美国有线新闻 CNN 2016-6-21

 

In the realm of ruminant, there are sheep and then there`s Sheila. Sheila is a little more sheep than other sheep. Sheila was lost in a forest six years ago, without a shepherd or a shearer<sup>1</sup>. But after being rescued recently, Sheila dropped 46 pounds in a single shearing<sup>2</sup>. So, it`s not surprise she was spritely and showing off her smelt³ (ph) silhouette⁴, which undoubtedly⁵ keeps her cooler at the height of Australia`s summer season.

在反刍动物领域中，有一只叫希拉的小羊。与其他的小羊相比，希拉的胆子显得似乎有的胆小。六年前，希拉在森林中走失了，那时既没有牧羊人也没有割草人在附近。但是最近在被解救之后，希拉在减掉毛之后就瘦了46英镑。所以，毫无疑问，这会让它在澳大利亚酷热的夏天，清爽一些。

Before that, she was a bit of wooly⁶ mammoth⁷. And it makes sense after all that time on the lam, does she feel better? Shearly. Can she move faster?

在此之前，希拉就好像一只长毛象。在逃亡那么久之后，它的形象大家是可以理解的。现在，希拉感觉好点了么?她可以行动自如了么?

Man, she can hoof⁸ it. And some of you might think sheep puns are a bad idea, but honestly, it is tough to bleat⁹ them.

现在，它可以行走了!可能有些人认为羊双关语不太好，但是说实话，现在它还很难咩咩地发声。

1 shearer   

n.剪羊毛的人；剪切机

参考例句：

• A bad shearer never had a good sickle. 拙匠无利器。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Eventually, Shearer lost faith, dropping him to the bench. 最终，希勒不再信任他，把他换下场。 来自互联网

2 shearing   

n.剪羊毛，剪取的羊毛v.剪羊毛( shear的现在分词 )；切断；剪切

参考例句：

• The farmer is shearing his sheep. 那农夫正在给他的羊剪毛。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The result of this shearing force is to push the endoplasm forward. 这种剪切力作用的结果是推动内质向前。 来自辞典例句

3 smelt   

v.熔解，熔炼；n.银白鱼，胡瓜鱼

参考例句：

• Tin is a comparatively easy metal to smelt.锡是比较容易熔化的金属。
• Darby was looking for a way to improve iron when he hit upon the idea of smelting it with coke instead of charcoal.达比一直在寻找改善铁质的方法，他猛然想到可以不用木炭熔炼，而改用焦炭。

4 silhouette   

n.黑色半身侧面影，影子，轮廓；v.描绘成侧面影，照出影子来，仅仅显出轮廓

参考例句：

• I could see its black silhouette against the evening sky.我能看到夜幕下它黑色的轮廓。
• I could see the silhouette of the woman in the pickup.我可以见到小卡车的女人黑色半身侧面影。

5 undoubtedly   

adv.确实地，无疑地

参考例句：

• It is undoubtedly she who has said that.这话明明是她说的。
• He is undoubtedly the pride of China.毫无疑问他是中国的骄傲。

6 wooly   

adj.毛茸茸的；糊涂的

参考例句：

• I like the feel of this cloth and it has a warm wooly feel.我喜欢这块布的手感,它摸上去毛茸茸的很暖和。
• He wore a brown t-shirt with jeans and a pair of shoes,with a wooly hat covering his hair.小贝身穿一件棕色t恤，搭配牛仔裤和皮鞋，头戴一顶盖住头发的羊毛帽子。

7 mammoth   

n.长毛象；adj.长毛象似的，巨大的

参考例句：

• You can only undertake mammoth changes if the finances are there.资金到位的情况下方可进行重大变革。
• Building the new railroad will be a mammoth job.修建那条新铁路将是一项巨大工程。

8 hoof   

n.(马，牛等的)蹄

参考例句：

• Suddenly he heard the quick,short click of a horse's hoof behind him.突然间，他听见背后响起一阵急骤的马蹄的得得声。
• I was kicked by a hoof.我被一只蹄子踢到了。

9 bleat   

v.咩咩叫，(讲)废话，哭诉；n.咩咩叫，废话，哭诉

参考例句：

• He heard the bleat of a lamb.他听到小羊的叫声。
• They bleat about how miserable they are.他们诉说他们的生活是多么悲惨。