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Book VII. The Last Draught from the Cup – Chapter one: The Seventh Circle and the Eighth Heaven (第一章:第七圈与第八重天)

探索《悲惨世界》第1章,包含英文原文、简体中文翻译、详细IELTS词汇及解释,以及英文原版音频。聆听并提升你的阅读能力。

英文原文
翻译
雅思词汇 (ZH-CN)

婚礼之后的几天是孤独的。人们尊重这对幸福夫妇的冥想,也在某种程度上尊重他们迟来的睡眠。来访和祝贺的喧闹要晚些才会开始。2月17日早晨,刚过正午时分,巴斯克腋下夹着餐巾和鸡毛掸子,正在忙着整理前厅,听见门上轻轻一响。这一天没有门铃声,如此举动可谓谨慎。巴斯克打开门,看见了福施勒旺先生。他将客人引入客厅,客厅仍然凌乱不堪,一片狼藉,仿佛昨夜欢庆过后的战场。

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solitary /ˈsɒlətəri/
adj. 孤独的;独居的
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meditations /ˌmedɪˈteɪʃənz/
n. 沉思;冥想
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tardy /ˈtɑːrdi/
adj. 迟到的;缓慢的
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slumbers /ˈslʌmbəz/
n. 睡眠;安睡(尤指轻睡)
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tumult /ˈtjuːmʌlt/
n. 骚动;混乱;嘈杂
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discreet /dɪˈskriːt/
adj. 谨慎的;言行审慎的
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beheld /bɪˈheld/
v. 看见(behold的过去式)
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encumbered /ɪnˈkʌmbəd/
adj. 负担沉重的;阻碍的
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preceding /prɪˈsiːdɪŋ/
adj. 在先的;前面的

“好家伙,先生,”巴斯克说道,“我们都醒得很晚。”

“你家主人起床了吗?”冉阿让问道。

“先生的手臂怎么样了?”巴斯克回答。

“好些了。你家主人起床了吗?”

“哪一位?老的还是新的?”

“彭眉胥先生。”

“男爵先生,”巴斯克挺直身子说道。一个人对他的仆人来说,首先是个男爵。他在仆人眼中举足轻重;哲学家会说,他们被头衔溅了一身,这让他们沾沾自喜。顺便说一句,马吕斯虽然是个已被证实的激进共和派,如今却身不由己成了男爵。围绕这个头衔,家里发生了一场小小的革命。如今是吉诺曼先生抓着它不放,而马吕斯却想摆脱它。但是彭眉胥上校曾写道:“我的儿子将继承我的头衔。”马吕斯听从了。再说,珂赛特--她身上的女性气质正在萌芽--也很高兴成为男爵夫人。

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philosopher /fɪˈlɒsəfər/
n. 哲学家;善于思考的人
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bespattered /bɪˈspætəd/
adj. 溅污的;沾满污点的
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flatters /ˈflætəz/
v. 奉承;使满意
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militant /ˈmɪlɪtənt/
adj. 激进的;好战的
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republican /rɪˈpʌblɪkən/
n. 共和主义者;共和党人
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revolution /ˌrevəˈluːʃən/
n. 革命;重大变革
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detached /dɪˈtætʃt/
adj. 分离的;超然的
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colonel /ˈkɜːrnəl/
n. 上校(军衔)
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dawn /dɔːn/
v. 开始出现;变得明显
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delighted /dɪˈlaɪtɪd/
adj. 高兴的;愉快的
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Baroness /ˈbærənəs/
n. 女男爵;男爵夫人

“男爵先生?”巴斯克重复道,“我去看看。我去告诉他福施勒旺先生来了。”

🔊 "No. Do not tell him that it is I. Tell him that someone wishes to speak to him in private, and mention no name."

“不。别告诉他是我。就说有人想和他私下谈谈,别提名字。”

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private /ˈpraɪvɪt/
adj. 私人的;私下的;秘密的
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mention /ˈmenʃn/
v. 提到;说起
🔊 "Ah!" ejaculated Basque.

“啊!”巴斯克叫道。

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ejaculated /ɪˈdʒækjuleɪtɪd/
v. 突然说出;呼喊(旧用法)
🔊 "I wish to surprise him."

“我想给他一个惊喜。”

“啊!”巴斯克又叫道,这第二声“啊!”是对第一声的解释。然后他离开了房间。

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emitting /iˈmɪtɪŋ/
v. 发出(光、热、声音等)
🔊 Jean Valjean remained alone. The drawing-room, as we have just said, was in great disorder. It seemed as though, by lending an ear, one might still hear the vague noise of the wedding. On the polished floor lay all sorts of flowers which had fallen from garlands and headdresses. The wax candles, burned to stumps, added stalactites of wax to the crystal drops of the chandeliers. Not a single piece of furniture was in its place. In the corners, three or four armchairs, drawn close together in a circle, had the appearance of continuing a conversation. The whole effect was cheerful. A certain grace still lingers round a dead feast. It has been a happy thing. On the chairs in disarray, among those fading flowers, beneath those extinct lights, people have thought of joy. The sun had succeeded to the chandelier, and made its way gayly into the drawing-room. Several minutes elapsed. Jean Valjean stood motionless on the spot where Basque had left him. He was very pale. His eyes were hollow, and so sunken in his head by sleeplessness that they nearly disappeared in their orbits. His black coat bore the weary folds of a garment that has been up all night. The elbows were whitened with the down which the friction of cloth against linen leaves behind it. Jean Valjean stared at the window outlined on the polished floor at his feet by the sun. There came a sound at the door, and he raised his eyes. Marius entered, his head well up, his mouth smiling, an indescribable light on his countenance, his brow expanded, his eyes triumphant. He had not slept either.

冉阿让独自留下。客厅如前所述,一片凌乱。仿佛侧耳倾听,还能隐约听见婚礼的嘈杂声。打蜡地板上散落着从花环和头饰上掉落的各种花朵。蜡烛燃到了尽头,在枝形吊灯的水晶坠子上增添了一层蜡的钟乳石。没有一件家具在原位。角落里,三四把扶手椅挤成一圈,仿佛在继续交谈。整体气氛欢快。死去的盛宴周围仍留存着某种优雅。那曾是快乐的事。在凌乱的椅子上,在凋谢的花朵间,在熄灭的灯光下,人们曾想到过欢乐。太阳取代了吊灯,欢快地照进客厅。几分钟过去了。冉阿让一动不动地站在巴斯克离开他的地方。他脸色苍白。眼睛深陷,因失眠而深深凹进眼眶,几乎消失在眼窝里。他的黑色外套带着整夜未眠的疲惫褶皱。肘部因布料摩擦亚麻布而留下白色绒毛。冉阿让凝视着太阳在他脚下打蜡地板上投下的窗户轮廓。门口传来声音,他抬起眼睛。马吕斯走了进来,高昂着头,嘴角带着微笑,脸上有种难以形容的光彩,眉宇舒展,眼神得意。他也没有睡。

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vague /veɪɡ/
adj. 模糊的;含糊的
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garlands /ˈɡɑːrləndz/
n. 花环;花冠
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headdresses /ˈhɛdˌdrɛsɪz/
n. 头饰;头巾
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stalactites /ˈstæləktaɪts/
n. 钟乳石
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chandeliers /ˌʃændəˈlɪrz/
n. 枝形吊灯
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extinct /ɪkˈstɪŋkt/
adj. 灭绝的;熄灭的
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elapsed /ɪˈlæpst/
v. (时间)消逝
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motionless /ˈmoʊʃənləs/
adj. 不动的;静止的
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sunken /ˈsʌŋkən/
adj. 凹陷的;沉没的
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sleeplessness /ˈsliːpləsnəs/
n. 失眠
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weary /ˈwɪri/
adj. 疲倦的;厌倦的
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friction /ˈfrɪkʃən/
n. 摩擦;冲突
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indescribable /ˌɪndɪˈskraɪbəbəl/
adj. 难以描述的;无法形容的
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countenance /ˈkaʊntɪnəns/
n. 面容;表情
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triumphant /traɪˈʌmfənt/
adj. 胜利的;得意洋洋的
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orbits /ˈɔːrbɪts/
n. 眼眶;轨道
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disarray /ˌdɪsəˈreɪ/
n. 混乱;凌乱
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lingers /ˈlɪŋɡəz/
v. 逗留;继续存留
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down /daʊn/
n. 绒毛(尤指鸟类的细毛)
🔊 "It is you, father!" he exclaimed, on catching sight of Jean Valjean; "that idiot of a Basque had such a mysterious air! But you have come too early. It is only half past twelve. Cosette is asleep." That word: "Father," said to M. Fauchelevent by Marius, signified: supreme felicity. There had always existed, as the reader knows, a lofty wall, a coldness and a constraint between them; ice which must be broken or melted. Marius had reached that point of intoxication when the wall was lowered, when the ice dissolved, and when M. Fauchelevent was to him, as to Cosette, a father. He continued: his words poured forth, as is the peculiarity of divine paroxysms of joy. "How glad I am to see you! If you only knew how we missed you yesterday! Good morning, father. How is your hand? Better, is it not?" And, satisfied with the favorable reply which he had made to himself, he pursued: "We have both been talking about you. Cosette loves you so dearly! You must not forget that you have a chamber here. We want nothing more to do with the Rue de l'Homme Armé. We will have no more of it at all. How could you go to live in a street like that, which is sickly, which is disagreeable, which is ugly, which has a barrier at one end, where one is cold, and into which one cannot enter? You are to come and install yourself here. And this very day. Or you will have to deal with Cosette. She means to lead us all by the nose, I warn you. You have your own chamber here, it is close to ours, it opens on the garden; the trouble with the clock has been attended to, the bed is made, it is all ready, you have only to take possession of it. Near your bed Cosette has placed a huge, old, easy-chair covered with Utrecht velvet and she has said to it: "Stretch out your arms to him," A nightingale comes to the clump of acacias opposite your windows, every spring. In two months more you will have it. You will have its nest on your left and ours on your right. By night it will sing, and by day Cosette will prattle. Your chamber faces due South. Cosette will arrange your books for you, your Voyages of Captain Cook and the other-- Vancouver's and all your affairs. I believe that there is a little valise to which you are attached, I have fixed upon a corner of honor for that. You have conquered my grandfather, you suit him. We will live together. Do you play whist? you will overwhelm my grandfather with delight if you play whist. It is you who shall take Cosette to walk on the days when I am at the courts, you shall give her your arm, you know, as you used to, in the Luxembourg. We are absolutely resolved to be happy. And you shall be included in it, in our happiness, do you hear, father? Come, will you breakfast with us today?"

