010 航行

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That night, we were busy stowing things away, and many of the squire's friends came aboard to wish him a good voyage and a safe return

那天晚上，我们忙着收拾东西，许多乡绅的朋友上船来祝他航行愉快、平安归来。

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Members of the crew were making their preparations for the trip

船员们都在为这次航行做准备。

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Tim Cooper was making a last check of his sea bag, Abe Gray was carving a good-luck charm, and Alan Jenkins sat sewing a patch on his shirt

蒂姆·库珀正最后检查他的水手袋，阿贝·格雷在刻一个幸运符，艾伦·詹金斯则坐着给衬衫缝补丁。

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I was tired, but I didn't want to leave the deck

我很累，但不想离开甲板。

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Everything was so exciting — from the captain's commands to the glimmer of the ship's lanterns

一切是那么令人兴奋——从船长的命令到船上灯笼发出的微光。

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" Cook, give us a song," Alan cried cheerfully

“厨子，给我们唱首歌吧。”艾伦高兴地喊道。

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" Aye, mates," Long John said." Fifteen men on the dead man's chest — "

“好嘞，伙计们，”高个约翰说，“十五个人在死人的箱子上面——”

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The crew joined in: " Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum!"

船员们齐声唱起来：“唷嗬嗬，再来一瓶朗姆酒！”

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The song carried me back to the Admiral Benbow and the old captain, but soon the anchor was up, and the Hispaniola started to move away from the docks

歌声把我带回了本鲍将军旅馆和那位老船长的身边，但很快船锚升起，伊斯帕尼奥拉号开始驶离码头。

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Our adventure had begun!

我们的冒险开始了！

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The voyage to Treasure Island was fairly uneventful, except Mr. Arrow turned out to be even worse than the captain feared

前往金银岛的航行还算风平浪静，只是艾罗先生的表现比船长担心的还要糟糕。

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After a day or two, he started to appear on deck with hazy eyes, red cheeks, and other signs of drunkenness

过了一两天，他开始出现在甲板上，眼神迷蒙，脸颊通红，还有其他醉酒的迹象。

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Time after time, he was ordered below deck in disgrace

一次又一次，他被丢脸地命令回到甲板下面去。

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" Where does he get the rum?" Dr. Livesey wondered

“他从哪儿弄来的朗姆酒？”利夫西医生感到纳闷。

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" I've asked him," I said." When he's drunk, he laughs at me, and when he's sober, he says he only drinks water

“我问过他，”我说。“他喝醉时就嘲笑我，清醒时就说他只喝水。”

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" He's useless as a first mate and is a bad influence on the men. At this rate, he'll soon be dead," the doctor predicted

“身为大副，他毫无用处，还对船员们产生了坏影响。照这样下去，他很快就会没命的。”医生预测道。

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So nobody was much surprised, or very sorry, when one dark night, he disappeared and was seen no more

所以，当一个漆黑的夜晚，他消失不见、再也没人见过他时，没有人感到非常惊讶或特别难过。

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" Overboard?" the captain said." Well, that saves us the trouble of putting him in irons."

“掉海里去了？”船长说。“也好，那倒省得我们费事给他戴上手铐脚镣了。”

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But now we needed a first mate, so Job Anderson, took over the position, along with his regular job of supervising the masts and rigging

但现在我们需要一个大副，于是乔布·安德森接替了这个职位，同时兼顾着他监管桅杆和索具的本职工作。

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Mr. Trelawney volunteered to take watch, and Israel Hands, the helmsman — the man who steers the ship — was very helpful

特里劳尼先生自愿去值班，而舵手——也就是负责掌舵的人——伊斯雷尔·汉兹也非常帮忙。

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Israel was an experienced seaman who could keep things running well, and he was a great confidant of Long John Silver too

伊斯雷尔是个经验丰富的水手，能把事情打理得井井有条，而且他也是高个子约翰·西尔弗的得力助手。

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Aboard ship, Silver hung his crutch on a rope around his neck so he could have both hands free to work

在船上，西尔弗把他的拐杖挂在脖子上的绳子上，这样他就能腾出双手干活了。

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Even in stormy weather, Long John could walk back and forth from one side of the ship to the other using ropes he'd rigged across the deck

即使在暴风雨天气，高个子约翰也能利用他在甲板上拉起的绳索，从船的一边走到另一边。

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" He's no common man," Israel told me." He's strong as a lion and can speak like an educated man when he wants to!"

“他可不是一般人，”伊斯雷尔对我说，“他壮得像头狮子，而且只要他愿意，说起话来能像个有学问的人！”

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Long John was always glad to see me in the galley, which he kept spotlessly clean. His parrot, named Montego, was in a cage in one corner

高个子约翰总是很高兴在厨房见到我，他把那里打扫得一尘不染。他的鹦鹉，名叫蒙特戈，就关在角落的一个笼子里。

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" Come in and sit down, Hawkins," Long John would say." Montego here is predicting a successful voyage."

