2级-《德拉库拉》-第14课

前情提要 

范赫尔辛用十字架使阿瑟信服了露西现在已经是吸血鬼。在范赫尔辛的指示下，阿瑟用锤子将木块钉入了露西的心脏。之后露西的脸色恢复正常，范赫尔辛重新为她盖上了棺材，这次是永远地盖上了。

故事原文 

Dracula 14

德拉库拉14

Some days after Mina got the Letter from Arthur, with the news of Lucy's death, she had another letter. This was from Professor Van Helsing, a friend of Arthur's. In it he wrote, 'I know, from your letters to Lucy, that you were her dearest friend. I would very much like to meet you, to talk about the time when you were with Lucy at Whitby.'

明娜收到阿瑟的信，得知露西去世的消息几天后，她又收到一封信。这是阿瑟的一个朋友，范赫尔辛教授写来的。他在信中写道：“我从你给露西的信中得知，你是她最亲密的朋友。我非常想见见你，谈一谈你和露西在惠特比时的情况。”

So the Professor came to see us at our house, and we learnt the full story of poor(1) Lucy's terrible death. Then Mina gave Van Helsing my diary to read, and he learnt about my time at Castle Dracula. He was very excited.

后来，教授到家中来看我们，我们也由此知道了可怜的露西去世的全部可怕的经过。明娜给范赫尔辛看了我的日记，他知道了我在德拉库拉城堡的经历。他很激动。

'Ah!' he cried. 'Now I begin to understand so many(2) things! This Count Dracula—he was the vampire that killed poor Miss Lucy. Will you help us to find him?'

“啊！”他大声说道，“现在我开始弄明白很多事了！这个德拉库拉伯爵——他就是害死可怜的露西小姐的那个吸血鬼。你们愿意帮我们找到他吗？”

Of course, Mina and I agreed to help. When I saw Count Dracula in London, I was very afraid, but now I felt stronger because I had work to do.

我和明娜当然同意帮忙。在伦敦见到德拉库拉伯爵时，我很害怕，但现在因为有正经事要做，我感觉坚强多了。

We began at once. Mina went to stay with Jack Seward at his house, to tell him and Arthur all about the Count, and I went to Whitby. I wanted to find out about the coffins that were in the ship on the night of the storm—the ship that brought(3) Count Dracula to England. After many questions, I learnt that the coffins were now in the Count's house in London.

我们马上开始行动。明娜去住在杰克·苏厄德的家，告诉他和阿瑟关于伯爵的一切情况，而我去了惠特比。我想了解在暴风雨的那天晚上，船上那些棺材的去向——就是那艘把伯爵带到英国的船。经多方打听，我得知那些棺材就在伯爵在伦敦的家里。

I hurried back to London and to Jack Seward's house. When I told Van Helsing this news, he called us all together, and said, 'Now the danger begins. I have learnt much about vampires from old books, and I know that they can come out only at night. During the day they are like dead bodies and must have a place to hide(4). I think that Count Dracula uses(5) his coffins for his daytime hiding places. If we can find him in a coffin. we can kill him. But let's go to his house tonight. We'll put holy bread(6) in the coffins, and then the Count cannot get back into them. He'll then have no place to hide during the day, and he will be weaker, and easier to fight when we find him.'

我匆匆赶回伦敦，又去，杰克·苏厄德的家。当我把这个消息告诉范赫尔辛时，他把我们召集到一起说：“现在危险降临了。我从古书上了解到吸血鬼的不少情况，我知道他们只能在晚上出来，白天他们就像死尸一样，而且必须找个地方躲起来。我想德拉库拉伯爵就是把那些棺材当作了他白天的藏身之地。如果我们能在棺材里找到他，就可以杀死他。但今晚咱们到他的住所去一趟，在那些棺材里放上圣餐饼，这样伯爵就不能再回到那里面去了。他白天就没有了藏身之处，会变得越来越虚弱，那么我们在找到他时，打败他也会容易些。”

（原文中出现高光标示内容请见核心语言点）

核心语言点 

1. poor 可怜的，不幸的，令人同情的

例句：

It's hungry—the poor little thing.

它饿了，这可怜的小家伙。

2. so many + 可数名词复数 如此多的……，这么多的……

例句：

They have strengthened me in so many ways.

他们用那么多的方法使我感受到了力量。

3. bring sb to some place 把某人带到某地

例句:

She brought her boyfriend to the party.

她带着男朋友去参加聚会。

4. hide 藏，隐藏（相当于 conceal）

例句:

He hid the letter in a drawer.

他把信藏在抽屉里。

5. use sth. for sth./for doing sth. 把某物用做某物

例句：

The blue files are used for storing old invoices.

蓝色卷宗是用来存放旧发票的。

6.holy bread 圣餐饼（驱除吸血鬼的方式之一）