The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Complete — Page 9
两人挣扎着，直到双方都热得满脸通红，随后各自小心翼翼地松开了劲，汤姆说道：
After struggling till both were hot and flushed, each relaxed his strain with watchful caution, and Tom said:
「你是个懦夫，是个小崽子。我要去告诉我哥哥，他用一根小手指就能揍扁你，我还会让他真的去打你。」
"You're a coward and a pup. I'll tell my big brother on you, and he can thrash you with his little finger, and I'll make him do it, too."
「我才不怕你哥哥呢！我有个哥哥比他还大——而且更厉害，他能把你哥哥扔过那道篱笆去。」
"What do I care for your big brother? I've got a brother that's bigger than he is—and what's more, he can throw him over that fence, too."
【两个哥哥都是虚构的。】
[Both brothers were imaginary.]
「那是谎话。」
"That's a lie."
「你说是谎话，不代表就是谎话。」
"Your saying so don't make it so."
汤姆用大脚趾在尘土里画了一条线，说道：
Tom drew a line in the dust with his big toe, and said:
「我敢你跨过这条线，跨过来我就把你打趴下。敢接受挑战的人都是会偷羊的。」
"I dare you to step over that, and I'll lick you till you can't stand up. Anybody that'll take a dare will steal sheep."
新来的男孩毫不犹豫地跨了过去，说道：
The new boy stepped over promptly, and said:
「你刚才说要打我，现在让我瞧瞧你怎么打呀。」
"Now you said you'd do it, now let's see you do it."
「别逼我；你最好小心点。」
"Don't you crowd me now; you better look out."
「哼，你说过要打我的——怎么不动手呢？」
"Well, you said you'd do it—why don't you do it?"
「天哪！给我两分钱我就真的打你。」
"By jingo! for two cents I will do it."
新来的男孩从口袋里掏出两枚大铜板，嘲弄地伸到汤姆面前。汤姆把铜板打落在地。
The new boy took two broad coppers out of his pocket and held them out with derision. Tom struck them to the ground.
Vocabulary
- After
- 在...之后，表示时间或顺序
- struggling
- 努力挣扎，费力对抗
- till
- 直到某个时间点为止
- both
- 两者都，双方均
- were
- be动词的过去式复数形式
- hot
- 温度高的，感觉热的
- flushed
- 脸因兴奋或运动而变红
- each
- 每个，各自，分别
- relaxed
- 放松了，减轻了紧张状态
- strain
- 用力拉紧的状态，紧张
- watchful
- 保持警惕的，密切注意的
- caution
- 谨慎，小心注意
- coward
- 懦夫，胆小鬼
- pup
- 小狗；也指年轻自大的人
- tell
- 告诉，讲述
- thrash
- 痛打，狠揍某人
- finger
- 手指
- care
- 在乎，关心，重视
- throw
- 扔，投掷
- fence
- 围栏，栅栏
- imaginary
- 虚构的，想象中不真实存在的
- lie
- 谎言，不真实的话
- drew
- 画，划，draw的过去式
- line
- 线，线条
- dust
- 尘土，灰尘
- toe
- 脚趾，用脚尖触碰
- dare
- 敢，胆敢做某事
- step
- 踩，跨步，踏过
- lick
- 打败，揍；舔
- stand
- 站立，抵挡，忍受
- Anybody
- 任何人，无论谁
- steal
- 偷窃，盗取
- sheep
- 羊，绵羊
- stepped
- 迈步，踏步走上前
- promptly
- 迅速地，立刻，毫不犹豫地
- crowd
- 挤压，逼近；人群
- jingo
- 天哪，用于表示惊讶的感叹词
- cents
- 分，美元的辅币单位
- broad
- 宽大的，大型的
- coppers
- 铜板，铜币，小额硬币
- 口袋，衣兜
- held
- 拿着，握住，hold的过去式
- derision
- 嘲弄，讥笑，轻蔑态度
- struck
- 打，击，strike的过去式
- ground
- 地面，地上
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