To Build a Fire
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
Part 1 ay had dawned cold and gray when the man turned aside from the main Yukon trail.
当男子离开育空地区的主要小道时,第1AY号警报突然冷淡而灰白。
He climbed the high earth-bank where a little- traveled trail led east through the pine forest.
他爬上高地岸,那里有一条小行走的小道向东穿过松林.
It was a high bank, and he paused to breathe at the top.
那是高高的银行,他停下来呼吸 在顶部。
He excused the act to himself by looking at his watch.
他看着他的手表就把这个行为原谅给自己.
It was nine o’clock in the morning.
当时是早上九点。
There was no sun or promise of sun, although there was not a cloud in the sky.
虽然天上没有一朵云去来相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相相相相相去相去相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相
It was a clear day.
那天天气晴朗
However, there seemed to be an indescribable darkness over the face of things.
然而,在事物面前似乎存在着无法形容的黑暗.
That was because the sun was absent from the sky.
那是因为太阳不在天空
This fact did not worry the man.
这个事实并不令他担心。
He was not alarmed by the lack of sun.
他对缺乏阳光并不感到惊恐。
It had been days since he had seen the sun.
几天前他看到太阳了
The man looked along the way he had come.
那个男人看着他来的地方
The Yukon lay a mile wide and hidden under three feet of ice.
育空地区铺了一英里宽,并藏在了三英尺高的冰下.
On top of this ice were as many feet of snow.
冰上还有一多英尺的雪
It was all pure white.
全是纯白色的
North and south, as far as his eye could see, it was unbroken white.
南北相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相
The one thing that relieved the whiteness was a thin dark line that curved from the pine-covered island to the south.
解脱出白色的一件事是一条从被松被覆盖的岛屿向南弯曲的薄黑线.
It curved into the north, where it disappeared behind another pine-covered island.
它弯入了北部,在另一个被松树覆盖的岛屿后消失.
This dark line was the trail—the main trail.
这条暗线是线索——主要线索。
It led south five hundred miles to the Chilcoot Pass, and salt water.
它向南五百里去奇尔科特山口和盐水
It led north seventy-five miles to Dawson, and still farther on to the north a thousand miles to Nulato, and finally to St.
它带领北上75英里去道森,而更远处的北上还有一千英里去努拉托,最后去圣.
Michael, on the Bering Sea, a thousand miles and half a thousand more.
迈克尔,在白令海上, 一千多里半。
But all this—the distant trail, no sun in the sky, the great cold, and the strangeness of it all—had no effect on the man.
但这一切,远道而来,天上没有太阳,天上有大寒;天上有奇特的风光,对人毫无影响。
It was not because he was long familiar with it.
不是因为他很熟悉
He was a newcomer in the land, and this was his first winter.
他是新来的,这是他的第一个冬天。
The trouble with him was that he was not able to imagine.
他的麻烦在于他无法想象
He was quick and ready in the things of life, but only in the things, and not in their meanings.
生平之事他快而备之,而唯事之事,而非所取之意也.
Fifty degrees below zero meant eighty degrees of frost.
零下五十度意味着八十度的霜.
Such facts told him that it was cold and uncomfortable, and that was all.
这些事实告诉他,这很冷和不舒服,仅此而已。
It did not lead him to consider his weaknesses as a creature affected by temperature.
这并没有导致他把他的弱点视为受温度影响的生物.
Nor did he think about man’s general weakness, able to live only within narrow limits of heat and cold.
他也没有想到人类总的弱点,它只能活在热和寒冷的狭长范围内。
From there, it did not lead him to thoughts of heaven and the meaning of a man’s life.
从那里,它没有引导他去思考天堂和一个人生活的意义。
Fifty degrees below zero meant a bite of frost that hurt and that must be guarded against by the use of mittens, ear coverings, warm moccasins, and thick socks.
零下五十度意味着被一咬会伤到的霜,必须用手套,耳罩,温暖的摩卡松和厚厚的袜子来防范.
