Unit 3 Oh I see! 喔，我懂了！

Mr. Beans had always wanted to travel to the African jungle to hunt, and , to his mind, the greatest prey was beyond doubt the mighty gorilla.Unfortunately, the gorilla is an endangered species, and may no longer be killed for sport, but Mr. Beans had heard of one professional hunter who had devised a way to capture the gorilla alive.
奔馳先生總想到非洲打獵，在他看來，壯碩的大猩猩無疑是最佳的狩獵對象。不幸的是，大猩猩乃是一種瀕臨絕種的動物，不適合娛樂性質的狩獵活動，但奔馳先生曾聽聞一位發明可以活捉大猩猩的職業獵人。

One fine day found Mr. Beans talking to the great white hunter, Mr. Bones, in his tent.
一天，奔馳先生和偉大的白人獵物專家朋馳先生在帳篷中談話。

“Well, if you want to go on safari, my service will cost you $ 1,000 a . day, my man Mbulu $ 500 a day, $ 500 for the schnauzer and $ 500 for the pygmy with the gun,”explained Bones.
“如果你要去獵大猩猩的話，我本人服務一天索價一千美金；我手下恩布魯一天五百美金，德國獵犬一天五百美金；另外帶槍的矮黑人也一天五百，”朋馳解釋說道。

Beans did not quite understand these charges, but nonetheless agreed.
奔馳先生并不很了解這些價目，可是他仍然答應了。

On their very first day on the hunt, Bones spotted a gorilla, which scampered up a tree. Mbulu, a mighty Zulu, pursued the ape and shook the branch on which it clung till the beast fell off. Immediately the schnauzer leapt forward, biting the befuddled ape on the most tender part of its anatomy. The gorilla fainted with shock, and was easily captured.
第一天出去打獵，朋馳看見一只猩猩逃到一棵樹上，恩布魯是一位孔武有力的祖魯人，他追趕到樹上，猛力搖動那只猩猩攀附的樹枝，待猩猩掉下之后，獵狗立刻跳上前去，咬住它身體最柔嫩的部分，猩猩驚嚇得昏了過去，很容易就被活捉了。

Mr. Beans was quite delighted, and even more so the next day, when the performance was repeated. But he still couldn’t figure out the purpose of the pygmy with the gun, for whom he was paying $ 500 a day, and who seemed only to smile and pick his teeth.
奔馳先生非常高興，尤其第二天又捕到另一只猩猩，更讓他欣喜萬分，但他還是想不通他每天付五百美金請的帶槍的小黑人究竟用途何在，只見他笑嘻嘻、剔牙，其他的什么事也不做。

Finally, on the third day, Bones spotted the largest gorilla they’d ever encountered. As before, Mbulu pursued the primate into the tree. But this time, no amount of shaking would dislodge the beast. In fact, it turned on Mbulu, grappled with him, and sent his hurtling to the ground.
第三天時，朋馳看見他們所遇到的最大的一只猩猩，如以往一樣，恩布魯把那只靈長類動物追趕到樹上，可是這次怎么也搖不下來。相反地，它轉向恩布魯，一陣扭打后，把他扔到地上。

As the mighty Zulu fell, he shouted to the pygmy, "Shoot the dog! Shoot the dog!"
當恩布魯跌下時，他對矮黑人叫道：“快射那只獵狗！射那只獵狗！（”譯注：為何恩布魯跌下時，大叫矮黑人射殺那只獵狗呢？因為獵狗以為只要從樹上跌下的東西就是猩猩，所以恩布魯跌下時，獵狗就以為他是猩猩，準備要去咬他，而矮黑人帶槍的目的就是要保護恩布魯。）

英語知識點解說：

1.to one's mind 在某人看來
例：To my mind, there is nothing more beautiful than a baby's smile.
（我認為嬰兒的微笑是最美的。）

2.prey n. 獵物（集合名詞，不可數）
fall prey to... 被……所折磨
例：Lincoln often fell prey to melancholy.
（林肯常受憂郁癥折磨。）

3.beyond doubt 無疑地
=doubtless
=doubtlessly
例："You are beyond doubt the laziest, dirtiest, and most insolent employee I've ever had," said the boss to John.
（“你無疑是我所見過最懶惰、最臟、最傲慢無禮的員工，”老板約翰說。）

4.mighty a. 強有力的
might n. 實力；武力
例：Hercules was the mightiest hero in Greek myth.
（赫克力士是希臘神話中最有力氣的英雄。）

5.gorilla n. 大猩猩

6.endangered a. 受到危險的；瀕臨絕種的

7.species n. （生物）種類（單復數同形）
例：There are millions of species of insects.
（世界上昆蟲的種類有數百萬之多。）

8.sport n. 原意為“運動”，此處表“狩獵”

9.professional a. 職業的；專業的
amateur a. 業余的；非職業的
例：No amateur can hope to beat the professional golfers in this tournament.
（在此次高爾夫球比賽中，業余者想要打敗那些職業選手門都沒有。）

10.devise vt. 設計

11.capture vt. 捕獲；俘虜
例：The team captured their first national title this year.
（這支球隊今年在全國比賽中封王。）

12.safari n. 狩獵
go on safari 去探險狩獵

13.schnauzer n. 一種德國獵犬

14.pygmy n. 非洲匹美族矮小黑人

15.charge vt. 索價
charge sb for sth 因某事物向某人索價
例：They charged me NT $ 100 for the service.
（他們向我索取臺幣一百元的服務費。）

16.nonetheless 仍然
=still

17.scamper vi. 落荒而逃

18.Zulu n. 非洲祖魯族黑人土著

19.pursue vt. 追趕

20.ape n. 猿類

21.cling vi. 附著；攀附
動詞三態為：cling、clung、clung。
cling to... 堅守……
= stick to
例：The frightened child clung to her mother's skirt.
（受到驚嚇的小孩緊抓著母親的裙子不放。）

22.leap vi. 跳
動詞三態為：leap、leaped/leapt/leaped/leapt。
例：Look before you leap.
（三思而后行。——諺語）

23.befuddle vt. 使昏迷

24.tender a. 嫩的；疼痛的，一摸就痛的
例：I got sunburned three days ago and my skin is still tender.
（我三天前皮膚被曬傷了，現在仍然覺得一碰就痛。）

25.anatomy n. 解剖學（此處指“身體”）

26.faint vi. 昏倒
= pass out
例：The wounded soldier fainted from loss of blood.
（這名受傷的士兵因失血過多而昏倒。）

27.pick one's teeth 剔牙

28.encounter vt. 遭遇；邂逅
例：Little Johnny told his teacher that he encountered a little green man on his way to school, who stole his homework!
（小強尼告訴他的老師在他上學途中，他遇到一個綠色小矮人把他的作業偷走了。）
 

29.primate n. 靈長類動物

30.dislodge vt. 使脫位，使移動

31.grapple vi. 扭打；揪打在一起

32.hurtle vi. 高速滾動
例：The driverless car went hurtling down the hill.
（那輛無人駕駛的汽車以高速沖下山坡。）

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