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

他从不写信,也从不收信,

He never wrote or received a letter,

他从不与任何人交谈,除了邻居,而且大多数时候,只有在喝了朗姆酒之后才开口。

and he never spoke with any but the neighbours, and with these, for the most part, only when drunk on rum.

那只大海箱,我们谁也没见过它被打开过。

The great sea-chest none of us had ever seen open.

他只被顶撞过一次,那是在最后阶段,那时我可怜的父亲已病入膏肓,不久便离世了。

He was only once crossed, and that was towards the end, when my poor father was far gone in a decline that took him off.

利夫西医生一天傍晚来探望病人,在我母亲那里吃了一点晚饭,然后走进客厅抽起烟斗,等候他的马从村子里牵来,因为我们老本鲍客栈没有马厩。

Dr. Livesey came late one afternoon to see the patient, took a bit of dinner from my mother, and went into the parlour to smoke a pipe until his horse should come down from the hamlet, for we had no stabling at the old Benbow.

我跟了进去,我记得当时注意到那位整洁而精神抖擞的医生——他的假发白如雪,眼睛乌黑明亮,举止温文有礼——与那些粗野的乡下人形成了多么鲜明的对比,尤其是与我们那个肮脏、臃肿、眼神浑浊的海盗稻草人相比,他正烂醉如泥地坐在那里,两臂趴在桌上。

I followed him in, and I remember observing the contrast the neat, bright doctor, with his powder as white as snow and his bright, black eyes and pleasant manners, made with the coltish country folk, and above all, with that filthy, heavy, bleared scarecrow of a pirate of ours, sitting, far gone in rum, with his arms on the table.

突然间,他——也就是那个船长——开始哼起他那没完没了的歌:

Suddenly he--the captain, that is--began to pipe up his eternal song:

「死人箱上有十五人——

"Fifteen men on the dead man's chest--

哟嗬嗬,还有一瓶朗姆酒!

Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum!

酒与魔鬼害死了其余的人——

Drink and the devil had done for the rest--

哟嗬嗬,还有一瓶朗姆酒!」

Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum!"

起初我以为"死人的箱子"就是楼上前厅里那只一模一样的大箱子,这个念头与那个独腿水手的形象混杂在一起,不断出现在我的噩梦之中。

At first I had supposed "the dead man's chest" to be that identical big box of his upstairs in the front room, and the thought had been mingled in my nightmares with that of the one-legged seafaring man.

Vocabulary

never
从不,表示在任何时候都没有
wrote
write的过去式,用笔写下文字
received
收到,接受某人送来的东西
letter
信件,书写后寄给他人的文字
spoke
speak的过去式,开口说话
neighbours
邻居,住在附近的人
drunk
喝醉的,因饮酒过多而失去理智
rum
朗姆酒,一种由甘蔗酿造的烈酒
sea-chest
海员用的大型行李箱,通常存放贵重物品
none
没有任何人或事物,表示零
once
一次,曾经,表示发生过一次
crossed
cross的过去式,越过,穿越某地
towards
朝向,朝某个方向或时间靠近
poor
可怜的,令人同情的;也指贫穷的
decline
衰退,健康或状况逐渐变差
patient
病人,正在接受治疗的人
bit
吃了一点,bite的过去式
parlour
客厅,旧时家庭用于接待客人的房间
smoke
抽烟,吸烟斗或香烟
pipe
烟斗,用于抽烟的管状器具
until
直到……为止,表示持续到某时刻
hamlet
小村庄,比村庄更小的居民聚居地
stabling
马厩,用于存放和照料马匹的地方
followed
follow的过去式,跟随,跟在后面
observing
注意到,观察,仔细看某事物
contrast
对比,两者之间明显的差异
neat
整洁的,干净有序的外表
powder
假发粉,旧时扑在假发上的白色粉末
pleasant
令人愉快的,和蔼可亲的
manners
礼貌,举止,待人接物的方式
coltish
像小马驹般粗野活泼、行为笨拙的
folk
人们,普通民众,尤指乡村居民
filthy
肮脏的,极其污秽不洁的
bleared
模糊的,视线或眼睛朦胧不清的
scarecrow
稻草人,用来吓走鸟类的假人
pirate
海盗,在海上抢劫船只的人
Suddenly
突然,出乎意料地发生
captain
船长,队长,领导团队的人
eternal
永恒的,永远不变的,持续不断的
chest
箱子,胸部;此处指宝箱
devil
魔鬼,恶魔,邪恶的象征
supposed
以为,认为,推测某事为真
identical
完全相同的,一模一样的
upstairs
在楼上,位于上一层楼的地方
mingled
混合的,混杂在一起的
nightmares
噩梦,令人恐惧的梦境
one-legged
独腿的,只有一条腿的
seafaring
航海的,以在海上生活为业的
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