英语听力 暮光之城·暮色 第363期:第二十四章 僵局(10)

 　　"He's part of it," I admitted. No need to confess how big a part. "So, have you had a chance to talk with Edward?" I asked. “他是其中一部分原因。”我承认道。没有必要坦白交代这部分有多大。“所以，你找机会跟爱德华交谈过了？”我问道。

　　"Yes." She hesitated, looking at his perfectly¹ still form. "And I want to talk to you about that." “是的。”她迟疑着，看着他优雅的安静的姿势。“我想要和你谈谈这件事。”

　　Uh-oh. "What about?" I asked. 啊—噢。“什么事？”我问道。

　　"I think that boy is in love with you," she accused, keeping her voice low. “我觉得这个男孩爱上你了。”她指责道，依然把声音压得很低。

　　"I think so, too," I confided². “我也这样觉得。”我向她吐露道。

　　"And how do you feel about him?" She only poorly concealed³ the raging curiosity in her voice. “那么，你对他有什么感觉？”她只能勉强掩饰住自己语气里汹涌的好奇。

　　I sighed, looking away. As much as I loved my mom, this was not a conversation I wanted to have with her. "I'm pretty crazy about him."  我叹了口气，看向别处。尽管我是那么的爱着我的妈妈，这依然不是一个我能和她交流的话题。“我对他简直着了迷。”

　　There that sounded like something a teenager with her first boyfriend might say. 瞧 这听起来像是一个十几岁的小孩在谈到她的初恋男友时会说的话。

　　"Well, he seems very nice, and, my goodness, he's incredibly good-looking, but you're so young, Bella…" Her voice was unsure;  “嗯，他似乎很不错，还有，我的天，他帅得简直让人难以置信，但你太年轻了，贝拉……”她的声音很没自信。

　　as far as I could remember, this was the first time since I was eight that she'd come close to trying to sound like a parental⁴ authority.  就我所记得的情况而言，这是自我八岁时起，她头一次这么接近于竭力使自己听起来具有家长的威信。

　　I recognized the reasonable-but-firm tone of voice from talks I'd had with her about men. 我认出了我和她谈男人时，那种通情达理但坚定不移的口气。

　　"I know that, Mom. Don't worry about it. It's just a crush," I soothed⁵ her. “我知道，妈妈。别担心这个。这只是一见倾心的狂热。”我安抚着她。

　　"That's right," she agreed, easily pleased. “没错。”她赞同着，很容易就开心起来了。

1 perfectly   

adv.完美地，无可非议地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The witnesses were each perfectly certain of what they said.证人们个个对自己所说的话十分肯定。
• Everything that we're doing is all perfectly above board.我们做的每件事情都是光明正大的。

2 confided   

v.吐露（秘密，心事等）( confide的过去式和过去分词 )；（向某人）吐露（隐私、秘密等）

参考例句：

• She confided all her secrets to her best friend. 她向她最要好的朋友倾吐了自己所有的秘密。
• He confided to me that he had spent five years in prison. 他私下向我透露，他蹲过五年监狱。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 concealed   

a.隐藏的，隐蔽的

参考例句：

• The paintings were concealed beneath a thick layer of plaster. 那些画被隐藏在厚厚的灰泥层下面。
• I think he had a gun concealed about his person. 我认为他当时身上藏有一支枪。

4 parental   

adj.父母的；父的；母的

参考例句：

• He encourages parental involvement in the running of school.他鼓励学生家长参与学校的管理。
• Children always revolt against parental disciplines.孩子们总是反抗父母的管束。

5 soothed   

v.安慰( soothe的过去式和过去分词 )；抚慰；使舒服；减轻痛苦

参考例句：

• The music soothed her for a while. 音乐让她稍微安静了一会儿。
• The soft modulation of her voice soothed the infant. 她柔和的声调使婴儿安静了。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》