《金银岛》第四章 水手箱(1)

Chapter 4 The sea-chest

Chapter 4 水手箱

On the floor close to the captains hand was a little round piece of paper, blackened on one side.

老船长手边的地上有一小片圆的硬纸，一面涂着黑色。

I had no doubt that this was the black spot.

我相信这就是所谓的黑券。

On the other side was some writ－ ing: You have till ten oclock tonight.

黑券的另一面写着：今晚10点以前答复。

Our old clock reminded me it was now six.

墙上的老钟刚好敲了6下，告诉我现在6点钟了。

Quickly, I told my mother everything, and we decided¹ to run to the village to hide, before the blind man and his friends re-turned.

我立即把一切都告诉了母亲，我们决定在瞎子和他的人回来之前逃到村子里躲起来。

But first,my mother said bravely, we have to get the key to the sea-chest.

但是首先，我母亲勇敢地说，我们必须找到水手箱的钥匙，

Why shouldnt we take the money the captain owes us?

干嘛不把老船长欠的钱找回来呢？

His friends certainly won t give it to us!

他的朋友肯定不会给我们的！

The key was around his neck on a piece of string.

水手箱的钥匙套在老船长的脖子上，

I cut the string, and we hurried up to his room where the chest had stood since the day he came.

我割断绳子，取下钥匙，赶紧到他房间去。从他来住店的那一天起，他的箱子一直放在那里。

There was a letter B painted on the top of it.

他的水手箱顶部涂着一个字母B，

Inside were two very fine pistols², some silver, pipe-tobacco ,and an old clock.

里面有两把精制的手枪，一些银锭，一些烟草，一只老式表。

Underneath³ these things were some papers tied up inside a cloth, and a bag of gold coins.

这些东西下面还有卷在布里的几页纸和一袋金币。

1 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

2 pistols   

n.手枪( pistol的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Meantime he was loading the pistols. 而同时他在往手枪里装子弹。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Two strangers menaced him with pistols and forced him to give up his money. 两个陌生人用手枪威胁他并强迫他拿出所有的钱。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 underneath   

adj.在...下面，在...底下；adv.在下面

参考例句：

• Working underneath the car is always a messy job.在汽车底下工作是件脏活。
• She wore a coat with a dress underneath.她穿着一件大衣，里面套着一条连衣裙。