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1、TheCastoftheAmontillado?EdgarAllanPoe阿芒提拉多的酒桶艾倫。坡THEthousandinjuriesofFortunatoIhadborneasIbestcould;butwhenheventureduponinsult,Ivowedrevenge.You,whosowellknowthenatureofmysoul,willnotsuppose,however,thatIgaveutterancetoathreat.AtlengthIwouldbeavenged;thiswasa
2、pointdefinitivelysettled-buttheverydefinitivenesswithwhichitwasresolved,precludedtheideaofrisk.Imustnotonlypunish,butpunishwithimpunity.Awrongisunredressedwhenretributionovertakesitsredresser.Itisequallyunredressedwhentheavengerfailstomakehimselffeltassuchtohim
3、whohasdonethewrong.我受夠了弗圖納多的百般傷害,一旦他膽敢侮辱我,我定將還以顏色。您是如此了解我的脾性,毋庸置疑,我可不是說著玩的。雪盡恥辱那是遲早的事,這一點已是板上釘釘,既然拿定注意,我就不怕冒險。而且,不僅要施以懲戒,還要干的神不知鬼不覺。復(fù)仇者自己受到牽連,這仇等于沒報。同樣,不讓仇家知道是誰干的,這恩怨還是沒有了斷。Itmustbeunderstood,thatneitherbywordnordeedhadIgivenFortunatocausetodoubtmygoodwill.Icon
4、tinued,aswasmywont,tosmileinhisface,andhedidnotperceivethatmysmilenowwasatthethoughtofhisimmolation.當(dāng)然,我不會讓弗圖納多從我的言行舉止中懷疑到我的真實意圖。一如既往,我對他笑臉相迎,他也沒有覺察到我笑意背后暗藏的殺機。Hehadaweakpoint-thisFortunato-althoughinotherregardshewasamantoberespectedandevenfeared.Hepridedhimse
5、lfonhisconnoisseurshipinwine.FewItalianshavethetruevirtuosospirit.Forthemostparttheirenthusiasmisadoptedtosuitthetimeandopportunity-topractiseimpostureupontheBritishandAustrianmillionaires.Inpaintingandgemmary,Fortunato,likehiscountrymen,wasaquack-butinthematte
6、rofoldwineshewassincere.InthisrespectIdidnotdifferfromhimmaterially:IwasskilfulintheItalianvintagesmyself,andboughtlargelywheneverIcould.弗圖納多,這家伙的弱點在于——他自負于對葡萄酒的鑒別力,盡管在很多方面他都被人尊重且令人敬畏。沒有幾個意大利人真正懂得品酒之道。他們的興趣大都用于找準(zhǔn)時機給英國和奧地利的富翁們下拌設(shè)套。在繪畫和珠寶方面,弗圖納多和他的同胞一樣,江湖騙子一個。不過在
7、陳酒方面,他確有一手。這一點我和他相差不遠,對意大利葡萄酒,我也不俗,只要可能,我就大量買進。Itwasaboutdusk,oneeveningduringthesuprememadnessofthecarnivalseason,thatIencounteredmyfriend.Heaccostedmewithexcessivewarmth,forhehadbeendrinkingmuch.Themanworemotley.Hehadonatight-fittingparti-stripeddress,andhish
8、eadwassurmountedbytheconicalcapandbells.Iwassopleasedtoseehim,thatIthoughtIshouldneverhavedonewringinghishand.在喧囂的狂歡節(jié)期間,一天傍晚,正當(dāng)暮色四合時,我邂逅了這位朋友。他親熱地和我搭訕,他喝了不少。他穿著五顏六色的條文緊身衣,頭戴