新概念一生必读的英语经典美文第20篇：爱的约会

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[00:00.56]20. Appointment with love 爱的约会
[00:11.36]Six minutes to six, said the clock over the international booth in New York's Grand Central Station. 在纽约地铁中心总站，咨询处上方的时钟指向了5点54分。
[00:22.12]The tall young Army lieutenant lifted his sunburned face and narrowed his eyes to note the exact time. 年轻高大的陆军中尉抬起黝黑的脸庞，眯着眼睛看上面的时间，
[00:30.91]His heart was pounding with a beat. 一颗心激动得怦怦直跳，
[00:34.16]In six minutes he would see the woman who had filled such a special place in his life for the past 13 month, 因为6分钟后，他就要见到那个女人了--在过去的13个月里一直占据着他心灵某个特殊位置的女人。
[00:43.45]the woman he had never seen, yet whose written words had sustained him unfailingly.  虽然他们素未谋面，但她的信却一直是他的精神支柱。
[00:50.82]Lieutenant Blandford remembered one day in particular, during the worst of the fighting, when his plane had been caught in the midst of a pack of enemy's planes. 布兰福德中尉记得那天，战斗艰苦的时刻，他的飞机被敌机重重包围。
[01:06.44]In one of his letters he had confessed to her that he often felt fear, 他曾在一封信里对她坦言，他常会感到畏惧。
[01:11.27]and only a few days before this battle he had received her answer: 就在战斗打响的前几天，他收到了她的回信：
[01:16.30]"Of course you fear...all brave men do. “你当然会畏惧......勇士们都会那样，
[01:19.93]Next time you doubt yourself, I want you to hear my voice reciting to you: 下次你在不自信时，我希望你能听到我为你朗诵的声音：
[01:25.54]"yeah, though I walked through the Valley of the Shadow of Death, I will hear no evil: for thou art with me.'..." ‘啊，是的，尽管我要走过死亡之谷，但我将勇往直前，因为你与我同在。'”
[01:33.73]He had remembered, and it had renewed his strength.  他记得，正是那封信使他重新振作。
[01:39.13]Now he was going to hear her real voice. 现在他就要听到她真实的声音了，
[01:42.70]Four minutes to six.  此还有4分钟就6点了。
[01:44.91]A girl passed close to him, and Lieutenant Blandford started. 一个女孩走近他，布兰福德中尉一惊。
[01:49.31]She was wearing a flower, but it was not the little red rose they had agreed upon. 她戴着一朵花，但不是他们约好的那种红玫瑰。
[01:55.19]Besides, this girl was only about 18, and Hollis Meynell had told him she was 30. 这个女孩只有18岁左右，而霍丽丝.梅内尔告诉过他，她已30岁。
[02:03.87]"What of it?" he had answered. “有什么关系呢？”他还回信说，
[02:08.52]"I'm 32." He was 29.  “我32岁”，其实他只有29岁
[02:13.50]His mind went back to that book he had read in the training camp. 他又想到了在训练营时看过的一本书--
[02:18.80]Of Human Bondage it was; and throughout the book were notes in a woman's handwriting. 《人性的枷锁》，书里有一个女人的批注。
[02:26.82]He had never believed that a woman could see into a man's heart so tenderly, so understandingly. 他难以相信，一个女人竟能如此透彻地读懂男人的心，
[02:35.44]Her name was on the book plate: Hollis Meynell. 书签上有她的名字：霍丽丝.梅内尔。
[02:39.55]He had got hold a New York City telephone book and found her address. 于是他找来一本纽约市电话簿，查到了地址，
[02:45.15]He had written; she had answered. 给她写信，并收到了回信。
[02:48.35]Next day he had been shipped out, but they had gone on writing.  因为执行任务，第二天他就坐船离开了，但他们仍保持通信。
[02:54.48]For 13 months she had faithfully replied. 这13个月里，她始终诚挚地给他回信，
[02:58.81]When his letters did not arrive, she wrote anyway, and now he believed that he loved her and that she loved him.  通常是他的信还未到，她的信就来了。因此，他深信，他们彼此深爱着。
[03:08.51]But she had refused all his pleas to send him her photograph. 然而，她拒绝送他照片。
[03:14.71]She had explained:"If you're feeling for me has any reality, what I look like won't matter. 并解释说：“如果你是真心对我，我的外表并不重要。
[03:22.57]Suppose I'm beautiful. I'd always been haunted by the feeling that you had been taking a chance on just that, and that kind of love would disgust me. 如果我长得很漂亮，我会认为，你是爱我的外表，那样会另我很反感。
