英語晨讀精華 Week 2 Day 5 Jane Eyre(excerpt) 簡愛(節(jié)選)
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“..仿佛我們兩人穿過墳?zāi)?，站在上帝腳下，彼此平等——本來就如此!”
——這是小說《簡·愛》里面簡和羅切斯特最經(jīng)典的對白。
"No， you must stay! I swear it--and the oath shall be kept."
"I tell you I must go!" I retorted, roused to something like passion."
"Do you think I can stay to become nothing to you? Do you think I am an automaton?--a machine without feelings? and can bear to have my morsel of bread snatched from my lips, and my drop of living water dashed from my cup? Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless? You think wrong!--I have as much soul as you,--and full as much heart! And if God had gifted me with some beauty and much wealth, I should have made it as hard for you to leave me, as it is now for me to leave you. I am not talking to you now through the medium of custom, conventionalities, nor even of mortal flesh;--it is my spirit that addresses your spirit; just as if both had passed through the grave, and we stood at God's feet, equal,--as we are!"
—— Charlotte Bronte
[注釋]：
swear: to make a solemn promise; vow 發(fā)誓
oath: the words or formula of such a declaration or promise 誓言
retort: to present a counterargument 反駁，反擊
automaton: a self-operating machine or mechanism, especially a robot 機(jī)器人
morsel: a small amount; a piece (食物)一口，少量
snatch: to grasp or seize hastily, eagerly, or suddenly 攫取
dash: to splash; bespatter 潑濺
obscure: of undistinguished or humble station or reputation 身份卑微的
conventionality: the state, quality or character of being conventional 慣例，俗套，老一套
mortal: of or relating to humankind; human 人類的
grave: an excavation for the interment of a corpse 墓穴，墳?zāi)埂?br />
夏洛蒂·勃朗特的《簡·愛》通過簡·愛的自述，描繪了一個出身貧苦家庭、長相平凡、無依無靠的女家庭教師的曲折遭遇。簡，成為純潔、熱情、坦率、熱愛真理、敢于追求幸福的女性的象征，因而形象鮮明。作品成功之處還在于從作者對人性的描述中，我們隱約看到了自己——卑劣或美麗的人性，而覺得心有戚戚焉?！?br />
“不,你非留下不可! 我發(fā)誓———我信守誓言。”
“我告訴你我非走不可! ”我回駁著,感情很有些沖動。
“你難道認(rèn)為,我會留下來甘愿做一個對你來說無足輕重
的人? ??難道就因?yàn)槲乙回毴缦?、默默無聞、長相平庸、個子瘦小,就沒有靈魂,沒有心腸了? ———你不是想錯了嗎? ———我的心靈跟你一樣豐富,我的心胸跟你一樣充實(shí)!要是上帝賜予我一點(diǎn)姿色和充足的財富,我會使你同我現(xiàn)在一樣難分難舍,我不是根據(jù)習(xí)俗、常規(guī),甚至也不是血肉之軀同你說話,而是我的靈魂同你的靈魂在對話,就仿佛我們兩人穿過墳?zāi)?站在上帝腳下,彼此平等———本來就如此! ”
