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世界经典文学精选. 53
作者:Margaret Mitchell 玛格丽特·米切尔
选自玛格丽特·米切尔《Gone with the Wind》《飘》
英文原作,1936年6月30日出版。
英文原文
Scarlett O’Hara was not beautiful,
but men seldom realized it when caught by her charm
as the Tarleton twins were.
In her face were too sharply blended
the delicate features of her mother,
a Coast aristocrat of French descent,
and the heavy ones of her florid Irish father.
But it was an arresting face,
pointed of chin, square of jaw.
Her eyes were pale green without a touch of hazel,
starred with thick black lashes,
slanted slightly at the outer corners.
Above them, her thick black brows slanted upward,
cutting a startling oblique line in her magnolia-white skin—
that skin so prized by Southern women
and so carefully guarded with bonnets, veils and mittens
against hot Georgia suns.
Seated with Stuart and Brent Tarleton
in the cool shade of the porch of Tara, her father’s plantation,
that bright April afternoon of 1861,
she made a pretty picture.
Her new green flowered-muslin dress
spread its twelve yards of billowing material over her hoops
and exactly matched the flat-heeled green morocco slippers
her father had recently brought her from Atlanta.
The dress set off to perfection the seventeen-inch waist,
the smallest in three counties,
and the tightly fitting basque showed breasts
well matured for her sixteen years.
But for all the modesty of her spreading skirts,
the demureness of hair netted smoothly into a chignon
and the quietness of small white hands folded in her lap,
her true self was poorly concealed.
译文
斯佳丽·奥哈拉算不上美艳动人,
但男人们一旦像塔尔顿家孪生兄弟那样,
被她的魅力俘获,便很难察觉这一点。
她的面容融合着两种反差强烈的特质,
母亲有着法国血统的海滨贵族,容貌精致柔美,
父亲是面色红润的爱尔兰人,五官粗犷厚重。
可这张面孔极具吸引力,
下巴尖尖,下颌方正。
她的眼眸是淡绿色,不带一丝褐色,
浓密乌黑的睫毛环绕双眼,
眼梢微微向上扬起。
眉毛上方,浓黑的眉峰向上斜挑,
在她木兰花般白皙的肌肤上划出一道醒目的斜线。
南方女子格外珍视这样的肌肤,
总是用帽子、面纱与手套悉心防护,
躲避佐治亚州烈日的灼晒。
1861年4月一个晴朗的午后,
她坐在父亲塔拉庄园门廊阴凉处,
陪伴斯图尔特与布伦特·塔尔顿,
构成一幅动人的画面。
她身着崭新的绿底印花细布长裙,
裙撑上铺展着十二码飘逸布料,
脚上搭配平底绿色摩洛哥皮拖鞋,
是父亲刚从亚特兰大带回的礼物。
这条裙子完美衬出她十七英寸的纤腰,
方圆三郡无人能及,
紧身胸衣勾勒出少女的曲线,
对于十六岁的她而言,身形已然丰满。
尽管宽大裙摆显得端庄,
顺滑盘起的发髻文静素雅,
一双白皙小手安静交叠放在腿上,
但她真实的本性,却难以掩藏。
🔍长难句赏析与拆解
原句:
In her face were too sharply blended
the delicate features of her mother,
a Coast aristocrat of French descent,
and the heavy ones of her florid Irish father.
句式解读:本句是完全倒装句。
正常语序:
The delicate features… and the heavy ones… were too sharply blended in her face。
因为主语过长,为了平衡句式,将地点状语in her face提前,构成倒装。
a Coast aristocrat of French descent是同位语,
用来补充说明mother的身份;and连接两组并列主语。
句式典雅,属于文学描写经典倒装写法,增强画面感。
句子主干:
Her face mixed two kinds of facial features,
one from her mother and the other from her father.
文学赏析:
开篇第二句,采用倒装句式,写斯佳丽容貌的矛盾感。
柔美与粗犷两种特质碰撞在一起,
对应她人物性格:
外表优雅,内心坚韧叛逆。
不直接写她好不好看,
而是拆解容貌的两种血脉特质,
暗示人物性格根源,
为后续斯佳丽顽强、不服输的人物形象埋下伏笔。
写作迁移点拨:
适合人物外貌刻画,描写人物身上存在反差气质,
适用于人物塑造、外貌描写类写作。
仿写:
On her lips were gently combined
the quiet softness of her mother,
a gentle teacher of ancient culture,
and the bold passion of her energetic father.
