美国小学英语教材1:第14课 卡罗和大鸟

 　　Carlo and the Big Bird 卡罗和大鸟

　　Carlo was¹ a big dog. 卡罗是一只大狗。

　　He lived with Grandfather on the farm. 他和祖父住在农场里。

　　Carlo was a good farm dog. 卡罗是一只很好的农场狗。

　　He helped Grandfather. 它是祖父的好帮手。

　　Every day he went after the cows. 每天它都会去照看奶牛。

　　Carlo liked to go to the fields⁵ with Grandfather. 卡罗喜欢跟祖父去田里。

　　One day Jim came⁶ to the farm. 一天，吉姆来到了农场。

　　He was playing with Carlo. 他正在跟卡罗一块玩耍。

　　Jim wanted Carlo to do tricks⁷. 吉姆想要卡罗表演。

　　"Carlo can not do any tricks," said⁸ Grandfather. “卡罗不会表演，”祖父说。

　　But he is a good farm dog and knows how to help a farmer. 但它是一只很好的农场狗，知道如何帮助农民。

　　He gets the cows for me. 它替我看管奶牛。

　　He runs after the crows⁹ that come to eat the corn¹⁰. 它也会驱赶那些偷吃玉米的乌鸦。

　　The crows do not like him. 那些乌鸦不喜欢它。

　　Jim said, Oh, Grandfather! It must be fun to see Carlo go after the crows. 吉姆说，噢，祖父！看卡罗追赶乌鸦一定很有趣。

　　Let us take him to the field⁴ now. 现在，我们带它去田里。

　　We may see some crows there. 我们可能会在那里看到乌鸦。

　　I want to see Carlo run after the crows. 我想看卡罗追赶乌鸦。

　　Grandfather and Jim took¹¹ Carlo to the corn field. 祖父和吉姆带着卡罗来到了玉米地。

　　They saw¹² some big black crows. 他们看到了一些黑色的大乌鸦。

　　"Go, Carlo!" cried Grandfather. “去啊，卡罗！”祖父叫到。

　　Go after the crows! 快去赶乌鸦！

　　Carlo started after the crows. 卡罗开始赶乌鸦。

　　The big birds flew¹³ away; but some of them came back soon. 那些大鸟飞走了；但其中的一些很快又飞回来了。

　　Carlo ran³ after the crows again and again. 卡罗一次又一次地追赶那些乌鸦。

　　He thought¹⁴ it was fun. 它觉得这样很有趣。

　　Good dog! Good Carlo! said Jim. 好狗！好卡罗！吉姆说。

　　Just then they heard a noise over their heads. 就在这时，他们听到头顶上有噪音。

　　They all looked up. 他们都往上看。

　　"See the airplane¹⁵!" said Jim. “看，是飞机！”吉姆说。

　　"Here it comes," said Grandfather. “它飞过来了，”祖父说。

　　"It is coming over the field." “它正经过田顶上方。”

　　Jim said, It looks like a big bird, Carlo sees it, too. 吉姆说，它看起来像大鸟，卡罗也看到了它。

　　There he goes after it. 它去追飞机了。

　　Carlo ran after the airplane as² fast as he could¹⁶ go. 卡罗以最快的速度去追赶飞机。

　　By and by the dog came back to the corn field. He was very tired. 没过多久，卡罗回到了玉米地里。它累坏了。

　　Grandfather laughed at him, and Jim laughed, too. 祖父看着它笑了，吉姆也笑了。

　　"That is a good joke¹⁷ on you, Carlo," said Jim. You thought the airplane was a big bird. “你真个好玩的笑话，卡罗”，吉姆说。你把那只飞机当成大鸟了。

1 was   

v.(is,am的过去式)是，在

参考例句：

• He said he was right.他说他是正确的。
• He was cold and hungry.他又冷又饿。

2 as   

conj.按照；如同

参考例句：

• He got work in a hotel as a waiter.他在一家旅馆找到了当服务生的工作。
• In the hotel,the old men were drinking away as usual.在旅馆里，这些老人和往常一样喝个不停。

