3 Isn’t That Snotlout a Lovely Guy

3. ISN'T THAT SNOTLOUT A LOVELY GUY? Hiccup and Fishlegs and Camicazi didn't see what was happening behind them. They had some problems of their own. Hiccup had set off as fast as he possibly could, still hot with embarrassment at the scene on the beach. 'Wait up,' begged Fishlegs, sploshing after Hiccup and Camicazi in a clumsy dog-paddle,

3. 那个大鼻子不是很可爱吗？ 嗝嗝、鱼腿和卡米卡齐没有看到他们身后发生了什么。 他们自己也有问题。 小嗝嗝以最快的速度出发了，他对海滩上的情景仍然感到尴尬。 “等一下，”鱼腿请求道，一边笨拙地像狗刨一样扑通扑通地追着嗝嗝和卡米卡齐，

'it's really tricky trying to swim in these beastly armbands. We don't have to go too far you know, we're not Warriors, we're only in this competition for the fun of it… always supposing your idea of fun is freezing your horns off in Sharkworm-infested waters, of course…' As soon as Hiccup got out of his depth, the weight of his helmet and his sword made him drop abruptly, and it was only by kicking madly that he was able to keep his chin out of the water. Even Camicazi was finding that swimming fully armed took a lot of concentration. Her sword and daggers weighed her down so far to the right that she had a tendency to swim round in circles. 'Oh BOTHER!' complained Hiccup. 'How am I possibly going to beat Snotlout at this rate?'

“戴着这些讨厌的臂章游泳真的很棘手。 我们不必太过分，你知道，我们不是勇士，我们参加比赛只是为了好玩……当然，你总以为你所谓的好玩就是把你的角冻在满是鲨鱼虫的水里……”小嗝嗝一跳出水深，头盔和剑的重量就使他突然掉了下去，他拼命地踢，才使下巴不露出水面。 就连Camicazi也发现全副武装游泳需要很大的注意力。 她的剑和匕首把她压在右边很远的地方，以至于她有一种绕着圈子游泳的倾向。 “哦,麻烦!小嗝嗝抱怨道。 “照这样下去，我怎么可能打败鼻涕精呢？”

They were so busy trying to keep afloat that they hadn't noticed Snotlout and Dogsbreath the Duhbrain swimming up behind them. (Which shows how distracted they were–Dogsbreath's splashy crawl was as noisy as a hippo in a bathtub.) The two bullies overheard the last bit of the conversation, and Snotlout was laughing so hard he was in danger of drowning. 'You said it, Hiccup, you loser!' crowed Snotlout. 'One of you three? Beat me? I've never heard anything so funny in my life!' 'Her Her Her,' grunted Dogsbreath, snorting seawater out of his nose. 'The thing is, Hiccup,' sneered Snotlout, 'you heard everybody laughing on the beach… you guys are just an embarrassment to the Tribe.' Snotlout's eyes were alight with real murderous malice. He looked over his shoulder to check that nobody could see what he was doing. 'I am now going to give you, Hiccup, a lesson in being a Viking Hero, and you, Fishlegs, a lesson in how to swim without your armbands on…'

他们正忙着浮在水面上，没有注意到鼻涕精和狗屎呼吸在他们身后游来游去。 （这表明它们有多分心——dogsbreath爬行时溅起的水花就像河马在浴缸里一样吵。）两个恶霸听到了他们最后的对话，鼻子流氓笑得很厉害，差点淹死。 “是你说的，小嗝嗝，你这个失败者！”鼻涕鼻子嚷道。 “你们三个中的一个？”打我吗? 我这辈子从没听过这么好笑的事！“她，她，她，”狗息哼着，从鼻子里喷出海水。 “是这样的，小嗝嗝，”尖鼻子讥笑道，“你听到海滩上每个人都在笑……你们这些家伙只是部落的耻辱。”鼻子哥的眼睛里闪烁着真正的杀气。 他回头看了看，确保没人看见他在做什么。 “小嗝嗝，我现在要给你上一课，教你如何做一个维京英雄，而你，鱼腿，我要给你上一课，教你如何不戴臂章游泳……”

