🔊 Tom's mind was made up. He would hunt for that treasure. He sought out Huck and told him the whole thing. Huck was willing. Huck was always willing to take a hand in any enterprise that offered entertainment and required no capital, for he had a troublesome superabundance of that sort of time which is not money. 'Where'll we dig?' said Huck.

汤姆主意已定。他要去找寻那批财宝。他找到了哈克,把整件事告诉了他。哈克欣然同意。但凡能寻开心又不需本钱的勾当,哈克总是乐意插一手,因为他那多得没法打发的时间恰恰换不来钱。‘咱们去哪儿挖呢？’哈克问道。

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enterprise /ˈentərpraɪz/

n. 企业；事业；进取心➕

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capital /ˈkæpɪtl/

n. 资本；资金；首都➕

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troublesome /ˈtrʌblsəm/

adj. 麻烦的；令人烦恼的➕

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superabundance /ˌsuːpərəˈbʌndəns/

n. 过剩；极多➕

🔊 'Oh, most anywhere.'

‘哦,哪儿都成。’

🔊 'Why, is it hid all around?'

‘怎么,难道到处都藏着财宝？’

🔊 'No, indeed it ain't. It's hid in mighty particular places, Huck-sometimes on islands, sometimes in rotten chests under the end of a limb of an old dead tree, just where the shadow falls at midnight; but mostly under the floor in ha'nted houses.'

‘不,当然不是。财宝藏得可讲究啦,哈克--有时藏在小岛上,有时藏在烂木箱里,箱子就搁在老枯树杈正下方的影子里,那可是半夜时分的影子；不过多半还是埋在闹鬼房子的地板底下。’

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ha'nted /ˈhɔːntɪd/

adj. 闹鬼的（非标准拼写,意为 haunted）➕

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limb /lɪm/

n. 树枝；肢体➕

🔊 'Who hides it?'

‘谁藏的？’

🔊 'Why, robbers, of course. Who'd you reckon? Sunday-school sup'rintendents?'

‘哎呀,当然是强盗啦。不然你以为是谁？难道是主日学校的学监吗？’

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reckon /ˈrekən/

v. 认为；估计➕

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sup'rintendents /ˌsuːpərɪnˈtendənt/

n. 监督者；主管（非标准拼写）➕

🔊 'I don't know. If 'twas mine I wouldn't hide it; I'd spend it and have a good time.'

‘我不知道。财宝要是我的,我才不藏呢；我准把它花了,好好快活快活。’

🔊 'So would I. But robbers don't do that way. They always hide it and leave it there.'

‘我也会。可强盗不这么干。他们总是把财宝藏起来,就让它待在那儿。’

🔊 'Don't they come after it any more?'

‘难道他们再也不回来取了吗？’

🔊 'No, they think they will, but they generally forget the marks, or else they die. Anyway, it lays there a long time and gets rusty; and by and by somebody finds an old yellow paper that tells how to find the marks-a paper that's got to be ciphered over about a week because it's mostly signs and hy'roglyphics.'

‘不,他们以为会回来取的,可通常不是忘了标记,就是人死了。总之,财宝就一直在那儿放着,都生锈了；到后来,有人发现一张发黄的旧纸片,上面写着怎么找标记--这种纸片得花上一个星期才能破解,因为上面净是些符号和天书。’

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by and by /ˌbaɪ ənd ˈbaɪ/

adv. phrase. 不久以后；逐渐地➕

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ciphered /ˈsaɪfərd/

v. 破译；用密码写➕

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hy'roglyphics /ˌhaɪəˈɡlɪfɪks/

n. 象形文字（非标准拼写）➕

🔊 'Hyro-which?'

‘天什么书？’

🔊 'Hy'roglyphics-pictures and things, you know, that don't seem to mean anything.'

‘天书--就是些图画呀什么的,你知道,看起来好像没啥意思。’

🔊 'Have you got one of them papers, Tom?'

‘你有那种纸片吗,汤姆？’

🔊 'No.'

‘没有。’

🔊 'Well then, how you going to find the marks?'

‘那你怎么找标记呢？’

🔊 'I don't want any marks. They always bury it under a ha'nted house or on an island, or under a dead tree that's got one limb sticking out. Well, we've tried Jackson's Island a little, and we can try it again some time; and there's the old ha'nted house up the Still-House branch, and there's lots of dead-limb trees-dead loads of 'em.'

