Heart of Darkness — Page 4
它承载过所有那些船只，那些名字如同在时间长夜中闪烁的宝石——从满载珍宝、圆滚滚的舷侧归来的"金鹿号"，曾接受女王陛下的御临，而后淡出这段波澜壮阔的历史，到那一去不返的"厄瑞伯斯号"与"恐怖号"，踏上了另一番征途。
It had borne all the ships whose names are like jewels flashing in the night of time, from the Golden Hind returning with her rotund flanks full of treasure, to be visited by the Queen's Highness and thus pass out of the gigantic tale, to the Erebus and Terror, bound on other conquests—and that never returned.
它曾熟识那些船只，也熟识那些人。
It had known the ships and the men.
他们从德普特福德、从格林威治、从伊利斯扬帆出发——那些探险者与拓殖者；王家的船只与交易所商人的船只；船长、海军上将、东方贸易中那些神秘的"私贩者"，以及东印度舰队中持有授权的"总督们"。
They had sailed from Deptford, from Greenwich, from Erith—the adventurers and the settlers; kings' ships and the ships of men on 'Change; captains, admirals, the dark "interlopers" of the Eastern trade, and the commissioned "generals" of East India fleets.
追逐黄金者也好，追名逐利者也罢，他们全都顺着那道水流出发，携带着利剑，也时常携带着火炬，作为这片土地内在伟力的使者，承载着圣火的一点星火。
Hunters for gold or pursuers of fame, they all had gone out on that stream, bearing the sword, and often the torch, messengers of the might within the land, bearers of a spark from the sacred fire.
有多少伟大，曾随着那条河的退潮，漂流进那片未知大地的神秘之中！……那是人们的梦想，是邦国的种子，是帝国的萌芽。
What greatness had not floated on the ebb of that river into the mystery of an unknown earth!... The dreams of men, the seed of commonwealths, the germs of empires.
太阳沉落了；暮色降临在河面上，沿岸的灯光开始一盏盏亮起。
The sun set; the dusk fell on the stream, and lights began to appear along the shore.
查普曼灯塔——一个三脚架般的东西，笔直地矗立在泥滩上——发出强烈的光芒。
The Chapman light-house, a three-legged thing erect on a mud-flat, shone strongly.
船只的灯光在航道上移动——一片灯光上下穿梭的繁忙景象。
Lights of ships moved in the fairway—a great stir of lights going up and going down.
而更远处的西边，在上游河段，那座庞然大城的所在，依然在天际投下不祥的印记——晴日里是一片沉沉的阴霾，繁星下则是一团幽幽的惨红。
And farther west on the upper reaches the place of the monstrous town was still marked ominously on the sky, a brooding gloom in sunshine, a lurid glare under the stars.
Vocabulary
- It
- 代词，指代前面提到的事物或情况
- had
- 助动词，构成过去完成时
- borne
- 动词bear的过去分词，意为承载、承受
- all
- 形容词，全部的、所有的
- the
- 定冠词，用于特定名词前
- ships
- 名词，船只、舰船的复数形式
- whose
- 关系代词，表示所有关系
- names
- 名词，名字、名称的复数形式
- are
- 动词be的第二人称或复数形式
- like
- 介词/动词，像...一样、喜欢
- jewels
- 名词，珠宝、宝石的复数形式
- flashing
- 动词/形容词，闪闪发光、发亮
- in
- 介词，在...内、在...中间
- night
- 名词，夜晚、夜间
- of
- 介词，表示所有、从属关系
- time
- 名词，时间、时代
- from
- 介词，来自、从...开始
- Golden
- 形容词，金色的、黄金制的
- returning
- 动词，返回、回来
- with
- 介词，用、和、伴随
- her
- 代词，她的、它的（阴性）
- full
- 形容词，满的、充满的
- treasure
- 名词，财宝、珍宝、贵重物品
- to
- 介词/不定式标记，到、向、以
- be
- 动词，是、成为
- visited
- 动词，访问、拜访
- by
- 介词，被、由、通过
- Queen
- 名词，女王、皇后
- and
- 连词，和、与、并且
- thus
- 副词，因此、所以
- pass
- 动词，通过、经过、去世
- out
- 副词/介词，出去、熄灭
- gigantic
- 形容词，巨大的、庞大的
- tale
- 名词，故事、传说、叙述
- Terror
- 名词，恐怖、恐惧、特指历史船舶
- bound
- 形容词/动词，准备去、跳跃
- on
- 介词，在...上、朝向
- other
- 形容词，其他的、另外的
- conquests
- 名词，征服、征服的地区
- that
- 代词/连词，那个、那
- never
- 副词，从不、永不
- returned
- 动词，返回、回来
- known
- 动词/形容词，已知的、著名的
- men
- 名词，人、男人的复数形式
- They
- 代词，他们、它们
- sailed
- 动词，航海、启航
- adventurers
- 名词，冒险家、探险者
- settlers
- 名词，定居者、移民
- kings
- 名词，国王、君主的复数
- Change
- 名词，交易所、商业中心
- captains
- 名词，船长、队长
- admirals
- 名词，海军上将、舰队司令
- dark
- 形容词，黑暗的、阴暗的
- Eastern
- 形容词，东方的、东部的
- trade
- 名词，贸易、交易
- commissioned
- 动词/形容词，委任的、下令的
- generals
- 名词，将军、总司令
- East
- 名词，东方、东部
- India
- 名词，印度、东印度公司
- fleets
- 名词，舰队、船队
- Hunters
- 名词，猎人、追捕者
- for
- 介词，为了、因为
- gold
- 名词，黄金、金子
- or
- 连词，或者、或
- fame
- 名词，名声、声誉、名气
- gone
- 动词/形容词，去了、消失的
- stream
- 名词，溪流、河流、股流
- bearing
- 动词/名词，承载、举止
- sword
- 名词，剑、刀
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