'No!' shrieked Fishlegs, trying to swim away. But he hadn't a hope of escaping. Both Snotlout and Dogsbreath were big, burly adolescents and they caught him easily, ducking Hiccup and Camicazi along the way. Snotlout popped the right armband with his dagger and Dogsbreath removed the left. 'Now, Hiccup,' purred Snotlout. 'You can just about make it back to shore on your own, but if you try to do it holding Fishlegs, I don't fancy your chances. So… what do you do? I suggest you do us all a favour, and ditch the LOSER, but it's up to you, of course.' And the two bullies swam away, laughing.

“不!鱼腿尖叫着，想要游开。 但他没有逃跑的希望。 鼻涕哥和狗息都是又大又壮的青少年，他们很容易就抓住了他，一路上躲过了嗝嗝和卡米卡齐。 “鼻涕哥”用匕首戳了一下他的右臂章，“狗息”取下了左臂章。 “好了，小嗝嗝。” “你靠自己差不多可以回到岸上，但如果你拿着鱼腿，我认为你的机会不大。 那么，你是怎么做的？我建议你帮我们大家一个忙，把那个失败者扔掉，当然，这取决于你自己。”两个恶霸笑着游走了。

Hiccup resurfaced, gasping, and thrashed through the water towards poor Fishlegs, who was going under for the second time. With the help of Toothless, Stormfly and Fishlegs's hunting- dragon Horrorcow, he got the boy upright with his head out of the water, but Fishlegs was so terrified he was struggling and in danger of dragging Hiccup under with him. 'STOP PANICKING AND RELAX!' shouted Hiccup sharply. 'RELAX!' shrieked Fishlegs. 'HOW CAN I RELAX? I'M DROWNING! DROWNING ISN'T VERY RELAXING!' But he stopped struggling, and forced himself to go limp, and floated on to the surface with Hiccup and Camicazi holding him by the shoulders. 'OK,' said Hiccup, in his I'm-trying-to-stay-calmbut-really-I-want-to-run-around-in-circles-screaming voice,

嗝嗝喘着粗气浮了出来，在水里挣扎着向第二次沉入水中的可怜的鱼腿游去。 在无牙、暴风蝇和鱼腿的猎龙恐怖牛的帮助下，他把小嗝嗝从水里救了出来，但鱼腿太害怕了，他挣扎着，有把小嗝嗝拖下水的危险。 “别慌，放轻松！”小嗝嗝厉声喊道。 “放松点!鱼腿尖叫道。 “我怎么能放松呢？”我溺水了!溺水可不是件轻松的事！”但他停止了挣扎，强迫自己变得软弱无力，在Hiccup和Camicazi的搀扶下浮到了水面上。 “好吧，”小嗝嗝说，他的声音是我在努力保持冷静，但我真的很想绕着圈子跑，

'now I think we might have a bit of a problem…' As Hiccup bobbed upwards on the waves, he could see the shoreline, and suddenly it seemed very distant. Hiccup wasn't sure that he could make that swim back carrying Fishlegs all the way, even with Camicazi helping. This is the trouble with a Proper Viking Swimming Race. It's a game of judgment as well as endurance. You have to be very careful that you don't go out so far that you run out of energy to make it back. 'We'd better get Fishlegs back to the shore, then,' Hiccup said with a confidence he was far from feeling.

“现在我想我们可能有点麻烦了……”当小嗝嗝在波浪上向上浮动时，他可以看到海岸线，突然它似乎很遥远。 小嗝嗝不确定自己能不能带着鱼腿一路游回来，即使有卡米卡齐帮忙。 这就是维京人游泳比赛的问题所在。 这是一个判断和耐力的游戏。 你必须非常小心，不要走得太远，以至于你耗尽了回来的能量。 “那么，我们最好把鱼腿弄回岸上。”小嗝嗝说着，带着一种他根本没有的自信。