🔊 Ellen O'Hara was thirty-two years old, and, according to the standards of her day, she was a middle-aged woman, one who had borne six children and buried three. She was a tall woman, standing a head higher than her fiery little husband, but she moved with such quiet grace in her swaying hoops that the height attracted no attention to itself. Her neck, rising from the black taffeta sheath of her basque, was creamy-skinned, rounded and slender, and it seemed always tilted slightly backward by the weight of her luxuriant hair in its net at the back of her head. From her French mother, whose parents had fled Haiti in the Revolution of 1791, had come her slanting dark eyes, shadowed by inky lashes, and her black hair; and from her father, a soldier of Napoleon, she had her long straight nose and her square-cut jaw that was softened by the gentle curving of her cheeks. But only from life could Ellen's face have acquired its look of pride that had no haughtiness, its graciousness, its melancholy and its utter lack of humor.

埃伦·奥哈拉三十二岁,按照她那个时代的标准,她已是个中年妇人,生过六个孩子,葬了三个。她身材高挑,比她那火爆脾气的小个子丈夫高出整整一个头,可她穿着那摇摆的裙撑款款走动时,那份娴静优雅让这身高丝毫不引人注目。她的脖颈从黑色塔夫绸紧身衣领中伸出,肌肤如奶油般白皙,圆润而纤细,似乎总被脑后发网中浓密秀发的重量压得微微后仰。她那双斜挑的深色眼睛,浓密的睫毛投下阴影,配上乌黑的头发,遗传自她那法国籍的母亲--其父母在1791年革命中逃离了海地；而那笔直的长鼻和方正的下巴,柔和的面颊曲线使之显得温婉,则来自她那位拿破仑麾下军人的父亲。但只有生活本身,才能赋予埃伦脸庞那种不带傲慢的骄傲、那份优雅、那份忧郁,以及那全然缺乏幽默的神情。

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luxuriant /lʌɡˈʒʊəriənt/

adj. 浓密的,茂盛的➕

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slanting /ˈslɑːntɪŋ/

adj. 倾斜的,斜的➕

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inky /ˈɪŋki/

adj. 墨黑的,漆黑的➕

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haughtiness /ˈhɔːti.nəs/

n. 傲慢,高傲➕

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graciousness /ˈɡreɪʃəsnəs/

n. 优雅,和蔼➕

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melancholy /ˈmelənkɒli/

n. 忧郁,悲伤➕

🔊 She would have been a strikingly beautiful woman had there been any glow in her eyes, any responsive warmth in her smile or any spontaneity in her voice that fell with gentle melody on the ears of her family and her servants. She spoke in the soft slurring voice of the coastal Georgian, liquid of vowels, kind to consonants and with the barest trace of French accent. It was a voice never raised in command to a servant or reproof to a child but a voice that was obeyed instantly at Tara, where her husband's blustering and roaring were quietly disregarded.

倘若她眼中有一丝神采,微笑中有一丝热情的回应,或者那以柔和旋律落入家人和仆从耳中的嗓音有一丝自然流露,她本会是个惊艳绝伦的美人。她说起话来带着佐治亚沿海地区轻柔含混的口音,元音圆润,辅音柔和,还带着一丝极淡的法语腔调。这嗓音从未用来呵斥仆人或是责骂孩子,但在塔拉,它总是立刻得到服从,而她丈夫的咆哮怒吼则被悄悄置若罔闻。

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strikingly /ˈstraɪkɪŋli/

adv. 显著地,引人注目地➕

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responsive /rɪˈspɒnsɪv/

adj. 响应的,反应积极的➕

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spontaneity /ˌspɒntəˈneɪəti/

n. 自发性,自然➕

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slurring /ˈslɜːrɪŋ/

adj. 含糊的,不清的➕

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reproof /rɪˈpruːf/

n. 责备,斥责➕

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blustering /ˈblʌstərɪŋ/

adj. 咆哮的,大声喧哗的➕

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disregarded /ˌdɪsrɪˈɡɑːrdɪd/

v. 忽视,不理会➕

🔊 As far back as Scarlett could remember, her mother had always been the same, her voice soft and sweet whether in praising or in reproving, her manner efficient and unruffled despite the daily emergencies of Gerald's turbulent household, her spirit always calm and her back unbowed, even in the deaths of her three baby sons. Scarlett had never seen her mother's back touch the back of any chair on which she sat. Nor had she ever seen her sit down without a bit of needlework in her hands, except at mealtime, while attending the sick or while working at the bookkeeping of the plantation. It was delicate embroidery if company were present, but at other times her hands were occupied with Gerald's ruffled shirts, the girls' dresses or garments for the slaves. Scarlett could not imagine her mother's hands without her gold thimble or her rustling figure unaccompanied by the small negro girl whose sole function in life was to remove basting threads and carry the rosewood sewing box from room to room, as Ellen moved about the house superintending the cooking, the cleaning and the wholesale clothes-making for the plantation.

自斯佳丽记事起,母亲就始终如一,无论是赞许还是责备,声音都温柔甜美；尽管杰拉尔德那个闹腾的家里天天都有紧急状况,她的举止却总是干练而镇定；她的精神始终平静,脊背从不弯曲,即便是在她三个幼子夭折之时。斯佳丽从未见过母亲坐下时背脊靠在椅背上。也从未见过她手里不拿着针线活就坐下来,除了用餐、照顾病人或处理种植园账目的时候。若有客人在,便是精细的刺绣；其他时候,她手里则忙着杰拉尔德的褶边衬衫、女儿们的衣裙或是给奴隶做的衣服。斯佳丽无法想象母亲的手离了那只金顶针,也无法想象她那窸窣作响的身影没有那个小黑女孩的陪伴--那女孩在生活中的唯一职责就是拆除疏缝线,并在埃伦在屋里走动监督烹饪、打扫和种植园的大批服装缝制时,端着那紫檀木针线盒从一个房间到另一个房间。

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unruffled /ʌnˈrʌfld/

adj. 镇定的,平静的➕

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turbulent /ˈtɜːrbjələnt/

adj. 动荡的,混乱的➕

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unbowed /ʌnˈbaʊd/

adj. 不屈的,不弯腰的➕

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embroidery /ɪmˈbrɔɪdəri/

n. 刺绣,绣花➕

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ruffled /ˈrʌfld/

adj. 有褶边的,弄皱的➕

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thimble /ˈθɪmbl/

n. 顶针➕

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rustling /ˈrʌslɪŋ/

adj. 沙沙作响的➕

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unaccompanied /ˌʌnəˈkʌmpənid/

adj. 无陪伴的,单独的➕

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basting /ˈbeɪstɪŋ/

n. 疏缝,粗缝➕

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rosewood /ˈrəʊzwʊd/

n. 红木,玫瑰木➕

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superintending /ˌsuːpərɪnˈtendɪŋ/

v. 监督,管理➕

🔊 She had never seen her mother stirred from her austere placidity, nor her personal appointments anything but perfect, no matter what the hour of day or night. When Ellen was dressing for a ball or for guests or even to go to Jonesboro for Court Day, it frequently required two hours, two maids and Mammy to turn her out to her own satisfaction; but her swift toilets in times of emergency were amazing.

她从未见过母亲那庄重的平静被打乱,也从未见过她的个人装束有丝毫不完美,不论白天黑夜何时。当埃伦为舞会、为客人、甚至只为去琼斯伯勒参加开庭日而梳妆时,通常需要两个小时、两个女仆和嬷嬷才能让她自己满意；但在紧急时刻,她迅速梳妆的速度却令人惊叹。

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austere /ɒˈstɪər/

adj. 简朴的,严厉的➕

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placidity /pləˈsɪdəti/

n. 平静,安宁➕

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appointments /əˈpɔɪntmənts/

n. （个人）仪表,设备➕

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toilets /ˈtɔɪlɪts/

n. 梳妆,打扮➕

🔊 Scarlett, whose room lay across the hall from her mother's, knew from babyhood the soft sound of scurrying bare black feet on the hardwood floor in the hours of dawn, the urgent tappings on her mother's door, and the muffled, frightened negro voices that whispered of sickness and birth and death in the long row of whitewashed cabins in the quarters. As a child, she often had crept to the door and, peeping through the tiniest crack, had seen Ellen emerge from the dark room, where Gerald's snores were rhythmic and untroubled, into the flickering light of an upheld candle, her medicine case under her arm, her hair smoothed neatly in place, and no button on her basque unlooped.

斯佳丽的房间与母亲的房间隔厅相对,她自孩提时起就熟悉黎明时分赤脚在硬木地板上急促跑过的轻柔声响,母亲门上急促的敲门声,以及那些被压抑的、惊恐的黑人嗓音,在奴隶区那一长排粉刷过的棚屋里低声诉说着疾病、生育和死亡。小时候,她常常悄悄溜到门边,从最窄的门缝里偷看,看见埃伦从杰拉尔德发出均匀而安宁鼾声的黑暗卧室里出来,走进摇曳的烛光中,腋下夹着药箱,头发整齐地梳理好,紧身衣的扣子一颗都没松开。

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scurrying /ˈskʌriɪŋ/

v. 急匆匆地跑,疾走➕

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muffled /ˈmʌfld/

adj. 压低声音的,含糊不清的➕

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whitewashed /ˈwaɪtwɒʃt/

adj. 粉刷白的➕

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rhythmic /ˈrɪðmɪk/

adj. 有节奏的,有规律的➕

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untroubled /ʌnˈtrʌbld/

adj. 无忧无虑的,平静的➕

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flickering /ˈflɪkərɪŋ/

adj. 闪烁的,摇曳的➕

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unlooped /ʌnˈluːpt/

adj. 未解开的,未扣上的➕

🔊 It had always been so soothing to Scarlett to hear her mother whisper, firmly but compassionately, as she tiptoed down the hall: "Hush, not so loudly. You will wake Mr. O'Hara. They are not sick enough to die."

听到母亲踮着脚尖走过走廊,坚定而怜悯地低语:“嘘,别这么大声。你会吵醒奥哈拉先生的。他们还没病到要死的程度。”这对斯佳丽来说总是那么令人安心。

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soothing /ˈsuːðɪŋ/

adj. 令人安慰的,抚慰的➕

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compassionately /kəmˈpæʃənətli/

adv. 同情地,慈悲地➕

🔊 Yes, it was good to creep back into bed and know that Ellen was abroad in the night and everything was right.

是的,悄悄溜回床上,知道埃伦正奔波在夜色中,一切都会好起来,这种感觉真好。

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abroad /əˈbrɔːd/

adv. 在户外,在外面➕

🔊 In the mornings, after all-night sessions at births and deaths, when old Dr. Fontaine and young Dr. Fontaine were both out on calls and could not be found to help her, Ellen presided at the breakfast table as usual, her dark eyes circled with weariness but her voice and manner revealing none of the strain. There was a steely quality under her stately gentleness that awed the whole household, Gerald as well as the girls, though he would have died rather than admit it.

早晨,在通宵处理过生育和死亡之后,当老方丹医生和小方丹医生都出诊无法找到来帮她时,埃伦仍像往常一样主持早餐桌,她那双深色眼睛因疲惫而带着黑眼圈,但她的声音和举止没有显露出丝毫紧张。在她端庄的温柔之下,有一种钢铁般的特质,让全家上下--包括杰拉尔德和女孩们--都心生敬畏,尽管杰拉尔德宁可死也不愿承认。

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presided /prɪˈzaɪdɪd/

v. 主持,掌管➕

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weariness /ˈwɪərinəs/

n. 疲倦,疲劳➕

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steely /ˈstiːli/

adj. 钢铁般的,坚硬的➕

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stately /ˈsteɪtli/

adj. 庄严的,宏伟的➕

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awed /ɔːd/

v. 使敬畏,使惊叹➕

🔊 Sometimes when Scarlett tiptoed at night to kiss her tall mother's cheek, she looked up at the mouth with its too short, too tender upper lip, a mouth too easily hurt by the world, and wondered if it had ever curved in silly girlish giggling or whispered secrets through long nights to intimate girl friends. But no, that wasn't possible. Mother had always been just as she was, a pillar of strength, a fount of wisdom, the one person who knew the answers to everything.

有时,当斯佳丽夜里踮起脚尖亲吻她高个子母亲的脸颊时,她抬头看着那张上唇太短、太柔嫩的嘴,一张太容易受这个世界伤害的嘴,心想它可曾在傻气的少女咯咯笑声中弯起,或在漫漫长夜里对闺中密友悄悄诉说秘密？不,那不可能。母亲一直就是现在这个样子,一座力量的支柱,一口智慧的源泉,一个知道所有问题答案的人。

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intimate /ˈɪntɪmət/

adj. 亲密的,密切的➕

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fount /faʊnt/

n. 源泉,源头➕

🔊 But Scarlett was wrong, for, years before, Ellen Robillard of Savannah had giggled as inexplicably as any fifteen-year-old in that charming coastal city and whispered the long nights through with friends, exchanging confidences, telling all secrets but one. That was the year when Gerald O'Hara, twenty-eight years older than she, came into her life -- the year, too, when youth and her black-eyed cousin, Philippe Robillard, went out of it. For when Philippe, with his snapping eyes and his wild ways, left Savannah forever, he took with him the glow that was in Ellen's heart and left for the bandy-legged little Irishman who married her only a gentle shell.

但是斯佳丽错了,因为多年前,萨凡纳的埃伦·罗比亚尔也曾像那个迷人的海滨城市里任何一个十五岁的少女一样,莫名其妙地咯咯笑过,并与朋友们彻夜长谈,交换秘密,但只有一个秘密她从未吐露。那一年,比她大二十八岁的杰拉尔德·奥哈拉闯入了她的生活--那一年,她的青春和她那位黑眼睛的表哥菲利普·罗比亚尔也同时离去。当菲利普--那个眼神锐利、行为狂野的年轻人--永远离开萨凡纳时,他带走了埃伦心中的那道光芒,留给那个娶了她的罗圈腿小个子爱尔兰人的,仅仅是一具温柔的空壳。

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inexplicably /ˌɪnɪkˈsplɪkəbli/

adv. 无法解释地,莫名其妙地➕

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confidences /ˈkɒnfɪdənsɪz/

n. 秘密,私房话➕

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snapping /ˈsnæpɪŋ/

adj. 炯炯有神的；噼啪作响的➕

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bandy-legged /ˈbændi ˌleɡd/

adj. 罗圈腿的➕

🔊 But that was enough for Gerald, overwhelmed at his unbelievable luck in actually marrying her. And if anything was gone from her, he never missed it. Shrewd man that he was, he knew that it was no less than a miracle that he, an Irishman with nothing of family and wealth to recommend him, should win the daughter of one of the wealthiest and proudest families on the Coast. For Gerald was a self-made man.

但对杰拉尔德来说,这就足够了。他对自己竟然真的娶到了她这一难以置信的幸运感到不知所措。即使她身上有什么东西已经消失,他也从未察觉。他是个精明的人,知道自己能赢得沿海地区最富有、最骄傲的家族之一的女儿,这简直是个奇迹,而他不过是个既无家世也无财富可资炫耀的爱尔兰人。因为杰拉尔德是个白手起家的人。

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overwhelmed /ˌəʊvəˈwelmd/

adj. 受宠若惊的,不知所措的➕

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shrewd /ʃruːd/

adj. 精明的,机敏的➕

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self-made /ˌself ˈmeɪd/

adj. 白手起家的➕

🔊 Gerald had come to America from Ireland when he was twenty-one. He had come hastily, as many a better and worse Irishman before and since, with the clothes he had on his back, two shillings above his passage money and a price on his head that he felt was larger than his misdeed warranted. There was no Orangeman this side of hell worth a hundred pounds to the British government or to the devil himself; but, if the government felt so strongly about the death of an English absentee landlord's rent agent, it was time for Gerald O'Hara to be leaving and leaving suddenly. True, he had called the rent agent "a bastard of an Orangeman," but that, according to Gerald's way of looking at it, did not give the man any right to insult him by whistling the opening bars of "The Boyne Water."

杰拉尔德二十一岁时从爱尔兰来到美国。他来得匆忙,就像之前和之后许多比他好或比他差的爱尔兰人一样,身上只有一套衣服,除了船票之外只有两先令,而且脑袋上还悬着一笔赏金,他觉得这赏金远比他犯下的过错要大。在地狱这边,没有一个奥兰治派分子值一百英镑给英国政府或魔鬼本人；但是,如果政府对处死一位英国不在地主的租金代理人的事如此重视,那么杰拉尔德·奥哈拉是时候离开了,而且要突然离开。没错,他叫那个租金代理人“奥兰治派的杂种”,但按照杰拉尔德的看法,这并不意味着那人有权用口哨吹奏《博因河水》的开头几小节来侮辱他。

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shillings /ˈʃɪlɪŋz/

n. 先令（英国旧货币单位）➕

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misdeed /ˌmɪsˈdiːd/

n. 不端行为,罪行➕

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warranted /ˈwɒrəntɪd/

v. 证明…正当,担保➕

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absentee /ˌæbsənˈtiː/

adj. 缺席的,外居地主的➕

🔊 The Battle of the Boyne had been fought more than a hundred years before, but, to the O'Haras and their neighbors, it might have been yesterday when their hopes and their dreams, as well as their lands and wealth, went off in the same cloud of dust that enveloped a frightened and fleeing Stuart prince, leaving William of Orange and his hated troops with their orange cockades to cut down the Irish adherents of the Stuarts.

博因河战役发生在一百多年前,但对奥哈拉一家和他们的邻居来说,那仿佛就是昨天。当时他们的希望和梦想,连同他们的土地和财富,都在裹挟着一位惊恐逃亡的斯图亚特王子的同一片烟尘中消散,留下奥兰治的威廉和他那戴着橙色帽章的可憎军队来砍倒斯图亚特王朝的爱尔兰追随者。

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enveloped /ɪnˈveləpt/

v. 包围,笼罩➕

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fleeing /ˈfliːɪŋ/

v. 逃跑,逃离➕

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cockades /kɒˈkeɪdz/

n. 帽徽,服饰上的徽章➕

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adherents /ədˈhɪərənts/

n. 拥护者,追随者➕

🔊 For this and other reasons, Gerald's family was not inclined to view the fatal outcome of this quarrel as anything very serious, except for the fact that it was charged with serious consequences. For years, the O'Haras had been in bad odor with the English constabulary on account of suspected activities against the government, and Gerald was not the first O'Hara to take his foot in his hand and quit Ireland between dawn and morning. His two oldest brothers, James and Andrew, he hardly remembered, save as close-lipped youths who came and went at odd hours of the night on mysterious errands or disappeared for weeks at a time, to their mother's gnawing anxiety. They had come to America years before, after the discovery of a small arsenal of rifles buried under the O'Hara pigsty. Now they were successful merchants in Savannah, "though the dear God alone knows where that may be," as their mother always interpolated when mentioning the two oldest of her male brood, and it was to them that young Gerald was sent.

