美国小学英语教材6:第248课 罗宾汉和他的伙伴(5)

What is the sum? asked Robin¹. Tell me truly. It is four hundred pounds, said the Knight².

罗宾汉问道，多少钱，告诉我实话，骑士说400英镑。

And what will you do if you lose your lands? asked Robin again.

罗宾汉继续问，如果你失去了土地，你将怎么做？

Sail away over the sea, said the Knight, and bid farewell to friends and country. There is no better way for me.

骑士说远航出海，并向朋友和国家告别，对于我而言，没有更好的方法。

As he spoke³, tears fell from his eyes, and he turned to depart. Good day, my friend, he said to Robin;

此时，他的眼睛流出了眼泪，他转身要走，他对罗宾汉说，祝你好运朋友。

I cannot pay you what I should. But Robin held him fast.

我无法支付我本应该支付的，但罗宾汉紧紧拽住他。

Where are your friends? asked he. Sir, they have all forsaken⁴ me since I became poor, and they turn away their heads if we meet upon the road,

他问道你的朋友在哪？先生，自从我变穷以后他们都离开了我，如果我们在路上相遇，他们会转过头去，

though when I was rich they were always in my castle. When Little John and Will Scarlett and the rest heard this,

当我富有时，我的城堡中总有朋友，当小约翰，威尔·斯卡利特和其他人聆听时，

they wept in anger and sorrow, and Robin told them to fill a cup of the best wine and give it to the Knight.

他们因为气愤和悲伤而流泪，罗宾汉告诉他们倒一杯最好的红酒，给这位骑士。

Have you no one who would be surety for you? said he. None, answered the Knight. You speak bravely, said Robin, and you, Little John,

他问道没人当你的担保人吗？骑士说没有，罗宾汉说你勇敢地说了出来，我在说你小约翰，

go to my treasure chest, and bring me four hundred pounds. So Little John went, and Will Scarlett, and they brought back the money.

去我的财宝箱里，拿400英镑，小约翰去了，还有威尔·斯卡利特，他们带回了钱。

Sir, said Little John, when Robin had counted it and found it no more and no less, look at his clothes, how thin they are!

小约翰说先生，当罗宾汉数钱时，发现一分不少，一分不多，他看了看他的服装，很薄的衣服！

You have stores of clothing, green and scarlet⁵, in your chests, no merchant in England has so much.

你的箱子里有很多衣服，绿色的和红色的，英格兰还没有哪个商人有这么多衣服。

I will find some to his measure. And this he did. Master, spoke Little John again, there is still something else.

我会找一些适合他的尺寸的衣服，他这么做了，小约翰再次说主人，还有一些东西。

You must give him a horse, that he may go to York as befits a knight. Take the gray horse, said Robin, and put a new saddle on it,

你必须给他一匹马，这样他去约克时才符合他骑士的身份，罗宾汉说拿走这匹灰马，放上一个新的马鞍，

and take also a pair of boots with gilt⁶ spurs on them. And as it would not be proper for a knight to ride by himself on this errand,

再拿一双带着镀金马刺的靴子，让骑士自己骑马去办事有些不妥，

I will lend you Little John as squire⁷. When shall we meet again? asked the Knight.

我会让小约翰当你的扈从，骑士说我们什么时候再相见？

On this day twelve months from now, said Robin, under the greenwood tree.

罗宾汉在绿林树下说，一年后的今天。

1 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。

2 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。

3 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

4 Forsaken   

adj. 被遗忘的, 被抛弃的 动词forsake的过去分词

参考例句：

• He was forsaken by his friends. 他被朋友们背弃了。
• He has forsaken his wife and children. 他遗弃了他的妻子和孩子。

5 scarlet   

n.深红色，绯红色，红衣；adj.绯红色的

参考例句：

• The scarlet leaves of the maples contrast well with the dark green of the pines.深红的枫叶和暗绿的松树形成了明显的对比。
• The glowing clouds are growing slowly pale,scarlet,bright red,and then light red.天空的霞光渐渐地淡下去了，深红的颜色变成了绯红，绯红又变为浅红。

6 gilt   

adj.镀金的；n.金边证券

参考例句：

• The plates have a gilt edge.这些盘子的边是镀金的。
• The rest of the money is invested in gilt.其余的钱投资于金边证券。

7 squire   

n.护卫, 侍从, 乡绅

参考例句：

• I told him the squire was the most liberal of men.我告诉他乡绅是世界上最宽宏大量的人。
• The squire was hard at work at Bristol.乡绅在布里斯托尔热衷于他的工作。