美国小学英语教材4:第51课 爱丽丝漫游丛林(1)

 　　ALICE TRAVELS IN JUNGLELAND 爱丽丝漫游丛林

　　MARY HASTINGS BRADLEY 玛丽·黑斯廷斯·布拉德利

　　This is a true story of Alice Bradley, whose home is in Chicago. 这是一个关于爱丽丝·布拉德利的真实故事，她的家在芝加哥。

　　Her father and mother went to Africa with some friends 她的爸爸妈妈跟一些朋友

　　to study the animals and people of the strange and beautiful land. 去非洲那片陌生而美丽的土地上考察当地的动物和人。

　　Alice went with them on their travels. 爱丽丝也跟着去了。

　　This story tells you how they marched from day to day, and of the black men, called "boys", who carried their baggage. 这个故事向你讲述了他们如何日复一日地行进，以及那些帮他们搬运行李的、被称为“男孩”的黑人。

　　WHAT THE TRAVELERS CARRIED 旅行者携带的东西

　　It made Alice laugh to see how many things a white man needed in Africa: 帐篷、帆布床、毯子、衣服，折叠椅、桌子、

　　his tent, his cot and blankets, his clothing, his folding-chairs and tables, 枪、子弹、照相机、饭盒、炊具和药品，

　　his guns and bullets¹, his cameras, his food-boxes and cooking-pans and medicines. 看到白人在非洲需要这么多东西，爱丽丝笑了。

　　The black man traveled with just the goatskin that he wore day and night, 黑人旅行时，只带着他白天和晚上都披着的羊皮、

　　his spear, his knife, his gourd² for water, and a little bag in which he carried his pipe and tobacco and a little food. 他的矛、匕首、盛水的葫芦、以及一个小袋子，里面放着烟斗、烟草和一些食物。

　　A strong black man can take sixty pounds on his head and walk with it from four to eight hours a day. 一个强壮的男性黑人头上顶着60磅重的物品，一天能走4到8个小时。

　　It took two hundred black men to carry all the things that this party of six people needed in the jungle. 这一行6个人在丛林里需要的所有物品需要200个男性黑人搬运。

　　They had sixty-five boxes of food alone! 他们带的食物就有65盒。

　　And the matches they carried were nearly enough to make a full load for one porter³. 携带的火柴重量就相当于一个搬运工的全部负载量。

　　The natives made fire by twirling a piece of very hard wood in a hole in a piece of very soft wood. 土著人通过在一块非常软的木头孔里快速地转动一块非常硬的木头来取火。

　　With just a few twirls they made a spark⁴ glow⁵ in the soft wood. 仅仅转动几次，他们就能让火花在软木头里燃烧起来。

1 bullets   

n.弹药；军火

参考例句：

• The bodies of the hostages were found riddled with bullets. 在人质的尸体上发现了很多弹孔。
• The bullets and cannon-balls were flying in all directions. 子弹和炮弹到处乱飞。

2 gourd   

n.葫芦

参考例句：

• Are you going with him? You must be out of your gourd.你和他一块去？你一定是疯了。
• Give me a gourd so I can bail.把葫芦瓢给我，我好把水舀出去。

3 porter   

n.搬运工人；守门人，门房

参考例句：

• The hotel porter will help you.旅馆的门童可以帮你的忙。
• The porter and I looked at each other and smiled.我和脚夫微笑着你看着我，我看着你。

4 spark   

n.火花，朝气，情人，俗丽的年轻人；vi.闪烁，冒火花，热情回应；vt.激发，引起，追求

参考例句：

• A single spark can start a prairie fire.星星之火，可以燎原。
• What made the electric wire spark?电线冒火花是什么原因？

5 glow   

n.白热光；激情；vi.发白热光，(身体)发热

参考例句：

• The sunset glow is just like a picture.晚霞恰如一幅图画。
• There was a dull red glow in the night sky above the steelworks.夜晚炼钢厂的上空闪着暗红色的光。