Peter Pan — Page 9
令人悲伤的是，当斯米把温迪绑在桅杆上时，没有一个男孩看她；所有人的目光都盯着那块跳板——那段他们即将踏上的最后一小段路。
It is sad to know that not a boy was looking at her as Smee tied her to the mast; the eyes of all were on the plank: that last little walk they were about to take.
他们再也无法抱有能够勇敢走完那段路的希望，因为他们已经失去了思考的能力；他们只能呆呆地凝视，瑟瑟发抖。
They were no longer able to hope that they would walk it manfully, for the capacity to think had gone from them; they could stare and shiver only.
胡克咬紧牙关，露出一丝冷笑，朝温迪走近一步。
Hook smiled on them with his teeth closed, and took a step toward Wendy.
他打算把她的脸转过去，让她亲眼看着男孩们一个接一个地走上跳板。
His intention was to turn her face so that she should see the boys walking the plank one by one.
但他没有走到她身边，也没有听到他希望从她那里逼出的痛苦哭喊。他听到的是另一种声音。
But he never reached her, he never heard the cry of anguish he hoped to wring from her. He heard something else instead.
那是鳄鱼发出的可怕的嘀嗒嘀嗒声。
It was the terrible tick-tick of the crocodile.
所有人都听到了——海盗、男孩们、温迪；顿时，每一颗头都朝着同一个方向转去；不是转向发出声音的水面，而是转向胡克。
They all heard it—pirates, boys, Wendy; and immediately every head was blown in one direction; not to the water whence the sound proceeded, but toward Hook.
所有人都知道，即将发生的事情只与他一人有关，而他们自己则从演员突然变成了旁观者。
All knew that what was about to happen concerned him alone, and that from being actors they were suddenly become spectators.
看到他身上所发生的变化，令人不寒而栗。他仿佛每一个关节都被卸断了，瘫缩成一小堆。
Very frightful was it to see the change that came over him. It was as if he had been clipped at every joint. He fell in a little heap.
那声音稳稳地越来越近；而在它之前，一个可怖的念头抢先袭来："鳄鱼就要爬上船了！"
The sound came steadily nearer; and in advance of it came this ghastly thought, "The crocodile is about to board the ship!"
就连那只铁爪也悬在那里，一动不动；仿佛它知道自己并非那攻击力量真正索要之物的一部分。
Even the iron claw hung inactive; as if knowing that it was no intrinsic part of what the attacking force wanted.
Vocabulary
- sad
- 悲伤的，令人难过的
- know
- 知道，了解某件事情
- boy
- 男孩，年轻男性
- looking
- 看，注视（look的进行时）
- tied
- 捆绑，把某物系紧固定
- mast
- 船上竖立的高大桅杆
- plank
- 木板，尤指船上供人走的跳板
- last
- 最后的，最终的
- walk
- 步行，行走
- longer
- 不再，更长时间（long的比较级）
- able
- 能够，有能力做某事
- hope
- 希望，期待好的结果
- manfully
- 勇敢地，坚强地面对困难
- capacity
- 能力，容量；思考或行动的能力
- think
- 思考，思维，动脑筋
- gone
- 离去，消失（go的过去分词）
- stare
- 凝视，长时间目不转睛地看
- shiver
- 颤抖，因寒冷或恐惧而发抖
- smiled
- 微笑（smile的过去时）
- teeth
- 牙齿（tooth的复数形式）
- closed
- 关闭的，紧闭的（close的过去分词）
- step
- 一步，步伐；步骤
- toward
- 朝向，往……方向的介词
- intention
- 意图，打算，目的
- turn
- 转动，使……转向
- face
- 脸，面孔；面对
- never
- 从未，永远不
- reached
- 到达，抵达某地（reach的过去时）
- cry
- 叫喊声，呼喊；哭泣
- anguish
- 极度痛苦，剧烈的悲伤或煎熬
- wring
- 扭绞，使极度痛苦
- else
- 其他的，另外的
- instead
- 作为替代，而不是
- terrible
- 可怕的，令人恐惧的
- tick
- 滴答声，时钟或钟表的声音
- crocodile
- 鳄鱼，大型爬行动物
- pirates
- 海盗们（pirate的复数形式）
- immediately
- 立刻，马上，毫不延迟地
- blown
- 被吹动（blow的过去分词）
- direction
- 方向，方位
- whence
- 从何处，从哪里来（正式用语）
- sound
- 声音，声响
- proceeded
- 发出，来自（proceed的过去时）
- happen
- 发生，出现某种情况
- concerned
- 关于，涉及；担心的
- alone
- 单独地，只有……一个人
- actors
- 演员们（actor的复数）
- suddenly
- 突然，出乎意料地
- become
- 成为，变成
- spectators
- 旁观者，观众（spectator的复数）
- frightful
- 可怕的，令人惊恐的
- change
- 变化，改变
- clipped
- 被剪断，被截断（clip的过去分词）
- joint
- 关节，连接处，接合点
- fell
- 倒下，跌落（fall的过去时）
- heap
- 一堆，堆积在一起的东西
- steadily
- 稳定地，平稳地，持续地
- nearer
- 更近（near的比较级）
- advance
- 前进，推进，靠近
- ghastly
- 可怕的，令人毛骨悚然的
- thought
- 想法，念头，思想
- board
- 登上（船），上船
- ship
- 船，轮船，大型船只
- Even
- 甚至，连……也，表示强调
- iron
- 铁，铁制的
- claw
- 爪子，钩爪；钩形物
- hung
- 悬挂（hang的过去时）
- inactive
- 不活动的，静止的，无行动的
- intrinsic
- 固有的，本质的，内在的
- part
- 部分，组成部分
- attacking
- 攻击，进攻（attack的现在分词）
- force
- 力量，力；强迫
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