美国语文第五册第212期:波士顿惨案(1)-英语课

时间：2019-02-13 作者：英语课 分类：美国语文第五册

英语课

　　The evening of the fifth came on. 第五个晚上降临了。

　　The young moon was shining brightly in a cloudless winter sky, and its light was increased by a new-fallen snow. 冬夜，天上无云，月牙的明亮清辉撒落大地。天，刚下过雪，月光更为清冷亮丽。
　　Parties of soldiers were driving about the streets, making a parade of valor 1, challenging resistance, 街上成群的英军士兵耀武扬威，波士顿居民怒火中烧集聚起来，抗议抵制英军，
　　and striking the inhabitants indiscriminately with sticks or sheathed 2 cutlasses. 不少当地居民不由分说地拿起刀棍参与聚会。
　　A band, which poured out from Murray's barracks, in Brattle Street, 从布拉特大街穆雷兵营里跑出一群暴徒，
　　armed with clubs, cutlasses, and bayonets, provoked resistance, and a fray 3 ensued. 他们全副武装地配备刺刀、棍棒还有弯刀，激怒了那些参与集聚的抵制者，双方随即发生了殴斗。
　　Ensign Maul, at the gate of the barrack yard, cried to the soldiers: 此刻，在穆雷兵营门口，莫尔少尉正对那些士兵高声叫喊：
　　Turn out, and I will stand by you; kill them; stick them; knock them down; run your bayonets through them. 冲出去！我将和你们一起战斗；杀死这些暴徒，将他们打翻在地，用刺刀挑翻。
　　One soldier after another leveled a firelock, and threatened to “make a lane” through the crowd. 士兵们逐一校准毛瑟枪，群情激奋地疯狂叫嚣，将在人群中“杀出一条血路”。
　　Just before nine, as an officer crossed King Street, now State Street, a barber's lad cried after him: 眼看快到九点，一位军官穿过国王大街，走到州立大街，一位理发店少年在他身后大声叫喊，
　　There goes a mean fellow who hath not paid my father for dressing 4 his hair; 那个卑鄙的家伙走过来了，他理发没给我爸付钱。
　　on which, the sentinel stationed at the westerly end of the customhouse, on the corner of King Street and Exchange Lane, left his post, 听到少年的话，守卫在国王大街与皇家兑换巷拐角的海关处西端哨兵离开哨岗，
　　and with his musket 5 gave the boy a stroke on the head, that made him stagger and cry for pain. 用毛瑟枪猛击少年头部，少年踉跄几步，痛苦地叫唤起来。
　　The street soon became clear, and nobody troubled the sentry 6, 街道上很快变得空荡无人，没有人去骚扰那位哨兵。
　　when a party of soldiers issued violently from the main guard, their arms glittering in the moonlight, 突然，一群士兵突然从驻防军总部方向冲过来，手中枪支在月光下发出凛冽寒光，
　　and passed on, hallooing: “Where are they? where are they? Let them come.” 他们一边跑，一边不停高叫，“那些暴徒在哪里？究竟在哪里？让他们站出来。”

1 valor

n.勇气，英勇

Fortitude is distinct from valor.坚韧不拔有别于勇猛。
Frequently banality is the better parts of valor.老生常谈往往比大胆打破常规更为人称道。

2 sheathed

adj.雕塑像下半身包在鞘中的；覆盖的；铠装的；装鞘了的v.将（刀、剑等）插入鞘( sheathe的过去式和过去分词 )；包，覆盖

美国语文第五册 第212期:波士顿惨案(1)

美国语文第五册第212期:波士顿惨案(1)