The Godfather 教父 Chapter 1

Amerigo Bonasera sat in New York Criminal Court Number  and waited for justice; vengeance ² on the men who had so cruelly hurt his daughter, who had tried to dishonor her., , The judge, a formidably heavy-featured man, rolled up the sleeves of his black robe as if to physically ³ chastise ⁴ the two young men standing ⁵ before the bench. His face was cold with majestic ⁶ contempt. But there was something false in all this that Amerigo Bonasera sensed but did not yet understand., , "You acted like the worst kind of degenerates," the judge said harshly. Yes, yes, thought Amerigo Bonasera. Animals. Animals. The two young men, glossy ⁷ hair crew cut, scrubbed clean-cut faces composed into humble ⁸ contrition ⁹, bowed their heads in submission ¹⁰., , , "But because of your youth, your clean records, because of your fine families, and because the law in its majesty ¹⁷ does not seek vengeance, I hereby sentence you to three years' confinement ¹⁸ to the penitentiary ¹⁹. Sentence to be suspended.", , Only forty years of professional mourning kept the overwhelming frustration ²⁰ and hatred ²¹ from showing on Amerigo Bonasera's face. His beautiful young daughter was still in the hospital with her broken jaw ²² wired together; and now these two animales went free? It had all been a farce ²³. He watched the happy parents cluster around their darling sons. Oh, they were all happy now, they were smiling now., ,She looked at him over the rim of her glass.她的目光越过玻璃杯的边沿看着他。,He swore vengeance against the men who murdered his father.他发誓要向那些杀害他父亲的人报仇 。