021 进攻

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Captain Smollett stared at Long John and his companion until they disappeared, and then he came inside

斯莫列特船长盯着高个子约翰和他的同伙，直到他们消失，然后走进了木屋。

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" I made Silver angry," he said," so I think that before the hour is over, they'll attack

“我惹恼了西尔弗，”他说，“所以我想，不出一个小时，他们就会进攻。

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We're outnumbered, I know, but this shelter gives us an advantage. We can defeat them

我知道我们人数比他们少，但这个掩体给了我们优势。我们能打败他们。

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Doctor, you'll take the door and shoot through the porch."

医生，你守住门，从门廊里射击。”

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" Yes, Captain," said Dr. Livesey

“是，船长。”利夫西医生说。

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" Hunter, take the east side," Smollett continued," and Joyce, you stand on the west side

“亨特，你守东面，”斯莫列特继续说，“乔伊斯，你站到西面。

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Mr. Trelawney — you're the best marksman — you and Gray take this long side, with the five musket holes

特里劳尼先生——你是最好的射手——你和格雷守这长长的一面，有五个枪眼。

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Don't let the pirates get close enough to shoot us through our own holes, or things will turn very bad for us."

别让海盗靠近到能透过我们自己的枪眼朝我们开枪，不然情况会变得非常糟糕。”

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Finally, the captain turned to me." Hawkins, you and I don't shoot well, so we'll reload muskets

最后，船长转向我。“霍金斯，你我枪法不好，所以我们就负责给火枪装弹。

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Lay out the cutlasses on top of the firewood so they'll be ready to use."

把弯刀摆在柴堆上，随时备用。”

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The sun climbed through the trees and burned away the morning fog

太阳穿过树梢，驱散了晨雾。

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We flung aside our coats and rolled up our sleeves

我们甩掉外套，卷起袖子。

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Then we stood at our posts, in a fever of heat and anxiety

然后我们守在岗位上，热得发昏，焦虑不安。

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" Excuse me, sir," said Joyce shyly." Should I fire if I see anyone?"

“对不起，先生，”乔伊斯怯生生地问，“要是看到人，我该开枪吗？”

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" Of course!" the captain bellowed

“当然！”船长咆哮道。

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" Thank you, sir," Joyce replied in a quiet voice

“谢谢您，先生，”乔伊斯轻声回答。

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All of us were on the alert, straining our ears and eyes as an hour slowly passed

我们都高度警惕，竖着耳朵，睁大眼睛，一个小时慢慢过去了。

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Suddenly Joyce pulled up his musket and fired

突然，乔伊斯举起火枪开火。

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The noise scarcely died away before it was repeated, shot after shot, from every side

枪声几乎还没消失，四面八方就接连响起。

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Several bullets struck the log house, but none entered

几颗子弹打中了木屋，但没有一颗射进来。

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When the smoke cleared away, the stockade and the woods around it looked as quiet and empty as before

硝烟散去，木栅栏和周围的树林看起来跟之前一样寂静空旷。

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" Did you hit anyone?" the captain asked

“有人中枪了吗？”船长问道。

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" No, sir," Joyce said." I don't think so, sir. I'm sorry."

“没有，先生，”乔伊斯说，“我想没有，对不起，先生。”

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" You're doing your best, lad," Captain Smollett said." Load his gun, Hawkins."

“你尽力了，伙计，”斯莫列特船长说，“给他的枪装弹，霍金斯。”

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Then the captain addressed us all." It sounded to me as if most of the shots came from the north, so that's where the pirates will come from

然后，船长对我们所有人说：“听起来大部分枪声是从北边来的，所以海盗会从那边过来。”

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Stay at your posts, men. If the mutineers cross that fence, they'll take any unprotected musket hole and shoot us down like rats in our own stronghold."

大家坚守岗位。要是叛兵越过那道栅栏，他们就会占领任何没人守的射击孔，把咱们像老鼠一样打死在自己的堡垒里。”

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Suddenly, with a loud cry, some pirates leapt from the woods on the north side and ran straight for the stockade

突然，随着一声大喊，几个海盗从北边的树林里猛地窜出来，直冲木栅栏跑来。

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At the same moment, gunfire came from the woods, and a rifle ball whistled through the doorway, blasting the doctor's musket into bits

与此同时，树林里响起了枪声，一颗子弹呼啸着穿过门洞，把医生的火枪击得粉碎。

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The pirates swarmed over the fence like monkeys as the squire and Gray fired again and again

海盗们像猴子一样蜂拥而上翻过栅栏，与此同时，乡绅和格雷不断开枪射击。

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Three pirates fell, but one was more scared than hurt, and he climbed back over the fence and disappeared among the trees

三个海盗倒下了，但其中一人与其说是受伤，更像是吓坏了，他爬回栅栏那边，消失在树丛里。

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Meanwhile, from the woods, eight pirates kept up a hot burst of fire on the log house

与此同时，树林里的八个海盗持续向木屋猛烈开火。

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Shouting to each other for encouragement, four more pirates got over the fence, swarmed up the mound, and were immediately upon us

