《风语河岸柳》第6章 癞蛤蟆地冒险经历(6)

On and on he ran. He was now among tall trees, and again he looked behind him.

他跑呀跑，跑进一片高高的树林里，他又回头看了看。

At that moment the land disappeared¹ beneath² his feet, and, splash³! he found himself in deep water, cold water, fast-moving water.

一瞬间他感到双脚悬空，紧接着，啪地一声，他发现自己已在深水里，冰冷、湍急的水里。

In his terror⁴, he had run straight into a river!

惊恐中，他直接跑进了一条河里！

And away the river took him, pushing him along, first on one side, then on the other.

河水带着他向前流，一会儿把他推到这边，一会儿又推到那边。

The cotton dress tied itself round his legs, trying to pull him under, and Toad⁵ had to fight to keep his head above water.

棉布外套裹住了他的腿，将他向下拽，他不得不挣扎着让头浮在水面上。

'Oh my! 'cried poor Toad. 'I'll never look at another motorcar for the rest of my life! '

哎呀！可怜的癞蛤蟆哭喊道，我下半生再也不想见到汽车了！

At last he managed to catch hold of some water plants by the river bank.

最后他好不容易抓住了河边的一些水草。

He held on, too tired to pull himself out of the water.

他坚持着，但是他太累了，不能将自己拉上岸。

Then he saw something bright in a dark hole in the bank. It moved towards him, and became a face.

这时，他看见河岸边一个黑洞里有个亮亮的东西向他凑过来，然后他看见了一张脸。

Brown and small, with whiskers.

小小的，褐色的，还有胡须。

It was the Water Rat⁶!

是水鼠！

1 disappeared   

v.不见，消失( disappear的过去式和过去分词 )；不复存在；奭

参考例句：

• The plane disappeared behind a cloud. 飞机消失在云层里。
• He double-crossed the rest of the gang and disappeared with all the money. 他骗了其他同伙，携款潜逃了。

2 beneath   

prep.在…下面；adv.在下面，在下方

参考例句：

• Let's have a rest beneath the tree.让我们在树下休息。
• What is beneath your feet?你们脚底下是什么？

3 splash   

v.溅，泼；n.溅泼声，溅出的水等，斑点

参考例句：

• I fell into the water with a splash.我跌入水中，激起水花四溅。
• There's a splash of paint on the white wall.白墙上溅上了一片油漆。

4 terror   

n.恐怖；可怖的人(事)

参考例句：

• We were in mortal terror of being found out. 我们非常害怕被发现。
• That guy is a proper terror. 那家伙真是讨厌。

5 toad   

n.蟾蜍，癞蛤蟆

参考例句：

• Both the toad and frog are amphibian.蟾蜍和青蛙都是两栖动物。
• Many kinds of toad hibernate in winter.许多种蟾蜍在冬天都会冬眠。

6 rat   

n.鼠，卑鄙的人，变节者；vi.背叛，捕鼠；vt.弄蓬松，告发

参考例句：

• The rat is hated by many people.老鼠被很多人憎恶。
• He stopped up the rat holes.他塞住了那些老鼠洞。