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安徒生童话英文版:The Ice Maiden-XI
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  • XI. The Cousin

    WHEN Rudy went a few days after to pay a visit to the mill, he found the young Englishman there. Babette was just thinking of preparing some trout1 to set before him. She understood well how to garnish2 the dish with parsley, and make it look quite tempting3. Rudy thought all this quite unnecessary. What did the Englishman want there? What was he about? Why should he be entertained, and waited upon by Babette? Rudy was jealous, and that made Babette happy. It amused her to discover all the feelings of his heart; the strong points and weak ones. Love was to her as yet only a pastime, and she played with Rudy’s whole heart. At the same time it must be acknowledged that her fortune, her whole life, her inmost thoughts, her best and most noble feelings in this world were all for him. Still the more gloomy he looked, the more her eyes laughed. She could almost have kissed the fair Englishman, with the golden whiskers, if by so doing she could have put Rudy in a rage, and made him run out of the house. That would have proved how much he loved her. All this was not right in Babette, but she was only nineteen years of age, and she did not reflect on what she did, neither did she think that her conduct would appear to the young Englishman as light, and not even becoming the modest and much-loved daughter of the miller5.

    The mill at Bex stood in the highway, which passed under the snow-clad mountains, and not far from a rapid mountain-stream, whose waters seemed to have been lashed6 into a foam7 like soap-suds. This stream, however, did not pass near enough to the mill, and therefore the mill-wheel was turned by a smaller stream which tumbled down the rocks on the opposite side, where it was opposed by a stone mill-dam, and obtained greater strength and speed, till it fell into a large basin, and from thence through a channel to the mill-wheel. This channel sometimes overflowed8, and made the path so slippery that any one passing that way might easily fall in, and be carried towards the mill wheel with frightful9 rapidity. Such a catastrophe10 nearly happened to the young Englishman. He had dressed himself in white clothes, like a miller’s man, and was climbing the path to the miller’s house, but he had never been taught to climb, and therefore slipped, and nearly went in head-foremost. He managed, however, to scramble11 out with wet sleeves and bespattered trousers. Still, wet and splashed with mud, he contrived12 to reach Babette’s window, to which he had been guided by the light that shone from it. Here he climbed the old linden-tree that stood near it, and began to imitate the voice of an owl4, the only bird he could venture to mimic13. Babette heard the noise, and glanced through the thin window curtain; but when she saw the man in white, and guessed who he was, her little heart beat with terror as well as anger. She quickly put out the light, felt if the fastening of the window was secure, and then left him to howl as long as he liked. How dreadful it would be, thought Babette, if Rudy were here in the house. But Rudy was not in the house. No, it was much worse, he was outside, standing14 just under the linden-tree. He was speaking loud, angry words. He could fight, and there might be murder! Babette opened the window in alarm, and called Rudy’s name; she told him to go away, she did not wish him to remain there.

    “You do not wish me to stay,” cried he; “then this is an appointment you expected—this good friend whom you prefer to me. Shame on you, Babette!”

    “You are detestable!” exclaimed Babette, bursting into tears. “Go away. I hate you.”

    “I have not deserved this,” said Rudy, as he turned away, his cheeks burning, and his heart like fire.

    Babette threw herself on the bed, and wept bitterly. “So much as I loved thee, Rudy, and yet thou canst think ill of me.”

    Thus her anger broke forth15; it relieved her, however: otherwise she would have been more deeply grieved; but now she could sleep soundly, as youth only can sleep.



