美国小学英语教材4:第35课 拓荒少年乔纳森巴特利特(3)

 Jonathan put the whistle to his lips and blew hard. 乔纳森把口哨放到嘴边，用力吹起来。

Both of the strange animals jumped so quickly that they almost fell over backward, and ran off a little way. 这两只奇怪的动物飞快地跳起来，几乎摔倒在了地上，然后跑开了一点儿。

That made the boy laugh, and he blew again, and then waited to see what would happen. 男孩笑了，他再次吹起来，然后等着看会发生什么事。

One of the animals soon came back, sat down again on the edge of the hollow¹, and watched the little boy. 一只动物很快回来了，再次坐回到洼地边缘，看着小男孩。

The full moon, shining on the animal's eyes, made them look big and green. 满月的光照到它的眼睛里，让它们看起来大大的，绿油油的。

In a few minutes, the other animal returned also and sat down beside the first one. 几分钟后，另一只动物也回来了，坐在第一只动物的旁边。

Then others came, until there were five. 然后又有其他动物前来，最后到了五只。

And then, all at once they began to make the long, loud howl 然后，它们突然开始长声嚎叫起来，

that Jonathan had so often heard as he sat by the cozy² camp fire. 乔纳森之前坐在舒适的营火旁时，常常听到这样的嚎叫。

He saw that the animals held their heads high in the air, with their noses pointed³ to the sky. 他看到这些动物们昂着头，鼻子指向天空。

They were singing the song which had made him feel so creepy that he would snuggle up to his father. 它们正在唱歌，这歌声曾让他感到毛骨悚然，依偎着他的父亲。

He knew, then, that they were not dogs, but prairie wolves! 随后，他明白了，这些动物不是狗，而是草原狼。

The frightened boy started to cry, but the whistle was in his mouth, and he made only a funny little noise. 这个害怕的男孩开始哭起来，但是哨子在他嘴里，他只能发出一种滑稽的微小声音。

The wolves stopped their strange singing and jumped. 几只狼停止了奇怪的歌唱，跳了起来。

Jonathan blew again, this time with all his might. 乔纳森再次吹起口哨，这次用尽了全力。

The animals ran back a few steps. Once more the boy sounded his whistle in a long, high squeal⁴. 动物们后退了几步。再一次，男孩在一声长而高的尖叫中吹响了哨子。

Then, almost before he knew it, the wolves had gone, 然后，几乎在他有意识之前，狼已经走了，

and he saw some lights and heard the cries of men and the sound of galloping⁵ horses. 他看到了一些火光，听到了人们的尖叫声和奔腾的马声。

Down the side of the hollow, bounding⁶ and barking, came Shep himself. 老谢普跑到洼地边上，围着他又跳又叫。

The next thing Jonathan knew he was in his father's arms and galloping back camp. 接下来，乔纳森知道自己到了父亲怀里，骑着马跑回了营地。

1 hollow   

adj.空的，中空的，空心的；空洞的，无价值的

参考例句：

• The boys scraped out a hollow place for planting trees.那些孩子挖了个坑准备栽树。
• Bamboo is a sort of hollow plant.竹子是一种中空的植物。

2 cozy   

adj.亲如手足的，密切的，暖和舒服的

参考例句：

• I like blankets because they are cozy.我喜欢毛毯，因为他们是舒适的。
• We spent a cozy evening chatting by the fire.我们在炉火旁聊天度过了一个舒适的晚上。

3 pointed   

adj.尖的，直截了当的

参考例句：

• He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
• She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。

4 squeal   

v.发出长而尖的声音；n.长而尖的声音

参考例句：

• The children gave a squeal of fright.孩子们发出惊吓的尖叫声。
• There was a squeal of brakes as the car suddenly stopped.小汽车突然停下来时，车闸发出尖叫声。

5 galloping   

adj. 飞驰的, 急性的 动词gallop的现在分词形式

参考例句：

• The horse started galloping the moment I gave it a good dig. 我猛戳了马一下，它就奔驰起来了。
• Japan is galloping ahead in the race to develop new technology. 日本在发展新技术的竞争中进展迅速，日新月异。

6 bounding   

v.跳( bound的现在分词 )；弹回；向上弹；向上跳

参考例句：

• The little horse is bounding. 小马在跳跃。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Big rocks were bounding down. 巨石从上面滚下来。 来自《简明英汉词典》