冰与火之歌系列之《权力的游戏》第339期:第二十二章 琼恩(1)

 　　Jon was showing Dareon how best to deliver a sidestroke when the new recruit entered the practice yard.  那个新兵走进训练场时，琼恩正在向戴利恩示范侧劈的诀窍。两脚要张开一点，

　　Your feet should be farther apart, he urged. You don't want to lose your balance.  他叮嘱道，以免重心不稳，对，就是这样。

　　That's good. Now pivot¹ as you deliver the stroke, get all your weight behind the blade. 出手的时候身体旋转，把全部的重心放在剑上。

　　Dareon broke off and lifted his visor. Seven gods, he murmured. Would you look at this, Jon. 戴利恩停了下来，掀开面罩。诸神在上，他喃喃道，琼恩，你快瞧瞧。

　　Jon turned. Through the eye slit² of his helm, he beheld³ the fattest boy he had ever seen standing⁴ in the door of the armory⁵.  琼恩转身，隔着头盔的细窄眼缝，他看到了他平生所见最为肥胖的男孩站在兵器库门口。

　　By the look of him, he must have weighed twenty stone. The fur collar of his embroidered⁶ surcoat was lost beneath his chins.  单凭目测，他大概有二十石重，肥大的下巴完全遮掩住刺绣外套的绒毛领口，

　　Pale eyes moved nervously⁷ in a great round moon of a face, and plump sweaty fingers wiped themselves on the velvet⁸ of his doublet.  圆滚滚的月亮脸上一对苍白的眼睛局促地四下转动，汗水淋漓的肥胖指头则在天鹅绒上衣上揩个不停。

　　They told me I was to come here for...for training, he said to no one in particular. 他…他们叫我来这边…受训。他不确定地道。

　　A lordling, Pyp observed to Jon. Southron, most like near Highgarden.  公子哥儿一个，派普对琼恩说，南方来的，八成是高庭一带的人。

　　Pyp had traveled the Seven Kingdoms with a mummers'troupe, and bragged⁹ that he could tell what you were and where you'd been born just from the sound of your voice. 派普曾经跟着戏班走遍七国全境，自称凭口音便能分辨别人来自何方，操什么营生。

　　A striding huntsman had been worked in scarlet¹⁰ thread upon the breast of the fat boy's fur-trimmed surcoat.  胖男孩穿着绒毛滚边的外套，胸前用鲜红丝线绣着一个大跨步的猎人。

　　Jon did not recognize the sigil. Ser Alliser Thorne looked over his new charge and said, It would seem they have run short of poachers and thieves down south.  琼恩不认得这个家徽。只见艾里沙·索恩爵士望了望他的新手下说：看来这年头南方连盗猎者和小偷都人手短缺，

　　Now they send us pigs to man the Wall. Is fur and velvet your notion of armor, my Lord of Ham? 这会儿倒把猪送来防守长城啦。我说火腿大人，这身毛皮和天鹅绒敢情就是您的铠甲了？

1 pivot   

v.在枢轴上转动；装枢轴，枢轴；adj.枢轴的

参考例句：

• She is the central pivot of creation and represents the feminine aspect in all things.她是创造的中心枢轴，表现出万物的女性面貌。
• If a spring is present,the hand wheel will pivot on the spring.如果有弹簧，手轮的枢轴会装在弹簧上。

2 slit   

n.狭长的切口；裂缝；vt.切开，撕裂

参考例句：

• The coat has been slit in two places.这件外衣有两处裂开了。
• He began to slit open each envelope.他开始裁开每个信封。

3 beheld   

v.看，注视( behold的过去式和过去分词 )；瞧；看呀；（叙述中用于引出某人意外的出现）哎哟

参考例句：

• His eyes had never beheld such opulence. 他从未见过这样的财富。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The soul beheld its features in the mirror of the passing moment. 灵魂在逝去的瞬间的镜子中看到了自己的模样。 来自英汉文学 - 红字

4 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

5 armory   

n.纹章，兵工厂，军械库

参考例句：

• Nuclear weapons will play a less prominent part in NATO's armory in the future.核武器将来在北约的军械中会起较次要的作用。
• Every March the Armory Show sets up shop in New York.每年三月，军械博览会都会在纽约设置展场。

6 embroidered   

adj．绣花的

参考例句：

• She embroidered flowers on the cushion covers. 她在这些靠垫套上绣了花。
• She embroidered flowers on the front of the dress. 她在连衣裙的正面绣花。

7 nervously   

adv.神情激动地，不安地

参考例句：

• He bit his lip nervously,trying not to cry.他紧张地咬着唇，努力忍着不哭出来。
• He paced nervously up and down on the platform.他在站台上情绪不安地走来走去。

8 velvet   

n.丝绒，天鹅绒；adj.丝绒制的，柔软的

参考例句：

• This material feels like velvet.这料子摸起来像丝绒。
• The new settlers wore the finest silk and velvet clothing.新来的移民穿着最华丽的丝绸和天鹅绒衣服。

9 bragged   

v.自夸，吹嘘( brag的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He bragged to his friends about the crime. 他向朋友炫耀他的罪行。
• Mary bragged that she could run faster than Jack. 玛丽夸口说她比杰克跑得快。 来自《简明英汉词典》

10 scarlet   

n.深红色，绯红色，红衣；adj.绯红色的

参考例句：

• The scarlet leaves of the maples contrast well with the dark green of the pines.深红的枫叶和暗绿的松树形成了明显的对比。
• The glowing clouds are growing slowly pale,scarlet,bright red,and then light red.天空的霞光渐渐地淡下去了，深红的颜色变成了绯红，绯红又变为浅红。