《金银岛》第七章 苹果桶(2)

Fallen overboard!said the captain.Gentlemen, we'll do better without him.

他准是掉到海里了！船长说。没有他我们会做得更好。

But we were without a first officer.

但我们毕竟少了一名大副。屈利劳尼先生曾当过水手，

Mr Trelawney had been to sea before and knew enough to be useful,

他的海上知识足够用的。伊斯莱尔·汉兹，

and one of the men, Israel Hands, was a careful and experienced¹ seaman² who was able to help with almost anything. He was a great friend of Long John Silver.

船上的一名水手，谨慎且经验丰富，是个几乎任何事都可以托付给他的人。他和高个约翰·西尔弗是至交。

All the crew³ liked and even obeyed Silver, and he was always pleased to see me in the kitchen, which he kept as clean as a new pin.

所有的船员都喜欢西尔弗，甚至很听他的话，他总是很高兴我在厨房里，他总是把厨房收拾得干干净净。

He kept his parrot in cage ,in the corner.

在一个角落里，他在一个笼子里养着一只鹦鹉。

I call him Captain Flint,he told me,after the famous pi－rate.

我管它叫弗林特船长，他说，以那个出名的海盗来命名。

And the parrot used to scream,Pieces of eight !

那只鹦鹉常常叫道：八个里亚尔！

Pieces of eight! Pieces of eight!

八个里亚尔！八个里亚尔！

The captain and Mr Trelawney still did not like each other, and the squire⁴ didn't try to hide it.

船长和屈利劳尼先生还是互不喜欢，乡绅也毫不掩饰这一点。

The captain spoke⁵ few words, but agreed that the crew were better than he'd hoprd for ,and that the ship was a fine one.

船长很少说话，但他认为船员比他希望的还好，船也是条好船。 

1 experienced   

adj.有经验的；经验丰富的，熟练的

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。
• Perhaps you and I had better change over;you are more experienced.也许我们的工作还是对换一下好，你比我更有经验。

2 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。

3 crew   

n.全体船员，全体乘务员；vi.一起工作

参考例句：

• A captain controls his ship and its crew.船长管理他的船和船上的船员。
• The captain kept his crew at a distance.船长与他的船员总保持一段距离。

4 squire   

n.护卫, 侍从, 乡绅

参考例句：

• I told him the squire was the most liberal of men.我告诉他乡绅是世界上最宽宏大量的人。
• The squire was hard at work at Bristol.乡绅在布里斯托尔热衷于他的工作。

5 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。