《金银岛》第五章 我去布里斯托尔(2)

Dr Livesey won't like that ,I said to Tom Redruth.

李甫西大夫对此不会满意的，我对雷德拉斯说。

The squire's been talking. I read on:

乡绅到底把事情说出去了。我继续读下去：

I wanted a crew of twenty men—as we may meet pirates or enemy ships—but I had the greatest difficulty finding six.

我本想找20个船员—我们可能会遇到海盗或者敌船，可是费了很大劲才找到6个人。

Then good fortune brought me the very man that I needed.

不过上帝保佑我不费力气就找到了我最需要的那个人。

I met the man quite by accident,and we began a conversation,I learnt he was an old seaman¹ who kept an inn,

我十分偶然地碰上这个人，然后我们就聊起来。我了解到他是个老水手，现在在这里开一家旅馆，

and he knew all the seamen² in Bristol.

他认识布里斯托尔所有的海员。

The poor man had lost his health on shore and wanted to get work as a cook ,and go to sea again.

这个可怜的人在陆地上反而搞垮了身体，他想找个做厨师的活儿，以便再回到海上。

I felt sorry for him and employed him immediately, to be the ship's cook.

我听了以后十分难过，立刻把他雇用为我们船上的厨师。

Long John Silver,he is called ,and he has lost a leg fighting for his country.

他叫高个约翰，姓西尔弗。他曾在为国家而战的战斗中失去了一条腿。

Well, sir ,I thought I had only found a cook,

先生，我以为只找到了一个厨师，

but it was a crew I had discovered!

可谁想到我因此又找到了好些水手！

Between Silver and myself, we got together a crew of the toughest seamen you can imagine.

在西尔弗帮助下，我找到了一伙最强壮的水手。

1 seaman   

n.海员，水手，水兵

参考例句：

• That young man is a experienced seaman.那个年轻人是一个经验丰富的水手。
• The Greek seaman went to the hospital five times.这位希腊海员到该医院去过五次。

2 seamen   

n.海员

参考例句：

• Experienced seamen will advise you about sailing in this weather. 有经验的海员会告诉你在这种天气下的航行情况。
• In the storm, many seamen wished they were on shore. 在暴风雨中，许多海员想，要是他们在陆地上就好了。