美国小学英语教材5:第82课 松毛虫(1)

 THE PINE CATERPILLAR¹ 松毛虫

Jean Henri Fabre 作者：让·亨利·法布尔

Nature has stories to tell—the story of the beaver², the story of the strange flights of birds, and countless³ others. 大自然有故事可讲——海狸的故事，鸟儿奇怪飞行的故事，还有无数其他的故事。

Jean Henri Fabre, a French school teacher, spent many, many hours of his life listening to Nature's stories. 让·亨利·法布尔是一名法国教师，他一生中花了很多很多时间听大自然的故事。

Then he began to write of what he had learned, and he became famous for his books about butterflies, grasshoppers⁴, bees, and other insects. 然后他开始写他学过的东西，他因为写关于蝴蝶、蚱蜢、蜜蜂和其他昆虫的书而出名。

You hungry little caterpillars⁵, if I let you have your way, I should soon be robbed of the murmur⁶ of my once leafy pine trees. 你们这些饥饿的小毛毛虫，如果我让你们为所欲为，我很快就会被剥夺我那曾经枝繁叶茂的松树发出的嗡嗡声。

But I am going to make a bargain with you. 但我要和你做个交易。

You have a story to tell. 你有故事要讲。

Tell it to me; and for a year, for two years or longer, until I know more or less about it, I will leave you undisturbed. 告诉我吧；一年，两年或更久，直到我或多或少地了解它，我将不打扰你。

 

1 caterpillar   

n.毛虫，蝴蝶的幼虫

参考例句：

• A butterfly is produced by metamorphosis from a caterpillar.蝴蝶是由毛虫脱胎变成的。
• A caterpillar must pass through the cocoon stage to become a butterfly.毛毛虫必须经过茧的阶段才能变成蝴蝶。

2 beaver   

n.海狸，河狸

参考例句：

• The hat is made of beaver.这顶帽子是海狸毛皮制的。
• A beaver is an animals with big front teeth.海狸是一种长着大门牙的动物。

3 countless   

adj.无数的，多得不计其数的

参考例句：

• In the war countless innocent people lost their lives.在这场战争中无数无辜的人丧失了性命。
• I've told you countless times.我已经告诉你无数遍了。

4 grasshoppers   

n.蚱蜢( grasshopper的名词复数 )；蝗虫；蚂蚱；（孩子）矮小的

参考例句：

• Grasshoppers die in fall. 蚱蜢在秋天死去。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• There are usually a lot of grasshoppers in the rice fields. 稻田里通常有许多蚱蜢。 来自辞典例句

5 caterpillars   

n.毛虫( caterpillar的名词复数 )；履带

参考例句：

• Caterpillars eat the young leaves of this plant. 毛毛虫吃这种植物的嫩叶。
• Caterpillars change into butterflies or moths. 毛虫能变成蝴蝶或蛾子。 来自辞典例句

6 murmur   

n.低语，低声的怨言；v.低语，低声而言

参考例句：

• They paid the extra taxes without a murmur.他们毫无怨言地交了附加税。
• There was a low murmur of conversation in the hall.大厅里有窃窃私语声。