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月亮和六便士(MP3+中英字幕) 第四十八章(2)

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Those that I have now are fragmentary. I am in the position of a biologist who from a single bone must reconstruct not only the appearance of an extinct animal, but its habits. Strickland made no particular impression on the people who came in contact with him in Tahiti. To them he was no more than a beach-comber in constant need of money, remarkable only for the peculiarity that he painted pictures which seemed to them absurd; and it was not till he had been dead for some years and agents came from the dealers in Paris and Berlin to look for any pictures which might still remain on the island, that they had any idea that among them had dwelt a man of consequence. They remembered then that they could have bought for a song canvases which now were worth large sums, and they could not forgive themselves for the opportunity which had escaped them. There was a Jewish trader called Cohen, who had come by one of Strickland's pictures in a singular way. He was a little old Frenchman, with soft kind eyes and a pleasant smile, half trader and half seaman, who owned a cutter in which he wandered boldly among the Paumotus and the Marquesas, taking out trade goods and bringing back copra, shell, and pearls. I went to see him because I was told he had a large black pearl which he was willing to sell cheaply, and when I discovered that it was beyond my means I began to talk to him about Strickland. He had known him well.

我掌握的事实只是一些断简残篇。我的处境很象一个生物学家,根据一根骨骼不仅要重新塑造出一个早已灭绝的生物的外貌,还要推测出它的生活习惯。思特里克兰德没有给那些在塔希提同他有接触的人留下什么特别的印象。在这些人眼睛里,他只不过是一个永远缺钱花的流浪汉,唯一与众不同的地方是他爱画一些他们认为是莫名其妙的画。直到他死了多年以后,巴黎和柏林的画商陆续派来几个代理人搜寻思特里克兰德可能散失在岛上的遗作时,这些人才多少认识到在他们当中一度生活过一位了不起的人物。他们这时想起来,当时只要花一点点钱就能买到今天已经价值连城的名画,他们白白让机会从眼皮底下溜掉,真是追悔莫及。塔希提有一位姓寇汉的犹太商人,手里存着思特里克兰德的一幅画;他得到这幅画的情况有一点不寻常。寇汉是个法国小老头,生着一对温柔、善良的眼睛,脸上总是堆着笑容;他一半是商人,一半是水手,自己有一只快艇,常常勇敢地往来于包莫图斯群岛、马克萨斯和塔希提群岛之间,运去当地需要的商品,载回来椰子干、蚌壳和珍珠。我去看他是因为有人告诉我他有一颗大黑珍珠要廉价出售。后来我发现他的要价超过我的支付能力,我便同他谈起思特里克兰德来。他同思特里克兰德很熟。

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shell [ʃel]

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n. 壳,外壳
v. 去壳,脱落,拾贝壳

 
impression [im'preʃən]

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n. 印象,效果

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reconstruct [.ri:kən'strʌkt]

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vt. 重建,修复,重现

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extinct [iks'tiŋkt]

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adj. 灭绝的,熄灭的,耗尽的

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appearance [ə'piərəns]

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n. 外表,外貌,出现,出场,露面

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remarkable [ri'mɑ:kəbl]

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adj. 显著的,异常的,非凡的,值得注意的

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singular ['siŋgjulə]

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adj. 个人的,单数的,独一的,唯一的,非凡的

 
constant ['kɔnstənt]

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adj. 经常的,不变的
n. 常数,恒量

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absurd [əb'sə:d]

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adj. 荒唐的
n. 荒唐

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willing ['wiliŋ]

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adj. 愿意的,心甘情愿的

 

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