008 海盗的生活

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Tom woke up first, and he wondered where he was

汤姆第一个醒来，他一时不知道自己身在何处。

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Then he remembered: he was a pirate on Jackson Island

接着他想起来了：他是杰克逊岛上的海盗。

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The dawn was cool and gray, and there were dewdrops on the grass

黎明凉爽灰蒙，草上挂着露珠。

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Their campfire was almost out; only smoke rose from the ashes

他们的营火几乎灭了，只有余烬中青烟袅袅。

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Tom woke the other boys up, and they went for a swim in the river

汤姆叫醒其他男孩，他们下河游了泳。

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They came back to camp happy and refreshed. They restarted the campfire

他们开心又精神焕发地回到营地，重新点燃了篝火。

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Joe made hickory tea, and Huck and Tom both caught some fish

乔煮了山核桃茶，哈克和汤姆都钓到了几条鱼。

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After a delicious fish fry breakfast, Tom said," Let's really find that buried treasure!"

吃过美味的煎鱼早餐后，汤姆说：“咱们真去找找那埋藏的宝藏吧！”

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Huck and Joe were eager to follow

哈克和乔都跃跃欲试。

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They looked in less obvious places — inside hollow logs and under the roots of old trees

他们查看不那么显眼的地方——空心木里面、老树根下面。

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Soon the boys were hot, so they took another swim

很快男孩们热了，于是又游了一次泳。

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Although they hadn't found any treasure, the boys were too happy to care

虽然没有找到宝藏，男孩们太开心了，不在乎。

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Even without a treasure, the boys felt rich

即使没有宝藏，男孩们也觉得很富有。

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The island seemed like a large kingdom to them

这座岛对他们来说就像一个庞大的王国。

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However, after a second failed treasure hunt, the boys began to feel a kind of homesickness growing inside them

然而，第二次寻宝失败后，男孩们开始感到一种思乡之情在心中滋长。

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Tom and Joe missed their families, and all three missed their friends

汤姆和乔想念家人，三个人都想念朋友们。

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During lunch the boys heard a loud noise coming from up the river

午餐时，男孩们听到河的上游传来一声巨响。

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" What's that?" asked Joe

“那是什么？”乔问。

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" Can't be thunder," said Huck

“不可能是打雷，”哈克说。

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" Shh!" said Tom." Listen."

“嘘！”汤姆说。“听。”

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The boys listened, and soon they heard another boom!

孩子们听着，很快又听到一声轰响！

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" Let's see what's making that noise," said Tom

“我们去看看是什么发出的声音，”汤姆说。

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The boys watched a ferry chugging its way slowly down the river

孩子们看着一艘渡船沿河缓慢地突突行驶。

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First, they saw a burst of black smoke from the ferry's deck, and then they heard boom again!

首先，他们看到渡船甲板上喷出一股黑烟，然后又听到轰的一声！

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" I know!" shouted Tom." Somebody's drowned."

“我知道了！”汤姆喊道，“有人淹死了。”

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" Yes," said Huck." They did this last summer when Bill Turner drowned

“是的，”哈克说，“去年夏天比尔·特纳淹死的时候，他们就这么做过。

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They're shooting cannonballs into the water to make the body come up."

他们往水里射炮弹，让尸体浮上来。”

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" Really?" said Joe." I wonder who's drowned."

“真的吗？”乔说，“我在想是谁淹死了。”

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The boys continued to watch and listen

孩子们继续看着、听着。

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Then Tom said suddenly," I know who's drowned! It's us!"

然后汤姆突然说，“我知道是谁淹死了！是我们自己！”

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" You're right," agreed Huck

“你说得对，”哈克附和道。

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" We're heroes," said Joe

“我们是英雄，”乔说。

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The boys were pleased because they knew they were missed

男孩们很高兴，因为他们知道有人在想念他们。

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They also knew that they must be the talk of the town

他们也知道，镇上的人一定都在议论他们。

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Being a pirate was wonderful

当海盗的感觉太棒了。

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By evening the ferry had stopped searching

到了傍晚，渡船停止了搜寻。

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The boys ate supper around the campfire, and they tried to guess what people were saying about them

男孩们围着篝火吃晚饭，试着猜想人们在议论他们什么。

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Tom thought about Aunt Polly and Joe thought about his mother

