少年派的奇幻漂流 Chapter 91

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Chapter 91
I climbed aboard my brother's boat. With my hands I explored it. I found he had lied to me. He had a little turtle meat, a dorado head, and even - a supreme1 treat - some biscuit crumbs2. And he had water. It all went into my mouth. I returned to my boat and released his.
Crying as I had done did my eyes some good. The small window at the top left of my vision opened a crack. I rinsed3 my eyes with sea water. With every rinsing4, the window opened further. My vision came back within two days.
I saw such a vision that I nearly wished I had remained blind. His butchered, dismembered body lay on the floor of the boat. Richard Parker had amply supped on him, including on his face, so that I never saw who my brother was. His eviscerated5 torso, with its broken ribs6 curving up like the frame of a ship, looked like a miniature version of the lifeboat, such was its blood-drenched and horrifying7 state.
I will confess that I caught one of his arms with the gaff and used his flesh as bait. I will further confess that, driven by the extremity8 of my need and the madness to which it pushed me, I ate some of his flesh. I mean small pieces, little strips that I meant for the gaff's hook that, when dried by the sun, looked like ordinary animal flesh. They slipped into my mouth nearly unnoticed. You must understand, my suffering was unremitting and he was already dead. I stopped as soon as I caught a fish.
I pray for his soul every day.

第九十一章
    我爬到我兄弟的船上。用手在船上摸索。我发现他对我撒谎了。他有一点儿海龟肉，一个蜞鳅头，甚至还有——这可真是好东西——几块饼干屑。他还有水。这些都进了我嘴里。我回到自己船上，把他的船解开。像我那样哭泣对眼睛有些好处。我视野左上方的那扇小窗户开了一道缝。我用海水冲洗眼睛。每冲洗一次，那扇窗户就开得更大一些。两天后，我的视力恢复了。
    我看到的那幅景象几乎要让我希望自己还是个瞎子。他那被残杀、被支解的尸体躺在船板上。理查德·帕克把他当做了一顿丰盛的晚餐，他甚至吃了他的脸，因此我从来没有看见我的兄弟是谁。他被掏出了内脏的躯体和像船肋一样弯曲的断了的肋骨看上去就像救生艇的缩微模墅，这就是船上浸透了鲜血的恐怖状况。
    我要承认我用鱼叉钩住了他的一只胳膊，把他的肉当做了鱼饵。我还要承认，极度的需要逼得我发疯，受需要和疯狂的驱使，我吃了他的一些肉。我是说小块的肉，我打算放在鱼叉的钩子上的几小条，这些肉被太阳晒干以后看上去就像普通动物的肉。肉在几乎不知不觉之中滑进我嘴里。你一定要理解，我的痛苦永无休止，而他已经死了。我一抓到鱼就不吃肉了。我每天都为他的灵魂祈祷。


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1 supreme PHqzc     
adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的
参考例句：
  • It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
  • He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。
2 crumbs crumbs     
int. (表示惊讶)哎呀 n. 碎屑 名词crumb的复数形式
参考例句：
  • She stood up and brushed the crumbs from her sweater. 她站起身掸掉了毛衣上的面包屑。
  • Oh crumbs! Is that the time? 啊，天哪！都这会儿啦？
3 rinsed 637d6ed17a5c20097c9dbfb69621fd20     
v.漂洗( rinse的过去式和过去分词 )；冲洗；用清水漂洗掉（肥皂泡等）；（用清水）冲掉
参考例句：
  • She rinsed out the sea water from her swimming-costume. 她把游泳衣里的海水冲洗掉。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The clothes have been rinsed three times. 衣服已经洗了三和。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
4 rinsing cc80e70477186de83e96464130c222ba     
n.清水，残渣v.漂洗( rinse的现在分词 )；冲洗；用清水漂洗掉（肥皂泡等）；（用清水）冲掉
参考例句：
  • Pablo made a swishing noise rinsing wine in his mouth. 巴勃罗用酒漱着口，发出咕噜噜噜的声音。 来自辞典例句
  • The absorption of many molecular layers could be reestablished by rinsing the foils with tap water. 多分子层的吸附作用可用自来水淋洗金属箔而重新实现。 来自辞典例句
5 eviscerated 4efcffcd3ed38ff7a8a60dd1aa3ea13a     
v.切除…的内脏( eviscerate的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
  • The censors eviscerated the book to make it inoffensive to the President. 审查员删去了该书的精华以取悦于总统。 来自辞典例句
  • By the expulsion of surgery from the liberal arts medicine herself was eviscerated. 把外科排除于丰富的艺术之外，就使得医学本身去掉了内脏一样。 来自辞典例句
6 ribs 24fc137444401001077773555802b280     
n.肋骨( rib的名词复数 )；（船或屋顶等的）肋拱；肋骨状的东西；（织物的）凸条花纹
参考例句：
  • He suffered cracked ribs and bruising. 他断了肋骨还有挫伤。
  • Make a small incision below the ribs. 在肋骨下方切开一个小口。
7 horrifying 6rezZ3     
a.令人震惊的，使人毛骨悚然的
参考例句：
  • He went to great pains to show how horrifying the war was. 他极力指出战争是多么的恐怖。
  • The possibility of war is too horrifying to contemplate. 战争的可能性太可怕了，真不堪细想。
8 extremity tlgxq     
n.末端，尽头；尽力；终极；极度
参考例句：
  • I hope you will help them in their extremity.我希望你能帮助在穷途末路的他们。
  • What shall we do in this extremity?在这种极其困难的情况下我们该怎么办呢？

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