fard by aldous huxley现代大学英语阅读4 翻译

索菲娅，冰冷的小房间里，大部分时间都回荡着争吵声，就像夫人独角连续剧，

< br>又被奇怪和不祥的沉默打断了。

但是偶而先生好象失去了耐性，

< br>不再沉默，

而是

刺耳的、低沉的、生气的叫喊。夫人始终 保持着高声的持续的尖叫而没有减弱，

她的声音即使是在发怒时也带有一种奇怪的平板单 调。

但现在先生他在争吵声中

的声音很高，柔和，带有强调性的 语调而突然爆发，当他们都能听的见的，听起

来就象一系列不同的形式的爆炸。呜呜呜呜 ，一只狗慢慢的的叫着。

过了一会儿，

索菲娅不再注意他们的争吵了，

修补着夫人的一个女式背心，

修补

时她必须得全神贯注，她感到很累，全身酸疼，又是一个辛苦天，昨天也是，前

天也是，每天都很辛苦，她已经不再年轻了，两年前她都过五十岁了，从她有记

忆时，

每天过的都很辛苦，

当她还是一个乡下小姑娘 时，

就经常背着成袋的土豆，

蹒跚地走在泥泞的路上，

每走十步就得歇歇，

这永远没有个尽头，

每天周 而复始

的重复着这繁重的工作。

She looked up from her sewing, moved her head from side to side, blinked.

She had begun to see lights and spots of colour dancing before her eyes; it

often happened to her now. a sort of yellowish bright worm was wriggling up

towards the right-hand corner of her field of vision; and though it was always

moving upwards, upwards, it was always there in the same place. And there

were stars of red and green that snapped and brightened and faded all around

the

worm.

They

moved

between

her and her sewing; they

were on

with her

work; Madame wanted her camisole most particularly tomorrow morning. But it

was difficult to see round the worm.

她停止缝补抬起头，

活动活动一下发僵的脖子，

眨眨发胀的眼睛，

感觉眼前金光

乱飞，最近这种情况时常发 生，一种黄色的虫子在她视野内蠕动，并且有红、绿

的闪亮的星星围着这些虫子，

它们有她与缝的衣服之前来回移动，

当她闭上眼睛，

< br>仍然存在。过了一会儿，她继续缝补，夫人明天早上要穿她的长袖紧身外衣，但

是 这黄色的虫子在眼前晃动使得看手上的针线活很吃力

.

There

was

suddenly

a

great

increase

of

noise

from

the

other

end

of

the

corridor. A door had opened; words articulated themselves.

“…

Moiaussi,

”

Monsieur

uttered

a

harsh,

dangerous

was

the

sound of heavy footsteps in the passage, a rattling in the umbrella stand; then

the front door banged.

突然另一个走廊的尽头的争吵声大了起来，门打开了，他们的争吵声清晰起来。

“要是你认为我是你的奴隶的活，我的朋友，那你就大错特错了，我做我自己想

做的事”

。

“我也是”

，

先生发出了一声刺耳的、吓人的笑声

.

一阵阵有力的脚步声经过，咚咚地走进衣具间，然后前门咚的关上了。

< br>

Sophie looked down again at her work. Oh, the worm, the coloured stars, the

aching fatigue in all her limbs! If one could only spend a whole day in bed- in a

huge bed, feathery, warm, and soft, all the day long

…

索菲娅 又继续她的工作，哦，这个虫子，这些彩色星星，全身酸疼酸疼。如果能

有一整天躺在一 个很大的床上，轻软又暖和，持续一整天，真是太好了。

The

ringing

of

the

bell

startled

her.

It

always

made

her

jump,

that

furious

wasp-like buzzer. She got up, put her work down on the table, smoothed her

apron, set straight her cap, and stepped out into the corridor. Once more the

bell buzzed furiously. Madame was impatient.

夫人响铃叫她的声音打断了她的沉思，

惊得她跳了起来，

狂怒的声音就像蜂鸣器。

她站起来放下手头的 工作，

展展围裙，

整理好她的帽子。

然 后走向走廊尽头的房

间，铃声再一次响起，夫人已没有耐心了。

“

at last, Sophie. I thought you were never coming.

”