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Chinese → English Chapter VII. Level 4/10

图图斯回答说,

And Tootles answered,

「红种人;你是什么,尼布斯?」尼布斯说,「红种人;你是什么,双胞胎?」

"Redskin; what are you, Nibs?" and Nibs said, "Redskin; what are you Twin?"

就这样依次问下去,他们全都是红种人。

and so on; and they were all redskins;

当然,这本来会结束这场打斗,然而真正的红种人被彼得的战术迷住了,

and of course this would have ended the fight had not the real redskins fascinated by Peter's methods,

同意这一次扮演迷失男孩,于是他们又重新打了起来,比之前更加激烈。

agreed to be lost boys for that once, and so at it they all went again, more fiercely than ever.

这场冒险非同寻常的结局是——但我们还没有决定这是否就是我们要讲述的冒险故事。

The extraordinary upshot of this adventure was—but we have not decided yet that this is the adventure we are to narrate.

也许更精彩的一次是红种人夜袭地下小屋,

Perhaps a better one would be the night attack by the redskins on the house under the ground,

当时他们中有好几个人卡在空心树里,不得不像拔软木塞一样被拔出来。

when several of them stuck in the hollow trees and had to be pulled out like corks.

或者我们也可以讲述彼得如何在美人鱼泻湖救了虎莲的性命,从而使她成为他的盟友。

Or we might tell how Peter saved Tiger Lily's life in the Mermaids' Lagoon, and so made her his ally.

或者我们可以讲述那块海盗们烤制的蛋糕,目的是让男孩们吃了之后送命;

Or we could tell of that cake the pirates cooked so that the boys might eat it and perish;

他们把蛋糕放在一个又一个隐蔽的地方,

and how they placed it in one cunning spot after another;

但温迪每次都从孩子们手中夺走它,

but always Wendy snatched it from the hands of her children,

久而久之,蛋糕失去了水分,变得像石头一样坚硬,最终被当作投掷物使用,胡克在黑暗中被它绊倒了。

so that in time it lost its succulence, and became as hard as a stone, and was used as a missile, and Hook fell over it in the dark.

Vocabulary

answered
回答,对问题或呼叫作出回应
Redskin
旧称,指北美原住民,现被视为冒犯性词汇
redskins
旧称北美原住民的复数形式,现为冒犯性词汇
course
当然,表示理所当然或毫无疑问
ended
结束,使某事停止或到达终点
fight
打斗,争斗,指激烈的打架或争斗
real
真正的,实际存在的,非虚假的
fascinated
着迷的,对某事物产生强烈兴趣
methods
方法,做事或解决问题的方式
agreed
同意,表示接受或赞同某提议
lost
迷失的,找不到路或失去方向的
once
一次,表示只发生一次或曾经
fiercely
激烈地,以凶猛或强烈的方式
extraordinary
非凡的,极不寻常或令人惊叹的
upshot
结果,最终发生的结局或后果
adventure
冒险,充满刺激和危险的经历
decided
决定,经过考虑后作出决断
yet
还没有,尚未,用于否定或疑问句
narrate
叙述,讲述故事或事件的经过
Perhaps
也许,表示不确定或可能性
attack
攻击,对某目标发动进攻或袭击
ground
地下,地面以下的空间
several
几个,表示数量不多但超过两个
stuck
卡住,无法移动或陷入困境
hollow
空心的,内部为空的,如空心树干
pulled
拉出,用力将某物从某处拖出
corks
软木塞,塞住瓶口的塞子
might
可能,表示较小可能性的情态动词
saved
救了,使某人脱离危险或困境
life
生命,生物存在的状态
Mermaids
美人鱼,上半身为人下半身为鱼的神话生物
Lagoon
潟湖,被陆地或沙洲围绕的浅水区域
ally
盟友,在共同目标中相互支持的伙伴
cake
蛋糕,甜点,由面粉烘烤制成的食物
pirates
海盗,在海上抢劫船只的罪犯
cooked
烹饪了,用热力将食物加工制熟
perish
死亡,因灾难或恶劣条件而死去
placed
放置,将某物放在特定位置
cunning
狡猾的,擅长欺骗或耍手段的
spot
地点,特定的位置或场所
always
总是,每次都如此,无一例外
snatched
抢走,迅速夺取或突然取走某物
succulence
多汁鲜美,食物富含水分的美味状态
became
变成,become的过去式,表示状态改变
hard
坚硬的,质地坚固不易弯曲或压缩
stone
石头,坚硬的天然矿物固体
missile
投掷物,被抛出攻击他人的物体
fell
跌倒,fall的过去式,表示向下倒去
over
倒下,翻倒,表示越过或倒在另一边
dark
黑暗,没有光或光线极少的状态
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