欧美文化博览 文森特·凡· 高传(15)

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Stokes turned out to be entirely¹ unreliable.

斯托克斯被证明完全不可靠。

Just two months after he got here, Vincent learned that the school was closing and moving to Isleworth, a London suburb where Stokes promised Vincent a proper job.

在仅仅两个月后他到这里的时候,文森特得知学校被关闭并且已经搬到伦敦郊区的艾尔沃斯,斯托克斯承诺文森特在那里会有一份合适的工作。

Vincent decided² to walk there and to visit his sister on the way, who was teaching in Welling a mere³ 100 miles away.

文森特决定步行去那里,并且顺便去拜访他的妹妹,她在威林仅100英里之外教学。

Vincent got there in three days.

文森特花了三天走到那里。

I've got a pal⁴, a regular out and outer.

我有一位朋友,一位常规和常理之外的朋友。

She's a dear old gal⁵.

她是一位可爱的老相识。

Oh, I'll tell you all about her.

哦,我会告诉你关于她的一切。

This walking business wasn't just a case of saving on rail fares.

这不仅仅是一桩节省铁路票价的事情。

He was driven to do it by the religious mania⁶ that was growing in him.

他越来越笃信不疑的宗教狂热驱使着他。

He'd been reading Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan.

他一直在看约翰·班扬的《天路历程》。

It affected⁷ him immediately.

他即刻受到影响。

He wasn't a penniless Dutch teacher walking to see his sister.

他不单单是一位去看望自己妹妹的身无分文的荷兰老师。

He was a humble⁸ pilgrim making his difficult way in life.

他是一位历经着自己生活磨难的谦虚朝圣者。

It's a feeling Vincent never lost.

这是一种文森特永远不会失去的感觉。