Chapter5 The island Come True梦想成直岛-双语名著无障碍阅读丛书——《彼得潘Peter Pan》

Chapter 5 The Island Come True Feeling that Peter was on his way back,the Neverland had again woke into life.We ought to use the pluperfect and say wakened,but woke is better and was always used by Peter. In his absence things are usually quiet on the island.The fairies take an hour longer in the morning,the beasts attend to their young,the redskins feed heavily for six days and nights,and when pirates and lost boys meet they merely bite their thumbs at each other.But with the coming of Peter who hates lethargy,they are all under way again:if you put your ear to the ground now,you would hear the whole island seething with life. On this evening the chief forces of the island were disposed as follows. The lost boys were out looking for Peter,the pirates were out looking for the lost boys,the redskins were out looking for the pirates,and the beasts were out looking for the redskins.They were going round and round the island,but they did not meet because all were going at the same rate. All wanted blood except the boys,who liked it as a rule,but tonight were out to greet their captain.The boys on the island vary,of course,in numbers,according as they get killed and so on;and when they seem to be growing up,which is against the rules,Peter thins them out;but at this time there were six of them,counting the twins as two.Let us pretend to lie here among the sugarcane and watch them as they steal by in single file,each with his hand on his dagger. They are forbidden by Peter to look in the least like him,and they wear the skins of bears slain by themselves,in which they are so round and furry that ·080· 第五章梦想成真岛 永无岛感觉到彼得正在回来的路上，它从睡梦中醒 pluperfeet [,plu:'po:fikt]n. 来了。我们本应该用“被唤醒”这种说法，不过，醒来 过去完成时 更好些。彼得自己也经常这么说 彼得不在的日子里，岛上很平静。仙子们每天早晨 ②absence['ebsans]n.不在 比平时晚起一个小时，野兽们照料着它们的幼崽，印第 安人大吃大喝整整六天六夜。海盗和走失的孩子们相遇 时也很少起冲突。但是闲不住的彼得一回来，他们就都 ③thumb[0Amn.拇指 打回原形了。如果你把耳朵贴在地上仔细倾听，你会听 ④lethargy ['le0odsi]n.没精 到整个岛都开始生机勃勃了。 打采 这天晚上，这个岛上的主力是这样部署的。走失的 ⑤dispose[di'spouz]v:布置 男孩们要寻找彼得，海盗们要寻找走失的男孩们，印第 安人要寻找海盗们，而野兽们要寻找印第安人。他们在 岛上转着圈儿地互相追逐，但是一直没有相遇，因为他 们行进的速度相同。 岛上的人都想血刃敌人，这是岛上的生存法则。但 是走失的孩子们除外，他们今晚是为迎接首领而来。因 6greet[gri)y迎接 为被杀或者其他原因，走失的孩子的数量一直在变化。 如果岛上走失的孩子的数量见长，会违反岛上的生存法 则，彼得就得让他们的数量减下去。眼下，岛上共有六 7 sugarcane ['fuga kein]n. 个男孩，其中有一对双胞胎。我们埋伏好，趴在甘蔗地 甘蔗 里，看着他们排成一队，悄悄地走过，只见他们每个人 ⑧fle[fail]n.纵列 ⑨dagger[daego]n.匕首 手里都拿着一把匕首。 0 slay [slei],杀死 彼得不允许男孩们看上去和自己有一点点相似之 furry['fh:r门a.毛茸茸的 处，于是他们穿着自己打猎得来的熊皮。