‘我不用什么标记。他们总是把财宝埋在鬼屋底下,或者岛上,或者有根枯枝伸出来的老枯树底下。嗯,杰克逊岛咱们已经试过一点了,哪天可以再去试试；静水湾上游还有栋老鬼屋,那儿枯树多得是--多极了。’

🔊 'Is it under all of them?'

‘每棵底下都有吗？’

🔊 'How you talk! No!'

‘瞧你说的！当然不是！’

🔊 'Then how you going to know which one to go for?'

‘那你怎么知道该挖哪一棵呢？’

🔊 'Go for all of 'em!'

‘每棵都挖！’

🔊 'Why, Tom, it'll take all summer.'

‘哎呀,汤姆,那得花上整整一个夏天。’

🔊 'Well, what of that? Suppose you find a brass pot with a hundred dollars in it, all rusty and gay, or rotten chest full of di'monds. How's that?'

‘那又怎么样？假如你挖到一个铜罐子,里头装着一百块钱,全都锈了,亮闪闪的,或者是个烂箱子,里面装满钻石。那多带劲？’

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brass /bræs/

n. 黄铜➕

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rusty /ˈrʌsti/

adj. 生锈的➕

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gay /ɡeɪ/

adj. 鲜艳的；快乐的（旧用法）➕

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rotten /ˈrɒtn/

adj. 腐烂的；糟糕的➕

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di'monds /ˈdaɪəməndz/

n. 钻石（diamonds的非标准拼写）➕

🔊 Huck's eyes glowed.

哈克的眼睛亮了起来。

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glowed /ɡloʊd/

v. 发光；发热（过去式）➕

🔊 'That's bully. Plenty bully enough for me. Just you gimme the hundred dollars and I don't want no di'monds.'

‘那可真棒。对我来说够棒的了。你只要把那一百块钱给我,钻石我可不要。’

🔊 'All right. But I bet you I ain't going to throw off on di'monds. Some of 'em's worth twenty dollars apiece-there ain't any, hardly, but's worth six bits or a dollar.'

‘好吧。不过我敢打赌,我可不会瞧不上钻石。有些钻石一颗就值二十块钱--几乎没有哪颗不值六七毛或一块钱的。’

🔊 'No! Is that so?'

‘不会吧！真的吗？’

🔊 'Cert'nly-anybody'll tell you so. Hain't you ever seen one, Huck?'

‘当然--谁都会这么告诉你。你从来没见过钻石吗,哈克？’

🔊 'Not as I remember.'

‘记不得了。’

🔊 'Oh, kings have slathers of them.'

‘哦,国王们可多得是。’

🔊 'Well, I don' know no kings, Tom.'

‘哼,我又不认识什么国王,汤姆。’

🔊 'I reckon you don't. But if you was to go to Europe you'd see a raft of 'em hopping around.'

‘我猜你也不认识。可你要是去欧洲,就会看到一大群国王到处蹦跶。’

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raft /rɑːft/

n. 大量；木筏➕

🔊 'Do they hop?'

‘他们蹦跶？’

🔊 'Hop?-your granny! No!'

‘蹦跶？--亏你想得出！当然不！’

🔊 'Well, what did you say they did, for?'

‘那你刚才怎么说他们蹦跶来着？’

🔊 'Shucks, I only meant you'd see 'em-not hopping, of course-what do they want to hop for?-but I mean you'd just see 'em-scattered around, you know, in a kind of a general way. Like that old humpbacked Richard.'

‘哎呀,我只是说你会看见他们--当然不是蹦跶--他们蹦跶个什么劲儿？--我是说你就会看见他们--到处都有,你知道,就是那么随便走走。就像那个驼背老理查那样。’

🔊 'Richard? What's his other name?'

‘理查？他姓什么？’

🔊 'He didn't have any other name. Kings don't have any but a given name.'

‘他没有姓。国王只有名,没有姓。’

🔊 'No?'

‘真的吗？’

🔊 'But they don't.'

‘他们就是没有。’

🔊 'Well, if they like it, Tom, all right; but I don't want to be a king and have only just a given name, like a nigger. But say-where you going to dig first?'

‘好吧,汤姆,要是他们喜欢这样,那随他们便；可我不想当国王,光有个名,像个黑鬼似的。不过说真的--咱们先去哪儿挖？’

🔊 'Well, I don't know. S'pose we tackle that old dead-limb tree on the hill t'other side of Still-House branch?'

