精灵鼠小弟 第30期:恶兆来临

 　　The world seemed cold and ominous¹.

　　这个世界好象变冷了，

　　Stuart glanced behind him.

　　充满着恶兆。

　　There came the sloop², boiling along fast, rolling up a bow wave and gaining steadily³.

　　他又朝后面看了看，发现开过来一艘单桅船，她的船头在浪花里剧烈地摆动着。

　　Look out, Stuart! Look out where you're going!

　　当心，斯图亚特！当心你在做的事情！

　　Stuart strained his eyes, and suddenly, dead ahead, right in the path of the Wasp⁴, he saw an enormous paper bag looming⁵ up on the surface of the pond.

　　斯图亚特竭力睁大眼睛看，突然，他看到就在黄蜂号的右边，有一只巨大的纸袋正从池塘的水面上飘过来。

　　The bag was empty and riding high, its open end gaping⁶ wide like the mouth of a cave.

　　这个纸袋是空的，被风鼓得高高的，张着大嘴，就像一个洞穴一样。

　　Stuart spun⁷ the wheel over but it was too late: the Wasp drove her bow sprit straight into the bag,

　　斯图亚特急忙转舵，但却太迟了：黄蜂号已经把她的船头斜帆扎进了纸袋里。

　　and with a fearful whooosh the schooner⁸ slowed down and came up into the wind with all sails flapping.

　　随着一阵可怕的嘶嘶声，纵帆船的速度慢了下来，所有的帆也都被风猛烈地吹动着。

　　Just at this moment Stuart heard a splintering crash, saw the bow of the Lillian plow⁹ through his rigging,and felt the whole ship tremble from stem to stern with the force of the collision.

　　就在那时斯图亚特听到了一阵撕裂声，看到了正向船的支索撞去的莉莲号的船头，感觉从船头到船尾都有一种可怕的力量在撞击。

　　"A collision!" shouted the crowd on shore.

　　“撞上了！”岸上的人们喊。

1 ominous   

adj.不祥的，不吉的，预兆的，预示的

参考例句：

• Those black clouds look ominous for our picnic.那些乌云对我们的野餐来说是个不祥之兆。
• There was an ominous silence at the other end of the phone.电话那头出现了不祥的沉默。

2 sloop   

n.单桅帆船

参考例句：

• They heeled the sloop well over,skimming it along to windward.他们使单桅小船倾斜适当，让它顶着风向前滑去。
• While a sloop always has two sails,a cat-rigged boat generally has only one.一艘单桅帆船总是有两面帆，但一艘单桅艇通常只有一面帆。

3 steadily   

adv.稳定地；不变地；持续地

参考例句：

• The scope of man's use of natural resources will steadily grow.人类利用自然资源的广度将日益扩大。
• Our educational reform was steadily led onto the correct path.我们的教学改革慢慢上轨道了。

4 wasp   

n.黄蜂，蚂蜂

参考例句：

• A wasp stung me on the arm.黄蜂蜇了我的手臂。
• Through the glass we can see the wasp.透过玻璃我们可以看到黄蜂。

5 looming   

n.上现蜃景（光通过低层大气发生异常折射形成的一种海市蜃楼）v.隐约出现，阴森地逼近( loom的现在分词 )；隐约出现，阴森地逼近

参考例句：

• The foothills were looming ahead through the haze. 丘陵地带透过薄雾朦胧地出现在眼前。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Then they looked up. Looming above them was Mount Proteome. 接着他们往上看，在其上隐约看到的是蛋白质组山。 来自英汉非文学 - 生命科学 - 回顾与展望

6 gaping   

adj.口的；张口的；敞口的；多洞穴的v.目瞪口呆地凝视( gape的现在分词 )；张开，张大

参考例句：

• Ahead of them was a gaping abyss. 他们前面是一个巨大的深渊。
• The antelope could not escape the crocodile's gaping jaws. 那只羚羊无法从鱷鱼张开的大口中逃脱。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 spun   

v.纺，杜撰，急转身

参考例句：

• His grandmother spun him a yarn at the fire.他奶奶在火炉边给他讲故事。
• Her skilful fingers spun the wool out to a fine thread.她那灵巧的手指把羊毛纺成了细毛线。

8 schooner   

n.纵帆船

参考例句：

• The schooner was driven ashore.那条帆船被冲上了岸。
• The current was bearing coracle and schooner southward at an equal rate.急流正以同样的速度将小筏子和帆船一起冲向南方。

9 plow   

n.犁，耕地，犁过的地；v.犁，费力地前进[英]plough

参考例句：

• At this time of the year farmers plow their fields.每年这个时候农民们都在耕地。
• We will plow the field soon after the last frost.最后一场霜过后，我们将马上耕田。