现代大学英语 12A The Most Dangerous Game

of him he made out another figure; it was the giant Ivan; Rainsford knew that he must be holding the pack in the leash.

36 They would be on him any minute now. His mind worked frantically. He thought of a native trick he had learned in Uganda. He slid down the tree. He caught hold of a spring young sapling and to it he fastened his hunting knife, with the blade pointed down the trail; with a bit of wild grapevine he tied back the sapling. Then he ran for his life. The hounds raised their voices as the hit the fresh scent.

雷恩斯福德知道他只有两种选择。他可以待在原地等待，那等于是自杀。他还可以逃跑，那也不过是推迟不可避免的死亡而已。他站在那里思考了一会儿。突然，他想到了一个主意，这个主意可能会给他带来一线希望。他勒紧腰带，离开了沼泽。

猎狗的叫声越来越近。雷恩斯福德爬上了山脊上的一棵树。从那里他可以看到大约四分之一英里以外的灌木丛在晃动着。他睁大眼睛使劲看，看到了将军那瘦小的身影，而在将军前面他认出了另一个人，那就是巨人伊万。雷恩斯福德知道，伊万一定正用皮带牵着猎狗。 现在猎狗随时都会扑向他，他的大脑狂乱地思考着。他想起了自己曾经在乌干达学会的一个当地人用的把戏。他滑到树下，抓住一棵有弹性的小树，把猎刀绑在树上，让刀刃冲着小道；又用一些野葡萄藤将小树往后绷紧。然后他拼命跑开。猎狗们闻出了刚才的气味，叫声更大了。

draw (慢慢地或持续不断地)向(某处)移动；行进；挨近，靠近，走近，靠拢；来临，临近；来，过来 strain one's eyes 尽力注视，集中视力；因用目过度而伤目力 make out 理解；辨认出；说明；填写；设法应付 leash [li ]

n. 皮带；束缚 vt. 束缚；用皮带绑住

any minute 随时，马上 frantically ['fræntik]

adj.

1. (因愤怒、痛苦、悲哀等而)发狂的，狂乱的，激昂的 2. 狂暴的，狂热的 3. [口语]巨大的，极大的 4. [古语]精神错乱的，疯狂的 5. [美国俚语]传统的；平庸的

grapevine ['ɡrepva n] n. 葡萄树；葡萄藤；小道消息；秘密情报网