🔊 Who was in the coffin? The reader knows. Jean Valjean.

棺材里躺着谁？读者都知道。冉阿让。

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coffin /ˈkɒfɪn/

n. 棺材➕

🔊 Jean Valjean had arranged things so that he could exist there, and he could almost breathe.

冉阿让安排得妥妥帖帖,好让自己能在里面待下去,甚至几乎可以呼吸。

🔊 It is a strange thing to what a degree security of conscience confers security of the rest. Every combination thought out by Jean Valjean had been progressing, and progressing favorably, since the preceding day. He, like Fauchelevent, counted on Father Mestienne. He had no doubt as to the end. Never was there a more critical situation, never more complete composure.

良心的安稳竟能带来其他一切安稳,这真是一件奇妙的事。自前一天起,冉阿让精心策划的每一个环节都在顺利推进。他和割风一样,都把希望寄托在梅斯蒂安神父身上。他对此结果深信不疑。从未有过如此危急的局面,也从未有过如此彻底的镇定。

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confers /kənˈfɜːrz/

v. 授予,给予（某种属性或权利）➕

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conscience /ˈkɒnʃəns/

n. 良心,道德心➕

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favorably /ˈfeɪvərəbli/

adv. 顺利地,有利地➕

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preceding /prɪˈsiːdɪŋ/

adj. 在前面的,先前的➕

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critical /ˈkrɪtɪkl/

adj. 关键的,危急的；批评的➕

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composure /kəmˈpəʊʒər/

n. 镇静,沉着➕

🔊 The four planks of the coffin breathe out a kind of terrible peace. It seemed as though something of the repose of the dead entered into Jean Valjean's tranquillity.

棺材的四块木板吐露出一种可怕的宁静。仿佛死者的安息有几分渗入了冉阿让的平静之中。

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planks /plæŋks/

n. 木板（复数）➕

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repose /rɪˈpəʊz/

n. 休息,安息；宁静➕

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tranquillity /træŋˈkwɪləti/

n. 宁静,平静➕

🔊 From the depths of that coffin he had been able to follow, and he had followed, all the phases of the terrible drama which he was playing with death.

他从棺材深处得以追随着--也确实追随着--他与死神的这场可怕戏剧的每一个进程。

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depths /depθs/

n. 深处（复数）➕

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phases /ˈfeɪzɪz/

n. 阶段（复数）➕

🔊 Shortly after Fauchelevent had finished nailing on the upper plank, Jean Valjean had felt himself carried out, then driven off. He knew, from the diminution in the jolting, when they left the pavements and reached the earth road. He had divined, from a dull noise, that they were crossing the bridge of Austerlitz. At the first halt, he had understood that they were entering the cemetery; at the second halt, he said to himself:-- "Here is the grave."

当割风钉上顶板后不久,冉阿让就感到自己被抬了出去,然后被车拉走。从颠簸的减弱中,他知道他们离开了石板路,驶上了土路。从一声沉闷的响动中,他判断出他们正在过奥斯特利茨桥。第一次停顿,他明白他们进了墓地；第二次停顿,他对自己说:“这就是坟墓了。”

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diminution /ˌdɪmɪˈnjuːʃən/

n. 减少,减小➕

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jolting /ˈdʒəʊltɪŋ/

n. 颠簸,震动➕

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divined /dɪˈvaɪnd/

v. 推测,猜测（过去分词）➕

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halt /hɔːlt/

n. 停止,暂停➕

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cemetery /ˈsemətri/

n. 公墓,墓地➕

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grave /ɡreɪv/

n. 坟墓➕

🔊 Suddenly, he felt hands seize the coffin, then a harsh grating against the planks; he explained it to himself as the rope which was being fastened round the casket in order to lower it into the cavity.

忽然,他感到有手抓住了棺材,接着是木板上一阵刺耳的摩擦声；他心中明白,那是准备将棺木吊入墓穴的绳子在系紧。

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seize /siːz/

v. 抓住,夺取➕

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harsh /hɑːrʃ/

adj. 粗糙的；刺耳的；严厉的➕

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grating /ˈɡreɪtɪŋ/

n. 摩擦声；刺耳的声音➕

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fastened /ˈfɑːsnd/

v. 系紧,固定（过去分词）➕

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casket /ˈkæskɪt/

n. 棺材（美式英语）；小盒➕

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cavity /ˈkævəti/

n. 洞,空腔➕

🔊 Then he experienced a giddiness.

接着他感到一阵眩晕。

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giddiness /ˈɡɪdinəs/

n. 头晕,眩晕➕

🔊 The undertaker's man and the gravedigger had probably allowed the coffin to lose its balance, and had lowered the head before the foot. He recovered himself fully when he felt himself horizontal and motionless. He had just touched the bottom.

或许是殡仪馆的人和掘墓人让棺材失去了平衡,先将头的一端放了下去。等到他感到自己身体平躺、不再晃动时,才完全回过神来。他刚刚触及了底部。

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undertaker /ˈʌndərteɪkər/

n. 殡仪员,丧事承办人➕

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gravedigger /ˈɡreɪvˌdɪɡər/

n. 掘墓人➕

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horizontal /ˌhɔːrɪˈzɒntl/

adj. 水平的,横的➕

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motionless /ˈməʊʃnələs/

adj. 不动的,静止的➕

🔊 He had a certain sensation of cold.

他感到一阵寒意。

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sensation /senˈseɪʃən/

n. 感觉,知觉➕

🔊 A voice rose above him, glacial and solemn. He heard Latin words, which he did not understand, pass over him, so slowly that he was able to catch them one by one:-- "Qui dormiunt in terrae pulvere, evigilabunt; alii in vitam aeternam, et alii in approbrium, ut videant semper."

一个声音从他上方响起,冷若冰霜,庄严肃穆。他听到一些他听不懂的拉丁文词语从他头顶飘过,念得那么慢,他竟能一个个捕捉下来:‘Qui dormiunt in terrae pulvere, evigilabunt; alii in vitam aeternam, et alii in approbrium, ut videant semper.’

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glacial /ˈɡleɪʃəl/

adj. 冰的,冰川的；冰冷的➕

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solemn /ˈsɒləm/

adj. 庄严的,肃穆的➕

🔊 A child's voice said:-- "De profundis."

一个童声说道:“《从深渊》。”