The Most Dangerous Game(16)

现代大学英语 12A The Most Dangerous Game

The officer ordered his men to dig themselves in. 长官命令他的部下挖战壕来坚守。

placid ['plæsid] adj. 平静的；安静的；温和的；宁静的 pastime ['pæsta m] n. 娱乐，消遣 pit [p t]

n. 矿井；深坑；陷阱；（物体或人体表面上的）凹陷；（英国剧场的）正厅后排；正厅后排的观众 vt. 使竞争；窖藏；使凹下；去…之核；使留疤痕 vi. 凹陷；起凹点

saplings ['sæpli ]

n.

1. 小树，幼树

2. 年轻人，缺少社会经验者 3. 【动物】幼灵

stake [stek]

n. 桩，棍子；赌注；火刑；奖金

vt. 资助，支持；系…于桩上；把…押下打赌 vi. 打赌

fine

1. 细的，细长的，纤细的，纤巧的，细密的 2. 锋利的，锐利的；尖的，快的(指刀刃等)

31 He crouched behind a lightning-charred tree and waited. Soon he heard the padding sound of feet on the soft earth, and the night breeze brought him the perfume of the general’s cigarette. It seemed that the general was coming with unusual swiftness. Rainsford lived a year in a minute. Then he left an impulse to cry out with joy, for he heard the sharp scream of pain as the cover of the pit gave away and the pointed stakes found their mark. He leapt up from his concealment, but he cowered back. Three feet from the pit a man was standing, with an electric torch in his hand.

32 “You’ve done well. Rainsford,” the voice of the general called. “Your Burmese tiger pit has claimed one of my best dogs. Again you score. I’m going home for a rest now. Thank you for a most amusing evening.”

33 At daybreak Rainsford was awakened by a sound that made him know that he had new things to learn about fear. It was a distant sound, but he knew it. It was the baying of a pack of hounds.