020 失控马匹营救记

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Lady Anne was a good rider and managed to keep her seat as Lizzie took off down the road

安妮女士骑术不错，当莉齐沿路狂奔时，她仍能稳坐马鞍。

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But I could see that it wouldn't be easy for her to regain control

但我看得出来，她很难重新控制住那匹马。

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And an out-of-control horse is very dangerous

失控的马非常危险。

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I let out several loud, shrill neighs, pawing the ground anxiously

我发出几声高亢的嘶鸣，焦急地用蹄子刨着地面。

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A few seconds later, Blantyre came racing back down the path

几秒钟后，布兰太尔沿着小路飞驰回来。

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" Oh no!" he exclaimed as he saw Lizzie galloping off with Anne

“哦，不！”他看到莉齐驮着安妮跑远了，不禁喊道。

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He flung the reins over my head and scrambled into the saddle

他把缰绳甩过我的头，匆匆翻身上马。

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As soon as his feet were in the stirrups, I burst into a gallop

他的脚一踏进马镫，我就猛地冲了出去。

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Blantyre gave me a free rein, seeing that I knew what to do

布兰太尔看出我知道该做什么，便放松缰绳任我奔跑。

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We raced after the runaways. For the first mile, we barely kept them in view

我们奋力追赶那匹逃跑的马。起初一英里，我们几乎只能勉强望见他们的身影。

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I was galloping as fast as I could, but Lizzie was even faster

我竭尽全力飞奔，可莉齐更快。

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Then the road curved to the right, and we lost sight of them

接着路向右弯，我们看不见她们了。

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By the time we reached the curve, Lizzie had disappeared

等我们到弯道时，莉齐已经不见了。

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The road split just ahead, and I wasn't sure which way to go

前方路分岔了，我不确定该走哪边。

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There was a woman standing at her garden gate

有个女人站在花园门口。

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" To the right!" she called when she saw us

“往右！”她看见我们时喊道。

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" Thanks!" Blantyre called back

“谢谢！”布兰太尔回喊道。

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We galloped on. For a while we barely caught sight of Lizzie

我们继续飞奔。有一阵子，我们几乎看不见莉齐。

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Luckily, after we'd lost them yet again, a road worker waved us down

幸运的是，再次跟丢后，一名修路工人招手让我们停下。

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" They turned that way, sir!" the worker called to Blantyre, pointing to an open area with lots of weeds and holes

“她们拐那边了，先生！”工人指着一片杂草丛生、坑洞遍布的空地喊道。

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It was the worst possible place for a gallop

那是最不适合奔跑的地方。

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When Lady Anne rode me there, we never went faster than a walk

安妮女士带我去那里时，我们从没超过步行速度。

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We soon caught sight of Lizzie again

我们很快又看到了莉齐。

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Lady Anne was still in the saddle, but she was swaying back and forth now, looking exhausted

安妮女士还在马鞍上，但她现在前后摇晃，看起来疲惫不堪。

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I could see that she was pulling on the reins, but it wasn't doing any good

我看到她在拉缰绳，但一点用也没有。

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Lizzie was still going, though the roughness of the ground had forced her to slow from a gallop to a canter

莉齐还在跑，不过崎岖的地面迫使她放慢速度，从狂奔变成了慢跑。

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That meant I had a chance to catch her. I surged forward

这意味着我有机会追上她。我猛地向前冲去。

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Blantyre had let me choose my own way while we were on the road, but now he took over again

在路上时，布兰太尔让我自己选择路线，但现在他又接过了控制权。

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With a light hand and a quick eye, he guided me expertly over the tricky ground

他用轻柔的手法和敏锐的目光，熟练地引导我穿过复杂的地形。

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I barely had to slow down. We started to gain on Lizzie

我几乎不用减速。我们开始追上莉齐了。

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About halfway across the open area was a wide ditch

