Peter Pan — Page 8
有时他在空中停住身子,侧耳静听,把手贴在耳边;有时他又俯身向下凝视,眼神明亮得仿佛能穿透大地,钻出两个洞来。做完这些,他便继续前行。
Sometimes he poised himself in the air, listening intently, with his hand to his ear, and again he would stare down with eyes so bright that they seemed to bore two holes to earth. Having done these things, he went on again.
他的勇气几乎令人胆寒。他漫不经心地问约翰:"你现在想来一场冒险,还是想先喝茶?"
His courage was almost appalling. "Would you like an adventure now," he said casually to John, "or would you like to have your tea first?"
温迪赶紧说"先喝茶",迈克尔感激地握了握她的手,但比较勇敢的约翰却犹豫了。
Wendy said "tea first" quickly, and Michael pressed her hand in gratitude, but the braver John hesitated.
"什么样的冒险?"他谨慎地问道。
"What kind of adventure?" he asked cautiously.
彼得告诉他:"就在我们正下方的草原上,有个海盗正在睡觉。如果你愿意,我们可以下去把他干掉。"
"There's a pirate asleep in the pampas just beneath us," Peter told him. "If you like, we'll go down and kill him."
沉默了好一会儿,约翰说:"我看不见他。"
"I don't see him," John said after a long pause.
"我看得见。"
"I do."
约翰有些沙哑地说:"假如……他醒过来怎么办?"
"Suppose," John said, a little huskily, "he were to wake up."
彼得义愤填膺地说:"你以为我会趁他睡觉的时候杀他吗?我会先把他叫醒,再杀掉他。我一向都是这么做的。"
Peter spoke indignantly. "You don't think I would kill him while he was sleeping! I would wake him first, and then kill him. That's the way I always do."
"哎!你杀过很多人吗?"
"I say! Do you kill many?"
"多得很。"
"Tons."
约翰说"真带劲",但还是决定先喝茶。他问岛上现在有没有很多海盗,彼得说从来没见过这么多。
John said "How ripping," but decided to have tea first. He asked if there were many pirates on the island just now, and Peter said he had never known so many.
"现在谁是船长?"
"Who is captain now?"
"虎克,"彼得回答,说出这个令他憎恨的名字时,他的神情变得十分严峻。
"Hook," answered Peter, and his face became very stern as he said that hated word.
"詹姆斯·虎克?"
"Jas. Hook?"
"正是。"
"Ay."
Vocabulary
- Sometimes
- 有时候,表示某事偶尔发生
- he
- 他,男性第三人称单数代词
- poised
- 保持平衡,静止悬停在某位置
- himself
- 他自己,反身代词
- in
- 在……里面,表示位置或状态
- air
- 空气;空中
- listening
- 倾听,专心听某事或某人
- intently
- 专注地,聚精会神地做某事
- with
- 用,带着,表示伴随或方式
- hand
- 手,人体末端器官
- ear
- 耳朵,用于听声音的器官
- again
- 再次,重复做某件事情
- would
- 会,将会,表示过去习惯或意愿
- stare
- 凝视,长时间盯着某人或物
- down
- 向下,朝下方方向
- eyes
- 眼睛,用于视觉的器官(复数)
- so
- 如此,那么,表示程度
- bright
- 明亮的,闪闪发光的
- seemed
- 似乎,看起来好像是这样
- bore
- 钻穿,刺穿(bore为bear的过去式此处意为穿透)
- holes
- 洞,孔,空穴(复数)
- earth
- 大地,土地,地面
- Having
- 完成之后,表示先完成的动作
- done
- 完成,做完某件事情
- went
- 去了,go的过去式
- on
- 继续,向前进行
- courage
- 勇气,面对危险时的勇敢精神
- almost
- 几乎,差不多,接近但未完全
- appalling
- 令人震惊的,骇人听闻的程度极深
- Would
- 是否愿意,用于礼貌询问
- like
- 想要,喜欢,愿意做某事
- adventure
- 冒险,刺激有趣的探险经历
- now
- 现在,此刻
- casually
- 随意地,漫不经心地说话或行动
- have
- 吃,喝,享用(此处指吃茶点)
- tea
- 茶,茶点,下午茶
- first
- 首先,第一,在其他之前
- quickly
- 迅速地,快速地做出反应
- pressed
- 表达,迫切表示(感激等情感)
- gratitude
- 感激,感谢之情
- braver
- 更勇敢的,brave的比较级
- hesitated
- 犹豫,迟疑不决,没有立刻行动
- kind
- 种类,类型
- cautiously
- 谨慎地,小心翼翼地行事
- pirate
- 海盗,在海上抢劫的罪犯
- asleep
- 睡着的,处于睡眠状态
- pampas
- 南美大草原,广阔的草地平原
- just
- 正好,恰好在某位置或时刻
- beneath
- 在……下面,位于下方
- told
- 告诉,tell的过去式
- If
- 如果,表示假设条件
- kill
- 杀死,消灭某人或动物
- see
- 明白,理解,看见
- after
- 在……之后,经过一段时间后
- long
- 长时间的,持续很久的
- pause
- 停顿,暂时停止说话或行动
- Suppose
- 假设,假如,如果那样的话
- little
- 轻声地,有点儿(此处修饰说话方式)
- huskily
- 沙哑地,声音低沉沙哑地说话
- wake
- 醒来,从睡眠中苏醒
- spoke
- 说话,speak的过去式
- indignantly
- 愤慨地,因不公而生气地说话
- think
- 认为,想,以为
- while
- 当……的时候,表示同时发生
- sleeping
- 睡觉,处于睡眠状态中
- then
- 那么,然后,接下来
- way
- 方式,方法,做事的途径
- always
- 总是,一直,每次都这样
- many
- 许多,很多,数量众多
- Tons
- 大量,非常多(口语表达)
- ripping
- 极好的,精彩的(英式口语)
- decided
- 决定,做出决断,decide的过去式
- if
- 如果,假如,表示条件
- pirates
- 海盗们,海上抢劫者(复数)
- island
- 岛屿,四面环水的陆地
- never
- 从不,从来没有
- known
- 知道,了解,know的过去分词
- captain
- 船长,队长,领队
- answered
- 回答,answer的过去式
- face
- 脸,面孔,表情
- became
- 变得,成为,become的过去式
- stern
- 严肃的,严厉的,表情冷峻
- hated
- 憎恨,hate的过去式,极度厌恶
- word
- 词,单词,话语
- Ay
- 是的,表示同意(海盗用语aye的变体)
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