The Hound of the Baskervilles · chapter 3 of 25
The Curse
诅咒
The old paper's story reaches a moonlit clearing on the moor. Holmes calls it a fairy tale, so Mortimer brings out something new.
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- Narrator 贝克街的房间里很安静。福尔摩斯好像在睡觉，莫蒂默还在读那张旧纸。
Bèikè Jiē de fángjiān li hěn ānjìng. Fú'ěrmósī hǎoxiàng zài shuìjiào, Mòdìmò hái zài dú nà zhāng jiù zhǐ.
The room in Baker Street was quiet. Holmes seemed to be asleep, and Mortimer was still reading the old paper.
- Dr. Watson 莫蒂默医生，快往下读！雨果追上那个女孩了吗？
Mòdìmò yīshēng, kuài wǎng xià dú! Yǔguǒ zhuīshàng nàge nǚhái le ma?
Dr. Mortimer, read on, quickly! Did Hugo catch the girl?
- Dr. Mortimer 雨果的朋友们骑着马，在荒原上走了很远。月亮出来了。
Yǔguǒ de péngyoumen qízhe mǎ, zài huāngyuán shang zǒu le hěn yuǎn. Yuèliang chūlái le.
Hugo's friends rode a long way across the moor. The moon came out.
- Dr. Mortimer 他们看见一个放羊的人，就问他：“你看见雨果了吗？”
Tāmen kànjiàn yí gè fàng yáng de rén, jiù wèn tā: “Nǐ kànjiàn Yǔguǒ le ma?”
They came upon a shepherd and asked him, “Have you seen Hugo?”
- Dr. Mortimer 放羊的人吓得脸都白了。过了很久，他才说：
Fàng yáng de rén xià de liǎn dōu bái le. Guò le hěn jiǔ, tā cái shuō:
The shepherd's face was white with fright. After a long time, he said:
- Dr. Mortimer “看见了。那个女孩在前面跑，雨果骑着马在后面追。”
“Kànjiàn le. Nàge nǚhái zài qiánmiàn pǎo, Yǔguǒ qízhe mǎ zài hòumiàn zhuī.”
“I saw him. The girl was running ahead, and Hugo was riding after her.”
- Dr. Mortimer “可是雨果后面，还有一只魔鬼一样的猎犬。它跑得很快，一点声音都没有！”
“Kěshì Yǔguǒ hòumiàn, hái yǒu yì zhī móguǐ yíyàng de lièquǎn. Tā pǎo de hěn kuài, yìdiǎn shēngyīn dōu méiyǒu!”
“But behind Hugo there was a hound like the devil's own. It ran fast, and it made no sound at all!”
- Dr. Watson 一点声音都没有的猎犬……我不喜欢这个故事。
Yìdiǎn shēngyīn dōu méiyǒu de lièquǎn… wǒ bù xǐhuan zhège gùshi.
A hound that makes no sound at all... I don't like this story.
- Dr. Mortimer 朋友们不相信他，又往前走。突然，雨果的黑马跑了过来。
Péngyoumen bù xiāngxìn tā, yòu wǎng qián zǒu. Tūrán, Yǔguǒ de hēi mǎ pǎo le guòlái.
The friends didn't believe him and rode on. Suddenly, Hugo's black horse came running toward them.
- Dr. Mortimer 马背上没有人！
Mǎbèi shang méiyǒu rén!
There was no one in the saddle!
- Sherlock Holmes 华生，咖啡壶里还有咖啡吗？我想再喝一杯。
Huáshēng, kāfēihú li hái yǒu kāfēi ma? Wǒ xiǎng zài hē yì bēi.
Watson, is there any coffee left in the pot? I'd like another cup.
- Dr. Watson 福尔摩斯！
Fú'ěrmósī!
Holmes!
- Dr. Mortimer 朋友们很害怕，可是没有回去。在月光下，他们看见了一块空地。
Péngyoumen hěn hàipà, kěshì méiyǒu huíqù. Zài yuèguāng xià, tāmen kànjiàn le yí kuài kòngdì.
The friends were terrified, but they didn't turn back. In the moonlight, they saw a clearing.
- Dr. Mortimer 女孩死在空地中间，她是被吓死的。雨果也死了，就在她的旁边。
Nǚhái sǐ zài kòngdì zhōngjiān, tā shì bèi xiàsǐ de. Yǔguǒ yě sǐ le, jiù zài tā de pángbiān.
The girl lay dead in the middle of the clearing. She had died of fright. Hugo was dead too, right beside her.
