冰与火之歌系列之《权力的游戏》第551期:第二十八章 布兰(2)
日期:2015-11-11 17:13

(单词翻译:单击)

They passed beneath the gatehouse, over the drawbridge, through the outer walls. Summer and Grey Wind came loping beside them, sniffing at the wind. Close behind came Theon Greyjoy, with his longbow and a quiver of broadheads; he had a mind to take a deer, he had told them. He was followed by four guardsmen in mailed shirts and coifs, and Joseth, a stick-thin stableman whom Robb had named master of horse while Hullen was away. Maester Luwin brought up the rear, riding on a donkey. Bran would have liked it better if he and Robb had gone off alone, just the two of them, but Hal Mollen would not hear of it, and Maester Luwin backed him. If Bran fell off his horse or injured himself, the maester was determined to be with him.
他们穿过城门楼,越过吊桥,走出外城墙。夏天和灰风跑在他们身畔,嗅着风中的气息。紧跟在后的是带着长弓和羽箭的席恩·葛雷乔伊。出发前他说过,今天定要猎头鹿回去。在他后面的是四个穿着锁子甲,戴着锁甲头套的卫士,以及骨瘦如柴的乔赛斯。胡伦离开之后,罗柏便指派乔赛斯担任新的马房总管。鲁温师傅骑着驴子殿后。布兰本来希望就他和罗柏两个人出去,但哈尔·莫兰不肯答应,鲁温师傅也持相同意见。为防布兰落马或负伤,师傅打定主意随侍在旁。
Beyond the castle lay the market square, its wooden stalls deserted now. They rode down the muddy streets of the village, past rows of small neat houses of log and undressed stone. Less than one in five were occupied, thin tendrils of woodsmoke curling up from their chimneys. The rest would fill up one by one as it grew colder. When the snow fell and the ice winds howled down out of the north, Old Nan said, farmers left their frozen fields and distant holdfasts, loaded up their wagons, and then the winter town came alive. Bran had never seen it happen, but Maester Luwin said the day was looming closer. The end of the long summer was near at hand. Winter is coming.
城堡外便是市集广场,只是如今木头搭建的摊位全部荒废。他们行经镇里的泥泞街道,穿过排列整齐,用木材和粗石建成的小屋。眼下只有不到五分之一的房屋有人迹,几缕细细的柴烟从烟囱升起。随着天气越趋寒冷,其余的空屋也会渐渐住满。老奶妈说,等到降雪时节来临,冰风从北吹来,农民们便会离开他们结冻的田地和遥远的村舍,把行李载上马车运到镇内居住,然后避冬市镇便会热闹起来。布兰从没见过这番景象,但鲁温师傅说那样的日子就快来了。因为长夏已尽,凛冬将至。

背景介绍:

《权力的游戏》是一部中世纪史诗奇幻题材的电视连续剧。该剧以美国作家乔治·R·R·马丁的奇幻巨作《冰与火之歌》七部曲为基础改编创作,由大卫·贝尼奥夫和丹尼尔·威斯编剧、HBO电视网推出。乔治·雷蒙德·理查德·马丁是欧美奇幻小说大师。马丁的作品主要以人物为关注点,描写细腻丰富,突破了幻想文学界固有的创作模式,多次引领阅读潮流。由于马丁的辉煌成就,他被誉为美国的托尔金和新世纪的海明威。从1989年开始,马丁淡出文学界,转而投身演艺界发展,1996年他才重返文坛而开始奇幻文学的创作,处女作便是《权力的游戏》,即为《冰与火之歌》的首部曲。《权力的游戏》甫出便拿下了British Fantasy Society、 世界奇幻奖和星云奖年度最佳幻想作品提名,在非官方的不记名奇幻作品投票中,《冰与火之歌》俨然已经可以和《魔戒》平起平坐,作者网站的访问量也是和斯蒂芬·金、J.K.罗琳等不相上下,其受欢迎的程度可见一斑。乔治马丁被时代杂志评选为2011年影响世界的一百人之一。

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重点单词
  • quiverv. 颤抖,振动 n. 震动,颤抖,箭袋,箭袋内的箭
  • fell动词fall的过去式 n. 兽皮 vt. 砍伐,击倒 a
  • drawbridgen. 吊桥
  • determinedadj. 坚毅的,下定决心的
  • occupiedadj. 已占用的;使用中的;无空闲的 v. 占有(oc
  • desertedadj. 废弃的,荒芜的,被遗弃的 动词desert的过
  • fantasyn. 幻想 v. 幻想
  • castlen. 城堡 v. 置于城堡中,(棋)移动王车易位