美国小学英语教材5:第264课 沙漠男孩——阿卜杜勒. 阿齐兹(7)

So one morning, quite early, when the sun was just slipping, all pink and gold, out of the sea, a little caravan¹ marched out of the village gate and up the white road. There were three brown bundles with plump bare feet, two donkeys loaded with bedding and cooking pans and food, and in the rear two excited children.

于是，有一天早晨，时间还很早，太阳刚从海上升起，金灿灿的，一片粉红色，一支小小的商队走出了村庄的大门，踏上了白色的道路。里面有三个棕色的包袱，赤着胖乎乎的脚，两匹驴子驮着被褥、炊具和食物，后面是两个兴奋的孩子。

Sadoc’s orchard² lay well off the road in a secluded³ place in a sort of little valley. He had dug a well there and put up a little one-room house of mud and stones, where the women slept. The olive trees were old and gnarled and gray, and their branches sighed softly in the wind. Under them the ground was quite bare and a deep red in color. Nothing would grow in this dry place except the olive trees, which sent their thirsty roots far down into the earth where the water lay hidden under the hard, dry surface.

撒多克的果园远离大路，坐落在一个幽僻的小山谷里。他在那里挖了一口井，用泥土和石头搭起一个只有一个房间的小房子，妇女们就睡在那里。橄榄树老了，多节，灰色，枝干在风中轻轻叹息。他们脚下的地面光秃秃的，是一片深红色。在这干燥的地方除了橄榄树什么也长不出来。橄榄树干渴的根深深扎入地下，水就藏在坚硬干燥的地下。

1 caravan   

n.大蓬车；活动房屋

参考例句：

• The community adviser gave us a caravan to live in.社区顾问给了我们一间活动住房栖身。
• Geoff connected the caravan to the car.杰弗把旅行用的住屋拖车挂在汽车上。

2 orchard   

n.果园，果园里的全部果树，(美俚)棒球场

参考例句：

• My orchard is bearing well this year.今年我的果园果实累累。
• Each bamboo house was surrounded by a thriving orchard.每座竹楼周围都是茂密的果园。

3 secluded   

adj.与世隔绝的；隐退的；偏僻的v.使隔开，使隐退( seclude的过去式和过去分词)

参考例句：

• Some people like to strip themselves naked while they have a swim in a secluded place. 一些人当他们在隐蔽的地方游泳时，喜欢把衣服脱光。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• This charming cottage dates back to the 15th century and is as pretty as a picture, with its thatched roof and secluded garden. 这所美丽的村舍是15世纪时的建筑，有茅草房顶和宁静的花园，漂亮极了，简直和画上一样。 来自《简明英汉词典》