Piccolissima — Page 12
昆虫的翅膀颤动着，发出一种细微而尖锐的声音，但这声音并没有什么可怕之处。Piccolissima意识到她的同伴在笑。
The wings of the insect fluttered, and made a little sharp noise, which, however, had nothing terrible in it, and Piccolissima perceived that her companion was laughing.
显然，苍蝇必定是用翅膀来笑的，因为它没有其他任何方式可以笑。
It was evident that the fly must laugh with his wings, because he could not laugh in any other way.
它是用触角来倾听的；触角显然充当了它的耳朵；当它恢复严肃的神态后，便飞到小女孩的手上，开始与她交谈；于是Piccolissima更加用心地观察起它来。
It was with his antennae that he had listened; they evidently served him as ears; and, when he recovered his gravity, he flew on the little girl's hand, and began to talk with her; then Piccolissima observed him more intelligently.
苍蝇说："在我看来，小宝贝，你一定很无知，才会把我精致的口吻——这个做得如此精巧的器官——与那根巨大而粗糙的管子相比，在炎热的天气里，我常常在那上面爬行过。
"It appears to me, little pet," said the fly, "thou must be very green to compare my delicate trunk, this instrument so nicely made, with the enormous and coarse cylinder upon which, in hot weather, I have often travelled.
怎么会有人认为我与你刚才所说的那个丑陋而巨大的怪物有什么关系呢？"
How can any one suppose that I have any relationship to the deformed and gigantic monster of which you have just now spoken?"
Piccolissima心想，这个小家伙自负心不小，趁苍蝇喘息之际，她注意到那根口吻已经消失了，根本无从发现昆虫把它藏到哪里去了。
Piccolissima thought that the little person was not wanting in vanity, and, while the fly was taking breath, observed that the trunk had disappeared, and that there was no possibility of discovering what the insect had done with it.
Vocabulary
- wings
- 翅膀,鸟或昆虫用来飞行的器官
- insect
- 昆虫,有六条腿和翅膀的小动物
- fluttered
- 颤动,快速轻柔地摆动
- sharp
- 尖锐的,声音高且刺耳的
- noise
- 噪音,不愉快或令人烦恼的声音
- however
- 然而,表示转折或对比
- nothing
- 没有东西,无任何事物
- terrible
- 可怕的,令人感到恐惧或厌恶
- perceived
- 察觉,通过感官意识到某事
- companion
- 同伴,陪伴或与某人一起的人
- laughing
- 笑,发出高兴愉快的声音
- evident
- 明显的,容易看出或理解的
- fly
- 飞,通过翅膀在空中移动
- must
- 必须,表示必要性或义务
- laugh
- 笑,因高兴而发出声音
- because
- 因为,表示原因或理由
- could
- 能够,表示过去的能力
- any
- 任何,用于疑问句或否定句
- other
- 其他的,不同的或额外的
- way
- 方式,行动或进行的方法
- antennae
- 触角,昆虫头部的感觉器官
- listened
- 听,注意声音或言语
- evidently
- 显然,明确或明显地
- served
- 服务,为...工作或提供帮助
- as
- 作为,表示身份或角色
- ears
- 耳朵,用来听声音的器官
- when
- 当...时候,表示时间
- recovered
- 恢复,回到正常状态
- gravity
- 严肃,庄重或严格的态度
- flew
- 飞,fly的过去式
- girl
- 女孩,年轻的女性
- hand
- 手,身体的上肢
- began
- 开始,着手做某事
- talk
- 谈话,用言语交流
- then
- 那么,接下来或此后
- observed
- 观察,仔细看或注意
- more
- 更多,比较大的数量或程度
- intelligently
- 聪慧地,显示智力或理解
- appears
- 出现,开始被看到
- pet
- 宠物,被饲养的动物
- said
- 说,用言语表达
- be
- 是,表示存在或身份
- very
- 很,强调程度或加强形容词
- green
- 绿色的,某些植物的颜色
- compare
- 比较,看出相似或差异
- delicate
- 精致的,纤细或易损坏的
- trunk
- 象鼻,大象的长鼻子
- instrument
- 工具,用来完成任务的装置
- so
- 那么,因此或如此
- nicely
- 很好地,令人愉快或满意地
- enormous
- 巨大的,非常大或广阔
- coarse
- 粗糙的,表面不光滑
- cylinder
- 圆柱体,圆形的立体几何体
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