🔊 On the following day, Ma'am Bougon, as Courfeyrac styled the old portress-principal-tenant, housekeeper of the Gorbeau hovel, Ma'am Bougon, whose name was, in reality, Madame Burgon, as we have found out, but this iconoclast, Courfeyrac, respected nothing--Ma'am Bougon observed, with stupefaction, that M. Marius was going out again in his new coat. He went to the Luxembourg again, but he did not proceed further than his bench midway of the alley. He seated himself there, as on the preceding day, surveying from a distance, and clearly making out, the white bonnet, the black dress, and above all, that blue light. He did not stir from it, and only went home when the gates of the Luxembourg closed. He did not see M. Leblanc and his daughter retire. He concluded that they had quitted the garden by the gate on the Rue de l'Ouest. Later on, several weeks afterwards, when he came to think it over, he could never recall where he had dined that evening.

第二天,布尔贡太太--这位被古费拉克称为老门房兼主要租户、戈尔博破屋的女管家的太太,其实真名叫作布尔贡太太,正如我们所知,但这位偶像破坏者古费拉克什么都不放在眼里--布尔贡太太惊愕地发现,马吕斯先生又穿着新外套出门了。他再次去了卢森堡公园,但并没有走到林荫道中段那张长椅以外的地方。他像前一天一样坐在那里,远远地观察,清楚地看见了那顶白色软帽、那身黑色衣裙,尤其是那一片蓝光。他一动不动地待着,直到卢森堡公园关门才回家。他没有看到勒布朗先生和女儿离去。他推断他们是从西街的大门离开了花园。后来,过了几个星期,当他回想起来时,怎么也记不起那天晚上是在哪里吃的饭。

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iconoclast /aɪˈkɒnəklæst/

n. 打破传统信仰或习俗的人；反传统者➕

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stupefaction /ˌstjuːpɪˈfækʃn/

n. 惊愕；目瞪口呆的状态➕

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hovel /ˈhɒvl/

n. 简陋的小屋；肮脏的住所➕

🔊 Marius began to realize that he was in love. He felt that he had reached that point in life which one never reaches soon enough: the moment when love becomes a passion. He could think of nothing else.

马吕斯开始意识到自己恋爱了。他感到自己已到了人生中那个人们总嫌来得不够快的关键时刻:爱情变成激情的那一刻。他再也想不了别的事。

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passion /ˈpæʃn/

n. 强烈的情感；激情；热爱➕

🔊 On the following day, which was the third, Ma'am Bougon was thunderstruck. Marius went out in his new coat. "Three days in succession!" she exclaimed.

第二天,也就是第三天,布尔贡太太目瞪口呆。马吕斯穿着新外套出门了。“连续三天！”她惊呼道。

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thunderstruck /ˈθʌndəstrʌk/

adj. 大吃一惊的；震惊得目瞪口呆的➕

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succession /səkˈseʃn/

n. 连续；一连串；继承➕

🔊 She tried to follow him, but Marius walked briskly, and with immense strides; it was a hippopotamus undertaking the pursuit of a chamois. She lost sight of him in two minutes, and returned breathless, three-quarters choked with asthma, and furious. "If there is any sense," she growled, "in putting on one's best clothes every day, and making people run like this!"

她想跟踪他,但马吕斯步履轻快,大步流星；这好比河马去追羚羊。两分钟后她就看不见他了,喘不上气,哮喘发作得几乎窒息,气冲冲地回来了。“这有什么道理,”她咕哝道,“天天穿上最好的衣服,还让人这样跑！”

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briskly /ˈbrɪskli/

adv. 轻快地；迅速地；活泼地➕

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hippopotamus /ˌhɪpəˈpɒtəməs/

n. 河马➕

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undertaking /ˌʌndəˈteɪkɪŋ/

n. 任务；事业；企业➕

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pursuit /pəˈsjuːt/

n. 追逐；追赶；追求➕

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chamois /ˈʃæmwɑː/

n. 羚羊（尤指岩羚羊）➕

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asthma /ˈæsmə/

n. 哮喘；气喘➕

🔊 Marius betook himself to the Luxembourg.

马吕斯来到卢森堡公园。

🔊 The young girl was there with M. Leblanc. Marius approached as near as he could, pretending to be busy reading a book, but he halted afar off, then returned and seated himself on his bench, where he spent four hours in watching the house-sparrows who were skipping about the walk, and who produced on him the impression that they were making sport of him.

那个年轻姑娘和勒布朗先生在一起。马吕斯尽可能走近,假装埋头看书,但他在远处停下,然后又折回,坐在自己的长椅上,花四个小时观察着在小径上跳跃的家麻雀,他感觉那些麻雀好像在嘲笑他。

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afar /əˈfɑːr/

adv. 在远处；从远处➕

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house-sparrows /ˈhaʊs ˌspærəʊz/

n. 家麻雀（复数）➕

🔊 A fortnight passed thus. Marius went to the Luxembourg no longer for the sake of strolling there, but to seat himself always in the same spot, and that without knowing why. Once arrived there, he did not stir. He put on his new coat every morning, for the purpose of not showing himself, and he began all over again on the morrow.

就这样过了两个星期。马吕斯去卢森堡公园不再是为了散步,而是为了总是坐在同一个地方,连他自己也不知为什么。一到那里,他就一动不动。他每天早上穿上新外套,目的是不让自己显眼,第二天又一切照旧。

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fortnight /ˈfɔːrtnaɪt/

n. 两星期；十四天➕

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strolling /ˈstrəʊlɪŋ/

v. 散步；闲逛（stroll的现在分词）➕

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morrow /ˈmɒrəʊ/

n. 次日；第二天（古语或文学用语）➕

🔊 She was decidedly a marvellous beauty. The only remark approaching a criticism, that could be made, was, that the contradiction between her gaze, which was melancholy, and her smile, which was merry, gave a rather wild effect to her face, which sometimes caused this sweet countenance to become strange without ceasing to be charming.

她无疑是一位绝色美人。唯一近乎挑剔的意见是:她那忧郁的目光与欢快的微笑之间的矛盾,给她的脸庞带来一种相当狂野的效果,有时使这张可爱的面容变得奇特,却不失魅力。

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decidedly /dɪˈsaɪdɪdli/

adv. 明确地；毫无疑问地；显然➕

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marvellous /ˈmɑːrvələs/

adj. 极好的；奇迹般的；令人惊叹的➕

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contradiction /ˌkɒntrəˈdɪkʃn/

n. 矛盾；对立；不一致➕

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melancholy /ˈmelənkɒli/

adj. 忧郁的；悲伤的➕

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countenance /ˈkaʊntənəns/

n. 面容；面部表情；脸色➕

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gaze /ɡeɪz/

n. 凝视；注视➕

Book VI. The Conjunction of Two Stars – Chapter five: Divers Claps of Thunder Fall on (第五章:阵阵惊雷落下)

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