英语小达人 147 Go to the North Pole

 　　Go to the North Pole

　　去北极

　　While touring with a children's theater company I was in a play which involved a character called the Ice Woman, who wanted winter to last all year round. Throughout the play we required the help of the children in defeating the Ice Woman. Finally she is banished¹ and the old man of the village calls out as she makes her exit, "Go to the North Pole, Ice Woman!" "While most of the audience of kindergarten youngsters cheered, one little boy burst into tears and could not be comforted. Thinking he was frightened by the Ice woman's costume, the old man said, "It's all right, she's gone to the North Pole." With an anxious expression, the boy just barely managed to sob², "But that's where Santa Clause lives!"

　　一次，和儿童剧团一起巡回演出，剧中有个叫“冰夫人”的角色，她希望全年都是冬天。剧中我们需要孩子们的帮助来打败冰夫人。最后，冰夫人被驱逐，她逃走的时候，村子里的长者大喊：“去北极吧！冰夫人！”幼儿园的大多数小朋友都欢呼起来，可是有一个小男孩却哭得泪流满面，怎么安慰也不起作用。长者猜想他可能是被冰夫人的服装吓坏了，于是说道：“没关系，她已经去北极了。”那个小男孩一副焦虑的样子，好不容易才抽泣着说：“可是圣诞老人住在北极啊！”

1 banished   

v.放逐，驱逐( banish的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He was banished to Australia, where he died five years later. 他被流放到澳大利亚，五年后在那里去世。
• He was banished to an uninhabited island for a year. 他被放逐到一个无人居住的荒岛一年。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 sob   

n.空间轨道的轰炸机；呜咽，哭泣

参考例句：

• The child started to sob when he couldn't find his mother.孩子因找不到他妈妈哭了起来。
• The girl didn't answer,but continued to sob with her head on the table.那个女孩不回答，也不抬起头来。她只顾低声哭着。