《金银岛》第七章 苹果桶(2)

（单词翻译）

Fallen overboard!said the captain.Gentlemen, we'll do better without him.

他准是掉到海里了！船长说。没有他我们会做得更好。

But we were without a first officer.

但我们毕竟少了一名大副。屈利劳尼先生曾当过水手，

Mr Trelawney had been to sea before and knew enough to be useful,

他的海上知识足够用的。伊斯莱尔·汉兹，

and one of the men, Israel Hands, was a careful and experienced¹ seaman² who was able to help with almost anything. He was a great friend of Long John Silver.

船上的一名水手，谨慎且经验丰富，是个几乎任何事都可以托付给他的人。他和高个约翰·西尔弗是至交。

All the crew³ liked and even obeyed Silver, and he was always pleased to see me in the kitchen, which he kept as clean as a new pin.

所有的船员都喜欢西尔弗，甚至很听他的话，他总是很高兴我在厨房里，他总是把厨房收拾得干干净净。

He kept his parrot in cage ,in the corner.

在一个角落里，他在一个笼子里养着一只鹦鹉。

I call him Captain Flint,he told me,after the famous pi－rate.

我管它叫弗林特船长，他说，以那个出名的海盗来命名。

And the parrot used to scream,Pieces of eight !

那只鹦鹉常常叫道：八个里亚尔！

Pieces of eight! Pieces of eight!

八个里亚尔！八个里亚尔！

The captain and Mr Trelawney still did not like each other, and the squire⁴ didn't try to hide it.

船长和屈利劳尼先生还是互不喜欢，乡绅也毫不掩饰这一点。

The captain spoke⁵ few words, but agreed that the crew were better than he'd hoprd for ,and that the ship was a fine one.

船长很少说话，但他认为船员比他希望的还好，船也是条好船。