美国小学英语教材5:第172课 为朋友而勇敢(13)

His rescuers were woodsmen, perfectly¹ familiar with the Hogan Hill trail and the old log cabin. Paul’s skis were taken off, and he was helped into the sledge² and driven to the near-by school. Stiff and sore, but otherwise unhurt, he wanted to go with them, but his request was firmly refused; and pausing only long enough to get some rugs and a heavy coat, the party set off. Little more than two hours later they returned with the injured Bill, who was carried at once to the infirmary to be treated for a severe cold and a badly sprained³ ankle.

他的救援人员都是伐木工人，对霍根山小径和老木屋非常熟悉。保罗的滑雪板被取下，他被扶上雪橇，被送到附近的学校。他浑身僵硬酸痛，但没有受伤，他想和他们一起去，但他的请求被坚决拒绝了。他们只停了一会儿，拿了几块地毯和一件厚外套，就出发了。两个多小时后，他们带着受伤的比尔回来了。比尔因患重感冒和严重扭伤脚踝，立即被送往医务室接受治疗。

TRUE FRIENDS AT LAST

真正的朋友终于来了

Bill’s strong body and good health soon conquered the cold, but the ankle proved more stubborn; so Christmas dinner had to be eaten in bed. But somehow Bill did not mind that very much, for Paul Seabury shared it, sitting on the other side of a folding table drawn⁴ up beside the couch. When they had eaten everything in sight and reached that state of fullness without which no Christmas dinner is really perfect, the two boys relapsed for a space into a friendly sort of silence.

比尔强壮的身体和健康的身体很快就克服了寒冷，但事实证明他的脚踝还没好。所以圣诞晚餐只能在床上吃。但不知怎的，比尔并不怎么介意，因为保罗·西布里坐在沙发旁一张折叠桌的另一边，和比尔分享了这份礼物。当他们把眼前的东西都吃完，吃到吃饱的时候，没有一顿真正完美的圣诞晚餐，这两个孩子又回到了友好的沉默中。

1 perfectly   

adv.完美地，无可非议地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The witnesses were each perfectly certain of what they said.证人们个个对自己所说的话十分肯定。
• Everything that we're doing is all perfectly above board.我们做的每件事情都是光明正大的。

2 sledge   

n.雪橇，大锤；v.用雪橇搬运，坐雪橇往

参考例句：

• The sledge gained momentum as it ran down the hill.雪橇从山上下冲时的动力越来越大。
• The sledge slid across the snow as lightly as a boat on the water.雪橇在雪原上轻巧地滑行，就象船在水上行驶一样。

3 sprained   

v.&n. 扭伤

参考例句：

• I stumbled and sprained my ankle. 我摔了一跤，把脚脖子扭了。
• When Mary sprained her ankles, John carried her piggyback to the doctors. 玛丽扭伤了足踝，约翰驮她去看医生。

4 drawn   

v.拖，拉，拔出；adj.憔悴的，紧张的

参考例句：

• All the characters in the story are drawn from life.故事中的所有人物都取材于生活。
• Her gaze was drawn irresistibly to the scene outside.她的目光禁不住被外面的风景所吸引。