内容简介：

《呼啸山庄》是英国女作家勃朗特姐妹之一艾米莉·勃朗特的作品。小说描写吉卜赛弃儿希斯克利夫被山庄老主人收养后，因受辱和恋爱不遂，外出致富，回来后对与其女友凯瑟琳结婚的地主林顿及其子女进行报复的故事。全篇充满强烈的反压迫、争幸福的斗争精神，又始终笼罩着离奇、紧张的浪漫气氛。它开始曾被人看做是 年青女作家脱离现实的天真幻想，但结合其所描写地区激烈的阶级斗争和英国的社会现象，它不久便被评论界高度肯定，并受到读者的热烈欢迎。根据这部小说改编 的影视作品至今久演不衰。

作者简介：

艾米莉·勃朗特（1818-1848），19世纪英国小说家、诗人，英国文学史上著名的“勃朗特三姐妹”之一。这位女作家在世界上仅仅度过了三十年便默默 无闻地离开了人间，然而她唯一的一部小说《呼啸山庄》却奠定了她在英国文学史以及世界文学史上的地位。此外，她还创作了193首诗，被认为是英国一位天才 型的女作家。

她生性独立、豁达、纯真、刚毅、热情而又内向，颇有男儿气概，酷爱自己生长其间的荒原，平素在离群索居中，除去手足情谊，最喜与大自然为友，从她的诗和一 生行为，都可见她天人合一宇宙观与人生观的表现，有人因此而将她视为神秘主义者。其实人与自然的关系，从来就是人类文明史上重要的命题，艾米莉不过是步历 代哲人、隐者、科学家、艺术家后尘，通过生活和创作，身体力行地探寻人与自然的关系。

Chapter Five. Part 1

In the course of time Mr. Earnshaw began to fail. He had been active and healthy, yet his strength left him suddenly; and when he was confined to the chimney-corner he grew grievously irritable. A nothing vexed him; and suspected slights of his authority nearly threw him into fits. This was especially to be remarked if any one attempted to impose upon, or domineer over, his favourite: he was painfully jealous lest a word should be spoken amiss to him; seeming to have got into his head the notion that, because he liked Heathcliff, all hated, and longed to do him an ill-turn. It was a disadvantage to the lad; for the kinder among us did not wish to fret the master, so we humoured his partiality; and that humouring was rich nourishment to the child's pride and black tempers. Still it became in a manner necessary; twice, or thrice, Hindley's manifestation of scorn, while his father was near, roused the old man to a fury: he seized his stick to strike him, and shook with rage that he could not do it.

【译文】

恩肖先生日益老去。他曾经活跃，曾经健康，然而气力仿佛突然弃他而去。当他只能在烟筒旁的角落活动时，他变得极为暴躁，让人非常担忧。无关紧要的事也让他感到烦心，如若稍有置疑他的权威，他就会发作一气。尤其是在有人试图诬陷或欺负他心爱的（希斯克利夫）时，这点就表现得特别突出。他的嫉妒心理已经几近扭曲，见不得别人说他（希斯克利夫）不对，仿佛有个理念已经在他头脑中根深蒂固，那就是因为他喜欢希斯克利夫，所以所有的人都恨他（希斯克利夫），都想哪天损上他一把。这对那孩子（希斯克利夫）是不利的。因为像我们这样的人不愿意惹怒主任，所以我们就顺着他的意愿，而这种顺从也是助长这个孩子骄傲和坏脾气的主要养料。有两三次，在父亲旁边，欣德利嘲笑（希斯克利夫），而使得老人家火冒三丈，抓起拐棍就要揍他，由于没有打着老人气得浑身颤抖。

【单词、短语笔记】

be confined to 受到...限制，禁闭

be confined to bed 卧病  be confined to the house 闭门不出

【例】He was confined to bed for a week with his cold.
他由于感冒而被限制在床上躺一个星期。

impose on/upon 把...强加于，施加

【例】I don't want to impose on you by staying too long.
我不想打扰你,不多耽搁了。

amiss 有毛病的；不合适的；出差错的 adj.

【例】Be really come amiss in the favour, only want to handle affairs to send data at once.
真是忙中出错啊，光想着赶快去办事送资料了。

【相关短语】come amiss
不称心，不合适

be amiss
不恰当的

Part 2

I hoped heartily we should have peace now. It hurt me to think the master should be made uncomfortable by his own good deed. I fancied the discontent of age and disease arose from his family disagreements; as he would have it that it did: really, you know, sir, it was in his sinking frame. We might have got on tolerably, not withstanding, but for two people - Miss Cathy, and Joseph, the servant: you saw him, I dare say, up yonder. He was, and is yet most likely, the wearisomest self-righteous Pharisee that ever ransacked a Bible to rake the promises to himself and fling the curses to his neighbours. By his knack of sermonising and pious discoursing, he contrived to make a great impression on Mr. Earnshaw; and the more feeble the master became, the more influence he gained.

【译文】

我真心希望以后可以过平静的日子。想想老主人落得个好心没好报的下场，让我感到难过。我猜是对年龄的不满和家庭不合的不安；而他也得承认就是如此。真的，先生，他那时已经日益衰老。尽管我们的处得还算过得去，但是有两个人——凯西小姐和约瑟夫，那个仆人，你见过的，我敢说要好很多。他（约瑟夫）就像是最乏味的自以为是的法利赛人，翻来覆去的查看一本圣经，搜寻所有对自己有利的咒语，却把诅咒丢给他的旁边的人们，现在还是这副样子。由于他精通布道，还有会虔诚的讲道，他成功的给恩肖先生留下了及好的印象，而且主人越是虚弱，他的影响力也就越大。

【单词、短语笔记】

arise from 由…引起，起因于；出身于

【例】This problem arises out of our earlier decision.
这个问题是由于我们早先的决定而产生的。

Many great men have arisen from humble beginnings.
许多伟人出身低微。

it was in his sinking frame 他那时已经日渐衰老

这一句翻译的很有味道，生动形象，大家不妨试着模仿一下。

ransack 洗劫，掠夺；遍寻 vt.  steal goods; take as spoils

【例】Three robbers ransacked the bank in twenty-five minutes.
三个强盗在二十五分钟之内将银行抢劫一空。

contrive 谋划；设法做到 vi. 设计；发明；图谋 vt.

come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort; make or work out a plan for; devise

【例】He contrived to gain their votes.
他施展计谋获得了他们的选票。

They contrived a mask against poison gas.
他们设计了一种防毒面具。