美国小学英语教材6:第37课 山齿鹑家族(8)

 　　But it was only part of the family, just Bob-White and four of his chicks; 但这只是这个家族的一部分，只有山齿鹑和四个孩子；

　　the little hen and the other four had gone away in the hunter's game bag. 妈妈和其它四个孩子已进了猎物口袋。

　　Bob-white Meets Disaster 山齿鹑遇到灾难

　　One morning in midwinter the small boy who had gone to the pasture that night with Old Ben 隆冬的一天早上，那名和老人本晚上一起去牧场找鹑的小男孩

　　to search for the quail¹ awoke to find the world ice-clad and snow-bound and in the clutch of a terrible freeze. 醒来后发现一片白雪皑皑的世界，整个世界都结了冰。

　　The windows were so clouded with frost that he could not see out until he had melted the frost with his breath. 窗户上结了霜他什么也看不见，他用哈气将霜散去。

　　When he had cleared a window, he cried aloud with grief, for there upon the window sill, 当窗户清晰可见后，他在窗台上悲痛地大叫起来，

　　huddled² close to the glass, was the stiff form of his Bob-White. 他的山齿鹑紧贴在玻璃上，它被冻得结结实实。

　　Poor little Bob-White; he had escaped the hawk³, the owl⁴, the weasel, the fox, the raccoon, and the hunter, 可怜的山齿鹑，他逃脱了老鹰、猫头鹰、鼬鼠、狐狸、浣熊以及猎手的毒手，

　　but the great freeze had caught him, so near and yet so far from cover. 但它却没能躲过冰冻，它离遮蔽处其实很近，或许又非常远。

1 quail   

n.鹌鹑；vi.畏惧，颤抖

参考例句：

• Cowards always quail before the enemy.在敌人面前，胆小鬼们总是畏缩不前的。
• Quail eggs are very high in cholesterol.鹌鹑蛋胆固醇含量高。

2 huddled   

挤在一起（huddle的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• We huddled together for warmth. 我们挤在一块取暖。
• We huddled together to keep warm. 我们挤在一起来保暖。

3 hawk   

n.鹰，骗子；鹰派成员

参考例句：

• The hawk swooped down on the rabbit and killed it.鹰猛地朝兔子扑下来,并把它杀死。
• The hawk snatched the chicken and flew away.老鹰叼了小鸡就飞走了。

4 owl   

n.猫头鹰，枭

参考例句：

• Her new glasses make her look like an owl.她的新眼镜让她看上去像只猫头鹰。
• I'm a night owl and seldom go to bed until after midnight.我睡得很晚，经常半夜后才睡觉。