《指环王》精讲46

Help! Get off him! Aragorn! Frodo!

救我！在这儿！亚拉冈！佛罗多！

Into the mines! Legolas! Into the cave! Run!

快进去矿坑！勒苟拉斯！快进去！快跑！

We now have but one choice.

现在只剩下一个选择。

We must face the long dark of Moria. Be on your guard.

我们一定要穿过黑暗的摩瑞亚矿坑。大家要提高警觉。

There are older and fouler¹ things than Orcs in the deep places of the world.

在这个黑暗的地底世界有比半兽人更可怕的怪物。

Quietly now. It's a fourday journey to the other side.

安静。要走四天才能到另一边。

Let us hope that our presence² may go unnoticed.

希望我们不会惊动什么。

The wealth of Moria was not in gold or jewels, but mithril.

摩瑞亚的财富不在于金矿或珠宝而是秘银。

Bilbo had a shirt of mithril rings that Thorin gave him.

比尔博有一件秘银圈罩衫，是索林给他的。

Oh, that was a kingly gift. Yes.

值得献给人皇的礼物。是的。

I never told him, but its worth was greater than the value of the Shire.

我从来没跟他说过那件罩衫比整座夏尔更值钱。

1 fouler   

adj.恶劣的( foul的比较级 )；邪恶的；难闻的；下流的

参考例句：

• The fairer the paper, the fouler the blot. 纸愈白，污愈显。 来自互联网
• He that falls into dirt, the longer he stays there, the fouler he is. 陷入泥的人，待的时间越长，身上越脏。 来自互联网

2 presence   

n.出席；到场；存在

参考例句：

• Her presence lent an air of respectability to the occasion.她的到场使那种场合增添了崇高的气氛。
• His presence is indicative of his willingness to help.他的出席表示他愿意帮忙。