冰与火之歌系列之《权力的游戏》第764期:第三十八章 琼恩(5)

 　　Mormont rounded on him. "So you believe this is Mance Rayder's work? This close to the Wall?" 莫尔蒙语带挑衅地对他说：“那依你之见，这是曼斯·雷德干的好事？在离长城这么近的地方？”

　　Who else, my lord? “大人，不然还有谁呢？”

　　Jon could have told him. 答案连琼恩都说得出。

　　He knew, they all knew, yet no man of them would say the words. 不仅他知道，大家都很清楚，但没有人愿意说出口。

　　The Others are only a story, a tale to make children shiver. 异鬼只是故事，用来吓小孩的传说。

　　If they ever lived at all, they are gone eight thousand years. 就算他们真的存在，也是八千年前的事。

　　Even the thought made him feel foolish; 光是产生这个念头都教他觉得愚蠢：

　　he was a man grown now, a black brother of the Night's Watch, not the boy who'd once sat at Old Nan's feet with Bran and Robb and Arya. 他是个成年人，是守夜人的黑衣弟兄，已非当年与布兰、罗柏和艾莉亚一同坐在老奶妈脚边的小男孩啦。

　　Yet Lord Commander Mormont gave a snort. 但莫尔蒙司令哼了一声：

　　"If Ben Stark¹ had come under wildling attack a half day's ride from Castle Black,  “假如班·史塔克在距离黑城堡只有半天骑程的地方遭到野人攻击，

　　he would have returned for more men, chased the killers² through all seven hells and brought me back their heads." 他定会回来增调人马，追那些杀人犯到七层地狱，把他们的首级带来给我。”

　　Unless he was slain³ as well, Sir Jaremy insisted. “除非连他自己也遇害。”杰瑞米爵士坚持。

　　The words hurt, even now. 即使到现在，听到这些话依然令人心痛。

　　It had been so long, it seemed folly⁴ to cling to the hope that Ben Stark was still alive, but Jon Snow was nothing if not stubborn. 过了这么久，期望班·史塔克还活着无异自欺欺人，但琼恩·雪诺别的没有，就是固执。

　　It has been close on half a year since Benjen left us, my lord, Sir Jaremy went on. “大人，班扬离开我们已快半年，”杰瑞米爵士续道，

　　"The forest is vast. The wildlings might have fallen on him anywhere. “森林广阔，随处可能遭野人偷袭。

　　I'd wager⁵ these two were the last survivors⁶ of his party, on their way back to us... 我敢打赌，这两个是他队伍最后的幸存者，本准备回来找我们……

　　but the enemy caught them before they could reach the safety of the Wall. 只可惜在抵达长城之前被敌人追上。

1 stark   

adj.荒凉的；严酷的；完全的；adv.完全地

参考例句：

• The young man is faced with a stark choice.这位年轻人面临严峻的抉择。
• He gave a stark denial to the rumor.他对谣言加以完全的否认。

2 killers   

凶手( killer的名词复数 )； 消灭…者； 致命物； 极难的事

参考例句：

• He remained steadfast in his determination to bring the killers to justice. 他要将杀人凶手绳之以法的决心一直没有动摇。
• They were professional killers who did in John. 杀死约翰的这些人是职业杀手。

3 slain   

杀死，宰杀，杀戮( slay的过去分词 )； (slay的过去分词)

参考例句：

• The soldiers slain in the battle were burried that night. 在那天夜晚埋葬了在战斗中牺牲了的战士。
• His boy was dead, slain by the hand of the false Amulius. 他的儿子被奸诈的阿缪利乌斯杀死了。

4 folly   

n.愚笨，愚蠢，蠢事，蠢行，傻话

参考例句：

• Learn wisdom by the folly of others.从别人的愚蠢行动中学到智慧。
• Events proved the folly of such calculations.事情的进展证明了这种估计是愚蠢的。

5 wager   

n.赌注；vt.押注，打赌

参考例句：

• They laid a wager on the result of the race.他们以竞赛的结果打赌。
• I made a wager that our team would win.我打赌我们的队会赢。

6 survivors   

幸存者，残存者，生还者( survivor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days. 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。
• survivors clinging to a raft 紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者