Treasure Island — Page 4
每当有水手住进本鲍海军上将客栈（偶尔确实有人这样做，他们沿海岸大路前往布里斯托尔），他就会在进入客厅之前，先从挂着帘子的门缝向里窥探；
When a seaman did put up at the Admiral Benbow (as now and then some did, making by the coast road for Bristol) he would look in at him through the curtained door before he entered the parlour;
只要有这样的人在场，他就一定会像耗子一样一声不吭。
and he was always sure to be as silent as a mouse when any such was present.
至少对我来说，这件事毫无秘密可言，因为我在某种程度上也是他那些惊恐忧虑的共同承担者。
For me, at least, there was no secret about the matter, for I was, in a way, a sharer in his alarms.
有一天他把我拉到一旁，答应我如果我肯留心"替他望风，留意一个只有一条腿的海员"，并在那人一出现就立刻通知他，他每月初一就给我一枚四便士银币。
He had taken me aside one day and promised me a silver fourpenny on the first of every month if I would only keep my "weather-eye open for a seafaring man with one leg" and let him know the moment he appeared.
每月初一来临，我向他讨要工钱，他往往只是冲我哼一声，瞪着我，但不出一周，他一定会回心转意，把那枚四便士的硬币拿给我，并再次叮嘱我留心"那个只有一条腿的海员"。
Often enough when the first of the month came round and I applied to him for my wage, he would only blow through his nose at me and stare me down, but before the week was out he was sure to think better of it, bring me my four-penny piece, and repeat his orders to look out for "the seafaring man with one leg."
那个人物如何在我的梦中挥之不去，我几乎无需多说。
How that personage haunted my dreams, I need scarcely tell you.
在狂风大作的夜晚，当风吹撼着房屋的四角，浪涛声沿着海湾轰鸣直卷上悬崖，我便会看见他以千种面貌、带着千种阴险可怖的神情出现在眼前。
On stormy nights, when the wind shook the four corners of the house and the surf roared along the cove and up the cliffs, I would see him in a thousand forms, and with a thousand diabolical expressions.
Vocabulary
- When
- 在什么时候；引导时间从句的连接词
- seaman
- 水手；在船上工作的人
- did
- 过去式助动词；用于构成过去式疑问句
- put
- 放置；将某物放在某个地方
- up
- 向上；往上；用于多种短语
- at
- 在；表示位置、时间或状态的介词
- the
- 定冠词；用于特指某个人或物
- Admiral
- 海军上将；海军最高军衔的军官
- as
- 作为；当...时候；因为
- now
- 现在；此时此刻
- and
- 和；与；用于连接词或句子
- then
- 那时；随后；然后
- some
- 一些；某些；大约
- making
- 制作；制造；使...成为
- by
- 被；由；通过；靠近
- coast
- 海岸；沿海地区
- road
- 道路；公路；路线
- for
- 为了；因为；对...而言
- he
- 他；男性第三人称代词
- would
- 会；将；表示过去的习惯或推测
- look
- 看；观看；显得
- in
- 在...里面；进入
- him
- 他；男性第三人称代词宾格
- through
- 通过；穿过；自始至终
- curtained
- 用窗帘装饰的；有窗帘遮挡的
- door
- 门；房门
- before
- 在...之前；当面
- entered
- 进入；踏入；开始参加
- parlour
- 客厅；起居室；小商店
- was
- 是；过去式be动词
- always
- 总是；一直；永远
- sure
- 确定的；肯定的；一定
- to
- 到；向；朝向
- be
- 是；存在
- silent
- 沉默的；无声的；安静的
- mouse
- 老鼠；鼠标
- any
- 任何；任意的；一点
- such
- 这样的；如此的；那样
- present
- 现在的；在场的；礼物
- For
- 为了；因为；对...而言
- me
- 我；第一人称代词宾格
- least
- 最少的；最小的
- there
- 那里；在那儿
- no
- 不；没有
- secret
- 秘密；机密的事
- about
- 关于；大约；在...周围
- matter
- 事情；问题；要紧
- way
- 方式；道路；方向
- sharer
- 分享者；共享人；参与者
- his
- 他的；他所拥有的
- alarms
- 警报；惊恐；警钟
- He
- 他；男性第三人称代词
- had
- 有；曾经；过去完成式
- taken
- 拿取；带走；花费时间
- aside
- 在旁边；撇开；单独
- one
- 一；一个；某个
- day
- 天；日子；白天
- promised
- 承诺；答应；保证
- silver
- 银色；银制品；银币
- on
- 在...上面；打开；关于
- first
- 首先；最初；第一个
- of
- 的；属于；由...组成
- every
- 每个；每一个；所有的
- month
- 月份；一个月
- if
- 如果；假如；是否
- only
- 仅仅；只有；唯一的
- keep
- 保持；保留；继续
- my
- 我的；属于我
- open
- 打开；开放；公开的
- seafaring
- 航海的；海上的；与航海有关的
- man
- 男人；人；成年男性
- with
- 和；用；具有
- leg
- 腿；腿部；支撑部分
- let
- 让；允许；出租
- know
- 知道；了解；认识
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