The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Complete — Page 8
'要是我想，单手绑在背后都能揍你。'
"I could lick you with one hand tied behind me, if I wanted to."
'那你为什么不动手呢？你说你能，就做啊。'
"Well why don't you do it? You say you can do it."
'我会的，你要是惹我的话。'
"Well I will, if you fool with me."
'哦，是啊——我见过不少人都是这么说说而已。'
"Oh yes—I've seen whole families in the same fix."
'臭美！你以为你了不起，是吗？哎，瞧那顶破帽子！'
"Smarty! You think you're some, now, don't you? Oh, what a hat!"
'你要是不喜欢这顶帽子，就受着吧。我倒要看你敢不敢把它打下来——敢接受挑战的人才会干那种下流事。'
"You can lump that hat if you don't like it. I dare you to knock it off—and anybody that'll take a dare will suck eggs."
'你是个骗子！'
"You're a liar!"
'你才是。'
"You're another."
'你是个爱打架的骗子，却不敢承认。'
"You're a fighting liar and dasn't take it up."
'去你的！'
"Aw—take a walk!"
'听着——你要是再多嘴，我就捡块石头砸你的脑袋。'
"Say—if you give me much more of your sass I'll take and bounce a rock off'n your head."
'哦，你当然会的。'
"Oh, of course you will."
'我就会。'
"Well I will."
'那你为什么不动手呢？你老说要做，却为什么不去做？你是怕了吧。'
"Well why don't you do it then? What do you keep saying you will for? Why don't you do it? It's because you're afraid."
'我才不怕。'
"I ain't afraid."
'你就是怕。'
"You are."
'我不怕。'
"I ain't."
'你就是怕。'
"You are."
两人又停顿了一下，继续互相打量，绕着对方移步转圈。不一会儿，他们肩并着肩站在了一起。汤姆说道：
Another pause, and more eying and sidling around each other. Presently they were shoulder to shoulder. Tom said:
'给我滚开！'
"Get away from here!"
'你自己滚！'
"Go away yourself!"
'我不走。'
"I won't."
'我也不走。'
"I won't either."
就这样，两人各自斜脚撑地，使出浑身力气互相推搡，眼中充满怒火地怒视着对方。但谁也占不到上风。
So they stood, each with a foot placed at an angle as a brace, and both shoving with might and main, and glowering at each other with hate. But neither could get an advantage.
Vocabulary
- could
- can的过去式，表示能力或可能性
- lick
- 打败某人；也可指用舌头舔
- tied
- 被绑住的，受到束缚的
- behind
- 在……后面，位于背后
- well
- 感叹词，表示迟疑或转换话题
- fool
- 愚弄某人；或指愚蠢的人
- whole
- 整个的，完整的，全部的
- fix
- 困境，麻烦的处境
- Smarty
- 自作聪明的人，爱炫耀的人
- lump
- 肿块；也指笨拙的人
- dare
- 敢于做某事，挑战某人
- knock
- 敲打，击打某物或某人
- anybody
- 任何人，无论是谁
- suck
- 吸吮；也可表示很糟糕
- liar
- 说谎者，不诚实的人
- fighting
- 打架，争斗，发生冲突
- dasn't
- 方言，dare not的缩写，不敢
- aw
- 感叹词，表示失望或不屑
- sass
- 顶嘴，无礼的言语态度
- bounce
- 弹跳；也可指驱逐某人
- rock
- 石头；也可指摇动
- course
- 当然；也指课程或路线
- afraid
- 害怕的，感到恐惧的
- ain't
- 方言，am not/is not缩写
- pause
- 暂停，短暂停顿一下
- eying
- 用眼睛盯着看某人
- sidling
- 侧身移动，悄悄靠近某人
- presently
- 不久之后，过了一会儿
- shoulder
- 肩膀，身体上部两侧部位
- yourself
- 你自己，反身代词
- won't
- will not的缩写，表示拒绝
- either
- 也不，两者之一
- stood
- stand的过去式，站立着
- placed
- 放置，摆放在某一位置
- angle
- 角度，倾斜的方向或位置
- brace
- 支撑，用力稳住身体姿势
- shoving
- 用力推挤，猛推某人
- might
- 力量；也可表示可能性
- main
- 主要的，最重要的
- glowering
- 怒视，用愤怒的眼神盯着
- hate
- 憎恨，强烈厌恶某人
- neither
- 两者都不，表示双重否定
- advantage
- 优势，有利的条件或地位
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