美国语文第五册 第181期:威廉-泰尔(6)

 　　Mayst thou live, my boy, To see thy country free, or die for her, As I do! (Albert weeps.) 你必须活下去，我的孩子，看到你的国家获得自由的那一天，或者像我这样，为国家而死。（阿尔伯特哭泣）

　　Sarnem says: Mark! he weeps. 萨勒姆说：看！那孩子在哭。

　　Tell says: Were he my son, He would not shed a tear! 泰尔说：如果他是我的儿子，他不会流一滴眼泪，

　　He would remember The cliff where he was bred, and learned to scan A thousand fathoms¹' depth of nether² air; 他会记住在山里的悬崖峭壁上，他曾经接受严格训练，

　　Where he was trained to hear the thunder talk, And meet the lightning, eye to eye; 学会辨别来自很远的风中声音，学会倾听雷鸣，学会与闪电面对面对话。

　　where last We spoke³ together, when I told him death Bestowed⁴ the brightest gem⁵ that graces life, Embraced for virtue's sake. 当我最后一次与他交谈时，我对他说，死亡将珍贵的宝石馈赠有尊严的生命；由于人的高尚美德，死亡将拥抱有尊严的个体，

　　He shed a tear! Now were he by, I'd talk to him, and his cheek should never blanch⁶, nor moisture dim his eye.  他听后流下了眼泪。如果他现在在这里，我也会对他说，你的脸颊不会苍白，眼泪不会让眼睛黯淡，

　　I'd talk to him... He falters⁷! 我想要对他说……那孩子在发抖。

　　Th is too much! And yet it must be done!  我说得太多了。不过，这些都是必须要说的，

　　I'd talk to him. Of what? 我还想和他谈谈。还谈什么？

　　The mother, tyrant⁸, thou dost make A widow of!  谈谈他的妈妈。暴君，你确实让一个女人成为寡妇。

　　I'd talk to him of her. 我想和他谈谈那女人。

　　I'd bid him tell her, next to liberty, Her name was the last word my lips pronounced. 我让他保证转告那位母亲，在自由快要来到时，我最后说出的是她的名字。

　　And I would charge him never to forget To love and cherish her, 我要让他发誓别忘记他妈妈，更要疼爱她，珍惜她，

　　as he would have His father's dying blessing⁹ rest upon him! 这些都是他的儿子获得父亲的临终祝福！

1 fathoms   

英寻( fathom的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The harbour is four fathoms deep. 港深为四英寻。
• One bait was down forty fathoms. 有个鱼饵下沉到四十英寻的深处。

2 nether   

adj.下部的，下面的；n.阴间；下层社会

参考例句：

• This terracotta army well represents his ambition yet to be realized in the nether-world.这一批兵马俑很可能代表他死后也要去实现的雄心。
• He was escorted back to the nether regions of Main Street.他被护送回中央大道南面的地方。

3 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

4 bestowed   

赠给，授予( bestow的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• It was a title bestowed upon him by the king. 那是国王赐给他的头衔。
• He considered himself unworthy of the honour they had bestowed on him. 他认为自己不配得到大家赋予他的荣誉。

5 gem   

n.宝石，珠宝；受爱戴的人 [同]jewel

参考例句：

• The gem is beyond my pocket.这颗宝石我可买不起。
• The little gem is worth two thousand dollars.这块小宝石价值两千美元。

6 blanch   

v.漂白；使变白；使(植物)不见日光而变白

参考例句：

• We blanch almonds by soaking off their skins in boiling water.我们把杏仁泡在沸水中去皮弄成白色。
• To blanch involves plunging food into boiling water,usually very quickly.漂白是将食物放进开水里，通常非常快。

7 falters   

（嗓音）颤抖( falter的第三人称单数 )； 支吾其词； 蹒跚； 摇晃

参考例句：

• He never falters in his determination. 他的决心从不动摇。
• The plan never falters; the design never changes. It is all ordered. 大自然从不步履蹒跚，从不三心二意，一切都是有条不紊。

8 tyrant   

n.暴君，专制的君主，残暴的人

参考例句：

• The country was ruled by a despotic tyrant.该国处在一个专制暴君的统治之下。
• The tyrant was deaf to the entreaties of the slaves.暴君听不到奴隶们的哀鸣。

9 blessing   

n.祈神赐福；祷告；祝福，祝愿

参考例句：

• The blessing was said in Hebrew.祷告用了希伯来语。
• A double blessing has descended upon the house.双喜临门。