木偶奇遇记 第35期:逃跑(2)

 　　Far from giving up the chase, this only spurred them on.

　　这完全没有使得他们放弃这场追逐，反而刺激了他们。

　　They gathered a bundle of wood, piled it up at the foot of the pine, and set fire to it.

　　他们捡来一捆木柴，堆在松树脚下，点着了。

　　In a twinkling the tree began to sputter¹ and burn like a candle blown by the wind.

　　瞬间，松树开始劈劈啪啪的烧起来，就像被风吹着的蜡烛。

　　Pinocchio saw the flames climb higher and higher.

　　皮诺乔看见火焰越烧越高。

　　Not wishing to end his days as a roasted Marionette²,

　　他不想被烧死变成一只烤木偶，

　　he jumped quickly to the ground and off he went, the Assassins close to him, as before.

　　于是猛地跳到地面跑了起来，杀入强盗在后面紧追着他，就像之前一样。

　　Dawn was breaking when, without any warning whatsoever³,

　　这时天已经开始亮了，毫无预警的，

　　Pinocchio found his path barred by a deep pool full of water the color of muddy coffee.

　　皮诺乔被一条满是水的深沟挡住了去路，它的颜色像浑浊的咖啡。

　　What was there to do? With a "One, two, three!"he jumped clear across it.

　　怎么办？“一，二，三！”他纵身跳到了沟的那一边。

　　The Assassins jumped also, but not having measured their distance well--splash! !!

　　两个杀人强盗跟着也跳，可是没算准距离，扑通！

　　they fell right into the middle of the pool.

　　他们正落了到水沟中央。

　　Pinocchio who heard the splash and felt it, too, cried out, laughing, but never stopping in his race:

　　皮诺乔听到他们掉进去的落水声，哈哈大笑，边跑边叫：

　　"A pleasant bath to you, signori!"He thought they must surely be drowned and turned his head to see.

　　“祝你们洗澡愉快，先生们！”他料想他们一准淹死了，于是回头去看。

　　But there were the two somber⁴ figures still following him, though their black sacks were drenched⁵ and dripping with water.

　　然而他们两个可怜的人依然在他后面追，身上套着他们的黑袋子，哗哗地淌着水。

1 sputter   

n.喷溅声；v.喷溅

参考例句：

• The engine gave a sputter and died.引擎发出一阵劈啪声就熄火了。
• Engines sputtered to life again.发动机噼啪噼啪地重新开动了。

2 marionette   

n.木偶

参考例句：

• With this marionette I wish to travel through the world.我希望带着这个木偶周游世界。
• The development of marionette had a great influence on the future development of opera.木偶戏的发展对以后的戏曲有十分重要的影响。

3 whatsoever   

adv.（用于否定句中以加强语气）任何；pron.无论什么

参考例句：

• There's no reason whatsoever to turn down this suggestion.没有任何理由拒绝这个建议。
• All things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you,do ye even so to them.你想别人对你怎样，你就怎样对人。

4 somber   

adj.昏暗的，阴天的，阴森的，忧郁的

参考例句：

• He had a somber expression on his face.他面容忧郁。
• His coat was a somber brown.他的衣服是暗棕色的。

5 drenched   

adj.湿透的；充满的v.使湿透( drench的过去式和过去分词 )；在某人（某物）上大量使用（某液体）

参考例句：

• We were caught in the storm and got drenched to the skin. 我们遇上了暴雨，淋得浑身透湿。
• The rain drenched us. 雨把我们淋得湿透。 来自《简明英汉词典》