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Chinese → English Chapter 24 Level 7/10

而如今,瞧瞧吧,在危险初现的时刻,或者说,在你们勇气面临的第一次巨大而可怖的考验面前,你们却退缩了,甘愿被后人记载为没有足够力量忍受严寒与危险的懦夫;

And now, behold, with the first imagination of danger, or, if you will, the first mighty and terrific trial of your courage, you shrink away and are content to be handed down as men who had not strength enough to endure cold and peril;

于是,可怜的人们啊,他们觉得寒冷难耐,便回到了温暖的炉火旁。

and so, poor souls, they were chilly and returned to their warm firesides.

哼!这点事何须如此大费周章;你们根本不必跋涉至此,再将你们的船长拖入失败的耻辱,仅仅是为了证明你们是懦夫。

Why, that requires not this preparation; ye need not have come thus far and dragged your captain to the shame of a defeat merely to prove yourselves cowards.

哦!要做顶天立地的男子汉,甚至要超越常人!

Oh! Be men, or be more than men.

坚守你们的目标,像磐石一般坚定不移。

Be steady to your purposes and firm as a rock.

这些冰块并非由你们的心那般材料所铸就;它是易变的,只要你们坚定地说它不能阻拦你们,它便无法抵挡你们。

This ice is not made of such stuff as your hearts may be; it is mutable and cannot withstand you if you say that it shall not.

不要带着耻辱的烙印刻在额头上回到你们的家人身边。

Do not return to your families with the stigma of disgrace marked on your brows.

他说这番话时,声音随着话语中所表达的不同情感而抑扬顿挫,眼中充满了崇高的意志与英雄气概,

He spoke this with a voice so modulated to the different feelings expressed in his speech, with an eye so full of lofty design and heroism,

你们还会奇怪这些人为之动容吗?他们面面相觑,无言以对。

that can you wonder that these men were moved? They looked at one another and were unable to reply.

Vocabulary

behold
看啊,注视,常用于正式或文学语境
imagination
想象力,在脑中构建画面的能力
danger
危险,可能造成伤害的情况
mighty
强大的,威力巨大的,强而有力
terrific
极大的,令人恐惧或震撼的(旧用法)
trial
考验,艰难的测试或磨难
courage
勇气,面对危险时的无畏精神
shrink
退缩,畏缩,因恐惧而后退
content
满足的,甘愿的,感到满意
handed
被传递,被记录(handed down:流传后世)
strength
力量,体力或意志力,强大的能力
endure
忍受,承受痛苦或困难坚持下去
peril
严重危险,极大的风险或威胁
souls
灵魂,人们,此处指可怜的人们
chilly
寒冷的,感到冷意的,畏寒的
firesides
壁炉旁,温暖舒适的家庭环境
requires
需要,要求,必须具备某条件
preparation
准备,事先做好的安排或计划
ye
你们(古英语),相当于现代you
thus
这样,因此,以这种方式
dragged
拖拽,强行拉动某人或某物
captain
船长,队长,军事或航行领导者
shame
羞耻,耻辱,令人感到丢脸的事
defeat
失败,被打败,没能取得胜利
merely
仅仅,只不过,没有更多的意义
prove
证明,证实,显示某事为真
cowards
懦夫,胆小鬼,缺乏勇气的人
steady
稳定的,坚定的,不动摇的
purposes
目的,意图,想要达成的目标
firm
坚定的,坚固的,不动摇的
stuff
材料,东西,构成某物的物质
mutable
易变的,容易改变的,不稳定的
withstand
抵抗,承受,经受住压力或攻击
stigma
污名,耻辱,社会上的负面标签
disgrace
丢脸,耻辱,失去荣誉或尊严
marked
被标记,被留下印记,显著的
brows
眉头,前额,此处比喻脸上的表情
modulated
调节的,有变化的,音调起伏有致
expressed
表达,传达,把内心想法说出来
speech
演讲,讲话,正式发表的一段话
lofty
高尚的,崇高的,志向远大的
design
设计,计划,有目的的意图或构想
heroism
英雄主义,英勇无畏的精神品质
wonder
惊讶,感到奇怪,对某事感到疑惑
moved
被感动,受到触动,情感受到影响
unable
无法,不能,没有能力做某事
reply
回答,回应,对问题或话语的答复
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