《巴斯克威尔猎犬》 49陷阱(1)

The Trap¹

陷阱

When we reached the Hall, Sir Henry was very pleased to see Holmes.

我们到了庄园时，亨利爵士很高兴见到福尔摩斯。

But he was surprised that Holmes had no luggage and that he appeared so unexpectedly².

可是，他为福尔摩斯既没带行李又是突如其来而感到很惊讶。

I had the unhappy job of telling Barrymore and his wife about her brother's death. Mrs Barrymore cried and was very sad indeed.

我担当起了把白瑞摩太太的弟弟去世的消息透露给他们夫妇俩的令人不快的差使。白瑞摩太太痛哭起来，真的非常悲伤。

During dinner Sir Henry told us that he had spent a dull day and evening on his own.

晚饭时亨利爵士告诉我们，他独自一人闷闷地呆了一个白天和一个傍晚。

He had kept his promise to Holmes, and so he had not accepted the Stapletons' invitation to their house that evening.

他恪守了对福尔摩斯所许的诺言，所以他没有接受斯台普顿让他晚上去他们家的邀请。

We did not tell him how glad we were that he had stayed away from the moor³！

我们没有告诉他，我们为他远离沼地是何等高兴！

Holmes started to say something, and then he stopped suddenly.

福尔摩斯开始说起什么事情来，接着他突然停下了。

His eyes were fixed⁴ on one of the pictures of the past Baskervilles on the wall.

他的双眼注视着挂在墙上的已故的巴斯克维尔家人的一张画像。

"Sir Henry, could you tell me which Baskerville that is?" he asked. Sir Henry and I both looked at the picture.

“亨利爵士，您能告诉我那是巴斯克维尔家的哪位吗？”他问道。我和亨利爵士都看着那幅画像。

"That is Sir Hugo, the one who started all the trouble, "said Sir Henry. "He was the first to see the Hound⁵.

“那是雨果爵士，开始滋生麻烦的那位，”亨利爵士说道。“他就是最早见到那只猎犬的人。”

Holmes looked hard at the picture, but said nothing more.

福尔摩斯凝视着这幅画像，可是没再说什么别的话。

Then after Sir Henry had gone to his room, Holmes made me stand in front of the picture. "Is it like anyone you know?"he asked.

后来，在亨利爵士回到自己的房间以后，福尔摩斯让我站在画像之前。“他像不像你认识的某个人？”他问道。

He stood on a chair, and with his hands he covered the hat and hair of the man in the picture.

他站在椅子上，用双手盖住画中的那人的帽子和头发。

"Good heavens!" I cried in surprise. I was looking at a picture of Stapleton's face.

“天哪！”我惊奇地叫道。我（好像）正在看着斯台普顿的一幅肖像。

1 trap   

vt.使陷入困境，使受限制；设陷，坑害；n.陷阱，诡计；困境；活板门，存水弯；（双轮）轻便马车；vi.设圈套，设陷阱

参考例句：

• The hunter laid a trap for the tiger.猎人设置了陷阱捕捉老虎。
• Cheese is very good for luring a mouse into a trap.奶酪是引诱老鼠上钩的极好的东西。

2 unexpectedly   

adv.未料到地，意外地；竟；居然；骤然

参考例句：

• The volcano unexpectedly blew up early in the morning. 火山一早突然爆发了。
• I had just put the dinner on when Jim walked in unexpectedly. 我刚把晚饭摆上桌，吉姆突然走进来。

3 moor   

n.荒野，沼泽；vt.(使)停泊；vi.停泊

参考例句：

• I decided to moor near some tourist boats.我决定在一些观光船附近停泊。
• There were hundreds of the old huts on the moor.沼地上有成百上千的古老的石屋。

4 fixed   

adj.固定的，不变的，准备好的；(计算机)固定的

参考例句：

• Have you two fixed on a date for the wedding yet?你们俩选定婚期了吗？
• Once the aim is fixed,we should not change it arbitrarily.目标一旦确定，我们就不应该随意改变。

5 hound   

n.猎狗，卑鄙的人；vt.用猎狗追，追逐

参考例句：

• The hound found the trail of the rabbit.猎狗发现了兔子的踪迹。
• The police have promised to hound down those responsible for the explosion.警方已保证要追查此次爆炸事件有责任的人员。