人物的经典描写中英对照.docx

Jane s first sight at Lady In gram As far a sperson went, she answered point for point, both to my picture and Mrs. Fairfax The no ble bust,the slop ing shoulders, the graceful n eck, the dark eyes and black rin glets were all there: but her face? Her face was like her mother 岡 youthful unfurrowed likeness: the low brow, the same high features, the same pride: it was not, however, so saturnine（忧郁的，沉默寡言的）a pride. She laughed continually: her laugh was satirical, and so was habitual expressi on of her arched and haughty lip. More Examples: Upon an oval of in describable loveli ness, place two dark eyes ben eath brows so clea nly arched that they might have bee n pain ted on; veil those eyes with lashes so long that, whe n lowered, they cast shadows over the pink flush of the cheeks; sketch a delicate, straight, spirited nose and no strils slightly flared in a passi on ate aspirati on towards sen suality; draw a regular mouth with lips part ing gracefully over teeth as white as milk; tint the skin with the bloom of peaches which no hands has touches —and you will have a comprehe nsive picture of her entrancing face. 在一张难以形容的优美的鹅蛋形脸上，长着一双黑 眼睛，上面是两道弯弯的，纯净得像是画上去的眉 毛；长长的睫毛遮住了双眼，眼帘低垂时，睫毛就 在玫瑰色的双颊上投下一抹淡淡的阴影；再添上一 个精致的，笔直的，灵巧的鼻子，鼻翼因为对情欲 生活的热望而微张着；脸庞上再描岀一张匀称的嘴， 嘴唇轻开处微露岀乳白色的牙齿；再给肌肤染上未 经人手触摸过的桃花般的颜色一于是，你便可以领 略到这副迷人的面容了。 ---选摘自《茶花女》［法］小仲马 (Camille ??Written by Alexa ndre Dumas fils) ? The old woma n stood facing him in sile nee and looking inquiringly at him. She was a diminutive, withered up old woman of sixty, with sharp malignant eyes and a sharp little nose. Her colourless, somewhat grizzled hair was thickly smeared with oil, and she wore no kerchief over it. Round her thin long neck, which looked like a hens leg, was knotted some sort of flannel rag, and, in spite of the heat, there hung flapp ing on her shoulders, a mangy fur cape, yellow with age. 老太婆默默地站在他面前，疑问地注视着他。这是 一个干瘪的小老太婆，六十来岁，有一双目光锐利、 神情凶恶的小眼睛，尖尖的小鼻子，光着头，没包 头巾。她那像鸡腿样细长的脖子上缠着一块法兰绒 破围巾，别看天热，肩上还披着一件穿得十分破旧、 已经发黄的毛皮女短上