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    1 trout [traʊt] PKDzs   第9级
    n.鳟鱼;鲑鱼(属)
    参考例句:
    • Thousands of young salmon and trout have been killed by the pollution. 成千上万的鲑鱼和鳟鱼的鱼苗因污染而死亡。
    • We hooked a trout and had it for breakfast. 我们钓了一条鳟鱼,早饭时吃了。
    2 garnish [ˈgɑ:nɪʃ] rzcyO   第10级
    n.装饰,添饰,配菜
    参考例句:
    • The turkey was served with a garnish of parsley. 做好的火鸡上面配上芫荽菜做点缀。
    • The sandwiches came with a rather limp salad garnish. 三明治配着蔫软的色拉饰菜。
    3 tempting ['temptiŋ] wgAzd4   第7级
    a.诱人的, 吸引人的
    参考例句:
    • It is tempting to idealize the past. 人都爱把过去的日子说得那么美好。
    • It was a tempting offer. 这是个诱人的提议。
    4 owl [aʊl] 7KFxk   第7级
    n.猫头鹰,枭
    参考例句:
    • Her new glasses make her look like an owl. 她的新眼镜让她看上去像只猫头鹰。
    • I'm a night owl and seldom go to bed until after midnight. 我睡得很晚,经常半夜后才睡觉。
    5 miller [ˈmɪlə(r)] ZD6xf   第8级
    n.磨坊主
    参考例句:
    • Every miller draws water to his own mill. 磨坊主都往自己磨里注水。
    • The skilful miller killed millions of lions with his ski. 技术娴熟的磨坊主用雪橇杀死了上百万头狮子。
    6 lashed [læʃt] 4385e23a53a7428fb973b929eed1bce6   第7级
    adj.具睫毛的v.鞭打( lash的过去式和过去分词 );煽动;紧系;怒斥
    参考例句:
    • The rain lashed at the windows. 雨点猛烈地打在窗户上。
    • The cleverly designed speech lashed the audience into a frenzy. 这篇精心设计的演说煽动听众使他们发狂。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    7 foam [fəʊm] LjOxI   第7级
    n.泡沫,起泡沫;vi.起泡沫;吐白沫;起着泡沫流;vt.使起泡沫;使成泡沫状物
    参考例句:
    • The glass of beer was mostly foam. 这杯啤酒大部分是泡沫。
    • The surface of the water is full of foam. 水面都是泡沫。
    8 overflowed [] 4cc5ae8d4154672c8a8539b5a1f1842f   第7级
    溢出的
    参考例句:
    • Plates overflowed with party food. 聚会上的食物碟满盘盈。
    • A great throng packed out the theater and overflowed into the corridors. 一大群人坐满剧院并且还有人涌到了走廊上。 来自《简明英汉词典》
    9 frightful [ˈfraɪtfl] Ghmxw   第9级
    adj.可怕的;讨厌的
    参考例句:
    • How frightful to have a husband who snores! 有一个发鼾声的丈夫多讨厌啊!
    • We're having frightful weather these days. 这几天天气坏极了。
    10 catastrophe [kəˈtæstrəfi] WXHzr   第7级
    n.大灾难,大祸
    参考例句:
    • I owe it to you that I survived the catastrophe. 亏得你我才大难不死。
    • This is a catastrophe beyond human control. 这是一场人类无法控制的灾难。
    11 scramble [ˈskræmbl] JDwzg   第8级
    vt. 攀登;使混杂,仓促凑成;扰乱 n. 抢夺,争夺;混乱,混乱的一团;爬行,攀登 vi. 爬行,攀登;不规则地生长;仓促行动
    参考例句:
    • He broke his leg in his scramble down the wall. 他爬墙摔断了腿。
    • It was a long scramble to the top of the hill. 到山顶须要爬登一段长路。
    12 contrived [kənˈtraɪvd] ivBzmO   第12级
    adj.不自然的,做作的;虚构的
    参考例句:
    • There was nothing contrived or calculated about what he said. 他说的话里没有任何蓄意捏造的成分。
    • The plot seems contrived. 情节看起来不真实。
    13 mimic [ˈmɪmɪk] PD2xc   第9级
    vt.模仿,戏弄;n.模仿他人言行的人
    参考例句:
    • A parrot can mimic a person's voice. 鹦鹉能学人的声音。
    • He used to mimic speech peculiarities of another. 他过去总是模仿别人讲话的特点。
    14 standing [ˈstændɪŋ] 2hCzgo   第8级
    n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的
    参考例句:
    • After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing. 地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
    • They're standing out against any change in the law. 他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。
    15 forth [fɔ:θ] Hzdz2   第7级
    adv.向前;向外,往外
    参考例句:
    • The wind moved the trees gently back and forth. 风吹得树轻轻地来回摇晃。
    • He gave forth a series of works in rapid succession. 他很快连续发表了一系列的作品。

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