《远大前程》第1章 匹普与一位陌生人相遇(6)

It's the young man！I thought，feeling a pain in my heart．

就是那个年轻人！我想，心里很害怕。

When I arrived at the shelter，I found the right man．

当我到达那个遮蔽体时，找到了第一个囚犯。

He looked so cold and hungry that I felt sorry for him．

他看上去饥寒交迫，我为他感到很内疚。

Trembling violently he swallowed the brandy¹ and ate the food like a hunt-ed animal，looking around him all the time for danger．

他好像恶狼一样，抖抖嗦嗦地往嘴里填着食物，喝着白兰地。

You're sure you didn't tell anyone？Or bring anyone？

你保证你没告诉任何人？没有带任何人来吧？

No，sir．I'm glad you're enjoying the food，sir．

没有，先生，你吃得这么有滋味，我真高兴，先生。

Thank you，my boy．You've been good to a poor man．

谢谢你，我的孩子。你给一个穷苦人办了一件好事。

But I'm afraid there won't be any left for him．

我很害怕，没有留点吃的给他。

Him？ Who's that？My friend stopped in the middle of eating．

他？谁呀？我的朋友停下吃了半截的东西问道。

The young man who travels with you．

就是和你一起来的那个小伙子。

Oh，him！he replied，smiling．He doesn't want any food．

噢，他吗！他讥笑着说，他是不吃东西的。

I thought he looked rather hungry，I answered．

我看他的样子很饿，我回答说。

He stared at me in great surprise．Looked？When？

他十分惊讶的盯着我，看样子？什么时候？

Just now，over there．I found him half asleep and I thought it was you．

刚才，在那边儿。我发现他正在打瞌睡，开始我还认为是你呢。

He was dressed like you，and—I was anxious to express this politely-he had the same reason for wanting to borrow a file．

他穿的衣服和您一样，还有…我犹豫了一下，用这种文雅的表达方式，…他有一个同样的理由，要借一把锉。

Then I did hear them fire the gun last night！

而且，我昨晚听到了他们的枪声！

You know，boy，when you're on the marsh² alone at night，you imagine all kinds of things，voices calling，guns firing，soldiers marching！

你知道，孩子，当你在晚上独自一人在沼泽地里，你想想，所有形形色色的东西，尖叫声，枪击声，士兵们向前挺进！

But show me where this man went．I'll find him and I'll fin-ish with him！

指给我这个人去的路，我会找到他，结束他的性命！

I'll smash³ his face！Give me the file first．

打烂他的脸！先给我锉。

I was afraid of him now that he was angry again．

他再一次发怒，我现在很怕他。

I'm sorry，I must go home now，I said．

对不起，我现在该回家了，我说，

He did not seem to hear，so I left him bending over his leg and filing away at his iron chain like a madman．

他似乎没听到，他头冲着膝盖，像一个疯子一样，正往下锉脚镣。

Halfway⁴ home I stopped in the mist⁵ to listen，and I could still hear the sound of the file．

因此，我趁机溜走，回家的半路上我在浓雾中停住了脚步，听听声音，我仍然能听到锉脚镣的声音。

1 brandy   

n.白兰地酒

参考例句：

• I took another drink of brandy and moved forward. 我又喝了一口白兰地，向前走去。
• The barman uses a small silver measure for brandy.酒吧招待员用一个小银制量器量白兰地。

2 marsh   

n.沼泽，湿地

参考例句：

• There are a lot of frogs in the marsh.沼泽里有许多青蛙。
• I made my way slowly out of the marsh.我缓慢地走出这片沼泽地。

3 smash   

v.粉碎，打碎；n.轰动的演出，巨大的成功

参考例句：

• We heard the smash of plates breaking in the kitchen.我们听到厨房里盘子破碎的声音。
• The gifted author wrote one smash after another.这个天才作家创作了一篇又一篇轰动一时的作品。

4 halfway   

adj.中途的，不彻底的，部分的；adv.半路地，在中途，在半途

参考例句：

• We had got only halfway when it began to get dark.走到半路，天就黑了。
• In study the worst danger is give up halfway.在学习上，最忌讳的是有始无终。

5 mist   

n.雾，迷蒙，朦胧不清；vt.使...模糊，蒙上雾；vi.使...模糊，下雾

参考例句：

• She saw his face through a mist of tears.她泪眼朦胧地望着他的脸。
• There is a film of mist over the land.大地上笼罩着一层薄雾。