精灵鼠小弟 第48期:听取意见

 　　So he crept into his mother's bedroom where she was still asleep,于是他爬进他妈妈的卧室，当时她还在睡着。

　　climbed the lamp cord to her bureau, and pulled a strand¹ of Mrs.Little's hair from her comb.

　　他顺着灯绳爬上她的梳妆台，从她的梳子上拽下了一根利特尔太太的头发。

　　He rolled the hair up neatly² and laid it in the handkerchief with the other things.

　　他把这根头发和手绢里的其它东西放在一起。

　　Then he rolled everything up into a bundle and tied it onto one end of a wooden match.

　　又把手绢系成一个小包，放到一个火柴盒里。

　　With his gray felt hat cocked jauntily³ on one side of his head and his pack slung⁴ across his shoulder, Stuart stole softly out of the house.

　　然后他把他的灰毡帽很帅地歪戴到头上，将小手绢包神气地挎到肩膀上，才蹑手蹑脚的离开了家。

　　"Good-by, beautiful home," he whispered.

　　“再—见，美丽的家，”他低语。

　　I wonder if I will ever see you again.

　　我不知道能否再看见你了。

　　Stuart stood uncertainly for a moment in the street in front of the house.

　　斯图亚特心情复杂地在他家前面的那条街上站了一会儿。

　　The world was a big place in which to go looking for a lost bird.

　　这个世界太大了，想从中找到一只丢失的鸟儿真不容易。

　　North, south, east, or west--which way should he go?

　　往北，往南，往东还是往西——他该往什么方向走呢？

　　Stuart decided⁵ that he needed advice on such an important matter, so he started uptown to find his friend Dr. Carey, the surgeon-dentist, owner of the schooner⁶ Wasp⁷.

　　斯图亚特觉得这个重要的决定应该在听取别人的意见后才能作出，便往上城区去寻找他的朋友，那个黄蜂号的船主，凯里牙医。

　　The doctor was glad to see Stuart.

　　医生见到斯图亚特很高兴。

　　He took him right into his inner office where he was busy pulling a man's tooth.

　　他直接把他带到他的办公室里，他正在那里忙着给一个男人拔牙呢。

　　The man's name was Edward Clydesdale, and he had several wads of gauze in his cheek to hold his mouth open good and wide.

　　这个男人名叫爱德华.克莱德代勒，他的腮帮子附近塞了些棉球，这样就使他的嘴可以很好的撑开了。

　　The tooth was a hard one to get out, and the Doctor let Stuart sit on his instrument tray so they could talk during the operation.

　　这颗牙非常难拔，所以医生就让斯图亚特坐在他放拔牙工具的托盘上，这样就可以一边拔牙，一边和他讲话了。

 

1 strand   

vt.使（船）搁浅，使（某人）困于（某地）

参考例句：

• She tucked a loose strand of hair behind her ears.她把一缕散发夹到了耳后。
• The climbers had been stranded by a storm.登山者被暴风雨困住了。

2 neatly   

adv.整洁地，干净地，灵巧地，熟练地

参考例句：

• Sailors know how to wind up a long rope neatly.水手们知道怎样把一条大绳利落地缠好。
• The child's dress is neatly gathered at the neck.那孩子的衣服在领口处打着整齐的皱褶。

3 jauntily   

adv.心满意足地；洋洋得意地；高兴地；活泼地

参考例句：

• His straw hat stuck jauntily on the side of his head. 他那顶草帽时髦地斜扣在头上。 来自辞典例句
• He returned frowning, his face obstinate but whistling jauntily. 他回来时皱眉蹙额，板着脸，嘴上却快活地吹着口哨。 来自辞典例句

4 slung   

抛( sling的过去式和过去分词 )； 吊挂； 遣送； 押往

参考例句：

• He slung the bag over his shoulder. 他把包一甩，挎在肩上。
• He stood up and slung his gun over his shoulder. 他站起来把枪往肩上一背。

5 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

6 schooner   

n.纵帆船

参考例句：

• The schooner was driven ashore.那条帆船被冲上了岸。
• The current was bearing coracle and schooner southward at an equal rate.急流正以同样的速度将小筏子和帆船一起冲向南方。

7 wasp   

n.黄蜂，蚂蜂

参考例句：

• A wasp stung me on the arm.黄蜂蜇了我的手臂。
• Through the glass we can see the wasp.透过玻璃我们可以看到黄蜂。