无人生还11_英语小说

无人生还11

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They came up over a steep hill and down a zigzag¹ track to Sticklehaven—a

mere² cluster of cottages with a fishing boat or two drawn³ up on the beach.

Illuminated⁴ by the setting sun, they had their first glimpse of Soldier Is-

land jutting⁵ up out of the sea to the south.

Vera said, surprised:

‘It’s a long way out.’

She had pictured it differently, close to shore, crowned with a beautiful

white house. But there was no house visible, only the boldly silhouetted⁶

rock with its faint resemblance to a giant head. There was something sinis-

ter about it. She shivered faintly.

Outside a little inn, the Seven Stars, three people were sitting. There was

the hunched⁷ elderly figure of the judge, the upright form of Miss Brent,

and a third man—a big bluff⁸ man who came forward and introduced him-

self.

‘Thought we might as well wait for you,’ he said. ‘Make one trip of it. Al-

low me to introduce myself. Name’s Davis. Natal⁹, South Africa’s my natal

spot, ha, ha!’

He laughed breezily.

Mr Justice Wargrave looked at him with active malevolence¹⁰. He seemed

to be wishing that he could order the court to be cleared. Miss Emily Brent

was clearly not sure if she liked Colonials.

‘Any one care for a little nip before we embark¹¹?’ asked Mr Davis hospit-

ably.

Nobody assenting¹² to this proposition, Mr Davis turned and held up a fin-

ger.

‘Mustn’t delay, then. Our good host and hostess will be expecting us,’ he

said.

He might have noticed that a curious constraint¹³ came over the other

members of the party. It was as though the mention of their host and host-

ess had a curiously¹⁴ paralysing effect upon the guests.

In response to Davis’s beckoning¹⁵ finger, a man detached himself from a

nearby wall against which he was leaning and came up to them. His

rolling gait proclaimed him as a man of the sea. He had a weather-beaten

face and dark eyes with a slightly evasive expression. He spoke¹⁶ in his soft

Devon voice.

‘Will you be ready to be starting for the island, ladies and gentlemen?

The boat’s waiting. There’s two gentlemen coming by car but Mr Owen’s

orders was not to wait for them as they might arrive at any time.’

The party got up. Their guide led them along a small stone jetty. Along-

side it a motor boat was lying.

Emily Brent said:

‘That’s a very small boat.’

The boat’s owner said persuasively¹⁷:

‘She’s a fine boat that, Ma’am. You could go to Plymouth in her as easy

as winking¹⁸.’

Mr Justice Wargrave said sharply:

‘There are a good many of us.’

‘She’d take double the number, sir.’

Philip Lombard said in his pleasant easy voice:

‘It’s quite all right. Glorious weather—no swell¹⁹.’

Rather doubtfully, Miss Brent permitted herself to be helped into the

boat. The others followed suit. There was as yet no fraternizing among the

party. It was as though each member of it was puzzled by the other mem-

bers.

They were just about to cast loose when their guide paused, boat-hook

in hand.

Down the steep track into the village a car was coming. A car so fantast-

ically powerful, so superlatively beautiful that it had all the nature of an

apparition²⁰. At the wheel sat a young man, his hair blown back by the

wind. In the blaze of the evening light he looked, not a man, but a young

God, a Hero God out of some Northern Saga²¹.

He touched the horn and a great roar of sound echoed from the rocks of

the bay.

It was a fantastic moment. In it, Anthony Marston seemed to be some-

thing more than mortal. Afterwards more than one of those present re-

membered that moment.

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1 zigzag
n.曲折，之字形；adj.曲折的，锯齿形的；adv.曲折地，成锯齿形地；vt.使曲折；vi.曲折前行
参考例句：
The lightning made a zigzag in the sky.闪电在天空划出一道Z字形。 The path runs zigzag up the hill.小径向山顶蜿蜒盘旋。

2 mere
adj.纯粹的；仅仅，只不过
参考例句：
That is a mere repetition of what you said before.那不过是重复了你以前讲的话。 It's a mere waste of time waiting any longer.再等下去纯粹是浪费时间。

3 drawn
v.拖，拉，拔出；adj.憔悴的，紧张的
参考例句：
All the characters in the story are drawn from life.故事中的所有人物都取材于生活。 Her gaze was drawn irresistibly to the scene outside.她的目光禁不住被外面的风景所吸引。

4 illuminated
adj.被照明的；受启迪的
参考例句：
Floodlights illuminated the stadium. 泛光灯照亮了体育场。 the illuminated city at night 夜幕中万家灯火的城市

