The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies — Page 2
渐渐地,他们一个接一个地被睡意征服,躺倒在割下的草地上。
By degrees, one after another, they were overcome with slumber, and lay down in the mown grass.
本杰明没有像他的孩子们那样深陷睡意。在入睡之前,他还清醒得足以把一个纸袋套在头上,用来驱赶苍蝇。
Benjamin was not so much overcome as his children. Before going to sleep he was sufficiently wide awake to put a paper bag over his head to keep off the flies.
小弗洛普西兔子们在温暖的阳光下睡得香甜极了。从花园那边的草坪上,传来割草机隐约的咔哒咔哒声。蓝瓶苍蝇在墙边嗡嗡飞舞,一只小老鼠在果酱罐之间翻拣着垃圾。
The little Flopsy Bunnies slept delightfully in the warm sun. From the lawn beyond the garden came the distant clacketty sound of the mowing machine. The bluebottles buzzed about the wall, and a little old mouse picked over the rubbish among the jam pots.
(我可以告诉你她的名字,她叫托马西娜·蒂特尔茅斯,是一只长着长尾巴的林鼠。)
(I can tell you her name, she was called Thomasina Tittlemouse, a woodmouse with a long tail.)
她沙沙地爬过纸袋,把本杰明兔子弄醒了。
She rustled across the paper bag, and awakened Benjamin Bunny.
那只老鼠连连道歉,并说她认识彼得兔。
The mouse apologized profusely, and said that she knew Peter Rabbit.
就在她和本杰明紧靠着墙根说话的时候,他们听到头顶上方传来沉重的脚步声;突然间,麦格雷戈先生把一麻袋割下的草屑,径直倒在了熟睡中的小弗洛普西兔子们身上!
While she and Benjamin were talking, close under the wall, they heard a heavy tread above their heads; and suddenly Mr. McGregor emptied out a sackful of lawn mowings right upon the top of the sleeping Flopsy Bunnies!
本杰明缩进了他的纸袋里。老鼠躲进了一个果酱罐中。
Benjamin shrank down under his paper bag. The mouse hid in a jam pot.
小兔子们在草屑雨中甜甜地微笑着继续睡觉;他们没有醒来,因为那些莴苣实在太催眠了。
The little rabbits smiled sweetly in their sleep under the shower of grass; they did not awake because the lettuces had been so soporific.
他们梦见他们的妈妈弗洛普西正把他们裹进一张干草床里。
They dreamt that their mother Flopsy was tucking them up in a hay bed.
麦格雷戈先生倒完袋子后往下看了看。他看见几个滑稽的小棕色耳朵尖从割下的草屑中冒了出来。
Mr. McGregor looked down after emptying his sack. He saw some funny little brown tips of ears sticking up through the lawn mowings.