Fifty degrees below zero was to him nothing more than fifty degrees below zero.
零下50度对他来说 不超过零下50度
That it should be more important than that was a thought that never entered his head.
这应该比这个想法更重要 从来没有进入他的大脑。
As he turned to go, he forced some water from his mouth as an experiment.
当他转向去的时候,他强迫从口中取出一些水作为实验.
There was a sudden noise that surprised him.
忽然有声惊出.
He tried it again.
他又试了一次
And again, in the air, before they could fall to the snow, the drops of water became ice that broke with a noise.
再一次,在空气中,在它们能倒入雪地之前,滴出的水会变成冰,并被一阵噪音所打破.
He knew that at fifty below zero, water from the mouth made a noise when it hit the snow.
他知道在零下50分,从口中取出的水在下雪时会出声.
But this had done that in the air.
但是这在空气中已经做到了。
Undoubtedly it was colder than fifty below.
毫无疑问,它比下面的50个更冷。
But exactly how much colder he did not know.
但确切的说,他不知道多冷。
But the temperature did not matter.
但温度并不重要。
He was headed for the old camp on Henderson Creek, where the boys were already.
他前往亨德森溪畔的老营地,孩子们已经在那里了.
They had come across the mountain from the Indian Creek country.
他们从印度溪口穿过山
He had taken the long trail to look at the possibility of floating logs from the islands in the Yukon down the river when the ice melted.
他走过很长的路 研究了冰融化时 从育空岛上漂出木头的可能性
He would be in camp by six o’clock that evening.
当天晚上六点,
It would be a little after dark, but the boys would be there, a fire would be burning, and a hot supper would be ready.
天黑后会有点大 但孩子们会在那里 火会烧了 热饭也准备好了
As he thought of lunch, he pressed his hand against the package under his jacket.
在他想吃午饭时,他用手按住夹克下的包裹.
It was also under his shirt, wrapped in a handkerchief, and lying for warmth against the naked skin.
它也在他的衬衫下,被手帕包裹,并躺着对着裸体皮肤取暖.
Otherwise, the bread would freeze.
否则,面包会冻死。
He smiled contentedly to himself as he thought of those pieces of bread, each of which enclosed a generous portion of cooked meat.
他笑得满满意地想着这些面包片,每块面包中都包含一大部分被煮好的肉.
He plunged among the big pine trees.
他掉入了大松树中
The trail was not well marked here.
踪迹在这里没有很好的标记。
Several inches of snow had fallen since the last sled had passed.
自上个雪橇过后 有几英寸的雪已经倒下
He was glad he was without a sled.
他很高兴没有雪橇
Actually, he carried nothing but the lunch wrapped in the handkerchief.
事实上,他只带了手帕包裹的午餐
He was surprised, however, at the cold.
然而,他对寒冷感到惊讶。
It certainly was cold, he decided, as he rubbed his nose and face with his mittened hand.
肯定很冷,他决定,当他用被打晕的手摩擦鼻子和脸的时候。
He had a good growth of hair on his face, but that did not protect his nose or the upper part of his face from the frosty air.
他脸上长出一副不错的发型,但这并不能保护他鼻子或上部的脸被霜冻空气所覆盖.
Following at the man’s heels was a big native dog.
紧随其后的是一只土生土长的狗。
It was a wolf dog, gray-coated and not noticeably different from its brother, the wild wolf.
这是一种狼狗,灰色而与它的哥哥野狼没有明显区别.
The animal was worried by the great cold.
动物担心大寒.
It knew that this was no time for traveling.
它知道现在不是旅行的时间。
Its own feeling was closer to the truth than the man’s judgment.
它自己的感觉比男人的判断更接近真理。
In reality, it was not merely colder than fifty below zero; it was colder than sixty below, than seventy below.
实际上,它不仅低于零下五十;低于零下六十;低于零下七十。
It was seventy-five below zero.
零下七十五载.
