冰与火之歌系列之《权力的游戏》第138期:第十一章 丹妮莉丝(6)

　　The sun was only a quarter of the way up the sky when she saw her first man die.  目睹当天第一个人丧命时，太阳才刚在天顶移动了四分之一。

　　Drums were beating as some of the women danced for the khal. Drogo watched without expression,  当时鼓声隆隆，女人们正为卡奥跳舞助兴。卓戈虽面无表情，

　　but his eyes followed their movements, and from time to time he would toss down a bronze medallion for the women to fight over. 视线却始终跟随她们的律动，不时还从腰带上解下一个青铜奖章抛过去，让她们为之争得你死我活。

　　The warriors² were watching too. One of them finally stepped into the circle, grabbed a dancer by the arm,  其他战士也在旁观赏。后来其中一个终于走进舞者的圆圈，伸手攫住一位舞者的臂膀，

　　pushed her down to the ground, and mounted her right there, as a stallion mounts a mare³.  把她按倒在地，当场就像公马和母马交配似地做了起来。

　　Illyrio had told her that might happen. “The Dothraki mate like the animals in their herds⁴.  伊利里欧先前就提醒过她："多斯拉克人交配的方式和他们养的牲畜没两样。

　　There is no privacy in a khalasar, and they do not understand sin or shame as we do.” 卡拉萨里毫无隐私可言，他们对罪恶和耻辱的观念也与我们完全不同。"

　　Dany looked away from the coupling, frightened when she realized what was happening, but a second warrior¹ stepped forward, and a third,  丹妮明白了眼前发生的事后，突然害怕起来，忙将视线从交合中的两人身上转开，但紧接着另一个战士也走上前，然后又是一个，

　　and soon there was no way to avert⁵ her eyes. Then two men seized the same woman.  很快她连想不看也没办法了。只见两名男子抓住了同一个女人，

　　She heard a shout, saw a shove, and in the blink of an eye the arakhs were out, long razor-sharp blades, half sword and half scythe⁶.  她听见一声大叫，其中一人推了对方一把，眨眼功夫，两把亚拉克弯刀便已出鞘。这是一种半剑半镰刀的武器，刀刃很长、利如剃刀。

　　A dance of death began as the warriors circled and slashed⁷, leaping toward each other, whirling the blades around their heads,  两名战士随即展开一阵死亡剑舞，绕着圈子，相互杀伐，扑跳往来，

　　shrieking⁸ insults at each clash. No one made a move to interfere⁹. 刀锋流转，喊骂不绝。没有人出手干预。

1 warrior   

n.勇士，武士，斗士

参考例句：

• The young man is a bold warrior.这个年轻人是个很英勇的武士。
• A true warrior values glory and honor above life.一个真正的勇士珍视荣誉胜过生命。

2 warriors   

武士，勇士，战士( warrior的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• I like reading the stories ofancient warriors. 我喜欢读有关古代武士的故事。
• The warriors speared the man to death. 武士们把那个男子戳死了。

3 mare   

n.母马，母驴

参考例句：

• The mare has just thrown a foal in the stable.那匹母马刚刚在马厩里产下了一只小马驹。
• The mare foundered under the heavy load and collapsed in the road.那母马因负载过重而倒在路上。

4 herds   

兽群( herd的名词复数 )； 牧群； 人群； 群众

参考例句：

• Regularly at daybreak they drive their herds to the pasture. 每天天一亮他们就把牲畜赶到草场上去。
• There we saw herds of cows grazing on the pasture. 我们在那里看到一群群的牛在草地上吃草。

5 avert   

v.防止，避免；转移(目光、注意力等)

参考例句：

• He managed to avert suspicion.他设法避嫌。
• I would do what I could to avert it.我会尽力去避免发生这种情况。

6 scythe   

n. 长柄的大镰刀，战车镰； v. 以大镰刀割

参考例句：

• He's cutting grass with a scythe.他正在用一把大镰刀割草。
• Two men were attempting to scythe the long grass.两个人正试图割掉疯长的草。

7 slashed   

v.挥砍( slash的过去式和过去分词 )；鞭打；割破；削减

参考例句：

• Someone had slashed the tyres on my car. 有人把我的汽车轮胎割破了。
• He slashed the bark off the tree with his knife. 他用刀把树皮从树上砍下。 来自《简明英汉词典》

8 shrieking   

v.尖叫( shriek的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• The boxers were goaded on by the shrieking crowd. 拳击运动员听见观众的喊叫就来劲儿了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• They were all shrieking with laughter. 他们都发出了尖锐的笑声。 来自《简明英汉词典》

9 interfere   

v.(in)干涉，干预；(with)妨碍，打扰

参考例句：

• If we interfere, it may do more harm than good.如果我们干预的话，可能弊多利少。
• When others interfere in the affair,it always makes troubles. 别人一卷入这一事件，棘手的事情就来了。