Chapter 66

Pinocchio reaches the Island of the Busy Bees and finds the Fairy oncemore Pinocchio, spurred on by the hope of finding his father and of being intime to save him, swam all night long.

　　Andwhat a horrible night it was! It poured rain, it hailed, it thundered, and thelightning was so bright that itturned the night into day.

　　Atdawn, he saw, not far away from him, a long stretchof sand. It was an island inthe middle of the sea.

　　Pinocchiotried his best to get there, but he couldn't.

　　Thewaves played with him and tossed him about as if hewere a twig1 or a bit of straw. Atlast, and luckily for him,a tremendous wave tossed him to the very spot wherehewanted to be. The blow from the wave was so strong that,as he fell to theground, his joints2 cracked and almostbroke.

　　But,nothing daunted3, he jumped to his feet andcried:

　　"Oncemore I have escaped with my life!"Little by little the sky cleared. Thesun came out in fullsplendor and the sea became as calm as a lake.

　　Thenthe Marionette4 took off his clothes andlaid themon the sand to dry. He looked over the waters to seewhether he mightcatch sight of a boat with a little man init. He searched and he searched, buthe saw nothing exceptsea and sky and far away a few sails, so small thattheymight have been birds.

　　"Ifonly I knew the name of this island!" he said to himself.

　　"IfI even knew what kind of people I would find here!

皮诺乔一心想要及时赶到，把他可怜的爸爸救出来，于是游了整整一夜。
　　这一夜真是恐怖极了！天上下着瓢泼大雨，下着冰雹，打着可怕的响雷，电光闪闪如同白昼。
　　天亮时候，他终于看见不远的地方有一条长长的地平线。这是海当中的一个孤岛，
　　他于是拼了命要游到岸上，可是没成功。波浪翻腾追逐，把他像根小树枝或者稻草似地抛来抛去，最后也亏他运气好，一个凶猛的巨浪滚来，把他给扔到沙滩上。
　　这一下可真重，他给摔到地上，肋骨和全身的关节都咔拉咔拉地响。可他马上庆幸说：
　　“这一回我总算又侥幸得了救！”
　　这时天一点一点大亮，太阳出来，光芒四射。海面平静无浪。
　　木偶脱下衣服，把它铺在地上晒干。接着他望来望去，想在茫茫的水面上看到小船，看到船上那个小小的人。可他看了又看，看见的只有天空、大海和几张船帆。船帆很远很远，像苍蝇似的，
　　“至少得知道这个岛叫什么名字！”他一面说一面走。“至少得知道这岛上是不是住着什么好人！我想找个好人谈谈，他不会把孩子吊在树枝上的。

1 twig    

n.小树枝，嫩枝；v.理解

参考例句：

·He heard the sharp crack of a twig.他听到树枝清脆的断裂声。

·The sharp sound of a twig snapping scared the badger away.细枝突然折断的刺耳声把獾惊跑了。

2joints 

接头( joint的名词复数 )； 关节； 公共场所（尤指价格低廉的饮食和娱乐场所） （非正式）； 一块烤肉 （英式英语）

参考例句：

·Expansion joints of various kinds are fitted on gas mains. 各种各样的伸缩接头被安装在煤气的总管道上了。

·Expansion joints of various kinds are fitted on steam pipes. 各种各样的伸缩接头被安装在蒸气管道上了。

3daunted 

使（某人）气馁，威吓( daunt的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

·She was a brave woman but she felt daunted by the task ahead. 她是一个勇敢的女人，但对面前的任务却感到信心不足。

·He was daunted by the high quality of work they expected. 他被他们对工作的高品质的要求吓倒了。

4marionette 

n.木偶

参考例句：

·With this marionette I wish to travel through the world.我希望带着这个木偶周游世界。

·The development of marionette had a great influence on the future development of opera.木偶戏的发展对以后的戏曲有十分重要的影响。