美国小学英语教材4:第60课 莫尼和他的山羊(3)

 　　The rest of the flock came, one after the other, to see the goatherd, 其他的山羊也会一个接一个地走过来看看莫尼，

　　and each of the animals had his own way of showing his love for Moni. 而且每只山羊都有自己向莫尼表达爱意的方式。

　　When Brownie, Moni's own goat, came for his visit, 当莫尼自己的山羊布朗尼走过来时，

　　he walked around the boy very carefully as if he were making sure that everything was just as usual. 他小心翼翼地围着男孩转了一圈，好像在确认是否一切正常。

　　And he would not go away until Moni said, 直到莫尼说：

　　"Yes, yes, Brownie, everything is all right. Now go back to your grazing." “好了，好了，布朗尼，一切都好，现在回去吃草吧。”他才会离开。

　　Then came a young gray goat, and close behind him a white one named Swallow 接着一只灰色的小山羊走过来了，一只名叫燕子的白色小山羊紧跟在它的后面，

　　because she was so tiny and quick that she seemed to dart² past like a swallow flying to its nest. 因为它又小又敏捷，跑起来像一只燕子飞向巢穴般飞奔而过。

　　The young gray goat and Swallow rushed at Moni so excitedly 灰色的小山羊和燕子很是兴奋地冲向莫尼，

　　that they would have tumbled him over if he had not already been stretched out on the ground. 要不是他已经躺在地上的话，它们会把他撞到在地的。

　　As they went racing³ off again, Meggie's mother, the shiny black goat, who was a little proud, come slowly forward. 当它们再次跑着离开时，梅吉的妈妈——一只闪亮的黑色山羊，带着几分傲气慢慢地走了过来。

　　She stopped a few feet away from the goat boy, as if she did not care to be too friendly, 她在离牧羊男孩几英尺远的地方停了下来，好像不想表现得太友好，

　　looked at him for a moment, and then went away. 看了他一会儿就离开了。

　　Great Sultan, the oldest and largest of the goats, always came up bleating⁴ in a way that seemed to say: 羊群中年龄最大、个头也最大的格雷特·苏丹总是咩咩叫着走过来，好像在说：

　　"I am the leader of this herd¹ of goats, and have come to talk things over with you." “我是羊群的首领，有事情来和你商量。”

　　Today as usual he approached Moni proudly, shoving off the goats who were near by. 这天它像往常一样推开莫尼附近的山羊，傲慢地走了过来。

　　But Meggie would not let herself be crowded away. 但是梅吉没有被挤开，

　　She huddled⁵ under Moni's arm so that the Great Sultan could not reach her. 她在莫尼的胳膊下面缩成一团，所以格雷特·苏丹没有挤到她。

　　So the sunny morning passed. 就这样，一个阳光明媚的早晨过去了。

　　Finally Moni sat up and leaned thoughtfully on the staff that he always carried to help him over the rough places. 最后，莫尼坐了起来，若有所思地靠在一根棍子上，他总是将它带在身边，帮他走过那些崎岖的地方。

1 herd   

n.兽群，牧群；vt.使集中，把…赶在一起

参考例句：

• She drove the herd of cattle through the wilderness.她赶着牛群穿过荒野。
• He had no opinions of his own but simply follow the herd.他从无主见，只是人云亦云。

2 dart   

v.猛冲，投掷；n.飞镖，猛冲

参考例句：

• The child made a sudden dart across the road.那小孩突然冲过马路。
• Markov died after being struck by a poison dart.马尔科夫身中毒镖而亡。

3 racing   

n.竞赛，赛马；adj.竞赛用的，赛马用的

参考例句：

• I was watching the racing on television last night.昨晚我在电视上看赛马。
• The two racing drivers fenced for a chance to gain the lead.两个赛车手伺机竞相领先。

4 bleating   

v.（羊，小牛）叫( bleat的现在分词 )；哭诉；发出羊叫似的声音；轻声诉说

参考例句：

• I don't like people who go around bleating out things like that. 我不喜欢跑来跑去讲那种蠢话的人。 来自辞典例句
• He heard the tinny phonograph bleating as he walked in. 他步入室内时听到那架蹩脚的留声机在呜咽。 来自辞典例句

5 huddled   

挤在一起（huddle的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• We huddled together for warmth. 我们挤在一块取暖。
• We huddled together to keep warm. 我们挤在一起来保暖。