🔊 I did not see Dr. Coutras again for nearly a week after my arrival in Tahiti. Then one morning he sent me a message asking if I would come to his house. I went at once, and found him in his consulting-room. He was a man of great experience, and he had known Strickland well.

我抵达塔希提后,将近一周没有再见库特拉斯医生。后来一天早上,他送来口信,问我能否去他家。我立刻前往,在他的诊室里找到了他。他经验丰富,对斯特里克兰非常了解。

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consulting-room /kənˈsʌltɪŋ ruːm/

n. 诊疗室,诊室➕

🔊 He told me that he had first seen Strickland when he was called in to attend him for an attack of fever. He was struck by the appearance of the man, who was living in a small hut with a native woman. Strickland had been suffering from leprosy for some time, but he had hidden it from everyone. Dr. Coutras discovered it during the examination.

他告诉我,他第一次见到斯特里克兰是在被请去为他诊治发烧时。那人的相貌让他印象深刻,当时他正与一位土著女人同住在一间小屋里。斯特里克兰患麻风病已有一段时间,但他一直瞒着所有人。库特拉斯医生在检查时发现了这个病。

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struck /strʌk/

v. 给...留下深刻印象,使震惊（strike的过去式和过去分词）➕

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native /ˈneɪtɪv/

adj. 土生土长的,本地的,原住民的➕

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leprosy /ˈleprəsi/

n. 麻风病➕

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hidden /ˈhɪdn/

v. 隐藏,隐瞒（hide的过去分词）➕

🔊 He advised Strickland to go to the hospital in Papeete, but Strickland refused. He said he did not want to be separated from Ata, the native woman who lived with him. Dr. Coutras did what he could for him, but he knew the disease was incurable.

他建议斯特里克兰去帕皮提的医院,但斯特里克兰拒绝了。他说他不想与阿塔分开,那是与他同住的土著女人。库特拉斯医生尽力为他治疗,但他知道这病无药可救。

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Papeete /ˌpɑːpiˈeɪteɪ/

n. 帕皮提（法属波利尼西亚的首府,位于塔希提岛）➕

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incurable /ɪnˈkjʊərəbl/

adj. 无法治愈的；不可救药的➕

🔊 Over the next few months, Dr. Coutras visited Strickland regularly. He watched the disease progress, but he also saw that Strickland was painting on the walls of his hut. He described the paintings as extraordinary, filled with a strange and terrible beauty.

在接下来的几个月里,库特拉斯医生定期探望斯特里克兰。他看着病情恶化,但也看到斯特里克兰在屋墙上作画。他描述那些画作非凡绝伦,充满一种奇异而可怕的美。

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progress /ˈprəʊɡres/

v. 进展,进行,发展➕

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extraordinary /ɪkˈstrɔːdənri/

adj. 非凡的,特别的,惊人的➕

🔊 Strickland became blind as the disease advanced, but he continued to paint, guided by some inner vision. Dr. Coutras said that in his blindness, Strickland seemed to see more clearly than ever before.

随着病情加重,斯特里克兰失明了,但他继续作画,依靠内心的指引。库特拉斯医生说,在失明中,斯特里克兰似乎看得比以往任何时候都更清晰。

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blindness /ˈblaɪndnəs/

n. 失明,盲目➕

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vision /ˈvɪʒn/

n. 视力；想象力；愿景,远见➕

🔊 Finally, Strickland died. Ata buried him in the garden of the hut, as he had requested. After his death, Ata set fire to the hut, so that no one would see the paintings on the walls.

最终,斯特里克兰去世了。阿塔按他的要求将他埋在屋旁的花园里。他死后,阿塔放火烧了小屋,以免有人看到墙上的画作。

🔊 Dr. Coutras told me that he had never seen anything like those paintings. He said they were the work of a genius, but also of a man who had suffered greatly. He believed that in those last works, Strickland had finally expressed what he had been seeking all his life.

库特拉斯医生告诉我,他从未见过那样的画作。他说那是天才之作,也是一个饱受苦难之人的作品。他相信在那些最后的作品中,斯特里克兰终于表达了他一生所追寻的东西。

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genius /ˈdʒiːniəs/

n. 天才；天赋➕

Chapter forty-eight (第四十八章)

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