E03 003 椰子和猴子

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0:12 The roosters woke me at daybreak, and I then woke my wife 天亮时公鸡把我叫醒，然后我叫醒了妻子。
0:22 In the quiet interval before the boys were up, we discussed our situation 趁着孩子们还没起床的安静间隙，我们商量了一下处境。
0:26 " Do you think any sailors reached land?" she asked me “你觉得有水手成功上岸吗？”她问我。
0:30 " I don't know, but we need to find out," I replied “我不知道，但我们需要查清楚。”我回答。
0:34 " We also need to learn more about this place where we're stranded." “我们还需要多了解这个我们被困住的地方。”
0:38 We decided that Fritz and I would start on an expedition after breakfast 我们决定吃完早饭后，弗里茨和我出发去探险。
0:42 My wife would remain near our landing place with the other boys 我的妻子会和其他孩子留在我们的上岸地点附近。
0:49 After packing up some food and water, Fritz and I set out 收拾了一些食物和水之后，弗里茨和我出发了。
0:57 We walked upstream until we reached a waterfall 我们沿溪流往上游走，直到来到一个瀑布前。
1:00 Then we crossed the stream using several large rocks as stepping stones 然后用几块大石头当踏脚石过了小溪。
1:05 On the other side of the stream was a field of tall grass 小溪的另一边是一片高高的草地。
1:08 We had just begun to force our way through the grass when we heard a rustling sound 我们刚开始费力穿过草地，就听到一阵沙沙声。
1:12 Turning around, we saw the grass waving as if some animal were passing through 转过身，我们看到草丛在晃动，好像有什么动物正在穿过。
1:18 Fritz brought his gun to his shoulder 弗里茨把枪举到肩上。
1:22 " Turk!" cried Fritz, lowering his gun as the dog approached “特克！”弗里茨喊道，一边放低枪，因为那条狗走近了。
1:26 " It's a good thing you didn't fire," I said “幸好你没开枪，”我说。
1:29 The three of us headed toward the beach to search for any sign of the sailors 我们三个朝着海滩走去，寻找水手们的任何踪迹。
1:33 We pushed on until we came to a grove of trees stretching down to the water's edge 我们继续前进，来到一片一直延伸到水边的小树林。
1:39 A thousand brightly colored birds twittered in the branches above 无数色彩鲜艳的鸟儿在头顶的树枝上啾啾鸣叫。
1:43 As we gazed up at them, Fritz stumbled over a round object on the ground 当我们抬头凝视它们时，弗里茨被地上一个圆圆的东西绊倒了。
1:50 " This must be a bird's nest," he said “这一定是个鸟巢，”他说。
1:54 " Every round, hairy thing is not a bird's nest." I laughed “不是每个圆圆的、毛茸茸的东西都是鸟巢。”我笑着说。
1:58 " This is a coconut, and it should be full of delicious liquid." “这是个椰子，里面应该装满了美味的汁液。”
2:01 We split the coconut open, but found that it had dried up 我们把椰子劈开，却发现它已经干掉了。
2:07 Moving on, we came to some trees with strange bumps on their trunks 继续前行，我们来到一些树前，树干上长着奇怪的疙瘩。
2:13 " Those are calabash trees," I said, recognizing them from travel books “那些是葫芦树，”我说，我在游记书里读到过，所以认了出来。
2:18 " The bumps are gourds. The natives make bowls, spoons, and bottles from gourds, and even cooking vessels." “这些疙瘩就是葫芦。当地人用葫芦做碗、勺子和瓶子，甚至炊具。”
2:25 " That's impossible!" Fritz pointed out “那不可能！”弗里茨指出。
2:28 " A gourd would burn if it were set on the fire." “葫芦放在火上会烧着的。”
2:31 " The natives don't set the gourd on the fire," I replied “当地人并不把葫芦直接放在火上烧，”我回答。
2:34 " They cut it in two and hollow it out 他们把葫芦切成两半，挖空内部。
2:37 Then they fill it with water and food 然后放入水和食物。
2:39 Next they add red-hot stones until the water boils and the food is done." 接着加入烧红的石头，直到水沸腾，食物煮熟。
