Peter Pan — Page 12
当彼得从树上站起身来时,月亮正在云雾笼罩的天空中穿行。
The moon was riding in a cloudy heaven when Peter rose from his tree,
他身上佩带着武器,几乎没有穿什么衣物,准备踏上这段危险的探索之旅。
begirt with weapons and wearing little else, to set out upon his perilous quest.
这样的夜晚并不是他会选择的。
It was not such a night as he would have chosen.
他原本希望能够飞行,贴近地面飞翔,这样任何异常的东西都不会逃过他的眼睛;
He had hoped to fly, keeping not far from the ground so that nothing unwonted should escape his eyes;
但在那忽明忽暗的光线下,低空飞行意味着他的影子会拖曳过树梢,惊扰鸟儿,还会让警觉的敌人察觉到他的行踪。
but in that fitful light to have flown low would have meant trailing his shadow through the trees, thus disturbing birds and acquainting a watchful foe that he was astir.
他现在后悔曾经给岛上的鸟儿取了那些奇怪的名字,以至于它们变得非常野性,难以靠近。
He regretted now that he had given the birds of the island such strange names that they are very wild and difficult of approach.
除了以红人的方式悄然前行之外,别无他法——好在他对此十分擅长。
There was no other course but to press forward in redskin fashion, at which happily he was an adept.
但该往哪个方向走呢?他无法确定孩子们是否被带上了那艘船。
But in what direction, for he could not be sure that the children had been taken to the ship?
一场小雪抹去了所有的脚印;岛上笼罩着死一般的寂静,仿佛大自然在短暂地为近来的杀戮而不寒而栗。
A light fall of snow had obliterated all footmarks; and a deathly silence pervaded the island, as if for a space Nature stood still in horror of the recent carnage.
他曾把自己从虎莲和叮叮铃那里学到的一些森林知识教给孩子们,他知道在这危急时刻,他们不会忘记这些知识的。
He had taught the children something of the forest lore that he had himself learned from Tiger Lily and Tinker Bell, and knew that in their dire hour they were not likely to forget it.
比如,斯莱特利若有机会,会在树上刻下记号;卷毛会沿路撒下种子;而温迪则会在某个重要的地方留下她的手帕。
Slightly, if he had an opportunity, would blaze the trees, for instance, Curly would drop seeds, and Wendy would leave her handkerchief at some important place.
Vocabulary
- moon
- 月亮,夜晚天空中的自然卫星
- riding
- (此处指月亮)在天空中缓缓移动
- cloudy
- 多云的,天空被云层遮蔽
- heaven
- 天空;此处指高空或天际
- rose
- rise的过去式,站起来,起身
- begirt
- 围绕,被……所环绕或缠绕(古语)
- weapons
- 武器,用于攻击或防御的工具
- perilous
- 极其危险的,充满危险的
- quest
- 探索,追寻,为特定目标的旅程
- chosen
- choose的过去分词,已选择的
- unwonted
- 不寻常的,罕见的,不惯常的
- escape
- 逃脱,避开,此处指逃过注意
- fitful
- 断断续续的,时有时无的,不稳定的
- trailing
- 拖曳,留下(阴影)跟随在后
- shadow
- 阴影,物体遮挡光线形成的暗区
- thus
- 因此,从而,表示结果
- disturbing
- 打扰,惊扰,使不安
- acquainting
- 使……知晓,告知,让某人了解
- watchful
- 警觉的,时刻注意的,保持警惕的
- foe
- 敌人,对手,与自己为敌的人
- astir
- 活跃的,起身活动的,在行动中
- regretted
- 感到遗憾,后悔,对过去的事惋惜
- island
- 岛屿,四面环水的陆地
- strange
- 奇怪的,陌生的,不熟悉的
- wild
- 野生的,荒野的,未被驯化的
- difficult
- 困难的,不容易做到的
- approach
- 接近,靠近,走向某人或某地
- course
- 方法,途径,此处指可行的选择
- press
- press forward意为奋力前进,推进
- redskin
- (旧时贬称)美洲原住民,印第安人
- fashion
- 方式,风格,做事的方法
- happily
- 恰好地,幸运地,此处表示凑巧
- adept
- 能手,擅长某事的人,专家
- direction
- 方向,指南针所示的路线或方位
- ship
- 船,用于航海的大型水上交通工具
- obliterated
- 完全抹去,消灭,使痕迹消失
- footmarks
- 脚印,行走时留下的痕迹
- deathly
- 死一般的,极度的,令人联想到死亡
- silence
- 寂静,安静,没有任何声音的状态
- pervaded
- 弥漫,遍及,充满整个空间
- Nature
- 大自然,自然界,自然环境
- horror
- 恐惧,恐怖,令人毛骨悚然的感觉
- recent
- 近期的,最近发生的,不久前的
- carnage
- 大屠杀,惨烈的杀戮,大量死亡
- forest
- 森林,大片树木覆盖的土地
- lore
- 传统知识,民间智慧,某领域的知识
- dire
- 极其严峻的,可怕的,紧迫危险的
- likely
- 可能的,有可能发生的
- opportunity
- 机会,时机,可利用的有利条件
- blaze
- 做标记,在树上刻记号以标识路线
- instance
- 例子,实例,for instance表示例如
- seeds
- 种子,植物繁殖的基本单位
- handkerchief
- 手帕,用于擦拭的小块布料
- important
- 重要的,有意义的,不可忽视的
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