Peter Pan — Page 7
上面的喧嚣几乎和它突然爆发时一样突然地平息了，像一阵猛烈的狂风一样吹过；但他们知道，在这阵风吹过之际，他们的命运已经被决定了。
The pandemonium above has ceased almost as suddenly as it arose, passed like a fierce gust of wind; but they know that in the passing it has determined their fate.
哪一方赢了？
Which side had won?
海盗们贪婪地伏在树洞口倾听，听到了每个男孩提出的这个问题，而且，唉，他们也听到了彼得的回答。
The pirates, listening avidly at the mouths of the trees, heard the question put by every boy, and alas, they also heard Peter's answer.
他说："如果红人赢了，他们会敲战鼓；那始终是他们胜利的信号。"
"If the redskins have won," he said, "they will beat the tom-tom; it is always their sign of victory."
这时斯密已经找到了战鼓，此刻正坐在上面。
Now Smee had found the tom-tom, and was at that moment sitting on it.
他低声咕哝道："你们再也听不到战鼓声了。"当然，他说得很轻，因为大家被严令保持绝对安静。
"You will never hear the tom-tom again," he muttered, but inaudibly of course, for strict silence had been enjoined.
令他惊愕的是，胡克示意他敲响战鼓，斯密慢慢地明白了这个命令背后可怕的邪恶用意。
To his amazement Hook signed him to beat the tom-tom, and slowly there came to Smee an understanding of the dreadful wickedness of the order.
这个老实人大概从未如此崇拜过胡克。
Never, probably, had this simple man admired Hook so much.
斯密在鼓上敲了两下，然后停下来，满心欢喜地侧耳倾听。
Twice Smee beat upon the instrument, and then stopped to listen gleefully.
那些恶棍们听到彼得喊道："战鼓声！印第安人胜利了！"
"The tom-tom," the miscreants heard Peter cry; "an Indian victory!"
那些命运已定的孩子们发出了一阵欢呼，这欢呼声对于上面那些黑心肠的人来说犹如音乐，而他们几乎立刻便再次向彼得道别。
The doomed children answered with a cheer that was music to the black hearts above, and almost immediately they repeated their good-byes to Peter.
这让海盗们感到困惑，但他们所有其他的情绪都被一种卑鄙的喜悦所淹没——敌人就要爬上树来了。
This puzzled the pirates, but all their other feelings were swallowed by a base delight that the enemy were about to come up the trees.
他们相互奸笑着，搓着双手。
They smirked at each other and rubbed their hands.
Vocabulary
- pandemonium
- 极度混乱嘈杂的状态，大混乱
- above
- 在……上方；上述的
- ceased
- 停止，终止某事或某状态
- almost
- 几乎，差不多，接近但未完全
- suddenly
- 突然地，出乎意料地发生
- arose
- arise的过去式，出现，发生
- passed
- 经过，通过；消逝
- fierce
- 猛烈的，凶猛的，强烈的
- gust
- 一阵强风，突然吹来的风
- wind
- 风，空气流动形成的自然现象
- passing
- 经过，流逝；指某事物的结束
- determined
- 决定了；坚定的，有决心的
- fate
- 命运，注定的结局或遭遇
- side
- 一方，阵营；侧面，边
- won
- win的过去式，赢得，获胜
- pirates
- 海盗，在海上抢劫的人
- avidly
- 热切地，渴望地，贪婪地
- mouths
- 嘴巴（复数）；出入口
- question
- 问题，疑问；询问
- alas
- 唉，哎呀，表示悲哀或遗憾
- answer
- 回答，答案，对问题的解答
- redskins
- 旧称印第安人（现已视为冒犯用语）
- beat
- 敲打，击打；打败对手
- tom-tom
- 一种小型鼓，通常用手拍打
- sign
- 信号，标志，迹象
- victory
- 胜利，战胜对手的结果
- moment
- 时刻，片刻，短暂的时间
- muttered
- 低声抱怨，咕哝地说话
- inaudibly
- 听不见地，声音小到无法听清
- course
- 当然；课程；过程，方向
- strict
- 严格的，严厉的，要求严苛
- silence
- 沉默，安静，无声的状态
- enjoined
- 命令，要求，正式指令某人做
- amazement
- 惊愕，极度惊讶的感觉
- signed
- 打手势示意；签署
- slowly
- 缓慢地，不急促地进行
- understanding
- 理解，领悟；协议
- dreadful
- 可怕的，令人恐惧的
- wickedness
- 邪恶，恶毒，道德败坏的行为
- order
- 命令，指令；秩序，顺序
- probably
- 可能，大概，很有可能
- simple
- 简单的，朴素的；头脑简单的
- admired
- 钦佩，赞赏，对某人印象深刻
- Twice
- 两次，两倍
- upon
- 在……上；正式用法的on
- instrument
- 乐器；仪器，工具
- gleefully
- 欢喜地，高兴地，兴高采烈地
- miscreants
- 恶棍，歹徒，做坏事的人
- cry
- 喊叫，呼喊；哭泣
- Indian
- 印第安人；印度人
- doomed
- 注定失败或死亡的，命运悲惨的
- cheer
- 欢呼声；使振奋，加油
- hearts
- 心脏（复数）；内心，感情
- immediately
- 立刻，马上，毫不迟疑地
- repeated
- 重复，再次做同样的事
- good-byes
- 再见，告别（复数形式）
- puzzled
- 使困惑，感到迷惑不解
- feelings
- 感受，情感，内心的感觉
- swallowed
- 吞咽；压制，吞没某情感
- base
- 卑鄙的，下贱的；基础
- delight
- 高兴，喜悦，令人愉快的事
- enemy
- 敌人，对手，敌方
- smirked
- 得意地微笑，假笑，奸笑
- rubbed
- 摩擦，搓，rub的过去式
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