The Count of Monte Cristo — Page 1
第一章:马赛——抵港
Chapter 1. Marseilles—The Arrival
1815年2月24日,圣母望海楼的瞭望员发现了一艘三桅船——从士麦那、的里雅斯特和那不勒斯驶来的"法老号"。
On the 24th of February, 1815, the look-out at Notre-Dame de la Garde signalled the three-master, the Pharaon from Smyrna, Trieste, and Naples.
照例,一名领航员立即出发,绕过伊夫堡,在莫尔吉乌角与里翁岛之间登上了船。
As usual, a pilot put off immediately, and rounding the Château d'If, got on board the vessel between Cape Morgiou and Rion island.
圣让堡的城垛上立刻按惯例挤满了观看的人;在马赛,一艘船进港总是一件大事,尤其是当这艘船像"法老号"一样,是在古福西亚船坞建造、装帆、装载货物,并且属于城中某位船主的时候。
Immediately, and according to custom, the ramparts of Fort Saint-Jean were covered with spectators; it is always an event at Marseilles for a ship to come into port, especially when this ship, like the Pharaon, has been built, rigged, and laden at the old Phocee docks, and belongs to an owner of the city.
这艘船继续前行,安然穿过了卡拉萨雷涅岛与雅罗斯岛之间因火山震动而形成的海峡,绕过了波梅格岛,张着顶帆、艏三角帆和后纵帆向港口驶来,但行进得如此缓慢而从容,以至于那些无所事事的旁观者凭着一种预感不祥的直觉,纷纷猜测船上究竟发生了什么不幸。
The ship drew on and had safely passed the strait, which some volcanic shock has made between the Calasareigne and Jaros islands; had doubled Pomègue, and approached the harbor under topsails, jib, and spanker, but so slowly and sedately that the idlers, with that instinct which is the forerunner of evil, asked one another what misfortune could have happened on board.
然而,富有航海经验的人一眼便能看出,即便真有意外发生,也绝非船只本身出了问题——因为她在驾驶上显示出一切娴熟操控的迹象:锚已备妥待放,艏斜桅支索已然松开,而在领航员身旁站着一位年轻人,领航员正驾驶着"法老号"驶向内港狭窄的入口,那年轻人则目光警觉、行动敏捷,注视着船的每一个动作,将领航员的每一道指令都复述一遍。
However, those experienced in navigation saw plainly that if any accident had occurred, it was not to the vessel herself, for she bore down with all the evidence of being skilfully handled, the anchor a-cockbill, the jib-boom guys already eased off, and standing by the side of the pilot, who was steering the Pharaon towards the narrow entrance of the inner port, was a young man, who, with activity and vigilant eye, watched every motion of the ship, and repeated each direction of the pilot.
Vocabulary
- Chapter
- 书的章节,用于划分内容的单位
- Arrival
- 到达,抵达某地的行为或时刻
- February
- 二月,一年中的第二个月份
- look-out
- 瞭望员,负责观察远处动静的人
- signalled
- 发出信号,用旗语或灯光传递消息
- three-master
- 三桅帆船,有三根桅杆的帆船
- usual
- 通常的,像平常一样,惯常的
- pilot
- 引航员,引导船只进港的专业人员
- immediately
- 立刻,马上,毫不延迟地
- rounding
- 绕过,沿弧线经过某地点
- board
- 船板;on board 意为在船上
- vessel
- 船只,指各种类型的水上交通工具
- Cape
- 海角,伸入海中的陆地尖端
- island
- 岛屿,四面环水的陆地
- Immediately
- 立刻,马上,毫不延迟地
- according
- 根据,按照某规则或习惯
- custom
- 习俗,惯例,长期形成的传统做法
- ramparts
- 城垛,城墙上用于防御的矮墙
- Fort
- 要塞,军事防御用的坚固建筑
- covered
- 覆盖,布满,挤满某个地方
- spectators
- 观众,旁观者,在场观看的人群
- always
- 总是,永远,每次都如此
- event
- 事件,值得注意的重要事情
- ship
- 船,大型海上运输或航行工具
- port
- 港口,船只停靠装卸货物的地方
- especially
- 尤其,特别,强调某事物更突出
- rigged
- 装配帆索的,已安装桅杆和索具的
- laden
- 满载货物的,装满东西的船
- docks
- 船坞,用于建造或修理船只的地方
- belongs
- 属于,归某人所有
- owner
- 所有者,拥有某物的人
- drew
- draw的过去式,吸引或靠近
- safely
- 安全地,没有危险或事故地
- strait
- 海峡,连接两片水域的狭窄通道
- volcanic
- 火山的,与火山活动相关的
- shock
- 震动,冲击,突然的强烈震荡
- islands
- 岛屿,复数,多个四面环水的陆地
- doubled
- 绕过,指船绕过海角或岛屿
- approached
- 接近,靠近,向某处逐渐移动
- harbor
- 海港,供船只停泊的水域
- topsails
- 中桅帆,桅杆上层的帆
- jib
- 前帆,船头三角形的前置帆
- spanker
- 后桅帆,船尾后桅上的纵帆
- slowly
- 缓慢地,速度很慢地
- sedately
- 沉稳地,平静从容地,不慌不忙
- idlers
- 闲人,无所事事在旁观望的人
- instinct
- 直觉,本能,天生的感知能力
- forerunner
- 先兆,预示某事即将发生的信号
- evil
- 不幸,邪恶,坏事或灾难
- misfortune
- 不幸,灾难,倒霉的事情
- happened
- 发生,某事在某时间点出现
- However
- 然而,不过,表示话题转折
- experienced
- 有经验的,经验丰富的,熟练的
- navigation
- 航海,航行,驾驶船只的技术
- plainly
- 清楚地,明显地,显而易见地
- accident
- 事故,意外事件,突发的不幸
- occurred
- 发生,occur的过去式
- bore
- bear的过去式,承受,带有,显示
- evidence
- 证据,迹象,表明某事的证明
- skilfully
- 熟练地,技术高超地,有技巧地
- handled
- 操控,处理,驾驶或操作某物
- anchor
- 锚,固定船只位置的重型铁器
- guys
- 支索,固定桅杆或吊杆的绳索
- already
- 已经,在某时间前就完成了
- eased
- 放松,松开,减缓绳索的张力
- steering
- 掌舵,控制船只行驶方向
- towards
- 朝向,向着某个方向
- narrow
- 狭窄的,宽度很小的通道
- entrance
- 入口,进入某地的通道或开口
- inner
- 内部的,里面的,靠内侧的
- activity
- 活跃,精力充沛的行动或状态
- vigilant
- 警觉的,时刻保持注意的
- motion
- 动作,运动,移动的状态
- repeated
- 重复,再次说出或做出同样动作
- direction
- 指令,方向,也指下达的命令
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