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月亮和六便士 第五十七章(3)

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 Dr. Coutras shrugged1 his shoulders and smiled. 库特拉斯医生耸了一下肩膀,脸上露出笑容。

"You will laugh at me. “你会笑我的。
I am a materialist2, and I am a gross, fat man—Falstaff, eh?—the lyrical mode does not become me. 我是个实利主义者,我生得又蠢又胖——有点儿象福斯塔夫(莎士比亚戏剧《亨利四世》中人物,身体肥胖,喜爱吹牛),对不对?——抒情诗的感情对我是很不合适的。
I make myself ridiculous. 我在惹人发笑。
But I have never seen painting which made so deep an impression upon me. 但是我真的还从来没有看过哪幅画给我留下这么深的印象。
Tenez, I had just the same feeling as when I went to the Sistine Chapel3 in Rome. 说老实话,我看这幅画时的心情,就象我进了罗马塞斯廷小教堂一样。
There too I was awed4 by the greatness of the man who had painted that ceiling. 在那里我也是感到在天花板上绘画的那个画家非常伟大,又敬佩又畏服。
It was genius, and it was stupendous and overwhelming. 那真是天才的画,气势磅礴,叫人感到头晕目眩。
I felt small and insignificant5. 在这样伟大的壁画前面,我感到自己非常渺小,微不足道。
But you are prepared for the greatness of Michael Angelo. 但是人们对米开朗基罗的伟大还是有心理准备的,
Nothing had prepared me for the immense surprise of these pictures in a native hut, far away from civilisation6, in a fold of the mountain above Taravao. 而在这样一个土人住的小木房子里,远离文明世界,在俯瞰塔拉窝村庄的群山怀抱里,我却根本没想到会看到这样令人吃惊的艺术作品。
And Michael Angelo is sane7 and healthy. 另外,米开朗基罗神智健全,身体健康。
Those great works of his have the calm of the sublime8; but here, notwithstanding beauty, was something troubling. 他的那些伟大作品给人以崇高、肃穆的感觉。但是在这里,虽然我看到的也是美,却叫我觉得心神不安。
I do not know what it was. It made me uneasy. 我不知道那究竟是什么,但它确实叫我不能平静。
It gave me the impression you get when you are sitting next door to a room that you know is empty, 它给我一种印象,仿佛我正坐在一间空荡荡的屋子隔壁,我知道那间屋子是空的,
but in which, you know not why, you have a dreadful consciousness that notwithstanding there is someone. 但不知为什么,我又觉得里面有一个人,叫我惊恐万状。
You scold yourself; you know it is only your nerves—and yet, and yet... 你责骂你自己吧;你知道这只不过是你的神经在作祟——但是,但是……
In a little while it is impossible to resist the terror that seizes you, and you are helpless in the clutch of an unseen horror. 过一小会儿,你就再也不能抗拒那紧紧捕捉住你的恐惧了。你被握在一种无形的恐怖的掌心里,无法逃脱。
Yes; I confess I was not altogether sorry when I heard that those strange masterpieces had been destroyed." 是的,我承认当我听到这些奇异的杰作被毁掉的时候,我并不是只觉得遗憾的。”
"Destroyed?" I cried. “怎么,毁掉了?”我喊起来。
"Mais oui; did you not know?" “是啊。你不知道吗?”
"How should I know? “我怎么会知道?
It is true I had never heard of this work; but I thought perhaps it had fallen into the hands of a private owner. 我没听说过这些作品倒是事实,但是我还以为它们落到某个私人收藏家手里去了呢。
Even now there is no certain list of Strickland's paintings." 思特里克兰德究竟画了多少画儿,直到今天始终没有人编制出目录来。”

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1 shrugged 497904474a48f991a3d1961b0476ebce     
vt.耸肩(shrug的过去式与过去分词形式)
参考例句:
  • Sam shrugged and said nothing. 萨姆耸耸肩膀,什么也没说。
  • She shrugged, feigning nonchalance. 她耸耸肩,装出一副无所谓的样子。 来自《简明英汉词典》
2 materialist 58861c5dbfd6863f4fafa38d1335beb2     
n. 唯物主义者
参考例句:
  • Promote materialist dialectics and oppose metaphysics and scholasticism. 要提倡唯物辩证法,反对形而上学和烦琐哲学。
  • Whoever denies this is not a materialist. 谁要是否定这一点,就不是一个唯物主义者。
3 chapel UXNzg     
n.小教堂,殡仪馆
参考例句:
  • The nimble hero,skipped into a chapel that stood near.敏捷的英雄跳进近旁的一座小教堂里。
  • She was on the peak that Sunday afternoon when she played in chapel.那个星期天的下午,她在小教堂的演出,可以说是登峰造极。
4 awed a0ab9008d911a954b6ce264ddc63f5c8     
adj.充满敬畏的,表示敬畏的v.使敬畏,使惊惧( awe的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • The audience was awed into silence by her stunning performance. 观众席上鸦雀无声,人们对他出色的表演感到惊叹。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • I was awed by the huge gorilla. 那只大猩猩使我惊惧。 来自《简明英汉词典》
5 insignificant k6Mx1     
adj.无关紧要的,可忽略的,无意义的
参考例句:
  • In winter the effect was found to be insignificant.在冬季,这种作用是不明显的。
  • This problem was insignificant compared to others she faced.这一问题与她面临的其他问题比较起来算不得什么。
6 civilisation civilisation     
n.文明,文化,开化,教化
参考例句:
  • Energy and ideas are the twin bases of our civilisation.能源和思想是我们文明的两大基石。
  • This opera is one of the cultural totems of Western civilisation.这部歌剧是西方文明的文化标志物之一。
7 sane 9YZxB     
adj.心智健全的,神志清醒的,明智的,稳健的
参考例句:
  • He was sane at the time of the murder.在凶杀案发生时他的神志是清醒的。
  • He is a very sane person.他是一个很有头脑的人。
8 sublime xhVyW     
adj.崇高的,伟大的;极度的,不顾后果的
参考例句:
  • We should take some time to enjoy the sublime beauty of nature.我们应该花些时间去欣赏大自然的壮丽景象。
  • Olympic games play as an important arena to exhibit the sublime idea.奥运会,就是展示此崇高理念的重要舞台。

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