这身装束让他 ·081· Chapter 5 The Island Come True when they fall they roll.They have therefore become very sure-footed. The first to pass is Tootles,not the least brave but the most unfortunate of all that gallant band.He had been in fewer adventures than any of them, because the big things constantly happened just when he had stepped round the corner;all would be quiet,he would take the opportunity of going off to gather a few sticks for firewood,and then when he returned the others would be sweeping up the blood.This ill-luck had given a gentle melancholy to his countenance2,but instead of souring his nature had sweetened it,so that he was quite the humblest of the boys.Poor kind Tootles,there is danger in the air for you tonight.Take care lest an adventure is now offered you,which,if accepted,will plungeyou in deepest woe.Tootles,the fairy Tink who is bent on mischief this night is looking for a tool,and she thinks you the most easily tricked of the boys."Ware Tinker Bell. Would that he could hear us,but we are not really on the island,and he passes by,biting his knuckles. Next comes Nibs,the gay and debonair,followed by Slightly,who cuts whistles out of the trees and dances ecstatically to his own tunes.Slightly is the most conceited of the boys.He thinks he remembers the days before he was lost,with their manners and customs,and this has given his nose an offensive tilt.Curly is fourth;he is a pickle,and so often has he had to deliver up his person when Peter said sternly,"Stand forth the one who did this thing,"that now at the command he stands forth automatically"whether he has done it or not.Last come the Twins,who cannot be described because we should be sure to be describing the wrong one.Peter never quite knew what twins were, and his band were not allowed to know anything he did not know,so these two were always vague about themselves,and did their best to give satisfaction by keeping close together in an apologetic sort of way. The boys vanish in the gloom,and after a pause,but not a long pause,for things go briskly on the island,come the pirates on their track.We hear them before they are seen,and it is always the same dreadful song: "Avast belay5,yo ho,heave to, A-pirating we go, And if were parted by a shot ·082· 第五章 梦想成真岛 们看起来圆乎乎、毛茸茸的，他们一摔倒就会在地上滚 成一团，因此他们走路的时候必须落地很稳。 第一个走过来的是图图。他胆子很小，也是这一队 人中最不走运的一个。他是男孩子中冒险次数最少的， 因为只要他在附近出现，就会大事儿不断。一切终将回 归平静，但他总是找机会开溜，比如出去找点儿树枝当 柴火之类的，当他回来的时候，其他人早已结束战斗， Dmelancholy ['melonkoli]n. 清理好血迹了。霉运让他略显忧郁，但并没有腐蚀他随 犹豫 和的天性，他是男孩子们之中最谦和的一个。可怜又友 2 countenance ['kauntonans] .面孔 善的图图，今夜有危险即将降临在你的身上。小心啊， ③sour[saua]v.变坏 一场冒险就在眼前，接受它，你会被陷入无底的厄运。 ④plunge [plAnd3]g使. 图图，今晚这个一门心思想使坏的仙子叮叮铃正在寻找 陷入 ⑤woe[woun.灾难 作案工具，她认为你是所有男孩中最容易骗的那个。要 ⑥tricked[rikt)a.被骗的 小心叮叮铃！ 真希望图图能够听到我们的警告。但可惜的是，我 们不在永无岛上，因此我们只能看着图图咬着手指头走 ⑦debonair[,deba'neo]a.愉 了过去。 快而自信的 图图之后过来的是愉快而又信心满满的尼布斯。 8 ecstatically [ik'staetikli] 跟在他后面的是能用树枝做哨子，而且会跟着自己的曲 ad.狂喜地 调起舞的斯莱特利。斯莱特利是所有男孩子里面最自负 的。他坚信自己记得自己走失之前的生活以及他家里人 ⑨tlt[tilt].