绿野仙踪 第80期:找寻恶女巫(1)

 Chapter 12. The Search for the Wicked Witch 第12章 找寻恶女巫

The soldier with the green whiskers led them through the streets of the Emerald City until they reached the room where the Guardian¹ of the Gates lived.  那个绿胡须的兵士，带着他们穿过悲翠城中的一些街道，直送到守城门人住的地方。

This officer unlocked their spectacles to put them back in his great box, and then he politely opened the gate for our friends. 这个守城门的，用钥匙打开他们的眼镜，放回到大箱子里，随后，又很有礼貌地给他们打开了城门。

"Which road leads to the Wicked Witch of the West?" asked Dorothy. 多萝茜问：“怎样找到恶女巫，该走哪一条路？”

"There is no road," answered the Guardian of the Gates. "No one ever wishes to go that way." “没有路通到她那里，”守城门的人回答说：“当然没有一个人愿意走上那条路。”

"How, then, are we to find her?" inquired the girl. 女孩子追问道：“请你告诉我们，怎样才能找到她？”

"That will be easy," replied the man, "for when she knows you are in the country of the Winkies she will find you, and make you all her slaves." “那很简单，”这人回答说，“如果女巫知道你们到温基了，她就会把你们一起抓了去做她的奴隶。”

"Perhaps not," said the Scarecrow, "for we mean to destroy her." “不会吧，”稻草人说，“我们是要去杀死她的。”

"Oh, that is different," said the Guardian of the Gates.  “啊，这就另当别论，”守城门的人说。

"No one has ever destroyed her before, so I naturally thought she would make slaves of you, as she has of the rest.  “在你们以前，没有一个人想去杀死她，所以当然想到她会把你们当作奴隶，就像她把任何一个去温基的人都会抓去一样。

But take care; for she is wicked and fierce, and may not allow you to destroy her. Keep to the West, where the sun sets, and you cannot fail to find her." 但请留神，她残酷而又凶猛，你们恐怕很难杀死她。你们一直向西走，在日落的地方，一定会找到她。”

1 guardian   

n.监护人；守卫者，保护者

参考例句：

• The form must be signed by the child's parents or guardian. 这张表格须由孩子的家长或监护人签字。
• The press is a guardian of the public weal. 报刊是公共福利的卫护者。