Unit-12-“Take-Over-Bosn!”課文翻譯綜合教程三

Unit12“TakeOver,Bos’n!”O(jiān)scarSchisgall1 HourafterhourIkeptthegunpointedattheotherninemen.Fromthelifeboat’sstern,whereI’dsatmostofthetwentydaysofourdrifting,Icouldkeepthemallcovered.IfIhadtoshootatsuchclosequarters,Iwouldn’tmiss.Theyrealizedthat.Nobodyjumpedatme.ButinthewaytheyallglaredIcouldseehowthey’dcometohatemyguts.2 EspeciallyBarrett,who’dbeenbos’n’smate;Barrettsaidinhisharsh,crackedvoice,“You’reafool,Snyder.Y-youcan’tholdoutforever!You’rehalfasleepnow!”3 Ididn’tanswer.Hewasright.Howlongcanamanstayawake?Ihadn’tdaredtoshutmyeyesinmaybeseventy-twohours.VerysoonnowI’ddozeoff,andtheinstantthathappenedthey’djumponthelittlewaterthatwasleft.4 Thelastcanteenlayundermylegs.Therewasn’tmuchinitaftertwentydays.Maybeapint.Enoughtogiveeachofthemafewdrops.YetIcouldseeintheirbloodshoteyesthatthey’dgladlykillmeforthosefewdrops.AsamanIdidn’tcountanymore.Iwasnolongerthirdofficer4ofthewreckedMontala.Iwasjustagunthatkeptthemawayfromthewatertheycraved.Andwiththeirtongueswollenandtheircheekssunken,theywerehalfcrazy.5 ThewayIjudgedit,wemustbesometwohundredmileseastofAscension.Nowthatthestormswereover,theAtlanticswellswerelongandeasy,andthemorningsunwashot–sohotitscorchedyourskin.Myowntonguewasthickenoughtoclogmythroat.I’dhavegiventherestofmylifeforasinglegulpofwater.6 ButIwasthemanwiththegun—theonlyauthorityintheboat—andIknewthis:oncethewaterwasgonewe’dhavenothingtolookforwardtobutdeath.Aslongaswecouldlookforwardtogettingadrinklater,therewassomethingtolivefor.Wehadtomakeitlastaslongaspossible.IfI’dgivenintothecurses,we’dhaveemptiedthelastcanteendaysago.Bynowwe’dallbedead.7 Themenweren’tpullingontheoars.They’dstoppedthatlongago,tooweaktogoon.Thenineofthemfacingmewereapackofbearded,ragged,half-nakedanimals,andIprobablylookedasbadastherest.Somesprawledoverthegunwales,dozing.TherestwatchedmeasBarrettdid,readytospringtheinstantIrelaxed.8 Whentheyweren’tlookingatmyfacetheylookedatthecanteenundermylegs.9 JeffBarrettwasthenearestone.Aconstantthreat.Thebos’n’smatewasaheavyman,bald,withascarredandbrutalface.He’dbeeninahundredfights,andthey’dlefttheirmarksonhim.10 Barretthadbeenabletosleep—infact,he’dsleptthroughmostofthenight–andIenviedhimthat.Hiseyeswouldn’tclose.Theykeptwatchingme,narrowanddangerous.11 Everynowandthenhetauntedmeinthathoarse,brokenvoice:12 “Whydon’tyouquit?Youcan’tholdout!”13 “Tonight,”Isaid.“We’llrationtherestofthewatertonight.”14 “Bytonightsomeofus’llbedead!Wewantitnow!”15 “Tonight,”Isaid.16 Couldn’theunderstandthatifwewaiteduntilnightthefewdropswouldn’tbesweatedoutofussofast?ButBarrettwasbeyondallreasoning.Hismindhadalreadycrackedwiththirst.Isawhimbegintorise,acalculatinglookinhiseyes.Iaimedthegunathischest–andhesatdownagain.17 I’dgrabbedmyLugeroninstinct,twentydaysago,justbeforerunningforthelifeboat.NothingelsewouldhavekeptBarrettandtherestawayfromthewater.18 Thesefools—couldn’ttheyseeIwantedadrinkasbadlyasanyofthem?ButIwasincommandhere—thatwasthedifference.Iwasthemanwiththegun,themanwhohadtothink.Eachoftheotherscouldaffordtothinkonlyofhimself;Ihadtothinkofthemall.19 Barrett’seyeskeptwatchingme,waiting.Ihatedhim.Ihatedhimallthemorebecausehe’dslept.Hehadthatadvantagenow.Hewouldn’tkeelover.不進(jìn)任何道理了，他的頭腦由于口渴已經(jīng)瘋狂了。我看他要站起來，眼睛流露出狡猾的眼神。我用槍對準(zhǔn)他的胸膛——他又坐下來了。17. 二十天前，就在奔向救生艇時，我出于本能抓起我那把德國造魯格爾半自動手槍。換了別的任何東西，都不可能保護(hù)住那點(diǎn)水不被巴雷特和其他人喝掉。18. 這幫笨蛋——難道他們看不出我也像大家一樣渴望喝上一點(diǎn)水嗎？不過這兒由我負(fù)責(zé)——這就是區(qū)別。我是拿著槍的人，就得思考。其余的每個人顧自己就好了;我可得顧全大局。19. 巴雷特一直雙眼盯著我，等待著時機(jī)。我恨他。因為他休息過了，我更恨他。他現(xiàn)在有這個優(yōu)勢。他不會突然倒下。20. 離正午之前還有很久，我知道自己已完全無力跟誰搏斗了。我的眼皮沉重得抬不起來了。當(dāng)救生艇隨著平緩的波浪起伏時，我可以感覺睡意慢慢籠罩我的全身，我快要癱了。我垂下頭。睡意像一片云一樣籠罩了我的頭腦。我慢慢，慢慢地，失去了知覺……21. 巴雷特密切注視著我，可我連槍都舉不起了。我能隱約猜出接下來會發(fā)生的事情。他肯定會頭一個抓住水壺喝下他的那一份水，那會兒其余的人會沖他吼叫，拉扯他，而他只得讓出水壺。唉，事已至此，我也無能為力了。22. 我悄聲說：“水手長，接手吧?！?3. 接著我便臉朝下摔跌到船艙底里。身體還沒著地，我已經(jīng)睡著了……24. 當(dāng)一只手搖晃我的肩膀時，我連頭也抬不起來。杰夫·巴雷特的沙啞嗓音說：“來!喝口水!”25. 我盡力用雙手撐起身體，暈暈沉沉，虛弱無力。我看著水手們，但我覺得我的視力已經(jīng)不行了，只能隱隱約約看到一些朦朧的人影，然后我意識到不是我的眼睛有問題，而是夜色的關(guān)系。海面一片漆黑，頭頂繁星閃爍；我睡了整整一天。26. 這是我們在海上漂流的第二十一夜了——就在這一夜偶然路過的貨船格羅湯號終于