美国语文第二册 第41期:妈妈的礼物

 LESSON 45 第四十五课

purple  紫色的

plumes¹  羽毛

pail  桶

happened 发生 

coat  大衣

shallow  浅

waded²  涉水

Charles 查尔斯

nap 午睡

yesterday 昨天

MARY's STORY 玛丽的故事

Father, and Charles, and Lucy, and I went to the beach yesterday.  爸爸、查理斯、露西和我昨天去了海滩。

We took our dinner, and stayed all day. 我们带着饭在那玩了一整天。

Father and Charles went out a little way from the shore in a boat, and fished, while Lucy and I gathered sea mosses³. 爸爸和查理斯划了一条船去钓鱼，而露西和我则在采海苔。

We took off our shoes and stockings, and waded into the shallow water.  我们脱下鞋袜，费力地走进浅海，

We had a pail to put our seaweeds in. 提着一只桶去拾海苔。

We found such beautiful ones.  我们找到了非常漂亮的海苔。

Some were purple, some pink, and some brown.  有紫色的，有粉色的，有些则是棕色的。

When they were spread out in the water, the purple ones looked like plumes, and the brown ones like little trees. 当它们在水里被摊开时，紫色的像羽毛一样，棕色的则像小树。

Such a funny thing happened to Lucy.  一件有意思的事情发生在露西身上。

She slipped on a stone, and down she went into the water.  她踩到了一块石头，然后滑倒在水里。

How we both laughed! But the wind and sun soon dried Lucy's dress. 我们笑得合不拢嘴！风和阳光很快就把露西的裙子弄干了。

Then father came and took us in the boat for a row. 然后，爸爸过来接我们上船。 

After that we had a picnic dinner in the woods. 划过船后，我们在树林里享用午餐。

Then father spread his coat on the grass, and took a nap while we children played on the beach. 爸爸把他的大衣铺在草地上。当我们这些孩子在海滩上玩的时候，他午睡了一会儿。

1 plumes   

羽毛( plume的名词复数 )； 羽毛饰； 羽毛状物； 升上空中的羽状物

参考例句：

• The dancer wore a headdress of pink ostrich plumes. 那位舞蹈演员戴着粉色鸵鸟毛制作的头饰。
• The plumes on her bonnet barely moved as she nodded. 她点点头，那帽子的羽毛在一个劲儿颤动。

2 waded   

（从水、泥等）蹚，走过，跋( wade的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• She tucked up her skirt and waded into the river. 她撩起裙子蹚水走进河里。
• He waded into the water to push the boat out. 他蹚进水里把船推出来。

3 mosses   

n. 藓类, 苔藓植物 名词moss的复数形式

参考例句：

• Ferns, mosses and fungi spread by means of spores. 蕨类植物、苔藓和真菌通过孢子传播蔓生。
• The only plants to be found in Antarctica are algae, mosses, and lichens. 在南极洲所发现的植物只有藻类、苔藓和地衣。