尤厄尔的报复

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Bob Ewell had won the trial, but he was not satisfied. 鲍勃·尤厄尔赢得了审判，但他并不满意。

During the case, Atticus had shown the whole town that Ewell was a liar. 在这起案件中，阿蒂克斯让全镇的人都看到了尤厄尔是个骗子。

He had made Ewell look like a fool. 他让尤厄尔出尽了洋相。

And Ewell could not forgive that. 尤厄尔对此怀恨在心。

So Bob Ewell began to make threats. 于是鲍勃·尤厄尔开始发出威胁。

One day he met Atticus on the street. 有一天他在街上遇到了阿蒂克斯。

He spat in Atticus's face and swore that he would get his revenge. 他朝阿蒂克斯的脸上吐了口水，并扬言要报复。

People were worried. 人们都很担心。

"You should be careful, Atticus," a neighbor said. “阿蒂克斯，你得小心点。”一位邻居说。

"That man is dangerous." “那个人很危险。”

But Atticus was not afraid. 但阿蒂克斯并不害怕。

"Bob Ewell is all talk," he said. “鲍勃·尤厄尔不过是嘴上说说。”他说。

"He got that off his chest. “他只是发泄一下。

He won't really do anything." 他不会真的做什么。”

Still, I felt uneasy. 尽管如此，我心里还是感到不安。

Ewell was the kind of man who hurt others to feel big. 尤厄尔是那种靠伤害别人来抬高自己的人。

A small, mean person often grows most dangerous after he has been shamed. 一个心胸狭隘、卑鄙的人，在蒙羞之后往往变得最危险。

Ewell did not stop at Atticus. 尤厄尔并没有就此罢休。

Quietly, he began to watch our family. 他悄悄地开始监视我们一家。

He wanted to hurt Atticus in the deepest way possible. 他想以最深重的方式伤害阿蒂克斯。

And that meant he was watching Jem and me. 而这意味着他盯上了杰姆和我。

Then came a cold night in autumn—the night of the Halloween party. 接着，一个寒冷的秋夜降临了——那是万圣节派对之夜。