012 马夫·波特的审判

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At the beginning of summer vacation, everyone in town was talking about two things:

暑假刚开始，镇上所有人都在谈论两件事：

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the spectacular finale to the school's end-of-year recital and Muff Potter's trial

学校年终汇演的精彩收场，还有穆夫·波特的审判。

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After his book had been torn, Mr. Dobbins became very quick-tempered, and he often used his whip on the children unjustly

书被撕破之后，多宾斯先生变得非常暴躁，经常蛮不讲理地用鞭子抽孩子们。

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Tom and the other schoolchildren had decided to get some revenge

汤姆和其他学生已经决定要报复一下。

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Unknown to most of the town, Mr. Dobbins was bald

镇上的人大多不知道，多宾斯先生其实是秃顶。

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He hid his baldness with a wig

他用一顶假发把秃顶遮住了。

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The plan was to expose Mr. Dobbins' baldness to the whole town

计划就是要让全镇的人都看到多宾斯先生的秃顶。

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Tom thought the plan was good, but not good enough

汤姆觉得这个计划不错，但还不够好。

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He felt it needed something extra special

他觉得还需要来点特别的东西。

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The night before the recital, Tom and several other boys slipped into the teacher's bedroom while he was sleeping

汇演前一天晚上，汤姆和另外几个男孩趁着老师睡着的时候，溜进了他的卧室。

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The boys knew that the teacher enjoyed several shots of whiskey before going to bed, and this made him a deep sleeper

孩子们知道老师睡前喜欢喝几杯威士忌，这让他睡得特别沉。

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The boys carefully painted Mr. Dobbins' bald head gold

孩子们小心地把多宾斯先生的光头涂成了金色。

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The next evening Tom asked Huck to help

第二天晚上，汤姆叫哈克来帮忙。

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During the recital Huck cast his fishing line through the open window and snagged the teacher's wig

汇演时，哈克把钓鱼线从敞开的窗户抛进去，钩住了老师的假发。

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As the teacher was making his closing remarks, Huck reeled in his fishing line

老师正做总结陈词时，哈克收回了钓鱼线。

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The wig flew off, and the teacher's gold head was exposed

假发飞落，老师金灿灿的脑袋露了出来。

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Everyone agreed it was a historic ending to the recital

大家都觉得这是汇演史上最精彩的一幕。

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The other event on everyone's mind was Muff Potter's trial

另一件让大家牵挂的事是莫夫·波特的审判。

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Whenever anyone mentioned it, or the murder, chills ran down Tom's spine

每次有人提起这事或者那桩谋杀案，汤姆就脊背发凉。

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One day Tom went to Huck and asked," Have you told anyone about what we saw?"

一天，汤姆找到哈克，问：“我们看见的事，你跟别人说了吗？”

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" Of course not," replied Huck

“当然不会，”哈克回答。

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" Why, Tom, we wouldn't be alive two days if that got out

“哎呀，汤姆，要是这事传出去，我们两天都活不了。

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Injun Joe would kill us."

印第安·乔会杀了我们的。”

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Tom relaxed." I guess we're safe as long as we keep quiet."

汤姆松了口气。“我想只要我们不出声，就是安全的。”

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The boys promised again that they wouldn't say anything to anyone about Doc Robinson's murder

两个男孩再次保证，罗宾逊医生被杀的事，他们对谁都不会说。

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" Muff Potter is going to die!" said Tom

“莫夫·波特要没命了！”汤姆说。

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" He is," replied Huck sadly

“是啊，”哈克伤心地回答。

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" Don't you feel sorry for him?" asked Tom

“你不为他感到难过吗？”汤姆问。

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" Yes," Huck said." Muff may be a drunk, but he isn't a murderer

“难过，”哈克说。“莫夫也许是个醉鬼，但他不是杀人犯。

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He's stood by me when I was out of luck."

我倒霉的时候，他都关照我。”

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" He's fixed my kites plenty of times," added Tom

“他帮我修过好多次风筝呢，”汤姆补充道。

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" I wish we could get him out of trouble."

