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My eyes raced down the barrel of my rifle in frantic fear lest the tiger be gone.
我的眼睛掃過槍管，生怕老虎會消失。
The tiger was there, to the right of the buffalo, a picture of savage life and death.
老虎在這里，在水牛的左邊，儼然是野獸生死搏斗的架勢。
So he must have stood many times over his kills, cautious, yet bold in his great strength,
他一定多次站在戰(zhàn)利品旁邊，小心翼翼地，但他的力量強大無邊，
lording it over all the jungle and inspiring terror in every living thing.
成為了森林霸王，讓所有生靈膽顫心驚。
I dared not extend my gun as I wished; I leveled it as best I could, stepping backwards,
我不敢像我想的那樣，將槍伸出去，我盡量將槍舉起來，并往后退，
and aimed at the head for the brain-shot I had been told was the best.
并瞄準他的頭部，人們告訴我打頭是最好的。
Ready? I breathed; then, before Herbert's signal came back,
準備好了嗎？我深呼吸，在哈波特的信號發(fā)出之前，
the tiger began to move his head from side to side, looking up at us.
老虎轉(zhuǎn)過頭，向我們這邊看去。
I had been told to wait till he began to eat, when I would have a chance for a clear aim, but I dared not wait.
有人告訴我說要等他開始吃東西，那時我的目標是最清晰的，但我不敢再等了。
I shifted my aim hastily from the brain to a black stripe across the backbone at the top of the shoulder.
我將目標從頭部馬上轉(zhuǎn)為肩胛骨最高處脊椎骨上的一條黑色斑紋。
I never felt so cold and tense in my life.
我從未這么緊張過。
Ready breathed Herbert. I was to fire at any time now, and he was to follow with his big gun in case mine had missed.
哈波特深深吸了一口氣，說到準備好了嗎？我可以隨時開槍，萬一我沒有打中，他將補上一槍。
He was giving me the shot, but we weren't going to lose that tiger if we could help it.
他想讓我打上一槍，我們都不想錯過這只老虎。
I fired on the instant, and the roar of his gun followed mine. Then the roar of the tiger drowned them both.
我立即開了槍，隨后他的槍聲也響了，老虎的叫聲將槍聲淹沒了。
I tore out around the corner of the blind where I could see in the open, and Herbert plunged after me.
我繞到隱蔽點一個能夠看到空地的角落，赫伯特也沖了過來。
The tiger was down; we could not see him in the deep grass, but his snarling roars told us he was out there.
老虎倒下了，我們無法在叢林中找到他，但他的咆哮聲告訴我們他不在這。
He's down! We said, and then, He's gone! for now we had a clearer outlook
我們說到他倒下了，他走了，我們能看到更加清晰的全景，
and saw that he was gone from beside the buffalo. The snarls were going away.
他已經(jīng)不在水牛旁邊了，咆哮聲消失了。
