《金银岛》第八章 金银岛(2)

Guns were given to all the honest men. Hunter ,Joyce, and Redruth were told what was happening, and were less sur－prised than we expected them to be.

枪已分发给所有可靠的人。亨特、乔伊斯、雷德拉斯也知道了事情的真相，他们并不像我们想像的那么惊讶。

Then the captain went on deck¹ to talk to the crew².

船长走上甲板向全体船员宣布：

Men ,you've had a hot ,tiring day,he said.The boats are still in the water.

朋友们，他说，大家过了又累又热的一天，小船还在水里。

Any man who wants to can go ashore³ for the afternoon.

谁要是愿意，下午都可以上岸去。

You'll hear a gun half an hour before the sun goes down to call you back.

在日落前半小时我放炮通知大家。

They all became happier at once.

他们一下子都笑逐颜开。

I think they thought they would find the treasure lying around on the beach!

我想，他们以为一上岸就能在沙滩上找到他们要的宝藏。

After some talk, six men stayed on board ,and the others, with Silver, got into the small boats.

他们商量了一下，六名水手留在船上，其他人，包括西尔弗，都登上小船上了岸。

I then had the first of the mad ideas that helped to save our lives.

我忽然想到第一个近乎疯狂的想法—正是这主意后来救了我们的命。

If six men were left, we could not take control of the ship;

既然留下六个人，我们就无法控制船；

and because only six were left, the captain's men did not need my help.

但又因为只留下六个人，船长的人也不是非要我帮忙不可。

So I quickly went over the ship's side and into the nearest boat.我迅速逃离大船跳上一只最近处的小船。

1 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。

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 ashore   

adv.在(向)岸上，上岸

参考例句：

• The children got ashore before the tide came in.涨潮前，孩子们就上岸了。
• He laid hold of the rope and pulled the boat ashore.他抓住绳子拉船靠岸。