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美国小学英语教材5:第234课 祖母的那不勒斯之旅(3)
Two creamy oxen with spreading horns stood in the stalls; these oxen were the pride of Ugos heart. With them he plowed his land, drew the wheat in his farmcart from field to threshing-floor, and occasionally took the family to Florence. They always w
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美国小学英语教材5:第235课 祖母的那不勒斯之旅(4)
There came an April when something seemed to be wrong with Grandmother. She still knitted stockings and mended garments, peeled potatoes for the stew and sliced apples for drying, but somehow she wasnt happy. For Grandmother to be unhappy was all wro
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美国小学英语教材5:第236课 祖母的那不勒斯之旅(5)
I havent seen the place where I was born for years and years, continued Grandmother wistfully. Then they knew. Grandmother was homesick. And why should she not be, indeed? It was sixty years since she had left Naples as a bride, and in all that time
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美国小学英语教材5:第237课 祖母的那不勒斯之旅(6)
Well, then, it would have to be by train. But where was the money for the tickets? 好吧，那就乘火车吧。但是买票的钱在哪里呢？ We must earn the money, said Annina. 我们必须挣钱，阿尼娜说。 But how? asked the rest in ch
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美国小学英语教材5:第239课 祖母的那不勒斯之旅(8)
Ah, that rascal Uncle Tony was laughing at her. 啊，那个无赖托尼叔叔在嘲笑她。 At once the boys set about giving the silkworm housea tiny place with broad shelves along two wallsa thorough cleaning, whitewashing it inside and out. On t
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美国小学英语教材5:第240课 祖母的那不勒斯之旅(9)
What a fascinating place it is, to be sure, with its arches holding up a great roof above its rows of stalls! And what a rainbow of colors is spread upon these stalls: purple of cabbages and plums, silver of onions and tur nips, scarlet of tomatoes a
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美国小学英语教材5:第241课 祖母的那不勒斯之旅(10)
Home again over the four lovely miles, the Bernado children passed by great houses behind handsome wrought-iron gates; by stone walls over which April had thrown cascades of blossoming vines; by broad meadows carpeted with flowers; by stone pines and
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美国小学英语教材5:第242课 祖母的那不勒斯之旅(11)
Meanwhile the girls, seated on the veranda, braided the rather brittle straws, which from time to time they moistened in bowls of water to keep them from splitting. Grandmother, in her rocking-chair near by, gave directions and was deeply interested.
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美国小学英语教材5:第243课 祖母的那不勒斯之旅(12)
Both boys, indeed, worked so hard and fast that their mother reminded them of an old saying: 事实上，这两个男孩学习都非常努力和迅速，以至于他们的母亲让他们想起一句老话： Of a mulberry leaf and a little patience s
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美国小学英语教材5:第244课 祖母的那不勒斯之旅(13)
Very suddenly dark clouds massed themselves in the sky; thunder rolled along overhead. Following two vivid flashes of lightning, there came two heavy crashes of thunder. The boys hurried to the silkworm house. The worms were very much excited, and wo
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美国小学英语教材5:第245课 祖母的那不勒斯之旅(14)
Ah, that Vesuvius! I hope he will be spitting forth his smoke and fire and lava while I am there. That Bay of Naples! I wonder if it is really so beautiful. But no, theres nothing so beautiful there as our Giottos Tower in Florence! I will tell my Un
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美国小学英语教材5:第246课 祖母的那不勒斯之旅(15)
When they sat down, in view of the lovely Giottos Tower, to rest a moment, with their bundles on the ground beside them, Annina had made up her mind to something. Very carefully, she exchanged her bundle for Fiorettas, and Fioretta, so gay and lively
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美国小学英语教材5:第247课 祖母的那不勒斯之旅(16)
The day came at last when Ugo brought the oxen and cart to the door to take Grandmother and Fioretta to the station at Florence. Annina looked a little pale, but she cheerfully helped Grandmother and Fioretta into the cart and handed Fioretta the bun
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美国小学英语教材5:第248课 埃斯特班——狂欢王后的花童(1)
ESTEBAN, PAGE TO A CARNIVAL QUEEN 埃斯特班狂欢王后的花童 Caroline Mabry 作者：卡洛琳马布里 American boys and girls are not the only ones who have holidays to celebrate. But the boys and girls of other nations have many different h
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美国小学英语教材5:第249课 埃斯特班——狂欢王后的花童(2)
She sat smiling at the scholars in history class, and when Esteban was called upon to tell how Columbus had landed on this island, the boys heart beat with pride. He told the story in glowing words, while he looked at the visitor out of the corner of