汤姆想起了波莉姨妈，乔想起了自己的妈妈。

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" Maybe it's time to go back," said Joe softly

“也许该回去了，”乔轻声说。

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Although Tom and Huck were thinking the same thing, they both said they didn't want to go home

虽然汤姆和哈克心里也这么想，但他们俩都说不想回家。

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Tom couldn't sleep. He decided to leave his aunt a message

汤姆睡不着。他决定给姨妈留个信。

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He wrote a note on a piece of bark, and then rowed the raft down the river and back into town

他在一块树皮上写了张字条，然后划着木筏顺流而下，回到了镇上。

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When he got to his house, he saw that the lights were still on

当他到家时，看到灯还亮着。

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Aunt Polly was talking to Joe's mother

波莉姨妈正在和乔的妈妈说话。

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Tom sneaked into the house and hid under a bed

汤姆溜进屋子，躲到了床底下。

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From under the bed, Tom could see and hear everything

在床底下，汤姆能看到、听到一切。

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" What's making the candle flicker?" asked Aunt Polly

“是什么让蜡烛忽明忽暗的？”波莉姨妈问道。

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She looked and saw the door was open

她一看，发现门开着。

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" Strange things are happening here," said Joe's mother

“这儿正发生些怪事，”乔的妈妈说。

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Tom could see that her eyes were red, and she had been crying

汤姆看得出她的眼圈红红的，她一直在哭。

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" Well, our boys are better off in heaven than here," said Aunt Polly

“唉，咱们的孩子去了天堂，比在这里强。”波莉姨妈说。

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Aunt Polly cried, and Tom felt awful

波莉姨妈哭了，汤姆心里难受极了。

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" My Joe was a good boy," said Joe's mother

“我家乔是个好孩子。”乔的妈妈说。

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" He was always up to mischief, but he had a good heart."

“他老是调皮捣蛋，但他心地是好的。”

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Aunt Polly nodded, and she said between her cries," My Tom was the same

波莉姨妈点点头，她边哭边说：“我家汤姆也是一样。

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I've been too strict with him recently

我最近对他太严厉了。

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I even gave him medicine that wasn't fit for a cat."

我甚至给他吃了连猫都不适合吃的药。”

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Joe's mother then shook her head and said," I haven't been nice to Joe either

乔的妈妈接着摇摇头说：“我对乔也不好。

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I punished him for drinking cream that I had thrown out because it was sour!

就因为他喝了我因为发酸倒掉的奶油，我就罚他！”

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Now I'll never see him again."

现在我再也见不到他了。”

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" They must have drowned," Aunt Polly said tearfully

“他们肯定是淹死了。”波莉姨妈含着泪说。

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" If they don't turn up by tomorrow, the pastor says we'll hold funerals for them on Sunday."

“要是他们明天还不出现，牧师说我们礼拜天就给他们办葬礼。”

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The two women cried

两个女人哭了起来。

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Tom almost cried too, but what his aunt had just said made him think

汤姆也快哭了，但刚才姨妈说的话让他动了心思。

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Soon the crying stopped, and Joe's mother said good-night and left

很快，哭声停了，乔的妈妈道了晚安后离开了。

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Aunt Polly knelt beside her bed and prayed

波莉姨妈跪在床边祷告。

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Her prayers were full of kind words for her nephew

她的祷告里满是对侄儿的慈爱话语。

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When Aunt Polly fell asleep, Tom looked at his aunt for awhile

等波莉姨妈睡着后，汤姆看了姨妈好一会儿。

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Then he bent down and kissed her on her cheek

然后他俯下身，亲了亲她的脸颊。

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Tom didn't leave the note because now he had a better idea

汤姆没有留下那张字条，因为现在他有了个更好的主意。

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He rowed back to the island

他划船回到了岛上。

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When he arrived, he woke his fellow pirates and told them about his adventure

到了之后，他叫醒了他的海盗伙伴们，把这次冒险经历告诉了他们。

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Joe asked lots of questions about his mother, and Tom patiently told his friends everything

乔问了很多关于他妈妈的问题，汤姆耐心地把一切都告诉了朋友们。

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But he kept his newest plan to himself

但他把自己那个最新的计划藏在了心里。