美国小学英语教材4:第84课 便鞋比赛(10)

 "I ought to know. “我当然认识了。

He is my big brother, 他是我大哥哥，

and he just came home for a few days' rest," 他只是回家休息了几天，”

said the I little girl proudly. 小女孩骄傲地说。

"Last night he told us all about the diving." “昨晚他把潜水的事都告诉了我们。”

The sandal race was over. 便鞋比赛结束了。

Ting Fang¹ was happy 方廷很开心，

because he had so many sandals to take home to his mother. 因为他有很多草鞋可以带回家给母亲。

And all the little children on Big Horse Road 大马道上的所有小朋友

talked for a long time about the tall young man who could swim like a fish 很长时间都还在谈论高个子年轻人识水性，

and had been taught by a pearl² diver to bring things up from the bottom of the sea. 采珠人教他从海底捞东西的事。

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 pearl   

n.珍珠，珍珠母

参考例句：

• He bought his girlfriend a pearl necklace.他给他女朋友买了一条珍珠项链。
• The crane and the mother-of-pearl fight to death.鹬蚌相争。