英语小达人 241 I Didn't Do It!

 　　I Didn't Do It!

　　我没做！

　　One day a man came home from work to find total chaos¹ in the house. The kids were laying outside in the mud, still in their pajamas².

　　一天，一个人下班回到家，发现屋子外面一片狼籍。孩子们还穿着睡衣，满身是泥地躺在外面。

　　When he opened the door, he found an even bigger mess: dishes on the counter, dog food spilled on the floor, a broken gass under the table and a pile of sand by the back door. The faimly room was strewn with toys, and a lamp had been knocked over.

　　打开房门，他发现屋子里面更乱。橱柜上堆着盘子，地上散落着狗食，桌子下面有一只打碎的玻璃杯，后门旁还有一堆沙子。家庭娱乐室里堆满了玩具，还有一盏灯翻倒在地上。

　　He headed up the stairs, stepping over toys, to look for his wife. He was becoming worried that she might be ill or that something terrible had happened to her.

　　他迈过散落在楼梯上的玩具，上楼去找他的妻子。他开始担心她生病了或是发生了什么可怕的事情。

　　He found her in the bedroom still in bed with her pajamas on, reading a magazine.

　　他发现她还穿着睡衣躺在床上，在看一本杂志。

　　She looked up at him, smiled and asked how his day had gone.

　　她抬头看到他，笑着问他今天过得怎么样。

　　He looked at her, bewildered³, and asked, "What happened here today?"

　　他看着她，困惑地问：“今天发生什么事情了？”

　　She again smiled and answered, "You know, every day, you come home from work and ask me what I did today."

　　她笑着问道：“你每天下班回家都会问我今天做什么了。”

　　"Yes," was his reply.

　　“没错啊，”他说。

　　She answered, "Well, today, I didn't do it!"

　　她说：“是这样的，今天，我没做什么！”

　　重点讲解：

　　1. a pile of/piles of

　　一堆；一叠；大量；

　　eg. We sat in Sam's study, among the piles of books.

　　我们坐在萨姆的书房里，身边是一堆一堆的书。

　　eg. I cannot cope with such a pile of work.

　　我无法处理这么多工作。

　　2. be strewn with

　　布满的；撒满的；

　　eg. The front room was strewn with books and clothes.

　　起居室里到处都是书和衣服。

　　eg. The riverbed was strewn with big boulders⁴.

　　河床上散布着很多大圆石。

　　3. knock over

　　撞倒；翻倒；

　　eg. A car knocked him over.

　　一辆车把他撞倒在地。

　　eg. The cat couldn't possibly knock over the trash can.

　　猫不会把垃圾桶拱翻。

1 chaos   

n.混乱，无秩序

参考例句：

• After the failure of electricity supply the city was in chaos.停电后，城市一片混乱。
• The typhoon left chaos behind it.台风后一片混乱。

2 pajamas   

n.睡衣裤

参考例句：

• At bedtime,I take off my clothes and put on my pajamas.睡觉时，我脱去衣服，换上睡衣。
• He was wearing striped pajamas.他穿着带条纹的睡衣裤。

3 bewildered   

a.困惑的

参考例句：

• She was totally bewildered by his sudden change of mood. 他的情绪突变搞得她全然不知所措。
• The big city bewildered the old woman from the countryside. 大城市把乡下来的老奶奶弄糊涂了。

4 boulders   

n.卵石( boulder的名词复数 )；巨砾；（受水或天气侵蚀而成的）巨石；漂砾

参考例句：

• Seals basked on boulders in a flat calm. 海面风平浪静，海豹在巨石上晒太阳。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The river takes a headlong plunge into a maelstrom of rocks and boulders. 河水急流而下，入一个漂砾的漩涡中。 来自《简明英汉词典》