Because the freezing point is thirty-two above zero, it meant that there were one hundred seven degrees of frost.
由于冰冻点为零上三十二分,意味着有一百一十七度的霜.
The dog did not know anything about temperatures.
狗对温度一无所知
Possibly in its brain there was no understanding of a condition of very cold, such as was in the man’s brain.
可能在其大脑中,人们并不了解非常寒冷的情况,比如在人的大脑中。
But the animal sensed the danger.
但动物感觉到了危险。
Its fear made it question eagerly every movement of the man as if expecting him to go into camp or to seek shelter somewhere and build a fire.
它的恐惧使它急切地质疑这名男子的每一次行动,好像期待他进入营地或到某地找地方避难并起起火.
The dog had learned about fire, and it wanted fire.
这只狗得知了火,它想要火。
Otherwise, it would dig itself into the snow and find shelter from the cold air.
否则,它会钻入雪地 并找到避寒之所
The frozen moistness of its breathing had settled on its fur in a fine powder of frost.
冻湿的呼吸方式 已经沉入了冰霜中
The hair on the man’s face was similarly frosted, but more solidly.
他脸上的头发同样被霜冻了,
It took the form of ice and increased with every warm, moist breath from his mouth.
它以冰为形式,并随着口中的每一道温暖而湿润的呼吸而增加.
He continued through the level forest for several miles.
他穿过平地森林数英里
Then he went down a bank to the frozen path of a small stream.
然后他倒下一家银行 沿着一条小溪的冰冻道走
This was Henderson Creek, and he knew he was ten miles from where the stream divided.
这是亨德森溪 他知道他离河道分道扬镳十英里
He looked at his watch.
他看着他的表。
It was ten o’clock.
当时是十点钟。
He was traveling at the rate of four miles an hour.
他以每小时四英里的速度旅行
Thus, he figured that he would arrive where the stream divided at half past twelve.
因此,他认为,他将在12点半到达溪流分出的地方。
He decided he would eat his lunch when he arrived there.
他决定等他到了那里再吃午餐.
The dog followed again at his heels, with its tail hanging low, as the man started to walk along the frozen stream.
这只狗再次跟在后面,尾巴被高高地挂起,随着他开始沿着被冻结的溪流行走.
The old sled trail could be seen, but a dozen inches of snow covered the marks of the last sleds.
旧的雪橇道可以被看到,但有十几英寸的雪覆盖了上个雪橇的痕迹.
In a month no man had traveled up or down that silent creek.
一个月后,没有人上下游过那条寂静的小溪
The man went steadily ahead.
这个人稳步前进。
He was not much of a thinker.
他不太会思考
At that moment he had nothing to think about except that he would eat lunch at the stream’s divide and that at six o’clock he would be in camp with the boys.
那时他除了在溪口吃午饭,六点钟他和男孩们一起在营地外,没有什么可考虑的。
There was nobody to talk to; and, had there been, speech would not have been possible because of the ice around his mouth.
没有人可以与他交谈;如果有的话,由于他嘴边的冰块,讲话是不可能的。
Once in a while the thought repeated itself that it was very cold and that he had never experienced such cold.
有一次,人们重复说,这很冷,他从未经历过这种冷。
As he walked along he rubbed his face and nose with the back of his mittened hand.
当他走在路上时,他用他被蒙住的手的后背来擦他的脸和鼻子。
He did this without thinking, frequently changing hands.
他这样做时没有思考,经常换手。
But, with all his rubbing, the instant he stopped, his face and nose became numb.
但是,随着他全身的擦伤,他一停下来,他的脸和鼻子就变得麻木了.
His face would surely be frozen.
他的脸肯定冻僵了
He knew that and he was sorry that he had not worn the sort of nose guard Bud wore when it was cold.
他知道这一点,他很抱歉没有穿 那种鼻子警卫巴德在冷的时候穿。
Such a guard passed across the nose and covered the entire face.
这样一个警卫穿过了鼻子,并覆盖了整个脸部.
