Treasure Island — Page 6
因为在这些发作中，他是人们所见过的最专横跋扈的伙伴；他会用手猛拍桌子，要求四周安静；他会因为有人提问而勃然大怒，有时又因为没人提问而发火，认为大家没有在认真听他讲故事。
For in these fits he was the most overriding companion ever known; he would slap his hand on the table for silence all round; he would fly up in a passion of anger at a question, or sometimes because none was put, and so he judged the company was not following his story.
而且，在他喝得昏昏欲睡、踉踉跄跄地去睡觉之前，他绝不允许任何人离开客栈。
Nor would he allow anyone to leave the inn till he had drunk himself sleepy and reeled off to bed.
他讲的故事是最让人害怕的东西。
His stories were what frightened people worst of all.
那些故事真是可怕——讲的是绞刑、走跳板、海上风暴、干托图加斯群岛，以及西班牙主航道上的种种野蛮行径和险恶地方。
Dreadful stories they were--about hanging, and walking the plank, and storms at sea, and the Dry Tortugas, and wild deeds and places on the Spanish Main.
据他自己说，他这一生一定是和一些上帝曾允许在海上行走的最邪恶的人为伍的，而他讲述这些故事时所用的语言，几乎和他所描述的罪行一样，令我们这些朴实的乡下人大为震惊。
By his own account he must have lived his life among some of the wickedest men that God ever allowed upon the sea, and the language in which he told these stories shocked our plain country people almost as much as the crimes that he described.
我父亲总是说客栈会就此毁掉，因为人们很快就不会再来这里，忍受被人欺压、被人压制、被吓得战战兢兢地去睡觉了；但我真的相信，他的存在对我们是有好处的。
My father was always saying the inn would be ruined, for people would soon cease coming there to be tyrannized over and put down, and sent shivering to their beds; but I really believe his presence did us good.
Vocabulary
- For
- 为了；因为
- in
- 在...里面；用...表示
- these
- 这些
- fits
- 发作；适合
- he
- 他
- was
- 是；曾经是
- the
- 定冠词
- most
- 最；最多
- overriding
- 压倒一切的；最重要的
- companion
- 伙伴；同伴
- ever
- 曾经；从不
- known
- 已知的；认识
- would
- 会；将会
- slap
- 拍打；用力击打
- his
- 他的
- hand
- 手
- on
- 在...上；打开
- table
- 桌子；表格
- silence
- 沉默；安静
- all
- 全部；所有
- round
- 周围；四周
- fly
- 飞；飞行
- up
- 向上；起来
- passion
- 激情；热情
- of
- 的；属于
- anger
- 愤怒；生气
- at
- 在；向
- question
- 问题；询问
- or
- 或者；或
- sometimes
- 有时；不时
- because
- 因为；由于
- none
- 没有人；一个都没有
- put
- 放；放置
- and
- 和；与
- so
- 所以；因此
- judged
- 判断；评判
- company
- 公司；陪伴
- not
- 不；没有
- following
- 跟随；下面的
- story
- 故事；历史
- Nor
- 也不；既不
- allow
- 允许；让
- anyone
- 任何人；谁
- to
- 到；向
- leave
- 离开；留下
- inn
- 小旅馆；客栈
- till
- 直到；至
- had
- 有；曾经有
- drunk
- 喝醉；喝
- himself
- 他自己
- sleepy
- 困倦的；想睡觉
- reeled
- 摇晃；蹒跚
- off
- 离开；关掉
- bed
- 床
- His
- 他的
- stories
- 故事；传言
- were
- 是；曾是
- what
- 什么；哪些
- frightened
- 害怕；受惊
- people
- 人；人民
- worst
- 最坏的；最糟的
- Dreadful
- 可怕的；令人恐惧的
- they
- 他们；它们
- about
- 关于；大约
- hanging
- 悬挂；吊死
- walking
- 步行；走
- plank
- 木板；跳板
- storms
- 风暴；暴风雨
- sea
- 海；海洋
- Dry
- 干；干燥
- wild
- 野生的；狂野
- deeds
- 行为；事迹
- places
- 地方；位置
- Spanish
- 西班牙的；西班牙语
- Main
- 主要的；主干
- By
- 被；由
- own
- 自己的；拥有
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