013 国王与公爵

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The farther south we traveled, the hotter the temperature was and the wider the river became

我们越往南走，气温就越高，河面也越宽。

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At times, it was almost two kilometers from one shore to the other

有时候，河两岸之间几乎有两公里宽。

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At night, we lay on our raft and looked at the stars

晚上，我们躺在木筏上看星星。

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Sometimes we saw a shooting star streaking across the sky

有时我们会看到一颗流星划过天空。

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One morning, as we were tying up the raft on the riverbank, I saw an old canoe

一天早上，我们正在河边拴木筏时，我看到了一艘旧独木舟。

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I paddled it up a little creek to look for berries

我划着它进了一条小溪，想找些浆果。

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Suddenly I saw two men running toward the creek

突然，我看到两个男人朝小溪跑来。

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When they saw me, they begged me to rescue them

他们一看到我，就求我救救他们。

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Men and dogs were chasing them, they said

他们说，有人和狗在追他们。

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I let them get aboard, and I paddled away as fast as I could until we got back to the raft

我让他们上了船，然后尽可能快地划走，直到我们回到木筏那里。

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Jim and I and our passengers traveled on the raft a little way down the river

吉姆、我和乘客们沿着河流乘木筏走了一小段路。

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Then we tied up the raft on shore under some cottonwood trees, where all of us were hidden and safe

然后我们把木筏系在岸边的棉白杨树下，我们所有人都隐藏在那里，很安全。

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One of the men looked about seventy years old

其中一个人看起来大约七十岁。

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He wore a battered hat, ragged blue jeans stuffed into his boots, and an old blue coat with brass buttons

他戴着一顶破帽子，破烂的蓝色牛仔裤塞进靴子里，还穿着一件带黄铜纽扣的旧蓝外套。

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The other man was probably about thirty years old, but his clothes were just as shabby as the old man's

另一个人大概三十岁左右，但他的衣服和那个老人一样破旧。

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Both of them carried worn-out suitcases

两人都提着破旧的手提箱。

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After we had breakfast and began to talk, I found out the two men didn't really know each other well

我们吃完早餐开始聊天后，我发现这两个人其实彼此不太熟悉。

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They had met as they were running away from two different towns

他们是在各自逃离不同的城镇时相遇的。

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The old man said that he had been giving speeches in a small town

老人说他曾在一个小镇上演讲。

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He had charged the townspeople ten cents each to hear him warn against the evils of drinking alcohol

他让每个镇民付十分钱来听他警告饮酒的害处。

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Then someone saw him sneaking a drink himself, and the angry townspeople realized he was a fraud

然后有人看见他偷偷喝酒，愤怒的镇民们意识到他是个骗子。

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That's when they chased him out of town

他们就是在那个时候把他赶出镇子的。

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The young man had been in another town selling a medicine that was supposed to clean people's teeth

那个年轻人在另一个镇子卖一种据称能清洁牙齿的药。

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When people used it, however, they found that it damaged their teeth

但是人们使用后，发现它反而损伤了牙齿。

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That's why he had been chased out of town

这就是他为什么被赶出镇子。

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Jim and I listened in amazement as the two men described all the different kinds of work they had done

吉姆和我惊讶地听着这两个人描述他们做过的各种不同的工作。

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The young man had been an actor, a printer, and a singing teacher

那个年轻人当过演员、印刷工和歌唱老师。

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The older man claimed that he had cured people of diseases just by placing his hands on their bodies

那个年长的人声称他仅仅通过把手放在人们身上就治好了他们的病。

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" I think we should go into business together!" the younger man said eagerly to the older one

“我觉得我们应该合伙做生意！”年轻人热切地对年长者说。

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But then his face became sad." I can't believe that I have sunk so low in the world."

但接着他的脸变得悲伤。“我真不敢相信自己竟沦落到如此地步。”

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" Why, what's wrong with my company?" the older man said, sounding insulted

"咦，我作伴有什么问题吗？" 年长的男人说，听上去被冒犯了。

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" Nothing — it's what I deserve now," the younger man replied

"没什么——这就是我现在的下场，" 年轻人回答。

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" But, at one time, my life was very different

"但是，曾经，我的生活完全不同。

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I trust all of you, so I will tell you my secret

我信任你们大家，所以我要告诉你们我的秘密。

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My father came from England — I am the Duke of Bridgewater!

