Piccolissima — Page 14
苍蝇似乎只能用它的口器吸取液体，所以它先把糖弄湿、溶解，才能将其吸起来。
It seems that the fly, being only able to take up liquids through his trunk, wetted and dissolved the sugar that he might suck it up.
看着它的唇瓣鼓胀起来，在糖的琥珀色表面上按压、摆弄、揉捏，真是一件赏心悦目的事，它这样做是为了让糖更快融化，好让自己吸得更快。
It was a pleasant thing to see his lips swell out, and press, handle, and knead, as it were, the amber surface of the sugar in order to make it melt sooner, and enable him to draw it up faster.
小小的见习博物学家观察了这一切很长一段时间，感到十分有趣，不禁喊道："哦，我这位小客人真有吃麦芽糖的非凡天赋！"
After having examined all these proceedings for some time, with great amusement, the little apprentice naturalist cried out, "Well, my little guest has a remarkable talent for eating barley sugar."
另一只苍蝇胆怯、浑身湿透，翅膀折叠着，看上去光秃秃的，独自留在窗框上。
The other fly, timid, wet, and with his wings folded, so that he seemed naked, remained behind upon the frame of the window.
年长的苍蝇喊道："来吧，你这可怜的落汤鸡，你刚才还在抱怨人生中只有不适与寒冷；难道你看不见那些阳光吗？难道你感受不到这美味食物的香气吗？"
"Come, poor little wet chicken as thou art," cried the elder fly; "thou wast complaining just now of having found in life only discomfort and cold; dost thou not see these rays of the sun? dost thou not perceive the perfume of this delicious food?"
这只年幼、没有经验的苍蝇，差点把皮科利西玛、那本字典和麦芽糖当成了一座山脉。
The young, inexperienced fly was disposed to take Piccolissima, the dictionary, and the barley sugar for a chain of mountains.
然而，当小女孩把她那温柔、孩子气的脸转向它时，这只昆虫感受到了她呼吸中令人愉悦的温暖。
However, when the little girl turned her gentle, child-like face towards him, the insect felt the pleasant warmth of her breath;
这温暖使它重新振作起来，给了它勇气，它一跃飞到了皮科利西玛的手臂上。
it reanimated him, and gave him courage, and with one bound he flew upon the arm of Piccolissima.
它带着一种突如其来的亲昵，低声喃喃道："你或许是我的一位姐姐？你温暖了我。"
With a sudden familiarity he murmured in a low voice, "Art thou, perhaps, an elder sister of mine? Thou warmest me.
Vocabulary
- seems
- 看起来,似乎,表示推测或观察
- fly
- 昆虫,苍蝇;也可表示飞行
- being
- 存在,生命,或现在分词形式
- only
- 仅仅,只有,唯一的
- able
- 能够,有能力做某事
- take
- 拿,取,摄入,消耗
- up
- 向上,吸收,开始从事
- liquids
- 液体,流动的物质
- through
- 通过,穿过,经历
- trunk
- 树干;象鼻;躯干;大箱子
- wetted
- 弄湿,使变潮湿的过去式
- dissolved
- 溶解,消散,解散
- sugar
- 糖,甜味的食用物质
- might
- 可能,也许,过去式may
- suck
- 吸,吮吸液体
- pleasant
- 令人愉快的,舒适的
- thing
- 事物,东西,物品
- see
- 看,观看,看到
- lips
- 嘴唇,口腔边缘
- swell
- 肿胀,膨胀,增大
- out
- 出来,向外,熄灭
- press
- 按压,挤压,印刷
- handle
- 处理,操纵,把手
- knead
- 揉搓,按摩面团
- as
- 作为,当,如同
- amber
- 琥珀,金黄色的
- surface
- 表面,外表,面
- order
- 顺序,命令,为了
- make
- 制作,制造,使
- melt
- 融化,熔解
- sooner
- 更早,越早
- enable
- 使能够,使可能
- draw
- 吸,拉,画,提取
- faster
- 更快地,速度更快
- After
- 在,之后,后来
- having
- 有,具有,完成式形式
- examined
- 检查,审视,检测
- all
- 全部,所有,完全
- proceedings
- 进行过程,诉讼程序
- some
- 一些,某些,有些
- time
- 时间,时刻,次数
- great
- 伟大的,重大的
- amusement
- 娱乐,消遣,快乐
- little
- 小的,少量的
- apprentice
- 学徒,初学者
- naturalist
- 博物学家,自然主义者
- cried
- 哭喊,大声喊出
- Well
- 好,嗯,井
- guest
- 客人,来访者
- remarkable
- 显著的,值得注意的
- talent
- 才能,天赋,技能
- eating
- 吃,进食的现在分词
- barley
- 大麦,一种谷物
- other
- 另一个,其他的
- timid
- 胆小的,害羞的
- wet
- 湿的,弄湿
- wings
- 翅膀,翼
- folded
- 折叠的,折起来
- so
- 所以,这样,因此
- seemed
- 似乎,看起来的过去式
- naked
- 赤裸的,裸露的
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