[03:34.19]Suppose I'm plain ( and you must admit that this is more likely), then I'd always fear that you were only going on writing because you were lonely and had no one else. 如果我长相平凡（你必须承认这个更有可能），就会担心，你和我通信，是因为内心孤独，无人倾诉。
[03:47.55]No, don't ask for my picture. 别向我要照片。
[03:50.67]When you come to New York, you shall see me and then you shall make your decision.”你来纽约时就可以看到我了，可以在那时做出某些决定。”  
[03:56.24]One minute to six...he put hard on a cigarette. 还有1分钟就6点了......布兰福德猛抽了一口烟，
[04:01.33]Then Lieutenant Blandford's heart leaped.  心跳更加快了。
[04:04.40]A young woman was coming towards him. 一位年轻的女士向他走来，
[04:06.82]Her figure was long and slim; her blond hair lay back in curls over her delicate ears. 她身材苗条，金黄的卷发拢在小巧的耳后，
[04:14.42]Her eyes were as blue as flowers, her lips and chin had a gentle firmness. 双唇红润，下巴精致，眼睛深蓝动人。
[04:22.23]In her pale-green suit, she was like springtime come alive.  她穿着淡绿色的西装，浑身散发着青春的活力。
[04:27.84]He started toward her, forgetting to notice that she was wearing no rose, and as he moved, a small, provocative smile curved her lips.  他开始向她走去，根本没注意她是否戴着玫瑰花，他走近，看到她的嘴角浮起动人的微笑。
[04:40.42]"Going my way, soldier?" she murmured. “问路吗，军人？”她轻轻地说。
[04:46.10]He made one step closer to her. Then he saw Hollis Meynell.  他又走近一步，接着，他看到了霍丽丝.梅内尔
[04:52.16]She was standing almost directly behind the girl, a woman well past 40, her graying hair tucked under a worn hat. 霍丽丝`梅内尔就站在这姑娘身后，一个40多岁的女人，灰白的头发塞在破旧的帽子下面，
[05:02.62]She was more than plump; her thick ankled feet were thrust into low-heeled shoes.  很胖，厚实的双脚穿着低跟鞋。
[05:09.88]But she wore a red rose on her rumpled coat. 可是她那皱巴巴的外衣上别着一朵红玫瑰。
[05:13.50]The girl in the green suit was walking quickly. 绿衣女孩匆匆离去。
[05:17.34]Blandford felt as though he were being split into two, so keen was his desire to follow the girl,布兰福德心碎了，他多想跟着那女孩啊，
[05:25.65] yet so deep was his longing for the woman whose spirit had truly companioned and upheld his own; and there she stood. 然而他又真切地渴望见这个女人，是她的精神一直陪伴他，激励他。
[05:37.70]He could see her pale, plump face was gentle and sensible; and her grey eyes had a warm twinkle.她就站在那里，苍白丰满的面庞，温柔而理性，灰色的眼睛里闪着温和的光芒。
[05:45.84]Lieutenant Blandford did not hesitate. 布兰福德没有犹豫，
[05:49.73]His fingers gripped the worn copy of Human Bondage which was to identify him to her. 他紧抓着那本破旧的《人性的枷锁》，它是向她证明身份的依据。
[05:57.21]This would not be love, but it would be something precious, a friendship that he had been and must ever be grateful...  尽管这不会是爱情，但是一种珍贵的东西，是他曾经拥有并要感激的友情......
[06:07.72]He squared his shoulders, saluted, and held the book out toward the woman, although even well while he spoke he fell the bitterness of disappointment. 尽管因深深的失望而感到痛苦，布兰福德仍摆正双肩，敬了个礼，然后把书递给那个女人：
[06:19.73]"I'm John Blandford, and you---you are Miss Meynell. May---may I take you to dinner?"  “我是约翰?布兰福德，您--您是梅内尔女士吧，我可以--可以请您吃饭吗？”
[06:28.75]The woman smiled. 女人微笑着。
[06:32.66]"I don't know what this is all about, son," she answered. “孩子，我不明白这是怎么回事，”她说道，
[06:37.51]"That young lady in the green suit, she begged me to wear this rose on my coat. “那位穿绿衣服的年轻小姐请求我戴上这朵玫瑰，
[06:43.40]And she said that if you ask me to go out with you, I should tell you that she's waiting for you in that restaurant across the street. 她说如果你请我一块出去，就告诉你，她在对面的餐厅等你。
[06:53.93]She said it was some kind of test."她说这是一种考验。”

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新概念一生必读的英语经典美文第20篇：爱的约会