9-7. He noticed at once that discipline was slack: the Danes had the self-confidence of conquerors, and their security precautions were casual.

【译文】他立刻发现丹麦侵略军纪律松懈：丹麦人以征服者自居，安全措施松弛。

【讲解】slack后的冒号引出说明解释性内容。

【单词和短语】

slack：懈怠的，松懈的;疏忽的;马虎的(not taking enough care or making enough effort to do things correctly)，

例如：

slack supervision 监督不严

Security’s got a bit slack. 安全问题有些放松。新概念英语第二册

9-8. They lived well, on the proceeds of raids on neighbouring regions.

【译文】他们靠袭击附近地区、掠夺财物过着舒适的生活。

【讲解】句中的第一个on与live搭配使用，live on…意为“靠……生活”。因为well与on…regions并列作状语，所以用逗号隔开。句中的第二个on是与raid搭配在一起的，意为“袭击”。

【单词和短语】

proceeds：(从事某种活动或变卖财物等的)收入，收益(the money that is obtained from doing something or selling something)，

例如：

The proceeds from the school play will be used to buy a new curtain.

学校演剧的收入将用于购买一幅新的舞台幕布。

They are reaping proceeds when the cattle are sold.

卖了那些牲口他们就可以获得收益了。

9-9. There they collected women as well as food and drink, and a life of ease had made them soft.

【译文】这些入侵者在那里不但搜刮吃喝，而且掳掠妇女，这种安逸的生活令他们萎靡不振。

【讲解】句中as well as的侧重点在它前面的women。在用“不但……而且……”或“……还……”翻译as well as时，因为汉语的侧重点是在后面的“而且”、“还”，而作in addition to解的as well as的重点则在它前面的词语，所以汉译时必须颠倒原文as well as连接的前后词语的次序。

【单词和短语】

soft：轻松的;舒服的，舒适的(not very brave and not having a strong character)。

9-10. Alfred stayed in the camp a week before he returned to Athelney.

【译文】阿尔弗雷德在敌营呆了一周后回到了阿塞尔纳。

9-11. The force there assembled was trivial compared with the Danish horde.

【译文】他集结在那里的军队和丹麦大军相比微不足道。

【讲解】there assembled是过去分词短语，作the force的定语，there指Athelney。compared with the Danish horde作状语，修饰was trivial。

【单词和短语】

trivial：琐碎的;不重要的，无价值的(not serious, important, or valuable)，

例如：

trivial matters 琐事

a trivial offence 小过失

trivial formalities 繁文缛节

put the trivial above the important 本末倒置

consider sth. trivial 认为某事无关紧要

raise trivial objections 提出无关紧要的反对

trivial的名词形式为triviality。

9-12. But Alfred had deduced that the Danes were no longer fit for prolonged battle: and that their commissariat had no organization, but depended on irregular raids.