in front of her.
\你想要什么;你想要我怎样?\[di'fai?ntli]挑战地,对抗地. \看看,看一眼your eyes.\
\与…相干you?\ Reinhard's glance瞥视,扫视flashed迅速（或突然）看一眼down朝下on her. \ [f?:ls] 假的, 伪造的.\
She laid(lay放置，安放) her cheek [t?i:k] 脸颊in the palm [pɑ:m] 手掌；手心of her hand and gave him a searching锐利的,深挖细究的,洞察真相的,质问的look眼神. Reinhard raised(raise [reiz] 举起) his glass to his mouth.
\这杯敬祝your beautiful, wicked ['wikid] 邪恶的；罪恶的；缺德的eyes!\drank.
She laughed and tossed(toss[t?s] 猛地（把头，头发）往后一甩) her head把头一扭,把头向上一扬,把头一仰.
\把它放在here,\[' fɑ?s(?)n] 使（眼睛、思想、感情等）专注于) her black eyes on盯住,把…加在某人身上his, she slowly drank what was left in the glass. Then she struck(strike弹奏,奏出) a chord [k?:d] 和弦；和音 and sang in a deep, passionate [' pa?(?)n?t] 充满激情的voice:
To-day, to-day thou [eau] think'st(=think认为，以为) me
Fairest(fair [f??] 美丽的；动人的) maid [meid] 少女of all在所有…中; To-morrow, ah啊! then那时beauty
fadeth(=fades, fade [feid] 渐弱；逐渐消失) past recall(=beyond recall召唤不回来的，不能挽回的). While然而the hour时间remaineth(remain仍然存在;继续存在), Thou art(=you are) yet还, 尚, 仍然mine我的所有，属我之物own; Then when death[deθ]死神shall claim [kleim] 夺去,夺走me, I must die alone孤独地.
While the fiddler struck up开始演奏 an allegro [?'leigr?u]急速的finale[fi'nɑ:li]终曲,末乐章 , a new arrival [?'raiv?l] 到达者joined the group.
\去接you, Reinhard,\ ['s?nt?]圣诞老人Claus [kl?:z] 尼古拉斯had paid(pay) you a visit拜访某人.\
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\带有…气味Christmas tree and ginger ['d?ind??] 生姜cakes姜味蛋糕.\
Reinhard dropped投下;丢下;扔下the glass out of his hand and seized(seize [si:z] 抓住) his cap. \ \我过一会儿回来.\
She frowned(frown[fraun]皱眉，蹙额). \留下,\向…投以) an amorous ['?m?r?s] 表示爱情的，多情的glance一瞥at him.
Reinhard hesitated(hesitate ['heziteit] 犹豫; 踌躇). \
She laughingly笑着地,开玩笑地gave him a tap with用…轻轻敲打the toe [t?u] 足尖部of her shoe and
said: \无用之人; you are one as bad as the other, all good-for-nothings.%up the steps of the Ratskeller.
Outside in the street deep浓重的twilight [‘twailait]暮色；薄暮；黄昏 had set in到来; he felt the cool凉爽的winter air blowing on吹在…上his heated热的brow [brau] 额；脑门子. From some window every here and there疏疏落落地,零落散布地fell(fall降落, 落下) the bright gleam[gli:m] 闪光, 闪亮 of a Christmas tree all完全地lighted up照亮；发亮 , now and then时而，不时; 间或was heard from within从…里面some room the sound of little pipes(pipe管乐器) and tin [tin] 锡trumpets ['tr?mpit] 喇叭, 小号mingled(mingle['mi?gl] 混合,混杂,交织,交错) with the merry ['meri] 欢乐的, 愉快的din[din] 喧闹声，喧嚣声of children's voices. Crowds of成群结伙beggar ['beg?] 乞丐，叫花子children were going from house to house挨家挨户地or climbing up on to the railings ['reili?] 栅栏,栏杆，围栏 of the front steps门前阶梯, trying to catch a glimpse[glimps]瞥见;看一眼through the window of a splendour ['splend?] 华丽;豪华;奢华 显赫,壮观;辉煌，光辉that was denied(deny[[di’nai] 拒绝（某人）进入) to them. Sometimes时而; 有时，间或too也a door would suddenly意外地，忽然地be flung(fling [fli?]) open猛然打开,冲开, and scolding(scold[sk?uld] 训斥；责骂) voices would drive a whole整个的swarm [sw?:m] of大群these little visitors away (drive away把…驱开,赶走)out into进入the dark street. In the vestibule [‘vestibju:l] 门厅，前厅of yet还有,又another house they were singing an old Christmas carol ['k?r?l] 宗教颂歌, and little girls' clear清晰的 voices were heard among the
rest在其中.