But it did not matter much, he decided.
但他决定,这不重要
What was a little frost?
什么是小霜冻?
A bit painful, that was all.
有点痛苦,就这样。
It was never serious.
这从来都不是严重的。
Empty as the man’s mind was of thoughts, he was most observant.
他的头脑是空的,
He noticed the changes in the creek, the curves and the bends.
他注意到了小溪,曲线和弯道的变化.
And always he noted where he placed his feet.
他总是注意到他的脚放在哪里
Once, coming around a bend, he moved suddenly to the side, like a frightened horse.
有一次,在弯道上走来,他突然移动到侧面,就像一匹被吓跑的马.
He curved away from the place where he had been walking and retraced his steps several feet along the trail.
他弯曲离开他走过的地方,沿着小道再走几英尺。
He knew the creek was frozen to the bottom.
他知道小溪被冻倒了
No creek could contain water in that winter.
那个冬天没有小溪能有水
But he knew also that there were streams of water that came out from the hillsides and ran along under the snow and on top of the ice of the creek.
但他也知道有从山坡出水的溪流,并跑到雪下和小溪冰上.
He knew that even in the coldest weather these streams were never frozen, and he also knew their danger.
他知道即使在最冷的天气中 这些溪流也从未被冻结过 他也知道它们的危险
They hid pools of water under the snow that might be three inches deep, or three feet.
他们把水池藏在雪下 可能深有三英寸或三英尺
Sometimes a skin of ice half an inch thick covered them, and in turn was covered by the snow.
有时,一层厚半英寸的冰层覆盖着它们,然后被雪所覆盖.
Sometimes there was both water and thin ice, and when a man broke through he could get very wet.
有时有水和薄冰,当一个人突破时,他可能会变得很湿.
That was why he had jumped away so suddenly.
这就是为什么他突然跳出。
He had felt the ice move under his feet.
他感觉到脚下有冰在移动
He had also heard the noise of the snow-covered ice skin breaking.
他还听到被雪覆盖的冰皮被打碎的声音。
And to get his feet wet in such a temperature meant trouble and danger.
在这样的温度下弄湿他的脚 意味着麻烦和危险
At the very least it meant delay, because he would be forced to stop and build a fire.
至少这意味着延迟,因为他将被迫停止并起火.
Only under its protection could he bare his feet while he dried his socks and moccasins.
只有在保护下,他才能赤出双脚,同时干袜子和马可辛.
He stood and studied the creek bottom and its banks.
他站了起来,研究了溪底及其岸.
He decided that the flowing stream of water came from the right side.
他决定流出的水流来自右侧.
He thought a while, rubbing his nose and face.
他想了一会儿,擦了鼻子和脸
Then he walked to the left.
后行于左.
He stepped carefully and tested the ice at each step.
他小心脚下,每一步都试冰.
Once away from the danger, he continued at his four-mile pace.
一旦远离危险,他继续以四英里的速度前进。
During the next two hours he came to several similar dangers.
在接下来的两个小时里,他遭遇了几个类似的危险。
Usually the snow above the pools had a sunken appearance.
通常池子上方有下沉的外观.
However, once again he came near to falling through the ice.
然而,他再次接近从冰上掉下来。
Once, sensing danger, he made the dog go ahead.
一次,感知到危险,他让狗继续前进。
The dog did not want to go.
这只狗不想去
It hesitated until the man pushed it forward.
它犹豫了,直到他推进它。
Then it went quickly across the white, unbroken surface.
然后它迅速穿过了白色的,未断裂的地表.
Suddenly it fell through the ice, but climbed out on the other side, which was firm.
它突然从冰上掉下来, 但爬出另一边,这是坚固的。
It had wet its feet and legs.
它的脚和腿都湿了
Almost immediately the water on them turned to ice.
他们身上的水几乎立刻变成冰.
The dog made quick efforts to get the ice off its legs.
