原著精读：《呼啸山庄》Wuthering Heights

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1. curate 助理牧师；堂区牧师

2. tuberculosis 结核病；肺结核

3. from this point on 

    类似表达：

    from now on 

    from then on 

第一章 洛克伍德先生“闯入”呼啸山庄

双文阅读（一）：

    1801,I have just returned from a visit to my landlord--the solitary neighbour that I shall be troubled with. This is certainly a beautiful country! 

    In all England, I do not believe that I could have fixed on a situation so completely removed from the stir of society. 

    A perfect misanthropist's heaven: and Mr Heathcliff and I are such a suitable pair to divide the desolation between us. A capital fellow!

    He little imagined how my heart warmed towards him when I beheld his black eyes withdraw so suspiciously under their brows, as I rode up, and when his fingers sheltered themselves, with a jealous resolution, still farther in his waistcoat, as I announced my name.

    A nod was the answer. `Mr Lockwood, your new tenant, sir. I do myself the honour of calling as soon as possible after my arrival, to express the hope that I have not inconvenienced you by my perseverance in soliciting the occupation of Thrushcross Grange: I heard yesterday you had had some thoughts--'

译文：1801年。我刚刚拜访过我的房东回来——就是那个将要给我惹麻烦的孤独的邻居。这儿可真是一个美丽的乡间！在整个英格兰境内，我不相信我竟能找到这样一个能与尘世的喧嚣完全隔绝的地方，一个厌世者的理想的天堂。而希刺克厉夫和我正是分享这儿荒凉景色的如此合适的一对。一个绝妙的人！在我骑着马走上前去时，看见他的黑眼睛缩在眉毛下猜忌地瞅着我。而在我通报自己姓名时．他把手指更深地藏到背心袋里，完全是一副不信任我的神气。刹那间，我对他产生了亲切之感，而他却根本未察觉到。用点头来作答。“先生，我是洛克乌德，您的新房客。我一到这儿就尽可能马上来向您表示敬意，希望我坚持要租画眉田庄没什么使您不方便。昨天我听说您想——”。

单词积累：

4. solitary 近义词：lonely ; alone

the solitary neighbour 习惯独处的邻居

5. be troubled with 被...困扰

6. the stir of society 社会喧嚣

stir 搅动；拨动

    * In all England, I do not believe that I could have fixed on a situation so completely removed from the stir of society. 在整个英格兰境内，我不相信竟能找到这样一个与尘世的喧嚣完全隔绝的地方。

7. misanthropist 厌世者；厌恶人类者

mis- 否定前缀

    -ist 名词后缀

8. desolation 荒地；荒芜之地

    desolate 荒凉的；荒无人烟的

9. soliciting — solicit 恳求；征求；招募

    solicitor 律师

双文阅读（二）：

    "Thrushcross Grange is my own, sir," he interrupted, wincing. "I should not allow anyone to inconvenience me, if I could hinder it -- walk in!"

    “画眉田庄是我自己的，先生。”他打断了我的话，闪避着。“只要是我能够阻止，我总是不允许任何人给我什么不方便的。进来吧！”

    The "walk in" was uttered with closed teeth, and expressed the sentiment, "Go to the deuce": even the gate over which he leant manifested no sympathizing movement to the words; and I think that circumstance determined me to accept the invitation: I felt interested in a man who seemed more exaggeratedly reserved than myself.

    这一声“进来”是咬着牙说出来的，表示了这样一种情绪，“见鬼！”甚至他靠着的那扇大门也没有对这句许诺表现出同情而移动；我想情况决定我接受这样的邀请：我对一个仿佛比我还更怪僻的人颇感兴趣。

    When he saw my horse's breast fairly pushing the barrier, he did put out his hand to unchain it, and then sullenly preceded me up the causeway, calling, as we entered the court: "Joseph, take Mr Lockwood's horse; and bring up some wine."

    他看见我的马的胸部简直要碰上栅栏了，竟也伸手解开了门链，然后阴郁地领我走上石路，在我们到了院子里的时候，就叫着：“约瑟夫，把洛克乌德先生的马牵走。拿点酒来。”

    "Here we have the whole establishment of domestics, I suppose," was the reflection suggested by this compound order. "No wonder the grass grows up between the flags, and cattle are the only hedge-cutters."

    “我想他全家只有这一个人吧，”那句双重命令引起了这种想法。“怪不得石板缝间长满了草，而且只有牛替他们修剪篱笆哩。”

    Joseph was an elderly, nay, an old man: very old, perhaps, though hale and sinewy. "The Lord help us!" he soliloquized in an undertone of peevish displeasure, while relieving me of my horse: looking, meantime, in my face so sourly that I charitably conjectured he must have need of divine aid to digest his dinner, and his pious ejaculation had no reference to my unexpected advent.