‘嗯,我也不知道。要不咱们先挖静水湾那边小山上的那棵老枯树？’

🔊 'I'm agreed.'

‘我同意。’

🔊 So they got a crippled pick and a shovel, and set out on their three-mile tramp. They arrived hot and panting, and threw themselves down in the shade of a neighboring elm to rest and have a smoke.

于是,他们找来一把破旧的鹤嘴锄和一把铁锹,动身开始三英里的跋涉。等他们到达时,已是汗流浃背、气喘吁吁,便一头倒在旁边一棵榆树的荫凉下歇息,抽起烟来。

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panting /ˈpæntɪŋ/

v. (现在分词). 喘气,喘息➕

🔊 'I like this,' said Tom.

‘我喜欢这样,’汤姆说。

🔊 'So do I.'

‘我也喜欢。’

🔊 'Say, Huck, if we find a treasure here, what you going to do with your share?'

‘我说,哈克,要是咱们在这儿找到了财宝,你那份打算怎么花？’

🔊 'Well, I'll have pie and a glass of soda every day, and I'll go to every circus that comes along. I bet I'll have a gay time.'

‘嗯,我要天天吃馅饼喝汽水,每回来马戏团我都去看。我敢说我会痛痛快快地乐一乐。’

🔊 'Well, ain't you going to save any of it?'

‘那你一点都不打算存起来吗？’

🔊 'Save it? What for?'

‘存起来？为什么？’

🔊 'Why, so as to have something to live on, by and by.'

‘哎,为了以后过日子用啊。’

🔊 'Oh, that ain't any use. Pap would come back to thish-yer town some day and get his claws on it if I didn't hurry up, and I tell you he'd clean it out pretty quick. What you going to do with yourn, Tom?'

‘哦,那没用。我爹总有一天会回到这镇子上来,我要不赶紧花掉,准会落到他手里,我告诉你,他会花得一个子儿不剩。你那份打算怎么花呢,汤姆？’

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claws /klɔːz/

n. 爪子（复数）➕

🔊 'I'm going to buy a new drum, and a sure-'nough sword, and a red necktie and a bull pup, and get married.'

‘我要买个新鼓,一把货真价实的剑,一条红领带,一条小斗牛犬,还要结婚。’

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bull pup /bʊl pʌp/

n. 斗牛犬（一种杂交犬,通常指代体型较小但凶猛的犬只）➕

🔊 'Married!'

‘结婚！’

🔊 'That's it.'

‘没错。’

🔊 'Tom, you-why, you ain't in your right mind.'

‘汤姆,你--哎呀,你脑子没毛病吧？’

🔊 'Wait-you'll see.'

‘等着瞧吧。’

🔊 'Well, that's the foolishest thing you could do. Look at pap and my mother. Fight! Why, they used to fight all the time. I remember, mighty well.'

‘得了吧,这可是你最蠢的主意了。看看我爹和我妈。打架！哎哟,他们以前老打架。我记得可清楚啦。’

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mighty /ˈmaɪti/

adv. 非常,极其➕

🔊 'That ain't anything. The girl I'm going to marry won't fight.'

‘那不算什么。我要娶的姑娘不会打架。’

🔊 'Tom, I reckon they're all alike. They'll all comb a body. Now you better think 'bout this awhile. I tell you you better. What's the name of the gal?'

‘汤姆,我看她们都一个样。她们都会欺负人。这事儿你最好再想想。我告诉你,最好想想。那姑娘叫什么名字？’

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alike /əˈlaɪk/

adj. 相似的➕

🔊 'It ain't a gal at all-it's a girl.'

‘根本不是姑娘--是女孩。’

🔊 'It's all the same, I reckon; some says gal, some says girl-both's right, like enough. Anyway, what's her name, Tom?'

‘我看都一样；有人叫姑娘,有人叫女孩--都差不多,都行。不管怎样,她叫什么名字,汤姆？’

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gal /ɡæl/

n. 女孩,姑娘（非正式用法,girl的变体）➕

🔊 'I'll tell you some time-not now.'

‘以后告诉你--现在不行。’

🔊 'All right-that'll do. Only if you get married I'll be more lonesomer than ever.'

