美國(guó)語(yǔ)文第五冊(cè) 第67期：小鎮(zhèn)水泵（02）

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At this sultry noontide, I am cupbearer to the parched populace,

在這個(gè)悶熱難當(dāng)?shù)闹形?，我成了為那些干渴市民斟水上茶的跑堂?/p>

for whose benefit an iron goblet is chained to my waist Like a dramseller on the public square, on a muster day,

我盡心為他們服務(wù)，腰上別掛個(gè)鐵制酒杯，就像公眾廣場(chǎng)游行集會(huì)上的酒廠(chǎng)推銷(xiāo)員。

I cry aloud to all and sundry, in my plainest accents, and at the very tiptop of my voice.

對(duì)那些南來(lái)北往的人，我用最道地的口音，對(duì)那些南來(lái)北往的人大聲叫喊，

Here it is, gentlemen! Here is the good liquor! Walk up, walk up, gentlemen, walk up, walk up!

快來(lái)看呀，女士們，先生們，清爽甘甜的飲料！快點(diǎn)來(lái)呀，快來(lái)看呀！

Here is the superior stuff! Here is the unadulterated ale of father Adam!

女士們，先生們，快點(diǎn)來(lái)呀，快來(lái)看呀！這可是上等的飲料，貨真價(jià)實(shí)的亞當(dāng)父親的麥酒！

better than Cognac, Hollands, Jamaica, strong beer, or wine of any price; here it is, by the hogshead or the single glass, and not a cent to pay.

比法國(guó)白蘭地酒、荷蘭杜松子酒、牙買(mǎi)加酒、高濃度啤酒，甭管多高價(jià)錢(qián)的酒還要棒！飲料大賣(mài)啦！無(wú)論你要上一大桶，還是只喝一小杯，統(tǒng)統(tǒng)無(wú)需付一個(gè)子兒。

Walk up, gentlemen, walk up and help yourselves!

快來(lái)呀，女士們，先生們，快點(diǎn)呀，趕快來(lái)敞開(kāi)肚子喝個(gè)痛快吧！

It were a pity if all this outcry should draw no customers.

萬(wàn)一這樣大聲吆喝還不能吸引顧客，那可真夠遺憾的。

Here they come. A hot day, gentlemen. Quaff and away again, so as to keep yourselves in a nice, cool sweat.

看！有人來(lái)了。天這么熱，先生們，大口狂飲吧，喝好再離開(kāi)。多么透徹清涼！多么暢快淋漓！

You, my friend, will need another cupful to wash the dust out of your throat,

我的朋友們，你們還得再來(lái)一杯，好好漱漱你們滿(mǎn)嘴塵土的喉嚨，

if it be as thick there As It Is on your cowhide shoes, I see that you have trudged half a score of miles today,

如果滿(mǎn)臉風(fēng)塵仆仆，想必今天你長(zhǎng)途跋涉而來(lái)。

and, like a wise man, have passed by the taverns, and stopped at the running brooks and well curbs.

每當(dāng)路過(guò)客?；蚓起^，你總會(huì)在河溪旁或井欄邊停下腳步，那才是明智的首選。

Otherwise, betwixt heat without and fire within, you would have been burnt to a cinder, or melted down to nothing at all—in the fashion of a jellyfish.

否則，面對(duì)內(nèi)熱與外火的里外夾攻，你很可能被灼成一團(tuán)熱碳慢慢燃盡，或類(lèi)似軟耷無(wú)力的海蜇最后干涸死去。