🔊 Marius was, at this epoch, a handsome young man, of medium stature, with thick and intensely black hair, a lofty and intelligent brow, well-opened and passionate nostrils, an air of calmness and sincerity, and with something indescribably proud, thoughtful, and innocent over his whole countenance. His profile, all of whose lines were rounded, without thereby losing their firmness, had a certain Germanic sweetness, which has made its way into the French physiognomy by way of Alsace and Lorraine, and that complete absence of angles which rendered the Sicambres so easily recognizable among the Romans, and which distinguishes the leonine from the aquiline race. He was at that period of life when the mind of men who think is composed, in nearly equal parts, of depth and ingenuousness. A grave situation being given, he had all that is required to be stupid: one more turn of the key, and he might be sublime. His manners were reserved, cold, polished, not very genial. As his mouth was charming, his lips the reddest, and his teeth the whitest in the world, his smile corrected the severity of his face, as a whole. At certain moments, that pure brow and that voluptuous smile presented a singular contrast. His eyes were small, but his glance was large.

马吕斯在那个时期是个英俊的青年,中等身材,浓密乌黑的头发,高尚智慧的额头,开阔而充满激情的鼻孔,神情平静而真诚,整个面容带着一种难以言表的骄傲、深思和纯真。他的侧面轮廓线条圆润却不失坚毅,带有某种日耳曼式的温柔--这种温柔经由阿尔萨斯和洛林渗透进了法兰西相貌之中--并且完全没有棱角,这使得西坎布尔人在罗马人中极易辨认,也区分了狮子般的民族与鹰一般的民族。他正处在这样一个年纪:善于思考的人的心智几乎由深度和纯真各半构成。面对严肃的情境,他具备了一切变得愚蠢的条件:只需再多拧一圈钥匙,他便可能变得崇高。他的举止矜持、冷淡、文雅,却不算和蔼。他的嘴很迷人,嘴唇是世界上最红的,牙齿是世界上最白的,微笑缓和了整张脸的严厉。某些时刻,那纯净的前额和那肉感的微笑形成了奇特的对比。他的眼睛虽小,目光却很宽广。

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epoch /ˈiːpɒk/

n. 时期,时代➕

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stature /ˈstætʃə(r)/

n. 身高,身材；声望➕

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lofty /ˈlɒfti/

adj. 崇高的；高傲的；高的➕

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countenance /ˈkaʊntənəns/

n. 面容,面部表情➕

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sublime /səˈblaɪm/

adj. 崇高的；令人赞叹的➕

🔊 At the period of his most abject misery, he had observed that young girls turned round when he passed by, and he fled or hid, with death in his soul. He thought that they were staring at him because of his old clothes, and that they were laughing at them; the fact is, that they stared at him because of his grace, and that they dreamed of him.

在他最为穷困潦倒的时期,他注意到年轻姑娘们经过他身边时会回头看他,于是他便逃走或躲起来,心中充满绝望。他以为她们盯着他看是因为他的旧衣裳,是在嘲笑那些破衣服；而实际上,她们盯着他是由于他的优雅,并且暗自梦想着他。

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abject /ˈæbdʒekt/

adj. 悲惨的；卑微的➕

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misery /ˈmɪzəri/

n. 痛苦,苦难➕

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observed /əbˈzɜːvd/

v. 观察,注意到➕

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grace /ɡreɪs/

n. 优雅,优美；恩典➕

🔊 This mute misunderstanding between him and the pretty passersby had made him shy. He chose none of them for the excellent reason that he fled from all of them. He lived thus indefinitely--stupidly, as Courfeyrac said. Courfeyrac also said to him: "Do not aspire to be venerable" (they called each other "thou;" it is the tendency of youthful friendships to slip into this mode of address). "Let me give you a piece of advice, my dear fellow. Don't read so many books, and look a little more at the lasses. The jades have some good points about them, O Marius! By dint of fleeing and blushing, you will become brutalized."

这种与漂亮路人之间的无声误会使他变得腼腆。他不选择她们中的任何一个,原因很简单:他逃避所有姑娘。他就这样无休止地生活着--用古费拉克的话说,像个傻瓜。古费拉克还对他说:“别总想着变得令人敬畏”（他们之间互称“你”；年轻友谊很容易滑入这种称呼方式）。“给你个建议,老兄。别读那么多书,多看看姑娘们。那些小妖精还是有可取之处的,喂,马吕斯！一味地逃避和脸红,你会变得麻木不仁的。”

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mute /mjuːt/

adj. 沉默的；哑的➕

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misunderstanding /ˌmɪsʌndəˈstændɪŋ/

n. 误解➕

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aspire /əˈspaɪə(r)/

v. 渴望,立志➕

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venerable /ˈvenərəbl/

adj. 值得尊敬的,可敬的➕

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tendency /ˈtendənsi/

n. 趋势,倾向➕

🔊 On other occasions, Courfeyrac encountered him and said: --"Good morning, Monsieur l'Abbé!"

