英语听力 暮光之城•暮色 第18期:初见(8)

搜索关注在线英语听力室公众号：tingroom，领取免费英语资料大礼包。

"你是伊萨贝拉·斯旺吧?"一个男声问道。

 

I looked up to see a cute, baby-faced boy, his pale blond hair carefully gelled into orderly spikes¹, smiling at me in a friendly way. He obviously didn't think I smelled bad.

 

我抬眼一看，只见一张可爱的娃娃脸，正友好地冲着我微笑，他浅黄色的头发用发胶整整齐齐地定成了一簇一簇的。他显然不认为我难闻。

"Bella," I corrected him, with a smile.

 

"贝拉，"我微笑着纠正了他的说法。

 

"I'm Mike."

 

"我是迈克。"

 

"Hi, Mike."

 

"你好，迈克。"

 

"Do you need any help finding your next class?"

 

"你下一节课在哪儿上?需要我帮忙吗?"

 

"I'm headed to the gym, actually. I think I can find it."

 

"事实上，我要去体育馆。我想我能找到。"

 

"That's my next class, too." He seemed thrilled, though it wasn't that big of a coincidencein a school this small.

 

"那也是我的下一节课。"他似乎很激动，尽管在这么小的一所学校里，这并不是什么大的巧合。

 

We walked to class together; he was a chatterer — he supplied most of the conversation, which made it easy for me. He'd lived in California till he was ten, so he knew how I felt about the sun. It turned out he was in my English class also. He was the nicest person I'd met today.

 

我们一起向上课的地方走去;他是个话匣子——主要是他讲我听，这让我感到很轻松。他十岁以前住在加利福尼亚，所以他能理解我对阳光的感受。后来才知道，他跟我英语课也是同班。他是我今天遇到的最好的人了。

 

But as we were entering the gym, he asked, "So, did you stab Edward Cullen with a pencil or what? I've never seen him act like that."

 

不过，我们进体育馆的时候，他问了一句："那你有没有用铅笔什么的刺了爱德华·卡伦一下?我从来没有见过他那样。"

 

I cringed. So I wasn't the only one who had noticed. And, apparently², that wasn't Edward Cullen's usual behavior. I decided³ to play dumb.

 

我愣住了。这么说来，我不是惟一注意到了的人。而且，显然爱德华·卡伦平时也不是这样。我决定装傻充愣。

 

"Was that the boy I sat next to in Biology?" I asked artlessly.

 

"你是说生物学课坐我旁边的那个男生吗?"我问得很不艺术。

 

"Yes," he said. "He looked like he was in pain or something."

 

"对，"他说，"他看上去好像很苦恼或者有什么难言之隐似的。"

 

"I don't know," I responded. "I never spoke⁴ to him."

 

"我不知道，"我回答说，"我没跟他说过话。"

 

"He's a weird⁵ guy." Mike lingered by me instead of heading to the dressing⁶ room. "If I were lucky enough to sit by you, I would have talked to you."

 

"他是个不可思议的家伙。"迈克在我边上耗着，迟迟不去更衣室，"要是我当时有幸坐在你旁边的话，我肯定就跟你说过话了。"

 

I smiled at him before walking through the girls' locker⁷ room door. He was friendly and clearly admiring. But it wasn't enough to ease my irritation⁸.

 

我冲他笑了笑，进了女更衣室。他很友好而且明显对我有好感。但这还不足以平息我的愤怒。

 

The Gym teacher, Coach Clapp, found me a uniform but didn't make me dress down for today's class. At home, only two years of RE. were required. Here, P.E. was mandatory⁹ all four years. Forks was literally¹⁰ my personal hell on Earth.

 

体育老师克拉普教练给我找了一件校服，但并没让我穿着上今天这节课。在家那边，只要求上两年的体育课，而在这里，体育整个四年都是必修课。福克斯对我而言，简直就是一座人间地狱。

 

I watched four volleyball games running simultaneously¹¹. Remembering how many injuries I had sustained — and inflicted¹² — playing volleyball, I felt faintly nauseated¹³.

 

我观看了同时进行的四场排球赛。想起我曾经受过多少伤，遭受过多少痛苦，我就有点儿恶心。

分享到：