由于这个原因和其他原因,杰拉尔德的家人并不认为这场争吵的致命结局有多么严重,除了它可能带来严重的后果。多年来,奥哈拉一家因涉嫌反政府活动而一直不受英国警察的待见,而杰拉尔德也并非第一个连夜逃离爱尔兰的奥哈拉。他几乎记不清他的两个哥哥詹姆斯和安德鲁了,只记得他们是沉默寡言的年轻人,时常在深夜出入,执行神秘的任务,或者失踪好几个星期,让母亲忧心忡忡。他们多年前就来到了美国,起因是奥哈拉家的猪圈下发现了一座小型兵工厂,里面埋着步枪。如今他们在萨凡纳已是成功的商人,“尽管只有亲爱的上帝才知道那地方在哪儿,”--他们的母亲在提起她两个大儿子时总是要加上这么一句--年轻的杰拉尔德就是被送到他们那里去的。

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odor /ˈəʊdə/

n. 气味；名声,声望➕

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constabulary /kənˈstæbjələri/

n. 警察部队,保安队➕

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close-lipped /ˌkləʊs ˈlɪpt/

adj. 嘴巴紧的,沉默寡言的➕

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gnawing /ˈnɔːɪŋ/

adj. 折磨人的,令人痛苦的➕

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arsenal /ˈɑːsənl/

n. 军火库,兵工厂➕

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pigsty /ˈpɪɡstaɪ/

n. 猪圈➕

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interpolated /ɪnˈtɜːrpəleɪtɪd/

v. 插入（话语）,插嘴➕

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brood /bruːd/

n. 一窝孩子,一伙人➕

🔊 He left home with his mother's hasty kiss on his cheek and her fervent Catholic blessing in his ears, and his father's parting admonition, "Remember who ye are and don't be taking nothing off no man." His five tall brothers gave him good-by with admiring but slightly patronizing smiles, for Gerald was the baby and the little one of a brawny family.

他离开家时,母亲匆匆吻了他的脸颊,耳边还回响着她虔诚的天主教祝福,以及父亲临别时的叮嘱:“记住你是谁,别受任何人的气。”他那五个高个子哥哥带着赞赏但又略带居高临下的微笑与他告别,因为杰拉尔德是这个强壮家族中最小的一个,也是体型最小的一个。

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fervent /ˈfɜːrvənt/

adj. 热情的,热烈的➕

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admonition /ˌædməˈnɪʃn/

n. 告诫,警告➕

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patronizing /ˈpeɪtrənaɪzɪŋ/

adj. 屈尊俯就的,傲慢的➕

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brawny /ˈbrɔːni/

adj. 强壮的,肌肉发达的➕

🔊 His five brothers and their father stood six feet and over and broad in proportion, but little Gerald, at twenty-one, knew that five feet four and a half inches was as much as the Lord in His wisdom was going to allow him. It was like Gerald that he never wasted regrets on his lack of height and never found it an obstacle to his acquisition of anything he wanted. Rather, it was Gerald's compact smallness that made him what he was, for he had learned early that little people must be hardy to survive among large ones. And Gerald was hardy.

他五个哥哥和父亲身高都在六英尺以上,身材也与之相称,但小个子杰拉尔德在二十一岁时就知道,上帝以他的智慧只允许他长到五英尺四英寸半。杰拉尔德就是这样的人,他从不为自己的矮小身高懊悔,也从不觉得这障碍了他得到任何想要的东西。恰恰相反,正是杰拉尔德矮小结实的身材塑造了他,因为他很早就明白,小个头的人必须在大人中生存下来,就必须坚强。而杰拉尔德确实坚强。

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broad /brɔːd/

adj. 宽阔的；广泛的➕

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proportion /prəˈpɔːrʃən/

n. 比例；部分➕

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acquisition /ˌækwɪˈzɪʃən/

n. 获得；习得➕

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obstacle /ˈɒbstəkl/

n. 障碍；阻碍➕

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compact /kəmˈpækt/

adj. 紧凑的；结实的➕

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hardy /ˈhɑːrdi/

adj. 强壮的；能吃苦耐劳的➕

🔊 His tall brothers were a grim, quiet lot, in whom the family tradition of past glories, lost forever, rankled in unspoken hate and crackled out in bitter humor. Had Gerald been brawny, he would have gone the way of the other O'Haras and moved quietly and darkly among the rebels against the government. But Gerald was "loud-mouthed and bullheaded," as his mother fondly phrased it, hair trigger of temper, quick with his fists and possessed of a chip on his shoulder so large as to be almost visible to the naked eye. He swaggered among the tall O'Haras like a strutting bantam in a barnyard of giant Cochin roosters, and they loved him, baited him affectionately to hear him roar and hammered on him with their large fists no more than was necessary to keep a baby brother in his proper place.

他的高个子哥哥们是一群严肃、沉默的人,家族中关于过去辉煌的传统早已永久丧失,这在他们心中化为无声的仇恨和刻薄的幽默。要是杰拉尔德也长得魁梧,他大概就会走上其他奥哈拉的老路,悄无声息地混迹于反抗政府的叛逆者之中。但杰拉尔德却是个“大嗓门、牛脾气”--正如他母亲爱说的那样--火暴性子,拳头快,肩膀上还扛着一块大得几乎肉眼可见的挑衅牌子。他在高大的奥哈拉兄弟中间昂首阔步,活像一只在巨型科钦种公鸡场里趾高气扬的矮脚鸡；哥哥们爱他,亲切地逗他,惹得他大吼大叫,然后才用大拳头揍他几下,仅此而已,为了让这个小弟弟安分守己。

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grim /ɡrɪm/

adj. 严肃的；冷酷的➕

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rankled /ˈræŋkəld/

v. 使怨恨；使痛苦➕

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unspoken /ʌnˈspoʊkən/

adj. 未说出口的；心照不宣的➕

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crackled /ˈkrækld/

v. 发出噼啪声；爆裂➕

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loud-mouthed /ˈlaʊd maʊðd/

adj. 多嘴的；大声说话的➕

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bullheaded /ˈbʊlˌhɛdɪd/

adj. 顽固的；固执的➕

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swaggered /ˈswæɡərd/

v. 大摇大摆地走；自大➕

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strutting /ˈstrʌtɪŋ/

v. 趾高气扬地走；支撑➕

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bantam /ˈbæntəm/

n. 矮脚鸡；短小精悍的人➕

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barnyard /ˈbɑːrnˌjɑːrd/

n. 谷仓前的场地；农家场院➕

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baited /ˈbeɪtɪd/

v. 逗弄；在……下诱饵➕

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affectionately /əˈfɛkʃənətli/

adv. 深情地；充满感情地➕

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hair trigger /ˈhɛər ˈtrɪɡər/

n. 易怒的脾气；触发点➕

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naked eye /ˈneɪkɪd aɪ/

n. 肉眼➕

🔊 If the educational equipment which Gerald brought to America was scant, he did not even know it. Nor would he have cared if he had been told. His mother had taught him to read and to write a clear hand. He was adept at ciphering. And there his book knowledge stopped. The only Latin he knew was the responses of the Mass and the only history the manifold wrongs of Ireland. He knew no poetry save that of Moore and no music except the songs of Ireland that had come down through the years. While he entertained the liveliest respect for those who had more book learning than he, he never felt his own lack. And what need had he of these things in a new country where the most ignorant of bogtrotters had made great fortunes? in this country which asked only that a man be strong and unafraid of work?

如果说杰拉尔德带到美国的教育装备少得可怜,他自己甚至都没意识到这一点。即使有人告诉他,他也不会在乎。母亲教过他读书和写一手清晰的字。他精通计算。他的书本知识到此为止。他懂的拉丁文只有弥撒的应答,他懂的历史只有爱尔兰的种种冤屈。他不懂诗歌,除了穆尔的诗；他不懂音乐,除了流传多年的爱尔兰歌曲。虽然他对于那些比他更有学问的人怀有极大的敬意,但他从不觉得自己缺少什么。在这个新国家里,最无知的爱尔兰穷苦移民都能发大财,他还要那些东西做什么呢？在这个国家里,只要一个人强壮、不怕劳动就够了。

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scant /skænt/

adj. 不足的；少量的➕

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ciphering /ˈsaɪfərɪŋ/

n. 计算；算术➕

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manifold /ˈmænɪfoʊld/

adj. 多种多样的；多方面的➕

🔊 Nor did James and Andrew, who took him into their store in Savannah, regret his lack of education. His clear hand, his accurate figures and his shrewd ability in bargaining won their respect, where a knowledge of literature and a fine appreciation of music, had young Gerald possessed them, would have moved them to snorts of contempt. America, in the early years of the century, had been kind to the Irish. James and Andrew, who had begun by hauling goods in covered wagons from Savannah to Georgia's inland towns, had prospered into a store of their own, and Gerald prospered with them.

将他收入萨凡纳店里的詹姆斯和安德鲁也不遗憾他缺少教育。他清晰的字迹、准确的数据和精明的讨价还价能力赢得了他们的尊重；而如果年轻杰拉尔德具备文学知识或对音乐有高雅的欣赏能力,反而会招来他们的轻蔑。本世纪初,美国对爱尔兰人很友善。詹姆斯和安德鲁起初用篷车把货物从萨凡纳运到佐治亚的内陆城镇,后来生意兴隆,开了自己的店铺,杰拉尔德也和他们一起发了财。

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hauling /ˈhɔːlɪŋ/

v. 拖运；搬运➕

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prospered /ˈprɒspərd/

v. 繁荣；成功➕

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bargaining /ˈbɑːrɡɪnɪŋ/

n. 讨价还价；谈判➕

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snorts /snɔːrts/

n. 喷鼻息；轻蔑的哼声➕

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contempt /kənˈtempt/

n. 轻蔑；鄙视➕

🔊 He liked the South, and he soon became, in his own opinion, a Southerner. There was much about the South -- and Southerners -- that he would never comprehend: but, with the wholeheartedness that was his nature, he adopted its ideas and customs, as he understood them, for his own -- poker and horse racing, red-hot politics and the code duello, States' Rights and damnation to all Yankees, slavery and King Cotton, contempt for white trash and exaggerated courtesy to women. He even learned to chew tobacco. There was no need for him to acquire a good head for whisky, he had been born with one.

他喜欢南方,而且很快就认为自己是个南方人。南方--以及南方人--有很多事情是他永远无法理解的:但凭着与生俱来的全身心投入,他采纳了南方的观念和习俗,按他自己的理解,并将其化为己有--扑克和赛马、激烈的政治和决斗法规>>、<<<州权和对所有北方佬的诅咒、奴隶制和<<<棉花王国>>、对白种穷鬼的蔑视和对妇女的过分殷勤。他甚至学会了嚼烟叶。他不需要培养对威士忌的好酒量,那是他与生俱来的。

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Southerner /ˈsʌðərnər/

n. 南方人（尤指美国南方）➕

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comprehend /ˌkɒmprɪˈhend/

v. 理解；领会➕

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wholeheartedness /ˌhoʊlˈhɑːrtɪdnəs/

n. 全心全意；一心一意➕

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red-hot /ˈred hɒt/

adj. 热门的；激烈的；炽热的➕

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damnation /dæmˈneɪʃən/

n. 诅咒；谴责➕

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white trash /waɪt træʃ/

n. 白人垃圾（对贫穷白人的贬称）➕

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exaggerated /ɪɡˈzædʒəreɪtɪd/

adj. 夸张的；言过其实的➕

🔊 But Gerald remained Gerald. His habits of living and his ideas changed, but his manners he would not change, even had he been able to change them. He admired the drawling elegance of the wealthy rice and cotton planters, who rode into Savannah from their moss-hung kingdoms, mounted on thoroughbred horses and followed by the carriages of their equally elegant ladies and the wagons of their slaves. But Gerald could never attain elegance. Their lazy, blurred voices fell pleasantly on his ears, but his own brisk brogue clung to his tongue. He liked the casual grace with which they conducted affairs of importance, risking a fortune, a plantation or a slave on the turn of a card and writing off their losses with careless good humor and no more ado than when they scattered pennies to pickaninnies. But Gerald had known poverty, and he could never learn to lose money with good humor or good grace. They were a pleasant race, these coastal Georgians, with their soft-voiced, quick rages and their charming inconsistencies, and Gerald liked them. But there was a brisk and restless vitality about the young Irishman, fresh from a country where winds blew wet and chill, where misty swamps held no fevers, that set him apart from these indolent gentlefolk of semi-tropical weather and malarial marshes.

但杰拉尔德依然是杰拉尔德。他的生活方式和观念变了,但他的举止却没有改变,即使他能够改变。他羡慕那些富有的稻米和棉花种植园主懒洋洋的优雅风度,他们从苔藓垂挂的王国骑马进入萨凡纳,身后跟着纯种马,以及同样优雅的太太们的马车和满载奴隶的货车。但杰拉尔德永远也达不到那种优雅。他们那缓慢、含糊的声音悦耳动听,但他自己轻快的爱尔兰土腔却紧粘在舌头上。他喜欢他们处理重大事情时那种随意的优雅风度:掷一张牌就赌上财富、一个种植园或一个奴隶,然后用漫不经心的好心情和极少的忙乱勾销损失,就像把钱币扔给黑人小孩一样。但杰拉尔德尝过贫穷的滋味,永远也学不会用好心情或良好风度来输钱。他们是令人愉快的一族,这些佐治亚沿海地区的人,说话柔和,脾气来得快,有着迷人的矛盾性格。杰拉尔德喜欢他们。但这位年轻的爱尔兰人身上有一种机敏而躁动的活力,他刚从那个风冷潮湿、雾凇沼泽不发烧的国家来,这使他与这些半热带气候和疟疾沼泽中慵懒的绅士淑女们区别开来。

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drawling /ˈdrɔːlɪŋ/

adj. 拉长语调的；慢吞吞的➕

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elegance /ˈɛlɪɡəns/

n. 优雅；高雅➕

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planters /ˈplæntərz/

n. 种植园主➕

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thoroughbred /ˈθɜːroʊbred/

adj. 纯种的；良种的➕

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brisk /brɪsk/

adj. 轻快的；活泼的；敏捷的➕

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brogue /broʊɡ/

n. 爱尔兰口音；土腔➕

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plantation /plænˈteɪʃən/

n. 种植园；大农场➕

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ado /əˈduː/

n. 忙乱；纷扰➕

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inconsistencies /ˌɪnkənˈsɪstənsiz/

n. 不一致；矛盾➕

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vitality /vaɪˈtæləti/

n. 活力；生命力➕

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indolent /ˈɪndələnt/

adj. 懒惰的；怠惰的➕

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gentlefolk /ˈdʒentl foʊk/

n. 上流人士；彬彬有礼的人➕

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malarial /məˈlɛəriəl/

adj. 疟疾的；患疟疾的➕

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moss-hung /ˈmɔːs hʌŋ/

adj. 挂满苔藓的➕

🔊 From them he learned what he found useful, and the rest he dismissed. He found poker the most useful of all Southern customs, poker and a steady head for whisky; and it was his natural aptitude for cards and amber liquor that brought to Gerald two of his three most prized possessions, his valet and his plantation. The other was his wife, and he could only attribute her to the mysterious kindness of God.

从他们那里他学到了他觉得有用的东西,其余的就丢在一边。他发现扑克牌是南方习俗中最有用的,扑克牌和对威士忌的稳定酒量；正是对纸牌和琥珀色美酒的天赋,为杰拉尔德带来了他三件最珍贵的财产中的两件:他的贴身男仆和他的种植园。第三件是他的妻子,他只能将这归功于上帝神秘的仁慈。

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aptitude /ˈæptɪtjuːd/

n. 天资；才能➕

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amber /ˈæmbər/

adj. 琥珀色的➕

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attribute /əˈtrɪbjuːt/

v. 归因于；认为是……所致➕

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valet /ˈvæleɪ/

n. 男仆；侍从➕

🔊 The valet, Pork by name, shining black, dignified and trained in all the arts of sartorial elegance, was the result of an all-night poker game with a planter from St. Simons Island, whose courage in a bluff equaled Gerald's but whose head for New Orleans rum did not. Though Pork's former owner later offered to buy him back at twice his value, Gerald obstinately refused, for the possession of his first slave, and that slave the "best damn valet on the Coast," was the first step upward toward his heart's desire, Gerald wanted to be a slave owner and a landed gentleman.

那个名叫波克的贴身男仆,皮肤乌黑发亮,举止庄重,受过全套衣着优雅的艺术训练,是他与一位来自圣西蒙斯岛的种植园主通宵玩扑克牌的结果。那位种植园主虚张声势的勇气与杰拉尔德不相上下,但对新奥尔良朗姆酒的酒量却不行。尽管波克的前主人后来想以双倍的价格把他买回去,杰拉尔德却固执地拒绝了,因为拥有他的第一个奴隶,而且是“沿海地区最好的贴身男仆”,是向实现内心渴望迈出的第一步。杰拉尔德想成为一个拥有奴隶和土地的绅士。

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dignified /ˈdɪɡnɪfaɪd/

adj. 有尊严的；庄重的➕

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sartorial /sɑːrˈtɔːriəl/

adj. 裁缝的；男装的➕

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bluff /blʌf/

n. 虚张声势；吓唬➕

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obstinately /ˈɒbstɪnətli/

adv. 顽固地；固执地➕

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landed /ˈlændɪd/

adj. 拥有土地的；不动产的➕

🔊 His mind was made up that he was not going to spend all of his days, like James and Andrew, in bargaining, or all his nights, by candlelight, over long columns of figures. He felt keenly, as his brothers did not, the social stigma attached to those "in trade." Gerald wanted to be a planter. With the deep hunger of an Irishman who has been a tenant on the lands his people once had owned and hunted, he wanted to see his own acres stretching green before his eyes. With a ruthless singleness of purpose, he desired his own house, his own plantation, his own horse, his own slaves. And here in this new country, safe from the twin perils of the land he had left -- taxation that ate up crops and barns and the ever-present threat of sudden confiscation -- he intended to have them. But having that ambition and bringing it to realization were two different matters, he discovered as time went by. Coastal Georgia was too firmly held by an entrenched aristocracy for him ever to hope to win the place he intended to have.

