美国小学英语教材4:第82课 便鞋比赛(8)

 THE SANDALS ARE SAVED 草鞋找到了

Before Ting Fang¹ or the other children had time to ask her what she meant, 方廷或其他孩子还没来得及问小女孩什么意思

the little girl had rushed off down the Big Horse Road. 小女孩就朝着着大马道飞奔而去。

The children sat down, wondering how poor Ting Fang could ever get his sandals back. 孩子们坐下来，想想怎么帮助可怜的方廷把草鞋给找回来。

In a few moments they saw the little girl coming back, and with her was a tall young man. 过了一会儿，他们看见小女孩回来了，带回一位高大的年轻人。

"Who is he? What is he going to do?" “他是谁？他要干什么?”

the children whispered; but the little girl only laughed happily, and the young man said, "Wait and see." 孩子们低声说；但是小女孩只是开心地笑了笑，年轻人说：“等着瞧吧。”

Then Ting Fang led the way to the Road Between Ponds. When they came to the narrow street, 然后方廷领着他来到两个池塘间的那条路，当大伙儿来到这条小街，

the tall young man told the children to wait 高个子年轻人叫孩子们等一等

while he and Ting Fang crept carefully along the narrow strip of land between the ponds. 他和方廷沿着池塘间的狭窄小道小心翼翼地走着。

"Now show me where the rope slid in," the children heard the young man say to Ting Fang. “告诉我绳子滑到哪里去了。”孩子们听见年轻人对方廷说道。

Ting Fang pointed² to the spot. 方廷指了指。

There was still the mark of the rope on the muddy road like the mark of a water snake. 泥泞的小路上仍然有绳子的痕迹，就像一条水蛇。

And then before the children could guess what was happening, the young man had dived into the pond. 孩子们还没来得及猜到发生什么，年轻人就跳进了池塘。

In a moment he was up again, tossing³ his hair from his eyes and smiling at the little girl, 过了一会儿，年轻人又站了起来，把头发从眼睛前拨开，对着小女孩微笑着

who was saying: "Did you find them?" 有人说：“找到了吗?”

1 fang   

n.尖牙，犬牙

参考例句：

• Look how the bone sticks out of the flesh like a dog's fang.瞧瞧,这根骨头从肉里露出来，象一只犬牙似的。
• The green fairy's fang thrusting between his lips.绿妖精的尖牙从他的嘴唇里龇出来。

2 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。

3 tossing   

v.（轻轻或漫不经心地）扔( toss的现在分词 )；（使）摇荡；摇匀；（为…）掷硬币决定

参考例句：

• Poor Joan has been tossing around all night with that fever. 可怜的琼因发烧而一整夜辗转不能入睡。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The two boys agreed to decide the matter by tossing a coin. 这两个孩子同意用掷硬币的方法来决定这件事。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》