3 ran   

vbl.run的过去式

参考例句：

• He ran,and then slowed down to a walk.他跑着，然后放慢速度步行。
• As soon as Marie opened the door,the dog ran in.当玛丽一打开门，狗就跑了进来。

4 field   

adj.野外；n.地，田地

参考例句：

• Go into the field and clear those boys off.到田里去把那些男孩赶走。
• He is going across the field.他正穿越田野。

5 fields   

n.田( field的名词复数 )；（作某种用途的）场地；（学习或研究的）领域；运动场

参考例句：

• The only access to the farmhouse is across the fields. 去那农舍的唯一通路是穿过田野。
• We had to make a detour around the flooded fields. 我们只得绕道避开被洪水淹没的田野。

6 came   

v.动词come的过去式

参考例句：

• I was surprised why he came here so early.他为什么那么早到这里，我很惊奇。
• The doctor came in time to save his life.医生及时来抢救他的生命。

7 tricks   

n.戏法( trick的名词复数 )；把戏；计谋；诀窍v.哄骗，欺骗( trick的第三人称单数 )；打扮

参考例句：

• a dirty tricks campaign 肮脏卑鄙的竞选运动
• Some of the magic tricks called for audience participation. 有些魔术要求有观众的参与。 来自《简明英汉词典》

8 said   

v.动词say的过去式、过去分词

参考例句：

• He said to me that he could not come.他对我说他不能来。
• He said to his mother that he would do it by himself.他对他的母亲说他将自己独立做那件事。

9 crows   

n.乌鸦( crow的名词复数 )；雄鸡的啼声v.公鸡啼鸣( crow的第三人称单数 )；（婴儿）欢叫；（尤指在其他人不成功时）扬扬自得地夸口；自鸣得意

参考例句：

• crows feeding on carrion 以腐肉为食的乌鸦
• The farmer shot two crows and strung them on the fence. 这位农夫打死了两只乌鸦，挂在篱笆上。 来自《简明英汉词典》

10 corn   

n.(美)玉米，(英)小麦，谷物(中)包裹

参考例句：

• Corn was first grown in America.玉米最先在美国种植。
• Was the camel carrying corn?那头骆驼驮的是谷物吗？

11 took   

vt.带，载(take的过去式)

参考例句：

• I took my dog for a walk along the river.我带着狗沿那条河散步。
• It took me about two hours to cook the meat.我花了大约两个小时来煮这些肉。

12 saw   

vbl.看见(see的过去式)；n.锯；v.用锯子锯

参考例句：

• Would you like to saw a tree for me?你能为我锯棵树吗？
• The moment I saw you,I knew you were angry with me.我一看到你，就知道你在生我的气。

13 flew   

vbl.fly的过去式

参考例句：

• She flew from New York to London.她从纽约乘飞机到伦敦。
• The birds flew away.鸟儿飞走了。

14 thought   

n.想法，思想，思维，思潮，关心，挂念；v.vbl.think的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• It was just a thought.这仅仅是一个想法。
• She thought he had a cold.她认为他感冒了。

15 airplane   

n.飞机；（=aeroplane）(英）

参考例句：

• OK.May I know the types of airplane?请问是什么机型？
• How many times have you traveled by airplane? 你坐过几次飞机？

16 could   

v.能，可能(can的过去式)；aux.v.(can的过去式)能；可以

参考例句：

• Could I open the window?我可以打开窗子吗？
• I could wait ten minutes.我可以等十分钟。

17 joke   

n.笑话；笑柄；vi.开玩笑；vt.开…的玩笑，戏弄

参考例句：

• Come on,lighten up!It was only a joke.喂，别紧张！这只不过是开玩笑。
• They all laughed about the joke.这个笑话把他们全逗笑了。