The Wonderful Wizard of Oz — Page 2
就连草地也不是绿色的，因为阳光把那些长长的草叶顶端都晒焦了，使它们变成了和周围一切一样的灰色。
Even the grass was not green, for the sun had burned the tops of the long blades until they were the same gray color to be seen everywhere.
这座房子曾经刷过漆，但阳光把油漆晒得起泡，雨水又将它冲刷殆尽，如今这座房子和周围的一切一样，显得暗淡而灰蒙蒙的。
Once the house had been painted, but the sun blistered the paint and the rains washed it away, and now the house was as dull and gray as everything else.
艾姆婶婶刚搬来这里居住时，还是一位年轻美丽的少妇。
When Aunt Em came there to live she was a young, pretty wife.
太阳和风也改变了她。
The sun and wind had changed her, too.
它们夺走了她眼中的光彩，留下的是一双沉郁的灰色眼睛；它们夺走了她脸颊和嘴唇上的红润，那些地方也变成了灰色。
They had taken the sparkle from her eyes and left them a sober gray; they had taken the red from her cheeks and lips, and they were gray also.
她变得又瘦又憔悴，再也不曾微笑过。
She was thin and gaunt, and never smiled now.
多萝西是个孤儿，当她第一次来到婶婶身边时，艾姆婶婶曾被这孩子的笑声吓了一跳，每当多萝西欢快的笑声传入耳中，她便会惊叫起来，把手按在胸口上。
When Dorothy, who was an orphan, first came to her, Aunt Em had been so startled by the child's laughter that she would scream and press her hand upon her heart whenever Dorothy's merry voice reached her ears.
她至今仍用惊奇的眼光看着这个小女孩，不明白她究竟有什么可笑的。
And she still looked at the little girl with wonder that she could find anything to laugh at.
亨利叔叔从不大笑。
Uncle Henry never laughed.
他从早到晚辛苦劳作，不知道什么是快乐。
He worked hard from morning till night and did not know what joy was.
他也是灰色的，从他那把长胡子到他那双粗糙的靴子，他看起来严肃而沉默，话语极少。
He was gray also, from his long beard to his rough boots, and he looked stern and solemn, and rarely spoke.
正是托托让多萝西开怀大笑，使她免于像周围的一切那样变得灰暗沉闷。
It was Toto that made Dorothy laugh, and saved her from growing as gray as her other surroundings.
Vocabulary
- even
- 平坦的；甚至；均匀的
- the
- 定冠词，用于特定的名词前
- grass
- 草；草地；绿色植物
- was
- 是；过去式的be动词
- not
- 不；否定词
- green
- 绿色的；未成熟的；环保的
- for
- 为了；因为；对于
- sun
- 太阳；日光
- had
- 有；拥有；过去完成时助动词
- burned
- 燃烧；灼伤；烧焦
- tops
- 顶部；最高部分；上衣
- of
- 的；属于；来自
- long
- 长的；持续很久的
- blades
- 刀片；叶片；草叶
- until
- 直到；到...为止
- they
- 他们；她们；它们
- were
- 是；过去式be动词复数形式
- same
- 相同的；同样的；一样的
- gray
- 灰色的；阴暗的；苍白的
- color
- 颜色；色彩；着色
- to
- 到；向；不定式标记
- be
- 是；存在；被
- seen
- 看见；被看到；明显的
- everywhere
- 到处；各个地方；无处不在
- once
- 曾经；一度；一次
- house
- 房子；住宅；家
- been
- 是；过去分词of be
- painted
- 油漆的；涂画的；绘制的
- but
- 但是；可是；然而
- paint
- 油漆；颜料；涂料
- and
- 和；与；并且
- rains
- 雨；下雨；降雨
- washed
- 冲洗；洗掉；洗净
- it
- 它；这个；那个
- away
- 离开；远离；消失
- now
- 现在；此刻；目前
- as
- 作为；像；因为
- dull
- 沉闷的；单调的；迟钝的
- everything
- 一切；所有东西；每样东西
- else
- 其他；别的；另外
- when
- 当；何时；在...时候
- aunt
- 姑妈；阿姨；伯母
- came
- 来；到达；发生
- there
- 那里；在那边；存在
- live
- 住；生活；居住
- she
- 她；女性代词
- young
- 年轻的；幼小的；青年的
- pretty
- 漂亮的；好看的；相当
- wife
- 妻子；女人；太太
- wind
- 风；吹；缠绕
- changed
- 改变；变化；更换
- her
- 她的；她；女性代词宾格
- too
- 也；太；过于
- taken
- 拿走；接受；被带走
- sparkle
- 闪闪发光；闪耀；生气勃勃
- from
- 从；来自；自
- eyes
- 眼睛；目光；视线
- left
- 留下；左边；离开
- them
- 他们；她们；它们宾格
- sober
- 冷静的；严肃的；未醉的
- red
- 红色的；红色；赤色
- cheeks
- 脸颊；面颊；脸蛋
- lips
- 嘴唇；唇部；边缘
- also
- 也；同样；而且
- thin
- 薄的；瘦的；稀疏的
- never
- 从不；决不；从未
- smiled
- 微笑；笑；露笑容
- who
- 谁；哪个人；那个
- an
- 一个；不定冠词单数形式
- orphan
- 孤儿；无依无靠的人
- first
- 第一；最初；首先
- so
- 所以；因此；非常
- startled
- 惊吓；吃惊；受到惊吓
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