美国小学英语教材2:第13课 小熊的"野餐"

 　　The Bears' Picnic 小熊的“野餐”

　　A mother bear and her two cubs² lived in a big park. Many other animals lived there, too. 一只熊妈妈和它的两只熊宝宝生活在大公园里。许多其他动物也生活在这里。

　　They could all go anywhere they pleased in this park, and no one ever hurt them. 在这个公园里，它们可以去任何喜欢的地方，没有人伤害它们。

　　One day the mother bear took her cubs for a walk in the woods. 一天，熊妈妈带着它的熊宝宝在树林里散步。

　　She wanted to teach them how to find food. 它想教它们如何寻找食物。

　　She went sniffing³ along the ground, with the cubs behind her. 它在地上嗅来嗅去，身后跟着熊宝宝。

　　Now and then she would turn over an old log, so that the cubs could find bugs⁵ and worms to eat. 它时不时地翻翻旧木头，这样熊宝宝们就能找虫子吃了。

　　All at once the mother bear grunted⁶ to the cubs in her gruff voice. 突然，熊妈妈用粗哑的声音向熊宝宝们哼了一声。

　　They both stopped and were very quiet. 它们两个停下来，变得非常安静。

　　The mother bear stood up on her hind⁴ legs. 熊妈妈用后腿站了起来。

　　My, how very tall she was! She was taller than a big man. 天哪，它好高啊！比大人还高！

　　For a minute she kept very still. Then she turned round and round, sniffing and sniffing as she turned. 它立了一分钟，然后转来转去，一边转一边嗅。

　　Mother bear smelled something very good. 熊妈妈闻到了美味的东西。

　　Her nose told her that there was a picnic not far away. 它的鼻子告诉它不远处有野餐。

　　She grunted softly, telling the cubs to follow her. 它轻轻哼了一声，告诉宝宝们跟它走。

　　Then she began to walk so fast that the cubs could hardly keep up with her. 然后它开始飞快地走，使得宝宝们差点儿追不上。

　　At the top of a hill the mother bear stopped and looked below. 熊妈妈在一个山顶上停了下来，然后向下看。

　　She grunted to the cubs again and started slowly down the hill. 它又对熊宝宝哼了一声，然后开始缓慢地下山。

　　The cubs thought it would be great fun to run down the hill. 熊宝宝们以为跑下山有意思。

　　But as they started to run, mother bear gave them each a hard blow with her big paw and pushed them behind her. 但它们刚开始跑时，熊妈妈用大爪子重重地给了它们一个一拳，把它们推到身后。

　　She knew they would fall if they ran. 它知道它们跑得话会掉下去。

　　You see, it is hard for bears to run down hill, because their hind legs are longer than their front ones. 你知道的，熊很难跑下山，因为它们的后肢比前肢长得多。

　　A man, a woman, and three children were sitting on the ground and eating a picnic dinner.  一个男人、女人和两个孩子正坐在地上吃野餐。

　　They had pie, cake, and all kinds of good things to eat. 他们有馅饼、蛋糕和各种美味的食物。

　　Suddenly they heard a loud growl⁷. 突然，他们听到一声巨大的咆哮，

　　They looked up and saw the three bears coming toward them. 抬头，正看到三只熊向他们走来。

　　"Run,run to the car!" Cried the man. “跑，跑到车上去！”男人喊道。

　　The people was so frightened that they run away in left most of their picnic dinner to the bears. 人们非常害怕，他们把大部分野餐晚餐留给了熊。

　　Mother bear and the cubs began to eat as fast as they could. 熊妈妈和熊宝宝开始尽快地吃东西。

　　Bears like sweet things, and so mother bear started to eat a big white cake. 熊喜欢甜食，所以熊妈妈开始吃一块白色大蛋糕。

　　One cub¹ sat down in a pumpkin⁸ pie and put candy in his mouth with both paws, just like a little boy.  一只熊宝宝坐在一个南瓜饼里，用两只爪子往嘴里塞糖，就像一个小男孩一样。

　　Soon the pie, the cake, the candy, and the other good things were gone. 不久，馅饼、蛋糕和其他美味食物都没了。

　　Mother bear looked round. One little cub had stuck his head into a can of ice cream and could not get it out. 熊妈妈环顾四周。一只熊宝宝的脑袋陷进了冰淇淋罐儿里，拔不出来。

　　Mother bear gave the can a quick blow with her paw, and it went rolling away. 熊妈妈用大爪子快速打了罐子一拳，然后罐子就滚远了。

　　There was nothing more to eat. The bears' picnic was over. 没什么吃的了。熊的野餐结束了。

　　"Come," grunted mother bear to her cubs, and away they went without even stopping to say "Thank you." “走吧！”熊妈妈对熊宝宝咕哝到，然后它们就离开了，甚至没停下来说声“谢谢。”

1 cub   

n.幼兽，年轻无经验的人

参考例句：

• The lion cub's mother was hunting for what she needs. 这只幼师的母亲正在捕猎。
• The cub licked the milk from its mother's breast. 这头幼兽吸吮着它妈妈的奶水。

2 cubs   

n.幼小的兽，不懂规矩的年轻人( cub的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• a lioness guarding her cubs 守护幼崽的母狮
• Lion cubs depend on their mother to feed them. 狮子的幼仔依靠母狮喂养。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 sniffing   

n.探查法v.以鼻吸气，嗅，闻( sniff的现在分词 )；抽鼻子（尤指哭泣、患感冒等时出声地用鼻子吸气）；抱怨，不以为然地说

参考例句：

• We all had colds and couldn't stop sniffing and sneezing. 我们都感冒了，一个劲地抽鼻子，打喷嚏。
• They all had colds and were sniffing and sneezing. 他们都伤风了，呼呼喘气而且打喷嚏。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

4 hind   

adj.后面的，后部的

参考例句：

• The animal is able to stand up on its hind limbs.这种动物能够用后肢站立。
• Don't hind her in her studies.不要在学业上扯她后腿。

5 bugs   

adj.疯狂的，发疯的n.窃听器( bug的名词复数 )；病菌；虫子；[计算机]（制作软件程序所产生的意料不到的）错误

参考例句：

• All programs have bugs and need endless refinement. 所有的程序都有漏洞，都需要不断改进。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The sacks of rice were swarming with bugs. 一袋袋的米里长满了虫子。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 grunted   

（猪等）作呼噜声( grunt的过去式和过去分词 )； （指人）发出类似的哼声； 咕哝着说

参考例句：

• She just grunted, not deigning to look up from the page. 她只咕哝了一声，继续看书，不屑抬起头来看一眼。
• She grunted some incomprehensible reply. 她咕噜着回答了些令人费解的话。

7 growl   

v.（狗等）嗥叫，（炮等）轰鸣；n.嗥叫，轰鸣

参考例句：

• The dog was biting,growling and wagging its tail.那条狗在一边撕咬一边低声吼叫，尾巴也跟着摇摆。
• The car growls along rutted streets.汽车在车辙纵横的街上一路轰鸣。

8 pumpkin   

n.南瓜

参考例句：

• They ate turkey and pumpkin pie.他们吃了火鸡和南瓜馅饼。
• It looks like there is a person looking out of the pumpkin!看起来就像南瓜里有人在看着你！