“进来坐，霍金斯，”高个子约翰会说，“蒙特戈正预言咱们这次航行会一帆风顺呢。”

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The parrot screeched," Pieces of eight! Pieces of eight!"

鹦鹉尖叫道：“八个里亚尔！八个里亚尔！”

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He pointed to Montego

他指向蒙特戈。

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" That bird," Silver said," is maybe two hundred years old, Hawkins. They live almost forever. Only the devil has seen more wickedness."

“那只鸟，”西尔弗说，“大概有两百岁了，霍金斯。它们几乎长生不老。只有魔鬼见过比他更多的邪恶事。”

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" Stand by, matey," Montego screamed

“准备好，伙计，”蒙特戈尖声叫道。

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The cook gave the bird some sugar

厨师给了鸟儿一些糖。

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" Be gone, sea rat!" the bird swore at him

“滚开，海老鼠！”鸟儿对着他咒骂道。

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Long John shook his head." Argh, she's been around men who aren't very polite, so my poor innocent bird swears like a sailor

朗·约翰摇了摇头。“啊呀，她一直跟些不懂礼貌的人待在一起，所以我可怜又天真的鸟儿像水手一样满口脏话。”

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Of course, she has no idea what she's saying."

当然，她根本不知道自己在说什么。

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Meanwhile, the squire and the captain were still not getting along

与此同时，乡绅和船长仍然相处不来。

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The squire despised the captain, and when the captain spoke to the squire, he was sharp and wasted no words

乡绅鄙视船长，而船长跟乡绅说话时，言辞尖锐，从不多费口舌。

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" I may have been wrong about the crew," the captain finally admitted to Trelawney one day." They've behaved pretty well."

“我可能错怪船员们了，”一天，船长终于向特里劳尼承认，“他们表现得相当不错。”

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And he liked the ship." The Hispaniola responds to my directions better than any ship I've ever sailed, sir

而且他喜欢这艘船。“伊斯帕尼奥拉号对我指令的响应，比我驾驶过的任何船都好，先生。”

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But," he added," we're not home yet, and I still don't like the voyage."

“但是，”他补充道，“我们还没到家，我依然不喜欢这次航行。”

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The squire would angrily march up and down the deck

乡绅会怒气冲冲地在甲板上来回踱步。

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" If I hear any more complaints from that man," he said to the doctor," I shall explode."

“要是再听到那个人抱怨一句，”他对大夫说，“我就要炸了。”

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The squire was overly generous to the crew, providing extra food at mealtimes and steamed pudding whenever someone had a birthday

乡绅对船员们过于慷慨，开饭时提供额外的食物，谁过生日就吃蒸布丁，

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and there was always a barrel of apples from which anyone could help himself

而且总有一桶苹果，任何人都可以随便拿。

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" Never knew good to come of it," the captain said to Dr. Livesey." Spoil the crew, and you'll make devils. That's my belief."

“我从不知道这能有什么好处，”船长对利夫西大夫说，“惯坏了船员，就会养出一群魔鬼。这是我的信念。”

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But good did come out of the apple barrel, because without it, we all might have perished by the hand of treachery

但那桶苹果确实带来了好处，因为没有它，我们也许全都会死于背叛之手。

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Everyone was in fine spirits one day, because we were near the end of the first part of our adventure

有一天，每个人都兴高采烈，因为我们即将结束冒险的第一阶段。

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Just after sundown, as I headed toward my berth, I decided I wanted an apple

日落刚过，我朝自己的铺位走去时，决定想吃个苹果。

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On deck, the men on watch were all busy looking out for the island

甲板上，值班的人都在忙着瞭望岛屿。

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All was quiet except for the man at the helm, who was whistling while he watched the sails rippling in the wind

四下静悄悄的，只有舵手在吹口哨，看着风帆在风中翻卷，

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and the swish of the sea against the sides of the ship

以及海水冲刷船舷的哗哗声。

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There was scarcely an apple left, so I climbed into the barrel to reach the last ones

桶里几乎没剩什么苹果了，于是我爬进桶里，去够最后那几个。

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Sitting down at the bottom, eating in the dark with the ship rocking gently, I was on the verge of falling asleep

我坐在桶底，在黑暗中吃着苹果，船轻轻摇晃着，我差点就要睡着了。

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Suddenly, a heavy man sat down close by, and the barrel shook as he leaned his shoulders against it

突然，一个沉重的人影在近旁坐了下来，他肩膀靠到桶上时，桶身摇晃起来。

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I was about to jump up when I heard Long John's voice, but after listening a while, I wouldn't have shown myself for the entire world

我正要跳起来，却听到了朗·约翰的声音，但听了一会儿之后，就算拿全世界来换，我也不肯露面了。

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I stayed there, trembling and listening, fearful and curious

我留在那里，浑身发抖地听着，又害怕又好奇。

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Within moments, I realized the lives of all the honest men aboard depended upon me alone

片刻之间，我意识到船上所有正直之人的性命，全都取决于我一个人。