这只狗为了把冰从腿上解开 做了快活的努力
Then it lay down in the snow and began to bite out the ice that had formed between the toes.
后倒入雪地并开始咬出趾间形成的冰.
The animal knew enough to do this.
这只动物知道得够多了
To permit the ice to remain would mean sore feet.
允许冰块留下意味着脚疼。
It did not know this.
它不知道这一点。
It merely obeyed the commands that arose from the deepest part of its being.
它只是服从它最深处的命令。
But the man knew these things, having learned them from experience.
但是他从经验中学到了这些东西
He removed the mitten from his right hand and helped the dog tear out the pieces of ice.
他将手套从右手取出并帮助狗撕出冰块.
He did not bare his fingers more than a minute, and was surprised to find that they were numb.
他没有露出一多分手指,很惊讶地发现手指麻木了.
It certainly was cold.
当然很冷
He pulled on the mitten quickly and beat the hand across his breast.
他迅速拉起手套并用手打穿了胸口.
At twelve o’clock the day was at its brightest.
12:00时,
Yet the sun did not appear in the sky.
然而,太阳并没有出现在天空中。
At half past twelve, on the minute, he arrived at the divide of the creek.
12点半 他到达了小溪的分界线
He was pleased at his rate of speed.
他对他的速度感到高兴.
If he continued, he would certainly be with the boys by six o’clock that evening.
如果他继续的话,他肯定会在当晚六点前和孩子们在一起。
He unbuttoned his jacket and shirt and pulled forth his lunch.
他解开他的夹克和衬衫 并拉出他的午餐。
The action took no more than a quarter of a minute, yet in that brief moment the numbness touched his bare fingers.
行动只用了不到四分之一分钟,然而在那个短暂的时刻,麻木感触到了他赤裸的手指.
He did not put the mitten on, but instead, struck the fingers against his leg.
他没有戴手套,而是用手指打他的腿。
Then he sat down on a snow- covered log to eat.
然后他坐在被雪覆盖的木上吃东西
The pain that followed the striking of his fingers against his leg ceased so quickly that he was frightened.
手指被打到腿上之后,他的痛苦迅速停止,以致被吓倒。
He had not had time to take a bite of his lunch.
他没有时间吃午饭。
He struck the fingers repeatedly and returned them to the mitten.
他再三打出手指,然后还给手套。
Then he bared the other hand for the purpose of eating.
后以取食为道而去取出彼手.
He tried to take a mouthful, but the ice around his mouth prevented him.
他试图取出口水,但口中被冰冰所阻挡.
Then he knew what was wrong.
然后他知道什么是错的。
He had forgotten to build a fire and warm himself.
他忘了建起起起火来取暖
He laughed at his own foolishness.
他嘲笑自己的愚蠢行为。
As he laughed, he noted the numbness in his bare fingers.
当他笑的时候,他注意到他赤手空拳地麻木了。
Also, he noted that the feeling which had first come to his toes when he sat down was already passing away.
他还指出,他坐下时第一次出现的感觉已经逝去。
He wondered whether the toes were warm or whether they were numb.
他想知道脚趾是温暖的还是麻木的.
He moved them inside the moccasins and decided that they were numb.
他把她们搬进马卡森人体内,认为她们麻木了.
He pulled the mitten on hurriedly and stood up.
他匆忙地拉起手套站起来。
He was somewhat frightened.
他有点害怕。
He stamped forcefully until the feeling returned to his feet.
他猛烈地戳住,直到感觉恢复到脚.
It certainly was cold, was his thought.
这当然是冷的,是他的想法。
That man from Sulphur Creek had spoken the truth when telling how cold it sometimes got in this country.
那个来自硫溪的人说出真相 说出这个国家有时候会有多冷
And he had laughed at him at the time!
当时他嘲笑他!
That showed one must not be too sure of things.
这说明人们对事情不能太确定。
There was no mistake about it, it was cold.
没有错,很冷
He walked a few steps, stamping his feet and waving his arms, until reassured by the returning warmth.