“是您,父亲!”他看到冉阿让时喊道,“那个笨小子巴斯克一副神秘兮兮的样子!但您来得太早了。现在才十二点半。珂赛特还在睡觉。”马吕斯对福施勒旺先生说的那句“父亲”,意味着无上的幸福。读者知道,他们之间一直存在一堵高墙,一种冷漠和隔阂;那是必须打破或融化的冰。马吕斯已到了如醉如痴的地步,那堵墙降低了,冰块融化了,福施勒旺先生对他来说,就像对珂赛特一样,成了一位父亲。他继续说道,话语倾泻而出,这是狂喜的特点。“见到您我真高兴!您不知道昨天我们多么想念您!早上好,父亲。您的手怎么样了?好些了,是吗?”他对自己给出的肯定回答很满意,又接着说:“我们俩一直在谈论您。珂赛特非常爱您!您别忘了,您在这里有一间房。我们再也不和武装人街打交道了。我们完全不要它了。您怎么能住在那样的街上呢?那条街又阴暗,又不舒服,又丑陋,尽头还有一道栅栏,又冷,还进不去?您要来住在这里。今天就搬来。否则珂赛特不会放过您的。我告诉您,她打算把我们都管得服服帖帖。您在这里有自己的房间,紧挨着我们的,对着花园;钟的毛病已经修好了,床也铺好了,一切就绪,您只需住进去就行了。在您床边,珂赛特放了一张很大的旧扶手椅,上面罩着乌得勒支天鹅绒,她对它说:‘向他伸出双臂吧。’每年春天,您窗前的合欢树丛里都会有一只夜莺唱歌。再过两个月您就能听到了。您左边将是它的巢,右边是我们的。晚上它唱歌,白天珂赛特叽叽喳喳说话。您的房间朝南。珂赛特会为您整理书籍,您的《库克船长航海记》和其他--温哥华的--所有东西。我相信您有一个心爱的小手提箱,我已经为它选定了一个荣誉角落。您征服了我祖父,他很中意您。我们将一起生活。您打惠斯特牌吗?如果您打惠斯特牌,那会让祖父无比高兴。我出庭的日子,由您带珂赛特去散步,您让她挽着您的胳膊,就像您以前在卢森堡公园那样。我们已下定决心要幸福。您也要分享我们的幸福,您听见了吗,父亲?来吧,今天和我们一起吃早餐好吗?”

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mysterious /mɪˈstɪriəs/
adj. 神秘的;难以理解的
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signified /ˈsɪɡnɪfaɪd/
v. 表示;意味着
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supreme /suːˈpriːm/
adj. 最高的;至上的
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felicity /fɪˈlɪsɪti/
n. 幸福;快乐
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lofty /ˈlɔːfti/
adj. 崇高的;高耸的
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constraint /kənˈstreɪnt/
n. 限制;约束
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intoxication /ɪnˌtɒksɪˈkeɪʃən/
n. 陶醉;醉酒
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dissolved /dɪˈzɒlvd/
v. 溶解;解散;消除
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peculiarity /pɪˌkjuːliˈærɪti/
n. 特点;古怪之处
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divine /dɪˈvaɪn/
adj. 神圣的;非凡的
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paroxysms /ˈpærəksɪzəmz/
n. 突发;发作(尤指大笑、愤怒等)
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favorable /ˈfeɪvərəbəl/
adj. 有利的;赞成的
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pursued /pərˈsuːd/
v. 追求;追赶;继续
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chamber /ˈtʃeɪmbər/
n. 房间;室
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install /ɪnˈstɔːl/
v. 安装;安置
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possession /pəˈzeʃən/
n. 拥有;财产
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velvet /ˈvelvɪt/
n. 天鹅绒
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nightingale /ˈnaɪtɪŋɡeɪl/
n. 夜莺
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clump /klʌmp/
n. 丛;块;团
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acacias /əˈkeɪʃəz/
n. 金合欢树(复数)
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prattle /ˈprætəl/
v. 闲聊;喋喋不休
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valise /vəˈliːz/
n. 小旅行箱;手提包
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overwhelm /ˌoʊvərˈwelm/
v. 使不知所措;压倒
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resolved /rɪˈzɒlvd/
adj. 下定决心的;解决的
🔊 "Sir," said Jean Valjean, "I have something to say to you. I am an ex-convict."

“先生,”冉阿让说,“我有话要对您讲。我曾是一个苦役犯。”

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ex-convict /ˌeksˈkɒnvɪkt/
n. 前科犯,曾被判刑的人

心灵的听觉和耳朵一样,也有超越可感知极限的时候。这些从福施勒旺先生口中说出、进入马吕斯耳中的话:“我曾是一个苦役犯”超出了可能的范围。他觉得自己好像刚刚听到了一些话,但不知道是什么。他张着嘴愣在那里。

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shrill /ʃrɪl/
adj. 尖锐的,刺耳的
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perceptible /pərˈseptəbl/
adj. 可察觉的,可感知的
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overleaped /ˌəʊvəˈliːpt/
v. 越过,跳过(过去分词)
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proceeding /prəˈsiːdɪŋ/
v. 进行,前进(现在分词)
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overshot /ˌəʊvəˈʃɒt/
v. 超过,越过(目标)(过去式)
🔊 Then he perceived that the man who was addressing him was frightful. Wholly absorbed in his own dazzled state, he had not, up to that moment, observed the other man's terrible pallor.

接着他发觉对他说话的那个人可怕极了。他一直沉浸在自我陶醉中,直到此时才注意到对方那可怕的苍白。

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perceived /pərˈsiːvd/
v. 察觉,意识到(过去式)
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addressing /əˈdresɪŋ/
v. 对……说话,向……致辞(现在分词)
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frightful /ˈfraɪtfl/
adj. 可怕的,令人恐惧的
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wholly /ˈhəʊli/
adv. 完全地,全部地
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absorbed /əbˈzɔːbd/
adj. 全神贯注的,被吸收的
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dazzled /ˈdæzld/
adj. 目眩的,眼花缭乱的
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observed /əbˈzɜːvd/
v. 观察,注意到(过去式)
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pallor /ˈpælə(r)/
n. 苍白(尤指脸色)
🔊 Jean Valjean untied the black cravat which supported his right arm, unrolled the linen from around his hand, bared his thumb and showed it to Marius.

冉阿让解下支撑右臂的黑色领带,解开手上的绷带,露出大拇指,给马吕斯看。

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untied /ʌnˈtaɪd/
v. 解开(过去式)
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cravat /krəˈvæt/
n. 领巾,领结
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supported /səˈpɔːrtɪd/
v. 支撑,支持(过去式)
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unrolled /ʌnˈrəʊld/
v. 展开,铺开(过去式)
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linen /ˈlɪnɪn/
n. 亚麻布,亚麻制品
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bared /beərd/
v. 使裸露,露出(过去式)

“我的手没什么事,”他说。

马吕斯看着拇指。

“它从来就没有任何问题,”冉阿让继续说。事实上,没有任何受伤的痕迹。

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trace /treɪs/
n. 痕迹,踪迹
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injury /ˈɪndʒəri/
n. 伤害,损伤
🔊 Jean Valjean continued: "It was fitting that I should be absent from your marriage. I absented myself as much as was in my power. So I invented this injury in order that I might not commit a forgery, that I might not introduce a flaw into the marriage documents, in order that I might escape from signing."

冉阿让继续说道:“我应该不出席你们的婚礼。我已尽力回避了。所以我编造了这个伤,以免犯伪造文书罪,以免在婚姻文件上留下瑕疵,以便逃避签字。”

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continued /kənˈtɪnjuːd/
v. 继续(过去式)
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fitting /ˈfɪtɪŋ/
adj. 合适的,恰当的
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absent /ˈæbsənt/
adj. 缺席的,不在的
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absented /æbˈsentɪd/
v. 使缺席,离开(过去式)
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invented /ɪnˈventɪd/
v. 发明,编造(过去式)
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commit /kəˈmɪt/
v. 犯(罪、错误),承诺
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forgery /ˈfɔːrdʒəri/
n. 伪造,伪造品
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flaw /flɔː/
n. 缺陷,瑕疵
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documents /ˈdɒkjəmənts/
n. 文件,文档(复数)
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escape /ɪˈskeɪp/
v. 逃跑,逃避
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signing /ˈsaɪnɪŋ/
v. 签署(现在分词)
🔊 Marius stammered. "What is the meaning of this?"

马吕斯结结巴巴地说:“这是什么意思?”

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stammered /ˈstæməd/
v. 结结巴巴地说(过去式)
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meaning /ˈmiːnɪŋ/
n. 意义,含义
🔊 "The meaning of it is," replied Jean Valjean, "that I have been in the galleys."

“意思是,”冉阿让回答,“我曾被关在苦役犯监狱里。”

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replied /rɪˈplaɪd/
v. 回答(过去式)
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galleys /ˈɡæliz/
n. 苦役船(复数)
🔊 "You are driving me mad!" exclaimed Marius in terror.

“您要逼我发疯!”马吕斯惊恐地喊道。

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exclaimed /ɪkˈskleɪmd/
v. 呼喊,惊叫(过去式)
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terror /ˈterə(r)/
n. 恐怖,惊恐

“彭眉胥先生,”冉阿让说,“我在苦役犯监狱里待了十九年。因为盗窃。后来,我又因再次偷窃被判处终身苦役。目前,我违反了我的假释规定。”

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theft /θeft/
n. 偷窃,盗窃罪
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condemned /kənˈdemd/
v. 判刑,谴责(过去式)
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offence /əˈfens/
n. 犯罪,冒犯
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ban /bæn/
n. 禁令,禁止
🔊 In vain did Marius recoil before the reality, refuse the fact, resist the evidence, he was forced to give way. He began to understand, and, as always happens in such cases, he understood too much. An inward shudder of hideous enlightenment flashed through him; an idea which made him quiver traversed his mind. He caught a glimpse of a wretched destiny for himself in the future.

