The Wonderful Wizard of Oz — Page 1
龙卷风
The Cyclone
桃乐丝住在广阔的堪萨斯大草原深处,与亨利叔叔和爱姆婶婶一同生活,亨利叔叔是个农夫,爱姆婶婶是农夫的妻子。
Dorothy lived in the midst of the great Kansas prairies, with Uncle Henry, who was a farmer, and Aunt Em, who was the farmer's wife.
他们的房子很小,因为建造它所需的木材必须用马车从几英里外运来。
Their house was small, for the lumber to build it had to be carried by wagon many miles.
房子有四面墙、一层地板和一个屋顶,只有一个房间;这个房间里放着一个锈迹斑斑的炉子、一个碗柜、一张桌子、三四把椅子和几张床。
There were four walls, a floor and a roof, which made one room; and this room contained a rusty looking cookstove, a cupboard for the dishes, a table, three or four chairs, and the beds.
亨利叔叔和爱姆婶婶在一个角落里有一张大床,桃乐丝在另一个角落里有一张小床。
Uncle Henry and Aunt Em had a big bed in one corner, and Dorothy a little bed in another corner.
房子完全没有阁楼,也没有地窖——只有一个挖在地下的小洞,叫做龙卷风地窖,当那些威力巨大、足以摧毁路上任何建筑物的大旋风来袭时,一家人可以躲进去。
There was no garret at all, and no cellar—except a small hole dug in the ground, called a cyclone cellar, where the family could go in case one of those great whirlwinds arose, mighty enough to crush any building in its path.
入口处是地板中央的一扇活板门,从那里有一架梯子通往那个狭小、黑暗的地洞。
It was reached by a trap door in the middle of the floor, from which a ladder led down into the small, dark hole.
当桃乐丝站在门口向四周望去,她看到的只有四面无边无际的灰色大草原。
When Dorothy stood in the doorway and looked around, she could see nothing but the great gray prairie on every side.
没有一棵树,也没有一座房子打破这片一望无际的平坦大地,它向四面八方一直延伸到天际。
Not a tree nor a house broke the broad sweep of flat country that reached to the edge of the sky in all directions.
太阳将翻耕过的土地晒成了一片灰色,地面上布满了细小的裂缝。
The sun had baked the plowed land into a gray mass, with little cracks running through it.
Vocabulary
- Cyclone
- 旋风,强烈的热带气旋风暴
- lived
- 居住,生活在某地(live的过去式)
- midst
- 中间,中央,处于某事物的中心位置
- prairies
- 大草原,北美洲广阔平坦的草地地区
- farmer
- 农民,以种地或饲养牲畜为生的人
- lumber
- 木材,用于建筑的木料
- carried
- 运送,搬运(carry的过去分词)
- wagon
- 马车,四轮货运马车
- miles
- 英里,距离单位,约1.6公里
- contained
- 包含,容纳某些物品(contain的过去式)
- rusty
- 生锈的,因氧化而覆盖铁锈的
- cookstove
- 烹饪炉,用于烧饭做菜的炉子
- cupboard
- 橱柜,用于存放餐具或食物的柜子
- garret
- 阁楼,房屋顶层的小房间
- cellar
- 地窖,建筑地下用于储存物品的空间
- except
- 除了,不包括某人或某物
- dug
- 挖掘(dig的过去式),向地下挖
- cyclone
- 旋风,强烈旋转的风暴
- case
- 情况,场合,用于"in case"表示万一
- whirlwinds
- 旋风,小型快速旋转的风柱
- arose
- 出现,产生(arise的过去式)
- mighty
- 强大的,威力巨大的
- crush
- 压碎,压垮,用力压毁某物
- path
- 路径,道路,经过的路线
- trap
- 活板,陷阱(此处指活板门)
- ladder
- 梯子,用于上下攀爬的工具
- led
- 引导,通向(lead的过去式)
- doorway
- 门口,门框所在的开口处
- prairie
- 大草原,广阔平坦的草地地区
- nor
- 也不,连接两个否定项的连词
- broad
- 宽阔的,面积广大的
- sweep
- 延伸范围,一片宽广的区域
- flat
- 平坦的,没有起伏的地面
- edge
- 边缘,某物的末端或边界
- directions
- 方向,指东南西北等各个方向
- baked
- 烘烤,被太阳晒干(bake的过去式)
- plowed
- 犁过的,用犁翻耕过的土地
- mass
- 大量,一大片,聚集成块的东西
- cracks
- 裂缝,物体表面的细长裂口
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