美国小学英语教材6:第247课 罗宾汉和他的伙伴(4)

Who is your master? asked the Knight¹. Robin² Hood³, answered Little John.

这名骑士问谁是你的主人？小约翰称罗宾汉。

I have heard much good of him, replied the Knight, and will go with you gladly.

骑士说我听说他做过许多好事，我很乐意和你一同去。

Then they all set off together, tears running down the Knight's cheeks. But he said nothing; neither was anything said to him.

他们一起上了路，眼泪从骑士的面颊留下来，但他什么都没说，也没人和他说话。

In this manner they came to Robin Hood. Welcome, Sir Knight, cried he, and thrice welcome,

就这样他们去见了罗宾汉，罗宾汉大叫道欢迎，骑士，再次欢迎你，

for I waited to eat till you or some other had come to me. God save you, good Robin, answered the Knight;

我等着你或其他人来才开始吃饭，骑士回答道，上帝拯救你，伟大的罗宾汉。

and after they had washed themselves in the stream, they sat down to dine off bread and wine,

他们在小河中清洗完身子后，他们坐下来吃面包和喝红酒，

with flesh of the King's deer, and swans and pheasants. Such a dinner have I not had for three weeks and more, said the Knight.

还有国王的鹿肉，天鹅和野鸡，骑士说这样的美味我已经有三周或更久没有享用过了。

And if I ever come again this way, good Robin, I will give you as fine a dinner as you have given me.

如果我能够再次来到这里，伟大的罗宾汉，我将以同样的盛宴招待你。

I thank you, replied Robin. But before you go, pay me, I pray you, for the food which you have had.

罗宾汉对此表示感谢，但在你走之前，请给我钱，我给你祈祷，为你吃的这顿饭给我钱。

It was never the custom for a yeoman to pay for a knight.

还没有自耕农向骑士支付的习俗。

My bag is empty, said the Knight, except for ten shillings only. Go, Little John, and look in his wallet, said Robin,

骑士说我的口袋是空的，除了十先令，罗宾汉说小约翰去看看，看看他的钱包，

and, Sir Knight, if in truth you have no more, not one penny will I take; nay⁴, I will give you all that you shall need.

骑士，如果你真的没有钱，我不会拿走你身上一分钱，不会，我还会给你你需要的一切。

So Little John spread out the Knight's mantle⁵ and opened the bag, and therein lay ten shillings and nothing else.

小约翰展开了骑士的披风，打开了包裹，里面只有十先令，什么都没有了。

What tidings, Little John? cried his master. Sir, the Knight speaks truly, said Little John.

主人叫嚷道，怎么样了小约翰？小约翰说主人，骑士说的没错。

Then tell me, Sir Knight, whether it is your own ill doings which have brought you to this sad condition.

骑士说请告诉我，是不是你做的坏事让你深陷现在的困境。

For a hundred years my fathers have dwelt and prospered⁶ in the forest, answered the Knight.

骑士回答道一百年了，我们的先辈在森林中栖息和发展。

But within two years misfortune has befallen me and my wife and my children. How did this evil come to pass? asked Robin.

但在两年内，厄运降临在我身上，孩子和妻子身上，罗宾汉询问道，厄运是如何产生的？

Through my own folly⁷, answered the Knight, and because of the great love I bore my son, who, before he was twenty years old,

骑士回答道我自己的愚笨，因为我对儿子深深的爱，在他20岁之前，

slew⁸ a knight of Lancaster and his servant. For their deaths I had to pay a large sum,

杀死了兰卡斯特骑士和他的仆人，因为他们的死，我必须要支付大量资金，

which I could not raise without pledging my lands to a rich man at York.

由于我无法支付，我不得不把约克的土地抵押给富人。

If I cannot give him the money by a certain day, my lands will be lost to me forever.

如果我无法在限定时间还清，我将永远失去土地。

1 knight   

n.骑士，武士；爵士

参考例句：

• He was made an honourary knight.他被授予荣誉爵士称号。
• A knight rode on his richly caparisoned steed.一个骑士骑在装饰华丽的马上。

2 robin   

n.知更鸟，红襟鸟

参考例句：

• The robin is the messenger of spring.知更鸟是报春的使者。
• We knew spring was coming as we had seen a robin.我们看见了一只知更鸟，知道春天要到了。

3 hood   

n.头巾，兜帽，覆盖；v.罩上，以头巾覆盖

参考例句：

• She is wearing a red cloak with a hood.她穿着一件红色带兜帽的披风。
• The car hood was dented in.汽车的发动机罩已凹了进去。

4 nay   

adv.不；n.反对票，投反对票者

参考例句：

• He was grateful for and proud of his son's remarkable,nay,unique performance.他为儿子出色的，不，应该是独一无二的表演心怀感激和骄傲。
• Long essays,nay,whole books have been written on this.许多长篇大论的文章，不，应该说是整部整部的书都是关于这件事的。

5 mantle   

n.斗篷，覆罩之物，罩子；v.罩住，覆盖，脸红

参考例句：

• The earth had donned her mantle of brightest green.大地披上了苍翠欲滴的绿色斗篷。
• The mountain was covered with a mantle of snow.山上覆盖着一层雪。

6 prospered   

成功，兴旺( prosper的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The organization certainly prospered under his stewardship. 不可否认，这个组织在他的管理下兴旺了起来。
• Mr. Black prospered from his wise investments. 布莱克先生由于巧妙的投资赚了不少钱。

7 folly   

n.愚笨，愚蠢，蠢事，蠢行，傻话

参考例句：

• Learn wisdom by the folly of others.从别人的愚蠢行动中学到智慧。
• Events proved the folly of such calculations.事情的进展证明了这种估计是愚蠢的。

8 slew   

v.（使）旋转；n.大量，许多

参考例句：

• He slewed the car against the side of the building.他的车滑到了大楼的一侧，抵住了。
• They dealt with a slew of other issues.他们处理了大量的其他问题。