5 jutting
v.（使）突出( jut的现在分词 )；伸出；（从…）突出；高出
参考例句：
The climbers rested on a sheltered ledge jutting out from the cliff. 登山者在悬崖的岩棚上休息。来自《简明英汉词典》 The soldier saw a gun jutting out of some bushes. 那士兵看见丛林中有一枝枪伸出来。来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

6 silhouetted
显出轮廓的，显示影像的
参考例句：
We could see a church silhouetted against the skyline. 我们可以看到一座教堂凸现在天际。 The stark jagged rocks were silhouetted against the sky. 光秃嶙峋的岩石衬托着天空的背景矗立在那里。

7 hunched
（常指因寒冷、生病或愁苦）耸肩弓身的，伏首前倾的
参考例句：
He sat with his shoulders hunched up. 他耸起双肩坐着。 Stephen hunched down to light a cigarette. 斯蒂芬弓着身子点燃一支烟。

8 bluff
v.虚张声势，用假象骗人；n.虚张声势，欺骗
参考例句：
His threats are merely bluff.他的威胁仅仅是虚张声势。 John is a deep card.No one can bluff him easily.约翰是个机灵鬼。谁也不容易欺骗他。

9 natal
adj.出生的，先天的
参考例句：
Many music-lovers make pilgrimages to Mozart's natal place.很多爱好音乐的人去访问莫扎特的出生地。 Since natal day,characters possess the visual elements such as dots and strokes.文字从诞生开始便具有了点画这样的视觉元素。

10 malevolence
n.恶意，狠毒
参考例句：
I had always been aware of a frame of malevolence under his urbanity. 我常常觉察到，在他温文尔雅的下面掩藏着一种恶意。来自辞典例句

11 embark
vi.乘船，着手，从事，上飞机
参考例句：
He is about to embark on a new business venture.他就要开始新的商业冒险活动。 Many people embark for Europe at New York harbor.许多人在纽约港乘船去欧洲。

12 assenting
同意，赞成( assent的现在分词 )
参考例句：
In an assembly, every thing must be done by speaking and assenting. 在一个群集中，任何事情都必须通过发言和同意来进行。 Assenting to this demands. 对这个要求让步。

13 constraint
n.(on)约束，限制；限制(或约束)性的事物
参考例句：
The boy felt constraint in her presence.那男孩在她面前感到局促不安。 The lack of capital is major constraint on activities in the informal sector.资本短缺也是影响非正规部门生产经营的一个重要制约因素。

14 curiously
adv.有求知欲地；好问地；奇特地
参考例句：
He looked curiously at the people.他好奇地看着那些人。 He took long stealthy strides. His hands were curiously cold.他迈着悄没声息的大步。他的双手出奇地冷。

15 beckoning
adj.引诱人的，令人心动的v.（用头或手的动作）示意，召唤( beckon的现在分词 )
参考例句：
An even more beautiful future is beckoning us on. 一个更加美好的未来在召唤我们继续前进。来自辞典例句 He saw a youth of great radiance beckoning to him. 他看见一个丰神飘逸的少年向他招手。来自辞典例句

16 spoke
n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说
参考例句：
They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。 The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

17 persuasively
adv.口才好地；令人信服地
参考例句：
Students find that all historians argue reasonably and persuasively. 学生们发现所有的历史学家都争论得有条有理，并且很有说服力。来自辞典例句 He spoke a very persuasively but I smelled a rat and refused his offer. 他说得头头是道，但我觉得有些可疑，于是拒绝了他的建议。来自辞典例句

18 winking
n.瞬眼，目语v.使眼色( wink的现在分词 )；递眼色（表示友好或高兴等）；（指光）闪烁；闪亮
参考例句：
Anyone can do it; it's as easy as winking. 这谁都办得到，简直易如反掌。来自《现代汉英综合大词典》 The stars were winking in the clear sky. 星星在明亮的天空中闪烁。来自《简明英汉词典》

19 swell
vi.膨胀，肿胀；增长，增强
参考例句：
The waves had taken on a deep swell.海浪汹涌。 His injured wrist began to swell.他那受伤的手腕开始肿了。

20 apparition
n.幽灵，神奇的现象
参考例句：
He saw the apparition of his dead wife.他看见了他亡妻的幽灵。 But the terror of this new apparition brought me to a stand.这新出现的幽灵吓得我站在那里一动也不敢动。

21 saga
n.(尤指中世纪北欧海盗的)故事，英雄传奇
参考例句：
The saga of Flight 19 is probably the most repeated story about the Bermuda Triangle.飞行19中队的传说或许是有关百慕大三角最重复的故事。 The novel depicts the saga of a family.小说描绘了一个家族的传奇故事。

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