Peter Pan — Page 8
他经常独自外出，当他回来时，你永远无法完全确定他是否经历了一场冒险。
He often went out alone, and when he came back you were never absolutely certain whether he had had an adventure or not.
他可能把冒险忘得一干二净，只字不提；然后当你出去时，你发现了尸体。
He might have forgotten it so completely that he said nothing about it; and then when you went out you found the body;
另一方面，他可能大说特说，然而你却找不到尸体。
and, on the other hand, he might say a great deal about it, and yet you could not find the body.
有时他回到家时头上缠着绷带，温迪便会轻声哄他，用温水给他清洗伤口，而他则讲述着一个令人眼花缭乱的故事。
Sometimes he came home with his head bandaged, and then Wendy cooed over him and bathed it in lukewarm water, while he told a dazzling tale.
但她从来都不太确定，你知道的。
But she was never quite sure, you know.
然而，有许多冒险她知道是真实的，因为她自己也参与其中。
There were, however, many adventures which she knew to be true because she was in them herself,
还有更多的冒险至少有部分是真实的，因为其他男孩们也参与其中，并且说那些冒险完全是真实的。
and there were still more that were at least partly true, for the other boys were in them and said they were wholly true.
要描述所有这些冒险，需要一本像英拉、拉英词典那么厚的书，我们能做的最多就是挑选一个来作为岛上普通一小时的样本。
To describe them all would require a book as large as an English-Latin, Latin-English Dictionary, and the most we can do is to give one as a specimen of an average hour on the island.
难题在于该选哪一个。
The difficulty is which one to choose.
我们是否应该讲述在斯莱特利峡谷与红种人的交战？
Should we take the brush with the redskins at Slightly Gulch?
那是一场血腥的争斗，尤其有趣的是，它展示了彼得的一个独特之处——在战斗正酣时，他会突然换边。
It was a sanguinary affair, and especially interesting as showing one of Peter's peculiarities, which was that in the middle of a fight he would suddenly change sides.
在峡谷处，当胜负难分、战局时而倒向这边时而倒向那边时，他大喊道："我今天是红种人；你呢，图特尔斯？"
At the Gulch, when victory was still in the balance, sometimes leaning this way and sometimes that, he called out, "I'm redskin to-day; what are you, Tootles?
Vocabulary
- often
- 经常，表示某事频繁发生
- alone
- 独自一人，没有他人陪伴
- never
- 从不，表示任何时候都不
- absolutely
- 完全地，绝对地，毫无疑问地
- certain
- 确定的，对某事有把握的
- whether
- 是否，引导表示疑问或选择的从句
- adventure
- 冒险经历，令人兴奋的奇遇
- might
- 情态动词，表示可能性较低的推测
- forgotten
- forget的过去分词，表示已忘记某事
- completely
- 完全地，彻底地，全部地
- nothing
- 什么都没有，没有任何事物
- body
- 身体，指人或动物的躯体
- deal
- a great deal意为大量，许多
- yet
- 但是，然而，表示转折关系
- Sometimes
- 有时候，偶尔，并非总是
- bandaged
- 用绷带包扎过的，受伤处理后的
- cooed
- coo的过去式，温柔地低语或安慰
- bathed
- bathe的过去式，给某人轻轻清洗
- lukewarm
- 温热的，不冷不热的，微温的水
- dazzling
- 令人眼花缭乱的，精彩绝伦的
- tale
- 故事，叙述，尤指精彩或奇异的
- quite
- 相当，非常，程度副词
- sure
- 确信的，肯定的，有把握的
- however
- 然而，不过，表示对比或转折
- adventures
- 冒险经历的复数，多次奇遇
- true
- 真实的，确实发生的，非虚构的
- herself
- 她自己，反身代词，强调亲身参与
- least
- at least意为至少，最少
- partly
- 部分地，在某种程度上
- wholly
- 完全地，全部地，整体上
- describe
- 描述，描写，说明某事物的样子
- require
- 需要，要求，必须具备某条件
- Dictionary
- 词典，字典，收录词汇释义的书
- specimen
- 样本，例子，典型的代表案例
- average
- 普通的，一般的，典型平均水平的
- island
- 岛屿，四面环水的陆地
- difficulty
- 困难，难题，棘手之处
- choose
- 选择，挑选，做出决定
- brush
- 短暂交战，小冲突，擦身而过
- Gulch
- 峡谷，山涧，地名中常见地形词
- sanguinary
- 血腥的，充满流血杀戮的
- affair
- 事件，事情，一件具体发生的事
- especially
- 尤其，特别，强调某点突出
- peculiarities
- 奇特之处，怪癖，与众不同的特征
- fight
- 战斗，打架，激烈的对抗
- suddenly
- 突然地，出乎意料地，毫无预兆
- change
- 改变，转变，切换到不同状态
- sides
- 阵营，立场，side的复数形式
- victory
- 胜利，战胜对手的成功结果
- balance
- 平衡，均势，双方力量的平衡点
- sometimes
- 有时候，偶尔，不是每次都这样
- leaning
- 倾向，偏向，向某一方倾斜
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