冰与火之歌系列之《权力的游戏》第12期:序曲(12)
日期:2013-07-18 17:55

(单词翻译:单击)

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Will heard the breath go out of Ser Waymar Royce in a long hiss. “Come no farther,” the lordling warned. His voice cracked like a boy’s. He threw the long sable cloak back over his shoulders, to free his arms for battle, and took his sword in both hands. The wind had stopped. It was very cold.

威尔只听威玛·罗伊斯爵士倒抽一口冷气。“不要过来!”贵族少爷警告对方,声音却小得像个孩童。他将那件长长的貂皮大衣翻到背后,空出活动空间,双手持剑。风已停,寒彻骨。

The Other slid forward on silent feet. In its hand was a longsword like none that Will had ever seen. No human metal had gone into the forging of that blade. It was alive with moonlight, translucent, a shard of crystal so thin that it seemed almost to vanish when seen edge-on. There was a faint blue shimmer to the thing, a ghost-light that played around its edges, and somehow Will knew it was sharper than any razor.

异鬼安静地向前滑行,手中握着长剑,威尔从没见过类似的武器。那是把半透明的剑,材质完全不是人类所使用的金属,更像是一片极薄的水晶碎片,倘若平放刃面,几乎无从发现。它与月光相互辉映,剑身周围有股淡淡而诡异的蓝光。不知怎地,威尔明白这柄剑比任何剃刀都要锋利。

Ser Waymar met him bravely. “Dance with me then.” He lifted his sword high over his head, defiant. His hands trembled from the weight of it, or perhaps from the cold. Yet in that moment, Will thought, he was a boy no longer, but a man of the Night’s Watch.

威玛爵士勇敢地迎上前去。“既然如此,我们就来较量较量罢。”他举剑过头,语带挑衅。虽然他的手不知因为重量或是酷寒而颤抖,威尔却觉得在那一刻,他已经不再是个软弱怯懦的少年,而成了真正的守夜人男子汉。

The Other halted. Will saw its eyes; blue, deeper and bluer than any human eyes, a blue that burned like ice. They fixed on the longsword trembling on high, watched the moonlight running cold along the metal. For a heartbeat he dared to hope.

异鬼停住脚步。威尔看到了它的眼睛,那是一种比任何人眼都要湛蓝深邃的颜色,如玄冰一般冷冷燃烧。它把视线停留在对方高举的颤抖着的剑上,凝视着冷冷月光在金属剑缘流动。那一刹那,威尔觉得事情还有转机。


读物介绍:

《权力的游戏》是一部中世纪史诗奇幻题材的电视连续剧。该剧以美国作家乔治·R·R·马丁的奇幻巨作《冰与火之歌》七部曲为基础改编创作,由大卫·贝尼奥夫和丹尼尔·威斯编剧、HBO电视网推出。本剧第一季于2011年4月17日开播,第二季于2012年4月1日回归,第三季于2013年3月31日开始播出,第四季已获得预定,将在2014年春季回归。

妙语连珠

1. the breath go out of sb. in a long hiss 某人倒抽一口冷气

2. Come no farther 不要过来,此句话把否定置于句子之中,正常表达为“Don't come any closer”(在《泰坦尼克号中》,rose要跳海,jack靠近时,rose所说的话)

3. throw sth. back over one's shoulders 将某物翻到背后


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重点单词
  • faintn. 昏厥,昏倒 adj. 微弱的,无力的,模糊的 v.
  • swordn. 剑,刀
  • translucentadj. 半透明的
  • vanishvi. 消失,不见了,绝迹 vt. 消失
  • crystaln. 水晶,晶体 adj. 晶体的,透明的
  • hissn. 嘘声,嘶嘶声 v. 发出嘘声(表示不满), 发嘶嘶
  • shardn. 碎片,薄硬壳
  • razorn. 剃刀
  • bladen. 刀锋,刀口
  • defiantadj. 挑衅的,目中无人