美国语文第四册 第8期:爆米花

 　　One autumn night, when the wind was high, And the rain fell in heavy plashes, 八月夜晚，狂风不断，雨滴哗啦啦敲打地面，

　　A little boy sat by the kitchen fire, A-popping corn in the ashes; 小男孩坐在厨房的火炉旁，炉灰里在爆玉米，

　　And his sister, a curly-haired child of three, Sat looking on, just close to his knee. 他的妹妹头发卷卷，年龄只有三周岁，坐在他的膝盖边细细观看。

　　Pop! pop! and the kernels¹, one by one, Came out of the embers flying; 砰！砰！玉米粒一个接一个爆开，炉灰的余烬飞逸出来

　　The boy held a long pine stick in his hand, And kept it busily plying², 男孩手里拿着一条长长的松枝，不停地在炉子里拨动；

　　He stirred the corn and it snapped the more, And faster jumped to the clean-swept floor. 他碰一碰玉米，更多的玉米粒爆开了，很快都蹦到了干净的地板上。

　　Part of the kernels flew one way, And a part hopped³ out the other; 一部分玉米粒蹦向了一个方向，还有一部分比它们跳得还远；

　　Some flew plump into the sister's lap, Some under the stool of the brother; 一些胖胖的玉米花飞到了妹妹的腿上，还有的跑到了哥哥的椅子下面，

　　The little girl gathered them into a heap, And called them a flock of milk-white sheep. 小女孩把它们集中起来堆成一堆，管它们叫一群奶白色的绵羊。

1 kernels   

谷粒( kernel的名词复数 )； 仁； 核； 要点

参考例句：

• These stones contain kernels. 这些核中有仁。
• Resolving kernels and standard errors can also be computed for each block. 还可以计算每个块体的分辨核和标准误差。

2 plying   

v.使用（工具）( ply的现在分词 )；经常供应（食物、饮料）；固定往来；经营生意

参考例句：

• All manner of hawkers and street sellers were plying their trade. 形形色色的沿街小贩都在做着自己的买卖。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• It was rather Mrs. Wang who led the conversation, plying Miss Liu with questions. 倒是汪太太谈锋甚健，向刘小姐问长问短。 来自汉英文学 - 围城

3 hopped   

跳上[下]( hop的过去式和过去分词 )； 单足蹦跳； 齐足（或双足）跳行； 摘葎草花

参考例句：

• He hopped onto a car and wanted to drive to town. 他跳上汽车想开向市区。
• He hopped into a car and drove to town. 他跳进汽车，向市区开去。