另一些时候,古费拉克遇见他,会说:“早上好,神父先生！”

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encountered /ɪnˈkaʊntəd/

v. 遇到,遭遇➕

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occasions /əˈkeɪʒnz/

n. 场合,时机➕

🔊 When Courfeyrac had addressed to him some remark of this nature, Marius avoided women, both young and old, more than ever for a week to come, and he avoided Courfeyrac to boot. Nevertheless, there existed in all the immensity of creation, two women whom Marius did not flee, and to whom he paid no attention whatever. In truth, he would have been very much amazed if he had been informed that they were women. One was the bearded old woman who swept out his chamber, and caused Courfeyrac to say: "Seeing that his servant woman wears his beard, Marius does not wear his own beard." The other was a sort of little girl whom he saw very often, and whom he never looked at.

每当古费拉克说了这类话,马吕斯在接下来的一周里会比以往更加避讳女人,无论老少,而且连古费拉克也一并躲避。然而,在茫茫宇宙间,却有两个女人是马吕斯不逃避也完全不注意的。事实上,要是有人告诉他她们是女性,他会大为惊讶。一个是长着胡须的老太婆,替他打扫房间,这使古费拉克说:“既然他的女佣人留着胡子,马吕斯自己就不留胡子了。”另一个是他经常见到却从不看一眼的小女孩。

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addressed /əˈdrest/

v. 向…说话；处理➕

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nevertheless /ˌnevəðəˈles/

adv. 尽管如此,然而➕

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immensity /ɪˈmensəti/

n. 巨大,广大➕

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amazed /əˈmeɪzd/

adj. 惊奇的,惊讶的➕

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chamber /ˈtʃeɪmbə(r)/

n. 房间,室➕

🔊 For more than a year, Marius had noticed in one of the walks of the Luxembourg, the one which skirts the parapet of the Pépinière, a man and a very young girl, who were almost always seated side by side on the same bench, at the most solitary end of the alley, on the Rue de l'Ouest side. Every time that that chance which meddles with the strolls of persons whose gaze is turned inwards, led Marius to that walk--and it was nearly every day--he found this couple there.

一年多来,马吕斯在卢森堡公园的一条小径上（靠近苗圃护墙的那条）注意到一个男人和一个非常年轻的女孩,他们几乎总是并排坐在同一张长椅上,位于小径最僻静的尽头,在西街那一侧。每当那干预着内心凝视者的漫步的偶然性将马吕斯带到这条小径--几乎每天如此--他都会发现这对男女在那里。

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parapet /ˈpærəpɪt/

n. 栏杆,护墙➕

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solitary /ˈsɒlətri/

adj. 孤独的；唯一的➕

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alley /ˈæli/

n. 小巷,胡同➕

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gaze /ɡeɪz/

n. 凝视,注视➕

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couple /ˈkʌpl/

n. 一对男女,配偶➕

🔊 The man appeared to be about sixty years of age; he seemed sad and serious; his whole person presented the robust and weary aspect peculiar to military men who have retired from the service. If he had worn a decoration, Marius would have said: "He is an ex-officer." He had a kindly but unapproachable air, and he never let his glance linger on the eyes of anyone. He wore blue trousers, a blue frock coat and a broad-brimmed hat, which always appeared to be new, a black cravat, a quaker shirt, that is to say, it was dazzlingly white, but of coarse linen. A grisette who passed near him one day, said: "Here's a very tidy widower." His hair was very white.

那个男人看起来大约六十岁；神情忧伤而严肃；整个人呈现出退役军人特有的强壮而疲惫的模样。如果他佩戴着勋章,马吕斯会说:“他是个退伍军官。”他有一种和蔼但难以接近的神态,从不让自己的目光在任何人眼中停留。他穿着蓝裤子、蓝礼服大衣、宽檐帽（那帽子总是像新的一样）、黑领带,以及一件费格衬衫,也就是说,白得耀眼,但却是粗麻布。有一天,一个从他身边走过的年轻女工说:“这鳏夫可真整洁。”他的头发非常白。

