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The woods, the open stretches of heather and yellow gorse, the clumps of Scotch firs,
這森林，這大片大片的石南叢和黃色的金雀花，還有那一片片蘇格蘭樅樹
the shining ponds with their overhanging birch trees, their water lilies, their beds of rushes–these were beautiful and, to an eye accustomed to the aridities of the American desert, astonishing.
和櫸樹掩映的閃光的池塘，池塘里的睡蓮和一叢叢的燈心草——這些都非常美麗，對習慣于美洲荒漠的枯寂的眼睛它們都是驚人的。
And then the solitude! Whole days passed during which he never saw a human being.
何況還有孤獨！日子一天天過去，他沒有見到過一個人影。
The lighthouse was only a quarter of an hour's flight from the Charing-T Tower;
燈塔距離切林十字架只有一刻鐘的飛行距離；
but the hills of Malpais were hardly more deserted than this Surrey heath.
但是這個蘇瑞郡的荒原卻比馬爾佩斯的群山還要荒涼。
The crowds that daily left London, left it only to play Electro-magnetic Golf or Tennis.
人群一批批離開倫敦，卻只是去玩電磁高爾夫或是網球。
Puttenham possessed no links; the nearest Riemann-surfaces were at Guildford.
帕特南沒有高爾夫球場；最近的瑞曼球場也遠在紀爾福。
Flowers and a landscape were the only attractions here.
這兒唯一能夠吸引人的東西是野花爛漫的景色。
And so, as there was no good reason for coming, nobody came.
既然沒有好的理由來此，所以這兒就沒有游人光顧。
During the first days the Savage lived alone and undisturbed.
開初的日子野蠻人過著孤獨的生活，沒有受到干擾。
Of the money which, on his first arrival, John had received for his personal expenses, most had been spent on his equipment.
約翰初到倫敦時領了一筆個人的零用錢，那錢大部分已花在了裝備上。
Before leaving London he had bought four viscose-woollen blankets,
離開倫敦之前他買了四條人造毛毯子、
rope and string, nails, glue, a few tools, matches (though he intended in due course to make a fire drill),
粗繩、細線、釘子、膠水、幾件工具、火柴（不過他打算到時候就做一個取火鉆）、
some pots and pans, two dozen packets of seeds, and ten kilogrammes of wheat flour.
罐子、盤子、二十四袋各類種子和十公斤面粉。
"No, not synthetic starch and cotton-waste flour-substitute," he had insisted. "Even though it is more nourishing."
“不，不要合成淀粉和廢棉代面粉，”他曾經堅持，“盡管那要營養一些。”
But when it came to pan-glandular biscuits and vitaminized beef-surrogate, he had not been able to resist the shopman's persuasion.
可是遇見泛腺體餅干和加了維他命的代牛肉時他卻在老板的勸說前讓步了。
Looking at the tins now, he bitterly reproached himself for his weakness.
現在望著這些罐頭他又強烈地譴責起自己的軟弱來。
Loathesome civilized stuff! He had made up his mind that he would never eat it, even if he were starving.
可恨的文明產品。他下了決心即使挨餓也不吃那些東西。
"That'll teach them," he thought vindictively. It would also teach him.
“那對他們會是一種教育。”他報復地想道。可那對他也會成為一種教育。
