Harrigan — Page 5
你别想用这种小把戏蒙混过关。你最好赶紧走。快点滚。
You can't get away with little tricks like that. You better be starting on. Move along.
哈里根缓缓地逐一打量着众人的脸。三名警察相互靠拢，仿佛是为了彼此壮胆。
Harrigan glanced slowly from face to face. The three policemen drew closer together as if for mutual protection.
「求你了——亲爱的！」那女孩低声恳求道。
"Please--honey!" urged the whisper of the girl.
哈里根搭在窗台上的那只手已经握成了一个紧实的拳头，指节处泛白，但他还是朝那两排小屋之间的空地方向点了点头。
The hand of Harrigan resting on the window sill had gathered to a hard-bunched fist, white at the knuckles, but he nodded across the open space between the cottages.
「如果你们是在找活儿干，」他说，「那边好像有一堆麻烦等着你们。」
"If you're looking for work," he said, "seems as though you'd find a handful over there."
一群聚拢在一名白人周围的黑人士兵发出一阵嘈杂急促的叫嚷声。没人说得清争吵的起因，也许只是一句骂人的话，也许是一记拳头，什么都有可能。
A clatter of sharp, quick voices rose from a group of Negro soldiers gathering around a white man. No one could tell the cause of the quarrel. It might have been anything from an oath to a blow.
「瞧那人，」哈里根说道，「他看着像条汉子。」他随即带着几分惆怅补了一句：「可人不可貌相啊。」
"Watch him," said Harrigan. "He looks like a man." He added plaintively: "But looks are deceivin'."
骚乱的中心果然是一个男人。他甚至比哈里根还高，肩膀也更宽，和后者一样，他身上透着一股力量感，那种力量并不仅仅体现在他的块头上。隔着这段距离，他们依稀能猜到他面对那群喧嚣的人群时脸上挂着的微笑。
The center of the disturbance appeared to be a man indeed. He was even taller than Harrigan and broader of shoulder, and, like the latter, there was a suggestion of strength in him which could not be defined by his size alone. At the distance they could guess his smile as he faced the clamoring mob.
「冲进去！」中士命令他的同伴，同时朝那愤怒的人群走去。
"Break in there!" ordered the sergeant to his companions, and started toward the angry circle.
就在他说话的当口，他们听见其中一个黑人破口大骂，随即那高个子男人的拳头闪电般打向一名士兵的脸，将他打得踉跄着撞倒在同伴身上。
As he spoke, they heard one of the Negroes curse and the fist of the tall man darted at the face of a soldier and drove him toppling back among his comrades.
Vocabulary
- can
- 能够；有能力做某事
- get
- 得到；获得或取得某物
- away
- 离开；远离某个地方
- with
- 用；使用或伴随某物
- little
- 小的；数量或体积很少
- tricks
- 技巧；聪明的方法或手段
- like
- 喜欢；对某物感到满意
- better
- 更好；质量或状况更优
- be
- 是；存在或处于某种状态
- starting
- 开始；从某一时刻开始做
- on
- 在...上；位置或方向介词
- Move
- 移动；改变位置或位置
- along
- 沿着；顺着某方向移动
- glanced
- 瞥了一眼；快速短暂地看
- slowly
- 缓慢地；速度较慢地做事
- from
- 从；表示起点或来源
- face
- 脸；人的面部或表面
- to
- 到；表示方向或目的地
- three
- 三；数字3
- policemen
- 警察；执法的男性官员
- drew
- 拉；用力拖或牵引某物
- closer
- 更近；距离变短或接近
- together
- 一起；与他人同时或联合
- as
- 如同；表示比较或方式
- if
- 如果；表示假设条件
- for
- 为了；表示目的或原因
- mutual
- 相互的；双方共同具有
- protection
- 保护；防止伤害或危险
- Please
- 请；礼貌地提出请求
- honey
- 亲爱的；亲密的昵称
- urged
- 催促；强烈要求或劝告
- whisper
- 低声说；很小声地说话
- of
- 的；表示所有格或关系
- girl
- 女孩；年轻女性
- hand
- 手；身体的末端部分
- resting
- 休息；停止活动或放松
- window
- 窗户；房屋开口透光
- sill
- 窗台；窗户下面的水平部分
- had
- 有；过去式的have
- gathered
- 聚集；人们汇集在一起
- fist
- 拳头；握紧的手
- white
- 白色；颜色很浅
- at
- 在；表示位置或方向
- knuckles
- 关节；手指的骨头接合处
- but
- 但是；表示转折或对比
- nodded
- 点头；上下摇晃头部
- across
- 穿过；从一边到另一边
- open
- 开放的；没有遮挡的
- space
- 空间；广阔的区域
- between
- 之间；两者或多者之中
- cottages
- 小屋；小型乡村住宅
- If
- 如果；表示假设的条件
- looking
- 寻找；搜索或寻求某物
- work
- 工作；劳动或职业活动
- said
- 说；过去式的say
- seems
- 似乎；看起来或好像
- though
- 虽然；尽管某事属实
- find
- 找到；发现或定位某物
- handful
- 一把；手能握住的量
- over
- 在...上方；超过或越过
- there
- 那里；指某个地方
- clatter
- 叮当声；金属物体碰撞声
- sharp
- 尖锐的；声音高亮刺耳
- quick
- 快速的；移动或反应迅速
- voices
- 声音；人说话的声响
- rose
- 上升；往上移动或增长
- group
- 组；聚在一起的集合
- soldiers
- 士兵；军队的战斗人员
- gathering
- 集会；人们聚集在一起
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