木偶奇遇记 第39期:匹诺曹遇险(2)

 　　A few minutes went by and then a wild wind started to blow.

　　几分钟过去了，一阵风吹了起来。

　　As it shrieked¹ and moaned, the poor little sufferer was blown to and fro like the hammer of a bell.

　　风尖叫怒号起来，把吊在那里的可怜受难者吹来吹去像钟锤。

　　The rocking made him seasick² and the noose³, becoming tighter and tighter, choked him.

　　这晃动使得他晕船，绞索越收越紧，叫他窒息。

　　Little by little a film covered his eyes.

　　他的两眼一点一点发黑。

　　Death was creeping nearer and nearer, and the Marionette⁴ still hoped for some good soul to come to his rescue, but no one appeared.

　　死亡越走越近，木偶还在希望会有好人经过把他救下来，可没有人出现。

　　As he was about to die, he thought of his poor old father, and hardly conscious of what he was saying, murmured to himself:

　　就在他快死的时候，他想到了他可怜的爸爸，他几乎是无意识的哑声对自己说：

　　"Oh, Father, dear Father! If you were only here!"

　　“噢，爸爸，亲爱的爸爸！要是你在这儿就好了！”

　　These were his last words.

　　这些就是他最后的话。

　　He closed his eyes, opened his mouth, stretched out his legs, and hung there, as if he were dead.

　　他闭上眼睛，张开嘴巴，伸长两腿，一吊在那里像是死了。

　　End of Chapter

　　本章结束。

1 shrieked   

v.尖叫( shriek的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• She shrieked in fright. 她吓得尖叫起来。
• Li Mei-t'ing gave a shout, and Lu Tzu-hsiao shrieked, "Tell what? 李梅亭大声叫，陆子潇尖声叫：“告诉什么？ 来自汉英文学 - 围城

2 seasick   

adj.晕船的

参考例句：

• When I get seasick,I throw up my food.我一晕船就呕吐。
• He got seasick during the voyage.在航行中他晕船。

3 noose   

n.绳套，绞索（刑）；v.用套索捉；使落入圈套；处以绞刑

参考例句：

• They tied a noose round her neck.他们在她脖子上系了一个活扣。
• A hangman's noose had already been placed around his neck.一个绞刑的绳圈已经套在他的脖子上。

4 marionette   

n.木偶

参考例句：

• With this marionette I wish to travel through the world.我希望带着这个木偶周游世界。
• The development of marionette had a great influence on the future development of opera.木偶戏的发展对以后的戏曲有十分重要的影响。