美国小学英语教材5:第161课 为朋友而勇敢(2)

Paul’s eyes brightened. “Robinson Crusoe,” he answered eagerly. “It’s awfully¹ exciting. I’ve just got to the place where—"

保罗的眼睛就明亮了。“《鲁宾逊漂流记》，”他急切地回答。“这是非常令人兴奋的。我刚读到…的地方”

“Never read it,” interrupted the larger fellow. Lounging back against the leather cushions, he surveyed the slim, rather pale-faced boy with curiosity. “Do you read all the time?” he asked.

“没有看过，”大个子打断了他的话。他靠在皮靠垫上，好奇地打量着这个瘦削的、脸色苍白的男孩。“你总是读书吗？”他问。

“Why, no—not all the time,” Paul answered slowly. “But just now there’s nothing else to do.”

“为什么，不，不是所有的时间，”保罗回答缓慢。“但现在没有别的事可做。”

Bill grunted². “Nothing else to do! Gee-whiz! Don’t you ever feel like going for a tramp or something? I suppose you can’t snowshoe, or ski, but I shouldn’t think you would want to stay in the house all the time.”

比尔哼了一声。“没别的事情可做！哇塞!你从来没有想过要去做流浪汉什么的吗? 我想你不会穿雪鞋，也不会滑雪，但我不认为你会想一直呆在家里。”

A faint, nervous smile curved the boy’s lips. “Oh, I can ski and snowshoe all right. Everybody does where I live in Canada. Often it’s the only way to get about.”

男孩紧张地微微一笑，嘴角弯了弯。“哦，我会滑雪和穿雪鞋。在我住的加拿大，每个人都这样做。”

“Oh, I see.” Bill’s tone was no longer curt³, and a sudden look of interest had flashed into his eyes. “But don’t you like it? Doesn’t this snow make you want to try some stunts⁴? Come on out and let’s see what you can do.”

“哦，我知道了。”比尔的语气不再生硬，他的眼睛里突然闪过一丝兴趣。“但是你不喜欢吗？这雪是不是让你想试试特技？出来吧，让我们看看你能做什么。”

1 awfully   

adv.可怕地，非常地，极端地

参考例句：

• Agriculture was awfully neglected in the past.过去农业遭到严重忽视。
• I've been feeling awfully bad about it.对这我一直感到很难受。

2 grunted   

（猪等）作呼噜声( grunt的过去式和过去分词 )； （指人）发出类似的哼声； 咕哝着说

参考例句：

• She just grunted, not deigning to look up from the page. 她只咕哝了一声，继续看书，不屑抬起头来看一眼。
• She grunted some incomprehensible reply. 她咕噜着回答了些令人费解的话。

3 curt   

adj.简短的，草率的

参考例句：

• He gave me an extremely curt answer.他对我作了极为草率的答复。
• He rapped out a series of curt commands.他大声发出了一连串简短的命令。

4 stunts   

n.惊人的表演( stunt的名词复数 )；（广告中）引人注目的花招；愚蠢行为；危险举动v.阻碍…发育[生长]，抑制，妨碍( stunt的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• He did all his own stunts. 所有特技都是他自己演的。
• The plane did a few stunts before landing. 飞机着陆前做了一些特技。 来自《简明英汉词典》