他下定决心,不想像詹姆斯和安德鲁那样把所有白天都花在讨价还价上,把所有夜晚都在烛光下面对长长的一串串数字。他敏锐地感受到了“做生意”的人所背负的社会污名,他的兄弟们却没有。杰拉尔德想成为一个种植园主。带着一个爱尔兰人--他曾是他祖先曾经拥有和狩猎过的土地上的佃户--的深切渴望,他想看到自己的土地在眼前伸展成一片绿色。带着一种冷酷而专一的目的,他渴望拥有自己的房子、自己的种植园、自己的马、自己的奴隶。在这个新国家里,远离了他离开的那片土地的双重祸患--吞噬庄稼和谷仓的税收,以及随时可能突然没收的威胁--他决心拥有这一切。但随着时间流逝,他发现怀有那个野心和实现它完全是两回事。沿海的佐治亚被根深蒂固的贵族牢牢占据,他永远不可能指望赢得他想要的位置。

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keenly /ˈkiːnli/

adv. 敏锐地；强烈地➕

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stigma /ˈstɪɡmə/

n. 耻辱；污名➕

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tenant /ˈtɛnənt/

n. 佃户；租户➕

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ruthless /ˈruːθləs/

adj. 无情的；残忍的➕

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singleness /ˈsɪŋɡlnəs/

n. 单一；专一➕

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perils /ˈpɛrəlz/

n. 危险；风险➕

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taxation /tækˈseɪʃən/

n. 税收；征税➕

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confiscation /ˌkɒnfɪˈskeɪʃən/

n. 没收；充公➕

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entrenched /ɪnˈtrentʃt/

adj. 根深蒂固的；牢固的➕

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aristocracy /ˌærɪˈstɒkrəsi/

n. 贵族；贵族阶层➕

🔊 Then the hand of Fate and a hand of poker combined to give him the plantation which he afterwards called Tara, and at the same time moved him out of the Coast into the upland country of north Georgia.

随后,命运之手和一手扑克牌合起来给了他后来命名为塔拉的种植园,同时也把他从沿海地区带到了佐治亚北部的内陆地区。

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Fate /feɪt/

n. 命运（拟人化）➕

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Coast /koʊst/

n. 海岸（特指美国东海岸）➕

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upland /ˈʌplənd/

n. 高地；山地➕

🔊 It was in a saloon in Savannah, on a hot night in spring, when the chance conversation of a stranger sitting near by made Gerald prick up his ears. The stranger, a native of Savannah, had just returned after twelve years in the inland country. He had been one of the winners in the land lottery conducted by the State to divide up the vast area in middle Georgia, ceded by the Indians the year before Gerald came to America. He had gone up there and established a plantation; but, now the house had burned down, he was tired of the "accursed place" and would be most happy to get it off his hands.

那是在萨凡纳的一个酒馆里,一个春天的炎热夜晚。邻座一位陌生人的偶然谈话让杰拉尔德竖起了耳朵。这位陌生人,萨凡纳本地人,在内陆地区待了十二年后刚刚回来。他曾是州政府为分配印第安人在杰拉尔德来美国前一年割让的佐治亚中部大片土地而举行的土地抽奖中的赢家之一。他去了那里,建立了种植园；但现在,房子烧毁了,他厌倦了那个“该死的地方”,很想把它脱手。

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saloon /səˈluːn/

n. 酒吧；沙龙➕

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inland /ˈɪnlənd/

adj. 内陆的；内地的➕

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ceded /ˈsiːdɪd/

v. 割让；放弃➕

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accursed /əˈkɜːrsɪd/

adj. 被诅咒的；讨厌的➕

🔊 Gerald, his mind never free of the thought of owning a plantation of his own, arranged an introduction, and his interest grew as the stranger told how the northern section of the state was filling up with newcomers from the Carolinas and Virginia. Gerald had lived in Savannah long enough to acquire a viewpoint of the Coast -- that all of the rest of the state was backwoods, with an Indian lurking in every thicket. In transacting business for O'Hara Brothers, he had visited Augusta, a hundred miles up the Savannah River, and he had traveled inland far enough to visit the old towns westward from that city. He knew that section to be as well settled as the Coast, but from the stranger's description, his plantation was more than two hundred and fifty miles inland from Savannah to the north and west, and not many miles south of the Chattahoochee River. Gerald knew that northward beyond that stream the land was still held by the Cherokees, so it was with amazement that he heard the stranger jeer at suggestions of trouble with the Indians and narrate how thriving towns were growing up and plantations prospering in the new country.

杰拉尔德心里从未放弃过拥有自己种植园的念头,他安排了介绍。当陌生人讲述该州北部地区如何挤满了来自卡罗来纳和弗吉尼亚的新移民时,他的兴趣更浓了。杰拉尔德在萨凡纳住得够久,已经接受了沿海地区的观点--该州其余地方都是穷乡僻壤,每个树丛里都潜伏着印第安人。在为奥哈拉兄弟公司做生意时,他曾去过奥古斯塔,沿萨凡纳河上行一百英里,也曾深入内陆,访问过那座城市以西的古老城镇。他知道那个地区与沿海地区一样定居良好,但据陌生人描述,他的种植园距萨凡纳往西北方向内陆超过两百五十英里,距离查塔胡奇河以南不远。杰拉尔德知道那条河以北的土地仍由切罗基人占据,因此当他听到陌生人对印第安人麻烦的暗示嗤之以鼻,并叙述新兴城镇如何繁荣发展、种植园在新地区如何兴旺时,他感到惊讶。

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backwoods /ˈbækwʊdz/

n. 偏远地区；边远林地➕

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lurking /ˈlɜːrkɪŋ/

v. 潜伏；埋伏➕

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thicket /ˈθɪkɪt/

n. 灌木丛；丛林➕

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transacting /trænˈzæktɪŋ/

v. 交易；办理➕

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jeer /dʒɪr/

v. 嘲笑；嘲弄➕

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narrate /nəˈreɪt/

v. 叙述；讲述➕

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thriving /ˈθraɪvɪŋ/

adj. 繁荣的；兴旺的➕

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prospering /ˈprɒspərɪŋ/

v. 繁荣；成功（现在分词）➕

🔊 An hour later when the conversation began to lag, Gerald, with a guile that belied the wide innocence of his bright blue eyes, proposed a game. As the night wore on and the drinks went round, there came a time when all the others in the game laid down their hands and Gerald and the stranger were battling alone. The stranger shoved in all his chips and followed with the deed to his plantation. Gerald shoved in all his chips and laid on top of them his wallet. If the money it contained happened to belong to the firm of O'Hara Brothers, Gerald's conscience was not sufficiently troubled to confess it before Mass the following morning. He knew what he wanted, and when Gerald wanted something he gained it by taking the most direct route. Moreover, such was his faith in his destiny and four deuces that he never for a moment wondered just how the money would be paid back should a higher hand be laid down across the table.

一个小时后,谈话开始冷场,杰拉尔德以一种与他那天蓝色眼睛中广泛的天真不相称的狡黠,提议打牌。夜渐渐深了,酒过几巡,终于来到一个时刻,牌桌上的其他人都放下了牌,只剩下杰拉尔德和陌生人单挑。陌生人把他所有的筹码都推了进去,紧接着是他种植园的地契。杰拉尔德也把他所有的筹码推了进去,并在上面放上他的钱包。如果钱包里的钱碰巧属于奥哈拉兄弟公司,杰拉尔德的良心也并不十分不安,以至于要在第二天早上弥撒前忏悔。他知道自己想要什么,而杰拉尔德想要什么东西时,他总是走最直接的路线得到它。此外,他如此相信自己的命运和四张二点,以至于他从未想过,万一桌上有一手更大的牌,那笔钱该怎么还。

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guile /ɡaɪl/

n. 狡猾；欺诈➕

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belied /bɪˈlaɪd/

v. 掩饰；与…不符➕

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chips /tʃɪps/

n. 筹码➕

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deed /diːd/

n. 契约；契据➕

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conscience /ˈkɒnʃəns/

n. 良心；道德心➕

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deuces /ˈdjuːsɪz/

n. （扑克牌中的）二点➕

🔊 "It's no bargain you're getting and I am glad not to have to pay more taxes on the place," sighed the possessor of an "ace full," as he called for pen and ink. "The big house burned a year ago and the fields are growing up in brush and seedling pine. But it's yours."

“你可没占到什么便宜,我很高兴不用再为这块地交税了,”拿着“满堂红”的那位叹了口气,叫人拿来笔和墨水。“大房子一年前烧了,田里长满了灌木和松树苗。但它归你了。”

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seedling /ˈsiːdlɪŋ/

n. 幼苗；树苗➕

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ace full /eɪs fʊl/

n. （扑克牌型）一个A加一对➕

🔊 "Never mix cards and whisky unless you were weaned on Irish poteen," Gerald told Pork gravely the same evening, as Pork assisted him to bed. And the valet, who had begun to attempt a brogue out of admiration for his new master, made requisite answer in a combination of Geechee and County Meath that would have puzzled anyone except those two alone.

“永远不要把纸牌和威士忌混在一起,除非你是喝爱尔兰私酿威士忌长大的,”当天晚上,当波克服侍他就寝时,杰拉尔德严肃地告诉波克。而那位男仆--出于对新主人的钦佩,已经开始试着学爱尔兰口音--用一种吉奇语和米斯郡土话的混合体作了必要的回答,除了他们俩,谁也听不懂。

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weaned /wiːnd/

v. 使断奶；使戒掉➕

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poteen /pəˈtiːn/

n. 爱尔兰私酿威士忌➕

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requisite /ˈrɛkwɪzɪt/

adj. 必要的；必需的➕

🔊 The muddy Flint River, running silently between walls of pine and water oak covered with tangled vines, wrapped about Gerald's new land like a curving arm and embraced it on two sides. To Gerald, standing on the small knoll where the house had been, this tall barrier of green was as visible and pleasing an evidence of ownership as though it were a fence that he himself had built to mark his own. He stood on the blackened foundation stones of the burned building, looked down the long avenue of trees leading toward the road and swore lustily, with a joy too deep for thankful prayer. These twin lines of somber trees were his, his the abandoned lawn, waist high in weeds under white-starred young magnolia trees. The uncultivated fields, studded with tiny pines and underbrush, that stretched their rolling red-clay surface away into the distance on four sides belonged to Gerald O'Hara -- were all his because he had an unbefuddled Irish head and the courage to stake everything on a hand of cards.

浑浊的弗林特河在松树和挂满藤蔓的水橡树墙之间静静流淌,像一条弯曲的手臂环抱着杰拉尔德的新土地,把它拥抱在两侧。对杰拉尔德来说,站在曾经房屋所在的小丘上,这道高大的绿色屏障就像是他自己建造来标记地盘的篱笆一样,是看得见且令人愉悦的所有权证明。他站在被烧毁的建筑那发黑的地基石上,沿着通往大路的那条长长的林荫道望去,满怀激情地咒骂着,快乐得甚至无法做感恩的祈祷。这两排阴沉的树是他的,那荒芜的草坪是他的,草坪上野草齐腰深,点缀着开满白色星状花朵的幼年木兰树。那未开垦的田地,散布着小松树和灌木丛,其起伏的红土层表面向四面延伸,直到远方,它们都属于杰拉尔德·奥哈拉--全都属于他,因为他有一个清醒的爱尔兰头脑,有勇气把一切都押在一手牌上。

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tangled /ˈtæŋɡəld/

adj. 缠结的；混乱的➕

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knoll /noʊl/

n. 小丘；圆丘➕

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barrier /ˈbæriər/

n. 障碍；屏障➕

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evidence /ˈevɪdəns/

n. 证据；迹象➕

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ownership /ˈoʊnərʃɪp/

n. 所有权；产权➕

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blackened /ˈblækənd/

adj. 变黑的；被烧黑的➕

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foundation /faʊnˈdeɪʃən/

n. 地基；基础➕

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avenue /ˈævənuː/

n. 林荫道；大街➕

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lustily /ˈlʌstɪli/

adv. 精力充沛地；使劲地➕

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somber /ˈsɑːmbər/

adj. 阴沉的；忧郁的➕

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abandoned /əˈbændənd/

adj. 被遗弃的；废弃的➕

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uncultivated /ʌnˈkʌltɪveɪtɪd/

adj. 未耕种的；未经开垦的➕

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studded /ˈstʌdɪd/

adj. 布满……的；点缀着……的➕

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underbrush /ˈʌndərbrʌʃ/

n. 灌木丛；下层灌丛➕

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rolling /ˈroʊlɪŋ/

adj. 起伏的；绵延的➕

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unbefuddled /ʌnbɪˈfʌdld/

adj. 清醒的；不糊涂的➕

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stake /steɪk/

v. 下注；以……为赌注➕

🔊 Gerald closed his eyes and, in the stillness of the unworked acres, he felt that he had come home. Here under his feet would rise a house of whitewashed brick. Across the road would be new rail fences, inclosing fat cattle and blooded horses, and the red earth that rolled down the hillside to the rich river bottom land would gleam white as eiderdown in the sun -- cotton, acres and acres of cotton! The fortunes of the O'Haras would rise again.

杰拉尔德闭上眼睛,在未开垦的寂静中,他感到自己回家了。在他的脚下,将建起一幢粉刷过的砖房。大路对面,将建起新的木栅栏,圈着肥壮的牛群和纯种马；从山坡向下延伸到肥沃河底地的红土地,将在阳光下像鸭绒般闪着白光--棉花,一英亩又一英亩的棉花！奥哈拉家的财富将再次崛起。

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stillness /ˈstɪlnəs/

n. 静止；寂静➕

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unworked /ʌnˈwɜːrkt/

adj. 未开垦的；未使用的➕

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inclosing /ɪnˈkloʊzɪŋ/

v. 围住；圈起（enclose的旧式拼写）➕

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blooded /ˈblʌdɪd/

adj. 纯种的（指马等动物）➕

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eiderdown /ˈaɪdərdaʊn/

n. 羽绒；绒鸭绒➕

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fortunes /ˈfɔːrtʃuːnz/

n. 财富；命运（复数）➕

🔊 With his own small stake, what he could borrow from his unenthusiastic brothers and a neat sum from mortgaging the land, Gerald bought his first field hands and came to Tara to live in bachelor solitude in the four-room overseer's house, till such a time as the white walls of Tara should rise.

他用自己的那点本金,加上从并不热情的两个哥哥那里借来的钱,以及抵押土地得到的一笔可观的款项,买下了他的第一批田间劳动力,然后来到塔拉,独自住在监工的那栋四间房的屋子里,直到塔拉的白墙建成为止。

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unenthusiastic /ʌnɪnθjuːziˈæstɪk/

adj. 不热心的；缺乏热情的➕

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mortgaging /ˈmɔːrɡɪdʒɪŋ/

v. 抵押（房屋或土地）➕

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bachelor /ˈbætʃələr/

n. 单身汉；学士➕

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solitude /ˈsɑːlɪtuːd/

n. 孤独；独居➕

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overseer /ˈoʊvərsɪr/

n. 监工；监督者➕

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neat /niːt/

adj. 整洁的；纯的（指净得）➕

🔊 He cleared the fields and planted cotton and borrowed more money from James and Andrew to buy more slaves. The O'Haras were a clannish tribe, clinging to one another in prosperity as well as in adversity, not for any overweening family affection but because they had learned through grim years that to survive a family must present an unbroken front to the world. They lent Gerald the money and, in the years that followed, the money came back to them with interest. Gradually the plantation widened out, as Gerald bought more acres lying near him, and in time the white house became a reality instead of a dream.

他清理了田地,种上了棉花,又向詹姆斯和安德鲁借了更多的钱购置更多的奴隶。奥哈拉家是一个宗族意识很强的部落,无论顺境逆境都彼此扶持,不是因为过分的家庭亲情,而是因为他们通过严酷的岁月认识到,一个家族要想生存,必须向世界展示一个团结一致的外表。他们借钱给杰拉尔德,在随后的岁月里,那些钱连本带利地还了回来。种植园逐渐扩大,杰拉尔德买下了附近更多的土地,最终,那幢白房子从梦想变成了现实。

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clannish /ˈklænɪʃ/

adj. 宗族的；排外的➕

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tribe /traɪb/

n. 部落；族群➕

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clinging /ˈklɪŋɪŋ/

v. 紧紧抓住；依附➕

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prosperity /prɑːˈspɛrəti/

n. 繁荣；兴旺➕

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adversity /ədˈvɜːrsəti/

n. 逆境；不幸➕

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overweening /oʊvərˈwiːnɪŋ/

adj. 过分自信的；傲慢的➕

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affection /əˈfekʃən/

n. 感情；喜爱➕

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survive /sərˈvaɪv/

v. 幸存；生存下来➕

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unbroken /ʌnˈbroʊkən/

adj. 未中断的；完整的➕

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widened /ˈwaɪdənd/

v. 扩大；加宽➕

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reality /riˈæləti/

n. 现实；实际➕

🔊 It was built by slave labor, a clumsy sprawling building that crowned the rise of ground overlooking the green incline of pasture land running down to the river; and it pleased Gerald greatly, for, even when new, it wore a look of mellowed years. The old oaks, which had seen Indians pass under their limbs, hugged the house closely with their great trunks and towered their branches over the roof in dense shade. The lawn, reclaimed from weeds, grew thick with clover and Bermuda grass, and Gerald saw to it that it was well kept. From the avenue of cedars to the row of white cabins in the slave quarters, there was an air of solidness, of stability and permanence about Tara, and whenever Gerald galloped around the bend in the road and saw his own roof rising through green branches, his heart swelled with pride as though each sight of it were the first sight.