‘好吧--也行。不过你要是结了婚,我就更孤单啦。’

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lonesomer /ˈloʊnsəmər/

adj. （lonesome的比较级）更孤独的,更寂寞的➕

🔊 'No you won't. You'll come and live with me. Now stir out of this and we'll go to digging.'

‘不会的。你可以来跟我一起住。好啦,别磨蹭了,咱们开始挖吧。’

🔊 They worked and sweated for half an hour. No result. They toiled another half-hour. Still no result. Huck said:

他们干了半个小时,累得大汗淋漓。毫无结果。又苦干了半个小时。还是没有结果。哈克说:

🔊 'Do they always bury it as deep as this?'

‘他们总是埋得这么深吗？’

🔊 'Sometimes-not always. Not generally. I reckon we haven't got the right place.'

‘有时是--不总是。通常不是。我看咱们挖错地方了。’

🔊 So they chose a new spot and began again. The labor dragged a little, but still they made progress. They pegged away in silence for some time. Finally Huck leaned on his shovel, swabbed the beaded drops from his brow with his sleeve, and said:

于是他们选了个新地点,重新开始。活儿干得有点拖拉,但还是有进展。他们闷声不响地干了一阵子。最后,哈克拄着铁锹,用袖子擦了擦额头上豆大的汗珠,说道:

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labor /ˈleɪbər/

n. 劳动；工作➕

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dragged /dræɡd/

v. （drag的过去式）进展缓慢,拖沓➕

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pegged away /peɡd əˈweɪ/

phr. 坚持不懈地做（困难的工作）➕

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swabbed /swɒbd/

v. （用布等）擦净,擦拭➕

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beaded drops /ˈbiːdɪd drɒps/

n. （成串的）小珠状液滴（此处指汗珠）➕

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brow /braʊ/

n. 额头➕

🔊 'Where you going to dig next, after we get this one?'

‘挖完这个,下一处去哪儿挖？’

🔊 'Well, I reckon we'll tackle the old tree that's over yonder on Cardiff Hill back of the widow's.'

‘嗯,我看咱们可以去寡妇家后面,卡第夫山那边的那棵老树那儿试试。’

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tackle /ˈtækəl/

v. （着手）处理,解决➕

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widow's /ˈwɪdəʊz/

n. 寡妇的（所有格形式）➕

🔊 'I reckon that's a good one. But won't the widow take it away from us, Tom? It's on her land.'

‘我看那地方不错。可是寡妇会不会把财宝从我们手里夺走啊,汤姆？那可是在她的地界上。’

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widow /ˈwɪdəʊ/

n. 寡妇➕

🔊 'She take it away! Maybe she'd like to try it once. Whoever finds one of these hid treasures, it belongs to him. It don't make any difference whose land it's on.'

‘她敢抢走！没准她倒想试试呢。谁找到这种埋藏的财宝,财宝就归谁。在谁的地界上可没关系。’

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hid /hɪd/

v. （hide的过去式/过去分词）隐藏,藏匿➕

🔊 That was satisfactory. The work went on. By and by Huck said:

这回答令人满意。他们继续挖着。过了一会儿,哈克说:

🔊 'Blame it, we must be in the wrong place again. What do you think?'

‘真该死,咱们肯定又挖错地方了。你觉得呢？’

🔊 'It is mighty curious, Huck. I don't understand it. Sometimes witches interfere. I reckon maybe that's what's the trouble now.'

‘这太奇怪了,哈克。我不明白。有时是巫婆捣乱。我猜没准这就是麻烦所在。’

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witches /ˈwɪtʃɪz/

n. 女巫们（witch的复数）➕

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interfere /ˌɪntəˈfɪə(r)/

v. 干涉,妨碍,介入➕

🔊 'Shucks! Witches ain't got no power in the daytime.'

‘胡说！巫婆大白天可没法力。’

🔊 'Well, that's so. I didn't think of that. Oh, I know what the matter is! What a blamed lot of fools we are! You got to find out where the shadow of the limb falls at midnight, and that's where you dig!'

‘嗯,那倒是。我没想到这点。哦,我知道是怎么回事了！咱们真是两个大傻瓜！你得先找到半夜时树枝的影子落在哪儿,就在那儿挖！’

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blamed /bleɪmd/

adj. 该死的,讨厌的（用作强调,委婉语）➕

🔊 'Then consound it, we've fooled away all this work for nothing. Now hang it all, we got to come back in the night. It's an awful long way. Can you get out?'

