夏洛的网 第79期:家里的谈话(6)

 　　"I worry about Fern," she said.

　　“我为弗恩担心，”她说，

　　"Did you hear the way she rambled¹ on about the animals, pretending that they talked?"

　　“你听到她嘟噜嘟噜谈那些动物了吗？说得好象它们会讲话似的。”

　　Mr. Arable² chuckled³. "Maybe they do talk," he said.

　　阿拉布尔先生格格笑。“也许它们真会说话，”他说，

　　"I've sometimes wondered. At any rate, don't worry about Fern

　　“我有时候也怀疑它们是不是会说话。反正不用为弗恩担心

　　she's just got a lively imagination.

　　一切只是出于她活灵活现的想象。

　　Kids think they hear all sorts of things."

　　小娃娃以为他们听到了各种东西。”

　　"Just the same, I do worry about her," replied Mrs. Arable.

　　“我还是真为她担心，”阿拉布尔太太回答说，

　　"I think I shall ask Dr. Dorian about her the next time I see him.

　　“下一回我看到多里安医生，我想问问他弗恩这事。

　　He loves Fern almost as much as we do,

　　他几乎和我们一样爱弗恩，

　　and I want him to know how queerly she is acting⁴ about that pig and everything.

　　我要让他知道，她对于那只小猪和所有事情的举动有多么古怪。

　　I don't think it's normal.

　　我认为这不正常。

　　You know perfectly⁵ well animals don't talk."

　　你很清楚，动物不会说话的。”

　　Mr. Arable grinned. "Maybe our ears aren't as sharp as Fern's," he said.

　　阿拉布尔先生咧开嘴笑。“也许我们的耳朵没有弗恩的尖。”他说。

1 rambled   

（无目的地）漫游( ramble的过去式和过去分词 )； （喻）漫谈； 扯淡； 长篇大论

参考例句：

• We rambled through the woods. 我们漫步走过树林。
• She rambled on at great length but she didn't get to the heart of the matter. 她夹七夹八地说了许多话也没说到点子上。

2 arable   

adj.可耕的，适合种植的

参考例句：

• The terrain changed quickly from arable land to desert.那个地带很快就从耕地变成了沙漠。
• Do you know how much arable land has been desolated?你知道什么每年有多少土地荒漠化吗？

3 chuckled   

轻声地笑( chuckle的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• She chuckled at the memory. 想起这件事她就暗自发笑。
• She chuckled softly to herself as she remembered his astonished look. 想起他那惊讶的表情，她就轻轻地暗自发笑。

4 acting   

n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的

参考例句：

• Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
• During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。

5 perfectly   

adv.完美地，无可非议地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The witnesses were each perfectly certain of what they said.证人们个个对自己所说的话十分肯定。
• Everything that we're doing is all perfectly above board.我们做的每件事情都是光明正大的。