The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Complete — Page 10
转眼间，两个男孩便在泥地里滚作一团，像猫一样紧紧扭打在一起；有足足一分钟的时间，他们互相揪扯头发和衣服，互相捶打抓挠对方的鼻子，弄得自己满身尘土，却也打出了一番威风。
In an instant both boys were rolling and tumbling in the dirt, gripped together like cats; and for the space of a minute they tugged and tore at each other's hair and clothes, punched and scratched each other's nose, and covered themselves with dust and glory.
不一会儿，混乱中渐渐有了分晓，硝烟散去，只见汤姆骑坐在新来的男孩身上，用拳头猛揍他。他喊道："服不服！"
Presently the confusion took form, and through the fog of battle Tom appeared, seated astride the new boy, and pounding him with his fists. "Holler 'nuff!" said he.
那男孩只是挣扎着想要脱身。他在哭——主要是因为愤怒。
The boy only struggled to free himself. He was crying—mainly from rage.
"服不服！"——拳头继续砸了下去。
"Holler 'nuff!"—and the pounding went on.
最终，那陌生男孩憋出一声压抑的"服了！"，汤姆便放他起来，说道：
At last the stranger got out a smothered "'Nuff!" and Tom let him up and said:
"这下你该长记性了。下次找人麻烦之前，先看清楚对方是谁。"
"Now that'll learn you. Better look out who you're fooling with next time."
新来的男孩走开了，一边拍打身上的尘土，一边抽泣哽咽，还不时回过头来摇头，扬言下次"逮到汤姆落单"时要如何如何收拾他。
The new boy went off brushing the dust from his clothes, sobbing, snuffling, and occasionally looking back and shaking his head and threatening what he would do to Tom the "next time he caught him out."
汤姆对此嗤之以鼻，得意扬扬地扬长而去。可他前脚刚转过身，那新来的男孩便捡起一块石头，扔过去正打在他的背上，随即转身撒腿就跑，跑得像只羚羊。
To which Tom responded with jeers, and started off in high feather, and as soon as his back was turned the new boy snatched up a stone, threw it and hit him between the shoulders and then turned tail and ran like an antelope.
汤姆一路追着这个背信弃义的家伙跑回了家，这样便摸清了他住在哪里。随后，汤姆在大门口守了好一阵子，挑衅敌人出来一决高下，但那家伙只是隔着窗户朝他做鬼脸，根本不肯出来。
Tom chased the traitor home, and thus found out where he lived. He then held a position at the gate for some time, daring the enemy to come outside, but the enemy only made faces at him through the window and declined.
Vocabulary
- instant
- 瞬间，极短的时间
- rolling
- 滚动，在地上来回翻滚
- tumbling
- 翻滚，跌倒并滚动
- dirt
- 泥土，灰尘，地上的污物
- gripped
- 紧紧抓住，用力握持
- space
- 此处指一段时间的长度
- tugged
- 用力拉扯，猛拽
- tore
- 撕扯，tear的过去式
- punched
- 用拳头打，猛击
- scratched
- 抓挠，用指甲划
- dust
- 灰尘，细小的土粒
- glory
- 荣耀，此处指打架的满足感
- Presently
- 不久，过了一会儿
- confusion
- 混乱，混乱的状态
- form
- 形态，形状，样子
- fog
- 迷雾，此处比喻混战的模糊状态
- battle
- 战斗，打斗
- seated
- 坐着的，处于坐着的状态
- astride
- 跨坐在……上面，两腿分开骑着
- pounding
- 连续猛击，重击
- fists
- 拳头，fist的复数形式
- Holler
- 大喊，高声叫喊
- 'nuff
- enough的口语缩写，表示够了
- struggled
- 挣扎，奋力尝试摆脱
- mainly
- 主要地，大部分原因是
- rage
- 愤怒，强烈的怒气
- stranger
- 陌生人，不认识的人
- smothered
- 被压制的，声音被闷住的
- 'Nuff
- 够了，enough的口语缩写，表示认输
- learn
- 此处口语用法，意为教训
- fooling
- 欺弄，愚弄，戏耍
- brushing
- 拂去，刷掉（尘土等）
- sobbing
- 抽泣，哽咽哭泣
- snuffling
- 抽鼻子，因哭泣而发出鼻音
- occasionally
- 偶尔，有时候
- threatening
- 威胁，发出威胁性言语
- caught
- 抓住，catch的过去式
- responded
- 回应，作出反应
- jeers
- 嘲笑，嘲讽的话语
- feather
- 羽毛，in high feather意为得意
- snatched
- 抓起，迅速夺取
- tail
- 此处指撒腿，take to one's heels逃跑
- antelope
- 羚羊，跑得极快的动物
- chased
- 追赶，追逐
- traitor
- 叛徒，背叛者
- thus
- 因此，这样，从而
- position
- 位置，阵地，立场
- daring
- 大胆的，敢于冒险的
- enemy
- 敌人，对手
- faces
- 鬼脸，make faces意为扮鬼脸
- declined
- 拒绝，婉拒，不接受
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