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2021考研英语综合备考:复活第2章-4

Katusha had begun to smoke some time before, and since the young shopman had thrown her up she was getting more and more into the habit of drinking.

It was not so much the flavour of wine that tempted her as the fact that it gave her a chance of forgetting the misery she suffered, making her feel more unrestrained and more confident of her own worth, which she was not when quite sober; without wine she felt sad and ashamed. Just at this time a woman came along who offered to place her in one of the largest establishments in the city, explaining all the advantages and benefits of the situation. Katusha had the choice before her of either going into service or accepting this offer--and she chose the latter. Besides, it seemed to her as though, in this way, she could revenge herself on her betrayer and the shopman and all those who had injured her.

玛丝洛娃早就抽上香烟,而在她同店员姘居的后期和被他抛弃以后,就越来越离不开酒瓶。她之所以离不开酒瓶,不仅因为酒味醇美,更因为酒能使她忘记身受的一切痛苦,暂时解脱烦闷,增强自尊心。而这样的精神状态不喝酒是无法维持的。她不喝酒就觉得意气消沉,羞耻难当。

牙婆招待姨妈吃饭,把玛丝洛娃灌醉,要她到城里一家最 高级的妓院去做生意,又向她列举干这个营生的种种好处。玛丝洛娃面临着一场选择:或者低声下气去当女仆,但这样就逃避不了男人的纠缠,不得不同人临时秘密通奸;或者取得生活安定而又合法的地位,就是进行法律所容许而又报酬丰厚的长期的公开通奸。她选择了后一条。此外,她想用这种方式来报复诱奸她的年轻公爵、店员和一切欺侮过她的男人。

One of the things that tempted her, and was the cause of her decision, was the woman telling her she might order her own dresses--velvet, silk, satin, low-necked ball dresses, anything she liked. A mental picture of herself in a bright yellow silk trimmed with black velvet with low neck and short sleeves conquered her, and she gave up her passport. On the same evening the procuress took an isvostchik and drove her to the notorious house kept by Carolina Albertovna Kitaeva.

同时还有一个条件诱惑她,使她最后打定主意,那就是牙婆答应她,她喜爱什么衣服,就可以做什么衣服,丝绒的,法伊绉①的,绸缎的,袒胸露臂的舞衫,等等,任凭挑选。玛丝洛娃想象着自己穿上一件袒胸黑丝绒滚边的鹅黄连衣裙的情景,再也经不住诱惑,就交出身份证去换取黄色执照。当天晚上,牙婆雇来一辆马车,把她带到的基塔耶娃妓院里。

From that day a life of chronic sin against human and divine laws commenced for Katusha Maslova, a life which is led by hundreds of thousands of women, and which is not merely tolerated but sanctioned by the Government, anxious for the welfare of its subjects; a life which for nine women out of ten ends in painful disease, premature decrepitude, and death.

从此以后,玛丝洛娃就经常违背上帝的诫命和人类道德,过起犯罪的生活来。千百万妇女过着这种生活,不仅获得关心公民福利的政府的许可,而且受到它的保护。最后,这类妇女十个倒有九个受着恶疾的折磨,未老先衰,过早夭折。

夜间纵酒作乐,白天昏睡不醒。下午两三点钟,她们才懒洋洋地从肮脏的床上爬起来,喝矿泉水醒酒,或者喝咖啡,身上穿着罩衫、短上衣或者长睡衣,没精打采地在几个房间里走来走去,隔着窗帘望望窗外,有气无力地对骂几句。接着是梳洗,擦油,往身上和头发上洒香水,试衣服,为服饰同老鸨吵嘴,反复照镜子,涂脂抹粉,画眉毛,吃油腻的甜点心;最后穿上袒露肉体的鲜艳绸衫,来到灯火辉煌的华丽大厅里。客人陆续到来,奏乐,跳舞,吃糖,喝酒,吸烟,通奸。客人中间有年轻的,有中年的,有半大孩子,有龙钟的老头,有单身的,有成家的,有商人,有店员,有亚美尼亚人,有犹太人,有鞑靼人,有富裕的,有贫穷的,有强壮的,有病弱的,有喝醉的,有清醒的,有粗野的,有温柔的,有军人,有文官,有大学生,有中学生。总之,各种不同身分,不同年龄,不同性格的男人,应有尽有。又是喧闹又是调笑,又是打架又是音乐,吸烟喝酒,喝酒吸烟,音乐从黄昏一直响到天明。直到早晨,她们才得脱身和睡觉。天天如此,个个星期都是这样。每到周末,她们乘车去到政府机关——警察分局,那里坐着官员和医生,都是男人。他们的态度有时严肃认真,有时轻浮粗野,蹂躏了不仅为人类所赋有、甚至连禽兽都具备的那种足以防止犯罪的羞耻心,给这些女人检查身体,发给她们许可证,使她们可以和同谋者再干上一星期同类罪行。下一个星期还是这样。天天如此,不分冬夏,没有假期。

Katusha Maslova lived this life for seven years. During these years she twice changed houses, and had once been to the hospital. In the seventh year of this life, when she was twenty-six years old, happened that for which she was put in prison and for which she was now being taken to be tried, after more than three months of confinement with thieves and murderers in the stifling air of a prison.

玛丝洛娃就这样过了七年。在这期间,她换过两家妓院,住过一次医院。在她进妓院的第七年,也是她初次失身后的第八年,那时她才二十六岁,不料出了一件事,使她进了监狱。她在牢里同杀人犯和盗贼一起生活了六个月,今天被押解到法院受审。

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