But Reinhard heard not; he passed quickly by从…旁边走过；经过 them all, out of自…离开one street into another. When he reached his lodging ['l?d?i?] 寄宿处, 租住的房间it had grown
almost quite dark; he stumbled(stumble ['st?mbl] 跌跌撞撞地走，蹒跚而行) up the stairs上楼 and so因此gained(gain[gein] 到达) his apartment寓所,公寓楼.
A sweet fragrance [‘freiɡr?ns]香味;香气(芳香) greeted(greet[gri:t] 传入…的耳中（或鼻中）,呈现在…面前,最先被…感觉到) him; it reminded使记起，使想起；提醒him of home; it was the smell气味of the parlour['pɑ:l?] 客厅；起居室 in his mother's house at Christmas time在圣诞节期间. With trembling发抖的hand he lit his lamp; and there lay摆放,放置a mighty ['maiti] 极大的，巨大的parcel ['pɑ:sl] 包袱，包裹on the table. When he opened it, out fell掉下来the familiar [f?'milj?] 熟悉的;熟知的 ginger cakes姜饼. On some of them were the initial [i'ni??l] 最初的, 开头的letters首字母;缩写法of his name written in sprinkles(sprinkle['spri?kl] 稀稀拉拉（或稀疏）的东西, 少量) of sugar ['?ug?] 食糖; no one but Elisabeth could have done that.
Next came to view映入眼帘,出现在眼前a little parcel containing(contain [k?n’tein]包含,容纳) neatly ['ni:tli] 整洁的;整齐的embroidered [im'br?id?d]绣花的linen ['linin] 亚麻布衣服, handkerchiefs ['h??k?t?if]手帕and cuffs[k?f] 护腕; and finally letters from his mother and Elisabeth. Reinhard opened Elisabeth's letter first, and this is what she wrote:
\??g?d] 加糖的letters will no doubt[daut] 怀疑, 疑虑tell you who helped with 帮助（某人）做…;用…来帮助the cakes. The same person also
embroidered[im'br?id?] 在…上刺绣;绣（花）the cuffs护腕for you. We shall have a very quiet平静的; 宁静的time at home this Christmas Eve平安夜. Mother always总是；每次都是puts her spinning-wheel ['spini?]手纺车away(put away放好;收起来;储存) in the corner在角落as early as早在half-past nine九点半. It is so very lonesome ['l?uns?m] 孤独的,寂寞的this winter now that既然you are not here.
\而现在, too, the linnet ['linit] 赤胸朱顶雀 ,红雀you made me a present of died(make sb a present of sth把某物赠送给某人) last Sunday. It made me cry a good deal许多, though I am sure I looked after照顾;照料it well.
\过去一向,过去时常sing of an afternoon when the sun shone on its cage [keid?] 鸟笼. You remember how多么，何等often mother would hang悬挂a piece of cloth over the cage in order to keep it quiet when it sang so lustily ['l?stili] 精力充沛地.
\‘er?k] 埃里克now drops in顺道拜访to see us occasionally [?’kei??n?li] 有时候,偶尔. You told us once that he was just like就好像，正如,浑似his brown褐色的，棕色的，咖啡色的top-coat外套；轻便大衣;宽大衣. I can't help抑制不住，禁不住,不由自主thinking of想起,有…想法 it every time he comes in at the door, and it is really实在，确实too funny有趣的,好笑的,滑稽的; but don't tell mother, it might easily很可能,多半,说不定make her angry.
\猜猜看I am giving your mother for a Christmas present! You can't guess?