美国小学英语教材5:第134课 纽伦堡火炉(10)

 THE STOVE IS SOLD AGAIN 火炉再次被售卖

By and by the key turned in the lock of the door. 渐渐地，钥匙在门锁上转动了。

He heard heavy footsteps¹ and the voice of the man who had said to him, “You are like a little mad dog.” 他听到沉重的脚步声和那个对他说:“你像一只疯狗。”

The voice said, “Now you shall see what I have bought for two hundred florins. 那个声音说:“现在你会看到我花了两百弗罗林买了什么。

Never did you do such a piece of work.” 你从来没有做过这样的作品。”

Then they began to strip² the stove of its wrappings. 然后他们开始剥去炉子的包装纸。

Soon they uncovered³ it; that he knew by the exclamations⁴ of wonder which broke from the man who had not seen it before. 不久他们就看到了炉子；他知道这是由于那个以前从未见过它的人发出的惊奇的叫声。

“A right royal thing! Magnificent⁵! Matchless!” “一个真正王室的物品！”很壮丽！无与伦比！”

After praising and marveling, the men moved to a distance and began talking of sums of money. 众人称赞希奇，就远远的走了，谈论起钱来。

All August could make out was that the king—the king—the king was used very often as they talked. 奥古斯都看得出来，国王——国王——在他们谈话的时候，国王经常被人利用。

After a while they seemed to agree to something, and were in great glee. 过了一会儿，他们似乎达成了一致，非常高兴。

He had made out from their talk that they were going to show Hirschvogel to some great person. 他从他们的谈话中看出，他们要把赫希沃格尔介绍给某个伟大的人物。

 

1 footsteps   

n.脚步（声），一步的距离，足迹；脚步（声）( footstep的名词复数 )；一步的距离；足迹

参考例句：

• the sound of footsteps on the stairs 楼梯上的脚步声
• Their footsteps echoed in the silence. 他们的脚步声在一片寂静中回荡着。

2 strip   

n.长条，条状；连环漫画；n.脱衣舞；vt.脱衣，剥夺；挤干(牛奶)；vt.拆卸；去除(烟叶的茎)；vi.脱衣，表演脱衣舞；剥落

参考例句：

• I need one more strip of cloth to finish this decoration.我还要一根布条来完成这个装饰品。
• We had to strip the old paint from the doors.我们只好把门上的旧漆刮掉。

3 uncovered   

adj.无盖的，未保险的v.揭开…的盖子( uncover的过去式和过去分词 )；揭露，发现

参考例句：

• His head was uncovered. 他光着头。
• A plot to assassinate the banker has been uncovered by the police. 暗杀银行家的密谋被警方侦破了。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 exclamations   

n.呼喊( exclamation的名词复数 )；感叹；感叹语；感叹词

参考例句：

• The visitors broke into exclamations of wonder when they saw the magnificent Great Wall. 看到雄伟的长城，游客们惊叹不已。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• After the will has been read out, angry exclamations aroused. 遗嘱宣读完之后，激起一片愤怒的喊声。 来自辞典例句

5 magnificent   

adj.壮丽的，宏伟的；华丽的；极好的

参考例句：

• The museum that we visited is very magnificent.我们参观的博物馆是很宏伟的。
• That's a magnificent task.这是一项宏伟的任务。