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热爱生命：杰克·伦敦短篇小说选

墨西哥人 2|The Mexican II

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形势危急，快到关键时刻了。革命能不能发动起来，完全取决于委员会的作为了，而委员会经济情况窘迫。他们比以往任何时候都缺钱，可是弄钱却越来越困难。爱国志士们已经捐出了他们的全部钱财，再也拿不出一分钱了。养路工们（从墨西哥逃出来的苦役）拿出他们微薄的工钱，把一半都捐给了委员会。但这只是杯水车薪。多年的艰苦奋斗、运筹帷幄和秘密工作，眼看就要结出硕果了，时机已经成熟。一切的付出就像被放在天平上的砝码，只要再加一把劲，再做最后一次英勇的争取，革命会倒向胜利的一边。他们了解自己的祖国墨西哥。革命一旦爆发，星星之火便可以燎原。迪亚斯政权就会像纸牌屋一样垮塌。在边境，起义工作已准备就绪。一声令下，一个美国人就会率领一百名世界产业工人联合会的会员越过边境前去攻打下加利福尼亚。可是，他们需要一些枪支。纵跨大西洋，委员会跟美墨边境的相关人士保持着联系，他们也需要枪支——冒险家、雇佣兵、土匪、心怀不满的美国工会会员、社会主义者、无政府主义者、恶棍、墨西哥流亡者、挣脱枷锁的苦役，以及受尽鞭打，从柯达伦和科罗拉多的牢笼里逃出来的渴望参与战斗的矿工——这是些流离失所、生活无望的人，被当今错综复杂的世界所抛弃。枪支弹药！枪支弹药！他们无休无止地索求着这些武装。

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The time of the crisis approached．Whether or not the Revolution would be depended upon the Junta，and the Junta was hard-pressed．The need for money was greater than ever before，while money was harder to get．Patriots had given their last cent and now could give no more．Section gang laborers—fugitive peons from Mexico—were contributing half their scanty wages．But more than that was needed．The heart-breaking，conspiring，undermining toil of years approached fruition．The time was ripe．The Revolution hung on the balance．One shove more，one last heroic effort，and it would tremble across the scales to victory．They knew their Mexico．Once started，the Revolution would take care of itself．The whole Diaz machine would go down like a house of cards．The border was ready to rise．One Yankee，with a hundred I．W．W．men，waited the word to cross over the border and begin the conquest of Lower California．But he needed guns．And clear across to the Atlantic，the Junta in touch with them all and all of them needing guns，mere adventurers，soldiers of fortune，bandits，disgruntled American union men，socialists，anarchists，rough-necks，Mexican exiles，peons escaped from bondage，whipped miners from the bull-pens of Coeur d’Alene and Colorado who desired only the more vindictively to fight—all the flotsam and jetsam of wild spirits from the madly complicated modern world．And it was guns and ammunition，ammunition and guns—the unceasing and eternal cry．

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只要让这支人员复杂、境况潦倒、复仇心切的队伍冲过边境，革命的大幕就拉开了。海关及北部的港口会一一被攻占，迪亚斯想拦也拦不住。鉴于必须守住南方，他不敢抽调精锐部队前来阻击。而在南方也会遍地烽火，人们会揭竿而起。他的防御会一个城池接一个城池地崩溃，他的政权将一个州接一个州地垮台。最终，高歌猛进的革命军会将墨西哥城——迪亚斯的最后一个据点围得水泄不通。

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Fling this heterogeneous，bankrupt，vindictive mass across the border，and the Revolution was on．The custom house，the northern ports of entry，would be captured．Diaz could not resist．He dared not throw the weight of his armies against them，for he must hold the south．And through the south the flame would spread despite．The people would rise．The defenses of city after city would crumple up．State after state would totter down．And at last，from every side，the victorious armies of the Revolution would close in on the City of Mexico itself，Diaz’s last stronghold．

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可当务之急，委员会需要的是钱。他们有人——有迫不及待地渴望拿起武器战斗的人。他们也认识枪械商，那些人愿意卖枪给他们，并会负责把枪运来。只可惜由于酝酿革命，委员会已经资财耗尽，花光了最后一美元，爱国者们囊空如洗，饿着肚子度日，革命的天平在摇摆不定。必须弄到枪支弹药！必须把这些来自五湖四海的队伍武装起来！可是，怎么做到这一点？拉莫斯哀叹道他的财产已被政府没收；阿莱兰诺悔不该少年时挥金如土，家财荡尽；梅·赛斯比觉得委员会如果在过去精打细算，也不至如此。

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But the money．They had the men，impatient and urgent，who would use the guns．They knew the traders who would sell and deliver the guns．But to culture the Revolution thus far had exhausted the Junta．The last dollar had been spent，the last resource and the last starving patriot milked dry，and the great adventure still trembled on the scales．Guns and ammunition！The ragged battalions must be armed．But how？Ramos lamented his confiscated estates．Arrellano wailed the spendthriftness of his youth．May Sethby wondered if it would have been different had they of the Junta been more economical in the past．

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“想想吧，墨西哥能不能获得自由，居然要取决于区区的几千美元！”保利诺·维拉说道。