它是用奴隶劳动力建成的,一幢笨拙而伸展的建筑,高高矗立在小丘之上,俯视着缓缓倾斜到河边的绿色牧场；这让杰拉尔德非常满意,因为即使是新建时,它也带有一种岁月陈酿的韵味。那些见过印第安人在其枝杈下穿行的古老橡树,用它们巨大的树干紧紧拥抱着房子,浓密的枝叶覆盖着屋顶。草坪已从杂草中恢复过来,长满了浓密的三叶草和百慕大草,杰拉尔德确保它得到了很好的维护。从雪松林荫道到奴隶区的一排白色小屋,塔拉处处透出一种坚实、稳定和恒久的氛围,每当杰拉尔德策马转过路弯,看到那穿过绿色枝叶升起的屋顶时,他的心都会充满自豪,仿佛每一次看到都是第一次见到。

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clumsy /ˈklʌmzi/

adj. 笨拙的；简陋的➕

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sprawling /ˈsprɔːlɪŋ/

adj. 蔓延的；杂乱延伸的➕

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crowned /kraʊnd/

adj. 顶上有……的；加冕的➕

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incline /ˈɪnklaɪn/

n. 斜坡；倾斜面➕

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pasture /ˈpæstʃər/

n. 牧场；草地➕

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mellowed /ˈmeloʊd/

adj. 成熟的；柔和的（随时间变得老练或柔软）➕

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limbs /lɪmz/

n. 树枝；四肢（复数）➕

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trunks /trʌŋks/

n. 树干；象鼻（复数）➕

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towered /ˈtaʊərd/

adj. 高耸的；高高升起的➕

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dense /dens/

adj. 茂密的；密集的➕

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reclaimed /rɪˈkleɪmd/

adj. 开垦的；回收的➕

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clover /ˈkloʊvər/

n. 三叶草；苜蓿➕

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cedars /ˈsiːdərz/

n. 雪松（复数）➕

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quarters /ˈkwɔːrtərz/

n. 住处；营房（复数）➕

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solidness /ˈsɑːlɪdnəs/

n. 坚固；稳固➕

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stability /stəˈbɪləti/

n. 稳定；稳固➕

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permanence /ˈpɜːrmənəns/

n. 永久；持久➕

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galloped /ˈɡæləpt/

v. （马）疾驰；飞奔➕

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swelled /sweld/

v. 膨胀；充满（情感）➕

🔊 He had done it all, little, hard-headed, blustering Gerald.

这一切都是他干的--那个矮小、固执、暴躁的杰拉尔德。

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hard-headed /ˈhɑːrd ˈhɛdɪd/

adj. 顽固的；实际的➕

🔊 Gerald was on excellent terms with all his neighbors in the County, except the MacIntoshes whose land adjoined his on the left and the Slatterys whose meager three acres stretched on his right along the swamp bottoms between the river and John Wilkes' plantation.

杰拉尔德与县里所有的邻居都相处得很好,除了麦金托什家--他们的土地在他左边相邻,以及斯莱特里家--他们那可怜的几英亩土地在他右侧,沿着河流和约翰·威尔克斯种植园之间的沼泽低地延伸。

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adjoined /əˈdʒɔɪnd/

v. 毗邻；紧挨着➕

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meager /ˈmiːɡər/

adj. 贫乏的；少量的➕

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swamp /swɑːmp/

n. 沼泽；湿地➕

🔊 The MacIntoshes were Scotch-Irish and Orangemen and, had they possessed all the saintly qualities of the Catholic calendar, this ancestry would have damned them forever in Gerald's eyes. True, they had lived in Georgia for seventy years and, before that, had spent a generation in the Carolinas; but the first of the family who set foot on American shores had come from Ulster, and that was enough for Gerald.

麦金托什家是苏格兰-爱尔兰人,又是奥兰治派,就算他们具备天主教圣徒历上所有的圣洁品质,单凭这个血统就足以在杰拉尔德眼中永远诅咒他们。没错,他们在佐治亚住了七十年,在那之前又在卡罗来纳住了一代；但这个家族中第一个踏上美国海岸的人来自阿尔斯特,这对杰拉尔德来说就足够了。

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saintly /ˈseɪntli/

adj. 圣洁的；品德高尚的➕

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ancestry /ˈænsɛstri/

n. 祖先；血统➕

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damned /dæmd/

adj. 该死的；被诅咒的➕

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generation /dʒɛnəˈreɪʃən/

n. 一代；代际➕

🔊 They were a close-mouthed and stiff-necked family, who kept strictly to themselves and intermarried with their Carolina relatives, and Gerald was not alone in disliking them, for the County people were neighborly and sociable and none too tolerant of anyone lacking in those same qualities. Rumors of Abolitionist sympathies did not enhance the popularity of the MacIntoshes. Old Angus had never manumitted a single slave and had committed the unpardonable social breach of selling some of his negroes to passing slave traders en route to the cane fields of Louisiana, but the rumors persisted.

他们是个沉默寡言、倔强执拗的家庭,严格地与他们自己人来往,并与卡罗来纳的亲戚通婚。不喜欢他们的不止杰拉尔德一个,因为县里的人都友善好客,对缺乏这些品质的人并不宽容。关于废奴主义者同情心的谣言并没有提高麦金托什家的声望。老安格斯从未解放过一个奴隶,而且犯下了不可饶恕的社会失礼行为--把他的一些黑人卖给了路过的、前往路易斯安那甘蔗田的奴隶贩子,但谣言仍然存在。

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close-mouthed /ˈkloʊs ˈmaʊðd/

adj. 嘴紧的；守口如瓶的➕

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stiff-necked /ˈstɪf ˈnɛkt/

adj. 倔强的；顽固的➕

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intermarried /ɪntərˈmærid/

v. 通婚；内部联姻➕

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neighborly /ˈneɪbərli/

adj. 友善的；和睦的➕

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sociable /ˈsoʊʃəbəl/

adj. 好交际的；社交的➕

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tolerant /ˈtɑːlərənt/

adj. 宽容的；容忍的➕

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Abolitionist /ˌæbəˈlɪʃənɪst/

n. 废奴主义者➕

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sympathies /ˈsɪmpəθiz/

n. 同情；赞同（复数）➕

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enhance /ɪnˈhæns/

v. 提高；增强➕

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popularity /pɑːpjəˈlærəti/

n. 受欢迎；流行➕

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manumitted /mænjuːˈmɪtɪd/

v. 解放（奴隶）➕

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unpardonable /ʌnˈpɑːrdənəbəl/

adj. 不可原谅的➕

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breach /briːtʃ/

n. 违反；破裂➕

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en route /ɑ̃ːn ˈruːt/

phr. 在途中➕

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persisted /pərˈsɪstɪd/

v. 持续；坚持➕

🔊 "He's an Abolitionist, no doubt," observed Gerald to John Wilkes. "But, in an Orangeman, when a principle comes up against Scotch tightness, the principle fares ill."

“他毫无疑问是个废奴主义者,”杰拉尔德对约翰·威尔克斯评论道。“但是,在一个奥兰治派分子身上,当原则碰上苏格兰式的吝啬时,原则就要倒霉了。”

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observed /əbˈzɜːrvd/

v. 评论；观察➕

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principle /ˈprɪnsəpəl/

n. 原则；原理➕

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tightness /ˈtaɪtnəs/

n. 吝啬；紧度➕

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fares /fɛrz/

v. 进展；表现➕

🔊 The Slatterys were another affair. Being poor white, they were not even accorded the grudging respect that Angus MacIntosh's dour independence wrung from neighboring families. Old Slattery, who clung persistently to his few acres, in spite of repeated offers from Gerald and John Wilkes, was shiftless and whining. His wife was a snarly-haired woman, sickly and washed-out of appearance, the mother of a brood of sullen and rabbity-looking children -- a brood which was increased regularly every year. Tom Slattery owned no slaves, and he and his two oldest boys spasmodically worked their few acres of cotton, while the wife and younger children tended what was supposed to be a vegetable garden. But, somehow, the cotton always failed, and the garden, due to Mrs. Slattery's constant childbearing, seldom furnished enough to feed her flock.

斯莱特里家是另一回事。作为穷白人,他们甚至连安格斯·麦金托什那种沉闷的独立性从邻近家庭中勉强赢得的尊重都得不到。老斯莱特里尽管杰拉尔德和约翰·威尔克斯多次出价,却仍顽固守着他那几英亩地,他懒惰又爱发牢骚。他的妻子是个头发乱糟糟的女人,病恹恹的,面色苍白,生了一大帮阴沉着脸、长得像兔子的孩子--这帮孩子每年都在稳定增加。汤姆·斯莱特里没有奴隶,他和两个大儿子断断续续地耕种那几英亩棉花,而妻子和年幼的孩子则照料着所谓菜园的东西。但不知怎么搞的,棉花总是歉收,菜园由于斯莱特里太太不断生育,也很少提供足够的东西来养活她那一大家子。

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accorded /əˈkɔːrdɪd/

v. 给予；授予➕

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grudging /ˈɡrʌdʒɪŋ/

adj. 勉强的；不情愿的➕

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dour /ˈdaʊər/

adj. 严厉的；阴沉的➕

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independence /ˌɪndɪˈpɛndəns/

n. 独立；自主➕

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wrung /rʌŋ/

v. 拧出；榨取（wring的过去式）➕

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shiftless /ˈʃɪftləs/

adj. 懒惰的；无能的➕

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whining /ˈhwaɪnɪŋ/

adj. 抱怨的；哀鸣的➕

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snarly-haired /ˈsnɑːrli hɛrd/

adj. 头发蓬乱纠结的➕

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sickly /ˈsɪkli/

adj. 病弱的；苍白无力的➕

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washed-out /ˈwɒʃt aʊt/

adj. 褪色的；筋疲力尽的➕

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sullen /ˈsʌlən/

adj. 愠怒的；闷闷不乐的➕

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rabbity-looking /ˈræbɪti lʊkɪŋ/

adj. 像兔子的（指胆怯或长相）➕

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increased /ɪnˈkriːst/

v. 增加；提高➕

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regularly /ˈrɛɡjʊlərli/

adv. 有规律地；定期地➕

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spasmodically /spæzˈmɒdɪkli/

adv. 间歇性地；痉挛地➕

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tended /ˈtɛndɪd/

v. 照料；趋向➕

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constant /ˈkɑːnstənt/

adj. 持续的；不变的➕

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childbearing /ˈtʃaɪldberɪŋ/

n. 生育；分娩➕

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furnished /ˈfɜːrnɪʃt/

v. 提供；供应➕

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flock /flɑːk/

n. 一群（羊或人）➕

🔊 The sight of Tom Slattery dawdling on his neighbors' porches, begging cotton seed for planting or a side of bacon to "tide him over," was a familiar one. Slattery hated his neighbors with what little energy he possessed, sensing their contempt beneath their courtesy, and especially did he hate "rich folks' uppity niggers." The house negroes of the County considered themselves superior to white trash, and their unconcealed scorn stung him, while their more secure position in life stirred his envy. By contrast with his own miserable existence, they were well-fed, well-clothed and looked after in sickness and old age. They were proud of the good names of their owners and, for the most part, proud to belong to people who were quality, while he was despised by all.

看到汤姆·斯莱特里在邻居家的门廊上闲逛,乞讨棉花籽来种,或者乞讨一块腌肉来“熬过难关”,这是常有的事。斯莱特里用他那仅有的那么点精力憎恨他的邻居们,感觉到了他们礼貌背后的轻蔑,他尤其憎恨“有钱人家的傲慢黑鬼”。县里的家奴们自认为比穷白人高一等,他们毫不掩饰的鄙夷刺痛了他,而他们在生活中更稳定的地位则激起了他的嫉妒。与自己悲惨的生活相比,他们吃得饱、穿得暖,生病和年老时有人照顾。他们为自己主人的好名声感到骄傲,而且在大多数情况下,他们为自己属于有身份的人而感到自豪,而他却被所有人鄙视。

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dawdling /ˈdɔːdlɪŋ/

v. 闲逛；磨蹭➕

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porches /pɔːrtʃɪz/

n. 门廊（复数）➕

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begging /ˈbɛɡɪŋ/

v. 乞讨；恳求➕

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tide him over /taɪd hɪm ˈoʊvər/

phr. 帮助某人渡过难关➕

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familiar /fəˈmɪliər/

adj. 熟悉的；常见的➕

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courtesy /ˈkɜːrtəsi/

n. 礼貌；好意➕

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uppity /ˈʌpɪti/

adj. 傲慢的；自以为高人一等的➕

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niggers /ˈnɪɡərz/

n. 黑鬼（蔑称）➕

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superior /suːˈpɪriər/

adj. 优越的；上级的➕

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unconcealed /ʌnkənˈsiːld/

adj. 不加掩饰的；明显的➕

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scorn /skɔːrn/

n. 轻蔑；嘲笑➕

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stung /stʌŋ/

v. 刺痛；使痛苦➕

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secure /sɪˈkjʊr/

adj. 安全的；稳固的➕

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stirred /stɜːrd/

v. 激起；搅拌➕

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envy /ˈɛnvi/

n. 嫉妒；羡慕➕

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contrast /ˈkɑːntræst/

n. 对比；差异➕

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miserable /ˈmɪzərəbəl/

adj. 悲惨的；痛苦的➕

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existence /ɪɡˈzɪstəns/

n. 存在；生活➕

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well-fed /ˈwɛl fɛd/

adj. 营养好的；吃得好的➕

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well-clothed /ˈwɛl kloʊðd/

adj. 衣着好的；穿着体面的➕

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despised /dɪˈspaɪzd/

v. 鄙视；厌恶➕

🔊 Tom Slattery could have sold his farm for three times its value to any of the planters in the County. They would have considered it money well spent to rid the community of an eyesore, but he was well satisfied to remain and to subsist miserably on the proceeds of a bale of cotton a year and the charity of his neighbors.

汤姆·斯莱特里本可以以三倍于其价值的价格,把他的农场卖给县里的任何一个种植园主。他们会认为花这笔钱来清除社区的一个眼中钉是值得的,但他却很满足于留下来,靠一年一包棉花的收入和邻居的施舍勉强度日。

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considered /kənˈsɪdərd/

v. 考虑；认为➕

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rid /rɪd/

v. 使摆脱；清除➕

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eyesore /ˈaɪsɔːr/

n. 碍眼的东西；丑陋的建筑➕

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satisfied /ˈsætɪsfaɪd/

adj. 满意的；满足的➕

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subsist /səbˈsɪst/

v. 维持生活；生存➕

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miserably /ˈmɪzərəbli/

adv. 悲惨地；糟糕地➕

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proceeds /ˈproʊsiːdz/

n. 收益；收入（复数）➕

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bale /beɪl/

n. 大捆；包➕

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charity /ˈtʃærəti/

n. 慈善；施舍➕

🔊 With all the rest of the County, Gerald was on terms of amity and some intimacy. The Wilkeses, the Calverts, the Tarletons, the Fontaines, all smiled when the small figure on the big white horse galloped up their driveways, smiled and signaled for tall glasses in which a pony of Bourbon had been poured over a teaspoon of sugar and a sprig of crushed mint. Gerald was likable, and the neighbors learned in time what the children, negroes and dogs discovered at first sight, that a kind heart, a ready and sympathetic ear and an open pocketbook lurked just behind his bawling voice and his truculent manner.

与县里所有其他人,杰拉尔德都保持着友好甚至有些亲密的关系。威尔克斯家、卡尔弗特家、塔尔顿家、方丹家--当那个骑着大白马的小个子身影疾驰上他们的车道时,他们都微笑起来,微笑着叫人拿来高脚杯,里面倒一小杯波本威士忌,加一茶匙糖和一小枝捣碎的薄荷。杰拉尔德很讨人喜欢,邻居们慢慢地了解到--孩子们、黑人和狗第一眼就发现的事情--在他那大嗓门和好斗的态度背后,隐藏着一颗善良的心、一双随时愿意倾听的耳朵和一个敞开的钱袋。

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amity /ˈæməti/

n. 友好；和睦➕

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intimacy /ˈɪntɪməsi/

n. 亲密；密切➕

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figure /ˈfɪɡjər/

n. 身影；人物➕

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driveways /ˈdraɪvweɪz/

n. 私人车道（复数）➕

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signaled /ˈsɪɡnəld/

v. 发信号；示意➕

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pony /ˈpoʊni/

n. 小马；一小杯酒➕

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Bourbon /ˈbɜːrbən/

n. 波旁威士忌➕

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teaspoon /ˈtiːspuːn/

n. 茶匙➕

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sprig /sprɪɡ/

n. 小枝；嫩枝➕

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crushed /krʌʃt/

adj. 压碎的；捣碎的➕

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mint /mɪnt/

n. 薄荷；薄荷糖➕

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likable /ˈlaɪkəbəl/

adj. 讨人喜欢的➕

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sympathetic /sɪmpəˈθɛtɪk/

adj. 同情的；有同情心的➕

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pocketbook /ˈpɑːkɪtbʊk/

n. 钱包；皮夹子➕

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lurked /lɜːrkt/

v. 潜伏；隐藏➕

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bawling /ˈbɔːlɪŋ/

adj. 大喊大叫的；哭喊的➕

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truculent /ˈtrʌkjʊlənt/

adj. 好斗的；粗暴的➕

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manner /ˈmænər/

n. 方式；态度➕

🔊 His arrival was always amid a bedlam of hounds barking and small black children shouting as they raced to meet him, quarreling for the privilege of holding his horse and squirming and grinning under his good-natured insults. The white children clamored to sit on his knee and be trotted, while he denounced to their elders the infamy of Yankee politicians; the daughters of his friends took him into their confidence about their love affairs, and the youths of the neighborhood, fearful of confessing debts of honor upon the carpets of their fathers, found him a friend in need.

他的到来总是伴随着一片混乱,猎犬狂吠,小黑孩们叫喊着冲过去迎接他,争抢着替他牵马的殊荣,在他善意的辱骂下扭动着身子咧嘴笑着。白人的孩子们吵着要坐在他膝盖上让他颠着玩,而他则向他们的长辈痛斥北方佬政客的邪恶；他朋友们的女儿向他吐露爱情的秘密；而邻近的年轻人,不敢在父亲面前承认赌债,发现他是雪中送炭的朋友。

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arrival /əˈraɪvəl/

n. 到达；抵达➕

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amid /əˈmɪd/

prep. 在……中➕

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bedlam /ˈbɛdləm/

n. 喧闹；混乱➕

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hounds /haʊndz/

n. 猎犬（复数）➕

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barking /ˈbɑːrkɪŋ/

v. 吠叫➕

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raced /reɪst/

v. 疾跑；赛跑➕

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quarreling /ˈkwɔːrəlɪŋ/

v. 争吵；争论➕

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privilege /ˈprɪvɪlɪdʒ/

n. 特权；荣幸➕

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squirming /ˈskwɜːrmɪŋ/

v. 扭动；蠕动➕

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grinning /ˈɡrɪnɪŋ/

v. 咧嘴笑➕

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good-natured /ˈɡʊd ˈneɪtʃərd/

adj. 温厚的；善良的➕

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insults /ɪnˈsʌlts/

n. 侮辱（复数）➕

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clamored /ˈklæmərd/

v. 大声要求；喧嚷➕

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trotted /ˈtrɑːtɪd/

v. 小跑；快步走➕

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denounced /dɪˈnaʊnst/

v. 谴责；指责➕

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elders /ˈɛldərz/

n. 长辈；长者（复数）➕

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infamy /ˈɪnfəmi/

n. 臭名昭著；丑名➕

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Yankee /ˈjæŋki/

n. 北方佬；美国佬➕

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politicians /pɑːləˈtɪʃənz/

n. 政客（复数）➕

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confidence /ˈkɑːnfɪdəns/

n. 信任；信心➕

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affairs /əˈfɛrz/

n. 事务；私事（复数）➕

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youths /juːθz/

n. 年轻人（复数）➕

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fearful /ˈfɪrfəl/

adj. 害怕的；担心的➕

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confessing /kənˈfɛsɪŋ/

v. 承认；坦白➕

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debts /dɛts/

n. 债务（复数）➕

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honor /ˈɑːnər/

n. 荣誉；道义➕

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carpets /ˈkɑːrpɪts/

n. 地毯（复数）➕

🔊 "So, you've been owning this for a month, you young rascal!" he would shout. "And, in God's name, why haven't you been asking me for the money before this?"

