精灵鼠小弟 第52期:失控的小汽车

 He heard a slight grinding noise and felt something slip out from under his hand.

他听到了一种轻微的摩擦声，感觉有什么从手中滑了出去。

"Hey, watch out!" yelled Dr.Carey.

“嘿，当心！”凯里医生喊。

You pushed the starter button. She's off!

你摁的是启动按钮。她消失了！

There she goes! She's away! She's loose in the room--now we'll never catch her.

她跑了！她没了！她消失在这屋子里了——现在我们再也找不到她了。

He grabbed Stuart up and placed him on a table where he wouldn't be hit by a runaway¹ car.

他把斯图亚特拎到一张桌子上，以免他被那辆汽车撞到。

"Oh, mercy! Oh, mercy!" Stuart cried when he realized what he had done.

“噢，天哪！噢，天哪！”当明白自己刚才做了什么事情时，斯图亚特叫道。

It was a very awkward situation.

现在的情况太糟了。

Neither Dr. Carey nor Stuart could see the little automobile², yet it was rushing all over the room under its own power, bumping into things.

凯里医生和斯图亚特都看不到那辆小车了，可它还在房间里到处冲撞着。

First there came a crashing noise over by the fireplace.

一阵哗啦啦的响声首先从壁炉那里传出来。

The hearth³ broom fell down.

炉边的扫帚被撞倒了。

Dr.Carey leapt for the spot and pounced⁵ on the place where the sound had come from.

凯里医生忙跳起来，向着声音所来的方向猛力地扑出去。

But though he was quick, he had hardly got his hands on the place when there was another crash over by the wastebasket.

虽然他的动作很快，却还是扑了一个空，而那哗啦声又跑到废纸篓那里去了。

The Doctor pounced again.

于是医生又往废纸篓那里猛扑。

Pounce⁴! Crash! Pounce! Crash!

猛扑！哗啦！猛扑！哗啦！

The Doctor was racing⁶ all over the room, pouncing⁷ and missing.

医生扑遍了整个房间，却还是屡扑屡空。

 

1 runaway   

n.逃走的人，逃亡，亡命者；adj.逃亡的，逃走的

参考例句：

• The police have not found the runaway to date.警察迄今没抓到逃犯。
• He was praised for bringing up the runaway horse.他勒住了脱缰之马受到了表扬。

2 automobile   

n.汽车，机动车

参考例句：

• He is repairing the brake lever of an automobile.他正在修理汽车的刹车杆。
• The automobile slowed down to go around the curves in the road.汽车在路上转弯时放慢了速度。

3 hearth   

n.壁炉炉床，壁炉地面

参考例句：

• She came and sat in a chair before the hearth.她走过来，在炉子前面的椅子上坐下。
• She comes to the hearth,and switches on the electric light there.她走到壁炉那里，打开电灯。

4 pounce   

n.猛扑；v.猛扑，突然袭击，欣然同意

参考例句：

• Why do you pounce on every single thing I say?干吗我说的每句话你都要找麻烦？
• We saw the tiger about to pounce on the goat.我们看见老虎要向那只山羊扑过去。

5 pounced   

v.突然袭击( pounce的过去式和过去分词 )；猛扑；一眼看出；抓住机会（进行抨击）

参考例句：

• As soon as I opened my mouth, the teacher pounced on me. 我一张嘴就被老师抓住呵斥了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The police pounced upon the thief. 警察向小偷扑了过去。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

6 racing   

n.竞赛，赛马；adj.竞赛用的，赛马用的

参考例句：

• I was watching the racing on television last night.昨晚我在电视上看赛马。
• The two racing drivers fenced for a chance to gain the lead.两个赛车手伺机竞相领先。

7 pouncing   

v.突然袭击( pounce的现在分词 )；猛扑；一眼看出；抓住机会（进行抨击）

参考例句：

• Detective Sun grinned and, pouncing on the gourd, smashed it against the wall. 孙侦探笑了，一把将瓦罐接过来，往墙上一碰。 来自汉英文学 - 骆驼祥子
• We saw the tiger pouncing on the goat. 我们看见老虎向那只山羊扑过去。 来自互联网