Chapter6-双语名著无障碍阅读丛书——《基督山恩仇记The Count of Monte Cristo》

Chapter 6 Dantes passed through all the stages of misery endured by prisoners forgotten in a dungeon2. One day,toward nine o'clock at night,he heard a faint noise coming from the wall next to which he was lying.Dantes raised his head to listen.He heard a regular scratching sound which might be coming from either a large claw,a powerful tooth or some sort of instrument. The sound continued for about three hours,then he heard what seemed to be something crumbling and there was silence. The next morning began again,so distinctly that he could hear it without effort..“There's no doubt now,”he said to himself..“since the sound goes on even in the daytime it must be some prisoner working to escape.Oh,if I were only with him,how I'd help him." Three days later he had succeeded in removing all the mortar from around the stone of wall.He resumed his efforts after the jailer had left,but after two or three hours of labor he encountered an obstacle.He felt in with his hands and realized that he had reached a beamwhich ran directly across the passage he had begun. ·028· 第六章 ①endure/Mn'djua/.忍 邓蒂斯受尽了那些被遗忘在地牢里的囚徒所受 耐，容忍 2dungcon /'dand3an/n. 的痛苦。 地牢 有一天，约莫快要到晚上九点钟的时候，邓蒂 斯听到从他的床靠的那面墙上发出一种微弱的声 音。邓蒂斯抬起头听。他听到一种有规律的刮擦 ③scratch/skraet7.擦，抓 声，像是来自一只巨爪、一副强有力的牙齿或者是 ④claw /klo:ln.π 某种工具。这声音持续了大约三个小时，接着他听 5 crumble/'krAmbl/.破 见一种好像东西碎裂的声音，然后又归于沉寂。 碎 第二天早上，声音又开始响起来了，不费力就 distinctly /dis'tinktli/ 可以听得清清楚楚。“现在，毫无疑问，”他白言 a.明显地，清楚地 自语，“既然白天都一直有这种声音，一定是某个 囚犯在为逃跑而工作。哎，如果能和他一起干，我 可以帮他多少忙呀！” 三天以后，邓蒂斯已成功地移走了墙壁石头周 ⑦mortar/'m3ta/.灰泥 围的灰泥。那天，邓蒂斯等看守走后继续自己的努 8 jailer /'d3eilo(r)/n. 力。经过两三个小时的劳动后，他碰到一个障碍 看守监狱的人，狱卒 物，他伸手去摸，发现摸到的是一根横梁。这根横 encounter /in kaunta/. 遇到，逋遇 梁直接挡住了他刚才挖的路。 beam/bi:m/:.横梁 “啊，上帝，上帝，”他喊道，“我向您祷告了 ·029· The Count Of Monte Cristo "Oh,my God!My God!"he cried out."I prayed to you so long and I thought you had listened to me at last.Dear God,have pity on me.Don't let me die in despair." "Who speaks of God and despair in the same breath?"said a muffled voice which seemed to come from under the earth. Dantes felt his hair stand on end?but he called out:"In the name of God,speak to me again,whoever you are! “Who are you?”asked the voice. “A wretched③prisoner,”answered Dantes. "How old are you?Your voice seems to be that of a young man." "I don't know my age because I haven't measured the time since I came here.All I know is that I was nineteen when I was arrested in 1815.” “Not quite twenty six,”murmured the voice.“Well,a man isn't yet a traitorat that age." “Oh,no!”cried Dantes.“I'd let them cut me to pieces before I'd betray⑤youl” "Your age reassures me.I'll come to you.Wait for me." “When will you come??" "Let me calculate the risks,I'll give you a signal." "But you won't abandon me,will you?We'll escape together." “Very well!!”said the voice.“Until tomorrow,then.” ·030· 基督山恩仇记 这么久，我以为您终于已经听到了。上帝，可怜可 怜我吧，不要让我在绝望中死去。” “是谁在把上帝和绝望放在一块儿说呢？”一个 像是来自地底下的声音低沉地说道。 ①muffled/'mAfld/a. 爱德蒙觉得毛骨悚然，但他喊道：“看在上帝 (指声音听不清的（因 的份上，再和我说话吧，无论你是谁。” 有物体相隔】 ②hair stand on end毛骨 “你是谁？”那声音问。 悚然 “一个不幸的囚徒。”邓蒂斯回答道。 “你多大了？你的声音听起来好像是个年轻人。” wretched /'retfid/a. 可怜的，不幸的 “我也不知道我多大了，因为自从我来这儿后， 我就再没有计算过时间。我所知道的仅是在一八一 五年我被捕的时候是十九岁。” “那你还没有满二十六，”那声音嘀咕道，“哦， 一个男人在这个年纪不会是叛徒的。” “噢，不会的，”邓蒂斯喊道，“就是他们把我 ④raitor/'treita/n.叛徒 切成碎片，我也不会背叛你。” 5betray /be'trev.出卖， “你的年龄让我放心了，我会来找你的，等着 背叛 我。” “你什么时候会来？” “我得揣摩是否有危险，我会给你信号的。” calculate /'kaelkjuleit/r. “但你不会扔下我，是吧？我们一起逃吧。” 计算，考虑 “很好！”那声音答道，“那么，明天吧。” abandon /o'baendan/r. 放弃，遗弃 ·031·