美国小学英语教材4:第74课 托尼诺带着陶器去集市(10)

 　　It would take too long to tell you all about the dinner that Tonino and Mameto had at the Golden Pigeon that night. 将托尼诺和玛莫那天晚上在“金鸽子饭店”吃的晚餐全部说出得花些时间。

　　The innkeeper was so proud because the winner of the donkey race was staying under his roof that he invited them all three to dinner. 旅店老板非常自豪，因为这次驴赛的获胜者住在他那儿，他邀请他们三个一起吃饭。

　　But Tintourlet had his in the stable! 但丁图莱特只能在马厩里吃着他的晚餐！

　　In the evening the fair grounds were very gay. 晚上集市很热闹。

　　The large open place between the booths was lighted up by tiny electric lights, and at one end there was a band-stand. 摊位之间宽阔的空地被小电灯照的灯火通明，尽头有一个音乐台。

　　At eight o'clock the musicians arrived. 八点钟，乐师们到达。

　　As soon as they had taken their seats, they tuned¹ up, and the dancing began. 观众一坐好，乐师就调音，开始跳舞。

　　At last ten o'clock struck from the tall church tower. The musicians filed out of the bandstand, 最后，十点的钟声从教堂高塔上敲响，乐师们排成纵队走下舞台，

　　and the Mayor of Vence and the members of the committee of festivals took their place. 旺斯市长和节日委员会的成员们就座。

　　Can you imagine how Tonino felt? His name was called out, 你能想象托尼诺的感受吗？大家喊着他的名字，

　　and he climbed up the steps of the band-stand to receive a beautiful new harness for Tintourlet. 他爬上音乐台的台阶，给丁图莱特戴上漂亮的新背带。

　　Of course it was Tintourlet who had really won the prize, 当然，真正获奖的是丁图莱特，

　　though Tonino had done pretty well to stick on his back when he was galloping² so fast. 虽然丁图莱特骑得很快，但托尼诺表现还是很不错的。

1 tuned   

adj.调谐的，已调谐的v.调音( tune的过去式和过去分词 )；调整；（给收音机、电视等）调谐；使协调

参考例句：

• The resort is tuned in to the tastes of young and old alike. 这个度假胜地适合各种口味，老少皆宜。
• The instruments should be tuned up before each performance. 每次演出开始前都应将乐器调好音。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 galloping   

adj. 飞驰的, 急性的 动词gallop的现在分词形式

参考例句：

• The horse started galloping the moment I gave it a good dig. 我猛戳了马一下，它就奔驰起来了。
• Japan is galloping ahead in the race to develop new technology. 日本在发展新技术的竞争中进展迅速，日新月异。