🔊 He lived in the Marais, Rue des Filles-du-Calvaire, No. 6. He owned the house. This house has since been demolished and rebuilt, and the number has probably been changed in those revolutions of numeration which the streets of Paris undergo. He occupied an ancient and vast apartment on the first floor, between street and gardens, furnished to the very ceilings with great Gobelins and Beauvais tapestries representing pastoral scenes; the subjects of the ceilings and the panels were repeated in miniature on the armchairs. He enveloped his bed in a vast, nine-leaved screen of Coromandel lacquer. Long, full curtains hung from the windows, and formed great, broken folds that were very magnificent.

他住在沼泽区的卡尔瓦略修女街,六号。房子是他自己的。这栋房子后来被拆除重建,门牌号码大概也在巴黎街道多次重编的过程中改过了。他占据了一楼一套古老宽敞的公寓,介于街道与花园之间,屋里从地板到天花板都挂着巨大的戈布兰和博韦挂毯,上面织着田园风景；天花板和护墙板上的图案,在扶手椅上也缩印成了微型版本。他用一面巨大的科罗曼德尔漆屏风--九折屏--围住了他的床。窗户上垂着长长的、饱满的窗帘,形成了华丽的大褶皱。

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demolished /dɪˈmɒlɪʃt/

v. 拆除；毁坏➕

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revolutions /ˌrevəˈluːʃənz/

n. 革命；巨变➕

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numeration /ˌnjuːməˈreɪʃən/

n. 编号；计数法➕

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undergo /ˌʌndəˈɡəʊ/

v. 经历；遭受➕

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occupied /ˈɒkjupaɪd/

v. 占据；居住➕

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ancient /ˈeɪnʃənt/

adj. 古老的；古代的➕

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vast /vɑːst/

adj. 巨大的；广阔的➕

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furnished /ˈfɜːnɪʃt/

v. 布置家具；提供➕

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tapestries /ˈtæpəstriz/

n. 挂毯；织锦➕

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pastoral /ˈpɑːstərəl/

adj. 田园的；乡村生活的➕

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miniature /ˈmɪnətʃə(r)/

n. 微型画；微型模型➕

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enveloped /ɪnˈveləpt/

v. 包裹；笼罩➕

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lacquer /ˈlækə(r)/

n. 漆；漆器➕

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magnificent /mæɡˈnɪfɪsənt/

adj. 壮丽的；宏伟的➕

🔊 The garden situated immediately under his windows was attached to that one of them which formed the angle, by means of a staircase twelve or fifteen steps long, which the old gentleman ascended and descended with great agility. In addition to a library adjoining his chamber, he had a boudoir of which he thought a great deal, a gallant and elegant retreat, with magnificent hangings of straw, with a pattern of flowers and fleurs-de-lys made on the galleys of Louis XIV and ordered of his convicts by M. de Vivonne for his mistress.

紧挨着他窗户下面的花园,通过一段十二到十五级台阶的楼梯与那个位于拐角处的窗户相连,老先生精神矍铄地上下楼梯。除了卧室隔壁的书房,他还有一间他极为珍视的闺房--一个风雅别致的退隐之所,里面挂着华丽的稻草色帷幔,上面绣着花朵和百合花图案,这些图案是在路易十四时期的苦役犯监狱里,由德·维沃纳先生为他的情妇命令苦役犯们绣制的。

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situated /ˈsɪtʃueɪtɪd/

adj. 位于；坐落于➕

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ascended /əˈsendɪd/

v. 上升；攀登➕

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descended /dɪˈsendɪd/

v. 下降；下来➕

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agility /əˈdʒɪlɪti/

n. 敏捷；灵活➕

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adjoining /əˈdʒɔɪnɪŋ/

adj. 相邻的；毗邻的➕

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boudoir /ˈbuːdwɑː(r)/

n. 闺房；私人起居室➕

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gallant /ˈɡælənt/

adj. 英勇的；华丽的；殷勤的➕

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elegant /ˈelɪɡənt/

adj. 优雅的；精美的➕

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retreat /rɪˈtriːt/

n. 隐居处；撤退➕

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hangings /ˈhæŋɪŋz/

n. 挂饰；帷幔➕

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galleys /ˈɡæliz/

n. （古代）大帆船；印刷活字盘➕

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convicts /ˈkɒnvɪkts/

n. 囚犯；罪犯➕

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mistress /ˈmɪstrɪs/

n. 女主人；情妇➕

🔊 M. Gillenormand had inherited it from a grim maternal great-aunt, who had died a centenarian.

