美国小学英语教材4:第193课 第一个感恩节(4)

 Father. Let us hope that Massasoit and his men may keep the peace with us so well that there will be no need for guns and swords when you are a man, Edward. 父亲：我们希望酋长马萨索德和他的手下能与我们保持和平友好，那样等你长大成人后，就不需要再端枪拿剑了，爱德华。

Mother. Squanto is a true friend to us. He has been a great help in this new home of ours. He will do all he can in helping¹ us to keep peace with Massasoit. 妈妈：史广多是我们真正的朋友，他在我们操办这个新家帮了大忙，他会尽全力帮助我们与酋长马萨索德保持和平。

John Alden. He has taught us many things. We knew nothing about corn until he taught us to plant it in the hills. 约翰·阿尔登：他教了我们很多东西，他教我们在山上种玉米之前，我们对玉米一无所知。

Father. And to hoe the earth around the stalks, if we wished to have fat ears of corn. 父亲：如果想要长出饱满的玉米穗，就得锄锄玉米杆周围的土。

Edward. Squanto taught Robert and Richard how to catch eels³. They go down to the shore and stamp them out of the mud with their feet. Sometimes the mud is full of fat eels. 爱德华：史广多教罗伯特和理查德如何捉鳗鱼。他们下到岸边，用脚把它们从泥里跺出来。有时泥里全是肥肥的鳗鱼。

Oh, I wish that I were as big as Richard. Then I would tread out eels!  undefined

Mother. Often we would have gone hungry, if it had not been for a pot of good eel² broth⁴. 妈妈：如果没有一壶好的鳗鱼汤，我们常常会感到饿。

Aunt Ruth. Squanto showed the lads where to find lobsters⁵, too, and how to catch them. 露丝姨妈：史广多还让孩子们看在哪能找到龙虾，如何捉到它们。

Mary. And he taught us how to pound the corn into meal, and how to cook the meal. 玛丽：他也教我们如何把玉米捣碎，然后怎么用它做饭。

Betty.  undefined

妈妈，你能教我怎么用捣碎的玉米做旅行蛋糕吗？ 

Mother. Yes, Betty, but do not forget to stir the meal in the kettle, or we may have scorched⁶ porridge before we have a journey-cake. 妈妈：可以的，贝蒂，但别忘了搅罐里的粥，不然我们吃旅行蛋糕前可能只剩下糊粥了。

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Aunt Ruth. Here are our builders. How did the building of Isaac Allerton’s house go on today? 露丝姨妈：我们的建筑工回来啦，艾萨克·阿勒顿的房子今天盖得怎么样？

Robert. It is almost finished. There were five of us at work on it this afternoon. 罗伯特：快盖完了，今天下午我们五个人在那干活。

 

1 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

2 eel   

n.鳗鲡

参考例句：

• He used an eel spear to catch an eel.他用一只捕鳗叉捕鳗鱼。
• In Suzhou,there was a restaurant that specialized in eel noodles.苏州有一家饭馆，他们那里的招牌菜是鳗鱼面。

3 eels   

abbr. 电子发射器定位系统（=electronic emitter location system）

参考例句：

• Eels have been on the feed in the Lower Thames. 鳗鱼在泰晤士河下游寻食。
• She bought some eels for dinner. 她买回一些鳗鱼做晚餐。

4 broth   

n.原(汁)汤(鱼汤、肉汤、菜汤等)

参考例句：

• Every cook praises his own broth.厨子总是称赞自己做的汤。
• Just a bit of a mouse's dropping will spoil a whole saucepan of broth.一粒老鼠屎败坏一锅汤。

5 lobsters   

龙虾( lobster的名词复数 )； 龙虾肉

参考例句：

• I have no idea about how to prepare those cuttlefish and lobsters. 我对如何烹调那些乌贼和龙虾毫无概念。
• She sold me a couple of live lobsters. 她卖了几只活龙虾给我。

6 scorched   

烧焦，烤焦( scorch的过去式和过去分词 )； 使（植物）枯萎，把…晒枯； 高速行驶； 枯焦

参考例句：

• I scorched my dress when I was ironing it. 我把自己的连衣裙熨焦了。
• The hot iron scorched the tablecloth. 热熨斗把桌布烫焦了。