倾斜 的生活习惯和习俗，这使他的鼻子总是很自傲地向上翘 通pickle[pikl].捣蛋鬼 起。第四个是卷毛儿，他是个淘气鬼。每次彼得厉声问 automatically [,o:ta'matik- 道：“谁干的？站出来！”站出来的常常是他。于是现 门ad.自动地 在只要一听到命令，无论是不是他干的，他都会自动站 出来。走在队伍最后的是一对双胞胎，大家很难区分他 们的长相，一分准错。彼得根本不懂什么叫双胞胎，他 亚vague[veig]a.(思想 也不允许自己的小跟班儿懂得自己都不知道的事儿，于 上)不清楚的 是双胞胎对自己也搞不清楚。他们俩总是形影不离，以 此来表达歉意，尽量让老大满意。 B vanish[veni明，消失 男孩们消失在黑暗中之后。过了一会儿，只是一 小会儿，岛上一切都活跃了起来，海盗们尾随着他们过 来了。未见其人，先闻其声。他们又唱起那首可怖的老 8 avast[pva:st]int.停止 歌： belay[bi:lei]￥用绳子系 住 “系上缆绳，呦嗬，抛锚停船， heave to船只停航 打劫去喽！ ·083· Chapter 5 The Island Come True We're sure to meet below!" A more villainous-looking lot never hung in a row on Execution dock. Here,a little in advance,ever and again with his head to the ground listening, his great arms bare,pieces of eight in his ears as ornaments,is the handsome Italian Cecco,who cut his name in letters of blood on the back of the governor of the prison at Gao.That gigantic black behind him has had many names since he dropped the one with which dusky mothers still terrify their children on the banks of the Guadjo-mo.Here is Bill Jukes,every inch of him tattooed, the same Bill Jukes who got six dozen on the Walrus from Flint before he would drop the bag of moidores;and Cookson,said to be Black Murphys brother(but this was never proved);and Gentleman Starkey,once an usher in a public school and still dainty in his ways of killing;and Skylights(Morgans Skylights);and the Irish bo'sun Smee,an oddly genial man who stabbed",so to speak,without offence,and was the only Nonconformist in Hooks crew; and Noodler,whose hands were fixed on backwards;and Robt.Mullins and Alf Mason and many another ruffian long known and feared on the Spanish Main. In the midst of them,the blackest and largest jewel in that dark setting, reclined James Hook,or as he wrote himself,Jas.Hook,of whom it is said he was the only man that the Sea-Cook feared.He lay at his ease in a rough chariot drawn and propelled'by his men,and instead of a right hand he had the iron hook with which ever and anon he encouraged them to increase their pace.As dogs this terrible man treated and addressed them,and as dogs they obeyed him.In person he was cadaverous and blackavied and his hair was dressed in long curls,which at a little distance looked like black candles,and gave a singularly threatening expression to his handsome countenance.His eyes were of the blue of the forget-me-not,and of a profound melancholy,save when he was plunging his hook into you,at which time two red spots appeared in them and lit them up horribly.In manner,something of the grand seigneur still clung to him,so that he even ripped you up with an air,and I have been told that he was a raconteur of repute.He was never more sinister than when he was most polite,which is probably the truest test of breeding;and the elegance of his diction,even when he was swearing,no less than the distinction of his demeanour,showed him one of a different caste from his crew.A man of indomitable courage,it was said of him that the only thing ·084· 第五章 梦想成真岛 纵使中弹分别， ①villainous-looking 海底还会再见！” ['vilonasluki可]a.