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“To think that the freedom of Mexico should stand or fall on a few paltry thousands of dollars，”said Paulino Vera．

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绝望蒙在了每个人的脸上。他们本来把最后的希望都寄托在了乔斯·阿马利诺身上，他最近才加入委员会，答应拿出钱来，可是他在奇瓦瓦的自家庄园不幸被捕，在他家的马厩墙边被枪毙了。这个消息是刚刚才传来的。

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Despair was in all their faces．Jose Amarillo，their last hope，a recent convert，who had promised money，had been apprehended at his hacienda in Chihuahua and shot against his own stable wall．The news had just come through．

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当时利维拉正跪在地上擦地板，听到这种情况，不由抬起了头，手里拿着刷子，两只光膀子上沾满了肥皂沫和脏水。

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Rivera，on his knees，scrubbing，looked up，with suspended brush，his bare arms flecked with soapy，dirty water．

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“五千块够不够？”他问道。

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“Will five thousand do it？”he asked．

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大家眼里露出了惊讶的神情。维拉点了点头，咽了口唾沫。他一时说不出话来，可就在这一瞬间他的心里升腾起了希望。

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They looked their amazement．Vera nodded and swallowed．He could not speak，but he was on the instant invested with a vast faith．

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“下订单购枪吧。”利维拉说。接着，他面露愧色地又说了一通话——大家以前从未听他说过如此多的话。“时间紧迫。三个星期之内我就把五千美元拿来。这样反倒好。那时天气会暖和些，利于冲锋陷阵。我也只能做到这些了。”

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“Order the guns，”Rivera said，and thereupon was guilty of the longest flow of words they had ever heard him utter．“The time is short．In three weeks I shall bring you the five thousand．It is well．The weather will be warmer for those who fight．Also，it is the best I can do．”

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维拉不敢抱太大的指望。这实在匪夷所思！自从他参加革命活动以来，不知有多少美好的愿望终成泡影。他相信这个破衣烂衫的革命勤杂工的承诺，现在却有点拿不定主意。

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Vera fought his faith．It was incredible．Too many fond hopes had been shattered since he had begun to play the revolution game．He believed this threadbare scrubber of the Revolution，and yet he dared not believe．

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“你疯了吧。”他说。

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“You are crazy，”he said．

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“三个星期之内把钱拿来，”利维拉说，“下订单购枪吧。”

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“In three weeks，”said Rivera．“Order the guns．”

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随后，他站起身，将卷起的袖子放下，穿上了外套。

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He got up，rolled down his sleeves，and put on his coat．

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“下订单购枪吧，”他说道，“我这就去想办法。”

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“Order the guns，”he said．“I am going now．”

序号 英文/音标 中文解释 更多操作

patriot

['peɪtriət]

n.爱国者

cent

[sent]

n.分

laborer

['leɪbərə]

n.劳动者;劳工.

conspire

[kən'spaɪə(r)]

v.阴谋;协力;共谋，串通一气

heroic

[hə'rəʊɪk]

adj.英雄的;英勇的;巨大的

adventurer

[əd'ventʃərə(r)]

n.冒险家;投机者

bandit

['bændɪt]

n.强盗;土匪

socialist

['səʊʃəlɪst]

adj.社会主义的

anarchist

['ænəkɪst]

n.无政府主义者

exile

['eksaɪl]

n.放逐;流放;被放逐者

eternal

[ɪ'tɜːnl]

adj.永久的;永恒的

Fling

[flɪŋ]

vt. 投，抛，扔，掷;

heterogeneous

[ˌhetərə'dʒiːniəs]

adj.异种的;异质的;由不同成份形成的【计算机】 非均匀的.

impatient

[ɪm'peɪʃnt]

adj.不耐烦的;急躁的

trader

['treɪdə(r)]

n.商人;商船

starve

[stɑːv]

vi.挨饿;受饿;极度匮乏

rag

[ræɡ]

n.破布;碎布;破衣服;(低劣的)报纸

battalion

[bə'tæliən]

n.营(军队单位);军队;大批

lament

[lə'ment]

n.悲叹;悼词

confiscate

['kɒnfɪskeɪt]

v.没收;充公

wail

[weɪl]

v.痛哭;发出似哭的尖声;悲叹

past

[pɑːst]

a. 过去的;

paltry

['pɔːltri]

adj.微不足道的;琐碎的;无价值的;可鄙的

Despair

[dɪ'speə(r)]

n.绝望;失望

apprehend

[ˌæprɪ'hend]

v.理解;忧虑;逮捕;拘押

scrub

[skrʌb]

n.用力擦洗;矮树;渺小之物

fleck

[flek]

n.斑点;微粒

amazement

[ə'meɪzmənt]

n.惊愕;惊异

utter

['ʌtə(r)]

adj.完全的;全然的;绝对的

warmer

['wɔːmə(r)]

n.取暖器;加热工人

shatter

['ʃætə(r)]

v.粉碎;毁坏;使震骇;使精疲力尽

scrubber

['skrʌbə(r)]

n.擦洗工具;妓女

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