美国小学英语教材5:第163课 为朋友而勇敢(4)

Coming out finally into the open, Paul shivered a little as the keen wind struck him. By the time he had adjusted the leather harness to his feet and pulled on his gloves, his fingers were blue, and he needed no urging to set off at a swift pace. In saying that he could ski, the boy had told the truth. He was, in fact, so perfectly¹ at home upon his skis that he glided² along with an easy grace.

保罗终于走到空地上，被刺骨的寒风吹得有些发抖。等他把皮挽具系好，戴上手套时，他的手指已经发蓝了，他不需要催促，就可以飞快地走了。那个男孩说他会滑雪，这是实话。事实上，他在滑雪板上是如此自如，以致于他能从容优雅地滑行。

“You’re not much good on skis, are you?” Bill commented after watching Paul closely for a time. “I suppose you can jump any old distance and do all sorts of fancy stunts³.”

“你不太擅长滑雪，是吗?”比尔仔细观察保罗一段时间后评论道。“我想你可以跳过任何一段距离，做各种各样的特技。”

Paul laughed. “Nothing like that at all,” he answered. “I can jump some, of course, but I’m really not much good at anything except just straight-away going.”

保罗笑了。“完全不是那样的，”他回答道。“当然，我也能跳一些，但我真的什么都不擅长，除了直接跳。”

“Huh!” grunted⁴ Bill. “I’ll bet you could beat any of the fellows here. Well, what do you say to taking a little tramp? Let’s go up Hogan Hill.”

“嗯！”比尔哼了一声。“我敢打赌你能打败这里的任何人。你觉得做个小流浪汉怎么样? 我们去霍根山吧。”

1 perfectly   

adv.完美地，无可非议地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The witnesses were each perfectly certain of what they said.证人们个个对自己所说的话十分肯定。
• Everything that we're doing is all perfectly above board.我们做的每件事情都是光明正大的。

2 glided   

v.滑动( glide的过去式和过去分词 )；掠过；（鸟或飞机 ） 滑翔

参考例句：

• The President's motorcade glided by. 总统的车队一溜烟开了过去。
• They glided along the wall until they were out of sight. 他们沿着墙壁溜得无影无踪。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 stunts   

n.惊人的表演( stunt的名词复数 )；（广告中）引人注目的花招；愚蠢行为；危险举动v.阻碍…发育[生长]，抑制，妨碍( stunt的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• He did all his own stunts. 所有特技都是他自己演的。
• The plane did a few stunts before landing. 飞机着陆前做了一些特技。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 grunted   

（猪等）作呼噜声( grunt的过去式和过去分词 )； （指人）发出类似的哼声； 咕哝着说

参考例句：

• She just grunted, not deigning to look up from the page. 她只咕哝了一声，继续看书，不屑抬起头来看一眼。
• She grunted some incomprehensible reply. 她咕噜着回答了些令人费解的话。