《金银岛》第十五章 寻宝结局(5)

We had come so far to find this．

我们远道而来就是为了找到这些。

Already it had cost the lives of seventeen men from the Hispaniola．And how many others？

伊斯帕尼奥拉号上已有十七人送了命。此外还有多少人呢？

How many ships had gone to the bottom of the sea？

还有多少船沉入了海底？

How many brave men had been murdered for this？

多少勇敢的人为此被人谋杀？

Perhaps no man alive could tell．

恐怕没一个活着的人能讲清楚。

Next morning，we moved all the gold to the beach．

第二天我们把所有的金子都运到海边，

Then we took it by boat to the Hispaniola．

然后用小船运到伊斯帕尼奥拉号上。

It was a big job for so small a number of men．

这是一项浩大的工程，尤其是因为我们只有这么几个人。

The three pirates¹ who were still on the island did not trouble us．

岛上其余那三个海盗没有再骚扰我们。

They were not going to fight any more，and we decided² we must leave them on the island．

他们不想再打仗了，我们决定把他们留在岛上，

We left powder，food，clothes and medicine for them．

给他们留下了火药、食物、衣物和药品。

Then at last，one sunny morning，we sailed out of North Inlet³ and towards the nearest port in Spanish America．

最后，在一个阳光明媚的早晨，我们驶离金银岛北部水湾，驶往西属美洲的一个港口。

Before afternoon，Treasure Island had disappeared from view，and I had never felt happier to leave a place behind．

还没到下午，金银岛就消失在视野中了，能离开这个地方使我高兴不已。

The sun was going down when we sailed into the port,and the doctor and Mr Trelawney took me on shore．

我们到达港口时太阳快要落山了，大夫和屈利劳尼先生带着我上了岸。

When we came back，Ben Gunn was waiting for us．

我们回来时，本·葛恩正在等我们。

1 pirates   

n.海盗( pirate的名词复数 )；剽窃者；侵犯版权者；非法播音的人（或组织）

参考例句：

• Children dressed (themselves) up as pirates. 孩子们假扮成海盗。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• The pirates treated their captives with barbarity. 海盗们残暴地对待他们的俘虏。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

2 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。

3 inlet   

n.小湾，海湾，入口，进口；vt.引进，插入

参考例句：

• There is an inlet to a parking lot.那儿有一个停车场的入口。
• They went to a fishing village on a small inlet of the sea.他们去了小海湾边的一个渔村。