BBC英国史

At the foot of the hill you can hear the whinnying of Norman horses and what sounds like the chanting of psalms.

在山脚下 你可以听到诺曼战马的嘶鸣声 仿佛还能听到吟诵圣经的声音

You're a Norman foot-soldier and you hope to God the gentlemen on horses know what they're doing.

想象你是诺曼步兵 祈祷着骑兵们知道自己在干些什么

All around you can hear the scraping of metal,the sharpening of blades, the mounting of horses.

身边充斥着金属刮擦的铿锵声 磨刀的嘶嘶声 和马匹的嘶鸣声

You look up to the brow of the hill and you see a glittering line of men and you cross yourself.

你向山顶望去 看到的是一整排士兵银光闪闪 你默默祈祷

You finger the rings on your coat of mail, your hawberg,and wonder how solid they are.

用手摸摸身上的锁子铠甲 心想它们到底结不结实

You wonder what use they'll be against an axe.You've never seen axes in battle before.

心想它们是否能挡住斧子的攻击 你在曾经的战场上从未见过的斧子

Then you catch sight of the Papal banner and take heart.Surely God is on your side.

但随后你瞥见的教皇旗帜让你重新振作 显然上帝站在你这边

The real beginning must be imagined as the cavalry raced up the hill,

可以想象 一开战骑兵率先冲上山坡

one by one getting into range, hearing the rhythmic chant of "Oot, Oot!" Out, Out! from the Saxons,

一个接一个向前冲 听到撒克逊人传来的 "上啊" "冲啊" 有节奏的叫喊声

and then hurling their javelins at the front line.

将他们的标枪掷向前排的士兵

Then came the slow advance of the archers,unloosing their first arrows under a hail of enemy spears.

紧接着就是步步紧逼的弓箭手 在敌方暴雨般的长矛攻势下 射出第一批箭

And finally the foot-soldiers breaking into a run behind them.

最后 跑步前进的步兵紧随其后

词汇解析

1、look up

（在参考书、列表等中）查检（事实或信息）

I looked your address up in the personnel file.

我在人事档案里找到了你的地址。

Many people have to look up the meaning of this word in the dictionary.

这个词的意思很多人都要查字典才知道。

拜访，探访，看望（久未见面的人）

I'll try to look him up, ask him a few questions.

我会设法登门拜访，问他几个问题。

She looked up some friends of bygone years.

她去看望了一些过去的老朋友。

改善；好转

Things could be looking up in the computer industry.

计算机行业的情况可能会好转。

2、break into

强行进入；闯入

There was no one nearby who might see him trying to break into the house.

附近没有人可能会看见他试图闯入房子里。

In this country a house is broken into every 24 seconds.

在这个国家每24秒就会有一所房子被人破门而入。

突然开始做（某事）

The moment she was out of sight she broke into a run.

她一走出众人的视线就开始飞奔起来。

Then, breaking into a smile, he said, I brought you something.

然后，他忽然露出笑容，说道：“我给你带了一样东西。”

成功打入，顺利进入

She finally broke into films after an acclaimed stage career.

她在取得舞台生涯的成功后，最终进入电影界发展。