原句:
Above them, her thick black brows slanted upward,
cutting a startling oblique line in her magnolia-white skin—
that skin so prized by Southern women
and so carefully guarded with bonnets, veils and mittens
against hot Georgia suns.
句式解读:
主句为主谓结构;cutting为现在分词作伴随状语,
描述眉毛带来的视觉效果;破折号后是名词短语作同位语,
进一步解释skin,
带有两个并列的过去分词短语prized、guarded修饰skin。
介词against表示“抵御、防备”。
句子主干:
Her black brows rose sharply,
making a striking line on her fair skin.
文学赏析:这是本段外貌描写的点睛之笔。
不只写五官,更写出皮肤、眉毛带来的独特气质。
破折号补充南方女性对白皙皮肤的看重,
侧面交代时代背景,把人物外貌和时代环境融为一体。
文字画面感极强,寥寥几笔,斯佳丽桀骜灵动的模样跃然纸上。
写作迁移点拨:
适合人物细节特写,用分词、同位语补充细节,
把外貌和时代、环境结合,提升文字层次感。
仿写:
Beneath them, her bright eyes opened wide,
casting a warm shining light on her sun-kissed face—
that skin so cherished by local villagers
and so carefully protected with hats and scarves
against strong summer winds.
📝全篇句式特点
本文选自《飘》第一章开篇,
是世界文学人物肖像描写的经典段落。
文本大量使用倒装句、
分词伴随结构、同位语,句式长短错落。
作者不急于铺叙故事冲突,
而是由外到内刻画女主角斯佳丽。
先写容貌,再写衣着装扮,
最后点出外表文静之下隐藏的野性灵魂。
文字兼具画面感与暗示性,外貌处处暗藏人物性格,
寥寥数笔,人物立体鲜活。
故事以美国南北战争为时代背景,围绕塔拉庄园,
写斯佳丽跌宕起伏的人生,
在乱世之中,她顽强坚韧,永不认输。
核心词汇
1. descent
/dɪˈsent/
血统,出身
名词 (n.)
2. florid
/ˈflɒrɪd/
面色红润的
形容词 (adj.)
3. arresting
/əˈrestɪŋ/
引人注目的
形容词 (adj.)
4. oblique
/əˈbliːk/
倾斜的
形容词 (adj.)
5. magnolia
/mæɡˈnəʊliə/
木兰花
名词 (n.)
6. prize
/praɪz/
珍视,重视
动词 (v.)
7. plantation
/plɑːnˈteɪʃn/
种植园,庄园
名词 (n.)
8. billow
/ˈbɪləʊ/
翻腾,扬起
动词 (v.)
9. hoops
/huːps/
裙撑
名词 (n.)
10. demureness
/dɪˈmjʊənəs/
端庄,娴静
名词 (n.)
11. chignon
/ˈʃiːnjɒ̃/
盘发,发髻
名词 (n.)
12. conceal
/kənˈsiːl/
隐藏,掩盖
动词 (v.)
💡主旨品读
《飘》是玛格丽特·米切尔唯一一部长篇小说,
也是美国文学的不朽经典。
节选段落是全书开篇,作者没有直接夸赞女主美丽,
而是以反差式描写塑造斯佳丽:
外表拥有南方淑女的装扮,
可骨子里藏着不受拘束的强大灵魂。
本段文字,借外貌描写埋下人物底色:
她身上混合两种血脉,注定性格兼具柔美与倔强。
整部小说以南北战争为宏大背景,
家园破碎、爱情辗转,
斯佳丽一次次跌入绝境,又一次次重新站起来。
那句经典“明天又是新的一天”,
正是她永不屈服精神的写照。
适合用于逆境坚守、不屈生命力、表象与本心、
乱世成长等作文主题;
人物描写手法非常值得学习,
适合精读摘抄,学习人物刻画技巧。
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