寒酸的披肩
类别:品格
舞会散场后玛蒂尔德因寒酸披肩仓皇逃离,与丈夫在寒夜中狼狈打车返家。
时长 48 秒 · 语速 176 wpm
字幕原文
He threw over her shoulders the plain wrap he'd brought for the trip home. 他把带去回家路上披的那件普通披肩搭在她肩上。
Its poverty clashed terribly with her elegant gown. 披肩的寒酸与她优雅的礼服极不相称。
She felt it at once, 她立刻察觉到了这点,
and wanted to hurry away before the other women, 想赶在其他女人还没注意前快步离开,
wrapping themselves in rich furs, could notice. 免得被那些正裹着华贵皮草的太太们瞧见。
"Wait," said her husband. “等等,”她丈夫说,
"You'll catch cold outside. “外面冷,你会着凉的。
I'll call a cab." 我去叫辆车。”
But she wouldn't listen, and rushed down the stairs. 可她根本不听,急匆匆地冲下了楼梯。
In the street, there was no carriage to be found. 到了街上,却连一辆马车也找不着。
They walked toward the river, shivering and miserable, 他们冻得瑟瑟发抖、狼狈不堪,一路朝河边走去,
calling out to drivers in the distance. 远远地冲着车夫们大声招呼。
At last they found one of those old night cabs that only appear in Paris after dark, 最后,他们终于找到了一辆只有天黑后才在巴黎露面的破旧夜行马车,
as if they were ashamed to be seen by day. 仿佛白天出来会觉得见不得人似的。
The clock always strikes midnight at the worst possible moment. 钟声偏偏总在最糟糕的节骨眼上敲响十二点。
It carried them to their door, 马车把他们送到了家门口,
and they climbed wearily up to their apartment. 他们拖着疲惫的身子爬上楼,回到了公寓。