英語專八翻譯模擬練習題（11）

　　然而，這位老先生看起來心情非常愉快;顯然他對這兩位陌生人很感興趣，并愿意與他們結交.在熱心的服務生的幫助下，他們很快相識了;短暫的交談之后，老人便邀請他們去他城墻外不遠的別墅與花園做客. 于是次日下午，夕陽西落，從開啟的門窗輕輕瞥去，他們看到，蘭色暗影已漸漸籠罩棕褐的山巒，他們便欣然動身。 那里很平常，矗立著一座現(xiàn)代化小型別墅座，表面粉刷了一層灰泥。還有一座鋪滿鵝卵石的花園，園里石砌水池中有幾尾金魚慵懶地游動。靠墻的地方有一尊守獵女神及其獵犬的雕像。 但是使這小園生輝的是一顆巨大的玫瑰樹。樹已長過屋頂，幾乎完全遮住了窗戶?？諝庵袧M是玫瑰的芳香。 這株玫瑰的確不錯，聽了客人夸獎，伯爵得意地說。他還表示非常樂意把樹的來歷講給夫人聽。 于是他們坐在那里，一邊飲酒，一邊聽他以老年人滿不在乎神情，愉快地提及他的那一段往日愛情，仿佛他相信他們對此一定早有耳聞。

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　　The old gentleman, however, seemed cheerful enough; and it was plain that he took an interest in the strangers, and wished to make their acquaintance. This was soon effected by the friendly waiter; and after a little talk the old man invited them to visit his villa and garden which were just outside the walls of the town. So the next afternoon, when the sun began to descend, and they saw in glimpses through door-ways and windows, blue shadows beginning to spread over the brown mountains, they went to pay their visit. It was not much of a place, a small, modernized, stucco villa, with a hot pebbly garden, and in it a stone basin with torpid gold-fish, and a statue of Diana and her hounds against the wall. But what gave a glory to it was a gigantic rose-tree which clambered over the house, almost smothering the windows, and filling the air with the perfume of its sweetness. Yes, it was a fine rose, the Conte said proudly when they praised it, and he would tell the Signora about it. And as they sat there, drinking the wine he offered them, he alluded with the cheerful indifference of old age to his love-affair, as though he took for granted that they had heard of it already.