大约走到空地的一半，有一条宽沟。

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I thought it might make Lizzie stop at last

我以为这会让莉齐最终停下来。

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Instead she leaped awkwardly across, stumbling on the rough ground on the far side

然而她却笨拙地跳了过去，在对岸粗糙的地上绊了一下。

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Lady Anne was flung to the ground and lay still

安妮女士被摔到地上，一动不动。

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Blantyre groaned." Now, Black Auster, do your best!" he urged me

布兰太尔呻吟了一声。"现在，黑骏马，使出全力！"他催我道。

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I cleared the ditch with a strong leap, landing safely

我一个有力的跳跃越过了沟渠，安全落地。

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Blantyre pulled me to a stop and leaped down

布兰太尔勒住我，纵身跳下马背。

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He ran to Lady Anne's side while I stood there, my sides heaving after the long gallop

他跑到安妮女士身边，我则站在那里，长距离狂奔后身体两侧剧烈起伏。

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Two men had been trimming weeds nearby

附近有两个人在修剪杂草。

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One was already chasing Lizzie, who had slowed down after losing her rider

其中一人已经在追莉齐了，她没了骑手后放慢了速度。

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The other ran toward us

另一个人朝我们跑过来。

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" Oh no!" he said when he saw Lady Anne lying there still and pale

“哦，不！”当他看到安妮女士一动不动、面色苍白地躺在地上时，他说。

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" How can I help?"

“我能帮上什么忙？”

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" Can you ride?" Blantyre asked

“你会骑马吗？”布兰太尔问道。

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" Not very well," the man said." But I'll give it a try for Lady Anne's sake

“骑得不太好，”那人说，“但为了安妮女士，我愿意试试看。

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She's always been so kind to my family."

她一直对我的家人那么好。”

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" Don't worry, this horse will take care of you," Blantyre said, gesturing to me

“别担心，这匹马会照顾好你的，”布兰太尔说着，朝我示意了一下。

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" Ride quickly to the doctor's house, then go to Earlshall and let them know what's happened."

“快骑到医生家去，然后去伯爵府，告诉他们发生了什么事。”

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The man agreed and mounted

那人同意了，骑了上来。

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He wasn't a very good rider, but I didn't mind

他骑术不太好，但我不介意。

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We hurried to the doctor's house, and then back to Earlshall Park

我们急忙赶到医生家，然后又赶回了伯爵庄园。

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A groom returned me to the stable while another quickly saddled Ginger for Lady Anne's brother and the others prepared the carriage

一个马夫把我带回马厩，与此同时，另一个马夫迅速给金吉儿备好鞍，让安妮女士的兄弟骑，其他人在准备马车。

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It seemed to take a long time before anyone returned

好像过了很久才有人回来。

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At last Ginger arrived back at the stable

最后，金吉儿回到了马厩。

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" We galloped almost all the way there," she told me

“我们几乎是一路飞驰到那里的，”她告诉我。

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" Lady Anne still wasn't moving

“安妮女士仍然没有动弹。

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But the doctor was tending to her, and I heard him say she wasn't dead

但医生在照料她，我听到他说她没有死。

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Later I heard someone else say that she was lucky she hadn't broken any bones

后来我听到有人说，她很幸运，没有伤到骨头。

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So I expect she'll be all right."

所以，我想她会好起来的。”

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The next day Blantyre came to see me

第二天，布兰太尔来看我。

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" You're the finest horse I know, Black Auster," he said as he patted me fondly

“你是我知道的最好的马，黑骏马，”他一边说，一边慈爱地拍拍我。

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" You seemed to understand the danger as well as I did

“你似乎和我一样明白当时的危险。

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Thanks to your speed and heart, Anne will be fine in a week or two

多亏了你的速度和意志，安妮一两周内就能康复了。

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And from now on, I'm sure she won't ever want to ride any other horse but you."

而且从今往后，我敢肯定她再也不想骑别的马了，除了你。”