“这么说,你欠这笔账已经一个月了,你这小坏蛋！”他会大喊。“看在上帝份上,你怎么不早点来向我要钱？”

🔊 His rough manner of speech was too well known to give offense, and it only made the young men grin sheepishly and reply: "Well, sir, I hated to trouble you, and my father --"

他粗犷的说话方式已是众所周知,不会得罪人,只会让年轻人不好意思地咧嘴笑着回答:“呃,先生,我不想麻烦您,而我父亲……”

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sheepishly /ˈʃiːpɪʃli/

adv. 羞怯地；局促不安地➕

🔊 "Your father's a good man, and no denying it, but strict, and so take this and let's be hearing no more of it."

“你父亲是个好人,这没说的,但很严厉,所以拿着这笔钱,我们别提这事了。”

🔊 The planters' ladies were the last to capitulate. But, when Mrs. Wilkes, "a great lady and with a rare gift for silence," as Gerald characterized her, told her husband one evening, after Gerald's horse had pounded down the driveway. "He has a rough tongue, but he is a gentleman," Gerald had definitely arrived.

种植园主们的太太们是最后投降的。但是,当威尔克斯太太--“一位了不起的贵妇,具有罕见的沉默天赋,”正如杰拉尔德对她的评价--在杰拉尔德的马蹄声得得地沿车道远去后,当天晚上对丈夫说:“他说话粗鲁,但他是个绅士,”--杰拉尔德算是被彻底接纳了。

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capitulate /kəˈpɪtʃuleɪt/

v. 投降；停止抵抗➕

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characterized /ˈkærəktəraɪzd/

v. 描述；以……为特征➕

🔊 He did not know that he had taken nearly ten years to arrive, for it never occurred to him that his neighbors had eyed him askance at first. In his own mind, there had never been any doubt that he belonged, from the moment he first set foot on Tara.

他并不知道自己花了将近十年才被接纳,因为他从未想过邻居们最初会对他侧目而视。在他自己心里,从他第一次踏上塔拉的那一刻起,他就从未怀疑过自己属于这里。

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askance /əˈskæns/

adv. 怀疑地；侧目地➕

🔊 When Gerald was forty-three, so thickset of body and florid of face that he looked like a hunting squire out of a sporting print, it came to him that Tara, dear though it was, and the County folk, with their open hearts and open houses, were not enough. He wanted a wife. Tara cried out for a mistress. The fat cook, a yard negro elevated by necessity to the kitchen, never had the meals on time, and the chambermaid, formerly a field hand, let dust accumulate on the furniture and never seemed to have clean linen on hand, so that the arrival of guests was always the occasion of much stirring and to-do. Pork, the only trained house negro on the place, had general supervision over the other servants, but even he had grown slack and careless after several years of exposure to Gerald's happy-go-lucky mode of living. As valet, he kept Gerald's bedroom in order, and, as butler, he served the meals with dignity and style, but otherwise he pretty well let matters follow their own course.

当杰拉尔德四十三岁时,他身体敦实,面色红润,看上去就像运动画报里走出来的狩猎乡绅。这时他意识到,塔拉虽然可爱,县里的乡民虽然心地开放、门户敞开,但这些还不够。他想要一个妻子。塔拉迫切需要一位女主人。那个胖厨子--一个因需要被提拔到厨房的园地黑人--从来不能准时开饭；那个女仆--以前是个田间劳力--让家具上积满灰尘,而且似乎永远没有干净的床单备用,以至于客人到来时总是引起一番骚动和忙乱。波克,这个种植园里唯一训练有素的家奴,总体上监督着其他仆人,但即便他也因为几年下来习惯了杰拉尔德乐天随和的生活方式而变得懒散粗心。作为贴身男仆,他把杰拉尔德的卧室收拾得井井有条；作为管家,他端上饭菜时端庄而有派头；但除此之外,他基本上听之任之。

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thickset /θɪkˈsɛt/

adj. 矮胖结实的；浓密的➕

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florid /ˈflɒrɪd/

adj. 红润的；华丽的➕

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squire /skwaɪər/

n. 乡绅；治安官➕

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mistress /ˈmɪstrəs/

n. 女主人；情妇➕

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elevated /ˈelɪveɪtɪd/

v. 提升；抬高➕

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formerly /ˈfɔːməli/

adv. 以前；原先➕

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accumulate /əˈkjuːmjəleɪt/

v. 积累；积聚➕

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linen /ˈlɪnɪn/

n. 亚麻布；亚麻制品➕

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stirring /ˈstɜːrɪŋ/

n. 骚动；搅动➕

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to-do /tə ˈduː/

n. 纷扰；吵闹➕

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supervision /ˌsuːpəˈvɪʒn/

n. 监督；管理➕

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slack /slæk/

adj. 松懈的；松弛的➕

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exposure /ɪkˈspoʊʒər/

n. 暴露；接触➕

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happy-go-lucky /ˈhæpi ɡoʊ ˈlʌki/

adj. 随遇而安的；乐天的➕

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butler /ˈbʌtlər/

n. 男管家➕

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dignity /ˈdɪɡnəti/

n. 尊严；庄重➕

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negro /ˈniːɡroʊ/

n. 黑人（历史用语）➕

🔊 With unerring African instinct, the negroes had all discovered that Gerald had a loud bark and no bite at all, and they took shameless advantage of him. The air was always thick with threats of selling slaves south and of direful whippings, but there never had been a slave sold from Tara and only one whipping, and that administered for not grooming down Gerald's pet horse after a long day's hunting.

凭着非洲人准确无误的本能,黑人们都发现杰拉尔德是雷声大雨点小,于是肆无忌惮地利用他。空气中总是弥漫着要把奴隶卖到南方去和严酷鞭打的威胁,但塔拉从未卖过一个奴隶,只发生过一次鞭打,而且是因为那个奴隶在猎了一整天后没有给杰拉尔德的爱马梳洗。

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unerring /ʌnˈɜːrɪŋ/

adj. 准确的；一贯正确的➕

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instinct /ˈɪnstɪŋkt/

n. 本能；直觉➕

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shameless /ˈʃeɪmləs/

adj. 无耻的；不知羞耻的➕

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threats /θrets/

n. 威胁；恐吓➕

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direful /ˈdaɪərfəl/

adj. 可怕的；悲惨的➕

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whippings /ˈwɪpɪŋz/

n. 鞭打（复数）➕

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administered /ədˈmɪnɪstərd/

v. 执行；施行➕

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grooming /ˈɡruːmɪŋ/

v. 梳洗；照料➕

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negroes /ˈniːɡroʊz/

n. 黑人（复数,历史用语）➕

🔊 Gerald's sharp blue eyes noticed how efficiently his neighbors' houses were run and with what ease the smooth-haired wives in rustling skirts managed their servants. He had no knowledge of the dawn-till-midnight activities of these women, chained to supervision of cooking, nursing, sewing and laundering. He only saw the outward results, and those results impressed him.

杰拉尔德敏锐的蓝眼睛注意到邻居们的房子管理得多么井井有条,那些头发光滑的妻子们穿着窸窣作响的裙子是如何轻松地管理她们的仆人。他并不知道这些女人从早忙到晚,被监督烹饪、护理、缝纫和洗衣所束缚。他只看到了表面的结果,而这些结果给他留下了深刻印象。

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efficiently /ɪˈfɪʃntli/

adv. 高效地➕

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servants /ˈsɜːrvənts/

n. 仆人（复数）➕

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dawn-till-midnight /dɔːn tɪl ˈmɪdnaɪt/

adj. 从黎明到午夜的；全天的➕

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chained /tʃeɪnd/

v. 束缚；用链条拴住➕

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nursing /ˈnɜːrsɪŋ/

n. 护理；看护➕

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sewing /ˈsoʊɪŋ/

n. 缝纫➕

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laundering /ˈlɔːndərɪŋ/

n. 洗衣；洗熨➕

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outward /ˈaʊtwərd/

adj. 外表的；向外的➕

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impressed /ɪmˈprest/

v. 使印象深刻➕

🔊 The urgent need of a wife became clear to him one morning when he was dressing to ride to town for Court Day. Pork brought forth his favorite ruffled shirt, so inexpertly mended by the chambermaid as to be unwearable by anyone except his valet.

对妻子的迫切需要,是在一天早晨他正穿衣准备骑马去城里参加开庭日时变得清晰起来的。波克拿出了他最喜欢的褶边衬衫,但被女仆笨拙地缝补过,除了他本人外谁也穿不了。

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urgent /ˈɜːrdʒənt/

adj. 紧急的；迫切的➕

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inexpertly /ɪˈnɛkspɜːrtli/

adv. 不熟练地；拙劣地➕

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unwearable /ʌnˈweərəbl/

adj. 不能穿的；不适合穿的➕

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Court Day /kɔːrt deɪ/

n. 法庭日（特定节日或开庭日）➕

🔊 "Mist' Gerald," said Pork, gratefully rolling up the shirt as Gerald fumed, "whut you needs is a wife, and a wife whut has got plen'y of house niggers."

“杰拉尔德先生,”波克感激地说--此时杰拉尔德正怒气冲冲--他把衬衫卷起来,“您需要的是一个老婆,一个有很多家奴的老婆。”

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gratefully /ˈɡreɪtfəli/

adv. 感激地➕

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fumed /fjuːmd/

v. 发怒；冒烟➕

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house niggers /haʊs ˈnɪɡərz/

n. 家仆黑人（历史用语,含贬义）➕

🔊 Gerald upbraided Pork for his impertinence, but he knew that he was right. He wanted a wife and he wanted children and, if he did not acquire them soon, it would be too late. But he was not going to marry just anyone, as Mr. Calvert had done, taking to wife the Yankee governess of his motherless children. His wife must be a lady and a lady of blood, with as many airs and graces as Mrs. Wilkes and the ability to manage Tara as well as Mrs. Wilkes ordered her own domain.

杰拉尔德责备波克的无礼,但他知道自己是对的。他想要一个妻子,他想要孩子,如果他再不赶紧,就太晚了。但他可不会随便娶个人,就像卡尔弗特先生那样,娶了他的孩子们的家庭教师,一个北方佬。他的妻子必须是个贵妇,一个血统高贵的贵妇,要像威尔克斯太太那样有风度和教养,还要有能力管理好塔拉,就像威尔克斯太太管理她自己的领地一样。

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upbraided /ʌpˈbreɪdɪd/

v. 责备；训斥➕

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impertinence /ɪmˈpɜːrtɪnəns/

n. 无礼；冒失➕

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acquire /əˈkwaɪər/

v. 获得；取得➕

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governess /ˈɡʌvərnəs/

n. 家庭女教师➕

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motherless /ˈmʌðərləs/

adj. 无母亲的➕

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airs and graces /ɛərz ənd ˈɡreɪsɪz/

n. 装腔作势；故作高雅➕

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domain /doʊˈmeɪn/

n. 领域；领地➕

🔊 But there were two difficulties in the way of marriage into the County families. The first was the scarcity of girls of marriageable age. The second, and more serious one, was that Gerald was a "new man," despite his nearly ten years' residence, and a foreigner. No one knew anything about his family. While the society of up-country Georgia was not so impregnable as that of the Coast aristocrats, no family wanted a daughter to wed a man about whose grandfather nothing was known.

但要娶到县里家族的女儿,有两个困难。第一是适婚年龄的女孩稀少。第二个,也是更严重的一个,是杰拉尔德尽管住了近十年,仍然是个“新人”,而且是个外国人。没人知道他的家族情况。虽然佐治亚上游地区的社会不像沿海贵族那样坚不可摧,也没有哪个家庭愿意让女儿嫁给一个连祖父是谁都不知道的男人。

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scarcity /ˈskersəti/

n. 短缺；不足➕

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marriageable /ˈmærɪdʒəbl/

adj. 适婚的➕

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residence /ˈrezɪdəns/

n. 居住；住所➕

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foreigner /ˈfɔːrənər/

n. 外国人➕

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up-country /ʌp ˈkʌntri/

adj. 内地的；内陆的➕

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impregnable /ɪmˈpreɡnəbl/

adj. 坚不可摧的；无法攻破的➕

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aristocrats /ˈærɪstəkræts/

n. 贵族（复数）➕

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wed /wɛd/

v. 结婚；娶/嫁➕

🔊 Gerald knew that despite the genuine liking of the County men with whom he hunted, drank and talked politics there was hardly one whose daughter he could marry. And he did not intend to have it gossiped about over supper tables that this, that or the other father had regretfully refused to let Gerald O'Hara pay court to his daughter. This knowledge did not make Gerald feel inferior to his neighbors. Nothing could ever make Gerald feel that he was inferior in any way to anyone. It was merely a quaint custom of the County that daughters only married into families who had lived in the South much longer than twenty-two years, had owned land and slaves and been addicted only to the fashionable vices during that time.

杰拉尔德知道,尽管县里那些和他一起打猎、喝酒、谈政治的男人真心喜欢他,但几乎没有一个人愿意把女儿嫁给他。他也不想听到饭桌上有人闲谈说,某某父亲遗憾地拒绝了让杰拉尔德·奥哈拉追求他的女儿。这种认识并没有让杰拉尔德觉得比邻居们低一等。没有什么能让杰拉尔德觉得自己在任何方面不如任何人。这只不过是县里的古怪风俗,女儿们只嫁给那些在南方住了远不止二十二年、拥有土地和奴隶、并且在那段时期只沉溺于时髦恶习的家族。

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intend /ɪnˈtɛnd/

v. 打算；意图➕

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gossiped /ˈɡɒsɪpt/

v. 说闲话；传播流言➕

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regretfully /rɪˈɡrɛtfəli/

adv. 遗憾地；后悔地➕

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pay court /peɪ kɔːrt/

v. 求爱；追求➕

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inferior /ɪnˈfɪriər/

adj. 低等的；差的➕

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quaint /kweɪnt/

adj. 古雅的；稀奇有趣的➕

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addicted /əˈdɪktɪd/

adj. 上瘾的；沉迷的➕

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fashionable /ˈfæʃnəbl/

adj. 时髦的；流行的➕

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vices /ˈvaɪsɪz/

n. 恶习；缺点（复数）➕

🔊 "Pack up. We're going to Savannah," he told Pork. "And if I hear you say 'Whist!' or 'Faith!' but once, it's selling you I'll be doing, for they are words I seldom say meself."

“收拾行李。我们去萨凡纳,”他告诉波克。“要是让我听见你说一句‘嘘！’或‘真的！’,我就把你卖掉,因为连我自己都很少说那些词。”

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seldom /ˈseldəm/

adv. 很少；不常➕

🔊 James and Andrew might have some advice to offer on this subject of marriage, and there might be daughters among their old friends who would both meet his requirements and find him acceptable as a husband. James and Andrew listened to his story patiently but they gave him little encouragement. They had no Savannah relatives to whom they might look for assistance, for they had been married when they came to America. And the daughters of their old friends had long since married and were raising small children of their own.

詹姆斯和安德鲁或许对婚姻这个话题有些建议,而且他们老朋友中可能有女儿既符合他的要求,又觉得他是可接受的丈夫。詹姆斯和安德鲁耐心地听完了他的故事,但没给他什么鼓励。他们在萨凡纳没有可以求助的亲戚,因为他们来美国时已经结婚了。他们老朋友的女儿们早已出嫁,自己都有了小孩。

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requirements /rɪˈkwaɪərmənts/

n. 要求；必要条件（复数）➕

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acceptable /əkˈsɛptəbl/

adj. 可接受的；令人满意的➕

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patiently /ˈpeɪʃntli/

adv. 耐心地➕

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encouragement /ɪnˈkʌrɪdʒmənt/

n. 鼓励；支持➕

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relatives /ˈrɛlətɪvz/

n. 亲戚；亲属（复数）➕

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assistance /əˈsɪstəns/

n. 帮助；援助➕

🔊 "You're not a rich man and you haven't a great family," said James.

“你不是个有钱人,也没有显赫的家族,”詹姆斯说。

🔊 "I've made me money and I can make a great family. And I won't be marrying just anyone."

“我自己赚了钱,我可以创建一个显赫的家族。我可不会随便娶个人。”

🔊 "You fly high," observed Andrew, dryly.

“你眼光太高了,”安德鲁冷冷地说。

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dryly /ˈdraɪli/

adv. 冷淡地；干燥地➕

🔊 But they did their best for Gerald. James and Andrew were old men and they stood well in Savannah. They had many friends, and for a month they carried Gerald from home to home, to suppers, dances and picnics.

但他们还是尽力帮了杰拉尔德。詹姆斯和安德鲁年事已高,在萨凡纳地位稳固。他们有很多朋友,一个月里,他们带着杰拉尔德走家串户,参加晚餐、舞会和野餐。

🔊 "There's only one who takes me eye," Gerald said finally. "And she not even born when I landed here."

“只有一个让我看对了眼,”杰拉尔德最后说。“我到这里时她还没出生呢。”

🔊 "And who is it takes your eye?"

“是谁入你的眼了？”

🔊 "Miss Ellen Robillard," said Gerald, trying to speak casually, for the slightly tilting dark eyes of Ellen Robillard had taken more than his eye. Despite a mystifying listlessness of manner, so strange in a girl of fifteen, she charmed him. Moreover, there was a haunting look of despair about her that went to his heart and made him more gentle with her than he had ever been with any person in all the world.