‘真见鬼,咱们这些活儿全白干了。该死,咱们得晚上再来。路可远着呢。你能溜出来吗？’

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consound /kənˈsaʊnd/

v. 诅咒,让...见鬼去吧（表示恼火或惊讶的温和诅咒语）➕

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fooled away /fuːld əˈweɪ/

v. phrase. 浪费,虚度（时间、金钱或精力）➕

🔊 'I bet I will. We've got to do it to-night, too, because if somebody sees these holes they'll know in a minute what's here and they'll go for it.'

‘我肯定能。咱们今晚就得干,因为要是有人看见这些洞,马上就知道这儿有东西,他们就会来抢的。’

🔊 'Well, I'll come around and maow to-night.'

‘嗯,我今晚过来学猫叫。’

🔊 'All right. Let's hide the tools in the bushes.'

‘好吧。咱们把工具藏在灌木丛里。’

🔊 The boys were there that night, about the appointed time. They sat in the shadow waiting. It was a lonely place, and an hour made solemn by old traditions. Spirits whispered in the rustling leaves, ghosts lurked in the murky nooks, the deep baying of a hound floated up out of the distance, an owl answered with his sepulchral note. The boys were subdued by these solemnities, and talked little. By and by they judged that twelve had come; they marked where the shadow fell, and began to dig. Their hopes commenced to rise. Their interest grew stronger, and their industry kept pace with it. The hole deepened and still deepened, but every time their hearts jumped to hear the pick strike upon something, they only suffered a new disappointment. It was only a stone or a chunk. At last Tom said:

那天晚上,两个孩子大约在约定的时间到了那儿。他们坐在树影里等着。这是个僻静的地方,古老传说又给这个时辰增添了肃穆的气氛。精灵在沙沙作响的树叶间低语,鬼魂潜伏在幽暗的角落里,远处传来猎犬低沉的吠声,猫头鹰也用阴森的声音回应着。这些肃穆的氛围让两个孩子变得沉默寡言,话也少了。过了一会儿,他们判断十二点到了；他们在影子落下的地方做了记号,开始挖起来。他们的希望开始高涨。兴趣越来越浓,干劲儿也随之高涨。洞越挖越深,可每次他们的心都怦怦直跳,以为鹤嘴锄碰到了什么东西,结果却只是再一次失望--不过是块石头或土疙瘩罢了。最后汤姆说:

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appointed /əˈpɔɪntɪd/

adj. 约定的；指定的➕

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solemn /ˈsɒləm/

adj. 庄严的；严肃的➕

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traditions /trəˈdɪʃənz/

n. 传统➕

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Spirits /ˈspɪrɪts/

n. 灵魂；幽灵➕

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rustling /ˈrʌslɪŋ/

adj. 沙沙作响的➕

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ghosts /ɡoʊsts/

n. 鬼魂➕

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lurked /lɜːrkt/

v. 潜伏；埋伏➕

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murky /ˈmɜːrki/

adj. 昏暗的；浑浊的➕

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nooks /nʊks/

n. 角落；隐蔽处➕

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baying /ˈbeɪɪŋ/

n. 吠声；嚎叫➕

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hound /haʊnd/

n. 猎犬➕

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sepulchral /səˈpʌlkrəl/

adj. 坟墓般的；阴森的➕

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subdued /səbˈduːd/

adj. subdued； subdued➕

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solemnities /səˈlemnɪtiz/

n. 庄严的事物；庄严仪式➕

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judged /dʒʌdʒd/

v. 判断；断定➕

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commenced /kəˈmenst/

v. 开始➕

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industry /ˈɪndəstri/

n. 勤奋；工业➕

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deepened /ˈdiːpənd/

v. 加深➕

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disappointment /ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪntmənt/

n. 失望➕

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chunk /tʃʌŋk/

n. 大块；厚片➕

🔊 'It ain't any use, Huck, we're wrong again.'

‘没用了,哈克,咱们又错了。’

🔊 'Well, but we can't be wrong. We spotted the shadder to a dot.'

‘可是,咱们不可能错啊。咱们把影子落点瞄得准准的。’

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spotted /ˈspɒtɪd/

v. 发现；认出➕

🔊 'I know it, but then there's another thing.'

