美国小学英语教材5:第233课 祖母的那不勒斯之旅(2)

At this, Ugo began to talk about something else, and then went out to do some work upon the farm. It was a good farm, left to him by his grandfather, and not more than four miles from Florence, that lovely city of Italy that is strung like a pearl upon the Arno River, and lies in a jewel-case of green hills whose lid is the sky.

听了这话，乌戈开始谈论别的事情，然后去农场干活。这是他祖父留给他的一个好农场，位于离佛罗伦萨不到四英里的地方，佛罗伦萨是一座美丽的意大利城市，像一颗珍珠一样挂在阿诺河上，坐落在一个由绿色小山组成的珠宝盒里，山的盖子就是天空。

Ugo was fortunate in owning his own farm, when so many of the farmers in Italy could only hire themselves out for farm work. A small stream ran through it; a little hill on which grew a few chestnut¹ and mulberry trees rose up in one corner; and the earth gave good harvests of wheat and barley². The farmhouse³ was of stone, whitewashed⁴ over, and before it lay an old stone threshing-floor. The upper story held the big kitchen and two bedrooms, and below were the stables and barn.

乌戈很幸运拥有自己的农场，当时意大利的许多农民只能自己雇农。一条小溪穿过农场；屋角上有一座小山，山上长着几棵栗树和桑树；地上的麦子、大麦、都大丰收。农舍是用石头砌成的，粉刷过了，前面是一个旧的石头打谷场。楼上有一个大厨房和两间卧室，下面是马厩和谷仓。

1 chestnut   

n.栗树，栗子

参考例句：

• We have a chestnut tree in the bottom of our garden.我们的花园尽头有一棵栗树。
• In summer we had tea outdoors,under the chestnut tree.夏天我们在室外栗树下喝茶。

2 barley   

n.大麦，大麦粒

参考例句：

• They looked out across the fields of waving barley.他们朝田里望去,只见大麦随风摇摆。
• He cropped several acres with barley.他种了几英亩大麦。

3 farmhouse   

n.农场住宅（尤指主要住房）

参考例句：

• We fell for the farmhouse as soon as we saw it.我们对那所农舍一见倾心。
• We put up for the night at a farmhouse.我们在一间农舍投宿了一夜。

4 whitewashed   

粉饰，美化，掩饰( whitewash的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The wall had been whitewashed. 墙已粉过。
• The towers are in the shape of bottle gourds and whitewashed. 塔呈圆形，状近葫芦，外敷白色。 来自汉英文学 - 现代散文