英语小达人 269 Go Deaf

 　　变聋

　　A biology class student was conducting an experiment on what would happen to a grasshopper¹ if its legs were taken off.

　　一个学生物的学生正在做实验要验证切除蚂蚱的腿后会发生什么。

　　He pulled off one of its legs and yelled "hop²!", and the grasshopper hopped³.

　　他先切除了蚂蚱的一条腿，然后叫“跳！”，蚂蚱跳了一下。

　　Then he took another leg and yelled "hop!" and the grasshopper hopped.

　　然后他又切除了蚂蚱的一条腿，然后叫“跳”，蚂蚱又跳了一下。

　　Then he took all of its legs and yelled "hop!" but the insect did not hop.

　　接着他把蚂蚱剩下的腿都切除了，然后叫“跳！”，这回蚂蚱没跳。

　　He yelled again, but the insect did not hop.

　　他又叫“跳！”，蚂蚱还是没跳。

　　So he came to the conclusion that when all the legs of a grasshopper are removed, it will become deaf!

　　于是他得出结论——把蚂蚱的腿都切除后，蚂蚱就变聋了。

　　重点讲解：

　　1. go deaf

　　变聋；

　　eg. My grandmother is slowly going deaf.

　　我祖母的耳朵慢慢地变得越来越聋了。

　　eg. Beethoven went deaf almost completely at the age of.

　　贝多芬在四十岁的时候,就几乎全部丧失了听力。

　　2. take off

　　拿掉；撤销；

　　eg. Please take off the label before you wear these new clothes.

　　在穿新衣服之前，要把标签拿掉。

　　eg. The network took it off the air in 1971.

　　1971 年，广播网停播了这个节目。

　　3. come to the conclusion

　　得出结论；

　　eg. I came to the conclusion that he'd been lying.

　　我的结论是他一直在撒谎。

　　eg. He came to the conclusion at one jump.

　　他一下子就得出结论。

1 grasshopper   

n.蚱蜢，蝗虫，蚂蚱

参考例句：

• He thought he had made an end of the little grasshopper.他以为把那个小蚱蜢干掉了。
• The grasshopper could not find anything to eat.蚱蜢找不到任何吃的东西。

2 hop   

n.单脚跳，跳跃；vi.单脚跳，跳跃；着手做某事；vt.跳跃，跃过

参考例句：

• The children had a competition to see who could hop the fastest.孩子们举行比赛，看谁单足跳跃最快。
• How long can you hop on your right foot?你用右脚能跳多远？

3 hopped   

跳上[下]( hop的过去式和过去分词 )； 单足蹦跳； 齐足（或双足）跳行； 摘葎草花

参考例句：

• He hopped onto a car and wanted to drive to town. 他跳上汽车想开向市区。
• He hopped into a car and drove to town. 他跳进汽车，向市区开去。