7 On the Wreck

CHAPTER 7 On the Wreck We floated along the river for a few days and then we had a big storm. The rain poured down in a solid sheet. When the lightning glared we could see a steamboat that had crashed on some rocks ahead of us. We were drifting right toward her. "Let's land on her, Jim." But Jim was dead against it at first. He said: "I don't want to go fooling around on any

第七章沉船我们沿着河漂流了几天，然后遇到了一场大风暴。 大雨倾盆而下。 当闪电发出耀眼的光芒时，我们看到一艘汽船撞上了我们前面的岩石。 我们正漂向她。 “吉姆，我们到她那儿去吧。”但吉姆起初坚决反对。 他说：“我不想在任何地方闲逛

wreck. We're doing all right and we should leave this alone. There's probably a watchman on the wreck, anyway." "There's nothing left to watch on her, Jim. It looks like it's about to break up and wash off down the river any minute. Besides, we might find something in the captain's room. Steamboat captains are always rich. Do you think Tom Sawyer would let this go by? Never. He would call it an adventure." Jim grumbled a little, but finally he gave in. He said we shouldn't talk much, if we got aboard. The lightning showed us the wreck again just in time. We rowed over to it and tied the raft and canoe to the side. We climbed aboard in the dark. Soon we were in front of the captain's door, which was open. Down the hall we saw a light. In the same moment we heard voices!

残骸。我们做得很好，别再纠缠了。 不管怎样，沉船上可能有一个守望者。” “她没有什么可监视的了，吉姆。 看起来它随时都可能裂开然后被河水冲走。 再说，我们也许能在船长的房间里找到点什么。 汽船船长总是很富有。 你觉得汤姆·索亚会放过这件事吗？ 从来没有。他会称之为一次冒险。” 吉姆咕哝了几句，但最后还是让步了。 他说如果我们上了船，就不要多说话。 闪电及时地让我们看到了残骸。 我们划过去，把木筏和独木舟系在岸边。 我们摸黑爬上了船。 不久我们就到了船长的门前，门是开着的。 我们看到大厅那头有一盏灯。 就在这时，我们听到了说话声！

Jim said he was feeling sick and told me to come along with him. I said all right and was going to start for the raft, but just then I heard a voice say: "Oh, please don't, boys. I swear, I won't ever tell." Another voice said, pretty loudly: "It's a lie, Turner. You've acted this way before. You always want more than your share and you've always gotten it, too, because you've sworn that if you didn't then you would tell on us. But this time you've joked about it once too often. You're the meanest, most disloyal hound

吉姆说他不舒服，叫我跟他一起去。 我说好吧，正要动身向木筏游去，但就在这时，我听到一个声音说：“哦，孩子们，请不要这样。 我发誓，我永远不会说出去。” 另一个声音很大声地说：“这是谎言，特纳。 你以前也这么干过。 你总是想要比你应得的多而且你也总是得到了，因为你发过誓，如果你不这样做，你就会告发我们。 但这次你开了太多次玩笑。 你是最卑鄙，最不忠诚的猎犬

in this country." By this time Jim was already gone for the raft. I was curious. I said to myself, Tom Sawyer wouldn't back out now, so I won't either. I crept along until I was in the room right next to the men. Inside I saw a man tied up and lying on the floor. Two men were standing over him. The man on the floor said: "Oh, please don't, Bill. I won't ever tell on you." The two men started walking to where I was. I moved as fast as I could, but there wasn't much room. They walked into the room where I was hiding. I was cornered. Now I was sorry that I had been so curious. Luckily, they didn't see me. Instead they talked about the man on the floor. "He's said he'll tell on us, and he will. It won't make a difference if we let him go now. He'll turn against us." "I think you're right, Bill. Here's my idea. We'll look around this ship and take whatever

在这个国家。”这时吉姆已经跑到木筏上去了。 我很好奇。我对自己说，汤姆·索亚现在不会退缩了，所以我也不会。 我蹑手蹑脚地走着，一直走到男人们旁边的房间。 在里面，我看到一个男人被绑起来躺在地板上。 有两个人站在他旁边。 地板上的那个人说：“哦，比尔，请不要这样。 我永远不会告发你的。” 那两个人开始向我所在的地方走去。 我尽可能快地移动，但没有太多的空间。 他们走进了我藏身的房间。 我走投无路了。现在我很后悔我曾经那么好奇。 幸运的是，他们没有看到我。 相反，他们谈论的是地板上的那个人。 “他说过要告发我们，他说到做到。 现在放了他也没什么区别。 他会背叛我们的。”“我想你是对的，比尔。 这是我的想法。我们四处看看，随便拿点什么

we can find. Then we'll leave him here and head for shore. This boat can't last more than two hours before it breaks up and washes off downriver. No one will ever find him." As soon as they left the room, I took off. I was in a cold sweat. It was dark outside and I whispered, "Jim!" He was next to me and answered right away. I said: "Quick, Jim, there's no time. There's a gang of murderers on board. If we don't get rid of their boat so these fellows can't get away, they're going to kill someone. If we can find their boat, we'll have them trapped so the sheriff can come and get them. I'll look on this side. You look on the other side. Start looking where we tied up our raft, and— "Oh, no! Raft? There is no raft. She broke loose. She's gone and we're stuck!"

我们可以找到。那我们就把他留在这里，往岸上走。 这艘船撑不过两个小时就会被冲到下游。 没人会找到他的。” 他们一离开房间，我就走了。 我出了一身冷汗。外面很黑，我低声说：“吉姆！”他就在我旁边，马上回答了我。 我说：“快，吉姆，没时间了。 船上有一帮杀人犯。 如果我们不处理掉他们的船这样他们就逃不掉了，他们会杀人的。 如果我们能找到他们的船，我们就能把他们困住，这样治安官就能来救他们了。 我看这边。你看另一边。 看看我们系木筏的地方，然后——“哦，不！木筏吗? 没有木筏。她挣脱了。 她走了，我们被困住了！”