英語閱讀:Treasure Island-The old seaman Squire(3)

Treasure Island 《金銀島》

Chapter1 The old seaman Squire 第1章 老海員(3)


英語閱讀:Treasure Island-The old seaman Squire(3)



The captain stayed week after week, month after month. His gold coins were soon used up, but my father was a sick man and afraid to ask for more.

老船長住了一個星期又一個星期,一個月又一個月。他預付的那點錢早就花光了,但我多病的父親始終沒敢向他再要。

Dr Livesey came late one afternoon. After he had seen my father, he had dinner with my mother, then stayed to smoke his pipe. I noticed the difference between the doctor with his white hair and pleasant way of speaking, and that dirty, heavy, red-faced seaman, drunk with rum.

一天傍晚,李甫西大夫來了。他看過我父親之後,就和我母親一起吃飯,然後坐在一邊抽他的菸斗。我注意到:李甫西大夫舉止文雅得體,頭髮花白,和那位喝醉酒的海員形成鮮明對照,後者肥胖、骯髒、面紅耳赤。

The captain began to sing his song:

老船長忽然又唱起那支水手老調:

Fifteen men on the dead man's chest-

十五個人趴著死人箱——

Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum!

唷呵呵,快來嘗一瓶朗姆酒!

Drink and the devil had killed off the rest-

其餘的都成了酒和魔鬼的犧牲品——

Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of, rum!

唷呵呵,快來嘗一瓶朗姆酒!

Dr Livesey did not like the song.He looked up angrily before he went on talking to old Taylor, the gardener. Others in the room took no notice of the song. The captain beat the table with his hand for silence. The voices in the room died away, all except Dr Livesey's.The doctor continued to speak.

李甫西大夫不喜歡這首歌。他抬起頭來生氣地看了老船長一眼,然後繼續和老花匠泰勒聊天。屋裡其他人都沒有注意老船長唱的歌,老船長使勁拍了一下桌子,讓大家安靜下來。屋裡頓時沒了聲音,只有李甫西大夫仍在說話。


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