英语故事 班尼托西兰诺船长（2）赫尔曼梅尔维尔

英语故事班尼托•西兰诺船长赫尔曼•梅尔维尔2Benito Cerenoby HermanMelville,Part TwoToday,we continuethe storyBenito Cereno.n It was writtenby HermanMelville.Last week,we toldhow Africanslaves on a Spanish ship rebelledin seventeenninety-nine.Theykilled mostof theSpanish sailors.Only thecaptain,Benito Cereno,and afew otherswere leftalive.The leaderof therebellion was a slavenamed Babo.He orderedCaptain Cerenoto sailthe shipbackto Senegal,the slaves1homeland.But foodand waterwere low.So the ship stoppedat anislandoff thecoast ofChile toget theneeded supplies.When itarrived,an Americanship wasin theharbor.The Americancaptain,Amoso Delano,thought theSpanishshipmight bein trouble.He wouldoffer help.Babo decided to remainclose toCaptain Cerenoand actas if he werethe captainsslave.Babowould killhim ifhe toldCaptain Delanothe truthabout whathappened.Now,here isShep ONealto continueour story.As Captain Delano cameup in his whaleboat,he sawthat the other shipneeded scraping,tarringand brushing.It lookedold anddecayed.He climbedup theside andcame aboard.He wasquicklysurrounded bya crowdof blackmen.Captain Delanolooked aroundfor theman whocommandedthe ship.The Spanish captain stooda littleaway offagainst themain mast.He wasyoung looking,richly dressedbut seemedtroubled andtired with the spiritgone outof him.He lookedunhappilytoward his American visitor.At theSpanishs captainside stooda smallblack manwith aroughface.Captain Delanostruggled forwardthrough thecrowd,went upto theSpaniard andgreeted him.Heoffered tohelp himin anyway hecould.Captain Benito Cereno returnedthe Americansgreetingpolitely,but withoutwarmth.Captain Delanopushed hisway backthrough thecrowd to thegangway.He toldhis mento goand bringback asmuch wateras they could,also bread,pumpkins,sugar and a dozenof hisprivate bottlesof cider.The whaleboat pushedoff.Left alone,Captain Delanoagain observedwith freshsurprise thegeneral disorderaboard theship.Some ofthe menwere fighting.There wereno deckofficers todiscipline orcontrol theviolent ones.And everyoneseemed todo ashe pleased.Captain Delanocould notfully understandhow thiscouldhave happened.What couldexplain sucha breakdown oforder andresponsibility HeaskedDon Benitoto give him thefull storyof his ships misfortunes.Don Benitodid notanswer.He justkeptlooking athisAmericanvisitor asifheheard nothing.Actors in Benito CerenoThisangered Captain Delano,who suddenlyturned awayand walkedforward toone ofthe Spanishseamen for hisanswer.But he had hardlygone fivesteps whenDon Benitocalled himback.It isnowa hundred and ninetydays/Don Benitobegan,that theship sailedfrom BuenosAires forLimawith ageneral cargo.Pedigree,tea,and thelike,andanumber ofNegros,now notmore thanahundredandfifty asyou see,but thennumbering overthree hundredsouls.The shipwasofficered andwell-manned,with severalcabin passengers.Some fiftySpaniards inall.Off CapeHorn wehad heavygales.Captain Cerenocoughed suddenlyand almostcollapsed.Hefell heavilyagainst hisbody servant.His mindwanders,said Babo.He wasthinking ofthedisease thatfollowed thegales.My poor,poor master.Be patientseor,these attacksdo notlastlong.Master willsoon behimself.Don Benitorecovered,and ina brokenvoice continuedhis story.My shipwas tossedabout manydaysin stormsoff CapeHorn.And thenthere wasan outbreakof scurvy.The diseasecarried offmanywhites andblacks.Most ofmy survivingseaman hadbecome sosick thattheycouldnothandle thesails well.For daysand nightswe couldnot controltheship.Itwasblownnorth-westward.The windsuddenly leftus inunknown waterswith oppressivehot calms.Most ofourwater was gone.And wesuffered terribly,especially aftera deadlyfever brokeout amongus.Whole familiesofblacks andmany