他走出几步来,盖住脚并挥起手臂,直到被回暖所安心.
Then he took some matches and proceeded to make a fire.
之后他取出一些火柴并开始起火.
In the bushes, the high water had left a supply of sticks.
在灌木丛中,高水位留下了棒子供应.
From here he got wood for his fire.
从这里他得到的木材他的火。
Working carefully from a small beginning, he soon had a roaring fire.
从小开始仔细地工作,他很快就有咆哮起火.
Bending over the fire, he first melted the ice from his face.
他先从他脸上融出冰来
With the protection of the fire’s warmth he ate his lunch.
他吃过午餐,
For the moment, the cold had been forced away.
目前,寒冷已被逼走。
The dog took comfort in the fire, lying at full length close enough for warmth and far enough away to escape being burned.
这只狗在大火中取取了慰藉,躺在了足够温暖和足够远的地道上被烧毁了.
When the man had finished eating, he filled his pipe and had a comfortable time with a smoke.
男方吃完饭后,将管子填满并用烟雾自在.
Then he pulled on his mittens, settled his cap firmly about his ears, and started along the creek trail toward the left.
然后他拉起手套,把帽子固定在耳朵上,然后沿着小溪向左走去。
The dog was sorry to leave and looked toward the fire.
那只狗很抱歉离开 看着火
This man did not know cold.
这个人不知道冷
Possibly none of his ancestors had known cold, real cold.
他的祖先可能都不认识冷酷的
But the dog knew and all of its family knew.
但是那只狗知道 并且全家都知道
And it knew that it was not good to walk outside in such fearful cold.
它知道在如此可怕的寒冷中走出去是不好的。
It was the time to lie in a hole in the snow and to wait for this awful cold to stop.
是时候躺在雪地上的一个洞里 等待这可怕的寒冷停止
There was no real bond between the dog and the man.
狗和男人之间没有真正的联系
The one was the slave of the other.
一个是另一个的奴隶。
The dog made no effort to indicate its fears to the man.
这只狗没有尽力向那个人表明它的恐惧。
It was not concerned with the well-being of the man.
它不关心此人的福祉。
It was for its own sake that it looked toward the fire.
为了自己,它看着火。
But the man whistled, and spoke to it with the sound of the whip in his voice.
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So, the dog started walking close to the man’s heels and followed him along the trail.
因此,这只狗开始走近这名男子的后跟并沿着小道走去。
Again, the man’s moist breath quickly powdered the hair on his face with white.
这名男子的湿气很快地将脸上的头发粉上白色.
He looked around him.
他环顾四周
There did not seem to be so many pools of water under the snow on the left side of Henderson Creek, and for half an hour the man saw no signs of any.
亨德森溪左岸的雪下似乎没有这么多的水池,半个小时以来,这位男子没有看到任何迹象.
And then it happened.
然后事发.
At a place where there were no signs, the man broke through.
在一个没有迹象的地方,这个人闯了过去.
It was not deep.
它不深处。
He was wet to the knees before he got out of the water to the firm snow.
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He was angry and cursed his luck aloud.
他愤怒地诅咒他的运气。
He had hoped to get into camp with the boys at six o’clock, and this would delay him an hour.
他本来希望在六点钟和男孩们一起入营,这样会耽误他一小时。
Now he would have to build a fire and dry his moccasins and socks.
现在他必须建起起起起火来干干他的蛋蛋和袜子.
This was most important at that low temperature.
这在低温下是最重要的。
He knew that much.
他知道这么多。
So, he turned aside to the bank, which he climbed.
于是他向银行靠拢,他爬了起来。
On top, under several small pine trees, he found some firewood, which had been carried there by the high water of last year.
在顶上,在多棵小松树下,他发现了一些木柴,这些木柴被去年的高地取出.
There were some sticks, but also larger branches, and some dry grasses.
曾经有一些棍子,但也有一些较大的树枝和干草.
