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1、阿芒提拉多的酒桶TheCastoftheAmontillado(試譯)TheCastoftheAmontillado??EdgarAllanPoe阿芒提拉多的酒桶??艾倫。坡THEthousandinjuriesofFortunatoIhadborneasIbestcould;butwhenheventureduponinsult,Ivowedrevenge.You,whosowellknowthenatureofmysoul,willnotsuppose,however,thatIgaveutterancetoathr
2、eat.AtlengthIwouldbeavenged;thiswasapointdefinitivelysettled-buttheverydefinitivenesswithwhichitwasresolved,precludedtheideaofrisk.Imustnotonlypunish,butpunishwithimpunity.Awrongisunredressedwhenretributionovertakesitsredresser.Itisequallyunredressedwhentheavenge
3、rfailstomakehimselffeltassuchtohimwhohasdonethewrong.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,thatneitherbywordnordeedhadIgivenFort
4、unatocausetodoubtmygoodwill.Icontinued,aswasmywont,tosmileinhisface,andhedidnotperceivethatmysmilenowwasatthethoughtofhisimmolation.當然,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-althoughinotherregardshewasamantoberespec
5、tedandevenfeared.Hepridedhimselfonhisconnoisseurshipinwine.FewItalianshavethetruevirtuosospirit.Forthemostparttheirenthusiasmisadoptedtosuitthetimeandopportunity-topractiseimpostureupontheBritishandAustrianmillionaires.Inpaintingandgemmary,Fortunato,likehiscountr
6、ymen,wasaquack-butinthematterofoldwineshewassincere.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時機給英國和奧地利的富翁們下拌設套。在繪畫和珠
7、寶方面,弗圖納多和他的同胞一樣,江湖騙子一個。不過在陳酒方面,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-fittingpa
8、rti-stripeddress,andhisheadwassurmountedbytheconicalcapandbells.Iwassopleasedtoseehim,thatIthoughtIshouldneverhavedonewringinghishand.在喧囂的狂歡節(jié)期間,一天傍晚,正當暮色四合時,我邂