马吕斯徒劳地避开了现实,拒绝接受事实,抗拒证据,但最终还是被迫让步。他开始明白了,而且就像在这种情况下常发生的那样,他明白得太多了。一种可怕的、令人恍然大悟的内心战栗闪过他的脑海;一个让他战栗的想法穿过他的心灵。他看到了自己未来悲惨的命运。

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recoil /rɪˈkɔɪl/
v. 退缩,畏缩
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reality /riˈæləti/
n. 现实,实际
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refuse /rɪˈfjuːz/
v. 拒绝,回绝
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resist /rɪˈzɪst/
v. 抵抗,抗拒
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evidence /ˈevɪdəns/
n. 证据,迹象
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inward /ˈɪnwəd/
adj. 内心的,向内的
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shudder /ˈʃʌdə(r)/
n. 颤抖,战栗
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hideous /ˈhɪdiəs/
adj. 极其丑恶的,可怕的
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enlightenment /ɪnˈlaɪtnmənt/
n. 启发,启迪
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flashed /flæʃt/
v. 闪现,闪烁(过去式)
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quiver /ˈkwɪvə(r)/
v. 颤抖,抖动
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traversed /trəˈvɜːst/
v. 穿过,横越(过去式)
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glimpse /ɡlɪmps/
n. 一瞥,瞥见
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wretched /ˈretʃɪd/
adj. 悲惨的,不幸的
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destiny /ˈdestəni/
n. 命运,天命
🔊 "Say all, say all!" he cried. "You are Cosette's father!" And he retreated a couple of paces with a movement of indescribable horror.

“全说出来,全说出来!”他喊道,“您是珂赛特的父亲!”然后他向后倒退了两步,带着一种难以形容的恐惧动作。

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retreated /rɪˈtriːtɪd/
v. 撤退,后退(过去式)
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paces /ˈpeɪsɪz/
n. 步,步伐(复数)
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movement /ˈmuːvmənt/
n. 移动,动作
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horror /ˈhɒrə(r)/
n. 恐怖,惊恐
🔊 Jean Valjean elevated his head with so much majesty of attitude that he seemed to grow even to the ceiling. "It is necessary that you should believe me here, sir; although our oath to others may not be received in law--" Here he paused, then, with a sort of sovereign and sepulchral authority, he added, articulating slowly, and emphasizing the syllables: "-- You will believe me. I the father of Cosette! before God, no. Monsieur le Baron Pontmercy, I am a peasant of Faverolles. I earned my living by pruning trees. My name is not Fauchelevent, but Jean Valjean. I am not related to Cosette. Reassure yourself."

冉阿让昂起头,姿态如此威严,仿佛长高到了天花板。“先生,您必须相信我现在说的话;尽管我们向别人作的誓言在法律上可能不被接受--”他停顿了一下,然后带着一种至高无上的、坟墓般的权威,慢慢地说,加重了每个音节:“--您会相信我的。我是珂赛特的父亲?在上帝面前,不是。男爵先生彭眉胥,我是法弗罗勒的一名农民。我以修剪树木为生。我的名字不是割风,而是冉阿让。我与珂赛特没有血缘关系。请放心。”

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elevated /ˈelɪveɪtɪd/
v. 举起,抬高(过去式)
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majesty /ˈmædʒəsti/
n. 庄严,威严
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attitude /ˈætɪtjuːd/
n. 态度,姿态
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ceiling /ˈsiːlɪŋ/
n. 天花板,上限
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oath /əʊθ/
n. 誓言,誓约
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received /rɪˈsiːvd/
v. 收到,接受(过去分词)
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law /lɔː/
n. 法律,法规
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paused /pɔːzd/
v. 暂停,停顿(过去式)
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sovereign /ˈsɒvrɪn/
adj. 至高无上的,君主般的
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sepulchral /sɪˈpʌlkrəl/
adj. 坟墓般的,阴沉的
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authority /ɔːˈθɒrəti/
n. 权威,权力
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added /ˈædɪd/
v. 补充说,增加(过去式)
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articulating /ɑːˈtɪkjuleɪtɪŋ/
v. 清晰地发音,表达(现在分词)
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emphasizing /ˈemfəsaɪzɪŋ/
v. 强调,着重(现在分词)
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syllables /ˈsɪləblz/
n. 音节(复数)
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peasant /ˈpeznt/
n. 农民,乡民
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earned /ɜːnd/
v. 赚得,获得(过去式)
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pruning /ˈpruːnɪŋ/
v. 修剪(现在分词)
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related /rɪˈleɪtɪd/
adj. 相关的,有亲戚关系的
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reassure /ˌriːəˈʃʊə(r)/
v. 使安心,安慰

马吕斯结结巴巴地说:“谁能向我证明这一点?”

🔊 "I. Since I tell you so."

“我自己。既然我这样告诉你。”

🔊 Marius looked at the man. He was melancholy yet tranquil. No lie could proceed from such a calm. That which is icy is sincere. The truth could be felt in that chill of the tomb. "I believe you," said Marius.

马吕斯看着这个人。他忧郁而平静。如此平静的人不可能说谎。那种坟墓般的寒冷却让人感受到真实。“我相信您,”马吕斯说。

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melancholy /ˈmelənkɒli/
adj. 忧郁的,悲伤的
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tranquil /ˈtræŋkwɪl/
adj. 平静的,宁静的
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proceed /prəˈsiːd/
v. 进行,继续;发生
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sincere /sɪnˈsɪə(r)/
adj. 真诚的,诚挚的
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tomb /tuːm/
n. 坟墓,墓穴

冉阿让低下头,仿佛记下了这一点,然后继续说道:“我对珂赛特来说是什么?一个过路人。十年前,我并不知道她的存在。我爱她,这是真的。一个人在自己年老时,会对一个自己小时候见过的小孩产生爱。人老了,就会感觉自己对所有小孩都像个祖父。在我看来,您可能会认为我有一颗类似心灵的东西。她是个孤儿。没有父亲也没有母亲。她需要我。这就是我开始爱她的原因。孩子们是那么弱小,随便什么人,甚至像我这样的人,都可以成为他们的保护者。我对珂赛特尽了这个责任。我不认为这么一件小事可以算作善行;但如果这算善行,好吧,就算我做过了。请记下这个减轻情节。如今,珂赛特离开了我的生活;我们的路分开了。从今以后,我不能再为她做什么了。她是彭眉胥夫人了。她的天意已经改变了。而珂赛特会因这个改变而受益。一切顺利。至于那六十万法郎,您没有向我提起,但我要先于您的想法告诉您,那是一笔存款。那笔存款是怎么到我手里的?那有什么关系?我把存款归还了。不能再要求我什么了。我通过宣布我的真名完成了归还。这与我有关。我有理由希望您知道我是谁。”冉阿让直视马吕斯的脸。

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passerby /ˌpɑːsərˈbaɪ/
n. 路人,过路人
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existence /ɪɡˈzɪstəns/
n. 存在;生活
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resembles /rɪˈzembəlz/
v. 类似于,像(第三人称单数)
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orphan /ˈɔːrfn/
n. 孤儿
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protector /prəˈtektə(r)/
n. 保护者,保护人
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fulfilled /fʊlˈfɪld/
v. 履行,实现(过去式)
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slight /slaɪt/
adj. 轻微的,微小的
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attenuating /əˈtenjueɪtɪŋ/
adj. 减轻的,减弱的
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circumstance /ˈsɜːrkəmstæns/
n. 环境,情况,境况
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henceforth /ˌhensˈfɔːrθ/
adv. 从此以后,今后
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providence /ˈprɒvɪdəns/
n. 天意,天道,上帝
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forestall /fɔːrˈstɔːl/
v. 预先阻止,先发制人
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deposit /dɪˈpɒzɪt/
n. 存款,押金,沉淀物
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restore /rɪˈstɔːr/
v. 恢复,归还,修复
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demanded /dɪˈmɑːndɪd/
v. 要求,需要(过去式)
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restitution /ˌrestɪˈtjuːʃn/
n. 归还,赔偿,恢复原状
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announcing /əˈnaʊnsɪŋ/
v. 宣布,通告(动名词)
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concerns /kənˈsɜːrnz/
v. 涉及,关系到(第三人称单数)
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desiring /dɪˈzaɪərɪŋ/
v. 渴望,期望(动名词)

马吕斯所经历的是混乱和不连贯的。命运的某些阵风会在我们的灵魂中激起这样的波澜。我们都经历过心灵纷乱的时刻,内心的一切都四散;我们脱口而出最先想到的话,那些话并不总是应该说的话。有些突如其来的启示,人无法承受,它们像有毒的酒一样令人陶醉。马吕斯被眼前出现的全新情况惊呆了,以至于他几乎像对一个因这次坦白而生气的人那样对那个人说话。

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tumultuous /tjuːˈmʌltʃuəs/
adj. 混乱的,动荡的,喧闹的
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incoherent /ˌɪnkəʊˈhɪərənt/
adj. 不连贯的,语无伦次的
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gusts /ɡʌsts/
n. 一阵强风,阵风(复数)
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billows /ˈbɪləʊz/
n. 巨浪,波涛(复数)
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undergone /ˌʌndəˈɡɒn/
v. 经历,遭受(过去分词)
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dispersed /dɪˈspɜːrst/
v. 分散,驱散(过去式)
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precisely /prɪˈsaɪsli/
adv. 精确地,恰恰
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revelations /ˌrevəˈleɪʃnz/
n. 揭露,启示(复数)
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intoxicate /ɪnˈtɒksɪkeɪt/
v. 使陶醉,使中毒
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baleful /ˈbeɪlfl/
adj. 有害的,恶意的,凶兆的
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stupefied /ˈstjuːpɪfaɪd/
v. 使惊呆,使茫然(过去式)
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novel /ˈnɒvl/
adj. 新颖的,新奇的
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presented /prɪˈzentɪd/
v. 呈现,提出(过去式)
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avowal /əˈvaʊəl/
n. 公开承认,声明

“但是为什么,”他喊道,“您要告诉我这一切?谁强迫您这样做?您本可以保守您的秘密。您既没有被告发,也没有被跟踪或追捕。您有理由无缘无故地做出这样的揭露。结论。还有更多。您是在什么情况下做这个忏悔的?您的动机是什么?”