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robust /rəʊˈbʌst/

adj. 强健的；坚实的➕

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weary /ˈwɪəri/

adj. 疲倦的；令人厌倦的➕

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aspect /ˈæspekt/

n. 方面；面貌➕

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unapproachable /ˌʌnəˈprəʊtʃəbl/

adj. 难以接近的；不可及的➕

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linger /ˈlɪŋɡə(r)/

v. 逗留；徘徊➕

🔊 The first time that the young girl who accompanied him came and seated herself on the bench which they seemed to have adopted, she was a sort of child thirteen or fourteen years of age, so thin as to be almost homely, awkward, insignificant, and with a possible promise of handsome eyes. Only, they were always raised with a sort of displeasing assurance. Her dress was both aged and childish, like the dress of the scholars in a convent; it consisted of a badly cut gown of black merino. They had the air of being father and daughter.

陪着他的那个年轻女孩第一次来坐在他们似乎已选定的那张长椅上时,她是个十三四岁的孩子,瘦得几乎有点丑,笨拙,不起眼,但有一双可能变成俊俏眼睛的潜力。只是那双眼睛总是带着一种令人不快的自信向上翻着。她的衣着既显老气又孩子气,就像女修道院里学生的衣服；是一件剪裁很差的黑色美利奴羊毛裙。他们看上去像是父女。

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homely /ˈhəʊmli/

adj. 朴素的；不好看的➕

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awkward /ˈɔːkwəd/

adj. 笨拙的；尴尬的➕

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insignificant /ˌɪnsɪɡˈnɪfɪkənt/

adj. 不重要的；微不足道的➕

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assurance /əˈʃʊərəns/

n. 自信；保证➕

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convent /ˈkɒnvənt/

n. 修道院；女校➕

🔊 Marius scanned this old man, who was not yet aged, and this little girl, who was not yet a person, for a few days, and thereafter paid no attention to them. They, on their side, did not appear even to see him. They conversed together with a peaceful and indifferent air. The girl chattered incessantly and merrily. The old man talked but little, and, at times, he fixed on her eyes overflowing with an ineffable paternity.

马吕斯打量了这个还未衰老的老人和这个尚未成人的小女孩几天,之后便不再注意他们了。而他们那边,似乎根本没看见他。他们交谈时带着一种平静而淡漠的神情。女孩喋喋不休,兴高采烈。老人说话不多,有时会注视着她的眼睛,目光中充满了一种难以言表的父爱。

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scanned /skænd/

v. 细看；扫描➕

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thereafter /ˌðeərˈɑːftə(r)/

adv. 之后,此后➕

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conversed /kənˈvɜːst/

v. 交谈,谈话➕

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indifferent /ɪnˈdɪfrənt/

adj. 漠不关心的；中立的➕

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ineffable /ɪnˈefəbl/

adj. 难以言表的,不可言喻的➕

🔊 Marius had acquired the mechanical habit of strolling in that walk. He invariably found them there.

马吕斯已经养成了机械地在那条小径上散步的习惯。他总能在那里看到他们。

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acquired /əˈkwaɪəd/

v. 获得,养成➕

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mechanical /məˈkænɪkl/

adj. 机械的；习惯性的➕

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strolling /ˈstrəʊlɪŋ/

v. 散步,闲逛➕

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invariably /ɪnˈveəriəbli/

adv. 始终如一地；总是➕

🔊 This is the way things went: --Marius liked to arrive by the end of the alley which was furthest from their bench; he walked the whole length of the alley, passed in front of them, then returned to the extremity whence he had come, and began again. This he did five or six times in the course of his promenade, and the promenade was taken five or six times a week, without its having occurred to him or to these people to exchange a greeting. That personage, and that young girl, although they appeared--and perhaps because they appeared--to shun all glances, had, naturally, caused some attention on the part of the five or six students who strolled along the Pépinière from time to time; the studious after their lectures, the others after their game of billiards. Courfeyrac, who was among the last, had observed them several times, but, finding the girl homely, he had speedily and carefully kept out of the way. He had fled, discharging at them a sobriquet, like a Parthian dart.

