没人能生产这样的车了。"

 

The thing, I thought to myself… it had possibilities — as a nickname¹, at the very least.

 

那家伙，我思忖道 ……可能有好几种意思——最起码，也是个绰号。

 

"How cheap is cheap?" After all, that was the part I couldn't compromise² on.

 

"多便宜算便宜啊?"说到底，这才是我不能妥协的地方。

 

"Well, honey, I kind of already bought it for you. As a homecoming gift." Charlie peeked³ sideways at me with a hopeful⁴ expression.

 

"噢，宝贝，可以说我已经给你买下了。作为欢迎你回家的礼物。"查理满怀希望地从眼角偷偷瞥了我一眼。

 

Wow. Free.

 

哈,免费.

 

"You didn't need to do that, Dad. I was going to buy myself a car."

 

"您不必这样破费的，爸爸。我本打算自己买一辆的。"

 

"I don't mind. I want you to be happy here." He was looking ahead at the road when he said this. Charlie wasn't comfortable with expressing his emotions out loud. I inherited⁵ that from him. So I was looking straight ahead as I responded⁶.

 

"我不介意。我想让你在这儿过得高兴。"说这话的时候，他两眼盯着前面的路。查理不习惯大声表达自己的感情。在这点上，我完全继承了他。所以我回话的时候，也是两眼盯着正前方。

 

"That's really nice, Dad. Thanks. I really appreciate it." No need to add that my being happy in Forks is an impossibility. He didn't need to suffer along with me. And I never looked a free truck in the mouth — or engine.

 

"那样真的太好了，爸爸。谢谢啦。我真的很感激。"没有必要再来一句：我在福克斯会感到高兴那是不可能的事情。他不必跟我一起遭罪。再说，馈赠之马莫看牙——我这白捡的卡车又哪能嫌它的发动机差呢?

1 nickname   

n.绰号，昵称；v.给...取绰号，叫错名字

参考例句：

• She called me by my nickname.她叫我的外号。
• Why do you fasten such a nickname on her?你为什么给她取这样一个绰号？

2 compromise   

n.妥协；妥协方案；vt.损害；vi.妥协，让步

参考例句：

• The spokesman made it clear that no compromise was yet in sight.发言人表明，目前还不会妥协。
• The probable outcome of the talks is a compromise.会谈的结果很可能是妥协。

3 peeked   

v.很快地看( peek的过去式和过去分词 )；偷看；窥视；微露出

参考例句：

• She peeked over the top of her menu. 她从菜单上往外偷看。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• On two occasions she had peeked at him through a crack in the wall. 她曾两次透过墙缝窥视他。 来自辞典例句

4 hopeful   

adj.有希望的，怀抱希望的，保持乐观的；n.有希望之人，有前途之人

参考例句：

• This is a hopeful news.这是个鼓舞人心的消息。
• We are hopeful about the future.我们对未来抱乐观态度。

5 inherited   

adj.通过继承得到的，遗传的；继承权的v.继承( inherit的过去式和过去分词 )；经遗传获得（品质、身体特征等）接替（责任等），继任

参考例句：

• She had not inherited her mother's forgiving nature. 她没有承袭她母亲的宽厚天性。
• She inherited a fortune from her father. 她从她父亲那里继承了一大笔财富。

6 responded   

回答，回报，响应( respond的过去式和过去分词 )； 有反应； 有效果； 有影响

参考例句：

• Most of the staff who responded to the questionnaire were supportive. 回答了问卷的职员大多数表示支持。
• She responded to the news by bursting into tears. 她听到那个消息后眼泪夺眶而出。