美国小学英语教材5:第271课 约翰去了玩具谷(1)

JOHN GOES DOWN TO TOY VALLEY

约翰去了玩具谷

Margaret Warner Morley

作者：玛格丽特·华纳·莫利

High up among the Alps Mountains in Austria lies Toy Valley. Here for many years men, women, and children have been carving¹ wooden blocks into toys which are sold for boys and girls in many parts of the world.

玩具谷位于奥地利阿尔卑斯山脉的高处。多年来，这里的男人、女人和孩子们一直在把木块雕刻成玩具，卖给世界上许多地方的男孩和女孩。

Up on the side of a high mountain overlooking the valley, lived the Hofer family. In the thick forests Father Hofer chopped trees to be made into blocks for the wood-carvers down in the valley.

霍弗一家住在一座可以俯瞰山谷的高山边上。在茂密的森林里，父亲霍弗把树砍成块，让山谷里的伐木工人用。

THE SLED RIDE TO THE VALLEY

乘雪橇去山谷

Early one morning Father Hofer got out a sled, put on his wooden shoes with the long spikes² in the heels, wrapped up well, and wound a scarf many times around his head and neck. John knew his father was going down to the village and almost fell over with surprise and delight when asked if he would like to go too. He was ready in a moment, and they trudged³, all three, for Mother Hofer must see them start, through the snow to where the gully led down far toward the bottom of the valley.

一天清晨，霍弗神父从雪橇上下来，穿上木鞋，鞋跟上钉着长钉，把自己裹得严严实实，在头上和脖子上缠了好几条围巾。约翰知道他父亲要去村里，当被问及他是否也想去时，他惊喜得几乎摔倒了。他马上就准备好了，他们三个人一起艰难地走着，因为霍弗妈妈一定会看到他们出发了。他们穿过雪地，来到了那条通往谷底的深谷。

1 carving   

n.雕刻品，雕花

参考例句：

• All the furniture in the room had much carving.房间里所有的家具上都有许多雕刻。
• He acquired the craft of wood carving in his native town.他在老家学会了木雕手艺。

2 spikes   

n.穗( spike的名词复数 )；跑鞋；（防滑）鞋钉；尖状物v.加烈酒于( spike的第三人称单数 )；偷偷地给某人的饮料加入（更多）酒精（ 或药物）；把尖状物钉入；打乱某人的计划

参考例句：

• a row of iron spikes on a wall 墙头的一排尖铁
• There is a row of spikes on top of the prison wall to prevent the prisoners escaping. 监狱墙头装有一排尖钉，以防犯人逃跑。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 trudged   

vt.& vi.跋涉，吃力地走（trudge的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• He trudged the last two miles to the town. 他步履艰难地走完最后两英里到了城里。
• He trudged wearily along the path. 他沿着小路疲惫地走去。 来自《简明英汉词典》