He scraped with his foot and flapped his arms like a rooster about to crow, and the bandsmen sitting in the green rotunda blew out their cheeks and glared at the music.

他像一只正要鸣叫的公鸡那样一只脚蹭地，摆动双臂。坐在绿色圆亭里的队成员两腮，睛盯。

Jim ridiculed the idea; the bandsman protested, and was about to lose his temper, when Jim gave in with the good-nature of a person who can afford to despise opinions; and the musician went his way.

吉姆嘲笑这个想法。队成员提出抗议，正要发脾气，这时吉姆以一个可以轻视意见的人的善良本性屈服了。音家走了他的路。