Medieval siege 中世纪攻城战-9

Well it's gonna fit. Some point is gonna found. We're off the ground here.

After last night's narrow miss,Wayne's trebuchet is repositioned to be more in line with the target.

All we're doing is shifting it slightly to the left, we were throwing it to the right little far,so we've shifted it about one inch,so hopefully we will be dead on center.

With the same 250-pound ball as yesterday, and the sling¹ at the same length,Wayne believes he is now dead on to hit the wall with his third attempt.
Three,two,one, fire in the hole.

The third shot is identical to the second in distance, at a range of 200 yards, adjusting the wheels one inch to the left placed the missle bang on top of the hoarding².

We've gotten the wood, I'm off the contact with any stone yet,but we've knocked the hoarding pretty well,well maybe a little high, and then come down a little bit.

That must be the old tub,oh, where,mustn't it?
That's the hole.
It's still a bit on this side,isn't it?
You mean standing³ under that hoarding, you'd have a jolt⁴?

With the trebuchet lined up on the target,Wayne only has to shorten the range by a hair to hit the stone battlements below.

So this time what we're trying is lengthen⁵ the sling about 6 inches,so we're hoping to fire it a little bit flatter and get to the top of the hole, top of the wall.
Quite difficult, I think probably, isn't it, on those small adjustments,do you think?
Yes, small adjustments are difficult to do.
We could perhaps not get so lucky this time,but it's been very good so far,isn't it?
Five,four

Worried that this may be the last attempt,Wayne makes a sudden change of plan.
Two,one,fire in the hole.

He replaces the 250-pound ball that he's been using with a jumbo 300 pounder.

Wayne figures that the heavier ball clocked at a speed of 127 miles an hour should breach⁶ the wall.

But he is wrong.
We're going back to the 250 ball instead of 300 and see if we can get a little more high.
They barely got the time for one more shot, the American team, and they've been very near, but they might miss it again and if, say, they don't get it, do you think you can get it with yours?
Maybe We're more lucky , and we can destroy this wall.
Yeah,well let's see, it is French against Americans,er...
No,no,it is not against, that's your way.

Six,five,four,three,two,one..fire in the hole.
Putting on their kilts for good luck,Wayne's team rushes to get in one final shot.

word to chew:
jumbo:elephantine, of great mass; huge and bulky;
eg: "a jumbo jet"; "jumbo shrimp"

1 sling   

vt.扔；悬挂；n.挂带；吊索，吊兜；弹弓

参考例句：

• The boy discharged a stone from a sling.这个男孩用弹弓射石头。
• By using a hoist the movers were able to sling the piano to the third floor.搬运工人用吊车才把钢琴吊到3楼。

2 hoarding   

n.贮藏；积蓄；临时围墙；囤积v.积蓄并储藏（某物）( hoard的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• After the war, they were shot for hoarding. 战后他们因囤积而被枪决。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Actually he had two unused ones which he was hoarding up. 其实他还藏了两片没有用呢。 来自英汉文学

3 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

4 jolt   

v.（使）摇动，（使）震动，（使）颠簸

参考例句：

• We were worried that one tiny jolt could worsen her injuries.我们担心稍微颠簸一下就可能会使她的伤势恶化。
• They were working frantically in the fear that an aftershock would jolt the house again.他们拼命地干着，担心余震可能会使房子再次受到震动。

5 lengthen   

vt.使伸长，延长

参考例句：

• He asked the tailor to lengthen his coat.他请裁缝把他的外衣放长些。
• The teacher told her to lengthen her paper out.老师让她把论文加长。

6 breach   

n.违反，不履行；破裂；vt.冲破，攻破

参考例句：

• We won't have any breach of discipline.我们不允许任何破坏纪律的现象。
• He was sued for breach of contract.他因不履行合同而被起诉。