吉诺曼先生是从一位性情乖戾的母系姑姥姥那里继承来的,她活到了一百岁才去世。

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inherited /ɪnˈherɪtɪd/

v. 继承➕

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grim /ɡrɪm/

adj. 严厉的；可怕的；冷酷的➕

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maternal /məˈtɜːnl/

adj. 母亲的；母方的➕

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great-aunt /ˌɡreɪt ˈɑːnt/

n. 姑姥姥；姨奶奶➕

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centenarian /ˌsentɪˈneəriən/

n. 百岁老人➕

🔊 He had had two wives. His manners were something between those of the courtier, which he had never been, and the lawyer, which he might have been. He was gay, and caressing when he had a mind. In his youth he had been one of those men who are always deceived by their wives and never by their mistresses, because they are, at the same time, the most sullen of husbands and the most charming of lovers in existence.

他结过两次婚。他的举止介于他从未当过的朝臣与他可能曾是的律师之间。他为人快活,心情好时也很温柔。年轻时,他是那种总被妻子欺骗却从未被情妇背叛的男人,因为他在世上既是脾气最坏的丈夫,又是最有魅力的情人。

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courtier /ˈkɔːtiə(r)/

n. 朝臣；廷臣➕

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caressing /kəˈresɪŋ/

adj. 爱抚的；抚慰的➕

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deceived /dɪˈsiːvd/

v. 欺骗；蒙蔽➕

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sullen /ˈsʌlən/

adj. 愠怒的；闷闷不乐的➕

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charming /ˈtʃɑːmɪŋ/

adj. 迷人的；有魅力的➕

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existence /ɪɡˈzɪstəns/

n. 存在；生存➕

🔊 He was a connoisseur of painting. He had in his chamber a marvellous portrait of no one knows whom, painted by Jordaens, executed with great dashes of the brush, with millions of details, in a confused and haphazard manner.

他是一位绘画鉴赏家。他的房间里挂着一幅绝妙的肖像画,不知画的是谁,出自约尔丹斯之手,以大刀阔斧的笔触画成,充满了无数细节,风格杂乱无章,信手拈来。

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connoisseur /ˌkɒnəˈsɜː(r)/

n. 鉴赏家；行家➕

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marvellous /ˈmɑːvələs/

adj. 非凡的；令人惊叹的➕

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executed /ˈeksɪkjuːtɪd/

v. 执行；完成；处决➕

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dashes /ˈdæʃɪz/

n. 猛冲；少量；破折号；（绘画）挥洒的笔触➕

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haphazard /ˌhæpˈhæzəd/

adj. 随意的；无计划的➕

🔊 M. Gillenormand's attire was not the habit of Louis XIV nor yet that of Louis XVI; it was that of the Incroyables of the Directory. He had thought himself young up to that period and had followed the fashions. His coat was of lightweight cloth with voluminous revers, a long swallowtail and large steel buttons. With this he wore knee-breeches and buckle shoes.

吉诺曼先生的衣着既不是路易十四的样式,也不是路易十六的样式；而是督政府时期“不可思议派”的打扮。他一直以为自己还很年轻,所以一直追随时尚。他的上衣是用轻薄的布料做的,有宽大的翻领、长长的燕尾和大颗的钢扣。他下身穿着及膝的短裤和带扣的鞋。

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attire /əˈtaɪə(r)/

n. 服装；盛装➕

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voluminous /vəˈluːmɪnəs/

adj. （衣服）宽大的；大量的➕

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revers /rɪˈvɪəz/

n. （衣服的）翻领；翻边➕

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swallowtail /ˈswɒləʊteɪl/

n. 燕尾服；（蝴蝶）燕尾➕

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knee-breeches /ˈniː ˌbrɪtʃɪz/

n. （及膝的）短裤➕

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buckle /ˈbʌkl/

n. 搭扣；扣环➕

🔊 He always thrust his hands into his fobs. He said authoritatively: "The French Revolution is a heap of blackguards."

他总把手插在表袋里。他斩钉截铁地说:“法国大革命就是一群恶棍。”

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thrust /θrʌst/

v. 猛推；插入➕

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fobs /fɒbz/

n. （裤子上的）表袋；钥匙链➕

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authoritatively /ɔːˈθɒrɪtətɪvli/

adv. 权威地；命令式地➕

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heap /hiːp/

n. 堆；大量➕

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blackguards /ˈblæɡɑːdz/

n. 恶棍；无赖➕

II. Like Master, Like House – Chapter two: Like Master, Like House (第二章:有其主必有其屋)

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