‘我知道,可还有别的原因。’

🔊 'What's that?'

‘什么原因？’

🔊 'Why, we only guessed at the time. Like enough it was too late or too early.'

‘哎呀,咱们只是猜的时间。没准时间太晚,或者太早了。’

🔊 Huck dropped his shovel.

哈克扔下铁锹。

🔊 'That's it,' said he. 'That's the very trouble. We got to give this one up. We can't ever tell the right time, and besides this kind of thing's too awful, here this time of night with witches and ghosts a-fluttering around so. I feel as if something's behind me all the time; and I'm afeard to turn around, becuz maybe there's others in front a-waiting for a chance. I been creeping all over, ever since I got here.'

‘就是这点,’他说。‘麻烦就在这儿。咱们得放弃这个地方了。咱们永远也搞不准正确的时间,再说这种事儿太吓人了,深更半夜的,巫婆和鬼魂就在周围飘来飘去。我总觉得背后有什么东西；我都不敢转身,因为没准前面也有东西等着机会呢。自从到这儿,我一直浑身发毛。’

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besides /bɪˈsaɪdz/

adv. 此外,而且➕

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awful /ˈɔːfəl/

adj. 糟糕的,可怕的➕

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creeping /ˈkriːpɪŋ/

v. 爬行,匍匐➕

🔊 'Well, I've been pretty much so, too, Huck. They most always put in a dead man when they bury a treasure under a tree, to look out for it.'

‘嗯,我也差不多,哈克。他们在树下埋财宝的时候,几乎总要埋个死人守着。’

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treasure /ˈtreʒər/

n. 宝藏；财宝➕

🔊 'Lordy!'

‘天哪！’

🔊 'Yes, they do. I've always heard that.'

‘真的,他们就是这么干的。我总听人这么说。’

🔊 'Tom, I don't like to fool around much where there's dead people. A body's bound to get into trouble with 'em, sure.'

‘汤姆,我可不喜欢在有死人的地方瞎转悠。人肯定会惹上麻烦的,准没错。’

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fool around /fuːl əˈraʊnd/

v. phrase. 闲逛,胡闹➕

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bound to /baʊnd tuː/

phrase. 必然,一定➕

🔊 'I don't like to stir 'em up, either. S'pose this one here was to stick his skull out and say something!'

‘我也不喜欢惊动他们。要是这里的这个死人突然把骷髅头伸出来说话呢！’

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skull /skʌl/

n. 头骨➕

🔊 'Don't, Tom! It's awful.'

‘别说了,汤姆！太吓人了。’

🔊 'Well, it just is. Huck, I don't feel comfortable a bit.'

‘嗯,就是吓人嘛。哈克,我一点都不自在。’

🔊 'Say, Tom, let's give this place up, and try somewheres else.'

‘我说,汤姆,咱们别在这儿挖了,换个地方试试吧。’

🔊 'All right, I reckon we better.'

‘好吧,我看咱们最好这样。’

🔊 'What'll it be?'

‘那去哪儿呢？’

🔊 Tom considered awhile; and then said:

汤姆想了一会儿,然后说道:

🔊 'The ha'nted house. That's it!'

‘鬼屋。就是那儿！’

🔊 'Blame it, I don't like ha'nted houses, Tom. Why, they're a dern sight worse'n dead people. Dead people might talk, maybe, but they don't come sliding around in a shroud, when you ain't noticing, and peep over your shoulder all of a sudden and grit their teeth, the way a ghost does. I couldn't stand such a thing as that, Tom-nobody could.'

‘该死,我可不喜欢闹鬼的房子,汤姆。哎呀,那比死人还要糟糕得多。死人也许会说话,可他们不会趁你不注意,穿着寿衣悄悄溜过来,突然在你背后探头探脑,还龇牙咧嘴,鬼就会这样。我可受不了这个,汤姆--谁都受不了。’

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shroud /ʃraʊd/

n. 裹尸布；覆盖物➕

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grit /ɡrɪt/

v. 咬紧（牙齿）；撒砂砾➕

🔊 'Yes, but, Huck, ghosts don't travel around only at night. They won't hender us from digging there in the daytime.'

‘是啊,可是,哈克,鬼魂只有夜里才出来活动。他们不会妨碍咱们白天在那儿挖的。’

🔊 'Well, that's so. But you know mighty well people don't go about that ha'nted house in the day nor the night.'

