英國語文第四冊(雙語):金雕巢(3)

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Overhead frowned the front of the precipice, never before touched by human hand or foot. No one had ever dreamed of scaling it;

從未有人能夠觸碰這一片峭壁，沒有人想過要征服它；

and the golden eagles knew that well in their instinct, as, before they built their aerie, they had brushed it with their wings.

金雕也知道這一點，因為它們在筑巢前總會用翅膀?qū)⒁粋€地方掃干凈。

But all the rest of this part of the mountain side, though scarred, and seamed, and chasmed, was yet accessible;

但是山腰上的其他地方，雖然千瘡百孔，到處都是縫隙和裂谷，但仍然能夠爬到這里；

and more than one person in the parish had reached the bottom of the Glead's Cliff.

而且已經(jīng)不止一次有人從這里掉下了山崖。

Many were now attempting it; and, ere the cautious mother had followed her dumb guides a hundred yards,

現(xiàn)在，許多人都試著進入這片地區(qū)；這位謹(jǐn)慎的母親跟在一位啞巴向?qū)У纳砗?，走了一百碼，

through dangers that, although enough to terrify the stoutest heart, were traversed by her without a shudder,

穿過即使是意志最堅強的人都會被嚇到的危險之地，她卻連發(fā)抖都沒有。

the head of one man appeared, and then the head of another;

路上出現(xiàn)了一個人頭，然后又出現(xiàn)了一個；

and she knew that God had delivered her and her child in safety into the care of their fellow-creatures.

她知道，上帝已經(jīng)將她和她的孩子安全送達了同類的關(guān)懷中。

Not a word was spoken—eyes said enough.

不用說話——眼神足以交流一切。

She hushed her friends with her hands, and, with uplifted eyes, pointed to the guides lent to her by Heaven.

她用手示意她的朋友不要說話，抬眼看著上天送給她的這位向?qū)А?/p>

Small green plats, where those creatures nibble the wild-flowers, became now more frequent;

那些動物咬食野花的一片片綠色小花園，現(xiàn)在變得人來人往；

trodden lines, almost as easy as sheep-paths, showed that the dam had not led her young into danger;

被踩平的路就像山坡上家畜踐踏的小道一樣好走，顯現(xiàn)出筑壩并沒有給后人帶來危險；

and now the brushwood dwindled into straggling shrubs, and the party stood on a little eminence forming part of the strath.

草叢變成了零零散散的灌木，有點隆起的地方就形成了平地河谷的一部分。

There had been trouble and agitation, much sobbing and many tears, among the multitude, while the mother was scaling the cliffs;

這位母親母親在攀爬懸崖時，人群中騷動起來，許多人都在抽泣和流淚。當(dāng)她到達鷹巢的那一刻，

sublime was the shout that echoed afar, the moment she reached the aerie;

喊聲久久回蕩，令人崇敬；

then had succeeded a silence, deep as death; in a little while arose that hymning prayer, succeeded by mute supplication;

隨后是一陣死寂；圣歌的聲音響起一陣，隨后又只剩下沉默的祈禱；

the wildness of thankful and congratulatory joy had next its sway;

狂野的感謝和慶祝的歡呼；

and now that her preservation was sure, the great crowd rustled like a wind-swept wood.

人們現(xiàn)在確定她還活著，于是就像風(fēng)吹過樹林一樣，開始議論紛紛。