美国小学英语教材5:第205课 童子军如何生火(1)

HOW A BOY SCOUT¹ BUILDS A CAMPFIRE

童子军如何生火

E.V.Jotter

作者：E.V.约特

Boy Scouts² have often been called upon to help in times of great danger from forest fires.

童子军经常被要求在森林火灾的危险时刻提供帮助。

But here is a story of a Boy Scout who did better than that: He told a man how to build a campfire so that there would be no danger of a forest fire.

但是这里有一个关于一个做得更好的童子军的故事:他告诉一个人如何生火，这样就不会有森林火灾的危险。

Perhaps this story will tell you some worth-while things, too.

也许这个故事也会告诉你一些有价值的事情。

For want of a forest the stream went dry,

因为缺少森林，小溪干涸了，

For want of a stream the fish all die,

因为缺少一条小溪，鱼都死了，

For want of the fish the fishermen sigh —

渔夫们因缺少鱼而叹息

All caused by a fire when the brush was dry.

都是由于灌木丛干燥时起火引起的。

—John E.Gribble

——约翰·E.格里布尔

The Grayson family were taking their summer vacation.

格雷森一家正在度暑假。

The new plan of traveling by automobile³ and camping out nights along the way they found most enjoyable.

新计划是开车旅行，晚上在他们觉得最愉快的路上露营。

During the late afternoon of their third day’s journey they came upon a National Forest.

在他们第三天旅行的傍晚时分，他们来到了一片国家森林。

No one in their party had ever visited such a forest before, and the Graysons quickly decided⁴ to join the other families of tourists whose campfires here and there were already sending up curls⁵ of smoke into the evening air.

他们一行人从来没有去过这样的森林，格雷森一家很快就决定加入其他游客家庭的行列，他们的营火已经在傍晚的空气中升起了袅袅炊烟。

Mr.Grayson had just started getting ready to build his own campfire when a Boy Scout, who had been watching him for several minutes, suddenly spoke⁶ up.

格雷森先生刚开始准备自己生火，一个观察了他几分钟的童子军突然说话了。

1 scout   

n.童子军，侦察员；v.侦察，搜索

参考例句：

• He was mistaken for an enemy scout and badly wounded.他被误认为是敌人的侦察兵，受了重伤。
• The scout made a stealthy approach to the enemy position.侦察兵偷偷地靠近敌军阵地。

2 scouts   

侦察员[机，舰]( scout的名词复数 )； 童子军； 搜索； 童子军成员

参考例句：

• to join the Scouts 参加童子军
• The scouts paired off and began to patrol the area. 巡逻人员两个一组，然后开始巡逻这个地区。

3 automobile   

n.汽车，机动车

参考例句：

• He is repairing the brake lever of an automobile.他正在修理汽车的刹车杆。
• The automobile slowed down to go around the curves in the road.汽车在路上转弯时放慢了速度。

4 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

5 curls   

n.一绺鬈发( curl的名词复数 )；卷曲物；螺旋状物；（指头发）拳曲v.（使）弯曲( curl的第三人称单数 )；（使）卷曲；盘旋；缠绕

参考例句：

• His hair curls naturally. 他的头发天生鬈曲。
• Her hair fell over her shoulders in a cascade of curls. 她的卷发像瀑布一样垂在肩上。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。