“埃伦·罗比亚尔小姐,”杰拉尔德尽量漫不经心地说,因为埃伦·罗比亚尔那双微微斜挑的深色眼睛抓走的可不只是他的目光。尽管她有一种神秘的倦怠态度--在一个十五岁的女孩身上显得很奇怪--但却迷住了他。此外,她身上有一种萦绕不去的绝望神情,触动了他的心弦,让他对她比对世界上任何人都更温柔。

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casually /ˈkæʒuəli/

adv. 随意地；漫不经心地➕

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mystifying /ˈmɪstɪfaɪɪŋ/

adj. 令人困惑的；神秘的➕

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listlessness /ˈlɪstləsnəs/

n. 无精打采；倦怠➕

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haunting /ˈhɔːntɪŋ/

adj. 萦绕心头的；难以忘怀的➕

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despair /dɪˈsper/

n. 绝望➕

🔊 "And you old enough to be her father!"

“你老得都可以做她父亲了！”

🔊 "And me in me prime!" cried Gerald stung.

“我正当年！”杰拉尔德被刺痛了,喊道。

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prime /praɪm/

n. 全盛时期；最佳状态➕

🔊 James spoke gently.

詹姆斯温和地开口。

🔊 "Jerry, there's no girl in Savannah you'd have less chance of marrying. Her father is a Robillard, and those French are proud as Lucifer. And her mother -- God rest her soul -- was a very great lady."

“杰里,在萨凡纳没有哪个女孩你娶到的可能性更小了。她父亲是罗比亚尔家的人,那些法国人骄傲得像路西法。她母亲--愿她的灵魂安息--是一位非常伟大的贵妇。”

🔊 "I care not," said Gerald heatedly. "Besides, her mother is dead, and old man Robillard likes me."

“我不在乎,”杰拉尔德激动地说。“再说,她母亲已经去世了,老罗比亚尔喜欢我。”

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heatedly /ˈhiːtɪdli/

adv. 激烈地；愤怒地➕

🔊 "As a man, yes, but as a son-in-law, no."

“作为一个人,是的；但作为女婿,不行。”

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son-in-law /ˈsʌn ɪn lɔː/

n. 女婿➕

🔊 "The girl wouldn't have you anyway," interposed Andrew. "She's been in love with that wild buck of a cousin of hers, Philippe Robillard, for a year now, despite her family being at her morning and night to give him up."

“反正那女孩也不会要你,”安德鲁插嘴说。“她爱上她那个野性难驯的表哥菲利普·罗比亚尔已经一年了,尽管她家人早晚都在劝她放弃。”

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interposed /ˌɪntərˈpoʊzd/

v. 插入；打断（interpose的过去式）➕

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buck /bʌk/

n. 雄鹿；花花公子➕

🔊 "He's been gone to Louisiana this month now," said Gerald.

“他这一个月去路易斯安那了,”杰拉尔德说。

🔊 "And how do you know?"

“你怎么知道？”

🔊 "I know," answered Gerald, who did not care to disclose that Pork had supplied this valuable bit of information, or that Philippe had departed for the West at the express desire of his family. "And I do not think she's been so much in love with him that she won't forget him. Fifteen is too young to know much about love."

“我知道,”杰拉尔德回答,他没打算透露是波克提供了这条宝贵的信息,也没打算说菲利普是应家人的明确要求去了西部。“而且我不认为她会爱他爱到忘不了他。十五岁太年轻,不懂得什么是爱。”

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disclose /dɪsˈkloʊz/

v. 揭露,透露➕

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valuable /ˈvæljuəbl/

adj. 有价值的,宝贵的➕

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departed /dɪˈpɑːrtɪd/

v. 离开,启程（depart的过去式）➕

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express /ɪkˈspres/

adj. 明确的,特快的➕

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desire /dɪˈzaɪər/

n. 渴望,愿望➕

🔊 "They'd rather have that breakneck cousin for her than you."

“他们宁愿让那个莽撞的表哥娶她,也不会让你。”

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breakneck /ˈbreɪknek/

adj. 极快的,危险的（常指速度）➕

🔊 So, James and Andrew were as startled as anyone when the news came out that the daughter of Pierre Robillard was to marry the little Irishman from up the country. Savannah buzzed behind its doors and speculated about Philippe Robillard, who had gone West, but the gossiping brought no answer. Why the loveliest of the Robillard daughters should marry a loud-voiced, red-faced little man who came hardly up to her ears remained a mystery to all. Gerald himself never quite knew how it all came about. He only knew that a miracle had happened. And, for once in his life, he was utterly humble when Ellen, very white but very calm, put a light hand on his arm and said: "I will marry you, Mr. O'Hara."

所以,当消息传出说皮埃尔·罗比亚尔的女儿要嫁给那个从内陆来的小个子爱尔兰人时,詹姆斯和安德鲁和大家一样吃了一惊。萨凡纳在门后议论纷纷,猜测着去了西部的菲利普·罗比亚尔,但闲言碎语没有带来答案。为什么罗比亚尔家最可爱的女儿会嫁给一个大嗓门、红脸膛、连她耳朵都够不着的小个子男人,对所有人来说都是一个谜。杰拉尔德自己也不太清楚这一切是怎么发生的。他只知道一个奇迹发生了。而且,生平头一次,当埃伦脸色苍白却异常平静地把一只轻柔的手放在他的胳膊上说“我愿意嫁给您,奥哈拉先生”时,他感到无比谦卑。

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startled /ˈstɑːrtld/

v. 使吃惊,使吓一跳（startle的过去式）➕

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speculated /ˈspekjuleɪtɪd/

v. 推测,猜测（speculate的过去式）➕

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mystery /ˈmɪstəri/

n. 谜,神秘的事物➕

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miracle /ˈmɪrəkl/

n. 奇迹➕

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utterly /ˈʌtərli/

adv. 完全地,彻底地➕

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humble /ˈhʌmbl/

adj. 谦逊的,卑微的➕

🔊 The thunderstruck Robillards knew the answer in part, but only Ellen and her mammy ever knew the whole story of the night when the girl sobbed till the dawn like a broken-hearted child and rose up in the morning a woman with her mind made up.

大吃一惊的罗比亚尔一家知道部分答案,但只有埃伦和她的黑人奶妈知道那一夜的全部故事--那个女孩哭得像心碎的孩子直到黎明,早晨起来时已是个心意已决的女人。

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thunderstruck /ˈθʌndərstrʌk/

adj. 震惊的,目瞪口呆的➕

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sobbed /sɑːbd/

v. 啜泣,呜咽（sob的过去式）➕

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broken-hearted /ˈbroʊkən ˈhɑːrtɪd/

adj. 心碎的,极度伤心的➕

🔊 With foreboding, Mammy had brought her young mistress a small package, addressed in a strange hand from New Orleans, a package containing a miniature of Ellen, which she flung to the floor with a cry, four letters in her own handwriting to Philippe Robillard, and a brief letter from a New Orleans priest, announcing the death of her cousin in a barroom brawl.

带着不祥的预感,嬷嬷给她年轻的女主人带来了一个小包裹,地址是陌生的笔迹,来自新奥尔良。包裹里有一幅埃伦的微型肖像,她尖叫一声把它扔到地上；还有她写给菲利普·罗比亚尔的四封信,以及一封新奥尔良神父的简短来信,通知她表哥在一场酒吧斗殴中丧生。

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foreboding /fɔːrˈboʊdɪŋ/

n. （不祥的）预感➕

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miniature /ˈmɪnətʃər/

n. 微型画,微缩模型➕

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flung /flʌŋ/

v. 猛扔,抛（fling的过去式）➕

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barroom /ˈbɑːrruːm/

n. 酒吧间,酒馆➕

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brawl /brɔːl/

n. 争吵,斗殴➕

🔊 "They drove him away, Father and Pauline and Eulalie. They drove him away. I hate them. I hate them all. I never want to see them again. I want to get away. I will go away where I'll never see them again, or this town, or anyone who reminds me of -- of -- him."

“他们把他赶走了,父亲和波琳还有尤拉莉。他们把他赶走了。我恨他们。我恨他们所有人。我再也不想见到他们。我想离开。我要走得远远的,再也见不到他们,见不到这个城市,也见不到任何让我想起--想起--他的人。”

🔊 And when the night was nearly spent, Mammy, who had cried herself out over her mistress' dark head, protested, "But, honey, you kain do dat!"

当那一夜快要过去时,嬷嬷--她已经在女主人乌黑的头发上哭干了眼泪--抗议道:“可是,宝贝,你不能这么做！”

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protested /prəˈtestɪd/

v. 抗议,反对（protest的过去式）➕

🔊 "I will do it. He is a kind man. I will do it or go into the convent at Charleston."

“我就要这么做。他是个善良的人。我要么这么做,要么就进修道院,去查尔斯顿。”

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convent /ˈkɑːnvənt/

n. 女修道院➕

🔊 It was the threat of the convent that finally won the assent of bewildered and heartstricken Pierre Robillard. He was staunchly Presbyterian, even though his family were Catholic, and the thought of his daughter becoming a nun was even worse than that of her marrying Gerald O'Hara. After all, the man had nothing against him but a lack of family.

进修道院的威胁最终赢得了茫然不知所措、伤心欲绝的皮埃尔·罗比亚尔的同意。他是个坚定的长老会教徒,尽管他的家人是天主教徒,想到女儿会成为修女,甚至比让她嫁给杰拉尔德·奥哈拉更糟糕。说到底,那个人除了缺乏家世之外,也没什么可反对的。

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assent /əˈsent/

n. 同意,赞同➕

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bewildered /bɪˈwɪldərd/

adj. 困惑的,不知所措的➕

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heartstricken /ˈhɑːrtstrɪkən/

adj. 悲痛的,心碎的➕

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staunchly /ˈstɔːntʃli/

adv. 坚定地,忠诚地➕

🔊 So, Ellen, no longer Robillard, turned her back on Savannah, never to see it again, and with a middle-aged husband, Mammy, and twenty "house niggers" journeyed toward Tara.

于是,埃伦--不再是罗比亚尔家的人了--背弃了萨凡纳,再也没回去过,她带着一个中年丈夫、嬷嬷和二十个“家奴”踏上了前往塔拉的路程。

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journeyed /ˈdʒɜːrnid/

v. 旅行,旅程（journey的过去式）➕

🔊 The next year, their first child was born and they named her Katie Scarlett, after Gerald's mother. Gerald was disappointed, for he had wanted a son, but he nevertheless was pleased enough over his small black-haired daughter to serve rum to every slave at Tara and to get roaringly, happily drunk himself.

第二年,他们的第一个孩子出生了,他们以杰拉尔德母亲的名字给她取名凯蒂·斯佳丽。杰拉尔德很失望,因为他想要个儿子,但他对这黑头发的小女儿仍然非常满意,以至于给塔拉的每个奴隶都倒了朗姆酒,自己则喝得酩酊大醉,兴高采烈。

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nevertheless /ˌnevərðəˈles/

adv. 尽管如此,然而➕

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roaringly /ˈrɔːrɪŋli/

adv. 喧闹地,猛烈地➕

🔊 If Ellen had ever regretted her sudden decision to marry him, no one ever knew it, certainly not Gerald, who almost burst with pride whenever he looked at her. She had put Savannah and its memories behind her when she left that gently mannered city by the sea, and, from the moment of her arrival in the County, north Georgia was her home.

如果埃伦曾后悔自己仓促决定嫁给他,那么没人知道,杰拉尔德当然也不知道,他每次看到她都几乎要骄傲得膨胀起来。当她离开那座温文尔雅的沿海城市时,她就已将萨凡纳及其回忆抛在了身后,从她到达县里的那一刻起,佐治亚北部就成了她的家。

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regretted /rɪˈɡretɪd/

v. 后悔,懊悔➕

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decision /dɪˈsɪʒən/

n. 决定,抉择➕

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burst /bɜːrst/

v. 爆发,迸发➕

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pride /praɪd/

n. 骄傲,自豪➕

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memories /ˈmeməriz/

n. 记忆,回忆（复数）➕

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County /ˈkaʊnti/

n. 县,郡（专有名词时首字母大写）➕

🔊 When she departed from her father's house forever, she had left a home whose lines were as beautiful and flowing as a woman's body, as a ship in full sail; a pale pink stucco house built in the French colonial style, set high from the ground in a dainty manner, approached by swirling stairs, banistered with wrought iron as delicate as lace; a dim, rich house, gracious but aloof.

当她永远告别父亲的家时,她离开了一个线条优美流畅如女人身体、如满帆航船的家；一栋法式殖民风格的淡粉色灰泥房屋,优雅地高踞地面之上,由旋转楼梯通达,栏杆是如同蕾丝般精致的锻铁；一栋幽暗、华美、优雅而疏离的房子。

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flowing /ˈfloʊɪŋ/

adj. 流动的,流畅的➕

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stucco /ˈstʌkoʊ/

n. 灰泥（用于外墙装饰）➕

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dainty /ˈdeɪnti/

adj. 精致的,小巧优雅的➕

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swirling /ˈswɜːrlɪŋ/

adj. 旋转的,打旋的➕

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banistered /ˈbænɪstərd/

adj. 装有栏杆的➕

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wrought /rɔːt/

adj. 锻制的,精心制作的（尤指金属）➕

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delicate /ˈdelɪkət/

adj. 精致的,脆弱的,微妙的➕

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gracious /ˈɡreɪʃəs/

adj. 优雅的,仁慈的,亲切的➕

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aloof /əˈluːf/

adj. 冷漠的,疏远的,超然的➕

🔊 She had left not only that graceful dwelling but also the entire civilization that was behind the building of it, and she found herself in a world that was as strange and different as if she had crossed a continent.

她不仅离开了那座优雅的宅邸,也离开了建造它背后的整个文明,她发现自己置身于一个世界,陌生而异样,仿佛她横跨了一个大陆。

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dwelling /ˈdwɛlɪŋ/

n. 住宅,居所➕

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civilization /ˌsɪvələˈzeɪʃn/

n. 文明➕

🔊 Here in north Georgia was a rugged section held by a hardy people. High up on the plateau at the foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains, she saw rolling red hills wherever she looked, with huge outcroppings of the underlying granite and gaunt pines towering somberly everywhere. It all seemed wild and untamed to her coast-bred eyes accustomed to the quiet jungle beauty of the sea islands draped in their gray moss and tangled green, the white stretches of beach hot beneath a semitropic sun, the long flat vistas of sandy land studded with palmetto and palm.

在佐治亚北部这里,是一个由坚韧人民占据的崎岖地区。高高坐落在蓝岭山麓的高原上,她放眼望去,到处是起伏的红色山丘,巨大的花岗岩露头四处可见,苍劲的松树森然耸立。这一切在她这个在沿海长大、习惯了海岛上那种披着灰色苔藓、缠绕着绿色藤蔓的宁静丛林美景,习惯了半热带阳光下炙热的白沙滩,习惯了点缀着棕榈和棕榈树的平坦广阔沙地的人看来,显得粗犷而未经驯服。

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rugged /ˈrʌɡɪd/

adj. 崎岖的；粗犷的➕

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plateau /plæˈtəʊ/

n. 高原➕

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outcroppings /ˈaʊtkrɒpɪŋz/

n. 露头（岩石露出地表的部分）➕

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underlying /ˌʌndəˈlaɪɪŋ/

adj. 底层的；潜在的➕

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granite /ˈɡrænɪt/

n. 花岗岩➕

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gaunt /ɡɔːnt/

adj. 憔悴的；荒凉的➕

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towering /ˈtaʊərɪŋ/

adj. 高耸的；杰出的➕

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somberly /ˈsɒmbəli/

adv. 阴沉地；忧郁地➕

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untamed /ʌnˈteɪmd/

adj. 未驯服的；野性的➕

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coast-bred /ˈkəʊst bred/

adj. 在海边生长的➕

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accustomed /əˈkʌstəmd/

adj. 习惯的➕

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jungle /ˈdʒʌŋɡl/

n. 丛林➕

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draped /dreɪpt/

v. 悬挂；披盖➕

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moss /mɒs/

n. 苔藓➕

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stretches /ˈstretʃɪz/

n. 一片（地域）➕

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semitropic /ˌsemiˈtrɒpɪk/

adj. 亚热带（性）的➕

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vistas /ˈvɪstəz/

n. 远景；展望➕

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palmetto /pælˈmɛtəʊ/

n. 矮棕榈（尤指美国东南部的一种棕榈）➕

🔊 This was a section that knew the chill of winter, as well as the heat of summer, and there was a vigor and energy in the people that was strange to her. They were a kindly people, courteous, generous, filled with abounding good nature, but sturdy, virile, easy to anger. The people of the Coast which she had left might pride themselves on taking all their affairs, even their duels and their feuds, with a careless air but these north Georgia people had a streak of violence in them. On the coast, life had mellowed -- here it was young and lusty and new.

这是一个既知冬寒、亦知夏暑的地区,这里的人民有一种她陌生的活力和精力。他们是一群友善的人,礼貌、慷慨,充满着洋溢的善性,但坚强、刚毅、容易动怒。她离开的沿海地区的人们可能以漫不经心的态度处理所有事务--甚至决斗和世仇--而自豪,但这些佐治亚北部人却有一种暴烈的天性。在沿海,生活已经成熟；而在这里,生活年轻、充满活力、崭新。

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vigor /ˈvɪɡə/

n. 活力；精力➕

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courteous /ˈkɜːtiəs/

adj. 有礼貌的；谦恭的➕

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generous /ˈdʒenərəs/

adj. 慷慨的；大方的➕

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abounding /əˈbaʊndɪŋ/

adj. 丰富的；大量的➕

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sturdy /ˈstɜːdi/

adj. 强壮的；坚固的➕

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virile /ˈvɪraɪl/

adj. 有男子气概的；精力充沛的➕

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duels /djuːəlz/

n. 决斗（复数形式）➕

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feuds /fjuːdz/

n. 世仇；长期不和（复数形式）➕

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streak /striːk/

n. （某种性格或特征的）倾向；条纹➕

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violence /ˈvaɪələns/

n. 暴力➕

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lusty /ˈlʌsti/

adj. 精力充沛的；强健的➕

🔊 All the people Ellen had known in Savannah might have been cast from the same mold, so similar were their view points and traditions, but here was a variety of people. North Georgia's settlers were coming in from many different places, from other parts of Georgia, from the Carolinas and Virginia, from Europe and the North. Some of them, like Gerald, were new people seeking their fortunes. Some, like Ellen, were members of old families who had found life intolerable in their former homes and sought haven in a distant land. Many had moved for no reason at all, except that the restless blood of pioneering fathers still quickened in their veins.