2:43 " How clever!" said Fritz “真聪明！”弗里茨说。
2:46 We cut some gourds and left them to pick up on our way home 我们摘下一些葫芦，留待回家路上再取。
2:50 For three hours we kept walking. At last we came to a piece of land that stretched into the sea 我们连续走了三个小时，最后来到一块延伸到海里的土地上。
2:56 From its rocky summit, I knew we could obtain a good view of the surrounding country 从它岩石的顶端，我知道可以饱览周围地区的景色。
3:02 We reached the top with little difficulty 我们毫不费力地爬到了山顶。
3:05 Before us stretched a wide and lovely bay, and the scene inland was no less beautiful 眼前是一片宽阔美丽的海湾，内陆的景色也同样迷人。
3:11 But both Fritz and I felt lonely as we realized we were the only people there 但意识到那里只有我们两个人，弗里茨和我都感到孤独。
3:16 " Cheer up, Fritz," I said "打起精神来，弗里茨，" 我说。
3:18 " Remember that we chose a settler's life when we left Switzerland, although we didn't expect to be so utterly alone." "记得我们离开瑞士时，选择了定居者的生活，尽管没料到会这么彻底地孤单。"
3:25 We descended the hill and headed toward a clump of palm trees 我们下了山，朝一丛棕榈树走去。
3:29 But to reach them we had to pass through a dense thicket of reeds 但要到那儿，必须先穿过一片茂密的芦苇丛。
3:33 Fearing that we might encounter a snake, I broke off a reed for a weapon 怕遇到蛇，我折断一根芦苇当武器。
3:38 I soon noticed liquid dripping from one end 我很快注意到有液体从一端滴下来。
3:41 When I tasted it, I realized the reeds were sugarcanes 一尝，我发现这些芦苇是甘蔗。
3:45 " Fritz, we must cut some of these for Mother." "弗里茨，我们得砍些给妈妈。"
3:52 We cut as many as we could carry and continued toward the palm trees 我们尽量多砍了些能带走的，然后继续向棕榈树走去。
3:57 As we emerged from the sugarcane thicket, we spotted a troop of monkeys playing under the palm trees 走出甘蔗丛时，我们瞧见一群猴子在棕榈树下玩耍。
4:03 They quickly climbed to the top of the trees 它们飞快地爬到了树顶。
4:06 " Monkeys are natural mimics," I said." Watch this." "猴子天生爱模仿，" 我说。"瞧着。"
4:09 I gathered some stones and tossed them up toward the monkeys 我捡了些石头，朝猴子们扔上去。
4:13 They instantly seized all the coconuts within reach and tossed them down to us 它们立刻抓起所有够得着的椰子，朝我们扔下来。
4:18 Fritz was delighted with my trick and gathered up some of the finest coconuts 弗里茨对我的小计俩高兴极了，捡起几个最好的椰子。
4:23 These were fresh, so I made some holes in the shells and we enjoyed the delicious liquid inside 这些椰子很新鲜，于是我在壳上钻了几个洞，我们享用了里面美味的汁水。
4:29 Then I cut the coconuts in two and we ate the meat that lined their shells 然后我把椰子切成两半，我们吃了贴在壳内壁的椰肉。
4:34 It was now time to head home 该回家了。
4:36 We walked slowly with our load of sugarcanes and coconuts 我们背着甘蔗和椰子，慢步走着。
4:42 Turk bounded ahead of us and surprised another troop of monkeys playing on the ground 特克冲在前头，惊动了一群在地上玩耍的猴子。
4:47 They all escaped except for a little one, who tried to hide in the grass 它们全跑了，只剩一只小的，想藏在草丛里。
4:52 Fritz rushed to its rescue, flinging away all he was carrying and losing his hat in his haste 弗里茨冲过去救它，把手里的东西全扔了，匆忙中帽子也掉了。
4:58 With one leap, the monkey was on his shoulders, holding tight to Fritz's thick, curly hair 猴子一跃跳到他肩上，紧紧抓住弗里茨浓密卷曲的头发。
5:04 " Help!" cried Fritz as he tried to pull the creature off." Help me, Father!" "救命！" 弗里茨喊着，拼命想把那小东西扯下来。"救救我，爸爸！"