‘嗯,那倒也是。可你也清楚得很,不管白天黑夜,都没人靠近那栋鬼屋。’

🔊 'Well, that's mostly because they don't like to go where a man's been murdered, anyway-but nothing's ever been seen around that house except in the night-just some blue lights slipping by the windows-no regular ghosts.'

‘嗯,那主要是因为不管怎样,人们都不喜欢去发生过凶杀案的地方--可是除了夜里,那房子周围从来没人见过什么东西--就是有些蓝光从窗户边飘过--算不上正儿八经的鬼。’

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murdered /ˈmɜːrdərd/

v. 谋杀➕

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slipping /ˈslɪpɪŋ/

v. 滑行,悄悄地移动➕

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regular /ˈreɡjələr/

adj. 规律的,定期的➕

🔊 'Well, where you see one of them blue lights flickering around, Tom, you can bet there's a ghost mighty close behind it. It stands to reason. Becuz you know that they don't anybody but ghosts use 'em.'

‘嗯,汤姆,要是你看见有蓝光在那儿闪来闪去,你可以肯定后面紧跟着一个鬼。这道理明摆着。因为你知道,除了鬼,谁也不用那玩意儿。’

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flickering /ˈflɪkərɪŋ/

v. 闪烁的,摇曳的➕

🔊 'Yes, that's so. But anyway they don't come around in the daytime, so what's the use of our being afeard?'

‘是啊,那倒是。可不管怎么说,他们白天不出来,所以咱们有什么好怕的呢？’

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afeard /əˈfɪrd/

adj. 害怕的（古语或方言）➕

🔊 'Well, all right. We'll tackle the ha'nted house if you say so-but I reckon it's taking chances.'

‘好吧,行。既然你这么说了,咱们就去鬼屋试试--不过我看这可是冒险。’

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taking chances /ˈteɪkɪŋ ˈtʃænsɪz/

v. phrase. 冒险➕

🔊 They had started down the hill by this time. There in the middle of the moonlit valley below them stood the 'ha'nted' house, utterly isolated, its fences gone long ago, rank weeds smothering the very doorsteps, the chimney crumbled to ruin, the window-sashes vacant, a corner of the roof caved in. The boys gazed awhile, half expecting to see a blue light flit past a window; then talking in a low tone, as befitted the time and the circumstances, they struck far off to the right, to give the haunted house a wide berth, and took their way homeward through the woods that adorned the rearward side of Cardiff Hill.

这时他们已经动身下山了。在他们下方月光照耀的山谷中央,矗立着那栋“闹鬼的”房子,孤零零的,四周的篱笆早已不见踪影,荒草蔓生,淹没了门前的台阶,烟囱已经坍塌,窗框空荡荡的,屋顶一角也凹陷下去。两个孩子凝视了一会儿,半是期待能看到一道蓝光从窗前掠过；然后,他们压低了声音交谈着,与这时辰和环境正相宜。他们远远地向右绕了一大圈,远远避开那栋鬼屋,取道穿过点缀在卡第夫山后坡的树林,踏上了回家的路。

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moonlit /ˈmuːnlɪt/

adj. 月光照耀的➕

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utterly /ˈʌtərli/

adv. 完全地,彻底地➕

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isolated /ˈaɪsəleɪtɪd/

adj. 孤立的,隔离的➕

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rank /ræŋk/

adj. 茂盛的,繁密的➕

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smothering /ˈsmʌðərɪŋ/

v. 覆盖,抑制➕

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crumbled /ˈkrʌmbəld/

v. 崩溃,瓦解➕

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vacant /ˈveɪkənt/

adj. 空的,未被占用的➕

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caved in /keɪvd ɪn/

v. phrase. 坍塌➕

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gazed /ɡeɪzd/

v. 凝视➕

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flit /flɪt/

v. 轻快地飞过➕

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low tone /loʊ toʊn/

n. phrase. 低声➕

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befitted /bɪˈfɪtɪd/

v. 适合,相称➕

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circumstances /ˈsɜːrkəmstænsɪz/

n. 环境,情况➕

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wide berth /waɪd bɜːrθ/

n. phrase. 保持距离➕

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adorned /əˈdɔːrnd/

v. 装饰➕

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rearward /ˈrɪərwərd/

adj. 后面的➕

Chapter twenty-seven (第二十七章)

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