《金银岛》第十五章 寻宝结局(2)

There's just the two of them，said George．

他们只有两个人，乔治说，

The old one-legged man who brought us all here for nothing；

一个是个老瘸子，他把咱们骗到这儿来却一无所获；

and that boy who I'm going to have the heart of！

还有那个小杂种，我都想把他的心掏出来。

He was raising his arm and his voice，ready to lead them，but there was a sudden¹ CRACK²！CRACK！CRACK！

他抬起手臂，说话声调越来越高，显然是要领头发动攻击，但忽然从树林中传来呯！呯！呯！

as three gunshots came from the woods George Merry fell head first in to the hole，and another fell on his side，dead The other three turned and ran．

三声枪响。乔治·墨利第一个头朝下栽到洞里，另一个也倒在他身边，死了。其他三个人转身就跑。

A moment later，Dr Livesey，Gray，and Ben Gunn joined us with smoking³ guns，from among the trees．

过了一会儿，李甫西大夫、格雷、本·葛恩从树林里出来和我们会合，他们的枪口还冒着烟。

Keep them off the boats！cried the doctor．

别让他们接近小船！大夫喊道。

We began to run at a great speed through the trees，and Silver⁴ was soon thirty metres behind us．

我们在树林中猛跑，不一会儿西尔弗就落在三十多米以外。

Doctor！he shouted．There's no hurry！Look！

大夫！他喊道，不用着急，你们看！

We saw he was right．In a more open place，we could see the three pirates，still running，and we were already between them and the Boats．

他是对的。我们看到在眼前的开阔地上，那三个海盗还在跑，我们已经处在他们和小船之间。

So we sat down to rest while Long John came slowly up to us．

于是我们坐下来休息，高个约翰也慢慢地赶上了我们。

1 sudden   

n.突然，忽然；adj.突然的，意外的，快速的

参考例句：

• All of a sudden he turned about and saw me.他突然转过身来看见了我。
• The horse was badly frightened by the sudden noise.那匹马被突然而来的嘈杂声吓坏了。

2 crack   

vi.发破裂声；噼啪地响；vt./vi.（使）开裂；破裂；n.裂缝，缝隙；爆裂声，破裂声，劈啪声

参考例句：

• There's a crack in this cup.这个杯子上有个裂缝。
• There's a crack on the underneath of the bowl.碗底有一道裂缝。

3 smoking   

n.吸烟，抽烟；冒烟

参考例句：

• He was wise to give up smoking.他戒烟是明智的。
• He has decided to cut out smoking and drinking.他已决心戒烟、戒酒。

4 silver   

adj.银色的，银的；n.银，银币，银器；vt.镀银，变成银白色

参考例句：

• I like taking a walk under the silver moon.我喜欢在银色的月光下散步。
• The family must come together for the parents' silver wedding.全家必须聚会庆祝父母的银婚。