英美文學精華導讀JaneEyre英中文本

1、Jane Eyre: Chapter 8 Volume IIA SPLENDID Midsummer shone over England: skies so pure, suns so radiant as were then seen in long succession, seldom favour even singly, our wave-girt land. It was as if a band of Italian days had come from the South, like a flock of glorious passenger birds, and lighte

2、d to rest them on the cliffs of Albion. The hay was all got in; the fields round Thornfield were green and shorn; the roads white and baked; the trees were in their dark prime; hedge and wood, full -leaved and deeply tinted, contrasted well with the sunny hue of the cleared meadows between.仲夏季節(jié)來到了英格

3、蘭，明媚的陽光照耀著，天空是如 此明凈， 太陽是如此燦爛。 在我們這個被波濤包圍著的島國， 很難得有一個這樣的好天氣，可現在卻是連續(xù)多日天天如此， 仿佛意大利的好天氣像一群鳥兒歡樂地從南方飛來，已留住 在英格蘭的懸崖上了。桑菲爾德周圍的田地已經收割過，干 草也已經收了進來 ;田野里一片青綠。 路而被太陽曬得又白又 硬;樹木郁郁蔥蔥，十分茂盛。樹籬和樹林枝繁葉密，色澤厚 重，這和滿地都是明麗陽光的牧草地形成了鮮明的對比。On Midsummer -eve， Adele, weary with gathering wild strawberries in Hay Lane half the day

4、, had gone to bed with the sun. I watched her drop asleep, and when I left her, I sought thegarden.在施洗約翰節(jié)的前夕，阿德拉在干草小徑采了半天的野 草莓，可累壞了，太陽一落山她就睡了。我看著她睡著后， 就離開她，來到花園里。It was now the sweetest hour of the twenty -four: “Day its fervid fires had wasted'," and dew fell cool on panting plain and scor

5、ched summit. Where the sun had gone down in simple state-pure of the pomp of clouds-spread a solemn purple, burning with the light of red jewel and furnace flame at one point, on one hill -peak, and extending high and wide, soft and still softer, over half heaven. The east had its own charm of fine

6、deep blue, and its own modest gem, a rising and solitary star: soon it would boast the moon; but she was yet beneath the horizon.這是一天之中最美好的一個小時 “白天已經耗盡它 熾熱的烈火 ”，露水清涼地降落在喘息的平原和曬焦的山頂上， 緩解釋了暑氣。在太陽沒落的地方，沒有華麗的云霞，只鋪 展著一層莊嚴的紫色 ;在遠處一個小山峰上方的一點上， 依然 被紅寶石般的夕陽的余暉輝映著，那余暉 正慢慢地向遠方 擴散開去，變得越來越柔和，覆蓋了半個天空。東方有它自 己湛藍、悅目

7、的美，還有它自己樸素的寶石 顆徐徐升起 的孤獨的星，它很快就要因為一輪明月的升起而自豪，可現 在月亮還沒有爬出地平線。I walked a while on the pavement; but a subtle, well -known scent -that of a cigar -stole from some window; I saw the library casement open a hand -breadth; I knew I might be watched thence; so I went apart into the orchard. No nook in the g

8、rounds more sheltered and more Eden-like; it was full of trees, it bloomed with flowers: a very high wall shut it out from the court, on one side; on the other, a beech avenue screened it from the lawn. At the bottom was a sunk fence; its sole separation from lonely fields: a winding walk, bordered

9、with laurels and terminating in a giant horse -chestnut, circled at the base by a seat, led down to the fence. Here one could wander unseen. While such honey -dew fell, such silence reigned, such gloaming gathered, I felt as if I could haunt such shade for ever; but in threading the flower and fruit

10、 parterres at the upper part of the enclosure, enticed there by the light the now rising moon cast on this more open quarter, my step is stayed nobt y sound, not by sight, but once more by a warning fragrance.我在卵石小路上散了一會步。一陣淡淡的、熟悉的香味 雪茄煙味 從一扇窗戶里飄了出來。我看見圖書室 的窗子打開了一道手掌寬的縫隙 ;我知道那里可能正有人在 窺視，因此我便走開了，到果園里

11、去了。庭園里再沒有哪個角落能比這兒更隱蔽，簡直像伊甸園。這里到處是茂盛的樹木，盛開的鮮花，一邊由一堵高墻把它和院子隔開，另一邊由一條山毛櫸林陰道像屏障似的把它和草坪分開; 盡頭是一道坍塌地籬笆， 又把電腦和寂寞的田野分開來 ;一條曲折的 路通向籬笆，路的兩邊全是月桂樹，路的那一頭有一顆很大 的七葉樹，圍著樹有一圈座位。在這里，你可以漫步而不讓 人看見。在這樣蜜露降落、萬籟俱寂、暮色漸濃的時候，我 感到我好像可以永遠在這樹陰下徘徊下去。但是這時初升的 月亮把月光灑瀉在比較開闊的地方，我受到誘惑，當我正穿 過園子里較商的花叢和果木的時候，我的腳步卻被阻止了 不是被聲音，也不是被景色，而是再一冷被一

12、陣警告性 的香味阻止了。Sweet-briar and southernwood, jasmine, pink, and rose have long been yielding their evening sacrifice of incense: this new scent is neither of shrub nor flower; it is I know it well it is Mr. Rochester's cigar. I look round and I listen. I see trees laden with ripening fruit. I hear

13、a nightingale warbling in a wood half a mile off; no moving form is visible ， no coming step audible; but that perfume increases: I must flee. I make for the wicket leading to the shrubbery, and I see Mr. Rochester entering. I step aside into the ivy recess; he will not stay long: he will soon retur

14、n whence he came ， and if I sit stillhe will never see me.香薔薇、青蒿、茉莉、石竹、玫瑰都在晚間散發(fā)出濃郁 的香味 ;剛剛出現的這股新的香味， 既不是灌木香也不是花蜜 香，而是 我非常熟悉的 羅切斯特先生抽的雪茄煙的 香味。我轉過身來， 側耳靜聽。 我看見掛著成熟果實的樹木， 聽得見夜鶯在半英里以外的樹林間歡快地歌唱 ;卻看不見有 走動的人影， 也聽不到任何走近的腳步聲 ;可是那股香味卻越 來越濃，我得趕緊逃走。當我朝著通向灌木叢的那個小門走 去時，恰好看見羅切斯特先生走進來。我連忙往旁邊躲閃， 隱藏到常青藤的深處。他不會在這兒停留太久

15、，很快就會回 去，只要我悄悄地坐著不動，他就不可能看見我。But no eventide is as pleasant to him as to me, and this antique garden as attractive; and he strolls on ， now lifting the gooseberry-tree branches to look at the fruit, large as plums ， with which they are laden; now taking a ripe cherry from the wall; now stooping towards a knot of flowers, either to inhale their fragrance or to admire the dew-beads on their petals. A great moth goes humming by me; it alights on a plant at