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denounced /dɪˈnaʊnst/
v. 指责,告发(过去式)
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tracked /trækt/
v. 追踪,跟踪(过去式)
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wantonly /ˈwɒntənli/
adv. 恣意地,恶意地,无节制地
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confession /kənˈfeʃn/
n. 忏悔,供认,坦白
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motive /ˈməʊtɪv/
n. 动机,目的
🔊 "My motive?" replied Jean Valjean in a voice so low and dull that one would have said that he was talking to himself rather than to Marius. "From what motive, in fact, has this convict just said 'I am a convict'? Well, yes! the motive is strange. It is out of honesty. Stay, the unfortunate point is that I have a thread in my heart, which keeps me fast. It is when one is old that that sort of thread is particularly solid. All life falls in ruin around one; one resists. Had I been able to tear out that thread, to break it, to undo the knot or to cut it, to go far away, I should have been safe. I had only to go away; there are diligences in the Rue Bouloy; you are happy; I am going. I have tried to break that thread, I have jerked at it, it would not break, I tore my heart with it. Then I said: "I cannot live anywhere else than here." I must stay. Well, yes, you are right, I am a fool, why not simply remain here? You offer me a chamber in this house, Madame Pontmercy is sincerely attached to me, she said to the armchair: "Stretch out your arms to him," your grandfather demands nothing better than to have me, I suit him, we shall live together, and take our meals in common, I shall give Cosette my arm-- Madame Pontmercy, excuse me, it is a habit, we shall have but one roof, one table, one fire, the same chimney-corner in winter, the same promenade in summer, that is joy, that is happiness, that is everything. We shall live as one family. One family!" At that word, Jean Valjean became wild. He folded his arms, glared at the floor beneath his feet as though he would have excavated an abyss therein, and his voice suddenly rose in thundering tones: "As one family! No. I belong to no family. I do not belong to yours. I do not belong to any family of men. In houses where people are among themselves, I am superfluous. There are families, but there is nothing of the sort for me. I am an unlucky wretch; I am left outside. Did I have a father and mother? I almost doubt it. On the day when I gave that child in marriage, all came to an end. I have seen her happy, and that she is with a man whom she loves, and that there exists here a kind old man, a household of two angels, and all joys in that house, and that it was well, I said to myself: "Enter thou not." I could have lied, it is true, have deceived you all, and remained Monsieur Fauchelevent. So long as it was for her, I could lie; but now it would be for myself, and I must not. It was sufficient for me to hold my peace, it is true, and all would go on. You ask me what has forced me to speak? a very odd thing; my conscience. To hold my peace was very easy, however.

“我的动机?”冉阿让用低沉而模糊的声音回答,仿佛是在自言自语而非对马吕斯说话。“这个苦役犯刚才说‘我是苦役犯’,究竟是出于什么动机?好吧,是的!动机很奇怪。是出于诚实。等一下,不幸的是,我心中有一根线,它牢牢地拴住了我。人老的时候,那种线特别牢固。当身边的一切都分崩离析,人会抗拒。如果我能把那根线扯出来,折断它,解开或切断那个结,然后远远走开,我就安全了。我本可以一走了之;波洛瓦街有公共马车;您很幸福;我要走了。我曾试图扯断那根线,我拉拽它,但它不断,我的心被它撕裂了。于是我对自己说:‘我除了这里哪里也活不下去。’我必须留下来。好吧,是的,您是对的,我是个傻瓜,为什么不干脆留在这里呢?您在这座房子里给我了一个房间,彭眉胥夫人真心依恋我,她对扶手椅说:‘向他伸出双臂吧’,您的祖父只希望我留下,我合他的意,我们将一起生活,一起吃饭,我给珂赛特挽着胳膊--彭眉胥夫人,请原谅,这是习惯了--我们将拥有同一个屋顶、同一张桌子、同一炉火,冬天同一个壁炉角,夏天同样的散步,那是欢乐,那是幸福,那是一切。我们将像一家人一样生活。一家人!”说到这个词,冉阿让变得狂野。他交叉双臂,盯着脚下的地板,仿佛要在那里挖出一个深渊,他的声音突然像雷霆一样响亮:“像一家人!不。我对自己说:‘你不要进去。’我本可以撒谎,真的,欺骗你们所有人,继续做割风先生。只要是为了她,我可以撒谎;但现在这是为了我自己,我不能撒谎。我本可以保持沉默,真的,一切都会继续。您问我是什么迫使我说话?一件非常奇怪的事:我的良心。保持沉默本来很容易。

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convict /ˈkɒnvɪkt/
n. 囚犯,罪犯
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jerked /dʒɜːrkt/
v. 猛拉,急拉(过去式)
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attached /əˈtætʃt/
adj. 依恋的,附属的
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promenade /ˌprɒməˈnɑːd/
n. 散步场所,海滨大道
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glared /ɡleəd/
v. 怒视,瞪眼(过去式)
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excavated /ˈekskəveɪtɪd/
v. 挖掘,开凿(过去式)
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abyss /əˈbɪs/
n. 深渊,无底洞
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thundering /ˈθʌndərɪŋ/
adj. 雷鸣般的,轰隆隆的
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superfluous /suːˈpɜːrfluəs/
adj. 多余的,不必要的
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wretch /retʃ/
n. 可怜的人,不幸的人
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deceived /dɪˈsiːvd/
v. 欺骗,蒙骗(过去式)
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conscience /ˈkɒnʃəns/
n. 良心,道德心
🔊 I passed the night in trying to persuade myself to it; you questioned me, and what I have just said to you is so extraordinary that you have the right to do it; well, yes, I have passed the night in alleging reasons to myself, and I gave myself very good reasons, I have done what I could. But there are two things in which I have not succeeded; in breaking the thread that holds me fixed, riveted and sealed here by the heart, or in silencing someone who speaks softly to me when I am alone. That is why I have come hither to tell you everything this morning. Everything or nearly everything. It is useless to tell you that which concerns only myself; I keep that to myself. You know the essential points. So I have taken my mystery and have brought it to you. And I have disembowelled my secret before your eyes. It was not a resolution that was easy to take. I struggled all night long. Ah! you think that I did not tell myself that this was no Champmathieu affair, that by concealing my name I was doing no one any injury, that the name of Fauchelevent had been given to me by Fauchelevent himself, out of gratitude for a service rendered to him, and that I might assuredly keep it, and that I should be happy in that chamber which you offer me, that I should not be in anyone's way, that I should be in my own little corner, and that, while you would have Cosette, I should have the idea that I was in the same house with her. Each one of us would have had his share of happiness. If I continued to be Monsieur Fauchelevent, that would arrange everything. Yes, with the exception of my soul. There was joy everywhere upon my surface, but the bottom of my soul remained black. It is not enough to be happy, one must be content. Thus I should have remained Monsieur Fauchelevent, thus I should have concealed my true visage, thus, in the presence of your expansion, I should have had an enigma, thus, in the midst of your full noonday, I should have had shadows, thus, without crying "ware," I should have simply introduced the galleys to your fireside, I should have taken my seat at your table with the thought that if you knew who I were, you would drive me from it, I should have allowed myself to be served by domestics who, had they known, would have said: 'How horrible!' I should have touched you with my elbow, which you have a right to dislike, I should have filched your clasps of the hand! There would have existed in your house a division of respect between venerable white locks and tainted white locks; at your most intimate hours, when all hearts thought themselves open to the very bottom to all the rest, when we four were together, your grandfather, you two and myself, a stranger would have been present!

我整夜都在试图说服自己;您质问我,我对您说的话如此离奇,您有权这样做;好吧,是的,我整夜都在找理由说服自己,我给自己找了很多很好的理由,我尽力而为了。但是有两件事我没能做到:一是扯断那根把我固定、铆住、封在这里的线,我的心脏被它牵住;二是在我独自一人时,让那个温柔对我说话的声音沉默。这就是为什么我今天早上来这里把所有事情都告诉您。所有事情,或者说几乎所有事情。告诉您那些只与我有关的事是无用的,我自己保留着。您知道了关键点。所以我拿出我的秘密,把它带到您面前。我在您面前剖开了我的秘密。采取这个决定并不容易。我挣扎了整整一夜。啊!您以为我没对自己说过,这不是尚马秋事件,我隐瞒姓名不会伤害任何人,割风这个名字是割风本人给我的,因为他感谢我帮他做了一件事,我当然可以保留它,我在您给我的那个房间里会很幸福,我不会妨碍任何人,我可以在自己的小角落里,而您有珂赛特,我会想着我和她在同一座房子里。我们每个人都有一份幸福。如果我继续做割风先生,一切都会安排妥当。是的,除了我的灵魂。表面上到处是欢乐,但我的灵魂深处仍然是黑暗的。仅仅幸福是不够的,还必须满足。因此,如果我继续做割风先生,如果我隐藏我的真面目,那么在您的喜悦面前,我就会有一个谜,在您的正午阳光下,我就会有阴影,我就会不加警告地把苦役犯监狱带到您的炉边,我会坐在您的餐桌旁,心想如果你们知道我是谁,你们会把我赶走,我会让那些知道我底细就会说‘多么可怕!’的仆人服侍我,我会用胳膊肘碰您,而您有权反感,我会窃取您的握手!在您家里,对可敬的白发和污浊的白发会存在一种尊敬上的划分;在最亲密的时刻,当所有的心都以为彼此完全敞开心扉时,当我们四个人--您祖父、你们两个和我--在一起时,一个陌生人就会在场!

