英语听力 暮光之城•暮色 第106期:第七章 梦魇(11)

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I didn't know if there ever was a choice, really.  我甚至不知道这里面是否真的有过一个抉择。

I was already in too deep. Now that I knew, 我已经陷得太深了。我知道

if I knew, I could do nothing about my frightening secret.  如果我真的知道的话，对于我这个吓人的秘密，我什么也不会做的。

Because when I thought of him, of his voice, his hypnotic eyes,  因为每当我想起他，想起他的声音，他能够催眠的眼睛，

the magnetic force of his personality, I wanted nothing more than to be with him right now.  他极具吸引力的个人魅力的时候，我只想立刻和他在一起，除此之外便别无所求了。

Even if… but I couldn't think it. Not here, alone in the darkening forest.  即使……但我不能再想下去了。不能在这里，独自一人待在越来越黑的森林里想。

Not while the rain made it dim as twilight¹ under the canopy²  不能在这个时候，不能在雨水让天边的暮色变得黯淡，

and pattered like footsteps across the matted earthen floor. 滴滴答答的声音就像走过铺着瓷砖的地板的脚步声的时候想。

I shivered and rose quickly from my place of concealment³,  我颤抖着，赶快从我的隐蔽之所站起来，

worried that somehow the path would have disappeared with the rain. 担心着那条小路也许会消失在雨中。

But it was there, safe and clear, winding⁴ its way out of the dripping green maze⁵.  但它仍在那里，安全又清晰，蜿蜒着穿过那片湿漉漉的绿色迷宫。

I followed it hastily, my hood⁶ pulled close around my face, becoming surprised,  我慌忙沿着小路走回去，我的兜帽拉得很低，垂在我的脸旁。我开始惊慌起来，

as I nearly ran through the trees, at how far I had come.  几乎是跑着穿过树林，因为我觉得已经走了像来时那么远的距离了。

I started to wonder if I was heading out at all,  我开始怀疑自己是不是已经冲过头了，

or following the path farther into the confines of the forest.  又或者是沿着小路走到了森林里更远的地方。

Before I could get too panicky, though,  但在我变得更加惊慌失措以前，

I began to glimpse some open spaces through the webbed branches.  透过密密麻麻像蜘蛛网一样的树枝，我隐约能瞥见一些开阔地了。

And then I could hear a car passing on the street, and I was free,  然后我听到了一辆车穿过街道的声音，我自由了。

Charlie's lawn stretched out in front of me, the house beckoning⁷ me, promising⁸ warmth and dry socks. 查理的草坪出现在我的面前，那所房子在召唤着我，许诺着温暖以及干燥的袜子。

It was just noon when I got back inside.  我走回屋里的时候刚好是正午。

I went upstairs and got dressed for the day, jeans and a t-shirt, since I was staying indoors.  我走上楼，换上这一天的装束——牛仔裤和T恤衫——因为我会一直待在家里。

It didn't take too much effort to concentrate on my task for the day,  全力以赴解决今天的任务不会花上太多的工夫，

a paper on Macbeth that was due Wednesday.  只是一份周三截止的关于麦克白的论文而已。

I settled into outlining a rough draft contentedly⁹,  我心满意足地投入工作，罗列出了一份粗略的草稿。

more serene¹⁰ than I'd felt since… well, since Thursday afternoon, if I was being honest. 这份宁静的心境是我许久没有感受过的，自从……好吧，自从周四下午以后，如果我足够诚实的话。

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