三十九级台阶中英对照.pdf

The Thirty-Nine Steps 三十九级台阶 　　简 介 　　理查德 哈内走回他伦敦的公寓，感到百无聊赖。他想，在英格兰好像什么令人激动 · 的事情也不曾发生过。也许他该回非洲去。然而，那天晚上来了一位叫斯卡德尔的客人， 给他讲了一个离奇的故事。 　　一周以后，哈内卧在苏格兰荒原的石楠丛中，饥肠辘辘，筋疲力尽。一架小飞机在 他头顶的蓝天上低空盘旋。哈内一动不动地躺着，希望谢天谢地飞机不要发现他，同时 琢磨着口袋里斯卡德尔的黑色小笔记本。斯卡德尔在笔记本里记着“黑石”，这个神秘 的黑石是谁呢？那个“三十九级台阶”又怎么那么重要？六月十五日伦敦会出什么事？ 　　而斯卡德尔已经被害，哈内的敌人在苏格兰的山山岭岭日夜追捕他，他必须自己搞 清这是为什么。如果他的敌人抓住他，就会把他杀掉…… 　　约翰 巴肯（ ）：苏格兰作家，政治家，曾任加拿大总督。他有许多著作 · 1875—1940 最有名的是理查德 哈内系列惊险小说，其中包括《三十九级台阶》，该书写于一九一五 · 年，后改编成著名导演希区科克执导的电影。 　　1 The man who died 　　1 The man who died 　　I returned to my flat at about three oclock on that Mayafternoon very unhappy with life. I has been back in Britain for three monthsand I was already bored. The weather was bad ，thepeople were dull ，and the amusements ofLondon seemed as exciting as a glass of cold water.Richard Hannay，Itold myself，you have made a mistake，andyou had better do something about it. 　　It made me angry when I thought of the years I had spent inAfrica. I had spent those years working very hard and making money. Not a lotof money ，but enough for me. I had leftScotland when I was six years old，and Ihad never been home since. For years I had dreamt of coming home to Britainand spending the rest of my life there，butI was disappointed with the place after the first week. And so here I was，thirty-sevenyears old，healthy ，withenough money to have a good time ，andbored to death. 　　That evening I went out to dinner and sat reading thenewspapers afterwards. They were full of the troubles in south-east Europe ，andthere was a long report about Karolides，theGreek Prime Minister. He seemed to be an honest man ，butsome people in Europe hated him. However，manypeople in Britain liked him ，and onenewspaper said that he was the only man who could prevent a war st