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extraordinary /ɪkˈstrɔːrdəneri/
adj. 非凡的,特别的
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alleging /əˈledʒɪŋ/
v. 断言,声称(动名词)
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riveted /ˈrɪvɪtɪd/
v. 铆接,固定,吸引(过去式)
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sealed /siːld/
v. 密封,封住(过去式)
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silencing /ˈsaɪlənsɪŋ/
v. 使沉默,压制(动名词)
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hither /ˈhɪðər/
adv. 到这里(古语或正式)
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disembowelled /ˌdɪsɪmˈbaʊəld/
v. 取出内脏,剖腹(过去分词)
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resolution /ˌrezəˈluːʃn/
n. 决心,决议,分辨率
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concealing /kənˈsiːlɪŋ/
v. 隐藏,掩盖(动名词)
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gratitude /ˈɡrætɪtjuːd/
n. 感激,感谢
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rendered /ˈrendərd/
v. 提供,给予,使得(过去式)
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assuredly /əˈʃʊərɪdli/
adv. 确信地,无疑地
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visage /ˈvɪzɪdʒ/
n. 面容,面貌(正式)
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expansion /ɪkˈspænʃn/
n. 扩张,扩展,膨胀
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enigma /ɪˈnɪɡmə/
n. 谜,不可思议的事物
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domestics /dəˈmestɪks/
n. 仆人,佣人(复数)
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filched /fɪltʃt/
v. 偷窃(小物品)(过去式)
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clasps /klɑːsps/
n. 钩子,扣子,紧握(复数)
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venerable /ˈvenərəbl/
adj. 令人尊敬的,古老的
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tainted /ˈteɪntɪd/
adj. 污染的,受玷污的
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intimate /ˈɪntɪmət/
adj. 亲密的,私密的
🔊 I should have been side by side with you in your existence, having for my only care not to disarrange the cover of my dreadful pit. Thus, I, a dead man, should have thrust myself upon you who are living beings. I should have condemned her to myself forever. You and Cosette and I would have had all three of our heads in the green cap! Does it not make you shudder? I am only the most crushed of men; I should have been the most monstrous of men. And I should have committed that crime every day! And I should have had that face of night upon my visage every day! every day! And I should have communicated to you a share in my taint every day! every day! to you, my dearly beloved, my children, to you, my innocent creatures! Is it nothing to hold one's peace? is it a simple matter to keep silence? No, it is not simple. There is a silence which lies. And my lie, and my fraud and my indignity, and my cowardice and my treason and my crime, I should have drained drop by drop, I should have spit it out, then swallowed it again, I should have finished at midnight and have begun again at midday, and my 'good morning' would have lied, and my 'good night' would have lied, and I should have slept on it, I should have eaten it, with my bread, and I should have looked Cosette in the face, and I should have responded to the smile of the angel by the smile of the damned soul, and I should have been an abominable villain! Why should I do it? in order to be happy. In order to be happy. Have I the right to be happy? I stand outside of life, sir."

我会与你们同在你们的生活中,唯一的担心就是不要弄乱我可怕深坑的盖子。这样,我一个死人,就会强加在您这些活人身上。我会永远把自己强加给她。您、珂赛特和我,我们三个人都会戴着苦役犯的绿帽子!这不让您战栗吗?我本来只是最受压迫的人,却会成为最骇人听闻的人。而且我会每天都犯这个罪!每天我都会在脸上带着那张黑夜的面孔!每天!每天我都会把一部分污秽传给你们!给亲爱的你们,我的孩子们,无辜的你们!保持沉默是微不足道的吗?保持沉默是简单的事吗?不,不简单。有一种沉默是谎言。而我的谎言、我的欺诈、我的卑劣、我的怯懦、我的背叛和我的罪行,我会一滴滴地饮下,我会把它吐出来,再吞下去,我会在午夜结束,又在正午重新开始,我的“早安”会是谎言,我的“晚安”也是谎言,我会枕着它睡觉,我会就着面包吃下它,我会看着珂赛特的脸,我会用堕落灵魂的微笑回应天使的微笑,我会是一个可憎的恶棍!我为什么要这样做?为了幸福。为了幸福。我有权幸福吗?我已被排除在生命之外,先生。”

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disarrange /ˌdɪsəˈreɪndʒ/
v. 弄乱,扰乱
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dreadful /ˈdredfl/
adj. 可怕的,糟糕的
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thrust /θrʌst/
v. 猛推,刺,插入(过去分词)
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monstrous /ˈmɒnstrəs/
adj. 可怕的,巨大的,丑恶的
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taint /teɪnt/
n. 污点,污染,腐败
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fraud /frɔːd/
n. 欺诈,骗局
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indignity /ɪnˈdɪɡnəti/
n. 侮辱,轻蔑
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cowardice /ˈkaʊərdɪs/
n. 懦弱,胆小
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treason /ˈtriːzn/
n. 叛国罪,背叛
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drained /dreɪnd/
v. 排干,耗尽(过去分词)
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damned /dæmd/
adj. 该死的,受诅咒的
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abominable /əˈbɒmɪnəbl/
adj. 可恶的,令人憎厌的
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villain /ˈvɪlən/
n. 恶棍,反派角色

冉阿让停住了。马吕斯听着。这种思绪和痛苦的链条无法中断。冉阿让再次压低声音,但不再是低沉的声音--而是一种阴森的声音。“您问我为什么要说话?您说我没被告发,没被跟踪,没被追捕。是的!我被告发了!是的!我被跟踪了!被谁?被我自己。是我阻挡了自己的去路,我拖着自己,我推着自己,我逮捕自己,我处决自己,而当一个人抓住自己时,他抓住得很牢。”然后他一把抓住自己衣领的后颈,扯向马吕斯:“您看见这只拳头了吗?”他继续说,“您不觉得它这样抓住领子就放不开了吗?好了!良心是另一种抓法!如果想要幸福,先生,就绝不要理解责任;因为一旦理解,责任就是无情的。你会说它惩罚你理解了它;但不对,它奖励你;因为它把你放进一个地狱,在那里你感觉上帝就在你身边。一旦一个人撕裂了自己的五脏六腑,他就与自己和好了。”

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anguishes /ˈæŋɡwɪʃɪz/
n. 极大的痛苦,煎熬(复数)
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sinister /ˈsɪnɪstər/
adj. 邪恶的,不吉利的
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bar /bɑːr/
v. 阻挡,禁止
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arrest /əˈrest/
v. 逮捕,阻止
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execute /ˈeksɪkjuːt/
v. 执行,处决
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nape /neɪp/
n. 后颈,颈背
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grasp /ɡrɑːsp/
n. 抓,理解,控制
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desires /dɪˈzaɪərz/
v. 渴望(第三人称单数)
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comprehended /ˌkɒmprɪˈhendɪd/
v. 理解,领悟(过去式)
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implacable /ɪmˈplækəbl/
adj. 不可平息的,无情的
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lacerated /ˈlæsəreɪtɪd/
v. 撕裂,划伤(过去分词)
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entrails /ˈentreɪlz/
n. 内脏(复数)

然后,他带着悲痛的语调补充道:“彭眉胥先生,这不合常理,但我是个诚实的人。通过在你眼中贬低自己,我在自己眼中抬高了。以前也发生过一次,但那次不那么痛苦;那只是小事一桩。是的,一个诚实的人。如果因为我的过错,您继续尊重我,我就不会如此;现在您鄙视我,所以我才是诚实的。我注定了这样一个命运:我永远只能得到偷来的尊重,而那种尊重让我感到耻辱,在内心里压垮我,而为了让我尊重自己,我必须被鄙视。然后我才能重新挺直腰板。我是一个服从良心的苦役船上的奴隶。我知道这非常不可能。但您要我怎么办?事实如此。我对自己有过承诺;我遵守它们。有些相遇会束缚我们,有些偶然会让我们承担起责任。您看,彭眉胥先生,在我的一生中发生过各种各样的事情。”

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poignant /ˈpɔɪnjənt/
adj. 辛酸的,尖锐的,深刻的
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degrading /dɪˈɡreɪdɪŋ/
adj. 有失身份的,可耻的
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elevate /ˈelɪveɪt/
v. 提升,提高,振奋
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esteem /ɪˈstiːm/
v. 尊重,尊敬
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despise /dɪˈspaɪz/
v. 鄙视,厌恶
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fatality /fəˈtæləti/
n. 致命性,厄运,死亡事故
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humiliates /hjuːˈmɪlieɪts/
v. 羞辱,使丢脸(第三人称单数)
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inwardly /ˈɪnwərdli/
adv. 内心地,在内部
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improbable /ɪmˈprɒbəbl/
adj. 不可能的,未必发生的
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engagements /ɪnˈɡeɪdʒmənts/
n. 约定,订婚,交战(复数)
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encounters /ɪnˈkaʊntərz/
n. 遭遇,邂逅(复数)
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bind /baɪnd/
v. 捆绑,约束
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galley-slave /ˈɡæli sleɪv/
n. (历史上)划船奴隶
🔊 Again Jean Valjean paused, swallowing his saliva with an effort, as though his words had a bitter aftertaste, and then he went on: "When one has such a horror hanging over one, one has not the right to make others share it without their knowledge, one has not the right to make them slip over one's own precipice without their perceiving it, one has not the right to let one's red blouse drag upon them, one has no right to slyly encumber with one's misery the happiness of others. It is hideous to approach those who are healthy, and to touch them in the dark with one's ulcer. In spite of the fact that Fauchelevent lent me his name, I have no right to use it; he could give it to me, but I could not take it. A name is an I. You see, sir, that I have thought somewhat, I have read a little, although I am a peasant; and you see that I express myself properly. I understand things. I have procured myself an education. Well, yes, to abstract a name and to place oneself under it is dishonest. Letters of the alphabet can be filched, like a purse or a watch. To be a false signature in flesh and blood, to be a living false key, to enter the house of honest people by picking their lock, never more to look straightforward, to forever eye askance, to be infamous within the I, no! no! no! no! no! It is better to suffer, to bleed, to weep, to tear one's skin from the flesh with one's nails, to pass nights writhing in anguish, to devour oneself body and soul. That is why I have just told you all this. Wantonly, as you say." He drew a painful breath, and hurled this final word: "In days gone by, I stole a loaf of bread in order to live; today, in order to live, I will not steal a name."

