《金银岛》第七章 苹果桶(6)

You can imagine my horror¹!

你可以想像我有多恐惧！

I heard Dick begin to rise ,but Hands said,Oh, let's have some rum ,John.

我听见迪克已经站起来，可是汉兹说：噢，约翰，咱们喝点朗姆酒吧。

Silver sent Dick to fetch the rum, then Israel said something to the cook in a low voice,

西尔弗让迪克去取酒，伊斯莱尔和厨子低语了几句，

and I heard only a word or two.

我只听见几个字，

But they were important words:Not another man will join.

但很重要：有个人不肯参加我们的行列。

So there were still some honest men on board.

看来还有和我们站在一起的人。

I looked up and saw the moon had risen.

我抬头看去，月亮已经升起来了。

At the same time ,the voice of one of the crew² shouted: Land!

正在这时有个人喊道：陆地！

There was the sound of many feet running across the deck³.

甲板上顿时响起了脚步声。

I quickly got out of the barrel⁴ and was in time to join Hunter and Dr⁵ Livesey and the rest, at the side of the ship.

我也乘机跳出苹果桶，正好遇上亨特和李甫西大夫等人，便和他们一起冲上船边。

Away to the south-west,we saw two hills.

我们朝西南方向望去，可以看见两座小山。

Rising behind one of them was a third hill, even higher,

其中一座小山后面还有一座高一点的小山，

and with its top still hid-den in fog.

山的顶部还笼罩在雾中。

Captain Smollett gave orders ,and the Hispaniola turned so that the ship would sail just clear of the island on the east.

斯摩列特船长下了命令，伊斯帕尼奥拉号掉头从东面靠近小岛。

1 horror   

n.惊骇，恐怖，惨事，极端厌恶

参考例句：

• The public has been awakened to the full horror of the situation.公众完全意识到了这一状况的可怕程度。
• The thought of working nights fills me with abject horror.一想到要夜间工作我就觉得惨兮兮的。

2 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。

3 deck   

n.甲板；公共汽车一层的车厢；纸牌；vt.装饰

参考例句：

• Let's have a walk round the deck.我们去甲板上散步吧。
• The sea wind swept over the deck.海风席卷过甲板。

4 barrel   

n.圆桶；一桶的量；枪管；vt.把...装桶

参考例句：

• I drew off three pints of beer from the barrel.我从酒桶里抽出三品脱啤酒。
• The man rolled the barrel into the yard.那个人把圆桶滚进院子。

5 Dr   

n.医生，大夫；博士(缩)（= Doctor）

参考例句：

• Dr.Williams instructs us in botany.威廉博士教我们植物学。
• The ward of the hospital is in the charge of Dr.Green.医院的这间病房由格林医生负责。