The Most Dangerous Game(14)

现代大学英语 12A The Most Dangerous Game

agility [ 'd l t ] n. 敏捷；灵活；机敏 ape [ep]

n. [脊椎] 猿；傻瓜；模仿者 vt. 模仿；抢台词 adj. 狂热的

but for 除…外，若无，倘没有，如果没有；要不是；如果不是因为 rub [r b]

vt. 擦；摩擦；惹怒 vi. 擦；摩擦；擦破 n. 摩擦；障碍；磨损处

ring 回响；响彻： The bell in the ancient temple rang throughout the valley. 古刹的钟声响彻山谷。

28 “Rainsford,” called the general, “if you are within sound of my voice, as I suppose you are, Let me congratulate you. Not many men know how to make a Malay man-catcher. You are proving interesting, Mr. Rainsford. I’m going back to have my wound dressed. But I shall be back. I shall be back.” 29 When the general had gone, Rainsford took up his flight again. It was flight now, a desperate, hopeless flight carried him on for several hours. Dusk came, then darkness, and still he pressed on. The ground grew softer; the vegetation denser; and insects bit him savagely. Then as he stepped forward, his foot sank into the ooze. He tried to wrench it back, but the muck sucked

back viciously at his foot as if it were a giant leech. With a violent effort, he 14 Inter-Lesson (II) his foot free. He knew where he was now. Death Swamp. 30 The soft earth gave him an idea, and he began to dig. He had dug himself in in France when a second’s delay meant death. That had been a placid pastime compared to his digging now. The pit grew deeper. When it was above his shoulders, he climbed out and from hard saplings cut stakes and sharpened them to a fine point. These he planted in the bottom of the pit with the points sticking up. Then he covered the mouth of the pit with weeds and branches.