- Dr. Mortimer 雨果身上站着一个黑色的大东西。样子像猎犬，可是比猎犬大很多。
Yǔguǒ shēnshang zhànzhe yí gè hēisè de dà dōngxi. Yàngzi xiàng lièquǎn, kěshì bǐ lièquǎn dà hěn duō.
Over Hugo stood a great black thing. It was shaped like a hound, but far bigger than any hound.
- Dr. Mortimer 它正在咬雨果。然后，它慢慢回过头，看着他们。
Tā zhèngzài yǎo Yǔguǒ. Ránhòu, tā mànmàn huíguò tóu, kànzhe tāmen.
It was biting Hugo. Then, slowly, it turned its head and looked at them.
- Dr. Mortimer 它的眼睛像火一样，发着可怕的光！
Tā de yǎnjing xiàng huǒ yíyàng, fāzhe kěpà de guāng!
Its eyes burned like fire, with a terrible light!
- Dr. Watson 天哪……那是什么东西？
Tiān na… nà shì shénme dōngxi?
Good heavens... what was that thing?
- Dr. Mortimer 朋友们大叫着，骑着马跑了。有一个人，那天晚上就死了。
Péngyoumen dà jiàozhe, qízhe mǎ pǎo le. Yǒu yí gè rén, nà tiān wǎnshang jiù sǐ le.
The friends screamed and fled on their horses. One of them died that very night.
- Dr. Mortimer 从那以后，巴斯克维尔家很多人都死得很奇怪。
Cóng nà yǐhòu, Bāsīkèwéi'ěr jiā hěn duō rén dōu sǐ de hěn qíguài.
Ever since then, many Baskervilles have died strange deaths.
- Dr. Mortimer 所以，我的儿子们，晚上千万不要去荒原。
Suǒyǐ, wǒ de érzimen, wǎnshang qiānwàn bú yào qù huāngyuán.
So, my sons, never go out on the moor at night.
- Dr. Watson 好吧，我以后晚上也不去荒原。
Hǎo ba, wǒ yǐhòu wǎnshang yě bú qù huāngyuán.
Well, I won't be going out on the moor at night either.
- Narrator 莫蒂默读完了。房间里很静，他看着福尔摩斯。
Mòdìmò dúwán le. Fángjiān li hěn jìng, tā kànzhe Fú'ěrmósī.
Mortimer finished reading. The room was still, and he looked at Holmes.
- Sherlock Holmes 有意思。对喜欢童话的人来说，这个故事很有意思。
Yǒu yìsi. Duì xǐhuan tónghuà de rén lái shuō, zhège gùshi hěn yǒu yìsi.
Interesting. To anyone fond of fairy tales, this story is very interesting.
- Dr. Mortimer 您觉得这只是一个童话？
Nín juéde zhè zhǐshì yí gè tónghuà?
You think it's only a fairy tale?
- Sherlock Holmes 猎犬、魔鬼、诅咒……都是老故事。莫蒂默医生，我是侦探，我要的是事实。
Lièquǎn, móguǐ, zǔzhòu… dōu shì lǎo gùshi. Mòdìmò yīshēng, wǒ shì zhēntàn, wǒ yào de shì shìshí.
Hounds, devils, curses... all old stories. Dr. Mortimer, I'm a detective. I want facts.
- Dr. Watson 福尔摩斯，别这样。让他说完吧。
Fú'ěrmósī, bié zhèyàng. Ràng tā shuōwán ba.
Holmes, don't be like that. Let him finish.
- Narrator 莫蒂默从衣服里拿出一张报纸，慢慢打开。
Mòdìmò cóng yīfu li náchū yì zhāng bàozhǐ, mànmàn dǎkāi.
Mortimer took a newspaper from his coat and slowly unfolded it.
- Dr. Mortimer 那您听听这个。这不是老故事。今年五月，查尔斯爵士死了。
Nà nín tīngting zhège. Zhè bú shì lǎo gùshi. Jīnnián wǔyuè, Chá'ěrsī Juéshì sǐ le.
Then listen to this. This is no old story. This May, Sir Charles died.
What changed in the story?
- What did the shepherd see behind Hugo?
“可是雨果后面，还有一只魔鬼一样的猎犬……一点声音都没有”
- What came running toward Hugo's friends on the moor?
“雨果的黑马跑了过来……马背上没有人”
- How did the girl die?
“她是被吓死的”
- What does the old paper tell the Baskerville sons?
“晚上千万不要去荒原”
- What does Holmes think of the old story?
“对喜欢童话的人来说，这个故事很有意思”