THU生活英语慕课|名著导读｜欧·亨利短篇小说选( 二 )
For Billy Jackson was shining down on her , calm and bright and constant through the skylight . There was no world about her . She was sunk in a pit of blackness , with but that small square of pallid light framing the star that she had so whimsically and oh , so ineffectually named . Miss Longnecker must be right ; it was Gamma , of the constellation Cassiopeia , and not Billy Jackson . And yet she could not let it be Gamma .
因为比利·杰克逊正透过天窗 ， 把安静的、明亮而永恒的光辉倾泻在她的身上 。 她如同沉入了一个黑暗的深渊 ， 只有包围着那颗星星的一方苍白的光辉陪伴着她 。 她曾心血来潮给它命了一个 ， 哦 ， 一个那么毫无意义的名字 。 朗耐克小姐是对的 ， 它是天后座的伽马星 ， 不是什么比利·杰克逊 。 可她还是不愿叫它伽马 。
After eating, the boy takes a leather object with strings tied around it from his clothes and goes outside the cave unwinding it. Then we heard a kind of shout. It was Red Chief holding a sling in one hand. He moved it faster and faster around his head.
吃过饭后 ， 男孩从他的衣服里拿出一个绑着皮筋的皮革制的玩意儿 ， 走出山洞把皮筋解开 。 然后我们听到了一种大叫 。 红酋长一只手里拿着一个投石器 ， 他把它在脑袋旁边挥得越来越快 。
Just then I heard a heavy sound and a deep breath from Bill. A rock the size of an egg had hit him just behind his left ear. Bill fell in the fire across the frying pan of hot water for washing the dishes. I pulled him out and poured cold water on his head for half an hour.
就在那时我听到一声闷响 ， 伴随着比尔沉重的呻吟 。 一块儿鸡蛋大的石头刚刚击中他左耳后头 。 比尔倒在烧着用来洗碟子的热水的锅对面的火堆上 。 我把他拖出来 ， 一个劲的往他头上浇冷水 ， 浇了足足半小时 。
Part 4. 书评
Enough of O. Henry's work relies on similar twists and themes that I did find myself predicting the outcomes by the end, but even knowing there was a twist coming and looking for it, the majority of the stories still surprised me.
—Amazon user,
MattLeFevers
he combination of technical excellence with whimsical sparkling wit, abundant humour, and fertile invention is so rare that the reader is content without comparisons.
—Smith, O. Henry Biography, p.12
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apprentice 学徒
perception 洞察力
prototype 原型
embezzling 盗用公款
bail somebody out 保释某人出狱；援救某人脱离困难
liver cirrhosis 肝硬化
skylight 天窗
cot 幼儿床 ， 行军床
pallid 苍白的
whimsically 心血来潮地
constellation 星座
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