8 The Frightening Foreigners Lesson

8. THE FRIGHTENING FOREIGNERS LESSON It was a glorious, blue, breezy day but Hiccup had no time to admire it. He ran as fast as he could towards the Great Hall where the Frightening Foreigners

8. 这是一个阳光明媚、阳光明媚、微风习习的日子，但小嗝嗝没有时间去欣赏它。 他以最快的速度向大礼堂跑去，那里有可怕的外国人

lesson was being held. Gobber hadn't arrived yet, so the young barbarians were making a gigantic racket. Sharpknife and Tuffnut Junior were having a swordfight in one corner. The boys' dragons were lying in front of the gigantic fire, snapping and snarling at each other. Snotlout and Dogsbreath the Duhbrain were sitting on Fishlegs while Fireworm set fire to a pile of Fishlegs's workbooks. 'Why don't you pick on someone your own size, you brainless brutes?' snapped Hiccup at the bullies, putting out the fire with his jacket. 'Thanks, Hiccup,' panted Fishlegs. 'Well, well, well,' drawled Snotlout, removing his knee from Fishlegs's stomach and sauntering over to where Hiccup was sitting. 'Some Vikings you two are! I hear you couldn't even tell the difference between a Peaceable fishing boat and a seventy-metre Roman ship, and you have got to be the first pirates EVER to sink their own boat…' 'Har har har har,' laughed all the other boys. 'And most pathetic of all,' jeered Snotlout, 'you lost your ridiculous fangless microbe of a dragon.' 'Some loss,' sneered Fireworm, sharpening her

正在上课。戈伯还没有到，所以这些年轻的野蛮人正在吵吵嚷嚷。 尖刀和小塔夫纳特正在一个角落里斗剑。 男孩们的火龙躺在巨大的火堆前，互相撕咬着，咆哮着。 鼻涕精和狗屎呼吸坐在鱼腿上，而火虫放火烧了一堆鱼腿的练习本。 “你们这些没脑子的畜牲，为什么不找个头和你们一样大的人呢？”小嗝嗝朝恶霸们厉声说，一边用夹克扑灭了火。 “谢谢你，小嗝嗝，”鱼腿喘着气说。 “好了，好了，好了，”鼻子鼻子慢吞吞地说，把膝盖从鱼腿的肚子上挪开，信步走到嗝嗝坐的地方。 “你们两个真是维京人！”我听说你连一艘和平渔船和一艘七十米长的罗马船都分不清，而且你一定是第一个把自己的船弄沉的海盗……” “最可悲的是，”鼻涕鬼嘲笑道，“你失去了你那可笑的、没有尖牙的龙微生物。“有些损失。”萤火虫讥讽地说，把她磨尖了

claws on Hiccup's helmet with an acutely unpleasant scritching noise. 'That creature was a disgrace to us green-blooded FireBrothers of the Snake.' 'Toothless was a fine, fine dragon,' said Hiccup quietly, trying to keep his temper. 'He was a HOPELESS dragon,' mocked Snotlout. 'Never mind, Hiccup. He'll make a much better Roman handbag—' 'YOU TAKE THAT BACK, YOU SNOT-FACED, SNOT-NOSED, ELEPHANT-NOSTRILLED, BOTTOM-BRAINED BULLY!' yelled Hiccup. The door opened with a gigantic crash. 'Excellent Advanced Rudery, Hiccup!' roared Gobber the Belch. 'We'll make a Viking of you yet!' 'I hope you don't mind, sir,' spat Snotlout, advancing on Hiccup with his fists raised and a nasty look in his eye, 'if I just kill him for that one…' 'But I do mind,' said Gobber. 'This is a Frightening Foreigners lesson, not a free-for-all – SIDDOWN NOW YOU 'ORRIBLE LITTLE EXCUSES FOR VIKINGS!' The boys scrambled for their places on the floor at Gobber's feet. Even Snotlout knew better than to

爪子抓着小嗝嗝的头盔，发出刺耳的划伤声。 “那个家伙对我们这些绿血的蛇族火兄弟来说是一个耻辱。“无牙是一条非常非常好的龙，”小嗝嗝平静地说，努力控制住自己的脾气。 “他是一条无可救药的恶龙。” “没关系，小嗝嗝。他会做一个更好的罗马手包——”“你收回那句话，你这个鼻涕脸、鼻涕鼻子、大象鼻子、脑洞大开的恶霸！嗝嗝喊道。 门砰的一声开了。 “优秀的高级粗鲁，嗝嗝！”嗝哥吼道。 “我们会把你变成维京人的！”“我希望你不要介意，先生，”鼻涕鼻子朝小嗝嗝走去，举起拳头，眼睛里带着凶狠的神情，“如果我为了这个杀了他……” “这是一个可怕的外国人的教训，而不是一个自由的人——现在趴下，你是维京人的可怕的小借口！”孩子们争先恐后地坐在戈伯脚边的地板上。 就连鼻涕精也知道最好不要这么做

disobey Gobber, and he sat down too, muttering darkly to Hiccup that he would get him later. 'This lesson is all about Taking Money with Menaces,' yelled Gobber. 'HICCUP! WARTIHOG! Stand up here in the front. Hiccup, I want you to be the Hooligan Invader and Wartihog to be the simple Gaulish farmer. What Terrifying Techniques can you use to get Wartihog's belongings?' Hiccup got to his feet, but he wasn't really concentrating. 'Excusez-moi, mon brave,' said Hiccup absent-mindedly. 'Mais pouvez-vous me donner votre—' Wartihog bashed him. 'OH FOR THOR'S SAKE, HICCUP!' exploded Gobber bateily. 'I TAKE BACK WHAT I SAID A MOMENT AGO! HAVE I TAUGHT YOU NOTHING? VIKINGS DON'T TALK IN SILLY FOREIGN LANGUAGES, THEY YELL, HICCUP, YELL!' Gobber controlled himself with an effort. 'Sit down, Hiccup. Snotlout, show PATHETIC Hiccup how to perform this perfectly simple exercise.' Two seconds later, to great cheers of 'BRAVO!' from Gobber and the rest of the class, Snotlout had