外表凶 一伙儿面日可憎的匪徒排成队走了过来，他们的样 恶的 2execution [,eksi'kju:fn]n. 子比在绞刑架上看到的家伙还要凶恶。走在前面一点的 执行死刑 是意大利人切科，他光着肩膀，耳朵上挂着八比索的西 ③omament[b:nomont]m.装 班牙金币作装饰。他一次又一次地将耳朵贴近地面，仔 饰物 gigantic [d3ai'gaentik]a. 细聆听。他在高尔监狱的时候，曾经用刀在监狱长的背 硕大无比的 上鲜血淋滴地刻上自己的名字。在他的后面走着的是个 ⑤tattoo[o'uy刺青 黑大个儿。自从生活在加若木河沿岸的皮肤黝黑的母亲 ⑤walrus['wo:lros]m.海象 用他的名字吓唬孩子们以后，他放弃了那个名字，在这 ⑦moidore[mo:idb:]n.从前 之后他有了许多名字。后面跟着的是满身刺青的比尔· 的葡萄牙金币 ⑧usher〔aan.门卫 鸠克斯，就是那个在“海象号”上被弗林特欣了七十二 dainty['deinti]a.文雅的 刀才肯放下手里的金币袋子那个人。还有库克森，据说 0 genial「d3i:niol]a.温和 他是黑墨菲的兄弟（但一直没有得到证实）；再有就是 的 血stab[steb]k刺 斯塔基绅士，他曾经是一所公立学校的门卫，所以他 2 nonconformist nonkan' 杀人的时候还有点书生气：还有绰号“天窗”那个家伙 f6:mist]n.不墨守成规的 (摩根的“天窗”)；那位即使用刀子捅人态度也极其 温柔、不肯得罪人的爱尔兰水手斯密也来了，他是库克 3ruffian['rfon]n.暴徒 手下里最不服管理的一个：还有努德勒，一个喜欢整天 背着手的家伙：罗伯特·穆林斯、阿尔夫·梅森以及其 chariot['tfaerist]n.战车 他几个在西班牙早已恶名昭彰，让人闻风丧胆的暴徒也 propel[pro'pel]v.推动 来了。 这群暴徒中最凶很毒辣的是詹姆斯·胡克，他自称 cadaverous [ka'daevaras]a. 詹·胡克，据说他是唯一一个让海上库克都惧怕的人。 枯槁的 胡克安逸地坐在战车上，由水手们推着。他没有右手， blackavised [blae'ka:vaizd] 取而代之的是那只铁钩。他挥舞着它催促水手们加快推 a.脸勒黑的 车速度。凶恶的胡克对手下呼来喝去，就像对狗一样， 而水手们也像狗一样服从他们主人的命令。论样貌，胡 克长得面容枯槁，留着黑胡子，头发打着长长的大卷 seigneur[sei'njo:]n.诸侯 儿，从远处看像是一支支黑色蜡烛，这让他那冷酷的脸 raconteur [rakon'to:n. 于讲逸事的人 上带有一种独特的威胁力。他的眼睛是勿忘我花儿的那 20 repute[ripju:tn.名望 种蓝，眼神中透出深深的忧郁。只有当他将铁钩桶进你 ④diction〔dikfn]n.措辞 身体的时候，那双眼晴才会变成两个红点儿，如同燃烧 demeanour [dimi:na]n. 行为举止 着的火焰，让人充满恐惧。论举止，他有大将的风范， indomitable [in'domitobl] 那气势能瞬间将你征服。我还听说他非常善于讲故事。 a.不屈服的 他在最邪恶的时候总是表现得最彬彬有礼，这大概最能 ·085· Chapter 5 The Island Come True he shied at was the sight of his own blood,which was thick and of an unusual colour.In dress he somewhat aped the attire associated with the name of Charles II,having heard it said in some earlier period of his career that he bore a strange resemblance to the ill-fated Stuarts;and in his mouth he had a holder of his own contrivance which enabled him to smoke two cigars at once.But undoubtedly the grimmest part of him was his iron claw. Let us now kill a pirate,to show Hooks method.Skylights will do.As they pass,Skylights lurches clumsily against him,ruffling his lace collar;the hook shoots forth,there is a tearing sound and one screech,then the body is kicked aside,and the pirates pass on.He has not even taken the cigars from his mouth. Such is the terrible man against whom Peter Pan is pitted.Which will win? On the trail of the pirates,stealing noiselessly down the war-path,which is not visible to inexperienced eyes,come the redskins,every