吹小號(hào)的天鵝 第49期:夏令營(yíng)(3)
一個(gè)以前從沒(méi)參加過(guò)夏令營(yíng)的新生站了起來(lái)。
"Mr. Brickle," he said, "why is this camp called CampKookooskoos?
“布里克先生，”他說(shuō)，“為什么這個(gè)夏令營(yíng)叫庫(kù)庫(kù)斯庫(kù)斯夏令營(yíng)?
What does Kookooskoos mean?"
庫(kù)庫(kù)斯庫(kù)斯是什么意思?”
"It's an Indian name for the Great Horned Owl,"replied Mr. Brickle.
“這是大雕梟的印第安名字。”布里克先生回答。
The new boy thought about this for a minute.
這個(gè)新生想了一分鐘。
"Then why didn't you just call it Camp Great Horned Owl instead of Camp Kookooskoos?"
“那么這個(gè)夏令營(yíng)為什么不叫大雕梟夏令營(yíng)，卻叫庫(kù)庫(kù)斯庫(kù)斯夏令營(yíng)?”
"Because," replied Mr. Brickle, "a boys' camp should have a peculiar name;
“因?yàn)椋?rdquo;布里克先生回答，“‘一個(gè)男孩子的’夏令營(yíng)應(yīng)該有一個(gè)奇特的名字;
otherwise it doesn't sound interesting.
要不聽(tīng)起來(lái)就沒(méi)勁了。
Kookooskoos is a terrific name.
庫(kù)庫(kù)斯庫(kù)斯可是個(gè)非常棒的名字。
It is a long word, but it has only three letters in it.
這是一個(gè)很長(zhǎng)的單詞，但卻只由三個(gè)字母構(gòu)成。
It has two s's, three k's, and six o's.
這個(gè)詞里有兩個(gè)‘S ’，三個(gè)‘K ’，六個(gè)‘O ’。
You don't find many names as kooky as that.
你不會(huì)找到太多名字像它這么乖僻的詞的。
The queerer the name, the better the camp.
名字越古怪，夏令營(yíng)就越吸引人。
Anyway, welcome to Camp Kookooskoos.
用一句話說(shuō)，就是歡迎你到庫(kù)庫(kù)斯庫(kù)斯夏令營(yíng)來(lái)做客。
It rhymes with moose--that's another good thing about it.
還有，這個(gè)詞和‘Moose ’這個(gè)詞押韻——那是這個(gè)詞的另一個(gè)妙處。
"And now it's time for everybody to go to bed.
“現(xiàn)在到大家上床睡覺(jué)的時(shí)候了。
You may take a swim before breakfast tomorrow,
你們可以在明天早飯前去游泳。
and you don't need to wear your swim trunks.
到時(shí)候你們連游泳褲都不必穿。
Just jump out of bed when you hear the trumpet of the swan,
當(dāng)你聽(tīng)到天鵝的喇叭聲時(shí)，只需從床上跳出來(lái)，
strip off your pajamas, race to the dock, and dive in.
脫掉你的睡衣，跑到船塢，再扎到水里就可以了。
I will be there ahead of you to do my celebrated backflip from the diving tower.
我將在你們之前來(lái)到那里，從跳臺(tái)做我那聞名遐邇的后空翻。
It freshens me up for the hard day ahead.
這會(huì)讓我在辛勞的一天正式開(kāi)始前就打起精神的。
Good night, Louis! Good night, Sam! Good night, Applegate! Good night, all!"
晚安，路易斯!晚安，薩姆!晚安，阿普爾蓋特!晚安，大伙兒們!”
The light was fading. The boys straggled off to their tents in the darkness.
火光漸漸黯淡下來(lái)。男孩子們陸續(xù)在黑暗中散開(kāi)，回到他們的帳篷去了。
The senior counselors sat together on the porch and smoked one last pipe.
大輔導(dǎo)員們圍坐在走廊上，抽著他們的最后一袋煙。
Sam crawled in under his blankets in Tent Three.
薩姆爬到第三個(gè)帳篷里的毯子底下。
Louis walked to a high, flat rock by the shore and stood there, waiting.
路易斯走上高處，站到岸邊一塊平坦的巖石上，在那里等待著。
When the lights were all out, he faced the camp,
當(dāng)所有的燈光全部熄滅后，他面向著營(yíng)地，
raised his horn to his mouth, and blew taps.
把他的小號(hào)舉到嘴邊，吹起了熄燈號(hào)
The last note seemed to linger on the still waters of the lake.
最后一個(gè)音符仍在靜寂的湖上盤(pán)桓，似乎不忍離去。
From their beds, the boys heard the beautiful sound.
床上的男孩們聽(tīng)著這美麗的樂(lè)音。
They felt sleepy and serene and happy
他們?nèi)挤浩鹆怂猓械狡届o而幸福
all but Applegate Skinner, who didn't care for birds at bedtime.
只除了阿普爾蓋特·斯金納，因?yàn)樗谒X(jué)時(shí)不喜歡鳥(niǎo)來(lái)打擾。
But even Applegate was soon asleep, along with the others in his tent.
可沒(méi)過(guò)多久，阿普爾蓋特也睡了，和帳篷里的其他孩子一樣。
He was asleep, and he was snoring.
他在睡著后還打起了呼嚕。
People who dislike birds often snore.
不喜歡鳥(niǎo)的人往往愛(ài)打呼嚕。
A deep peace fell over Camp Kookooskoos.
一種無(wú)比寧?kù)o的氣氛籠罩了庫(kù)庫(kù)斯庫(kù)斯夏令營(yíng)。