他不听戈伯的话，也坐了下来，对小嗝嗝阴沉地嘟囔着，说过一会儿再找他算账。 “这堂课讲的都是用威胁来赚钱。”戈伯喊道。 “打嗝!WARTIHOG !站到前面来。 小嗝嗝，我想让你扮演流氓入侵者而战猪扮演单纯的高卢农民。 你可以用什么可怕的技巧来得到战袍的财物？”小嗝嗝站了起来，但他并没有真正集中注意力。 “对不起，我的勇敢，”小嗝嗝心不在焉地说。 “我的票——你给我一票——”战猪狠狠地揍了他一顿。 “哦，看在上帝的份上，小嗝嗝！”戈伯愤怒地吼道。 “我收回我刚才说的话！”我什么都没教你吗？ 维京人不会用愚蠢的外语说话，他们大喊大叫，打嗝，大喊大叫！”戈柏努力控制住自己。 “坐下，小嗝嗝。鼻涕鬼，教可怜的嗝嗝怎么做这个非常简单的动作。”两秒钟后，在一片欢呼中，“太棒了！””戈伯和全班同学都这么说

Wartihog in a Baggybum Bearhug and was removing not only his money but also his helmet, jacket and trousers. Gobber put his hands on his hips, threw back his huge hairy head until the horns on his helmet touched the wall behind him, and shouted with laughter. 'YOU SEE, HICCUP?' he bellowed in between great guffaws. 'THAT'S HOW TO FRIGHTEN A FOREIGN—' The door flew open. Two enormous, masked Kidnappers crashed into the room with yells that froze the blood and made the hairs on Hiccup's head stand up like the spines on a sea-urchin. They were dressed in traditional Bog-Burglar costume but it was obvious to Hiccup that this was a couple of Roman soldiers in not a very good disguise. For starters Bog-Burglar soldiers were always women. But these were clearly big hairy muscly men in dresses with pigs' bladders stuffed down their blouses instead of bosoms. The First Kidnapper was holding a couple of double-headed axes the size of dinner plates and he threw one of these as hard as he could in Gobber's

他不仅拿走了他的钱，还拿走了他的头盔、夹克和裤子。 戈柏双手叉腰，把毛茸茸的大脑袋向后一甩，直到他头盔上的角碰到身后的墙，然后大笑起来。 “你看，小嗝嗝？”他在一阵狂笑中吼道。 “这就是吓唬外国人的方法——”门猛地开了。 两个巨大的蒙面绑匪冲进房间，大喊大叫，吓得血都凝固了，嗝嗝头上的毛都竖起来了，像海胆上的刺。 他们穿着传统的沼泽窃贼服装，但对小嗝嗝来说，这显然是两个罗马士兵伪装得不太好。 首先，沼泽窃贼的士兵都是女人。 但这些人显然是身材高大、毛发浓密、肌肉发达的男人，穿着衣服，衬衫里塞着猪膀胱，而不是胸部。 第一个绑匪手里拿着两把餐盘大小的双头斧头，他使劲朝戈伯手里扔了一把

direction. The axe flew through the air, missed Gobber's head by a hair's-breadth, and pinned him to the wall by his beard. 'AAAAAAAAAAAARGH!' gurgled Gobber, unable to move and gazing at the shining blade less than a centimetre from his nose. 'HE WHO IS MOVING, PLEASE, LOSES ZE HEAD, AND ZE DRAGONS ALSO,' yelled the First Kidnapper, speaking very badly in Norse* and swinging the other axe round his head. Not a boy or a dragon moved. 'Okey-dokey, please,' continued the First Kidnapper in a quieter voice. 'Give us what we is wantings and nobody she gets hurt. Which one of you lots is being the Heir to the Hairy Hooligans?' Everyone was silent. 'No make me get cross, please…' warned the First Kidnapper. 'You no like her when she is cross,' said the second one, fingering his axe lovingly. 'Just tell me… WHO IS BEING THE HEIR TO THE HAIRY HOOLIGANS?'

方向。斧头在空中飞来飞去，差一点击中戈伯的头，一把抓住他的胡子，把他钉在墙上。 “AAAAAAAAAAAARGH !戈伯咯咯地说，一动不动地盯着离鼻子不到一厘米的那把闪闪发亮的剑。 “谁要动，就把他的头和龙都砍掉。”第一个绑匪用非常糟糕的挪威语喊道，并在他的头上挥舞着另一把斧头。 没有一个男孩或一条龙动。 “好吧，好吧。”第一个绑匪用更平静的声音继续说。 “给我们想要的东西，她就不会受伤。” 你们当中谁是毛流氓的继承人？”大家都沉默了。 “别让我生气，求求你……”第一个绑架者警告道。 “她生气的时候，你是不会喜欢她的。”第二个仆人说着，慈爱地用手抚摸着他的斧头。 “告诉我……谁是长毛流氓的继承人？”