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TOM AND HIS TREASURE CHEST Howard Pyle
湯姆和他的財(cái)寶箱 霍武德·派爾
When we think of pirates, we think of buried treasure and of a map that tells us where the treasure can be found,
當(dāng)我們想到海盜，我們想到的是埋藏的寶藏，和一張告訴我們?nèi)ツ睦飳ふ业牡貓D，
if only we can understand the map. Although we like to read pirate stories,
如果看得懂地圖該多好，盡管我們喜歡讀海盜的故事，
we probably should dislike very much to come upon pirates at night along a lonely ocean shore.
我們或許不太希望在夜晚，在無(wú)人的海岸線上碰上海盜。
But that is what happened to Tom Chist in his story, taken from Howard Pyle's famous Book of Pirates.
但這就是發(fā)生在湯姆·克里斯身上的故事，來(lái)自霍武德·派爾著名的《海盜傳說(shuō)》。
TOM TRAILS THE PIRATES TOM TRAILS THE PIRATES
湯姆跟蹤海盜 湯姆跟蹤海盜
There had been a thunderstorm that afternoon, and Tom had gone down the beach to bail out the boat in readiness for the morning's fishing.
那天下午雷雨交加，湯姆前往海灘將船里面的水抽出來(lái)，準(zhǔn)備明天早上的打魚。
It was full moonlight now, as he was returning, and the night sky was full of floating clouds.
如今月光皎潔，就在他往回走的時(shí)候，夜晚的天空布滿了烏云。
Now and then there was a dull flash to the westward, and once a muttering growl of thunder, promising another storm to come.
西面會(huì)不時(shí)的出現(xiàn)隱隱約約的閃光，一旦出現(xiàn)了低沉的隆隆聲，那就證明風(fēng)暴即將來(lái)臨。
All that day the pirate ship had been lying just off the shore back of the Capes,
海盜船一整天都在海岸不遠(yuǎn)處的岬角后面漂浮，
and now Tom Chist could see the sails glimmering in the moonlight, spread for drying after the storm.
湯姆·克里斯借著月光看到了閃爍的風(fēng)帆，準(zhǔn)備在風(fēng)暴過(guò)后打開(kāi)晾干。
He was walking up the shore homeward when he became aware that at some distance ahead of him
他沿著海岸向家走去，突然他意識(shí)到在遠(yuǎn)處，
there was a ship's boat drawn up on the little narrow beach, and a group of men clustered about it.
在他面前出現(xiàn)了一艘艦艇小船，小船在狹窄的小海灘停下，一群人簇?fù)碓谀抢铩?/div>
He hurried forward with a good deal of curiosity to see who had landed,
他被好奇心促使著跑上前看看是誰(shuí)登陸了海岸，
but it was not until he had come close to them that he could distinguish who and what they were.
但直到他走近了才能看清他們是誰(shuí)，是什么東西。
Then he knew that it must be a party who had come off the pirate ship.
他意識(shí)到一定是海盜船上舉行了派對(duì)。
They had evidently just landed, and two men were lifting out a chest from the boat.
他們很明顯只是在登陸，兩名男性從船上搬下來(lái)一個(gè)大箱子。
One of them was a negro, naked to the waist, and the other was a white man in his shirt sleeves,
其中一個(gè)是黑人，腰部以上裸體，另外一名是白人，卷著襯衫袖，
wearing petticoat breeches, a hunting cap upon his head, a red bandanna handkerchief around his neck,
穿著裙腿褲，頭戴獵狐帽，脖子上戴著大紅色的圍巾，
and gold earrings in his ears. He had a long plaited queue hanging down his back, and a great knife dangling from his side.
耳朵上是大金環(huán)，后背梳著辮子，一把大刀懸掛在腰間。
