美国语文第五册 第176期:威廉-泰尔(1)

 　　Scene 1. A Chamber¹ in the Castle. Enter Gesler, Officers, and Sarnem, with Tell in chains and guarded. 第一幕：城堡内一处房间。盖斯勒、众官吏、萨勒姆，以及带着镣铐、并由卫兵押解的泰尔走了进来。

　　Sarnem says: Down, slave! Behold² the governor. Down! down! and beg for mercy. 萨勒姆说：跪下，你这奴隶！看着长官。跪下！跪下！快请求饶恕。

　　Gesler Seated says: Does he hear? 盖斯勒坐好后说：他听见了吗？

　　He does, but braves thy power. 他听见了，但他无视你的威严。

　　An officer says: Why don't you smite³ him for that look? 一官吏说：为什么不为他态度倨傲严加惩罚？

　　Can I believe My eyes? He smiles! 我不敢相信，他居然在笑！

　　Nay⁴, grasps His chains as he would make a weapon of them To lay the smiter⁵ dead.  天呀，他握着铁链想还击，好像准备置人死地。

　　(To Tell.) Why speakest thou not? （对泰尔）为什么不说话？

　　Tell says: For wonder. Wonder? 泰尔说：真是想不到。想不到什么？

　　Yes, that thou shouldst seem a man. 想不到，看起来你不像人。

　　What should I seem? A monster. 像什么？一个残忍的怪物。

　　Ha! Beware! Think on thy chains. 哈哈！当心！ 仔细看你身上的铁镣。

　　Though they were doubled, and did weigh me down Prostrate⁶ to the earth, me thinks I could rise up Erect⁷, 看，这么多铁链，拖拽我快要趴在地上，我觉得，我还是能笔直站起来，

　　with nothing but the honest pride Of telling thee, usurper⁸, to thy teeth, Thou art a monster! 不凭别的，就是坦诚地告诉你，你这个地道的篡位者，十足的怪兽！

　　Think upon my chains? How came they on me? 仔细看我的铁链？这铁链怎么套到我的身上？

　　Darest thou question me? 你竟敢质问我？

　　Darest thou not answer? 你为什么不敢回答？

　　Do I hear? Thou dost. 我要听你的？是的。

1 chamber   

n.房间，寝室；会议厅；议院；会所

参考例句：

• For many,the dentist's surgery remains a torture chamber.对许多人来说，牙医的治疗室一直是间受刑室。
• The chamber was ablaze with light.会议厅里灯火辉煌。

2 behold   

v.看，注视，看到

参考例句：

• The industry of these little ants is wonderful to behold.这些小蚂蚁辛勤劳动的样子看上去真令人惊叹。
• The sunrise at the seaside was quite a sight to behold.海滨日出真是个奇景。

3 smite   

v.重击；彻底击败；n.打；尝试；一点儿

参考例句：

• The wise know how to teach,the fool how to smite.智者知道如何教导，愚者知道怎样破坏。
• God will smite our enemies.上帝将击溃我们的敌人。

4 nay   

adv.不；n.反对票，投反对票者

参考例句：

• He was grateful for and proud of his son's remarkable,nay,unique performance.他为儿子出色的，不，应该是独一无二的表演心怀感激和骄傲。
• Long essays,nay,whole books have been written on this.许多长篇大论的文章，不，应该说是整部整部的书都是关于这件事的。

5 smiter   

打击者

参考例句：

• Let him give his cheek to the smiter, Let him be filled with reproach. 哀3:30他当由人打他的腮颊．满受凌辱。 来自互联网

6 prostrate   

v.拜倒，平卧，衰竭；adj.拜倒的，平卧的，衰竭的

参考例句：

• She was prostrate on the floor.她俯卧在地板上。
• The Yankees had the South prostrate and they intended to keep It'so.北方佬已经使南方屈服了,他们还打算继续下去。

7 erect   

n./v.树立，建立，使竖立；adj.直立的，垂直的

参考例句：

• She held her head erect and her back straight.她昂着头，把背挺得笔直。
• Soldiers are trained to stand erect.士兵们训练站得笔直。

8 usurper   

n. 篡夺者, 僭取者

参考例句：

• The usurper wrested the power from the king. 篡位者从国王手里夺取了权力。
• The usurper took power by force. 篡夺者武装夺取了权力。