Treasure Island — Page 7

English → Chinese PART ONE--The Old Buccaneer Level 6/10

People were frightened at the time, but on looking back they rather liked it; it was a fine excitement in a quiet country life, and there was even a party of the younger men who pretended to admire him, calling him a "true sea-dog" and a "real old salt" and such like names, and saying there was the sort of man that made England terrible at sea.

人们当时都很害怕，但回想起来却颇为喜欢；这在宁静的乡村生活中是一种难得的刺激，甚至有一批年轻人装作对他十分钦佩，称他为"真正的海狗"和"老水手"之类的名字，说正是这样的人让英格兰在海上令人生畏。

In one way, indeed, he bade fair to ruin us, for he kept on staying week after week, and at last month after month, so that all the money had been long exhausted, and still my father never plucked up the heart to insist on having more.

说实话，在某种程度上他眼看就要毁了我们，因为他一周又一周地住下去，最后变成一月又一月，以至于所有的钱早已花光，而我父亲却始终鼓不起勇气坚持要他多付钱。

If ever he mentioned it, the captain blew through his nose so loudly that you might say he roared, and stared my poor father out of the room.

每当父亲提及此事，船长便会大声地用鼻子哼气，简直可以说是吼叫，并用眼神逼得我可怜的父亲落荒而逃。

I have seen him wringing his hands after such a rebuff, and I am sure the annoyance and the terror he lived in must have greatly hastened his early and unhappy death.

我曾见过父亲在遭受这样的斥退之后不停地搓手，我确信他所承受的烦恼与恐惧必定大大加速了他那过早而不幸的死亡。

All the time he lived with us the captain made no change whatever in his dress but to buy some stockings from a hawker.

在他与我们同住的整段时间里，船长在穿着上没有做任何改变，只是从一个小贩那里买了几双袜子。

One of the cocks of his hat having fallen down, he let it hang from that day forth, though it was a great annoyance when it blew.

他帽子上的一个翘角垂落了下来，从那天起他便任由它耷拉着，尽管刮风的时候这十分令人烦恼。

I remember the appearance of his coat, which he patched himself upstairs in his room, and which, before the end, was nothing but patches.

