美国小学英语教材6:第76课 闪烁的翅膀(6)

 Clint raced after Andres. "Come on, Jose! he commanded. "We've got to find those goats!" 克林特紧跟着安德烈斯狂奔而去，他指挥道，“加油，约瑟！我们一定得找到那些羊！”

Up, up he rode into the storm, the wind furiously lashing¹ boy and pony². Night came on, black night. 一路向上，他向暴风雨骑行而去，风猛烈地抽打着这个男孩和小马。夜幕降临，一片漆黑。

And still the three searchers combed the slopes, Clint far in the lead. 但是三个搜寻者仍在山坡上搜寻丢失的山羊，克林特在行进中遥遥领先。

Higher, higher! At last, oh joy! He spied a line of huddled³ white at the foot of an overhanging cliff. 再往高处一点!再高一点！最后，他发现一排白色的山羊蜷缩在一处悬崖脚下。哦，太好了!

Closer approach brought to sight other shivering creatures here and there, 更近的距离让他们看到了各处正在发抖的其他生物，

in twos and threes, under leaky clumps⁴ of oak brush, bleating⁵ piteously as he came upon them. 这些动物三三两两地躲在在一簇簇的橡木丛下，当他走到这些动物跟前时，它们发出了凄惨的叫声。

Having found the lost animals, his next problem was what to do with them. 找到丢失的动物后，克林特的下一个问题是如何处理它们。

"We can't drive them to the pens," he told his men. "But they ought to be able to reach the cedar⁶ brake down in the flat. “我们不能把他们赶到围栏里去，”他对伙伴说。“但是他们应该能够到达平地上的雪松那里。

They can't hold out here much longer. Come on. The sooner we get them started the better." 他们在这里撑不了多久了。来吧。我们越早开始越好。”

But saying and doing are two different matters; for frightened, half-chilled goats cannot be driven. 但说和做是两码事；因为不能驱赶受了惊吓的和感到很冷的山羊。

It proved an allnight job .to drive them from under the flimsy bushes a few at a time. 事实证明，这是一项通宵工作，一次只能从脆弱的灌木丛中赶走几只山羊。

By dragging them out, giving them a pull and a forward shove, by goading⁷ them on, 通过把它们拖出来，拉它们一把，向前推它们一把，驱赶他们的方式，

Clint and the herders kept the goats moving down the slippery rocks toward the shelter of the great cedars⁸. 克林特和牧人沿着光滑的岩石，赶着山羊往大雪松的庇护处跑去。

Then the rescuers would scramble⁹ back after fresh relays, even carrying the fallen animals in their arms. 然后救援人员会在接力赛结束后匆忙返回，甚至还抱着跌倒的动物。

 

1 lashing   

n.鞭打；痛斥；大量；许多v.鞭打( lash的现在分词 )；煽动；紧系；怒斥

参考例句：

• The speaker was lashing the crowd. 演讲人正在煽动人群。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The rain was lashing the windows. 雨急打着窗子。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 pony   

adj.小型的；n.小马

参考例句：

• His father gave him a pony as a Christmas present.他父亲给了他一匹小马驹作为圣诞礼物。
• They made him pony up the money he owed.他们逼他还债。

3 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。

4 clumps   

n.（树、灌木、植物等的）丛、簇( clump的名词复数 )；（土、泥等）团；块；笨重的脚步声v.（树、灌木、植物等的）丛、簇( clump的第三人称单数 )；（土、泥等）团；块；笨重的脚步声

参考例句：

• These plants quickly form dense clumps. 这些植物很快形成了浓密的树丛。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The bulbs were over. All that remained of them were clumps of brown leaves. 这些鳞茎死了，剩下的只是一丛丛的黃叶子。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 bleating   

v.（羊，小牛）叫( bleat的现在分词 )；哭诉；发出羊叫似的声音；轻声诉说

参考例句：

• I don't like people who go around bleating out things like that. 我不喜欢跑来跑去讲那种蠢话的人。 来自辞典例句
• He heard the tinny phonograph bleating as he walked in. 他步入室内时听到那架蹩脚的留声机在呜咽。 来自辞典例句

6 cedar   

n.雪松，香柏(木)

参考例句：

• The cedar was about five feet high and very shapely.那棵雪松约有五尺高,风姿优美。
• She struck the snow from the branches of an old cedar with gray lichen.她把长有灰色地衣的老雪松树枝上的雪打了下来。

7 goading   

v.刺激( goad的现在分词 )；激励；（用尖棒）驱赶；驱使（或怂恿、刺激）某人

参考例句：

• Charles was always goading me. 查尔斯总是招惹我。 来自辞典例句
• He kept goading me to fight. 他不断煽动我去打架。 来自辞典例句

8 cedars   

雪松，西洋杉( cedar的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The old cedars were badly damaged in the storm. 风暴严重损害了古老的雪松。
• Open thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy cedars. 1黎巴嫩哪，开开你的门，任火烧灭你的香柏树。

9 scramble   

v.爬行，攀爬，杂乱蔓延，碎片，片段，废料

参考例句：

• He broke his leg in his scramble down the wall.他爬墙摔断了腿。
• It was a long scramble to the top of the hill.到山顶须要爬登一段长路。