有聲名著《格列佛游記》42：第8章 在布羅卜丁奈格的其他經(jīng)歷(7)
You will find it difficult to believe what happened next.Sir，Isaid，Id like to give you something to thank you for yourkindness to me since I arrived at the palace.
你將覺得接下來發(fā)生的事很難置信。先生，我說，我想送給你一樣?xùn)|西以表示感謝自我從來到宮里后你對(duì)我的厚愛。
Three or four hundred years ago，we Europeans discoveredhow to make a special powder.When you set fire to it，itburns and explodes immediately，with a noise louder than thunder.You can use it to shootheavy balls of metal from large guns.It can destroy the largest ships，it can kill a whole army，itcan cut men's bodies in half，it can destroy the strongest walls.It's called gunpowder，and it'seasy and cheap to make.To show you how grateful I am to you，I'm offering to explain how tomake it-then you will be able to destroy all your enemies!
三四百年前，我們歐洲人發(fā)明了怎樣制造一種特別的粉末。當(dāng)你點(diǎn)燃它時(shí)，它立即燃燒爆炸，聲音比打雷還響，你可以用它來把很沉的金屬彈丸從很大的槍中射出，它可以摧毀最大的輪船，消滅整個(gè)軍隊(duì)，把人的身軀切成兩半，摧毀最堅(jiān)固的墻壁。它叫火藥，制作起來簡(jiǎn)單廉價(jià)。為了表達(dá)我是多么的感激你，我自愿給你解釋怎么制造它—然后你就有能力消滅你的所有敵人!
I was very surprised by the King's reply.No!he cried in horror.Don't tell me!I don't want toknow how to murder people like that.I would rather give half my country away than know thesecret of this powder.How can a tiny creature like you have such inhuman，cruel ideas?Neverspeak to me of this again!
我對(duì)國王的回答感到非常吃驚。不!他驚恐地叫道，不要告訴我!我不想知道怎樣去謀殺人。我寧愿割出一半國土也不想知道這種粉末的秘密。你們這樣渺小的生物怎么可以有如此不人道、殘酷的想法?決不要再跟我提這事!
How strange that such an excellent king should not take the chance I was offering him!NoEuropean king would hesitate for a moment But he had other strange ideas.
多么奇怪!如此優(yōu)秀的國王，竟然不抓住我提供給他的機(jī)會(huì)!任何一個(gè)歐洲國王絕不會(huì)有一絲猶豫?？墒撬€有其他怪念頭。
He believed，very simply，that every problem can be solved by honest，sensible people，andthat the political life of a country must have no secrets and must be open for all to see andunderstand.Of course，we know that this is impossible，so perhaps his opinion of us is notworth considering.
他相信，每個(gè)問題都可以被誠實(shí)、通情理的人解決，一個(gè)國家的政治生活必須沒有秘密，必須公開給世人看和理解。當(dāng)然，我們知道這是不可能的，所以他的看法也許對(duì)我們來說不值得考慮。
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即利立浦特王國的海軍大將，嫉妒、陰險(xiǎn)、狡黠。相關(guān)情節(jié)：小人國的國王野心勃勃，在與鄰國不來夫斯古戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)中，格列佛涉過海峽把不來夫斯古國大部分艦隊(duì)俘獲過來，從此格列佛受到小人國國王重用，斯開瑞什就大為不滿，與財(cái)政大臣合謀謀害格列佛。