埃伦在萨凡纳认识的所有人,可能都出自同一个模子,观点和传统如此相似,但这里却是多种多样的人。佐治亚北部的定居者来自许多不同的地方,来自佐治亚的其他部分、卡罗来纳、弗吉尼亚、欧洲和北方。其中一些人,像杰拉尔德,是寻找财富的新来者。另一些人,像埃伦,是旧家族的成员,他们在以前的家园生活不堪忍受,于是在遥远的土地上寻找庇护。许多人搬家根本没有理由,只因为开拓父辈那不安分的血液仍在他们血管中奔涌。

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mold /məʊld/

n. 模子；模式➕

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traditions /trəˈdɪʃnz/

n. 传统（复数形式）➕

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variety /vəˈraɪəti/

n. 多样化；种类➕

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settlers /ˈsetləz/

n. 定居者；殖民者（复数）➕

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intolerable /ɪnˈtɒlərəbl/

adj. 无法忍受的➕

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haven /ˈheɪvn/

n. 避难所；安全的地方➕

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restless /ˈrestləs/

adj. 不安的；焦虑的；好动的➕

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pioneering /ˌpaɪəˈnɪərɪŋ/

adj. 先驱的；开创性的➕

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quickened /ˈkwɪkənd/

v. 加快；使活跃➕

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veins /veɪnz/

n. 血管；静脉（复数）➕

🔊 These people, drawn from many different places and with many different backgrounds, gave the whole life of the County an informality that was new to Ellen, an informality to which she never quite accustomed herself. She instinctively knew how Coast people would act in any circumstance. There was never any telling what north Georgians would do.

这些人来自不同地方,有着不同背景,给县里的整个生活带来了一种埃伦感到陌生的随意性,一种她从未完全习惯的随意。她本能地知道沿海地区的人在任何情况下会怎么做。而北佐治亚人会做什么,却永远无法预料。

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backgrounds /ˈbækɡraʊndz/

n. 背景；出身（复数）➕

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informality /ˌɪnfɔːˈmæləti/

n. 非正式；随意➕

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instinctively /ɪnˈstɪŋktɪvli/

adv. 本能地➕

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circumstance /ˈsɜːkəmstæns/

n. 情况；环境➕

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Georgians /ˈdʒɔːdʒənz/

n. 佐治亚州人（复数）➕

🔊 And, quickening all of the affairs of the section, was the high tide of prosperity then rolling over the South. All of the world was crying out for cotton, and the new land of the County, unworn and fertile, produced it abundantly. Cotton was the heartbeat of the section, the planting and the picking were the diastole and systole of the red earth. Wealth came out of the curving furrows, and arrogance came too -- arrogance built on green bushes and the acres of fleecy white. If cotton could make them rich in one generation, how much richer they would be in the next!

而且,推动该地区所有事务的,是当时席卷南方的繁荣高潮。全世界都在呼喊着要棉花,而县里这片未开垦、肥沃的新土地正大量生产着棉花。棉花是这个地区的心跳,播种和采摘是红土地的舒张和收缩。财富从弯弯曲曲的犁沟中涌出,傲慢也随之而来--建立于绿色灌木丛和成片雪白之上的傲慢。如果棉花能在这一代让他们致富,下一代岂不会更加富有！

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quickening /ˈkwɪkənɪŋ/

n. 加快；活跃➕

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unworn /ʌnˈwɔːn/

adj. 未磨损的；未用旧的➕

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fertile /ˈfɜːtaɪl/

adj. 肥沃的；富饶的➕

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abundantly /əˈbʌndəntli/

adv. 丰富地；充裕地➕

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heartbeat /ˈhɑːtbiːt/

n. 心跳；中心➕

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diastole /daɪˈæstəli/

n. 心脏舒张期➕

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systole /ˈsɪstəli/

n. 心脏收缩期➕

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furrows /ˈfʌrəʊz/

n. 犁沟；皱纹（复数）➕

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arrogance /ˈærəɡəns/

n. 傲慢；自大➕

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fleecy /ˈfliːsi/

adj. 像羊毛的；蓬松的➕

🔊 This certainty of the morrow gave zest and enthusiasm to life, and the County people enjoyed life with a heartiness that Ellen could never understand. They had money enough and slaves enough to give them time to play, and they liked to play. They seemed never too busy to drop work for a fish fry, a hunt or a horse race, and scarcely a week went by without its barbecue or ball.

对未来的这种确定性给生活带来了热情和活力,县里的人们以一种埃伦永远无法理解的由衷热情享受生活。他们有足够的金钱和奴隶来给他们时间玩乐,他们喜欢玩乐。他们似乎从不会忙得无法放下工作去参加一次烤鱼会、一次狩猎或一场赛马,几乎每个星期都有烤肉野餐或舞会。

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certainty /ˈsɜːtnti/

n. 确定；必然的事➕

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morrow /ˈmɒrəʊ/

n. 次日；未来➕

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zest /zest/

n. 热情；兴趣➕

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enthusiasm /ɪnˈθjuːziæzəm/

n. 热情；热忱➕

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heartiness /ˈhɑːtinəs/

n. 诚恳；丰盛➕

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scarcely /ˈskeəsli/

adv. 几乎不；刚刚➕

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barbecue /ˈbɑːbɪkjuː/

n. 烧烤；户外烤肉➕

🔊 Ellen never would, or could, quite become one of them -- she had left too much of herself in Savannah -- but she respected them and, in time, learned to admire the frankness and forthrightness of these people, who had few reticences and who valued a man for what he was.

埃伦永远不愿、也不能完全融入他们--她在萨凡纳留下了太多的自我--但她尊重他们,并且逐渐学会了欣赏这些人的坦率和直爽,他们很少沉默寡言,他们看重一个人是什么样的人。

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respected /rɪˈspektɪd/

v. 尊敬（过去式）➕

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admire /ədˈmaɪə/

v. 钦佩；欣赏➕

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frankness /ˈfræŋknəs/

n. 坦率；直率➕

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forthrightness /ˈfɔːθraɪtnəs/

n. 直率；坦诚➕

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reticences /ˈretɪsənsɪz/

n. 沉默寡言；保留（复数）➕

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valued /ˈvæljuːd/

v. 重视；珍视（过去式）➕

🔊 She became the best-loved neighbor in the County. She was a thrifty and kind mistress, a good mother and a devoted wife. The heartbreak and selflessness that she would have dedicated to the Church were devoted instead to the service of her child, her household and the man who had taken her out of Savannah and its memories and had never asked any questions.

她成了县里最受爱戴的邻居。她是个节俭而和善的女主人,一个慈爱的母亲,一个忠诚的妻子。她本会献给教会的伤心和自我牺牲,转而奉献给了她的孩子、她的家庭以及那个把她带出萨凡纳及其回忆、从未问过任何问题的男人。

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thrifty /ˈθrɪfti/

adj. 节俭的；节约的➕

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devoted /dɪˈvəʊtɪd/

adj. 忠诚的；献身的➕

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heartbreak /ˈhɑːtbreɪk/

n. 心碎；伤心➕

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selflessness /ˈselfləsnəs/

n. 无私；忘我➕

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dedicated /ˈdedɪkeɪtɪd/

v. 奉献；献身（过去式或过去分词）➕

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service /ˈsɜːvɪs/

n. 服务；服役➕

🔊 When Scarlett was a year old, and more healthy and vigorous than a girl baby had any right to be, in Mammy's opinion, Ellen's second child, named Susan Elinor, but always called Suellen, was born, and in due time came Carreen, listed in the family Bible as Caroline Irene. Then followed three little boys, each of whom died before he had learned to walk -- three little boys who now lay under the twisted cedars in the burying ground a hundred yards from the house, beneath three stones, each bearing the name of "Gerald O'Hara, Jr."

当斯佳丽一岁时--在嬷嬷看来,她比任何女孩都该有的健康活泼--埃伦的第二个孩子出生了,取名苏珊·埃莉诺,但总被叫作苏埃伦。随后适时地又生下了卡丽恩,在家族圣经中登记为卡罗琳·艾琳。接着是三个小男孩,每个都在学会走路之前就夭折了--三个小男孩如今躺在离房子一百码处墓地里的扭曲雪松树下,三块石头,每块上都刻着“小杰拉尔德·奥哈拉”的名字。

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vigorous /ˈvɪɡərəs/

adj. 充满活力的；健壮的➕

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listed /ˈlɪstɪd/

v. 列出；登记（过去式或过去分词）➕

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twisted /ˈtwɪstɪd/

adj. 扭曲的；弯曲的➕

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burying /ˈberiɪŋ/

n. 埋葬➕

🔊 From the day when Ellen first came to Tara, the place had been transformed. If she was only fifteen years old, she was nevertheless ready for the responsibilities of the mistress of a plantation. Before marriage, young girls must be, above all other things, sweet, gentle, beautiful and ornamental, but, after marriage, they were expected to manage households that numbered a hundred people or more, white and black, and they were trained with that in view.

从埃伦第一次来到塔拉那天起,这个地方就改变了。尽管她只有十五岁,却已经准备好承担一个种植园女主人的责任。在结婚前,年轻女孩首先必须甜美、温柔、美丽、装饰性强；但结婚后,她们就要管理包括白人和黑人在内的上百口人的家庭,并且她们是受过这方面训练的。

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transformed /trænsˈfɔːmd/

v. 转变；改变（过去式或过去分词）➕

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responsibilities /rɪˌspɒnsəˈbɪlətiz/

n. 责任（复数）➕

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ornamental /ˌɔːnəˈmentl/

adj. 装饰性的；观赏的➕

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manage /ˈmænɪdʒ/

v. 管理；经营➕

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households /ˈhaʊshəʊldz/

n. 家庭（复数）➕

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numbered /ˈnʌmbəd/

v. 编号；总计（过去式或过去分词）➕

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trained /treɪnd/

v. 训练（过去式或过去分词）➕

🔊 Ellen had been given this preparation for marriage which any well-brought-up young lady received, and she also had Mammy, who could galvanize the most shiftless negro into energy. She quickly brought order, dignity and grace into Gerald's household, and she gave Tara a beauty it had never had before.

埃伦接受过任何有教养的年轻小姐都会接受的婚姻准备,她还有嬷嬷--一个能让最懒惰的黑人打起精神来的人。她迅速给杰拉尔德的家带来了秩序、尊严和优雅,并赋予了塔拉一种前所未有的美丽。

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preparation /ˌprepəˈreɪʃn/

n. 准备➕

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well-brought-up /ˌwel ˌbrɔːt ˈʌp/

adj. 有教养的；受过良好教育的➕

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galvanize /ˈɡælvənaɪz/

v. 激励；使振奋➕

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grace /ɡreɪs/

n. 优雅；恩惠➕

🔊 The house had been built according to no architectural plan whatever, with extra rooms added where and when it seemed convenient, but, with Ellen's care and attention, it gained a charm that made up for its lack of design. The avenue of cedars leading from the main road to the house -- that avenue of cedars without which no Georgia planter's home could be complete -- had a cool dark shadiness that gave a brighter tinge, by contrast, to the green of the other trees. The wistaria tumbling over the verandas showed bright against the whitewashed brick, and it joined with the pink crepe myrtle bushes by the door and the white-blossomed magnolias in the yard to disguise some of the awkward lines of the house.

这房子根本没有什么建筑设计,只是觉得方便就在哪里、什么时候加了额外的房间,但凭着埃伦的悉心照料,它获得了一种弥补了设计缺失的魅力。从大路通向房子的雪松林荫道--没有这条林荫道,任何佐治亚种植园主的家都不算完整--阴凉幽暗,与其他树木的绿色形成对比,更显明亮。垂挂在游廊上的紫藤在粉刷过的砖墙衬托下显得鲜艳夺目,它与门边的粉色紫薇树和院子里的白色木兰一起,掩饰了房子一些笨拙的线条。

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architectural /ˌɑːkɪˈtektʃərəl/

adj. 建筑学的；建筑上的➕

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convenient /kənˈviːniənt/

adj. 方便的；便利的➕

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charm /tʃɑːm/

n. 魅力；吸引力➕

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planter /ˈplɑːntə/

n. 种植园主；种植器➕

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shadiness /ˈʃeɪdinəs/

n. 阴凉；可疑性➕

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tinge /tɪndʒ/

n. 淡淡的色调；一丝➕

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wistaria /wɪˈsteəriə/

n. 紫藤（植物）➕

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tumbling /ˈtʌmblɪŋ/

v. 翻爬；翻滚（现在分词）➕

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verandas /vəˈrændəz/

n. 走廊；阳台（复数）➕

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crepe myrtle /kreɪp ˈmɜːtl/

n. 紫薇（植物）➕

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white-blossomed /waɪt ˈblɒsəmd/

adj. 开白色花的➕

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magnolias /mæɡˈnəʊliəz/

n. 木兰（复数）➕

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disguise /dɪsˈɡaɪz/

v. 伪装；掩饰➕

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awkward /ˈɔːkwəd/

adj. 笨拙的；尴尬的➕

🔊 In spring time and summer, the Bermuda grass and clover on the lawn became emerald, so enticing an emerald that it presented an irresistible temptation to the flocks of turkeys and white geese that were supposed to roam only the regions in the rear of the house. The elders of the flocks continually led stealthy advances into the front yard, lured on by the green of the grass and the luscious promise of the cape jessamine buds and the zinnia beds. Against their depredations, a small black sentinel was stationed on the front porch. Armed with a ragged towel, the little negro boy sitting on the steps was part of the picture of Tara -- and an unhappy one, for he was forbidden to chunk the fowls and could only flap the towel at them and shoo them.

春夏两季,草坪上的百慕大草和三叶草变成翡翠般的绿色,如此诱人,以至于对那群本应只在屋后区域漫步的火鸡和白鹅构成了无法抗拒的诱惑。鹅群和火鸡群中的长者不断带领着潜入前院的行动,被绿色的草和盛开的栀子花蕾与百日草花坛所诱惑。为了抵御它们的侵袭,一个黑人小哨兵被派驻在前廊。小黑人男孩坐在台阶上,手里挥舞着一块破毛巾,这是塔拉景象的一部分--但他很不高兴,因为他被禁止扔东西打家禽,只能对着它们挥毛巾,把它们嘘走。

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emerald /ˈemərəld/

n. 祖母绿；翡翠；翠绿色➕

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enticing /ɪnˈtaɪsɪŋ/

adj. 诱人的；迷人的➕

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irresistible /ˌɪrɪˈzɪstəbl/

adj. 无法抗拒的；极具诱惑力的➕

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temptation /tempˈteɪʃn/

n. 诱惑；引诱➕

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flocks /flɒks/

n. 畜群；鸟群（复数）➕

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roam /rəʊm/

v. 漫步；漫游➕

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regions /ˈriːdʒənz/

n. 地区；区域（复数）➕

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rear /rɪə/

n. 后面；后方➕

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stealthy /ˈstelθi/

adj. 偷偷的；隐秘的➕

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advances /ədˈvɑːnsɪz/

n. 前进；进展（复数）➕

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lured /lʊəd/

v. 引诱；吸引（过去式或过去分词）➕

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luscious /ˈlʌʃəs/

adj. 甘美的；多汁的；诱人的➕

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promise /ˈprɒmɪs/

n. 承诺；希望➕

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cape jessamine /keɪp ˈdʒesəmɪn/

n. 栀子花（植物）➕

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zinnia /ˈzɪniə/

n. 百日菊（植物）➕

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depredations /ˌdeprəˈdeɪʃnz/

n. 破坏；掠夺（复数）➕

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sentinel /ˈsentɪnl/

n. 哨兵；守卫➕

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stationed /ˈsteɪʃnd/

v. 驻扎；安置（过去式或过去分词）➕

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ragged /ˈræɡɪd/

adj. 破烂的；参差不齐的➕

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forbidden /fəˈbɪdn/

adj. 被禁止的➕

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chunk /tʃʌŋk/

v. （尤指向……）扔（某物）➕

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fowls /faʊlz/

n. 家禽（复数）➕

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flap /flæp/

v. 拍打；摆动➕

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shoo /ʃuː/

v. 用“嘘”声赶走➕

🔊 Ellen set dozens of little black boys to this task, the first position of responsibility a male slave had at Tara. After they had passed their tenth year, they were sent to old Daddy the plantation cobbler to learn his trade, or to Amos the wheelwright and carpenter, or Philip the cow man, or Cuffee the mule boy. If they showed no aptitude for any of these trades, they became field hands and, in the opinion of the negroes, they had lost their claim to any social standing at all.

埃伦指派了几十个黑人小男孩来做这项任务,这是男性奴隶在塔拉的第一个责任岗位。他们过了十岁后,就被送去跟种植园的鞋匠老达迪学手艺,或者跟轮匠木匠阿莫斯、牛倌菲利普、骡倌卡菲学艺。如果他们对这些行当都没表现出天赋,他们就成了田间劳力,按照黑人的看法,他们就失去了任何社会地位的资格。

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dozens /ˈdʌznz/

n. 几十；许多（复数）➕

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responsibility /rɪˌspɒnsəˈbɪləti/

n. 责任；职责➕

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male /meɪl/

n. 男性；雄性动物➕

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slave /sleɪv/

n. 奴隶➕

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passed /pɑːst/

v. 通过；经过（过去式或过去分词）➕

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tenth /tenθ/

num. 第十➕

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cobbler /ˈkɒblə/

n. 鞋匠➕

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wheelwright /ˈwiːlraɪt/

n. 车轮制造工➕

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carpenter /ˈkɑːpəntə/

n. 木匠➕

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claim /kleɪm/

n. 声称；要求；索赔➕

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social /ˈsəʊʃl/

adj. 社会的；社交的➕

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standing /ˈstændɪŋ/

n. 地位；名声➕

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field hands /fiːld hændz/

n. 田间劳动力（通常指农场工人）➕

🔊 Ellen's life was not easy, nor was it happy, but she did not expect life to be easy, and, if it was not happy, that was woman's lot. It was a man's world, and she accepted it as such. The man owned the property, and the woman managed it. The man took the credit for the management, and the woman praised his cleverness. The man roared like a bull when a splinter was in his finger, and the woman muffled the moans of childbirth, lest she disturb him. Men were rough of speech and often drunk. Women ignored the lapses of speech and put the drunkards to bed without bitter words. Men were rude and outspoken, women were always kind, gracious and forgiving.