事情是这样的:马吕斯喜欢从离他们长椅最远的小径尽头到达；他走完整条小径,经过他们面前,然后回到他来的那一端,再重新开始。他每次散步这样来回五六次,每周散步五六次,而他或那两个人从未想到要打个招呼。那个男人和那个年轻女孩,尽管他们似乎--或许正因为他们似乎--躲避所有人的目光,自然引起了偶尔在苗圃散步的五六个学生的注意:好学的学生课后散步,另一些则在打完台球后。古费拉克属于后者,他见过他们几次,但觉得那女孩丑,便迅速小心地避开了。他逃开时,像射出一支帕提亚箭一样,朝他们扔了个绰号。

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extremity /ɪkˈstreməti/

n. 尽头；极端➕

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promenade /ˌprɒməˈnɑːd/

n. 散步；散步场所➕

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personage /ˈpɜːsənɪdʒ/

n. 人物；要人➕

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shun /ʃʌn/

v. 避开,回避➕

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studious /ˈstjuːdiəs/

adj. 好学的；用功的➕

🔊 Impressed solely with the child's gown and the old man's hair, he had dubbed the daughter Mademoiselle Lanoire, and the father, Monsieur Leblanc, so that as no one knew them under any other title, this nickname became a law in default of any other name. The students said: "Ah! Monsieur Leblanc is on his bench." And Marius, like the rest, had found it convenient to call this unknown gentleman Monsieur Leblanc.

他只对女孩的裙子和老人的头发印象深刻,于是给女儿取名为“拉努瓦小姐”,父亲为“勒布朗先生”,既然没人知道他们别的称呼,这个绰号在没有其他名字的情况下就成了约定俗成的称呼。学生们说:“啊！勒布朗先生坐在他的长椅上了。”马吕斯也和别人一样,觉得称这位不知名的先生为勒布朗先生很方便。

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impressed /ɪmˈprest/

v. 使印象深刻；打动➕

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solely /ˈsəʊlli/

adv. 仅仅；唯一地➕

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dubbed /dʌbd/

v. 称…为；给…起绰号➕

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nickname /ˈnɪkneɪm/

n. 绰号,昵称➕

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default /dɪˈfɔːlt/

n. 默认；拖欠➕

🔊 We shall follow their example, and we shall say M. Leblanc, in order to facilitate this tale.

我们也仿效他们,为了讲述故事的方便,就称他为勒布朗先生。

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facilitate /fəˈsɪlɪteɪt/

v. 促进,使便利➕

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tale /teɪl/

n. 故事,传说➕

🔊 So Marius saw them nearly every day, at the same hour, during the first year. He found the man to his taste, but the girl insipid.

于是,在第一年里,马吕斯几乎每天在同一时间都见到他们。他觉得那男人很合他的口味,但那女孩却很乏味。

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insipid /ɪnˈsɪpɪd/

adj. 乏味的,枯燥的➕

🔊 With regard to the young girl, he thought her pretty rather than otherwise; but he was not impressed by her; he thought about her as little as possible. However, as time went on, this young girl, who had been so thin and homely, began to grow more pleasing. Her eyes, which had seemed too large, became beautiful; her figure, which had been awkward, became graceful. Marius began to notice her more. He found himself looking at her. He felt a new interest. He began to come to the Luxembourg earlier and stay later. He watched her from a distance, reading his book but not seeing the words. He was in love without knowing it.

至于那年轻女孩,他倒是觉得她还算漂亮；但他并未被她打动；他尽可能少去想她。然而,随着时间流逝,这个曾经那么瘦弱不起眼的女孩开始变得悦目起来。她那曾显得太大的眼睛变得美丽了；曾经笨拙的身材变得优雅了。马吕斯开始更多地注意到她。他发现自己不由自主地看向她。他感到一种新的兴趣。他开始更早来到卢森堡公园,待到更晚。他从远处注视着她,读着书,却看不见字。他坠入了爱河,却浑然不觉。

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graceful /ˈɡreɪsfl/

adj. 优雅的,优美的➕

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pleasing /ˈpliːzɪŋ/

adj. 令人愉快的,讨人喜欢的➕

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figure /ˈfɪɡə(r)/

n. 身材；数字；人物➕

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distance /ˈdɪstəns/

n. 距离；远处➕

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watched /wɒtʃt/

v. 注视,观看➕

🔊 The next day, when he arrived, the bench was empty. He waited. They did not come. He returned the next day and the next. They never came again. Marius was in despair. He searched for them all over Paris, but could not find them. He never saw them again.

第二天,当他到达时,长椅空着。他等待着。他们没来。他第二天、第三天又来。他们再也没出现过。马吕斯陷入了绝望。他找遍了整个巴黎,却找不到他们。他再也没有见过他们。

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despair /dɪˈspeər/

n. 绝望,失去希望➕

Book VI. The Conjunction of Two Stars – Chapter one: The Sobriquet: Mode of Formation of Family Names (第一章 绰号:姓氏的形成方式)

Book VI. The Conjunction of Two Stars – Chapter one: The Sobriquet: Mode of Formation of Family Names (第一章绰号:姓氏的形成方式)