The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin — Page 1
这是一个关于尾巴的故事——一条属于小红松鼠的尾巴，他的名字叫纳特金。
This is a Tale about a tail--a tail that belonged to a little red squirrel, and his name was Nutkin.
他有一个叫做闪莓的兄弟，还有很多堂兄弟：他们住在湖边的一片树林里。
He had a brother called Twinkleberry, and a great many cousins: they lived in a wood at the edge of a lake.
湖的中央有一座岛，岛上长满了树木和榛子灌木；在那些树木之间，有一棵空心橡树，那是一只叫做老布朗的猫头鹰的家。
In the middle of the lake there is an island covered with trees and nut bushes; and amongst those trees stands a hollow oak-tree, which is the house of an owl who is called Old Brown.
一个秋天，坚果成熟了，榛子灌木上的叶子呈现出金黄和翠绿的颜色——纳特金、闪莓和所有其他的小松鼠们从树林里出来，来到湖边。
One autumn when the nuts were ripe, and the leaves on the hazel bushes were golden and green--Nutkin and Twinkleberry and all the other little squirrels came out of the wood, and down to the edge of the lake.
他们用树枝扎成小木筏，划过湖水，前往猫头鹰岛去采集坚果。
They made little rafts out of twigs, and they paddled away over the water to Owl Island to gather nuts.
每只松鼠都带着一个小袋子和一支大桨，并把尾巴展开当作帆。
Each squirrel had a little sack and a large oar, and spread out his tail for a sail.
他们还带去了三只肥老鼠作为礼物献给老布朗，并将它们放在他的门阶上。
They also took with them an offering of three fat mice as a present for Old Brown, and put them down upon his door-step.
Vocabulary
- Tale
- 故事，尤指虚构或有趣的叙述
- tail
- 动物的尾巴
- belonged
- belong的过去式，属于某人或某物
- squirrel
- 松鼠，一种毛茸茸的小型树栖动物
- cousins
- 堂表兄弟姐妹，旁系亲属
- wood
- 树林，由树木组成的小片林地
- edge
- 边缘，某区域的外侧边界
- lake
- 湖泊，陆地上较大的水域
- middle
- 中间，位于两端之间的位置
- island
- 岛屿，四面环水的陆地
- covered
- 被覆盖，表面被某物遮住或铺满
- nut
- 坚果，有硬壳的可食用果实
- bushes
- 灌木丛，低矮多枝的植物群
- amongst
- 在……之中，相当于among
- hollow
- 空心的，内部是空的
- oak-tree
- 橡树，一种高大落叶乔木
- house
- 此处作动词，为……提供住所
- owl
- 猫头鹰，一种夜行性猛禽
- autumn
- 秋天，一年中的第三个季节
- nuts
- 坚果，nut的复数，松鼠喜爱的食物
- ripe
- 成熟的，果实发育完全可以食用
- leaves
- 叶子，leaf的复数，树上的叶片
- hazel
- 榛树，一种可结榛果的灌木
- golden
- 金黄色的，像黄金一样的颜色
- squirrels
- 松鼠，squirrel的复数
- rafts
- 木筏，用于漂浮在水面上的平台
- twigs
- 细树枝，twig的复数，小树枝
- paddled
- paddle的过去式，用桨划水前进
- Owl
- 猫头鹰，此处指故事中的特定角色
- Island
- 岛屿，此处为故事中特定地名
- gather
- 采集，将分散的东西收集在一起
- sack
- 袋子，用于装东西的大口袋
- oar
- 船桨，用于划船的长形工具
- spread
- 展开，将某物摊平或张开
- sail
- 帆，利用风力推动船行进的布
- offering
- 礼物或祭品，奉献给他人的东西
- fat
- 肥胖的，体型丰满
- mice
- 老鼠，mouse的复数
- present
- 礼物，赠送给他人的物品
- upon
- 在……上面，相当于on
- door-step
- 门槛，门口的台阶或踏板
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