E02 002 小人国的囚徒

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0:11 When I woke up the next morning, I couldn't move 第二天早上醒来时，我动弹不得。
0:16 " I must still be tired from all that swimming," I thought “我一定是游泳游得太累了，”我想。
0:20 But soon I discovered why I couldn't move 但很快我就发现了我为什么不能动。
0:24 My body, arms, and legs were tied to the ground 我的身体、胳膊和腿都被绑在地上。
0:29 Even my hair, which was long and thick, was tied down 就连我又长又密的头发也被绑住了。
0:34 I couldn't even move my head 我连头都动不了。
0:36 " How strange," I said to myself “真奇怪，”我自言自语道。
0:40 " I must be dreaming." “我一定是在做梦。”
0:42 The sun grew hot and shone in my eyes 太阳越来越热，阳光刺得我眼睛发疼。
0:45 All I could see was the sky 我能看到的只有天空。
0:48 Soon, I felt something crawling on my left leg 很快，我感到有东西在我左腿上爬。
0:52 " It must be a bug," I thought “肯定是一只虫子。”我想。
0:55 It moved up my body almost to my chin 它沿着我的身体往上爬，几乎到了我的下巴。
0:58 I looked down and, to my great surprise, saw a tiny man standing on my chest! 我低头一看，真是大吃一惊，一个极小的人就站在我的胸口！
1:05 He was about as big as my thumb, no more than 15 centimeters tall 他大概只有我的拇指那么大，最多15厘米高。
1:11 In his hands, he held a bow and arrows 他手里拿着弓箭。
1:14 I felt many more little men crawling over me 我感到还有更多的小人在我身上爬。
1:17 In astonishment, I shouted very loudly 我惊愕地大喊了一声，
1:20 " Get off me, you insects!" “从我身上下去，你们这些虫子！”
1:23 They all jumped in alarm and screamed in terror 他们全都惊慌地跳了起来，恐惧地尖叫起来。
1:26 Some of the little men fell right off my body 有几个小人直接从我的身上掉了下去。
1:30 I tried to loosen the ropes that held me down 我试图松开绑住我的绳子。
1:33 Although the ropes were very thin, like thread, there were hundreds of them 虽然绳子细得像线一样，但数量有成百上千根。
1:38 Finally, I was able to free my left arm 最后，我终于能挣脱我的左臂了。
1:42 The tiny men began to shoot arrows at me 那些小人们开始向我射箭。
1:45 Several arrows landed on my hand 有几支箭落在了我的手上。
1:47 Others hit my face and chest 其他的箭射中了我的脸和胸口。
1:50 " Stop that. It hurts!" I cried out “快停下，疼死了！”我大喊道。
1:54 I decided to lie still and see what would happen next 我决定躺着不动，看看接下来会发生什么。
1:58 The little people gradually became brave and came near me 小人们逐渐变得勇敢起来，开始向我靠近。
2:02 They built a platform beside my head 他们在我头旁边搭了个台子。
2:05 One of them, an official of some kind, climbed onto the platform 其中一个人，像是某种官员，爬上了台子。
2:11 He started speaking to me, but his language was not like any language I had heard before 他开始对我说话，但他的语言不像我以前听过的任何语言。
2:16 The little men seemed friendly now 这些小人现在看起来挺友好的。
2:19 " I'm so hungry!" I said, but they didn't understand me “我好饿！”我说，但他们听不懂。
2:24 With my free hand, I used signs to ask for food 我用没被绑住的那只手，做手势要食物。
2:28 The men brought me baskets of many different foods 那些人给我拿来一篮篮各种各样的食物。
2:31 I also drank two barrels of wine 我还喝了两桶酒。
2:34 Another official spoke to me, making signs with his hands as he talked 另一个官员对我说话，一边说一边用手比划着。
2:39 I understood that they were going to take me to another place 我明白了他们要把我带到另一个地方去。
2:43 I fell asleep again 我又睡着了。
2:45 Later, I found out that the wine had contained something to make me sleep 后来，我发现酒里掺了让人睡觉的东西。
2:50 I also learned about the island and what had happened while I slept 我也得知了关于这个岛的情况，以及我睡着时发生的事情。
2:55 The island was called Lilliput 这个岛叫小人国。
2:57 Its king lived in a castle in Mildendo, the capital city, which had high walls around it 它的国王住在首都米尔登多的一座城堡里，城堡四周有高墙。
3:04 The people made a huge cart and put me on it when I was asleep 人们造了一辆巨大的车，趁我睡着时把我放了上去。
3:09 I found out that it took nine hundred men to lift me onto the cart 我发现，他们动用了九百个人才把我抬上车。
3:13 Fifteen hundred Lilliputian horses were needed to pull it 需要一千五百匹小人国的马来拉车。
3:17 When we arrived near the city, the guards attached many chains to my ankle 我们到达城市附近时，卫兵们在我的脚踝上拴了很多锁链。
3:22 Then they cut the ropes that tied me down 然后他们割断了绑着我的绳子。
3:25 At last, I was able to stand up and stretch 我终于能站起来伸展一下身体了。
3:28 But because of the chains, I could not move about much 但因为这些锁链，我没法怎么走动。
3:32 We were near a very large building just outside the gates of Mildendo 我们在米尔登多城门外一座非常大的建筑附近。
3:37 " Well," I thought," it seems this building is to be my home." “好吧，”我想，“看来这座建筑就是我的家了。”
3:42 It was big enough for me to crawl into and lie down inside it 它大到能让我爬进去，在里面躺下。
3:46 From outside my new home, I had a good view of the countryside 从我的新家外面，我能清楚地看到乡村的景色。
3:51 The fields were tiny, like small flower beds in my garden in England 那些田地非常小，就像我在英格兰花园里的小花圃一样。
3:55 Even the tallest trees were only about two meters high 就连最高的树也只有大概两米高。
3:59 Lilliput was a beautiful place, and everything in it was unbelievably tiny 小人国是个美丽的地方，里面的一切都小得令人难以置信。