美国小学英语教材6:第48课 金黄色的彩虹泥沼(4)

 Unwillingly he then turned away from the charming spot. 他不情愿地离开了这个欢乐之地。

Pausing a few moments later for a last glimpse at father catfish¹ and his babies, 之后又停下脚步，再最后看了看大头鱼爸爸和孩子们，

the boy thought that the little black wriggling² mass had grown smaller, even during the short time he had spent at the lotus bed. 小男孩觉得这些四处摇摆的小大头鱼群变小了，即使在莲花旁呆了一小会也能够发现。

Yet tarry he could not, for the afternoon was now well spent. 但他没法停留在此，这个是不愉快的下午。

When he arrived at the place where he had crossed the slough³, 当他穿过沼泽到达对面，

there arose the problem of how to get the heavy bunch of lilies over the pond. 问题出现了，他如何拿着沉重的百合花越过池塘。

He needed both hands to hold his clothes upon his head, and the added burden of lilies would have sunk his head too low in the water. 他需要将两只手举过头顶拿着衣服，沉重的百合会让他的头接近水面。

The lilies must be towed, yet he could not spare a hand to hold them. 他必须能拖动百合，但却没有手去拿。

What was he to do? Ah, he had it, a towing rope of braided grass, just the thing. 他怎么办？有了，用草编织的托绳一定可以。

In a few moments he had a loop of the grass rope about his arm; 过了不一会，他的肩膀上就出现了一圈草编绳；

the bundle of lilies was attached to the other end of the rope so that it floated out behind. 捆好的百合放在绳子的另一端，这样百合就可以漂浮在小男孩身后。

The little fellow was a queer-looking object as he slowly but steadily⁴ crossed that wide lily pond. 当他缓慢平稳地穿越宽宽的百合池塘时，后面的包裹看似有些奇怪。

Twice he let his tired legs feel for bottom before he reached the other side, wading⁵ out to shore. 在抵达对岸之前，他让腿在池塘底部休息了两次，之后走上了岸边。

 

1 catfish   

n.鲶鱼

参考例句：

• Huge catfish are skinned and dressed by hand.用手剥去巨鲇的皮并剖洗干净。
• We gigged for catfish off the pier.我们在码头以鱼叉叉鲶鱼。

2 wriggling   

v.扭动，蠕动，蜿蜒行进( wriggle的现在分词 )；（使身体某一部位）扭动；耍滑不做，逃避（应做的事等）；蠕蠕

参考例句：

• The baby was wriggling around on my lap. 婴儿在我大腿上扭来扭去。
• Something that looks like a gray snake is wriggling out. 有一种看来象是灰蛇的东西蠕动着出来了。 来自辞典例句

3 slough   

v.蜕皮，脱落，抛弃

参考例句：

• He was not able to slough off the memories of the past.他无法忘记过去。
• A cicada throws its slough.蝉是要蜕皮的。

4 steadily   

adv.稳定地；不变地；持续地

参考例句：

• The scope of man's use of natural resources will steadily grow.人类利用自然资源的广度将日益扩大。
• Our educational reform was steadily led onto the correct path.我们的教学改革慢慢上轨道了。

5 wading   

（从水、泥等）蹚，走过，跋( wade的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• The man tucked up his trousers for wading. 那人卷起裤子，准备涉水。
• The children were wading in the sea. 孩子们在海水中走着。