He threw several large branches on top of the snow.
他在雪地上抛出多条大树枝.
This served for a foundation and prevented the young flame from dying in the wet snow.
这为基金会服务,防止了年轻的火焰在湿雪中死亡.
He made a flame by touching a match to a small piece of tree bark that he took from his pocket.
他从口袋里取出一小块树皮,通过触摸一对树皮来制造出火焰.
This burned even better than paper.
这比纸烧得更好
Placing it on the foundation, he fed the young flame with pieces of dry grass and with the smallest dry sticks.
将它放入地基上,他用干草的碎片和最小的干棍来喂养年轻的火焰.
He worked slowly and carefully, realizing his danger.
他工作缓慢而小心,意识到了自己的危险.
Gradually, as the flame grew stronger, he increased the size of the sticks with which he fed it.
渐渐地,随着火焰的增强,他增加了他用来喂养它的棍子的尺寸.
He sat in the snow, pulling the sticks from the bushes under the trees and feeding them directly to the flame.
他坐在雪地上,从树下灌木丛中取出棍子并直接喂入火焰.
He knew he must not fail.
他知道他不能失败。
When it is seventy-five below zero, a man must not fail in his first attempt to build a fire.
当零下七十五分时,人初想起火,不得失败.
This is especially true if his feet are wet.
如果他的脚湿了,这是特别真实的。
If his feet are dry, and he fails, he can run along the trail for half a mile to keep his blood moving.
如果他的脚干燥了,他失败了,他可以沿着小道跑半英里来保持血液运动.
But the blood in wet and freezing feet cannot be kept moving by running when it is seventy-five degrees below.
但湿冷的脚部出血,在下行七十五度时跑来跑去是无法保持运动的.
No matter how fast he runs, the wet feet will freeze even harder.
不管他跑多快 湿脚会冻得更僵
All this the man knew.
这一切他都知道。
The old man on Sulphur Creek had told him about it, and now he was grateful for the advice.
硫溪上的老人曾将此事告知他,现在他感谢这个建议.
Already all feeling had gone from his feet.
感觉已经从他脚上消失了
To build the fire he had been forced to remove his mittens, and the fingers had quickly become numb.
为了生起火来,他被迫取出手套,手指很快麻木了.
His pace of four miles an hour had kept his heart pushing the blood to all parts of his body.
他每小时4英里的速度 使他的心脏 将血液推向全身各处
But the instant he stopped, the action of the heart slowed down.
但是他一停下来,心脏的动作就放慢了.
He now received the full force of the cold.
他现在得到了全能的寒冷。
The blood of his body drew back from it.
他身体的血从中取出
The blood was alive, like the dog.
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Like the dog, it wanted to hide and seek cover, away from the fearful cold.
像狗一样,它想隐藏和寻找掩护,远离可怕的寒冷。
As long as he walked four miles an hour, the blood rose to the surface.
只要他每小时走4英里,血就浮出水面.
But now it sank down into the lowest depths of his body.
现在它沉入他身体最深处
His feet and hands were the first to feel its absence.
他的脚和手是第一个感觉到它不存在的人.
His wet feet froze first.
他的湿脚先被冻住
His bare fingers were numb, although they had not yet begun to freeze.
他的光指麻木了,虽然尚未开始被冻结。
Nose and face were already freezing, while the skin of all his body became cold as it lost its blood.
鼻子和脸都快冻僵了,而他全身的皮肤则会因为失血而变得寒冷.
But he was safe.
但他当时很安全
Toes and nose and face would be only touched by the frost, because the fire was beginning to burn with strength.
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He was feeding it with sticks the size of his finger.
他用手指大小的棍子喂它
In another minute he would be able to feed it with larger branches.
再过一分钟,他就能用更大的树枝喂养它。
Then he could remove his wet moccasins and socks.
然后他可以取出他湿的口罩和袜子。
While they dried, he could keep his naked feet warm by the fire, rubbing them first with snow.