埃伦的生活并不轻松,也不幸福,但她并不期望生活轻松；就算不幸福,那也是女人的命。这是男人的世界,她接受这一点。男人拥有财产,女人管理财产。男人因管理而获得赞誉,女人则称赞男人的精明。男人手指上扎了根刺就像公牛一样吼叫,女人则把分娩的痛苦遮掩起来,免得打扰他。男人说话粗鲁,常常醉酒。女人无视言语的过失,把醉鬼扶上床而不说一句怨言。男人粗鲁而直言不讳,女人则总是善良、优雅和宽容。

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lot /lɒt/

n. 命运；份额➕

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property /ˈprɒpəti/

n. 财产；房产➕

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credit /ˈkredɪt/

n. 赞扬；信用；学分➕

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management /ˈmænɪdʒmənt/

n. 管理；经营➕

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cleverness /ˈklevənəs/

n. 聪明；机灵➕

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roared /rɔːd/

v. 吼叫；咆哮（过去式或过去分词）➕

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bull /bʊl/

n. 公牛➕

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splinter /ˈsplɪntə/

n. 碎片；刺➕

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moans /məʊnz/

n. 呻吟声（复数）➕

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childbirth /ˈtʃaɪldbɜːθ/

n. 分娩；生孩子➕

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lest /lest/

conj. 唯恐；以免➕

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disturb /dɪˈstɜːb/

v. 打扰；干扰➕

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rough /rʌf/

adj. 粗糙的；粗鲁的➕

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speech /spiːtʃ/

n. 言语；演讲➕

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lapses /læpsɪz/

n. 过失；失误（复数）➕

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drunkards /ˈdrʌŋkədz/

n. 酒鬼；醉汉（复数）➕

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bitter /ˈbɪtə/

adj. 苦的；痛苦的；怀恨的➕

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rude /ruːd/

adj. 粗鲁的；无礼的➕

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outspoken /ˌaʊtˈspəʊkən/

adj. 直言不讳的；坦率的➕

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forgiving /fəˈɡɪvɪŋ/

adj. 宽容的；宽恕的➕

🔊 She had been reared in the tradition of great ladies, which had taught her how to carry her burden and still retain her charm, and she intended that her three daughters should be great ladies also. With her younger daughters, she had success, for Suellen was so anxious to be attractive she lent an attentive and obedient ear to her mother's teachings, and Carreen was shy and easily led. But Scarlett, child of Gerald, found the road to ladyhood hard.

她是在伟大贵妇的传统中长大的,这传统教会她如何承受重担同时保持魅力,她希望她的三个女儿也能成为伟大的贵妇。对于她的两个小女儿,她成功了,因为苏埃伦太想吸引人了,所以她专心而顺从地听母亲教导；卡丽恩害羞,容易引导。但是斯佳丽,杰拉尔德的孩子,觉得成为贵妇的道路很难。

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reared /rɪrd/

v. 抚养,养育➕

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retain /rɪˈteɪn/

v. 保留➕

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attentive /əˈtentɪv/

adj. 专心的➕

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obedient /əˈbiːdiənt/

adj. 顺从的➕

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ladyhood /ˈleɪdihʊd/

n. 淑女身份➕

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attractive /əˈtræktɪv/

adj. 有吸引力的➕

🔊 To Mammy's indignation, her preferred playmates were not her demure sisters or the well-brought-up Wilkes girls but the negro children on the plantation and the boys of the neighborhood, and she could climb a tree or throw a rock as well as any of them. Mammy was greatly perturbed that Ellen's daughter should display such traits and frequently adjured her to "ack lak a lil lady." But Ellen took a more tolerant and long-sighted view of the matter. She knew that from childhood playmates grew beaux in later years, and the first duty of a girl was to get married. She told herself that the child was merely full of life and there was still time in which to teach her the arts and graces of being attractive to men.

令嬷嬷愤慨的是,斯佳丽喜欢的玩伴不是她矜持的妹妹们,也不是教养良好的威尔克斯家的姑娘们,而是种植园里的黑人孩子和附近邻居家的男孩；她爬树和扔石头的能力和任何男孩不相上下。嬷嬷对于埃伦的女儿竟然表现出这样的特质感到非常不安,经常告诫她要“像个淑女样”。但埃伦对此持更宽容和长远的看法。她知道童年的玩伴日后会成为追求者,而女孩的首要职责就是结婚。她告诉自己,这孩子不过是精力充沛,还有时间教她如何吸引男人的技巧和风度。

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indignation /ˌɪndɪɡˈneɪʃən/

n. 愤慨➕

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demure /dɪˈmjʊr/

adj. 娴静的➕

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perturbed /pərˈtɜːrbd/

adj. 烦恼的➕

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traits /treɪts/

n. 特点➕

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adjured /əˈdʒʊrd/

v. 恳求；命令➕

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long-sighted /ˈlɒŋ ˌsaɪtɪd/

adj. 有远见的➕

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beaux /boʊz/

n. 男朋友；追求者➕

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merely /ˈmɪrli/

adv. 仅仅➕

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graces /ˈɡreɪsɪz/

n. 优雅；魅力➕

🔊 To this end, Ellen and Mammy bent their efforts, and as Scarlett grew older she became an apt pupil in this subject, even though she learned little else. Despite a succession of governesses and two years at the near-by Fayetteville Female Academy, her education was sketchy, but no girl in the County danced more gracefully than she. She knew how to smile so that her dimples leaped, how to walk pigeon-toed so that her wide hoop skirts swayed entrancingly, how to look up into a man's face and then drop her eyes and bat the lids rapidly so that she seemed a-tremble with gentle emotion. Most of all she learned how to conceal from men a sharp intelligence beneath a face as sweet and bland as a baby's.

为此,埃伦和嬷嬷竭尽全力,随着斯佳丽长大,她在这方面成了一个好学生,尽管别的几乎没学到什么。尽管家庭教师换了好几个,还在附近的费耶特维尔女子学院读了两年书,她的教育仍然很粗略,但县里没有哪个女孩跳舞比她更优雅。她知道如何微笑才能露出酒窝,如何像鸽子般走路才能使她的宽裙撑迷人地摇摆,如何抬头看男人的脸然后垂下眼睛迅速眨动睫毛,使自己看起来因温柔情感而微微颤动。最重要的是,她学会了如何在如婴儿般甜美平淡的面孔下,向男人隐藏尖锐的智慧。

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apt /æpt/

adj. 聪明的；恰当的➕

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succession /səkˈseʃən/

n. 连续；一系列➕

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governesses /ˈɡʌvərnɪsɪz/

n. 家庭女教师➕

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Academy /əˈkædəmi/

n. 学院；学会➕

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sketchy /ˈsketʃi/

adj. 粗略的；不完全的➕

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gracefully /ˈɡreɪsfəli/

adv. 优雅地➕

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dimples /ˈdɪmpəlz/

n. 酒窝➕

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pigeon-toed /ˈpɪdʒɪn ˌtoʊd/

adj. 脚向内弯的➕

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hoop skirts /ˈhuːp skɜːrts/

n. 裙撑➕

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entrancingly /ɪnˈtrænsɪŋli/

adv. 迷人地➕

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a-tremble /ə ˈtrembəl/

adj. 颤抖的➕

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bland /blænd/

adj. 平淡的；温和的➕

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conceal /kənˈsiːl/

v. 隐藏➕

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bat the lids /bæt ðə lɪdz/

phrase. 眨眼➕

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near-by /ˈnɪr baɪ/

adj. 附近的➕

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intelligence /ɪnˈtɛlɪdʒəns/

n. 智力；情报➕

🔊 Ellen, by soft-voiced admonition, and Mammy, by constant carping, labored to inculcate in her the qualities that would make her truly desirable as a wife.

埃伦用柔和的声音告诫,嬷嬷用不断的唠叨,努力向她灌输那些能使其真正成为理想妻子的品质。

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soft-voiced /ˈsɒft ˌvɔɪst/

adj. 声音柔和的➕

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carping /ˈkɑːrpɪŋ/

n. 挑剔➕

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inculcate /ˈɪnkʌlkeɪt/

v. 灌输➕

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desirable /dɪˈzaɪərəbəl/

adj. 可取的；理想的➕

🔊 "You must be more gentle, dear, more sedate," Ellen told her daughter. "You must not interrupt gentlemen when they are speaking, even if you do think you know more about matters than they do. Gentlemen do not like forward girls."

“你必须更温柔些,亲爱的,更稳重些,”埃伦告诉女儿。“当男士们说话时,即使你觉得自己比他们更了解事情,也不许插嘴。男士们不喜欢冒失的女孩。”

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sedate /sɪˈdeɪt/

adj. 镇静的；安静的➕

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forward /ˈfɔːrwərd/

adj. 冒失的；前卫的➕

🔊 "Young misses whut frowns an pushes out dey chins an' says 'Ah will' and 'Ah woan' mos' gener'ly doan ketch husbands," prophesied Mammy gloomily. "Young misses should cas' down dey eyes an' say, 'Well, suh, Ah mout' an' 'Jes' as you say, suh.'"

“年轻小姐皱着眉头,撅着嘴,说着‘我愿意’和‘我不愿意’,通常是嫁不出去的,”嬷嬷阴郁地预言。“年轻小姐应该垂下眼睛说‘呃,先生,也许吧’和‘就听您的,先生’。”

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prophesied /ˈprɒf.ə.saɪd/

v. 预言➕

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gloomily /ˈɡluːmɪli/

adv. 忧郁地➕

🔊 Between them, they taught her all that a gentlewoman should know, but she learned only the outward signs of gentility. The inner grace from which these signs should spring, she never learned nor did she see any reason for learning it. Appearances were enough, for the appearances of ladyhood won her popularity and that was all she wanted. Gerald bragged that she was the belle of five counties, and with some truth, for she had received proposals from nearly all the young men in the neighborhood and many from places as far away as Atlanta and Savannah.

在她们俩的调教下,她学到了一个淑女该知道的一切,但她只学到了淑女的外在表现。这些表现所应源自的内在优雅,她从未学会,也看不出有什么理由要学。外表就足够了,因为淑女的外表为她赢得了人气,而这正是她所要的一切。杰拉尔德吹嘘她是五个县的舞会皇后,这倒不假,因为她已收到附近几乎所有年轻男人的求婚,以及许多来自远至亚特兰大和萨凡纳的地方的求婚。

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gentlewoman /ˈdʒentlˌwʊmən/

n. 淑女➕

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gentility /dʒenˈtɪlɪti/

n. 文雅；有教养➕

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belle /bɛl/

n. 美女➕

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proposals /prəˈpoʊzəlz/

n. 提议；求婚➕

🔊 At sixteen, thanks to Mammy and Ellen, she looked sweet, charming and giddy, but she was, in reality, self-willed, vain and obstinate. She had the easily stirred passions of her Irish father and nothing except the thinnest veneer of her mother's unselfish and forbearing nature. Ellen never fully realized that it was only a veneer, for Scarlett always showed her best face to her mother, concealing her escapades, curbing her temper and appearing as sweet-natured as she could in Ellen's presence, for her mother could shame her to tears with a reproachful glance.

十六岁时,多亏了嬷嬷和埃伦,她看起来甜美、迷人、轻浮,但实际上,她任性、虚荣、固执。她有她爱尔兰父亲那容易冲动的激情,只有她母亲无私和宽容本性的最薄一层虚饰。埃伦从未充分意识到那只是一层虚饰,因为斯佳丽总是向母亲展示她最好的一面,掩盖她的越轨行为,克制她的脾气,在埃伦面前尽量表现得甜美可爱,因为母亲一个责备的眼神就能让她羞愧得流泪。

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giddy /ˈɡɪdi/

adj. 头晕的；轻浮的➕

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self-willed /ˌsɛlf ˈwɪld/

adj. 任性的➕

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vain /veɪn/

adj. 虚荣的；徒劳的➕

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obstinate /ˈɒbstɪnɪt/

adj. 顽固的➕

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veneer /vəˈnɪr/

n. 饰面；（比喻）表面➕

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forbearing /fɔːrˈbɛrɪŋ/

adj. 宽容的➕

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escapades /ˈɛskəpeɪdz/

n. 冒险行为；恶作剧➕

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curbing /ˈkɜːrbɪŋ/

n. 抑制➕

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reproachful /rɪˈproʊtʃfəl/

adj. 责备的➕

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sweet-natured /ˈswiːt ˌneɪtʃərd/

adj. 性情温和的➕

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unselfish /ʌnˈsɛlfɪʃ/

adj. 无私的➕

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concealing /kənˈsiːlɪŋ/

v. 隐藏➕

🔊 But Mammy was under no illusions about her and was constantly alert for breaks in the veneer. Mammy's eyes were sharper than Ellen's, and Scarlett could never recall in all her life having fooled Mammy for long.

但嬷嬷对她的真面目不抱任何幻想,时刻警觉着那层虚饰的破裂。嬷嬷的眼睛比埃伦的更锐利,斯佳丽一辈子也想不起来曾长时间地骗过嬷嬷。

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illusions /ɪˈluːʒənz/

n. 幻觉；错觉➕

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alert /əˈlɜːrt/

adj. 警觉的➕

🔊 It was not that these two loving mentors deplored Scarlett's high spirits, vivacity and charm. These were traits of which Southern women were proud. It was Gerald's headstrong and impetuous nature in her that gave them concern, and they sometimes feared they would not be able to conceal her damaging qualities until she had made a good match. But Scarlett intended to marry -- and marry Ashley -- and she was willing to appear demure, pliable and scatterbrained, if those were the qualities that attracted men. Just why men should be this way, she did not know. She only knew that such methods worked. It never interested her enough to try to think out the reason for it, for she knew nothing of the inner workings of any human being's mind, not even her own. She knew only that if she did or said thus-and-so, men would unerringly respond with the complementary thus-and-so. It was like a mathematical formula and no more difficult, for mathematics was the one subject that had come easy to Scarlett in her schooldays.

并不是这两位慈爱的导师不欣赏斯佳丽的高昂精神、活力和魅力。这些是南方女性引以为傲的特质。令她们担忧的是她身上杰拉尔德那种固执和冲动的天性,她们有时担心在她攀上一门好亲事之前,无法掩盖她那些有损形象的品质。但斯佳丽打算结婚--而且是要嫁给艾希礼--她愿意表现得端庄、柔顺、傻乎乎,如果这些是吸引男人的特质的话。为什么男人会这样,她不知道。她只知道这些方法管用。她从没有兴趣去思考其中的原因,因为她对任何人--甚至她自己--的内心活动一无所知。她只知道,如果她这样做或那样说,男人就会准确无误地以相应的那样做或那样说回应。这就像一道数学公式,并不更难,因为数学是斯佳丽上学时唯一一门学得轻松的科目。

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mentors /ˈmenˌtɔːrz/

n. 导师➕

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deplored /dɪˈplɔːrd/

v. 谴责；痛惜➕

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vivacity /vɪˈvæsɪti/

n. 活泼➕

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headstrong /ˈhɛdˌstrɔːŋ/

adj. 任性的；固执的➕

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impetuous /ɪmˈpɛtʃuəs/

adj. 冲动的➕

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pliable /ˈplaɪəbəl/

adj. 易弯曲的；顺从的➕

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scatterbrained /ˈskætərˌbreɪnd/

adj. 注意力不集中的➕

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unerringly /ʌnˈɜːrɪŋli/

adv. 准确无误地➕

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complementary /ˌkɒmplɪˈmɛntəri/

adj. 互补的➕

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formula /ˈfɔːrmjələ/

n. 公式；方案➕

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schooldays /ˈskuːlˌdeɪz/

n. 学生时代➕

🔊 If she knew little about men's minds, she knew even less about the minds of women, for they interested her less. She had never had a girl friend, and she never felt any lack on that account. To her, all women, including her two sisters, were natural enemies in pursuit of the same prey -- man.

如果说她不太了解男人的心思,那么她对女人的心思了解得更少,因为女人引不起她多少兴趣。她从来没有女性朋友,也从不觉得缺少朋友。对她来说,所有女人--包括她的两个妹妹--都是追求同一猎物--男人的天敌。

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pursuit /pərˈsjuːt/

n. 追求；追逐➕

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prey /preɪ/

n. 猎物➕

🔊 All women with the one exception of her mother.

所有女人,只有她的母亲除外。

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exception /ɪkˈsɛpʃən/

n. 例外➕

🔊 Ellen O'Hara was different, and Scarlett regarded her as something holy and apart from all the rest of humankind. When Scarlett was a child, she had confused her mother with the Virgin Mary, and now that she was older she saw no reason for changing her opinion. To her, Ellen represented the utter security that only Heaven or a mother can give. She knew that her mother was the embodiment of justice, truth, loving tenderness and profound wisdom -- a great lady.

埃伦·奥哈拉是与众不同的,斯佳丽将她视为某种神圣的、与所有其他人不同的存在。当斯佳丽还是个孩子时,她曾把母亲与圣母玛丽混淆；现在她长大了,她认为没有理由改变这个看法。对她来说,埃伦代表着只有天国或母亲才能给予的绝对安全。她知道母亲是正义、真理、温柔的爱和深刻智慧的化身--一位伟大的贵妇。

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holy /ˈhoʊli/

adj. 神圣的➕

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humankind /ˈhjuːmənkaɪnd/

n. 人类➕

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embodiment /ɪmˈbɒdimənt/

n. 化身；体现➕

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profound /prəˈfaʊnd/

adj. 深刻的；深奥的➕

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tenderness /ˈtɛndərnɪs/

n. 温柔➕

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utter /ˈʌtər/

adj. 完全的；彻底的➕

🔊 Scarlett wanted very much to be like her mother. The only difficulty was that by being just and truthful and tender and unselfish, one missed most of the joys of life, and certainly many beaux. And life was too short to miss such pleasant things. Some day when she was married to Ashley and old, some day when she had time for it, she intended to be like Ellen. But, until then . . .

斯佳丽非常想成为母亲那样的人。唯一的困难在于,如果做到公正、诚实、温柔和无私,就会错过生活中大部分的乐趣,当然也会错过许多追求者。而生命太短暂,不能错过这些愉快的事情。等到她嫁给了艾希礼,等到她老了,等到她有时间了,她打算像埃伦一样。但是,在那之前……

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truthful /ˈtruːθfəl/

adj. 诚实的；真实的➕

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tender /ˈtɛndər/

adj. 温柔的；嫩的➕

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pleasant /ˈplɛzənt/

adj. 令人愉快的➕

Part 1 – Chapter three (第三章)

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