英语听力 暮光之城·暮色 第384期:第二十五章 一触即发(9)

 　　Hey, I'm sorry you had to come do this, Jacob, I apologized. At any rate, you get your parts, right? “嘿，我很抱歉，你得来做这种事情，雅克布。”我道歉道。“无论如何，你弄到你的零件里，对吧？”

　　Yeah, he muttered. He was still looking awkward… upset. “是啊，”他喃喃低语着。他看上去还是很尴尬……也很不安。

　　There's more? I asked in disbelief. “还有吗？”我难以置信地问道。

　　Forget it, he mumbled¹, I'll get a job and save the money myself. “忘掉这件事吧。”他低声说道。“我会找份打工，然后自己存钱。”

　　I glared at him until he met my gaze. Just spit it out, Jacob. 我瞪着他，直到他对上我的视线为止。“说出来，雅克布。”

　　It's so bad. “那太糟了。”

　　I don't care. Tell me, I insisted. “我不在乎。告诉我。”我坚持着。

　　Okay… but, geez, this sounds bad. He shook his head. He said to tell you, no, to warn you, that and this is his plural², not mine.  “好吧……但是，耶稣，这听上去太糟了。”他摇着头。“他要我告诉你，不，警告你，说——还有，那是他的复数，不是我的”

　　he lifted one hand from my waist and made little quotations³ marks in the air 'We'll be watching.' He watched warily⁴ for my reaction. 他从我腰上移开一只手，在空气里画了一个小小的引号——“‘我们会一直看着。’”他小心地等待着我的反应。

　　It sounded like something from a mafia movie. I laughed out loud. 这听起来像是黑手党电影里的一句台词。我大声笑了起来。

　　Sorry you had to do this, Jake, I snickered. “对不起，让你不得不做这种事，杰克。”我窃笑着。

1 mumbled   

含糊地说某事，叽咕，咕哝( mumble的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He mumbled something to me which I did not quite catch. 他对我叽咕了几句话，可我没太听清楚。
• George mumbled incoherently to himself. 乔治语无伦次地喃喃自语。

2 plural   

n.复数；复数形式；adj.复数的

参考例句：

• Most plural nouns in English end in's '.英语的复数名词多以s结尾。
• Here you should use plural pronoun.这里你应该用复数代词。

3 quotations   

n.引用( quotation的名词复数 )；[商业]行情（报告）；（货物或股票的）市价；时价

参考例句：

• The insurance company requires three quotations for repairs to the car. 保险公司要修理这辆汽车的三家修理厂的报价单。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• These quotations cannot readily be traced to their sources. 这些引语很难查出出自何处。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

4 warily   

adv.留心地

参考例句：

• He looked warily around him,pretending to look after Carrie.他小心地看了一下四周，假装是在照顾嘉莉。
• They were heading warily to a point in the enemy line.他们正小心翼翼地向着敌人封锁线的某一处前进。