one of them with his eyes peeled.They carry tomahawks and knives,and their naked bodies gleam with paint and oil.Strung around them are scalps,of boys as well as of pirates, for these are the Piccaninny tribe,and not to be confused with the softer-hearted Delawares or the Hurons.In the van,on all fours,is Great Big Little Panther,a brave of so many scalps that in his present position they somewhat impede his progress.Bringing up the rear,the place of greatest danger,comes Tiger Lily, proudly erect,a princess in her own right.She is the most beautiful of dusky Dianas and the belle of the Piccaninnies,coquettish,cold and amorous by turns;there is not a brave who would not have the wayward thing to wife,but she staves off the altar with a hatchet.Observe how they pass over fallen twigswithout making the slightest noise.The only sound to be heard is their somewhat heavy breathing.The fact is that they are all a little fat just now after the heavy gorging,but in time they will work this off.For the moment, however,it constitutes their chief danger. The redskins disappear as they have come like shadows,and soon their place is taken by the beasts,a great and motley procession:lions,tigers,bears, and the innumerable smaller savage things that flee from them,for every kind ·086· 第五章 梦想成真岛 ①shy[Uai畏缩 证明他高贵的血统了吧。他发号施令乃至发誓的时候都 2ape[cip,模仿 举止优雅，风度翩翩，跟其他水手明显不是同一个阶层 的人。他骁勇无比，但据说唯独害怕见到自己的血液， 那血液黏稠、颜色怪异。在着装上，他似乎在模仿查尔 斯二世，因为在他起家的早期，据说他和那位命运可悲 3 contrivance [kan'traivans] .发明 的斯图亚特王朝君主长得出奇地相似。他嘴上叼着自己 ④grim[grim]a.可怕的 发明的烟壶，能一次抽两根雪茄。不过，他的铁爪无疑 是身上最可怖的地方。 ⑤lurch[la:t奶左冲右撞 我们杀个海盗来见识一下胡克的手段吧。“天窗” ⑥ruffle[rag弄皱 就是这个倒霉蛋。在海盗们行进的途中，“天窗”笨手 笨脚地撞到了胡克，弄皱了他的蕾丝衣领。只见胡克的 ⑦pit [pit]v使…争斗 铁爪一伸，伴随着撕裂的声音和一声惨叫，“天窗”的 尸体被踢到了一边。海盗们继续前进。胡克甚至没有将 雪茄从嘴里拿开。 8 tomahawk ['tomoho:k]n. 今夜，彼得要和这个可怕的家伙一决高下，谁会赢 印第安人的战斧 呢？ scalp[skaelp]n.战利品 尾随海盗而来的还有印第安人，他们悄无声息地 avan[vxn]n.先锋 顺道儿而来，缺乏经验的人根本察觉不到。他们一个个 瞪大了眼睛，扛着战斧和刀具，浑身上下涂满了颜料和 impede[im'pi:dk阻碍 油，看起来闪闪发光。他们脖子上挂着成串的从孩子那 里或是海盗那里得来的战利品。这些印第安人来自皮卡 尼尼部落，可不要把他们跟心慈面软的德拉华族和休伦 亚coquettish[ko'ketif门a.妖 族人混为一谈。战车里一共坐着四个人，其中最勇猛的 艳的 3amorous ['amaras]a. 是“小豹子王”，他身上佩戴了太多的战利品，妨碍了 情的 他的行动。处在最危险的断后位置上的是勇敢而又有主 级stave off暂时避开 见的莉莉公主，她骄傲地站在那里，是黑人女将中最美 altar:ltai神坛 的那位。她是整个皮卡尼尼部落的大美人，时而风情万 hatehet[haetfit]n.斧子 @twig [twig]n,细枝 种、时而冷若冰霜、时而热情如火：勇士们没有人不想 8 gorging[gp:d3i]n.狼吞 娶她为妻的，但是她用利斧打碎了他们的美梦。请细心观 虎咽 察一下他们是如何悄无声息地踏着地上的树枝走过而不发 09 constitute ['konstitju:t]v. 构成 出声响的。你唯一能听到的声音是他们沉重的呼吸声。因 @innumerable [i'nju:morobl] 为在暴饮暴食之后他们都有点儿发胖，但是他们很快就能 a.无数的 消耗掉。但是目前，发胖是他们最主要的危险。 印第安人来无影去无踪，他们消失后不久，野兽 来到了这里。