[00:00.00]Lesson 49  rambling
第49课  布局凌乱的，结构松散的
[00:06.64]She had a huge,rambling country house called'The Gables."
她有一栋巨大的乡间别墅，布局凌乱，名叫“山墙庄园”。
[00:12.19]Behind him stood his house,great,rambling and very new.
他身后是他的新房子，宽敞而凌乱。
[00:18.84]This brilliant,rambling satires is written in a colloquiql style.
这篇出色、结构松散的讽刺诗是用口语体写的。
[00:24.94]sentimentally
感情上地，多情地
[00:27.93]She was sentimentally attached to this house,
她对这栋房子的感情很深，
[00:32.43]for even though it was far too big for her needs,
丈夫去世多年后仍执意住在里面。
[00:37.70]she persisted in living there long after her husband's death.
其实她一个人根本不需要这么大的房子。
[00:43.54]Sentimentally,I would not blame her.
从感情上来讲，我是不愿意责备她的。
[00:48.59]Ned was sentimentally attached to rainy season which reinded him of the place he had been brought up.
奈德对雨季很有感情，因为这使他回忆起从小长大的地方。
[00:59.54]lavishly
慷慨地，大方地
[01:01.69]Before she grew old,Aunt Harriet used to entertain lavishly.
哈特丽姑妈年轻时，常常大摆筵席，招待宾客。
[01:09.17]Mr.Hart spent money lavishly.
哈特先生花钱很大方。
[01:13.84]Bloom is a true emotional spendthrift who uses his feelings lavishly.
布卢姆是个真正的滥情者。
[01:20.90]immaculate
清洁的，无污点的
[01:24.15]No matter how many guests were present,the great house was always immaculate.
不管有多少客人，房子里总是打扫的干干净净。
[01:31.15]His gym shoes were immaculate in spite of the rain.
尽管下雨，他脚上那双运动鞋仍然干干净净。
[01:36.44]parquet
镶木地板
[01:39.07]The parquet floors shone like mirrors,
镶木地板光洁如镜，
[01:44.10]highly polished silver was displayed in gleaming glass cabinets,
擦得发亮的银器陈列在玻璃柜里。
[01:50.15]even my uncle's huge collection of books were kept miraculously free from dust.
连姑夫的藏书也奇迹般地保存得一尘不染。
[01:58.65]He slipped as he tried to waltz on the parquet floor.
他想在镶木地板上旋几个舞步，滑倒了。
[02:03.99]The paruet floor is infinitely preferable to carpets.
木地板比地毯不知好多少倍。
[02:09.45]preside
主持，指挥
[02:12.39]Aunt Harriet presided over an invisible army of servants that continuously scrubbed,cleaned,and polished.
哈丽特姑妈统率着一支看不见的用人大军一天到晚地刷呀，洗呀，抹呀的。
[02:24.75]Who is going to preside at the meeting?
谁主持会议？
[02:29.31]This man prresided over a company whose profit has been rising at a rate of 15% a year.
这个人主管着一个年利润以15%的速度递增的公司。
[02:39.61]invisible
看不见的，无形的
[02:42.35]The heat of the sun turns the sea water into invisible vapor.
太阳热把海水变成了看不见的水气。
[02:48.41]He was in no danger whatever,but he imagined invisible threats.
他什么危险都没有，但他自己想像出一大堆无形的威胁。
[02:55.25]scrub
擦拭，刷洗
[02:58.52]She and her nurses got down on their knees and scrubbed floors.
她同她的护士们跪下来擦洗地板。
[03:03.97]You'll have to scrub hard to get that stain out.
你得用力擦，才能把那块污迹去掉。
[03:08.83]enlightened
开朗的
[03:12.03]Though my aunt pursued what was,in thosr days.an enlightened policy,
姑妈待用人在当时算开明的，
[03:18.63]in that she never allowed her domestic staff to work more than eight hours a day.
从来不让他们每天的工作超过8小时，
[03:24.98]she was extremely difficult to please.
但他们很使他称心如意。
[03:29.72]To me my parents pursue what they call an enlightened policy.
我的父母对我奉行所谓的“开明政策”。
[03:36.58]My friend is lucky enough to be enslaved by an enlightened boss.
我的朋友很走运，被一个开明的老板奴役。
[03:42.52]fickleness
变化无常
[03:45.23]While she always criticized the fickleness of human nature,
她总是批评人性反复无常，
[03:50.49]she carried on an unrelenting search
可是却又一直锲而不舍地寻觅“理想用人”
[03:55.05]for the ideal servant to the end of her days,even after she had been sadly disillusioned in Bessie.
既使在贝西让她大失所望以后也没放弃。
[04:06.65]Fickleness of the opposite sex is a favoritte subject with eithermen or women.
男人和女发都喜欢谈论对方的反复无常。
[04:13.96]I've lived in this town for four years
我在这座城住了四年了。
[04:18.11]but still can't come to terms with the fickleness of its weather.
可是仍不习惯当地天气变化无常。
[04:23.21]unrelenting
不屈不挠的，人松懈的
[04:26.21]Her unrelenting efforts made the project a success.
她坚持不懈地努力使计划获得了成功。
[04:32.78]This time our chase will be unrelenting.
这一次我们将追踪到底。
[04:37.66]disillusion
使幻想破灭。
[04:40.61]Don't say anything to disillusion them.
别给他们泼冷水。
[04:45.26]Mike is dreadfully disillusioned.
麦克的希望悲惨的破灭了。
[04:49.26]industriousness
勤奋
[04:52.46]Aunt Harriet could not find words to praise Bessie's industriousness and efficiency.
哈丽特姑妈简直不知该怎么夸赞贝西的勤劳能干才好。
[05:00.37]His industriousness is well-known
他的勤奋是出了名的
[05:04.77]since he is only seen scuttling between his room and the library.
天天只见他在宿舍和图书馆之间穿梭。
[05:10.97]qualification
资格，水平，本领
[05:14.21]In addition to all her other qualifications,Bessie was an expert cook.
除了其他本领，贝西还是个烹饪高手。
[05:21.34]We all dread the oral qualification exam.
大家都怕口语资格考试。
[05:26.72]Her qualifications survived the tough tests.
她的水平经受了严格考试的检验。
[05:31.82]mirth
欢笑，高兴
[05:35.12]Though this caused great mirth among the guests,Aunt Harriet was horrified.
这件事引起了客人们的欢笑，可是哈丽特姑妈却着实吓了一跳。
[05:43.22]As the party went on,you could hear the mirth coming from the house.
聚会进行时，你能听到屋里传出来的欢声笑语。
[05:49.32]Nick giggled;the first exprression of mirth he had exhibited.
尼克吃吃地笑了，他第一次显出开心的模样。
[05:55.07]cellar
地窖，酒窖
[05:57.97]They had mysteriously found their way there from the wine cellar.
它们神不知鬼不觉地从酒窖来到了这里。
[06:03.52]To claim any knowledge of wine one must at least own a cellar.
谁要说自己对葡萄酒有发言权起码得有个酒窖。