Every man was tearing himself loose, even Matthewson.

连马修森算在内，全都兴奋得手舞足蹈起来。

There were two or three hundred men around Matthewson's sledge.

大约有两三百人围着马修逊的雪撬。

" Sure, " answered O'Brien, thumping down a plethoric sack by the side of Matthewson's.

“当然能，”奥布赖恩一边回答，一边把一个快要涨破的袋子咚地一声放在马修森那个袋子旁边。

'Sure, ' said O' Brien, putting another bag of gold next to Matthewson's.

“没问题, ”奥布赖恩说, 拿出另一袋金子搁在马修逊的金子旁边。

A third man, called Matthewson, said his dog could pull three hundred kilos.

第三个人叫马修逊，他甚至说他的狗可以拉得动300公斤。

In the ebb of their fortunes, this sum was their total capital; yet they laid it unhesitatingly against Matthewson's six hundred.

他们的手头正紧，这两百块已是他们的全部资本所在；然而，他们丝毫不犹豫地把这笔钱放下，去赌马修森的六百块。

Matthewson's ten dogs were taken away, and Buck, who could feel the excitement in the air, was harnessed to the sledge.

马修逊的10条狗被牵到一边。巴克, 嗅到空气中弥漫的兴奋, 被套上了雪撬。

'I've got a sledge outside with three hundrd and fifty kilos on it, ' said Matthewson.'So it's easy if you want to try.'

“我外面的雪撬上有350公斤的东西。”马修逊说。“如果你想试一下的话, 很容易。”

' Can he break the sledge out when it's frozen to the ice and then start it moving? And pull it a hundred metres? 'asked Matthewson.

" 他能够把冻在冰上的雪撬拉动吗？再拉100米远？" 马修逊问道。

Matthewson's sled, loaded with a thousand pounds of flour, had been standing for a couple of hours, and in the intense cold (it was sixty below zero) the runners had frozen fast to the hard-packed snow.

马修森的雪橇装着一千磅面粉，已经在这停留了近两个小时，天气又特别冷（零下五十度），滑板牢牢地冻在硬邦邦的雪地上。