冉阿让又停了一下,费力地咽了口唾沫,仿佛他的话有苦涩的后味,然后他继续说:“当一个人身上有这样的恐怖时,他就没有权利在别人不知情的情况下让他们分担,没有权利让他们在不知不觉中滑入自己的深渊,没有权利让自己的红囚衣拖到他们身上,没有权利暗中用自己的不幸来妨碍别人的幸福。靠近健康的人,在黑暗中用自己的溃疡触碰他们,这是丑恶的。尽管割风借给我他的名字,但我没有权利使用它;他可以把它给我,但我不能接受。名字就是自我。您看,先生,我想了一些事,读过一点书,虽然我是个农民;您看我表达得还算清楚。我理解事物。我让自己受了些教育。好吧,是的,窃取一个名字并把它安在自己头上是不诚实的。字母可以像钱包或手表一样被偷。成为血肉之躯的假签名,成为一把活假钥匙,通过撬锁进入诚实人的家,永远不再直视前方,永远斜着眼看,在自我内部变得声名狼藉,不!不!不!不!不!最好是受苦、流血、哭泣、用手指把皮肉撕裂、在痛苦中煎熬整夜、吞噬自己整个身心。这就是为什么我刚才把所有事情都告诉了您。如您所说,无缘无故。”他痛苦地吸了一口气,抛出了最后这句话:“过去,我偷了一条面包来活命;今天,为了活下去,我不会偷一个名字。”

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saliva /səˈlaɪvə/
n. 唾液,口水
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aftertaste /ˈɑːftəteɪst/
n. 回味,余味
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precipice /ˈpresɪpɪs/
n. 悬崖,绝境
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perceiving /pərˈsiːvɪŋ/
v. 感知,察觉(动名词)
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slyly /ˈslaɪli/
adv. 狡猾地,偷偷地
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encumber /ɪnˈkʌmbər/
v. 妨碍,拖累,使负担
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misery /ˈmɪzəri/
n. 痛苦,悲惨
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ulcer /ˈʌlsər/
n. 溃疡,疮
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procured /prəˈkjʊərd/
v. 获得,取得(过去式)
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abstract /ˈæbstrækt/
v. 提取,抽象化,摘要
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askance /əˈskæns/
adv. 怀疑地,斜视地
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infamous /ˈɪnfəməs/
adj. 臭名昭著的,声名狼藉的
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writhing /ˈraɪðɪŋ/
v. 扭动,痛苦地翻滚(动名词)
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anguish /ˈæŋɡwɪʃ/
n. 剧痛,极度痛苦
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devour /dɪˈvaʊər/
v. 吞噬,狼吞虎咽
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hurled /hɜːrld/
v. 猛投,大声叫嚷(过去式)

“活下去!”马吕斯打断道,“您不需要那个名字也能活下去啊?”

“啊!我明白您的话,”冉阿让说,连续几次抬起又低下他的头。一阵沉默。两人都默不作声,各自沉浸在思想的深渊中。马吕斯坐在一张桌子旁,嘴角靠在一个弯曲的手指上。冉阿让踱来踱去。他在一面镜子前停下,一动不动。然后,仿佛在回答某种内心的推理,他凝视着那面他并未真正看见的镜子说道:“而现在,我松了一口气。”他又开始踱步,走到客厅的另一端。当他转过身来时,他发觉马吕斯正在观察他走路。于是他带着一种难以形容的语调说:“我的腿有点跛。现在您明白为什么了!”

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succession /səkˈseʃn/
n. 连续,继承,一连串
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ensued /ɪnˈsjuːd/
v. 随后发生,接着发生(过去式)
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plunged /plʌndʒd/
v. 投入,陷入(过去式)
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gulf /ɡʌlf/
n. 鸿沟,海湾,巨大的差距
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pacing /ˈpeɪsɪŋ/
v. 踱步,调整节奏(动名词)
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reasoning /ˈriːzənɪŋ/
n. 推理,论证
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gazed /ɡeɪzd/
v. 凝视,注视(过去式)
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relieved /rɪˈliːvd/
adj. 解脱的,宽慰的
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drawing-room /ˈdrɔːɪŋ ruːm/
n. 客厅,起居室(正式)
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inexpressible /ˌɪnɪkˈspresəbl/
adj. 无法表达的,难以言喻的
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intonation /ˌɪntəˈneɪʃn/
n. 语调,音调

现在,先生,请想象这样:我什么也没说,我仍然是割风先生,我在您家住了下来,我是你们中的一员,我在我的房间里,早上我穿着拖鞋来吃早餐,晚上我们三个人一起去看戏,我陪彭眉胥夫人去杜伊勒里宫和皇家广场,我们在一起,您以为我和你们平等;有一天,您在那里,我也在那里,我们谈着话,笑着;突然,您听到一个声音高喊这个名字:‘冉阿让!’然后那只可怕的手,警察,从黑暗中伸出,猛地撕下我的面具!

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accompany /əˈkʌmpəni/
v. 陪伴,伴随
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conversing /kənˈvɜːrsɪŋ/
v. 交谈,对话(动名词)
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behold /bɪˈhəʊld/
interj. 看哪,瞧(古语或正式)
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darts /dɑːrts/
v. 猛冲,疾驰(第三人称单数)
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abruptly /əˈbrʌptli/
adv. 突然地,唐突地

他又停住了;马吕斯惊跳起来。冉阿让继续说:“您对此有什么看法?”马吕斯的沉默替他作了回答。冉阿让继续说:“您看,我保持沉默是对的。幸福吧,享受天堂吧,做天使的天使吧,生活在阳光下,对此感到满足吧,不要为一个可怜的被诅咒的人用来打开胸膛、迫使责任出现的方式而烦恼;在您面前的,先生,是一个悲惨的人。”

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resumed /rɪˈzjuːmd/
v. 重新开始,继续
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therewith /ðeəˈwɪð/
adv. 与此一起,随之

马吕斯慢慢穿过房间,当他靠近冉阿让时,他向他伸出了手。但马吕斯不得不走上前去握住那只没有伸出的手,冉阿让任由他去做,马吕斯觉得自己握住的是一只看似大理石的手。

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obliged /əˈblaɪdʒd/
v. 迫使,使感激

“我祖父有一些朋友,”马吕斯说,“我会为您求得赦免。”

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procure /prəˈkjʊə/
v. 获得,取得

“没有用,”冉阿让回答,“人们认为我死了,这就够了。死人不受监视。他们应该安安静静地腐烂。死亡和赦免是一回事。”然后他松开被马吕斯握着的手,带着一种不可改变的尊严补充道:“此外,我所求助的朋友就是履行我的责任;我只需要一个赦免,那就是我的良心的赦免。”

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suffices /səˈfaɪsɪz/
v. 足够,满足要求
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subjected /səbˈdʒektɪd/
v. 使遭受,使服从
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surveillance /sɜːˈveɪləns/
n. 监视,监控
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disengaging /ˌdɪsɪnˈɡeɪdʒɪŋ/
v. 松开,脱离
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inexorable /ɪnˈeksərəbl/
adj. 不可阻挡的,无情的
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recourse /rɪˈkɔːs/
n. 求助,依赖

这时,客厅另一端的门轻轻地半开了,在门缝中露出了珂赛特的头。他们只看见她甜美的脸庞,头发乱得可爱,眼皮还带着睡意。她做出鸟儿的动作,把脑袋探出巢穴,先看看丈夫,然后看看冉阿让,带着微笑对他们喊道,让人仿佛看到玫瑰中心的笑脸:“我敢打赌你们在谈政治。真蠢,为什么不和我在一起?”

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eyelids /ˈaɪlɪdz/
n. 眼睑
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swollen /ˈswəʊlən/
adj. 肿胀的
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thrusts /θrʌsts/
v. 猛推,刺
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wager /ˈweɪdʒə/
v. 打赌

冉阿让打了个寒战。“珂赛特!--”马吕斯结结巴巴地说。他停住了。他们俩看起来就像两个罪犯。珂赛特容光焕发,继续看着他们俩。她的眼里仿佛有天堂的光芒。“我当场抓住了你们,”珂赛特说,“刚才我透过门听见我父亲割风在说:‘良心--履行我的责任--’那确实是政治。我不要这个。第二天就谈政治可不行。这不对。”

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shuddered /ˈʃʌdəd/
v. 战栗,发抖
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radiant /ˈreɪdiənt/
adj. 容光焕发的,光芒四射的
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gleams /ɡliːmz/
n. 闪光,微光
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paradise /ˈpærədaɪs/
n. 天堂,乐园

“您搞错了,珂赛特,”马吕斯说,“我们在谈正事。我们在讨论您那六十万法郎的最佳投资--”

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investment /ɪnˈvestmənt/
n. 投资

“根本不是那样,”珂赛特打断道,“我来了。有人需要我吗?”然后她毅然穿过门,走进客厅。她穿着一件宽大的白色晨衣,有无数褶裥,宽大的袖子从脖子一直垂到脚。在古老哥特式绘画的金色天空中,就有这些可爱的口袋,足以给天使做衣裳。她在长镜子里从头到脚打量自己,然后带着难以言表的狂喜喊道:“从前有一位国王和一位王后。啊!我多么幸福!”说着,她向马吕斯和冉阿让行了个屈膝礼。“好了,”她说,“我要在你们旁边的扶手椅上坐下,半小时后吃早餐,你们爱说什么都行,我很清楚男人必须说话,我会很乖的。”

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resolutely /ˈrezəluːtli/
adv. 坚决地,果断地
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voluminous /vəˈluːmɪnəs/
adj. 大量的,宽大的
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dressing-gown /ˈdresɪŋ ɡaʊn/
n. 晨衣,浴袍
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gothic /ˈɡɒθɪk/
adj. 哥特式的
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contemplated /ˈkɒntəmpleɪtɪd/
v. 沉思,凝视
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ineffable /ɪnˈefəbl/
adj. 难以言喻的
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ecstasy /ˈekstəsi/
n. 狂喜,入迷
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curtsey /ˈkɜːtsi/
n. 屈膝礼
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easy-chair /ˈiːzi tʃeə/
n. 安乐椅

马吕斯挽住她的胳膊,爱怜地对她说:“我们在谈正事。”

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lovingly /ˈlʌvɪŋli/
adv. 充满爱意地
🔊 "By the way," said Cosette, "I have opened my window, a flock of pierrots has arrived in the garden-- Birds, not maskers. Today is Ash-Wednesday; but not for the birds."

