舞会上的辉煌
类别:品格
洛瓦泽尔夫人在舞会上艳压群芳,沉醉于虚荣与赞美,度过了梦寐以求的一夜。
时长 49 秒 · 语速 173 wpm
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The night of the party came, and Madame Loisel was a sensation. 舞会那天晚上终于到了,卢瓦泽尔夫人惊艳了全场。
She was the prettiest woman there: 她是全场最漂亮的女人:
elegant, gracious, smiling, and wild with joy. 优雅、得体、满面笑容,整个人兴奋到了极点。
Every man looked at her and asked her name. 所有的男士都在看着她,打听她是谁。
All the young officials wanted to waltz with her. 年轻的官员们都争着想和她跳一支华尔兹。
Even the Minister noticed her. 甚至连部长都注意到了她。
She danced with passion, drunk on pleasure, 她充满激情地跳着舞,彻底陶醉在快乐之中,
forgetting everything in the triumph of her beauty. 沉浸在美貌带来的巨大成功里,把一切都抛到了脑后。
She floated in a cloud of happiness, made of all that admiration, 所有的赞美化作了一片幸福的云雾,让她飘飘欲仙,
and that complete victory so sweet to her heart. 那种彻头彻尾的胜利,让她甜到了心坎里。
For one night, 仅仅这一个晚上,
she was exactly the woman she had always dreamed of being. 她完完全全成了自己梦寐以求的那种女人。
The happiest moments are sometimes the ones we pay for the longest. 然而,最快乐的时刻,往往需要我们用最漫长的时间去买单。
She left at around four in the morning. 她一直玩到凌晨四点左右才离开。
Her husband had been dozing since midnight in a small empty room, 而她的丈夫从半夜起就在一间空荡荡的小房间里打起了瞌睡,
with three other men whose wives were having a wonderful time. 陪着他的还有另外三个男人,他们的妻子也同样玩得正嗨。