“真希望能帮他摆脱麻烦。”

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" The only way to do that is to talk

“唯一的办法就是把真相说出来。

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But if we talk, we'll be dead," said Huck

可要是说了，我们就会没命的，”哈克说。

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Tom and Huck did the only thing they could do to help Muff

汤姆和哈克做了他们唯一能做的事来帮助莫夫。

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That was to pass tobacco, matches, and other things to Muff through the window of his cell

那就是透过牢房窗户，给莫夫递进去烟草、火柴和其他一些小东西。

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Muff was grateful, but the visits only made Tom more depressed

莫夫很感激，但这些探望反而让汤姆更加沮丧。

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On the day of the trial, the whole town gathered in the courthouse to watch

审判那天，全镇的人都聚集在法院里旁听。

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The prosecution called many witnesses to the stand, and none of them said anything good about Muff Potter

公诉人传唤了许多证人出庭，没有一个人说莫夫·波特的好话。

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Even Muff's lawyer didn't defend him, and the prosecution was able to quickly build a solid case against him

连莫夫的律师都没怎么为他辩护，原告方很快就确立了对莫夫极为不利的坚实证据。

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The judge decided to break early for lunch

法官决定提前休庭吃午饭。

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Tom knew that Muff would be hanged if he didn't say anything

汤姆知道如果他不开口，莫夫就会被绞死。

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He pulled Muff's lawyer aside as everyone was leaving the courtroom

趁大家离开法庭时，他把莫夫的律师拉到一边。

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Tom and the lawyer talked rapidly in hushed voices

汤姆和律师低声快速地交谈着。

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When the trial resumed after lunch, the judge asked Muff Potter's lawyer if he had any witnesses that he wanted to call

午饭后，审判重新开始，法官问莫夫·波特的律师是否有要传唤的证人。

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The lawyer looked at the judge and said," Yes, I would like to call Thomas Sawyer to the stand."

律师看着法官说：“是的，我想传唤托马斯·索亚出庭作证。”

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The courtroom buzzed like a hive of bees as everyone whispered

法庭里像一窝蜜蜂一样嗡嗡作响，大家都在窃窃私语。

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After the oath was administered, the lawyer asked Tom where he had been on the night of the murder

宣誓仪式结束后，律师问汤姆谋杀案当晚他在哪里。

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Tom was about to answer when he saw Injun Joe staring at him

汤姆正要回答时，看到印第安乔正瞪着他。

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Tom, suddenly afraid, stammered his answer

汤姆突然害怕起来，结结巴巴地回答。

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" I... I... was in the graveyard."

“我……我……在墓地里。”

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Tom explained that he had been hiding behind the large tree near Hoss Williams' grave

汤姆解释说，他一直躲在霍斯·威廉姆斯坟墓旁边的树后面。

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The lawyer then showed the court the bag of Indian herbs that the boys had left behind

接着，律师向法庭展示了男孩们留下的那袋印第安草药。

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The courtroom was silent

法庭上一片寂静。

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" How close were you to the murder that you witnessed?" the lawyer questioned Tom

“你离你所目睹的谋杀案有多近？”律师追问汤姆。

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" I was about as close as I am to you, sir," said Tom

“大概和现在跟您这么近，先生。”汤姆说。

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" Can you describe to us exactly what you saw?

“你能向我们确切描述你所看到的一切吗？

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Start at the beginning and don't leave anything out," cautioned the lawyer

从头讲起，别漏掉任何细节，”律师提醒道。

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Tom started his story

汤姆开始讲述。

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It was hard to speak at first, but soon words began to flow

起初很难开口，但很快话语就流畅起来。

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He described Doc Robinson knocking out Muff with a rock and continued," I saw Injun Joe grabbing a knife and — "

他描述了罗宾逊医生用石头打昏莫夫，然后接着说：“我看到印第安乔抓起一把刀，然后——”

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Suddenly there was a loud crash. Injun Joe was gone

突然传来一声巨响。印第安乔不见了。

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He had jumped through the courtroom window!

他从法庭窗户跳了出去！