我还记得他那件外套的样子，他在楼上自己的房间里亲手缝补，到最后那件衣服简直就是一件补丁摞补丁的百衲衣。

Vocabulary

人们: rénmen — People; referring to people in general.
当时: dāngshí — At that time; referring to a past moment.
都: dōu — All; both; every; without exception.
很: hěn — Very; quite; used to intensify adjectives.
害怕: hàipà — To be afraid; to fear something or someone.
但: dàn — But; however; indicating a contrast or exception.
回想: huíxiǎng — To look back; to recall past experiences fondly.
起来: qǐlái — Used after verb to indicate beginning or reflection.
却: què — Yet; but; however; indicating unexpected contrast.
颇为: pōwéi — Quite; rather; to a considerable degree.
喜欢: xǐhuān — To like; to enjoy; to be fond of something.
这: zhè — This; referring to something nearby or just mentioned.
在: zài — At; in; on; indicating location or ongoing action.
宁静: níngjìng — Peaceful; calm; quiet and undisturbed environment.
的: de — Structural particle linking modifier to noun.
乡村: xiāngcūn — Countryside; rural village; non-urban area.
生活: shēnghuó — Life; daily living; way of life.
中: zhōng — In; within; among; inside a context or space.
是: shì — To be; is; am; are; linking subject and predicate.
一种: yī zhǒng — A kind of; a type of; one sort of.
难得: nándé — Rare; hard to come by; seldom encountered.
刺激: cìjī — Excitement; thrill; stimulation; exciting experience.
甚至: shènzhì — Even; going so far as; to an extreme degree.
有: yǒu — To have; there is/are; to exist.
一批: yī pī — A group of; a batch of people or things.
年轻人: niánqīngrén — Young people; youths; those who are young.
装作: zhuāngzuò — To pretend; to act as if; to feign a state.
十分: shífēn — Very; extremely; fully; to a great extent.
钦佩: qīnpèi — To admire; to hold in high esteem; deep respect.
为: wéi — As; to be; used to indicate a role or title.
真正: zhēnzhèng — Real; genuine; true; authentic in nature.
和: hé — And; together with; connecting two nouns or phrases.
之类: zhīlèi — Such things; that kind; and the like.
名字: míngzì — Name; given name; title used to identify someone.
说: shuō — To say; to speak; to tell; to talk.
正是: zhèngshì — It is precisely; exactly; just such a thing.
这样: zhèyàng — This way; like this; such a manner or type.
人: rén — Person; people; human being.
让: ràng — To let; to allow; to make someone do something.
英格兰: Yīnggélán — England; the country in the United Kingdom.
海上: hǎishàng — At sea; on the ocean; maritime.
令人生畏: lìng rén shēng wèi — Awe-inspiring; causing fear and dread in others.
说实话: shuō shíhuà — To be honest; to tell the truth; frankly speaking.
某种: mǒu zhǒng — A certain kind; some type of; a particular sort.
程度: chéngdù — Degree; extent; level of something.
上: shàng — On; above; in terms of; used after nouns.
他: tā — He; him; third-person singular masculine pronoun.
眼看: yǎnkàn — Obviously; evidently; right before one's eyes.
就要: jiùyào — About to; on the verge of doing something soon.
毁了: huǐ le — Ruined; destroyed; completely wrecked something.
我们: wǒmen — We; us; first-person plural pronoun.
因为: yīnwèi — Because; due to; as a result of something.
一周: yī zhōu — One week; a period of seven days.
又: yòu — Again; also; moreover; once more.
地: de — Adverbial particle linking adverb to verb phrase.
住: zhù — To live; to stay; to reside in a place.
下去: xiàqù — To continue; to go on doing something further.
最后: zuìhòu — Finally; in the end; at last; ultimately.
变成: biànchéng — To become; to turn into; to transform into.
一月: yī yuè — One month; January; a month-long period.
以至于: yǐzhìyú — To the point that; so much so that; resulting in.
所有: suǒyǒu — All; every; the entirety of something owned.
钱: qián — Money; currency; cash; funds.
早已: zǎoyǐ — Long ago; already; for a long time now.
花光: huāguāng — To spend completely; to use up all money.
而: ér — And; but; yet; connecting contrasting clauses.
我: wǒ — I; me; first-person singular pronoun.
父亲: fùqīn — Father; one's male parent; formal term for dad.
始终: shǐzhōng — Always; consistently; from beginning to end.
鼓: gǔ — To muster; to drum up; to summon courage.
不起: bù qǐ — Cannot; unable to; insufficient for the action.
勇气: yǒngqì — Courage; bravery; boldness to face difficulty.
坚持: jiānchí — To insist; to persist; to hold firm to position.
每当: měidāng — Whenever; every time that something occurs.
提及: tíjí — To mention; to bring up; to refer to a topic.
此事: cǐ shì — This matter; this affair; the thing in question.
船长: chuánzhǎng — Captain; the commander of a ship.
大声: dàshēng — Loudly; in a loud voice; with great volume.
用: yòng — To use; to employ; by means of.
鼻子: bízi — Nose; the organ used for smelling and breathing.
简直: jiǎnzhí — Simply; just; it's practically; virtually; almost literally.
可以说: kěyǐ shuō — One could say; it can be said that.
吼叫: hǒujiào — To roar; to bellow; to shout loudly and fiercely.
并: bìng — And; moreover; simultaneously; also doing something.
眼神: yǎnshén — Gaze; expression in one's eyes; look.
逼得: bī de — To force; to pressure someone into a state.
可怜: kělián — Pitiful; poor; pitiable; deserving of sympathy.
落荒而逃: luò huāng ér táo — To flee in panic; to run away in disarray.
曾: céng — Once; formerly; having done something in the past.
遭受: zāoshòu — To suffer; to be subjected to hardship or mistreatment.
之后: zhīhòu — After; afterward; following a certain event.
不停: bù tíng — Continuously; without stopping; incessantly.
确信: quèxìn — To be certain; to be convinced; to firmly believe.
所: suǒ — Particle before verb indicating the object of an action.
承受: chéngshòu — To endure; to bear; to withstand pressure or burden.
烦恼: fánnǎo — Worry; distress; to be troubled or vexed.
与: yǔ — And; with; together with; formal connector.
恐惧: kǒngjù — Fear; dread; intense feeling of being afraid.
必定: bìdìng — Certainly; surely; definitely will happen.
大大: dàdà — Greatly; significantly; to a large extent.
加速: jiāsù — To accelerate; to speed up; to hasten a process.
了: le — Particle indicating completion or change of state.
那: nà — That; referring to something previously mentioned.
过早: guòzǎo — Premature; too early; before the expected time.
不幸: bùxìng — Misfortune; unfortunate; unhappy event or fate.
死亡: sǐwáng — Death; to die; the end of life.
时间: shíjiān — Time; a period or duration of time.
里: lǐ — Inside; within; in; contained in a space.
穿着: chuānzhuó — Dress; attire; what one is wearing; clothing style.
没有: méiyǒu — Don't have; there isn't; did not; without.
做: zuò — To do; to make; to perform an action.
任何: rènhé — Any; whatever; no matter which one.
改变: gǎibiàn — To change; to alter; a modification or transformation.
只是: zhǐshì — Only; merely; just; it's just that.
从: cóng — From; since; following a starting point.
一个: yī ge — One; a single; used with measure word for person.
小贩: xiǎofàn — Peddler; street vendor; small-scale hawker.
那里: nàlǐ — There; that place; over there.
袜子: wàzi — Socks; stockings; footwear worn inside shoes.
帽子: màozi — Hat; cap; headwear worn on the head.
下来: xiàlái — To come down; to fall down; directional complement.
那天: nà tiān — That day; on that particular day.
起: qǐ — From; starting from; beginning at a point.
便: biàn — Then; thereupon; right away; as a result.
任由: rènyóu — To let; to allow freely; to leave to its own.
它: tā — It; third-person singular pronoun for objects/animals.
着: zhe — Aspect particle indicating ongoing or continuous state.
尽管: jǐnguǎn — Even though; although; in spite of; despite that.
刮风: guā fēng — To blow wind; windy; the wind is blowing.
时候: shíhòu — Time; moment; when; a particular point in time.
令人: lìng rén — To make people feel; causing others to experience.
还: hái — Still; also; yet; in addition; even.
记得: jìde — To remember; to recall; to keep in memory.
外套: wàitào — Overcoat; outer coat; jacket worn over other clothes.
样子: yàngzi — Appearance; look; the way something looks.
楼上: lóushàng — Upstairs; the upper floor of a building.
自己: zìjǐ — Oneself; self; one's own.
房间: fángjiān — Room; a space within a building for living.
亲手: qīnshǒu — With one's own hands; personally doing something.
缝补: féngbǔ — To mend; to sew up holes; to repair clothing.
到: dào — To; until; to arrive at; reaching a point.
衣服: yīfu — Clothes; clothing; garments worn on the body.
就是: jiùshì — Is exactly; is simply; that's just what it is.
补丁: bǔdīng — Patch; a piece sewn to repair torn clothing.

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