Treasure Island — Page 5
有时候，那条腿会从膝盖处截断，有时候又从髋部截断；有时候他变成一个怪异的生物，从来只有一条腿，而且长在身体的正中间。
Now the leg would be cut off at the knee, now at the hip; now he was a monstrous kind of a creature who had never had but the one leg, and that in the middle of his body.
看着他跳跃、奔跑，翻越篱笆和沟渠来追赶我，这是最可怕的噩梦。
To see him leap and run and pursue me over hedge and ditch was the worst of nightmares.
总而言之，我为那每月四便士的铜板付出了沉重的代价，全都换来了这些可憎的幻想。
And altogether I paid pretty dear for my monthly fourpenny piece, in the shape of these abominable fancies.
尽管我对那个独腿海员的念头如此恐惧，但比起其他认识船长的人，我对船长本人其实并没有那么害怕。
But though I was so terrified by the idea of the seafaring man with one leg, I was far less afraid of the captain himself than anybody else who knew him.
有些夜晚，他喝下的朗姆酒掺水远超过他头脑所能承受的量；这时他有时会坐下来放声高唱那些邪恶、古老、粗野的海上歌谣，旁若无人。
There were nights when he took a deal more rum and water than his head would carry; and then he would sometimes sit and sing his wicked, old, wild sea-songs, minding nobody;
但有时他又会叫人斟满一圈酒，强迫所有瑟瑟发抖的宾客听他讲故事，或者跟着他的歌声齐声合唱。
but sometimes he would call for glasses round and force all the trembling company to listen to his stories or bear a chorus to his singing.
我常常听见整栋房子随着"哟嗬嗬，一瓶朗姆酒"的歌声颤抖，所有邻居拼了命地跟着一起唱，心中充满对死亡的恐惧，每个人都唱得比别人更响亮，生怕被人注意到。
Often I have heard the house shaking with "Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum," all the neighbours joining in for dear life, with the fear of death upon them, and each singing louder than the other to avoid remark.
Vocabulary
- now
- 现在，此刻
- the
- 定冠词，表示特定的人或物
- leg
- 腿，下肢
- would
- 过去式助动词，表示过去的习惯或意愿
- be
- 是，存在
- cut
- 切割，砍下
- off
- 离开，切掉
- at
- 在，处于
- knee
- 膝盖，膝关节
- hip
- 臀部，髋部
- he
- 他，男性代词
- was
- 是，过去式of be
- monstrous
- 怪物般的，令人厌恶的
- kind
- 种类，类型
- creature
- 生物，生灵
- who
- 谁，关系代词
- had
- 有，过去式of have
- never
- 从不，从未
- but
- 但是，然而
- one
- 一个，数字1
- and
- 和，与
- that
- 那个，那个东西
- in
- 在...里面
- middle
- 中间，中部
- his
- 他的，所有格代词
- body
- 身体，躯体
- to
- 向，朝着
- see
- 看，看见
- him
- 他，宾格代词
- leap
- 跳跃，跳起
- run
- 跑，奔跑
- pursue
- 追逐，追赶
- me
- 我，宾格代词
- over
- 越过，超过
- hedge
- 树篱，灌木篱笆
- ditch
- 沟渠，水沟
- worst
- 最坏的，最差的
- nightmares
- 噩梦，恶梦
- altogether
- 总共，完全地
- paid
- 支付，付出
- pretty
- 相当，非常
- dear
- 亲爱的，昂贵的
- for
- 为了，因为
- my
- 我的，所有格代词
- monthly
- 每月的，月度的
- piece
- 片，块，件
- shape
- 形状，形态
- these
- 这些，复数指示代词
- abominable
- 令人厌恶的，可恶的
- fancies
- 幻想，想象
- though
- 虽然，尽管
- so
- 所以，这样
- terrified
- 害怕的，恐惧的
- by
- 被，由
- idea
- 想法，主意
- seafaring
- 航海的，与航海有关的
- man
- 男人，人
- with
- 和，用
- far
- 远，远处
- less
- 更少，较少
- afraid
- 害怕的，恐惧的
- captain
- 船长，队长
- himself
- 他自己，反身代词
- than
- 比，较
- anybody
- 任何人，某人
- else
- 其他，别的
- knew
- 知道，过去式of know
- there
- 那里，那个地方
- were
- 是，过去式of be
- nights
- 夜晚，夜间
- when
- 当时，什么时候
- took
- 取，拿
- deal
- 交易，大量
- more
- 更多，更
- rum
- 朗姆酒，烈酒
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