Spaniards,including everyofficer butmyself,were killedby thedisease.Jaymes Jorslingand RafaelDe MussainBenitoCerenoDon Benitopaused.He lookeddown atthe blackman athis side.Babo seemedsatisfied.TheSpanish captainsaw himtake his hand fromthe knifehidden underhis shirt.Captain Delanosaw nothing.His mindwas filledwiththeterrible talehehadjust heard.Now hecouldunderstand whytheothercaptain seemedso shaken.He tookDon Benito*shandandpromised togive himall thehelp possible.He wouldgivehima largepermanent supplyof water,and somesails andequipment forsailing theship.And healso promisedto letDon Benitohavethree ofhis bestseamenfortemporary deckofficers.In thisway,the SanDominick couldwithoutdelay startfor Concepcion.There theship couldbe fixedand preparedfor itsvoyage toLima.Don Benitosface lightedup.He seemedexcited byCaptain Delanosgenerous offer.But,Baboappeared troubled.This excitementis badfor master,Babo whispered,taking DonBenitosarm andwith soothingwords gentlydrawing himaside.When Don Benito returned,Captain Delanoobserved thathis excitementwasgone.Captain Delanodecided totalk ofother matters.But theSpanishcaptainshowed nofurtherinterest.He answeredCaptain Delanosquestions withsharp wordsand suddenlywith anangrymovement hewalked backto Babo.Captain Delanowatched thetwo menwhispering togetherin low voices.It madean uglypicture,which Captain Delano foundso extremelyunpleasant thathe turnedhis facetotheother sideofthe ship.Their actionsmade Delanosuspicious ofCaptain Cereno.He beganto wonderabout him.His behavior.His coughingattacks.His weakness.His emptywild looks.Was hereally halfmad orafaker playinga partOne momentCaptain Delanohad theworst suspicionsof Don Benito.Butthe nexthe wouldfeel guiltyand ashamedof himselffor havingsuch doubtsabout theman.Presently,Don Benitomoved backtoward hisguest,still supportedby his servant.His palefacetwitched.He seemedmore nervousthan usual.And therewasastrange toneinhishusky whisperashe spoke.May Iask howmany menyou haveon board,seor Captain Delano becameuneasy,but answered.About twenty-five alltotal.And atpresent,seor allon boardAll onzboard/Captain Delanoanswered,And willbe tonight,seorAt thislast question,Captain Delanolooked veryseriously atDonBenito,who couldnot returnthelook butdropped his eyes tothe deck.CaptainDelanocould thinkof onlyone reasonfor suchaquestion.But no,it wasfoolish tothink thatthese weakand starvingmen couldhave anyidea ofseizinghisship.But stillhe remainedsilent.And willthey beaboard tonightAgain thequestionfrom DonBenito.CaptainDelanodecidedtoanswer truthfully.Some ofhis menhad talkedof goingoffonafishing partyabout midnight.And hetold DonBenito this.As heanswered,CaptainDelanoagain lookedstraight atDonBenito.But theSpanish captainrefusedto meethiseyes.Then asbefore,he suddenlywithdrew withhisservant.And againthetwo menbegan whisperingto eachother inlowvoices.CaptainDelanotried topush theworry fromhismind.But whatwere thosetwo strangemen discussingThat willbe ourstory nextweek.You havebeen listeningto AmericanStories.Your narratorwas ShepONeal.We inviteyou tolistenagain nextweek forthe finalpart ofBenitoCerenoby HermanMelville.Words inThis Storycollapse-v.to falldown orbecome unconsciousbecause youare sickorexhaustedseor-n.a titleor formof addressused ofor toa Spanish-speaking man,corresponding toMr.orsir.recover-匕to becomehealthy afteran illnessor injury:to returnto normalhealthscurvy-n.a diseasethat iscaused bynot eatingenough fruitsor vegetablesthat containvitaminCsurvive-v.to remainalive;to continueto liveequipment-n.supplies ortools neededfor aspecial purposetemporary-adj.continuing fora limitedamount oftime:not permanentfaker-n.a personpretending tobe somethingthey arenot。