美国小学英语教材5:第167课 为朋友而勇敢(8)（在线收听）

For a moment or two he sat there, face screwed up, arms gripping his knees. Then he looked up at the frightened Paul, a wry smile twisting the corners of his mouth. “It looks as if we are in a mess, doesn’t it?”

他在那儿坐了一两分钟，脸绷得紧紧的，双手紧紧抱住膝盖。然后他抬起头来，看着受惊的保罗，嘴角扭曲着一丝苦笑。“看起来我们好像一团糟，不是吗?”

Paul nodded, still unable to trust himself to speak. But Bill’s coolness soothed his nerves, and presently a thought struck him.

保罗点点头，仍然不敢相信自己会说话。但是比尔的冷静缓和了他的紧张情绪，他立刻想到了一个主意。

“That cabin back there!” he exclaimed. “If we could only manage to get that far—”

“后面那个小木屋!”他解释道。“要是我们能走那么远——”

“Good idea,” Bill agreed promptly. “I’m afraid I can’t walk it, but I might be able to crawl.”

“好主意，”比尔迅速达成。“恐怕我不能走，但我可能会爬。”

“Oh, I didn’t mean that. If we only had some way of fastening my skis together, you could lie down on I them and I could pull you.”

“哦，我不是那个意思。如果我们有办法把我的滑雪板系在一起，你可以躺在上面，我可以拉你。”

A gleam of admiration flashed into the older boy’s eyes. “You have your nerve with you, old man,” he said. “Do you know how much I weigh?”

大男孩的眼里闪过一丝赞赏的光芒。“你很有勇气，老伙计，”他说。“你知道我有多重吗？”

“That doesn’t matter,” was Paul’s reply. “It’s all down hill; it will not be so hard. Besides, we can’t stay here, or we’ll freeze.”

“那没关系，”保罗如此回答。“一直都在走下坡路；所以不会那么难。此外，我们不能呆在这里，否则我们会冻僵的。”