They thrust their little necks out and kept up a musical whistling, like a tiny troupe of pipers.

它们伸长自己的小脖子，一直不停地嘘嘘嘘吹口哨，像是一小队吹子的。

" Wait" , he said. " Get rid of the rats, an we'll pay you handsomely" . The piper nodded. " It's a deal" .

" 等等" ，他说。" 只要你驱散老鼠，我们会付给你很多金币。" 手点点头。" 一言为定" 。

Every ten years a great man. Who paid the piper?

人间十年一伟人。谁的白骨遍地 谁说莫问封侯？

When you look at how the project was financed, it's pretty obvious that the one who pays the piper calls the tune!

当你看这个项目是如的时候，很明显——谁付钱，谁说了算！

The whining skirl of the pipes had struck dread into the Germans on the Somme, who had called the kilted pipers “Ladies from Hell”.

发出的哀声使法国索姆河畔的德国佬陷入绝望，他们把身着苏格兰短裙的手叫“来自地狱的女人”。

I would ride around at sunset pulling a speaker playing music and I was kind of like the pied piper.

我会在日落时骑着，拉着一个扬声器演奏音乐，我有点像吹的人。

Over 4,000 pipers and drummers are expected to descend on the city for the annual event.

预计将有 4000 多名手和鼓手来到这座城市参加一年一度的活动。

In the next part, find out if the strange piper does get rid of the rats - and whether the mayor keeps his side of the bargain.

在下一部分，我会告诉大家这个奇怪的手是否真正驱散了老鼠——以及市长是否会讨价还价。

The piper needs to be paid.

该换的债还得还。

Grasshoppers skipped briskly in the sere grass, and crickets chirped like fairy pipers at a feast.

蚱蜢在枯草丛中活跃地蹦跳，蟋蟀唧唧地叫着，就像神话中宴会上的手。

He was ordering now, as they waded up Sword Beach, in that drawly voice of his: “Give us a tune, piper.”

当战士们下舰向剑滩蹚去时，洛瓦特正以他惯有的缓慢悠长的声音下命令：“手，给——我们——整一曲！”。

He had asked Mr Millin to be his personal piper: not a feudal but a military arrangement.

不是个人需要而是出于军事安排。

Mr Millin inquired, half-joking, whether he should walk up and down in the traditional way of pipers.

米林半开玩笑地问，他是否应该以手的传统方式，在吹奏时上下行走。

An English judge had said so after the Scots' great defeat at Culloden in 1746; a piper was a fighter like the rest, and his music was his weapon.

1746年英格兰人取得卡洛登大捷后，一位英国法官裁定是战争乐器；吹奏者像其他士兵一样，也是战士，他奏出的乐曲就是他的武器。

The War Office in London now forbade pipers to play in battle, but Mr Millin and Lord Lovat, as Scots, plotted rebellion.

伦敦陆军部当时禁止手在战斗中吹奏，但同为苏格兰人的米林先生和洛瓦特勋爵密谋不受陆军部禁令约束。

A lone piper accompanies serious wee dancers who toe their routines with intense concentration.

一个孤独的吹者伴随着认真的小舞者，他们全神贯注地遵守着他们的套路。

And I said, " Dad has to have the piper." We have to get bagpipes.

我说，“爸爸必须要有手。”我们必须得到。

And then suddenly Franny was like this pied piper.

然后突然间，弗兰妮就像那传说中的花衣魔手一样。

Everyone's got to pay the piper and run on your problems.

人人都得为自己的问题买单并承担责任。

In a few minutes, Racket was paying the piper. Not that he minded, for he held his liquor, but his eyes crossed and his legs would not support him. He wabbled about, as cross-eyed as an owl, and disappeared.

几分钟后，Racket 付钱给吹者。并不是说他不介意，因为他拿着酒，但他的眼睛交叉了，他的腿不支持他。他像猫头鹰一样斜着眼睛，摇摇晃晃地走来走去，然后消失了。