精灵鼠小弟 第14期:结实的腹肌

 Stuart glanced around the room to see what he could do to prove to Snowbell what good stomach muscles he had.

斯图亚特在房间里搜寻了一下，想找个能向雪球证明他有更结实的腹肌的方法。

He spied the drawn¹ window shade on the east window, with its shade cord and ring, like a trapeze, and it gave him an idea.

他瞥见了东边的窗帘，发现那系着圆环的窗帘绳就像一种秋千一样，便有了一个主意。

Climbing to the windowsill he took off his hat and laid down his cane².

于是他爬上窗台，脱下他的帽子，放下他的手杖。

"You can't do this," he said to the cat. And he ran and jumped onto the ring, the way acrobats³ do in a circus, meaning to pull himself up.

"你做不了这个，"他对那只猫说着，跑过去跳上那圆环，就像在杂技场里的艺人一样，抓着圆环往前荡。

A surprising thing happened.

一件令人吃惊的事情发生了。

Stuart had taken such a hard jump that it started the shade: with a loud snap the shade flew up clear to the top of the window, dragging Stuart along with it and rolling him up inside, so that he couldn't budge⁴.

由于斯图亚特跳得过猛，所以随着一声炸响，窗帘摆到了窗子的最上面，把斯图亚特也卷了进去，裹在里面动也不能动了。

"Holy mackerel!" said Snowbell, who was almost as surprised as Stuart Little.

"多么可怕的龙卷风！"雪球说着，吃惊地看着斯图亚特?利特尔。

I guess that will teach him to show off his muscles.

我想那会让他明白，炫耀他的肌肉的后果是什么。

"Help! Let me out!" cried Stuart, who was frightened and bruised⁵ inside the rolled-up shade, and who could hardly breathe.

"救我！让我出去！"被窗帘打青的，几乎不能呼吸的斯图亚特害怕地叫起来。

But his voice was so weak that nobody heard. Snowbell just chuckled⁶.

可是他的声音太小了，没有人能听到。雪球只是在喵喵地笑。

1 drawn   

v.拖，拉，拔出；adj.憔悴的，紧张的

参考例句：

• All the characters in the story are drawn from life.故事中的所有人物都取材于生活。
• Her gaze was drawn irresistibly to the scene outside.她的目光禁不住被外面的风景所吸引。

2 cane   

n.手杖，细长的茎，藤条；v.以杖击，以藤编制的

参考例句：

• This sugar cane is quite a sweet and juicy.这甘蔗既甜又多汁。
• English schoolmasters used to cane the boys as a punishment.英国小学老师过去常用教鞭打男学生作为惩罚。

3 acrobats   

n.杂技演员( acrobat的名词复数 )；立场观点善变的人，主张、政见等变化无常的人

参考例句：

• I was always fascinated by the acrobats at the circus. 我总是着迷于马戏团里的杂技演员。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The acrobats' performance drew forth applause from the audience. 杂技演员的表演博得了观众的掌声。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 budge   

v.移动一点儿；改变立场

参考例句：

• We tried to lift the rock but it wouldn't budge.我们试图把大石头抬起来，但它连动都没动一下。
• She wouldn't budge on the issue.她在这个问题上不肯让步。

5 bruised   

[医]青肿的，瘀紫的

参考例句：

• his bruised and bloodied nose 他沾满血的青肿的鼻子
• She had slipped and badly bruised her face. 她滑了一跤，摔得鼻青脸肿。

6 chuckled   

轻声地笑( chuckle的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• She chuckled at the memory. 想起这件事她就暗自发笑。
• She chuckled softly to herself as she remembered his astonished look. 想起他那惊讶的表情，她就轻轻地暗自发笑。