美国小学英语教材5:第174课 贝琪有办法(1)

BETSY FINDS A WAY

贝琪有办法

Dorothy Canfield Fisher

作者：桃乐茜·甘菲德·费希尔

Mrs. Fisher is one of our best story-tellers today. She writes stories for grown-up¹ people and for boys and girls, too. Here is one of her stories. It is about a little girl who, like Paul Seabury, just had to find a way to do something.

费雪太太是如今最会讲故事的人之一。她为成年人写故事，也为男孩和女孩写故事。这是她的一个故事。故事讲述的是一个小女孩，像保罗·西布里一样，不得不想办法做点什么。

Betsy's birthday

贝琪的生日

Betsy was to celebrate her tenth birthday by going to Woodford to the County² Fair. Aunt and Uncle Putney, with whom she lived, weren’t going to the Fair that year. But the Wendells, on the next farm, said they could make room for the two little girls; for of course Betsy’s little friend, Molly, was going along.

贝琪要去伍德福德参加县博览会，庆祝她的十岁生日。那一年，和她住在一起的帕特尼姨妈和姨父都不去赶集。但是隔壁农场的温德尔一家说，他们可以给两个小女孩腾出地方来；因为贝特西的小朋友莫莉当然也去了。

When they arrived at the Fair, the two little girls were allowed to wander³ about as they pleased until noon, and they thoroughly⁴ enjoyed the many sights and sounds and smells of their first County Fair. At noon they met the Wendells in front of Industrial⁵ Hall for a picnic lunch. As they ate, the children talked happily of the merrygo- round, the balloon-seller, and the popcorn⁶ stands. The Wendells had met some cousins who wished to ride home with them.

当她们到达集市时，两个小女孩得到允许随意逛到中午，她们尽情地欣赏着第一次乡村集市上的许多景色、声音和气味。中午，他们在工业大厅前会见了温德尔一家，一起去野餐。吃的时候，孩子们高兴地谈论着游乐项目、卖气球的人和爆米花摊。温德尔夫妇遇到了几个表亲，他们想和他们一起骑车回家。

1 grown-up   

adj.成熟的，已经成人的；n.成人，大人

参考例句：

• She has a grown-up daughter who lives abroad.她有一个已经长大成人的女儿，在海外生活。
• The boy eats like a grown-up.那男孩的食量像个成人。

2 county   

n.县，郡

参考例句：

• When the good news reached there,the whole county rejoiced.喜讯传到那里时，全县的人都欢欣鼓舞起来。
• In that year county after county fell to the enemy.那一年一个又一个的县城沦入敌人手中。

3 wander   

vi.漫步，徘徊；迷路，迷失方向；偏离正题，胡扯

参考例句：

• It was unsafe to wander there.在那边闲逛是不安全的。
• Don't let your mind wander while working.工作时思想不能开小差。

4 thoroughly   

adv.完全地，彻底地，十足地

参考例句：

• The soil must be thoroughly turned over before planting.一定要先把土地深翻一遍再下种。
• The soldiers have been thoroughly instructed in the care of their weapons.士兵们都系统地接受过保护武器的训练。

5 industrial   

adj.工业的，产业的，实业的；从事工业的；工业高度发达的

参考例句：

• Shanghai is the most important industrial base of China.上海是中国最重要的工业基地。
• Shenyang is among the largest industrial cities in China.沈阳是中国最大工业城市之一。

6 popcorn   

n.爆米花

参考例句：

• I like to eat popcorn when I am watching TV play at home.当我在家观看电视剧时，喜欢吃爆米花。
• He still stood behind his cash register stuffing his mouth with popcorn.他仍站在收银机后，嘴里塞满了爆米花。