Rhett : i enjoyed hearing what you had to say . cheer up . you can come to my hanging , and i ' ll remember you in my will 瑞德:我喜欢听你说出心里话,别垂头丧气。我上绞架的时候你可以来看我,我写遗嘱时会记住你的。
I always say , if you must mount the gallows , give a jest to the crowd , a coin to the hangman , and make the drop with a smile on your lips 我一直说,如果你一定要上绞架,说个笑话给观众,给刽子手一个金币,然后带着微笑掉下去。
An early spring day in 1939 , a row of gallows were surprisingly put up in front of the british chamber of commerce by the pearl river in guangzhou 1839年初春的一天,广州珠江边英国商馆前,突然竖起一排绞架,一个个犯人被押上去绞死。
I was in the condition of mind to be shocked at nothing : in fact , i was as reckless as some malefactors show themselves at the foot of the gallows 我正处在天不怕地不怕的心境中事实上,我就像有些犯人在绞架底下所表现得那样不顾一切了。
Workmen dig , workmen hammer , soldiers laugh and sing ; in the morning , by the fountain , there is raised a gallows forty feet high , poisoning the water 工人挖地,工人钉钉,当兵的又笑又唱。到了早上,泉水边竖起了一个四十英尺高的绞架,把泉水都变得有毒了。 ”
He himself slept peacefully , and snored aloud ; yet my heart was sore for him , wicked as he was , to think on the dark peril that environed , and the shameful gibbet that awaited him 可是,想到他处境这么险恶,等着他的又是上绞架这么可耻的下场,尽管他是个坏蛋,我还是替他感到难过。
Because , you see , since i am mutineers doctor , or prison doctor , as i prefer to call it , says dr livesey , in his pleasantest way , i make it a point of honour not to lose a man for king george god bless him ! and the gallows 利弗西大夫以一种极其幽默而又令人愉快的口吻说, “我要保全你们每个人的性命且把它看成是无比荣耀的事情,以便把你们交给乔治国王上帝保佑他和绞架。 ”
Upon this i prepar d to go on board the ship , but told the captain , that i would stay that night to prepare my things , and desir d him to go on board in the mean time , and keep all right in the ship , and send the boat on shore the next day for me ; ordering him in the mean time to cause the new captain who was kill d , to be hang d at the yard - arm that these men might see him 如果让船长把他们带走,其结果必然是上绞架吊死。我把那吊在大船桅杆顶上的新船长指给他们看,并告诉他们,他们也没有别的指望,只能是这种下常他们一致表示愿意留在岛上。于是,我就把我这里生活的情况告诉他们,并教会他们怎样把生活过好。