美国小学英语教材5:第168课 为朋友而勇敢(9)

And it was true. Already Paul’s teeth were chattering¹, and even Bill could feel the cold through his thick sweater. He tried to think of some other way, but finally agreed to try Paul’s plan. His heavy high shoes were laced with rawhide² thongs³, which could be used to bind⁴ the two skis together. There was no possibility, however, of pulling them. The only way they could manage was for Bill to seat himself on the hastily made toboggan while Paul trudged⁵ behind and pushed.

这是真的。保罗的牙齿已经在打颤，甚至比尔也能透过他的厚毛衣感觉到寒冷。他试图想出别的办法，但最后还是同意试试保罗的计划。他沉重的高帮鞋上系着生牛皮皮带，可以用来把两块滑雪板绑在一起。然而，拉动它们是不可能的。他们唯一能做的就是让比尔坐在匆忙做成的雪橇上，而保罗则拖着沉重的脚步在后面推着。

It was a toilsome and painful method of progress for them both and often jolted⁶ Bill’s ankle, which was already badly swollen⁷. Paul, wading⁸ knee-deep in the snow, was soon breathless, and by the time they reached the cabin, he felt completely exhausted⁹.

对他们两人来说，这是一种艰难而痛苦的前进方法，常常会使比尔已经肿得很厉害的脚踝受到震动。保罗在齐膝深的雪中跋涉，不久就上气不接下气了。当他们到达小木屋时，他感到筋疲力尽。

“Couldn’t have kept that up much longer,” grunted¹⁰ Bill, when they were inside the shelter with the door closed against the storm. His alert gaze traveled swiftly around the hut. There was a rough stone chimney at one end, a shuttered window at the back, and that was all. Snow lay piled on the cold hearth¹¹, and here and there made little ridges¹² on the logs where it had filtered through the many cracks and crevices¹³. It was not much better than the out-of-doors, and Bill’s heart sank as he glanced at Paul, leaning exhausted against the wall.

“不能再这样下去了” 比尔咕哝着说，这时他们已经进了防空洞，防风门已经关上了。他警觉的目光迅速地扫视着小屋。房子的一头有一个粗糙的石砌烟囱，后面有一扇百叶窗，仅此而已。雪堆积在冰冷的火炉上，从许多裂缝和裂缝中渗进来的木头上，到处都有小小的隆起。这并不比外面好多少，比尔的心往下一沉，他瞥了保罗一眼，疲惫地靠在墙上。

1 chattering   

n. （机器振动发出的）咔嗒声，(鸟等)鸣，啁啾 adj. 喋喋不休的，啾啾声的 动词chatter的现在分词形式

参考例句：

• The teacher told the children to stop chattering in class. 老师叫孩子们在课堂上不要叽叽喳喳讲话。
• I was so cold that my teeth were chattering. 我冷得牙齿直打战。

2 rawhide   

n.生牛皮

参考例句：

• At his belt he carried a rawhide whip.他腰间别着生牛皮制成的鞭子。
• The drum skin was tightly strapped over the circle rawhide laces.鼓皮的一圈被生牛皮紧紧地勒住了。

3 thongs   

的东西

参考例句：

• Things ain't what they used to be. 现在情况不比从前了。
• Things have been going badly . 事情进展得不顺利。

4 bind   

vt.捆，包扎；装订；约束；使凝固；vi.变硬

参考例句：

• I will let the waiter bind up the parcel for you.我让服务生帮你把包裹包起来。
• He wants a shirt that does not bind him.他要一件不使他觉得过紧的衬衫。

5 trudged   

vt.& vi.跋涉，吃力地走（trudge的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• He trudged the last two miles to the town. 他步履艰难地走完最后两英里到了城里。
• He trudged wearily along the path. 他沿着小路疲惫地走去。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 jolted   

（使）摇动， （使）震惊( jolt的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The truck jolted and rattled over the rough ground. 卡车嘎吱嘎吱地在凹凸不平的地面上颠簸而行。
• She was jolted out of her reverie as the door opened. 门一开就把她从幻想中惊醒。

7 swollen   

adj.肿大的，水涨的；v.使变大，肿胀

参考例句：

• Her legs had got swollen from standing up all day.因为整天站着，她的双腿已经肿了。
• A mosquito had bitten her and her arm had swollen up.蚊子叮了她，她的手臂肿起来了。

8 wading   

（从水、泥等）蹚，走过，跋( wade的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• The man tucked up his trousers for wading. 那人卷起裤子，准备涉水。
• The children were wading in the sea. 孩子们在海水中走着。

9 exhausted   

adj.极其疲惫的，精疲力尽的

参考例句：

• It was a long haul home and we arrived exhausted.搬运回家的这段路程特别长，到家时我们已筋疲力尽。
• Jenny was exhausted by the hustle of city life.珍妮被城市生活的忙乱弄得筋疲力尽。

10 grunted   

（猪等）作呼噜声( grunt的过去式和过去分词 )； （指人）发出类似的哼声； 咕哝着说

参考例句：

• She just grunted, not deigning to look up from the page. 她只咕哝了一声，继续看书，不屑抬起头来看一眼。
• She grunted some incomprehensible reply. 她咕噜着回答了些令人费解的话。

11 hearth   

n.壁炉炉床，壁炉地面

参考例句：

• She came and sat in a chair before the hearth.她走过来，在炉子前面的椅子上坐下。
• She comes to the hearth,and switches on the electric light there.她走到壁炉那里，打开电灯。

12 ridges   

n.脊( ridge的名词复数 )；山脊；脊状突起；大气层的)高压脊

参考例句：

• The path winds along mountain ridges. 峰回路转。
• Perhaps that was the deepest truth in Ridges's nature. 在里奇斯的思想上，这大概可以算是天经地义第一条了。

13 crevices   

n.（尤指岩石的）裂缝，缺口( crevice的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• It has bedded into the deepest crevices of the store. 它已钻进了店里最隐避的隙缝。 来自辞典例句
• The wind whistled through the crevices in the rock. 风呼啸着吹过岩石的缝隙。 来自辞典例句