美国小学英语教材5:第87课 松毛虫(6)

 In the meantime the caterpillars¹ have changed their dress. 与此同时，毛毛虫也换了衣服。

They now wear six little bright red patches on their backs, surrounded with scarlet² bristles³. 它们现在背上有六个鲜红色的小斑点，周围是鲜红色的毛发。

In the midst of these red patches are specks⁴ of gold. 在这些红色的斑块中间有一些金色的斑点。

The hairs on their sides and underneath⁵ are whitish. 它们两侧和下面的毛都是白色的。

In November they begin to build their winter tent high up in the pine tree at the tip of a bough⁶. 11月，它们开始在高高的松树上一根大树枝的顶端搭起冬季帐篷。

They surround the leaves at the end of the bough with a network of silk. 它们用丝网把树枝末端的叶子围起来。

Leaves and silk together are stronger than silk alone. 树叶和丝绸一起比单独的丝绸更结实。

By the time this shelter is finished, it is as large as a halfgallon measure and about the shape of an egg. 当这个庇护所完工时，它已经有半加仑那么大了，大概有一个鸡蛋的形状。

In the center of the nest is a milk-white mass of thicklywoven threads mingled⁷ with green leaves. 巢的中央是一团乳白色的粗线和绿叶交织在一起。

At the top are round openings, the doors of the house, through which the caterpillars go in and out. 屋顶上是圆形的开口，这是房子的门，毛毛虫从中进出。

There is a sort of veranda⁸ on top made of threads stretched from the tips of the surrounding leaves where the caterpillars come and doze⁹ in the sun, heaped one upon the other with rounded backs. 屋顶上有一条丝线，丝线是从周围树叶的顶端延伸出来的，毛毛虫在那里绕来绕去，在阳光下打盹。

The threads above are an awning¹⁰, to keep the sun from being too warm for them. 上面的线是一个遮阳篷，防止阳光太热。

The inside of the caterpillars’ nest is not at all a tidy place; it is full of rags, shreds¹¹ of the caterpillars’ skins, and dirt. 毛毛虫的巢里一点也不整洁；里面满是破布、毛毛虫的皮屑和泥土。

 

1 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

2 scarlet   

n.深红色，绯红色，红衣；adj.绯红色的

参考例句：

• The scarlet leaves of the maples contrast well with the dark green of the pines.深红的枫叶和暗绿的松树形成了明显的对比。
• The glowing clouds are growing slowly pale,scarlet,bright red,and then light red.天空的霞光渐渐地淡下去了，深红的颜色变成了绯红，绯红又变为浅红。

3 bristles   

短而硬的毛发，刷子毛( bristle的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• the bristles on his chin 他下巴上的胡楂子
• This job bristles with difficulties. 这项工作困难重重。

4 specks   

n.眼镜；斑点，微粒，污点( speck的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Minutes later Brown spotted two specks in the ocean. 几分钟后布朗发现海洋中有两个小点。 来自英汉非文学 - 百科语料821
• Do you ever seem to see specks in front of your eyes? 你眼睛前面曾似乎看见过小点吗？ 来自辞典例句

5 underneath   

adj.在...下面，在...底下；adv.在下面

参考例句：

• Working underneath the car is always a messy job.在汽车底下工作是件脏活。
• She wore a coat with a dress underneath.她穿着一件大衣，里面套着一条连衣裙。

6 bough   

n.大树枝，主枝

参考例句：

• I rested my fishing rod against a pine bough.我把钓鱼竿靠在一棵松树的大树枝上。
• Every bough was swinging in the wind.每条树枝都在风里摇摆。

7 mingled   

混合，混入( mingle的过去式和过去分词 )； 混进，与…交往[联系]

参考例句：

• The sounds of laughter and singing mingled in the evening air. 笑声和歌声交织在夜空中。
• The man and the woman mingled as everyone started to relax. 当大家开始放松的时候，这一男一女就开始交往了。

8 veranda   

n.走廊；阳台

参考例句：

• She sat in the shade on the veranda.她坐在阳台上的遮荫处。
• They were strolling up and down the veranda.他们在走廊上来回徜徉。

9 doze   

v.打瞌睡；n.打盹，假寐

参考例句：

• He likes to have a doze after lunch.他喜欢午饭后打个盹。
• While the adults doze,the young play.大人们在打瞌睡，而孩子们在玩耍。

10 awning   

n.遮阳篷；雨篷

参考例句：

• A large green awning is set over the glass window to shelter against the sun.在玻璃窗上装了个绿色的大遮棚以遮挡阳光。
• Several people herded under an awning to get out the shower.几个人聚集在门栅下避阵雨

11 shreds   

v.撕碎，切碎( shred的第三人称单数 )；用撕毁机撕毁（文件）

参考例句：

• Peel the carrots and cut them into shreds. 将胡罗卜削皮，切成丝。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• I want to take this diary and rip it into shreds. 我真想一赌气扯了这日记。 来自汉英文学 - 中国现代小说