《金银岛》第八章 金银岛(5)

The brave man turned his back on Silver¹ and began to walk back to the beach.

这个勇敢的人转身背对着西尔弗向岸边走去。

With a shout ,Silver threw his crutch² through the air.

西尔弗大叫一声，把拐杖扔出去。

It hit poor Tom between the shoulders, and he fell to the ground with a cry.

拐杖击中了汤姆背脊中央，汤姆大叫一声倒在地上。

Silver, as quick as a monkey ,was on top of him in a moment.

西尔弗像猴子一样灵巧地蹿到汤姆身边，

Twice he dug³ his knife into that poor body.

在他身上狠狠捅了两刀。

As I watched, the whole world seemed to swim away before me in a mist-Silver, the birds above, the tall Spyglass hill.

看到这一切，整个世界像一团雾飘离而去—西尔弗、头上的鸟儿、高高的望远镜山。

When I was myself again, Silver was standing⁴ with his crutchunder his arm, cleaning the blood from his knife with some grass.

我恢复清醒以后，西尔弗已经拄着拐杖站起来了，正用草擦拭刀上的血。

As silently⁵ as I could, I began to move away,

我尽可能不出声，一点一点挪动脚步，

and as soon as was clear of the trees, began to run as I had never run before.

等我离开那片树林后，撒腿就跑，比以前任何时候跑得都快。

1 silver   

adj.银色的，银的；n.银，银币，银器；vt.镀银，变成银白色

参考例句：

• I like taking a walk under the silver moon.我喜欢在银色的月光下散步。
• The family must come together for the parents' silver wedding.全家必须聚会庆祝父母的银婚。

2 crutch   

n.T字形拐杖；支持，依靠，精神支柱

参考例句：

• Her religion was a crutch to her when John died.约翰死后，她在精神上依靠宗教信仰支撑住自己。
• He uses his wife as a kind of crutch because of his lack of confidence.他缺乏自信心，总把妻子当作主心骨。

3 dug   

n.动物的乳房[乳头]v.挖，掘( dig的过去式和过去分词 )；（如用铲、锨或推土机等）挖掘；挖得；寻找

参考例句：

• He dug a deep hole in the garden. 他在花园里挖了个深坑。
• We dug a deep pit in the yard. 我们在院子中挖了个深洞。

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 silently   

adv.沉默地，无声地

参考例句：

• She sat in the car,silently fuming at the traffic jam.她坐在汽车里，心中对交通堵塞感到十分恼火。
• He didn't shout,he just glared at me silently.他没有喊叫，只是默默地怒视着我。