Vocabulary
- By
- 表示方式或手段的介词
- degrees
- 程度;逐渐地,一步一步
- one
- 数字一;某一个
- after
- 在……之后
- another
- 另一个;又一个
- they
- 他们;她们;它们
- were
- be动词的过去式复数形式
- overcome
- 被……压倒;克服;战胜
- with
- 与……一起;用;带有
- slumber
- 睡眠;小睡;沉睡
- lay
- 躺下;lie的过去式
- down
- 向下;在下面
- mown
- 已割过的(草);mow的过去分词
- grass
- 草;草地
- was
- be动词的过去式单数形式
- so
- 如此;那么;因此
- much
- 许多;大量;非常
- as
- 像……一样;作为;当……时
- children
- 孩子们;child的复数
- Before
- 在……之前
- going
- 去;前往;go的现在分词
- sleep
- 睡觉;睡眠
- sufficiently
- 足够地;充分地
- wide
- 宽的;广泛的;完全地
- awake
- 清醒的;醒着的
- put
- 放;放置;把……放在
- paper
- 纸;纸张;报纸
- bag
- 袋;包;袋子
- over
- 在……上方;覆盖
- head
- 头;头部
- keep
- 保持;阻止;留住
- off
- 离开;驱走;关掉
- flies
- 苍蝇;fly的复数
- little
- 小的;少量的
- Bunnies
- 小兔子们;bunny的复数
- slept
- 睡觉了;sleep的过去式
- delightfully
- 令人愉快地;极其愉悦地
- warm
- 温暖的;暖和的
- sun
- 太阳;阳光
- From
- 从;来自
- lawn
- 草坪;草地
- beyond
- 在……之外;超过;远处
- garden
- 花园;菜园
- came
- 来;come的过去式
- distant
- 遥远的;远处的
- sound
- 声音;响声
- mowing
- 割草;修剪草坪
- machine
- 机器;机械
- buzzed
- 嗡嗡作响;发出嗡嗡声
- about
- 关于;在……周围;大约
- wall
- 墙;墙壁
- old
- 老的;年老的;旧的
- mouse
- 老鼠;鼠标
- picked
- 挑拣;pick的过去式
- rubbish
- 垃圾;废物;无用的东西
- among
- 在……之中;在……之间
- jam
- 果酱;拥堵
- pots
- 罐子;壶;pot的复数
- can
- 能;可以;能够
- tell
- 告诉;讲述;说明
- name
- 名字;名称
- called
- 被称为;名叫;call的过去式
- long
- 长的;长久的
- tail
- 尾巴;尾部
- rustled
- 发出沙沙声;悄悄穿过
- across
- 穿过;横越;在对面
- awakened
- 唤醒;使觉醒;awaken的过去式
- Bunny
- 小兔子;兔子的昵称
- apologized
- 道歉;apologize的过去式
- profusely
- 非常多地;大量地;不断地
- said
- 说;say的过去式
- knew
- 知道;认识;know的过去式
- Rabbit
- 兔子;小白兔
- While
- 当……的时候;尽管
- talking
- 说话;交谈;talk的现在分词
- close
- 近的;靠近;关闭
- under
- 在……下面;在……之下
- heard
- 听到;hear的过去式
- heavy
- 重的;沉重的;笨重的
- tread
- 脚步声;踩踏;步伐
- above
- 在……上方;超过
- heads
- 头部;head的复数
- suddenly
- 突然地;忽然
- Mr.
- 先生,男性的称呼
- emptied
- 倒空;清空;empty的过去式
- out
- 出去;向外;在外面
- right
- 正确的;右边;正好在
- upon
- 在……上面;正式用语的on
- top
- 顶部;上面;最高处
- sleeping
- 睡觉的;熟睡中的
- shrank
- 缩小;退缩;shrink的过去式
- hid
- 躲藏;hide的过去式
- pot
- 罐子;壶;盆
- rabbits
- 兔子们;rabbit的复数
- smiled
- 微笑;smile的过去式
- sweetly
- 甜蜜地;温柔地;可爱地
- shower
- 淋浴;阵雨;大量倾落
- did
- 做;do的过去式
- because
- 因为;由于
- lettuces
- 生菜;莴苣;lettuce的复数
- had
- 有;have的过去式
- been
- 是;be的过去分词
- soporific
- 催眠的;令人昏昏欲睡的
- dreamt
- 梦见;dream的过去式
- mother
- 妈妈;母亲
- tucking
- 把……塞进;给……盖被子
- up
- 向上;起来
- hay
- 干草;牧草
- bed
- 床;床铺
- looked
- 看;look的过去式
- emptying
- 倒空;清空;empty的现在分词
- sack
- 麻袋;大布袋
- saw
- 看见;see的过去式
- some
- 一些;某些;若干
- funny
- 有趣的;奇怪的;好笑的
- brown
- 棕色的;褐色的
- tips
- 尖端;顶端;tip的复数
- ears
- 耳朵;ear的复数
- sticking
- 伸出;突出;粘住
- through
- 穿过;通过;经由
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