美国小学英语教材3:第74课 玩具谷的幸运男孩(2)

 The old man was a maker¹ of picture frames². 他的祖父是一个画框制作工。

For this work he used smooth pieces of wood, on which he carved little pictures of animals and flowers. 这份工作需要使用光滑的木材，并在上面刻上动物和花朵的图案。

Franz was not old enough to carve the pictures, but he could make the pieces of wood smooth by rubbing³ them with sand. 弗朗茨还有点小，没法进行雕刻工作，但他能用沙子将木块打磨光滑。

Very happily the boy worked, for he was thinking all the time about the present his mother was going to send him from the city. 他做得很开心，因为他一直在想妈妈要从城市里给他寄来的礼物。

"I wonder what the gift will be," he said over and over again to his grandfather. 我好想知道会是什么礼物，他一遍又一遍的跟祖父说。

All day they took turns guessing, until it was time to feed the chickens for the night. 每天他俩轮流猜，一直猜到晚上喂小鸡的时候。

A week later, the man who had driven John and his mother to the city stopped at their door. 一周后送约翰和他妈妈去城市的人又把车停在了他们家门前。

Franz ran out to get his gift. 弗朗茨跑了出来，拿到了给他的礼物。

"Oh, it must be something wonderful," he said to his grandfather. "See, it is a very large package." 哦，这一定是很好的东西，看看多大的一个包裹啊！他对祖父说道。

But when he opened the package, he did not think the present wonderful at all. 但当他打开包裹的时候，根本不觉得这件礼物有多神奇。

It was a blue velvet⁴ coat, trimmed⁵ with shining buttons. 它是一件蓝色的天鹅绒外套，镶着闪闪发光的纽扣。

All the other mountain boys had coats just like it. 山里其他的男孩也都有这样的一件外套。

When Franz put the coat on, he found in one of the pockets a beautiful new knife. 但当弗朗茨穿上外套的时候，他发现一个口袋里有一把漂亮的小刀。

1 maker   

n.制造者，制造商

参考例句：

• He is a trouble maker，You must be distant with him.他是个捣蛋鬼，你不要跟他在一起。
• A cabinet maker must be a master craftsman.家具木工必须是技艺高超的手艺人。

2 frames   

n.框架( frame的名词复数 )；眼镜框；组织；边框

参考例句：

• roughly hewn timber frames 粗劈成的木架子
• The window frames had begun to warp. 窗框已经开始变形。

3 rubbing   

n. 摩擦, 研磨, 按磨

参考例句：

• This insect makes its strange noise by rubbing its back legs together. 这只昆虫摩擦它的两条后腿发出一种奇怪的声音。
• Jerry was already unhappy because he fumbled the ball,but his teammates kept rubbing it in. 本来杰瑞就很不高兴，因为他失了球，而他的队友们还一再提那件事。

4 velvet   

n.丝绒，天鹅绒；adj.丝绒制的，柔软的

参考例句：

• This material feels like velvet.这料子摸起来像丝绒。
• The new settlers wore the finest silk and velvet clothing.新来的移民穿着最华丽的丝绸和天鹅绒衣服。

5 trimmed   

adj.平衡的，纵倾的v.整理( trim的过去式和过去分词 )；修剪；装饰；减少

参考例句：

• The general's uniform was trimmed with gold braid. 将军的制服饰有金色穗带。
• She wore a white satin gown trimmed with lace. 她穿着一条饰有蕾丝花边的白色缎子长裙。 来自《简明英汉词典》