真是一支盛大而又杂乱的队伍：狮子、老 虎、熊和无数只被他们追得四处逃窜的小动物，还有各 ·087· Chapter 5 The Island Come True of beast,and,more particularly,all the maneaters,live cheek by jowlon the favoured island.Their tongues are hanging out,they are hungry tonight. When they have passed,comes the last figure of all,a gigantic crocodile. We shall see for whom she is looking presently. The crocodile passes,but soon the boys appear again,for the procession must continue indefinitely until one of the parties stops or changes its pace. Then quickly they will be on top of each other. All are keeping a sharp look-out in front,but none suspects that the danger may be creeping up from behind.This shows how real the island was. The first to fall out of the moving circle were the boys.They flung themselves down on the sward,close to their underground home. "I do wish Peter would come back,"every one of them said nervously, though in height and still more in breadth they were all larger than their captain. "I am the only one who is not afraid of the pirates,"Slightly said,in the tone that prevented his being a general favourite;but perhaps some distant sound disturbed him,for he added hastily,"but I wish he would come back,and tell us whether he has heard anything more about Cinderella." They talked of Cinderella,and Tootles was confident that his mother must have been very like her. It was only in Peter's absence that they could speak of mothers,the subject being forbidden by him as silly. “All I remember about my mother,.”Nibs told them,“is that she often said to father,'Oh,how I wish I had a cheque-book of my own.'I don't know what a cheque-book is,but I should just love to give my mother one." While they talked they heard a distant sound.You or I,not being wild things of the woods,would have heard nothing,but they heard it,and it was the grim song: "Yo ho,yo ho,the pirate life, The flag o"skull and bones, A merry hour,a hempen rope, And hey for Davy Jones." At once the lost boys-but where are they?They are no longer there. Rabbits could not have disappeared more quickly. ·088· 第五章 梦想成真岛 ①maneater[meni:ta]n.食 种猛兽，特别是吃人的野兽，他们吐着舌头，显然是饿 人兽 2 cheek by jowl紧挨着地 了 ③crocodile ['krokadail]n.鳄 野兽的队伍走过去之后，最后出场的是一条巨型鳄 鱼 鱼。我们很快就会知道她在找什么。 鳄鱼走后不久，男孩们就来了。如果没有其中一支 队伍停下来或者改变行进速度的话，这个队列一定会无 休止地继续下去。他们很快会替代对方，走在队伍的前 面。 每个人都保持警惕，注视着前方，但是没有人注意 身后的危险正悄然而至，这是岛上真实的场面」 第一个脱离这个移动着的环形队列的是男孩们。他 ④sward[swo:dn草地 们往草地上一趴，在他们地下的家附近停了下来」 尽管他们不论是身高还是腰围都比他们的头儿彼得 ⑤breadth[brede]n.宽度 大一圈，但他们每个人都紧张地说道：“我真希望彼得 能回来啊！” “我是唯一一个不害怕海盗的。”斯莱特利说，他 说话的语气让大伙儿都不大喜欢他。也许是被远处声音 惊扰，他慌忙解释说：“但是，我还是希望他能回来， 这样他能给我们讲讲灰姑娘后来的故事。” 在他们谈论着灰姑娘的时候，图图坚信自己的母亲 一定长得跟灰姑娘很像。 只有彼得不在的时候他们才能谈论母亲。彼得不允 许他们谈论这个话题，因为他觉得这个话题很蠢。 “我对母亲所有的记忆，”尼布斯告诉他们，“就 是她总是对父亲说：哦，我真希望能有属于自己的支 票本。’我不知道什么是支票本，但是我很想给她一 个。” 正说着，他们听到远处传来的声音。你们和我都没 有在丛林中生活过，所以听不到那声音，可是男孩们听 到了，那是一首凄厉的歌： “呦嗬！呦嗬！海盗的生活 @skull[skn.骷髅 骷髅头和白骨是我们的旗帜， ⑦hempen[hempan]a.大麻 制成的 欢乐的时光，亚麻绳索 嘿，大卫·琼斯。” 顷刻之间，走失的孩子们都跑哪儿去了？他们已经 不在那儿了，他们跑得比兔子还快。 ·089·