“顺便说一句,”珂赛特说,“我开了窗户,一群小鸟飞进了花园--是鸟,不是戴面具的。今天是圣灰星期三;但鸟不守这个日子。”

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pierrots /ˈpjɛrəʊz/
n. 小丑(Pierrot的复数)
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maskers /ˈmɑːskəz/
n. 戴面具的人,参加假面舞会的人
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Ash-Wednesday /ˌæʃ ˈwɛnzdeɪ/
n. 圣灰星期三(基督教大斋节的第一天)

“我告诉您我们在谈正事,去吧,我的小珂赛特,让我们单独待一会儿。我们在谈数字。那会让您厌烦的。”

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business /ˈbɪznəs/
n. 生意;商业;事务
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figures /ˈfɪɡərz/
n. 数字;人物;轮廓
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bore /bɔːr/
v. 使厌烦;钻孔
🔊 "You have a charming cravat on this morning, Marius. You are very dandified, monseigneur. No, it will not bore me."

“您今天早上系了一条漂亮的领带,马吕斯。您打扮得真时髦,我的老爷。不,不会让我厌烦的。”

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dandified /ˈdændɪfaɪd/
adj. 打扮时髦的,花花公子般的
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monseigneur /mɒnˈseɪnjɜː/
n. 大人(对法国高级官员或主教的尊称)
🔊 "I assure you that it will bore you."

“我向您保证会让您厌烦的。”

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assure /əˈʃʊə/
v. 向…保证,使确信

“不会。因为是您。我可能听不懂,但我会听您说。当一个人听到自己爱的人的声音时,不需要听懂他们的话语。我们在一起--这就是我所渴望的一切。我要留在这里,哼!”

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utter /ˈʌtə/
v. 说出,发出(声音)
🔊 "You are my beloved Cosette! Impossible."

“您是我亲爱的珂赛特!不行。”

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beloved /bɪˈlʌvɪd/
adj. 深爱的,心爱的
🔊 "Impossible!"

“不行!”

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Impossible /ɪmˈpɒsəbl/
adj. 不可能的;无法做到的
🔊 "Yes."

“是的。”

“好吧,”珂赛特说,“我本想告诉你们一些新闻。我可以告诉你们,你们的祖父还在睡觉,你们的姑姑在做弥撒,我父亲割风房间的烟囱冒烟,妮可莱特派人去找扫烟囱的了,杜桑和妮可莱特已经吵了一架,妮可莱特嘲笑杜桑口吃。好吧,你们什么也不会知道。啊!不行?你们会看到的,先生们,轮到我也可以说:不行。那谁会被逮住呢?我求求您,我的小马吕斯,让我和你们俩待在一起吧。”

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news /njuːz/
n. 新闻;消息
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chimney /ˈtʃɪmni/
n. 烟囱
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quarrelled /ˈkwɒrəld/
v. 争吵(过去式)
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stammer /ˈstæmə/
n. 口吃;结巴
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beseech /bɪˈsiːtʃ/
v. 恳求;哀求
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chimney-sweep /ˈtʃɪmni swiːp/
n. 扫烟囱的人
🔊 "I swear to you, that it is indispensable that we should be alone."

“我向您发誓,我们必须单独谈。”

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swear /sweər/
v. 发誓;咒骂
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indispensable /ˌɪndɪˈspensəbl/
adj. 不可或缺的;必需的
🔊 "Well, am I anybody?"

“好吧,我是外人吗?”

冉阿让一句话也没说。珂赛特转向他:“首先,父亲,我要您过来拥抱我。您一句话也不说,也不帮我说话,这算什么?谁给了我这样一个父亲?您一定看出来我的家庭生活很不幸福。我丈夫打我。来,立刻拥抱我。”

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uttered /ˈʌtəd/
v. 说出(过去式)
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embrace /ɪmˈbreɪs/
v. 拥抱;欣然接受
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perceive /pəˈsiːv/
v. 察觉;理解
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unhappy /ʌnˈhæpi/
adj. 不快乐的;不幸的
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beats /biːts/
v. 打;击(第三人称单数)
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instantly /ˈɪnstəntli/
adv. 立即;马上

冉阿让走近。珂赛特转向马吕斯:“至于您,我会对您做鬼脸。”然后她把额头凑向冉阿让。冉阿让朝她走了一步。珂赛特后退了。“父亲,您脸色苍白。您的手臂疼吗?”

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approached /əˈprəʊtʃt/
v. 接近;靠近(过去式)
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brow /braʊ/
n. 额头;眉毛
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advanced /ədˈvɑːnst/
v. 前进;推进(过去式)
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recoiled /rɪˈkɔɪld/
v. 退缩;畏缩(过去式)

“没事,”冉阿让说。

🔊 "Did you sleep badly?"

“您没睡好吗?”

🔊 "No."

“没有。”

🔊 "Are you sad?"

“您难过吗?”

🔊 "No."

“没有。”

🔊 "Embrace me if you are well, if you sleep well, if you are content, I will not scold you." And again she offered him her brow. Jean Valjean dropped a kiss upon that brow whereon rested a celestial gleam. "Smile." Jean Valjean obeyed. It was the smile of a spectre. "Now, defend me against my husband."

“如果您身体好,睡得好,心情好,那就拥抱我,我就不说您了。”她又把额头凑过去。冉阿让在那个带着天光的额头上落下一个吻。“笑一笑。”冉阿让照做了。那是幽灵的微笑。“现在,帮我反抗我丈夫。”

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content /kənˈtent/
adj. 满意的;满足的
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scold /skəʊld/
v. 责骂;训斥
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celestial /səˈlestiəl/
adj. 天空的;天上的;神圣的
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gleam /ɡliːm/
n. 微光;闪光
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spectre /ˈspektə/
n. 幽灵;鬼魂;令人恐惧的事物
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defend /dɪˈfend/
v. 防御;保卫;辩护
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whereon /weərˈɒn/
adv. 在那上面;在该处

“珂赛特!--”马吕斯叫道。

🔊 "Get angry, father. Say that I must stay. You can certainly talk before me. So you think me very silly. What you say is astonishing! business, placing money in a bank a great matter truly. Men make mysteries out of nothing. I am very pretty this morning. Look at me, Marius." And with an adorable shrug of the shoulders, and an indescribably exquisite pout, she glanced at Marius.

“生气吧,父亲。说我必须留下。您当然可以当着我面说话。您以为我很傻吗?您说的话才惊人呢!正经事,把钱存进银行,那真是了不起。男人们把小事搞得神神秘秘的。今天早上我很漂亮。看看我,马吕斯。”她耸了耸肩,那姿势可爱极了,又撅起极其优雅的嘴,瞥了马吕斯一眼。

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astonishing /əˈstɒnɪʃɪŋ/
adj. 惊人的;令人惊讶的
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mysteries /ˈmɪstəriz/
n. 神秘的事物(复数)
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adorable /əˈdɔːrəbl/
adj. 可爱的;讨人喜欢的
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shrug /ʃrʌɡ/
n. 耸肩
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indescribably /ˌɪndɪˈskraɪbəbli/
adv. 难以形容地;无法描述地
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exquisite /ˈekskwɪzɪt/
adj. 精致的;精美的;强烈的
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pout /paʊt/
n. 撅嘴;不悦的表情
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glanced /ɡlɑːnst/
v. 瞥视;扫视(过去式)
🔊 "I love you!" said Marius.

“我爱你!”马吕斯说。

🔊 "I adore you!" said Cosette. And they fell irresistibly into each other's arms. "Now," said Cosette, adjusting a fold of her dressing-gown, with a triumphant little grimace, "I shall stay."

“我崇拜您!”珂赛特说。他们不由自主地投入彼此的怀抱。“现在,”珂赛特一边调整晨衣的褶裥,一边带着胜利的小鬼脸说,“我要留下。”

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adore /əˈdɔːr/
v. 热爱,爱慕
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irresistibly /ˌɪrɪˈzɪstəbli/
adv. 不可抗拒地
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adjusting /əˈdʒʌstɪŋ/
v. 调整(adjust的现在分词)
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grimace /ˈɡrɪməs/
n. 鬼脸
🔊 "No, not that," said Marius, in a supplicating tone. "We have to finish something."

“不,不要这样,”马吕斯用恳求的语气说,“我们还有事要谈完。”

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supplicating /ˈsʌplɪkeɪtɪŋ/
adj. 恳求的
🔊 "Still no?"

“还是不行?”

🔊 Marius assumed a grave tone: "I assure you, Cosette, that it is impossible."