在干燥的时候,他可以让赤脚被火所温暖,先用雪来摩擦.
The fire was a success.
起火成功.
He was safe.
他当时很安全
He remembered the advice of the old man on Sulphur Creek, and smiled.
他想起了硫溪上老人的建议,并笑了一笑.
The man had been very serious when he said that no man should travel alone in that country after fifty below zero.
此人曾非常严肃地说,在零下五十后,任何人都不应独自前往该国。
Well, here he was; he had had the accident; he was alone; and he had saved himself.
他来了,他发生了意外,他一个人,他救了自己。
Those old men were rather womanish, he thought.
他认为那些老男人很女人气
All a man must do was to keep his head, and he was all right.
一个男人必须做的就是保持他的头, 他没事。
Any man who was a man could travel alone.
任何一个人可以独自旅行
But it was surprising, the rapidity with which his face and nose were freezing.
但令人惊讶的是,他的脸和鼻子迅速被冻住。
And he had not thought his fingers could lose their feeling in so short a time.
他没想到他的手指会在这么短的时间内失去感觉。
Without feeling they were, because he found it very difficult to make them move together to grasp a stick.
没有感觉他们是, 因为他觉得很难让他们一起行动 抓住一根棍子。
They seemed far from his body and from him.
他们似乎远离他的身体和他。
When he touched a stick, he had to look to see whether or not he was holding it.
当他碰了一根棍子时,他必须看看他是否拿着了.
All of which mattered little.
这些都无关紧要。
There was the fire, promising life with every dancing flame.
有火, 充满希望的生活 每起起舞的火焰。
He started to untie his moccasins.
他开始解开他的蛋蛋
They were coated with ice.
上面涂了冰块
The thick socks were like iron almost to the knees.
厚的袜子就像铁几乎到膝盖。
The moccasin’s strings were like ropes of steel.
莫卡辛的绳子就像钢绳。
For a moment he pulled them with his unfeeling fingers.
有一瞬间,他用他不动的手指拉住他们。
Then, realizing the foolishness of it, he grasped his knife.
然后,意识到了它的愚蠢,他抓住了自己的刀.
But before he could cut the strings, it happened.
但在他能断线之前 事情就发生了
It was his own fault, or instead, his mistake.
这是他自己的错,或者他的错误。
He should not have built the fire under the pine tree.
他不应该把火建在松树下
He should have built it in an open space.
他应该把它建在空地上
But it had been easier to pull the sticks from the bushes and drop them directly on the fire.
但是,从灌木丛中取出棍子并直接放入火中是比较容易的.
Now the tree under which he had done this carried a weight of snow on its branches.
他做的那棵树 树的树枝上挂起一股雪
No wind had been blowing for weeks and each branch was heavy with snow.
几周来没有风吹过 树枝都满是雪
Each time he pulled a stick he shook the tree slightly.
每次他拉起一根棍子,他都微微地摇动了树.
There had been just enough movement to cause the awful thing to happen.
已经有足够的行动 导致可怕的事情发生。
High up in the tree one branch dropped its load of snow.
在树上高高地上,一分枝放下了所负的雪.
This fell on the branches beneath.
这个掉到树下
This process continued, spreading through the whole tree.
这一过程仍在继续,遍及整个树木。
The snow fell without warning upon the man and the fire, and the fire was dead.
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Where it had burned was a pile of fresh snow.
那里烧了一大堆新鲜的雪
Glossary bank (n.)
词汇库(不详)
a steep, sloping hill or mound, usually along the edge of a river (p.
一个陡峭,斜坡的山地或丘陵地,通常沿河边行走(p.
3) bare (v.)
3) 赤(五.
to show or uncover (p.
显示或发现(p.
10) bends (n.)
10)弯曲(n.
curves in a path, road, or river (p.
在路径,道路,或河流(p.
9) ceased (v.)
9) 停止(五.
stopped (p.
已停止(p.
12) contentedly (adv.)
12) 满足(adv.