另外四个海盗互相呐喊着鼓劲，翻过栅栏，涌上土丘，转眼间就冲到了我们面前。

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Suddenly the head of Job Anderson appeared at the middle musket hole

突然，乔布·安德森的脑袋出现在中间的那个射击孔前。

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" Get them, men!" Job roared

“干掉他们，兄弟们！”乔布大吼一声。

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At the same time, another pirate grabbed Hunter's musket by the muzzle, wrenched it from his hands through the hole

同时，另一个海盗抓住亨特滑膛枪的枪口，从射击孔里猛地从他手中夺走了枪，

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and with one stunning blow, rammed it through and bashed the poor fellow senseless on the floor

接着用这狠狠的一击，把枪捅了进去，将那可怜的家伙打昏在地。

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Meanwhile a third, running south to the porch, appeared in the doorway and attacked the doctor with his cutlass

与此同时，第三个人跑到南边的门廊，出现在门口，用他的短剑攻击医生。

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In an instant, our position was utterly reversed

顷刻之间，我们的处境被彻底逆转了。

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A moment ago, we were firing, under cover, at an exposed enemy

片刻之前，我们还在掩体里，朝着暴露在外的敌人射击。

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Now it was we who were vulnerable

现在，容易成为靶子的变成了我们自己。

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The log house was full of gun smoke, cries, confusion, and the flashes and noise of pistol shots, when one loud voice rang in my ears

木屋里弥漫着火药烟雾，充斥着喊叫和混乱，手枪射击的闪光与噪声此起彼伏，这时一个响亮的声音突然传入我耳中。

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" Out, lads! Fight them in the open! Cutlasses!" shouted the captain

“出来，小子们！到开阔地去跟他们打！拔刀！”船长大喊。

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I snatched a cutlass from the pile and dashed out into the clear sunlight with someone close behind

我从刀堆里抓起一把弯刀，冲出屋外，来到明晃晃的阳光下，有人紧跟在身后。

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Before me, I saw the doctor pursue his attacker down the hill and then send him tumbling backward with a great slash across the face

我看见医生追着他的对手冲下山坡，然后朝他脸上狠狠劈了一刀，让他向后翻滚倒下。

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" Go around the house, lads!" Captain Smollett cried

“绕到屋子那边去，弟兄们！”斯莫列特船长喊道。

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With my cutlass raised, I ran around the house as one pirate was shot dead by someone inside

我高举着弯刀，绕着屋子跑，正好看到一个海盗被屋内的某人一枪打死。

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Then suddenly I was face to face with Job Anderson

然后，我突然与乔布·安德森面对面撞上了。

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He roared and raised his cutlass above his head, where it flashed in the sunlight

他大吼一声，将弯刀高举过头，刀身在阳光下闪闪发光。

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With no time to be afraid, I leapt aside, lost my footing, and rolled down the slope as the doctor shot another pirate

根本来不及害怕，我跳向一旁，脚下失稳，顺着斜坡滚了下去，这时医生又开枪打倒了一个海盗。

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By the time I got to my feet again, a man with a red nightcap and a cutlass between his teeth was halfway over the fence

等我重新站起身时，一个戴着红色睡帽、嘴里衔着弯刀的男人已经翻过了一半围栏，

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and another man was showing his head above the top

另一个人也在围栏顶上探出了头。

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Then, behind me, Gray shouted," I've got him!" and killed Job Anderson

就在这时，我身后的格雷喊道：“我解决他了！”随即杀死了乔布·安德森。

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The two men on the fence hesitated

围栏上的两个人犹豫起来。

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" Let's get out of here!" one pirate cried

“咱们快跑吧！”一个海盗喊道。

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And the two of them clambered back over the fence and disappeared into the woods

于是，那两个人又翻回围栏外，消失在树林里。

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" Get back inside!" yelled the doctor." Shoot from the house!"

“回屋里去！”医生喊道，“从屋里开火！”

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The doctor, Gray, and I ran for the house, which was by this time somewhat cleared of smoke

医生、格雷和我朝屋子跑去，此时屋里的烟雾已消散了一些。

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Hunter lay beside his musket hole, stunned though still alive, but Joyce was shot through the head, never to move again

亨特躺在他的射击孔旁，虽还活着，但已昏迷不醒；而乔伊斯头部中弹，再也动弹不得了。

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" The captain's wounded," Mr. Trelawney said, supporting Smollett under the shoulder

“船长受伤了。”特里劳尼先生说着，从腋下搀扶着斯莫列特。

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" Have they run away?" asked the captain

“他们都跑了吗？”船长问道。

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" All that could," the doctor said," but five of them will never run again."

“能跑的都跑了，”医生说，“但他们中有五个再也跑不了了。”

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" They lost five!" exclaimed the captain." Now it's four of us against nine of them. That's better than when we started."

“他们损失了五个！”船长大声说，“现在我们是四对九。比刚开始时强多了。”

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The pirates were soon only eight in number, though, for the man shot by Mr. Trelawney on board the ship died that same evening of his wound

然而，海盗一方很快就只剩下八个人了，因为那个在船上被特里劳尼先生打伤的人，当晚便因伤重死去了。

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But we didn't know that until much later

但我们是很久以后才知道这事的。