马吕斯用严肃的语调说:“我向您保证,珂赛特,不行。”

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assumed /əˈsuːmd/
v. 假设,呈现(assume的过去式)
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grave /ɡreɪv/
adj. 严重的,严肃的

“啊!您用男人的声音说话了,先生。好吧,我走。您,父亲,没有支持我。我的父亲先生,我的丈夫先生,你们是暴君。我要去告诉外公。如果你们以为我会回来和你们说些无聊话,那你们错了。我很骄傲。现在我要等你们。你们会看到,没有我你们会无聊的。我走了,很好。”她离开了房间。两秒钟后,门又开了,她那清新红润的头再次从两扇门之间探出来,对他们喊道:“我真的很生气。”门又关上了,阴影再次降临。就像一束阳光突然穿过了黑夜,而它自己却并未察觉。

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tyrants /ˈtaɪrənts/
n. 暴君(复数)
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platitudes /ˈplætɪtuːdz/
n. 陈词滥调
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descended /dɪˈsendɪd/
v. 下降(descend的过去式)
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conscious /ˈkɑːnʃəs/
adj. 有意识的
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upheld /ʌpˈheld/
v. 支持(uphold的过去式)

马吕斯确认门已关严。“可怜的珂赛特!”他喃喃道,“等她发现的时候--”听到这句话,冉阿让全身颤抖。他用迷茫的眼神盯着马吕斯。“珂赛特!哦,是的,真的,您要告诉珂赛特这件事。那是对的。等一下,我没想到这一点。一个人有力量做一件事,却没有力量做另一件事。先生,我恳求您,我哀求您,先生,您给我最神圣的承诺,您不会告诉她。您知道这件事还不够吗?我自己能够说出来,而不是被迫说出来,我本可以告诉全宇宙,全世界--对我来说都一样。但是她,她不知道那是什么,那会吓到她。什么,一个苦役犯!我们必须向她解释,对她说:‘他是一个在苦役犯监狱里待过的人。’有一天她看见过苦役犯队伍经过。哦!我的上帝!”--他跌坐在扶手椅上,双手掩面。他的悲痛听不到,但从他肩膀的颤抖可以明显看出他在哭泣。无声的眼泪,可怕的眼泪。啜泣中有一种窒息的东西。他像是被一阵抽搐攫住,向后倒在椅背上,仿佛要喘口气,让双臂垂下来,让马吕斯看到他泪流满面,马吕斯听到他喃喃自语,声音低得仿佛来自无底深渊:“哦!我宁愿死去!”

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murmured /ˈmɜːrmərd/
v. 低语(murmur的过去式)
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trembled /ˈtrembld/
v. 颤抖(tremble的过去式)
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bewildered /bɪˈwɪldərd/
adj. 困惑的
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conjure /ˈkʌndʒər/
v. 恳求,祈求
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entreat /ɪnˈtriːt/
v. 恳求
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sacred /ˈseɪkrɪd/
adj. 神圣的
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chain-gang /ˈtʃeɪn ɡæŋ/
n. 锁链囚犯队
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audible /ˈɔːdəbl/
adj. 听得见的
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quivering /ˈkwɪvərɪŋ/
adj. 颤抖的(quiver的现在分词)
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suffocation /ˌsʌfəˈkeɪʃn/
n. 窒息
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sob /sɑːb/
n. 啜泣
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convulsion /kənˈvʌlʃn/
n. 抽搐
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inundated /ˈɪnʌndeɪtɪd/
adj. 淹没的(inundate的过去分词)
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fathomless /ˈfæðəmləs/
adj. 深不可测的
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depths /depθs/
n. 深处(depth的复数)
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terrify /ˈterɪfaɪ/
v. 使恐惧
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grief /ɡriːf/
n. 悲伤
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evident /ˈevɪdənt/
adj. 明显的
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weeping /ˈwiːpɪŋ/
v. 哭泣(weep的现在分词)

“请放心,”马吕斯说,“我会独自为您保守秘密。”也许他并没有像他应该的那样感动,但过去一小时里,他被迫让自己熟悉这样一件既意外又可怕的事情,逐渐看到苦役犯的形象与福施勒旺先生的形象在他眼前重叠,他被那种阴郁的现实一点点压倒,并被情况的自然趋势所引导,认识到刚刚在他和那个人之间树立起的距离,马吕斯补充道:“关于您如此忠实和诚实地归还的存款,我不可能不和您说一句话。那是诚实的行为。您应该得到一些回报。您自己定个数目,会付给您。不要怕定得太高。”

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familiarize /fəˈmɪliəraɪz/
v. 使熟悉
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unexpected /ˌʌnɪkˈspektɪd/
adj. 出乎意料的
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beholding /bɪˈhoʊldɪŋ/
v. 看见(behold的现在分词)
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superposed /ˌsuːpərˈpoʊzd/
adj. 叠加的(superpose的过去分词)
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lugubrious /ləˈɡuːbriəs/
adj. 悲哀的,阴郁的
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inclination /ˌɪnklɪˈneɪʃn/
n. 倾向
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recognize /ˈrekəɡnaɪz/
v. 识别
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faithfully /ˈfeɪθfəli/
adv. 忠诚地
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honestly /ˈɑːnɪstli/
adv. 诚实地
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remitted /rɪˈmɪtɪd/
v. 汇款,提交(remit的过去分词)
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probity /ˈproʊbəti/
n. 正直
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recompense /ˈrekəmpens/
n. 报酬
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bestowed /bɪˈstoʊd/
v. 授予(bestow的过去分词)

“谢谢您,先生,”冉阿让温和地回答。他沉思了一会儿,机械地用食指尖摩擦着大拇指甲,然后提高了声音:“差不多都结束了。但还有最后一件事--”

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mechanically /məˈkænɪkli/
adv. 机械地
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forefinger /ˈfɔːrfɪŋɡər/
n. 食指
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thumbnail /ˈθʌmneɪl/
n. 拇指指甲
🔊 "What is it?"

“什么事?”

冉阿让与最后的犹豫挣扎着,没有声音,没有气息,他结结巴巴地而不是说出话来:“现在您知道了,您,先生,您是主人,您认为我不应该再见到珂赛特了,对吗?”

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struggled /ˈstrʌɡld/
v. 挣扎(struggle的过去式)
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hesitation /ˌhezɪˈteɪʃn/
n. 犹豫

“我认为那样更好,”马吕斯冷冷地回答。

“我将永远不再见她,”冉阿让喃喃道。然后他向门口走去。他把手放在门把手上,门闩开了,门打开了。冉阿让把门推开到足以通过,停了一秒,然后又把门关上,转向马吕斯。他不再苍白,而是灰白。眼里不再有泪水,只有一种悲剧性的火焰。他的声音恢复了奇怪的平静。

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livid /ˈlɪvɪd/
adj. 青紫色的,暴怒的
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tragic /ˈtrædʒɪk/
adj. 悲剧的
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regained /rɪˈɡeɪnd/
v. 重新获得(regain的过去式)
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composure /kəmˈpoʊʒər/
n. 镇静
🔊 "Stay, sir," he said. "If you will allow it, I will come to see her. I assure you that I desire it greatly. If I had not cared to see Cosette, I should not have made to you the confession that I have made, I should have gone away; but, as I desired to remain in the place where Cosette is, and to continue to see her, I had to tell you about it honestly. You follow my reasoning, do you not? it is a matter easily understood. You see, I have had her with me for more than nine years. We lived first in that hut on the boulevard, then in the convent, then near the Luxembourg. That was where you saw her for the first time. You remember her blue plush hat. Then we went to the Quartier des Invalides, where there was a railing on a garden, the Rue Plumet. I lived in a little back courtyard, whence I could hear her piano. That was my life. We never left each other. That lasted for nine years and some months. I was like her own father, and she was my child. I do not know whether you understand, Monsieur Pontmercy, but to go away now, never to see her again, never to speak to her again, to no longer have anything, would be hard. If you do not disapprove of it, I will come to see Cosette from time to time. I will not come often. I will not remain long. You shall give orders that I am to be received in the little waiting-room. On the ground floor. I could enter perfectly well by the back door, but that might create surprise perhaps, and it would be better, I think, for me to enter by the usual door. Truly, sir, I should like to see a little more of Cosette. As rarely as you please. Put yourself in my place, I have nothing left but that. And then, we must be cautious. If I no longer come at all, it would produce a bad effect, it would be considered singular. What I can do, by the way, is to come in the afternoon, when night is beginning to fall."

“等一下,先生,”他说。“如果您允许,我会来看她。我向您保证我非常渴望如此。如果我不在乎见到珂赛特,我就不会向您做那个忏悔,我就会走开;但是,因为我渴望留在珂赛特所在的地方,并继续见到她,所以我必须诚实地告诉您这件事。您明白我的推理,对吧?这是很容易理解的事情。您知道,我和她在一起已经超过九年了。我们先住在林荫大道上的那间小屋里,然后住在修道院里,后来在卢森堡公园附近。那是您第一次见到她的地方。您还记得她的蓝色长毛绒帽子。然后我们去了荣军院区,那里有一个带栅栏的花园,普吕梅街。我住在一个小后院里,从那里能听到她的钢琴声。那就是我的生活。我们从未分开过。那持续了九年多。我就像她的亲生父亲,她是我的孩子。我不知道您是否理解,彭眉胥先生,但现在离开,永远不再见她,永远不再和她说话,再也没有任何东西,那会很难受。如果您不反对,我会不时来看望珂赛特。我不会经常来。我不会待很久。您吩咐让我在小会客室里接待。在底层。我完全可以走后门进去,但那可能会引起惊讶,我想,我最好走平常的门。真的,先生,我希望再多见珂赛特几次。随您高兴多久一次。请设身处地为我着想,我除了那个什么都没有了。而且,我们必须小心。如果我完全不再来了,那会产生不好的效果,会让人觉得奇怪。顺便说一下,我可以在下午来,当夜幕开始降临时。”

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boulevard /ˈbuːləvɑːrd/
n. 林荫大道
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convent /ˈkɑːnvɛnt/
n. 女修道院
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plush /plʌʃ/
adj. 长毛绒的,豪华的
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railing /ˈreɪlɪŋ/
n. 栏杆
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courtyard /ˈkɔːrtjɑːrd/
n. 庭院
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whence /wens/
adv. 从那里
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disapprove /ˌdɪsəˈpruːv/
v. 不赞成
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waiting-room /ˈweɪtɪŋ ruːm/
n. 等候室
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ground floor /ɡraʊnd flɔːr/
n. 底层
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back door /bæk dɔːr/
n. 后门
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cautious /ˈkɔːʃəs/
adj. 谨慎的
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singular /ˈsɪŋɡjələr/
adj. 异常的,奇怪的

“您每天晚上都可以来,”马吕斯说,“珂赛特会等着您。”

🔊 "You are kind, sir," said Jean Valjean. Marius saluted Jean Valjean, happiness escorted despair to the door, and these two men parted.

“您真好,先生,”冉阿让说。马吕斯向冉阿让致意,幸福把绝望送到门口,这两个男人分开了。

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saluted /səˈluːtɪd/
v. 向...致敬,敬礼
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escorted /ɪˈskɔːrtɪd/
v. 护送,陪同
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despair /dɪˈspeər/
n. 绝望
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