    约瑟夫是个上年纪的人，不，简直是个老头——也许很老了，虽然还很健壮结实。“求主保佑我们！”他接过我的马时，别别扭扭地不高兴地低声自言自语着，同时又那么愤怒地盯着我的脸，使我善意地揣度他一定需要神来帮助才能消化他的饭食，而他那虔诚的突然喊叫跟我这突然来访是毫无关系的。

单词积累：

10. wince 脸部抽搐；皱眉蹙眼

11. hinder 阻碍；阻止

      hind leg 后腿

      hindward 向后

12. manifest 证明；显示

13. sullenly 阴沉地；不高兴地

      sullen - sullenly

14. hedgecutter （合成词）篱笆修剪工

      hedge 树篱 - cut 砍- er 

15. nay = no （古英语）

16. hale 硬朗的；健壮的

     inhale 吸入 - exhale 呼出

17. sinewy 有力的；肌肉发达的

双文阅读（三）：

    Wuthering Heights is the name of Mr Heathcliff's dwelling. "Wuthering" being a significant provincial adjective, descriptive of the atmospheric tumult to which its station is exposed in stormy weather. Pure, bracing ventilation they must have up there at all times, indeed; one may guess the power of the north wind blowing over the edge, by the excessive slant of a few stunted firs at the end of the house; and by a range of gaunt thorns all stretching their limbs one way, as if craving alms of the sun. Happily, the architect had foresight to build it strong: the narrow windows are deeply set in the wall, and the corners defended with large jutting stones.

    呼啸山庄是希刺克厉夫先生的住宅名称。“呼啸”是一个意味深长的内地形容词，形容这地方在风暴的天气里所受的气压骚动。的确，他们这儿一定是随时都流通着振奋精神的纯洁空气。从房屋那头有几棵矮小的枞树过度倾斜，还有那一排瘦削的荆棘都向着一个方向伸展枝条，仿佛在向太阳乞讨温暖，就可以猜想到北风吹过的威力了。幸亏建筑师有先见把房子盖得很结实：窄小的窗子深深地嵌在墙里，墙角有大块的凸出的石头防护着。

    Before passing the threshold, I paused to admire a quantity of grotesque carving lavished over the front, and especially about the principal door; above which, among a wilderness of crumbling griffins and shameless little boys, I detected the date "1500", and the name "Hareton Earnshaw". I would have made a few comments, and requested a short history of the place from the surly owner; but his attitude at the door appeared to demand my speedy entrance, or complete departure, and I had no desire to aggravate his impatience previous to inspecting the penetralium.

    在跨进门槛之前，我停步观赏房屋前面大量的稀奇古怪的雕刻，特别是正门附近，那上面除了许多残破的怪兽和不知羞的小男孩外，我还发现“一五○○”年代和“哈里顿·恩萧”的名字。我本想说一两句话，向这倨傲无礼的主人请教这地方的简短历史，但是从他站在门口的姿势看来，是要我赶快进去，要不就干脆离开，而我在参观内部之前也并不想增加他的不耐烦。

单词积累：

18. soliloquise 自言自语；独白

19. peevish 易怒的,脾气坏的,乖戾的,好抱怨的

20. charitably  慈善的；宽容的；宽厚的

      charity 慈善

 -able 形容词后缀

       -ly 副词后缀

21. conjecture 推测；占卜

22. advent (尤指不寻常的人或事物的)出现,到来

23. dwelling 住宅；公寓

24. tumult 吵闹；喧哗

Her mind is in a tumult. 她心烦意乱。

25. bracing 令人振奋的;使人心旷神怡的

      brace n. 支架 v. 加强

braces 儿童牙箍；吊带裤；背带

26. ventilation 空气流通；通风设备

  ventilate v. 流通；给...供氧

27. excessive 过多的,过分的;极度的

28.  stunt 妨碍发展;遏制

 stunted firs 发育迟缓的杉树

29. gaunt 枯萎的；(因饥饿、年老等而)瘦的,瘦削的;骨瘦如柴的;(面容)憔悴的

30. limbs 大枝,主枝

31. threshold 门槛;门口；入门;开端

32. grotesque 奇形怪状的,奇异的;丑陋的

      近义词：strange；absurd；weird

33. crumble弄碎,摧毁;毁坏

34. griffin 狮鹫；狮身鹰首兽

35. surly 脾气坏的,乖戾的;粗鲁的

突显某人不友好、态度粗鲁，在文学作品中营造不愉快和紧张的氛围。

36.  penetralium 密室

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