美国小学英语教材5:第133课 纽伦堡火炉(9)

 “I shall not unpack¹ it till Anton comes,” he heard a man’s voice say; “在安东来之前我不会打开它，”他听到一个男人的声音说；

and then he heard a key turn in a lock. 然后他听到钥匙在锁里转动。

By the stillness he knew he was alone, and ventured to peep through the straw and hay. 在一片寂静中，他知道只有他一个人，便大胆地从草堆里往外看。

What he saw was a square room filled with pictures, carvings², old blue jugs³, old steel armor, shields, daggers⁴, Chinese idols⁵, china, Turkish rugs, and all the articles of a bric-a-brac dealer’s. 他看到的是一个正方形的房间，里面摆满了图画、雕刻品、旧的蓝色水壶、旧的钢铁盔甲、盾牌、匕首、中国的神像、中国的瓷器、土耳其的地毯，以及一个古董商的所有物品。

It seemed a wonderful place to him; but, oh! was there one drop of water in it all? 在他看来，这是一个奇妙的地方；但是，哦！里面有一滴水吗？

That was his single thought; for his tongue was parching⁶, and his throat felt on fire. 这是他唯一的想法；因为他口干舌燥，喉咙像着了火。

There was not a drop of water, but there was a window, and beyond the window was a stone ledge⁷ covered with snow. 没有一滴水，但是有一扇窗户，窗户的外面是一个被雪覆盖的石壁架。

August darted⁸ out of his hiding-place, ran and opened the window, and crammed⁹ the snow into his mouth again and again. 奥古斯特从他躲藏的地方冲了出来，跑去打开窗户，把雪一遍又一遍地塞进嘴里。

Then he flew back into the stove, drew the hay and straw over the place by which he had entered, tied the cords, and shut the brass¹⁰ doors on himself. 然后他飞奔回火炉，把干草和稻草拉到他进来的地方，系好绳子，自己关上门。

He had brought some big icicles with him, and by them his thirst was quenched¹¹. 他随身带了几根大冰柱，渴也就消了。

 

1 unpack   

vt.打开包裹（或行李），卸货

参考例句：

• I must unpack before dinner.我得在饭前把行李打开。
• She said she would unpack the items later.她说以后再把箱子里的东西拿出来。

2 carvings   

n.雕刻( carving的名词复数 )；雕刻术；雕刻品；雕刻物

参考例句：

• The desk was ornamented with many carvings. 这桌子装饰有很多雕刻物。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Shell carvings are a specialty of the town. 贝雕是该城的特产。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 jugs   

（有柄及小口的）水壶( jug的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Two china jugs held steaming gravy. 两个瓷罐子装着热气腾腾的肉卤。
• Jugs-Big wall lingo for Jumars or any other type of ascenders. 大岩壁术语，祝玛式上升器或其它种类的上升器。

4 daggers   

匕首，短剑( dagger的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• I will speak daggers to her, but use none. 我要用利剑一样的话刺痛她的心，但绝不是真用利剑。
• The world lives at daggers drawn in a cold war. 世界在冷战中剑拨弩张。

5 idols   

偶像( idol的名词复数 )； 受崇拜的人或物； 受到热爱和崇拜的人或物； 神像

参考例句：

• The genii will give evidence against those who have worshipped idols. 魔怪将提供证据来反对那些崇拜偶像的人。 来自英汉非文学 - 文明史
• Teenagers are very sequacious and they often emulate the behavior of their idols. 青少年非常盲从，经常模仿他们的偶像的行为。

6 parching   

adj.烘烤似的，焦干似的v.（使）焦干， （使）干透( parch的现在分词 )；使（某人）极口渴

参考例句：

• A burning forehead, and a parching tongue. 没有炽热的头脑，焦渴的嘴唇。 来自互联网

7 ledge   

n.壁架，架状突出物；岩架，岩礁

参考例句：

• They paid out the line to lower him to the ledge.他们放出绳子使他降到那块岩石的突出部分。
• Suddenly he struck his toe on a rocky ledge and fell.突然他的脚趾绊在一块突出的岩石上，摔倒了。

8 darted   

v.投掷，投射( dart的过去式和过去分词 )；向前冲，飞奔

参考例句：

• The lizard darted out its tongue at the insect. 蜥蜴伸出舌头去吃小昆虫。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The old man was displeased and darted an angry look at me. 老人不高兴了，瞪了我一眼。 来自《简明英汉词典》

9 crammed   

adj.塞满的，挤满的；大口地吃；快速贪婪地吃v.把…塞满；填入；临时抱佛脚( cram的过去式)

参考例句：

• He crammed eight people into his car. 他往他的车里硬塞进八个人。
• All the shelves were crammed with books. 所有的架子上都堆满了书。

10 brass   

n.黄铜；黄铜器，铜管乐器

参考例句：

• Many of the workers play in the factory's brass band.许多工人都在工厂铜管乐队中演奏。
• Brass is formed by the fusion of copper and zinc.黄铜是通过铜和锌的熔合而成的。

11 quenched   

解（渴）( quench的过去式和过去分词 )； 终止（某事物）； （用水）扑灭（火焰等）； 将（热物体）放入水中急速冷却

参考例句：

• He quenched his thirst with a long drink of cold water. 他喝了好多冷水解渴。
• I quenched my thirst with a glass of cold beer. 我喝了一杯冰啤酒解渴。