美国小学英语教材4:第107课 橘子丰收(3)

 　　Three kinds of fruit the graders had to watch out for: decayed oranges, split oranges,  and "culls²." 学生们必须注意这三种橘子：腐烂、劈开和“次等品”的橘子。

　　A cull¹ is an orange that is too large or too small, or badly shaped or sunburned. “次等品”是指过大或过小、畸形或有晒斑的橘子。

　　Quickly the graders rolled the fruit over with gloved hands. 工人们戴着手套很快把橘子分门别类。

　　The decayed or split fruit was thrown aside. The culls were tossed upon a separate belt 腐烂或裂开的橘子被扔到一条单独的皮带上。

　　which carried them away to be sold at a low price. 水果通过皮带被运走，以低价出售。

　　Jane felt her head whirl as she watched the wide, moving belts with their loads of jostling oranges. 简看着移动的宽带搭载着成堆的橘子，顿时觉得头晕目眩。

　　Suddenly she gave a little gasp³ of surprise. 突然，她惊讶地倒吸了一口气。

　　"Why, the oranges are disappearing!" she cried. “哎呀，橘子不见了!”，简叫道。

　　And so they were. "Each orange," said the guide, "as it travels along, finds an opening exactly its size. 是的。“每一个橘子都不见了，”向导说，“橘子在前进的过程中会遇上和它一样大的开口，

　　Through this opening it rolls down into a bin⁴ where a packer can easily reach it." 橘子通过这个开口滚到一个箱子里，包装工人能轻易地够到。”

　　"Why, Mother," Jane exclaimed, "it's almost like the game I used to play! “哎呀，妈妈，”简叫道，“这跟我以前玩的游戏差不多!

　　Don't you remember the little box I have at home, with tiny balls in it, that have to be shaken until they find the little nests that fit them?" 你还记得家里有个小盒子，里面装着小球，摇一摇，直到它们找到适合的小巢吗?”

1 cull   

v.拣选；剔除；n.拣出的东西；剔除

参考例句：

• It is usually good practice to cull the poorest prior to field planting.通常在实践上的好方法是在出圃栽植前挑出最弱的苗木。
• Laura was passing around photographs she'd culled from the albums at home.劳拉正在分发她从家里相册中挑选出的相片。

2 culls   

n.挑选，剔除( cull的名词复数 )v.挑选，剔除( cull的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• Big business culls the brightest from among college graduates. 大企业从大学毕业生中选拔最优秀的人材。 来自辞典例句

3 gasp   

n.喘息，气喘；v.喘息；气吁吁他说

参考例句：

• She gave a gasp of surprise.她吃惊得大口喘气。
• The enemy are at their last gasp.敌人在做垂死的挣扎。

4 bin   

n.箱柜；vt.放入箱内；[计算机] DOS文件名:二进制目标文件

参考例句：

• He emptied several bags of rice into a bin.他把几袋米倒进大箱里。
• He threw the empty bottles in the bin.他把空瓶子扔进垃圾箱。