我父亲来自英格兰——我是布里奇沃特公爵！

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But my wealth and title were stolen from me."

但我的财富和头衔都被人夺走了。"

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Jim and I felt very sorry for him

吉姆和我都很同情他。

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He told us that if we wanted to make him feel better, we should call him " Your Grace " or " Your Lordship."

他告诉我们，要是想让他好受些，就该叫他"阁下"或"大人"。

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We should also serve him his meals. That was easy enough, so Jim and I did it

我们还得伺候他用餐。这简单得很，所以吉姆和我照做了。

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By dinnertime, I could see that the older man wasn't too happy with all the attention we were giving the duke

到了晚饭时分，我看得出来，那位年长的男人因为我们对公爵百般殷勤，心里不太高兴。

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Finally, he said," Can I trust you?"

最后，他说：“我能信任你们吗？”

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We all assured him that he could. And then he said," You see before you the poor wandering, unhappy king of France."

我们都向他保证他能。然后他说：“你们眼前看到的是可怜的、漂泊的、不幸的法国国王。”

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He began to cry, and Jim and I asked him how we could cheer him up

他开始哭了起来，我和吉姆问他我们怎样才能让他开心点。

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He said that we should bow when we spoke to him and call him " Your Majesty." Jim and I said that we would

他说我们跟他说话时要鞠躬，并称他为“陛下”。我和吉姆说我们会的。

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The duke now looked annoyed. When the king noticed, he said," It's not our fault that one of us was born a duke and the other a king

公爵这时显得很恼火。国王注意到了，就说：“我们一个生来是公爵，另一个生来是国王，这又不是我们的错。

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Let's shake hands and be friends." The duke agreed

让我们握手言和，做朋友吧。”公爵同意了。

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The two men were curious about Jim and me

这两个人对我和吉姆感到很好奇。

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They asked if Jim was a runaway slave

他们问吉姆是不是逃跑的奴隶。

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" Goodness, no!" I said." Would we be going south if he was a runaway?"

“天哪，不是！”我说。“如果他是逃跑的奴隶，我们还会往南走吗？”

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I made up a story, telling them that my father and brother had been killed in a steamboat accident and that Jim was now my slave

我编了个故事，告诉他们我父亲和兄弟在一次汽船事故中丧生了，现在吉姆是我的奴隶。

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I said that many people didn't believe me and thought Jim must be running away from his owner

我说很多人都不相信我，认为吉姆肯定是从他主人那里逃出来的。

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We traveled at night, I explained, so that we wouldn't have any trouble

我解释说，我们夜里行船，是为了避免麻烦。

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The duke and the king seemed to accept my story

公爵和国王好像接受了我编的故事。

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It rained hard that night

那天晚上雨下得很大。

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Jim and I gave the two men our beds in the hut on the raft while we slept out in the rain, but it was so warm that we didn't mind

我和吉姆把木筏上棚屋里的床铺让给了这两个人，自己睡在外面的雨里，但天气很暖和，我们也不介意。

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In fact, we were treating the king and duke so well that they decided to keep traveling with us

事实上，我们对这位国王和公爵招待得如此周到，以至于他们决定继续和我们同行。

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When we stopped along the river, they planned to go into towns and earn money

当我们沿河停靠时，他们就计划到镇上去挣钱。

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The king began to teach the duke speeches from Shakespeare's plays

国王开始教公爵背诵莎士比亚戏剧里的台词。

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He said they could charge people money to see them acting

他说他们可以向看他们演戏的人收费。

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He even had some shabby costumes in his suitcase

他的行李箱里甚至还有几件破旧的戏服。

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I had already decided that the two men were liars and cheats, not royalty

我早已断定这两个人是骗子和无赖，不是什么皇亲国戚。

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But I wanted peace on the raft, so I didn't say anything, even to Jim

但我希望在木筏上安安静静的，所以我什么也没说，甚至对吉姆也没说。

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Living with Pap had taught me that when you are with difficult people, it is better to stay quiet

和爸爸一起生活的经历教会我，和难缠的人相处时，最好保持沉默。