After a while the noise of the drums slowly died away and everything became silent.

过了一会儿，鼓声慢慢消失，万。

Neither flight of bird nor passing of beast troubled the perfect calm.

这时，既无飞鸟掠过，也无走兽奔驰，万，死一样沉静笼罩着整个大地。

On his left was the gleam of the Great River, and everything was so quiet that he could hear the sound of the waterfall at Beaversdam, a mile away.

左边则闪着长河光。万，凯斯宾甚至听得见一英里外海狸大坝倾泻水声。

What was that? In the silence he heard a gentle scratching sound–low, but very distinct in the quiet of the night.

这是什么？万中，他听到一阵爬抓声。声音虽然很，但是在更深夜静时候，却听得非常清晰。

Beneath us the brown Napo River was rising, in all silence; it coiled up the sandy bank and tangled its foam in vines that trailed from the forest and roots that looped the shore.

在我们下方，褐黄色纳波河水正在涨潮。万，惟见河水沿着沙岸蜿蜒流过，水沫裹挟在蔓生在森林里藤蔓间以及盘绕岸边树根上。

For a moment, there's no sound in the world but the faint whisper of wind sweeping over the ice.

有那么一会儿，万，只有风扫过冰雪时弱飒飒声。

It was during these moments of deep silence that the canvas which concealed the entrance to a spacious marquee in the French encampment was shoved aside, and a man issued from beneath the drapery into the open air.

正是在这些万时刻，法国营地中一个宽敞帐篷入口帆布被推到一边，一个人从帐幔下走出来，走到露天。

On a summer evening, after a long walk in very hot weather, he lay down upon the sofa in his study, and there — as his calm face declared — passed from slumber into the great silence.

一个夏日傍晚，在酷热天气里走了很长一段路后，他躺在书房沙发上，然后——正如他平静面孔所表明那样——从睡梦中进入了万。

About midnight, when all was still and quiet, I crept cautiously from my cabin, and silently entering the unfinished building, found him awaiting me.

将近午夜，万，我小心翼翼地从小屋里爬出来，悄悄地走进未完工大楼， 发现他正在等我。

In the perfect silence she could hear the closing of a lid and the clicking of a lock, —he was fastening his hat-box.

在万中， 她能听到盖子关上声音和锁咔嗒声——他正在扣紧帽盒。

The night was perfectly still, and the air so dry and pure that it gave little sensation of cold.

夜晚万，空气干燥纯净，几乎没有寒冷感觉。

All was dark and silent down by the harbour wall.

【all】港口堤岸一片漆黑，万。

The only other sound's the sweep Of easy wind and downy flake.

铃儿响过，万，只有清风吹拂，雪花翻飞。

The sky was black over the mountains.

5 天以后， 6 月 6 日。在挪威， 一个人拉开了自己木房子门。这人高个、长脸。他在室外稍候片刻， 四周万。他目光所及之处， 没有住房， 只有群山、树林和大海。天近傍晚， 群山上面是黑沉沉一片天空。

Two hours passed in perfect silence.

两个小时在万中过去了。

Somewhere in the stillness of the night, an owl hooted.

【still，stillness】万夜晚，在某处有一只猫头鹰在叫。

All was silent but for the sound of the wind in the trees.

【but】万，只有风吹树动发出沙沙声音。