He thought they managed the vessel like gentlemen, and that the stokers fired up like heroes.

为了不辜负路路通的好意，水手们干起活来都象绅士一样非常认真。炉们烧起火来象英雄一样不顾疲劳。

" At this moment, he's on a freighter, either as a deck hand or a stoker, on his way to New York" .

“刻，他在一艘货轮，作为甲板手或炉，正在前往纽约的途中”。

" I can do it, " he said sullenly. " I don't need you to show me how to spice wine" .

到厨房，热派做着燕麦饼，另三个厨子在剔鱼骨，炉小弟则在火焰翻转野猪。" 大人要餐，配加热的香料葡萄酒，" 艾莉亚宣布，" 不能凉掉。" 听罢言，一个厨子连忙洗手，取出一个锅子，倒满粘稠芬芳的红酒，然后叫热派边看着火边把香料捣碎了加进去。艾莉亚过去帮忙。

Stokers emerged from low underground doorways into factory yards, and sat on steps, and posts, and palings, wiping their swarthy visages, and contemplating coals.

炉工从低矮的地通道进入工厂院子， 坐在台阶、柱子和栅栏， 擦着黝黑的脸， 凝视着煤块。

" " At this moment, he's on a freighter, either as a deck hand or a stoker, on his way to New York." " You don't mean that?

“”刻，他正在一艘货轮，要么是甲板工人，要么是炉工，正在去纽约的路。”“你不是那个意思吗？

The locomotive, which was slowly approaching with deafening whistles, was that which, having been detached from the train, had continued its route with such terrific rapidity, carrying off the unconscious engineer and stoker.

原来是一辆机车，不住地鸣着汽笛，慢慢地开了过来。这正是原来的那辆机车。它自从甩掉了列车以后，就以惊人的速度带着半死不活的机和炉继续向前飞驰。

He was proud of his career as an editor, just as he was proud of his father's rise from stoker to full-time train driver, and of the shop his mother ran from the front room.

他为自己的编辑职业感到自豪，就像他为父亲从炉升为全职火车机感到自豪一样，他也为母亲在前厅经营的商店感到自豪。

He was dressed like a mechanic or a stoker in an old pea-jacket with baggy pockets, with an oil-skin cap on his head, a woollen scarf round his neck, and tarred boots on his feet.

他的打扮像个机械师或炉工，穿着一件口袋很宽的旧粗呢夹克，头戴着一顶油皮帽，脖子围着一条羊毛围巾，脚穿着涂了柏油的靴子。