木偶奇遇记 第11期:他开始又哭又叫

 Certain that he was dreaming, he turned the egg over and over in his hands, fondled it, kissed it, and talked to it:

他简直像在做梦，一个劲儿把鸡蛋捧在手上，转过来转过去，又摸又吻，一面吻还一面说：

And now, how shall I cook you? Shall I make an omelet? No, it is better to fry you in a pan!

这会儿我该怎么吃这个蛋呢，炒着吃不好吗？…不，用煎锅煎最好！…

Or shall I drink you? No, the best way is to fry you in the pan. You will taste better.

噢，直接把喝下去？不，最好的方式是用煎锅煎了，这样你的味道会更好啦。

No sooner said than done. He placed a little pan over a foot warmer full of hot coals.

说完就干，他把一个小煎锅放在一个装满了烧炭的脚炉上。

In the pan, instead of oil or butter, he poured a little water.

在煎锅里他放的不是素油不是牛油，而是一点儿水。

As soon as the water started to boil--tac!--he broke the eggshell.

等到水一冒气，卡嗒！…他敲破鸡蛋壳。

But in place of the white and the yolk¹ of the egg, a little yellow Chick, fluffy² and gay and smiling, escaped from it.

可蛋壳里倒出来的不是蛋白和蛋黄，而是一只毛绒绒的，黄色的小鸡。小鸡又快活又有礼貌。

Bowing politely to Pinocchio, he said to him:

它对皮诺乔鞠个躬说：

Many, many thanks, indeed, Mr. Pinocchio, for having saved me the trouble of breaking my shell!

多谢您，皮诺乔先生，您让我省了力气，不用去弄破蛋壳啦！

Good-by and good luck to you and remember me to the family!

再见，祝您好，请代我问候您一家人！

With these words he spread out his wings and, darting³ to the open window, he flew away into space till he was out of sight.

它说着展开翅膀，从打开的窗子冲出去，飞不见了。

The poor Marionette⁴ stood as if turned to stone, with wide eyes, open mouth, and the empty halves of the egg-shell in his hands.

可怜的木偶站在那里发呆，眼睛瞪大，嘴巴张开，手里拿着两瓣空空的鸡蛋壳。

When he came to himself, he began to cry and shriek⁵ at the top of his lungs, stamping his feet on the ground and wailing⁶ all the while:

等到他最后清醒过来，他开始又哭又叫，绝望得跺脚，一面哭一面说：

The Talking Cricket was right!

还是会说话的蟋蟀说得对！

If I had not run away from home and if Father were here now, I should not be dying of hunger.

如果我不从家里进出去，如果我爸爸在这儿，这会儿我就不会饿得要命了！

Oh, how horrible it is to be hungry!

噢，肚子饿多难受啊！

And as his stomach kept grumbling⁷ more than ever and he had nothing to quiet it with, he thought of going out for a walk to the near-by village, in the hope of finding some charitable person who might give him a bit of bread.

肚子继续咕噜咕噜响，越响越厉害，他又不知道该怎么办才叫它不响，他觉得还是离开屋子，到隔壁村子去看看，巴望能碰到个好心人，会施舍点面包给他吃吃。

1 yolk   

n.蛋黄，卵黄

参考例句：

• This dish would be more delicious with some yolk powder.加点蛋黄粉，这道菜就会更好吃。
• Egg yolk serves as the emulsifying agent in salad dressing.在色拉调味时，蛋黄能作为乳化剂。

2 fluffy   

adj.有绒毛的，空洞的

参考例句：

• Newly hatched chicks are like fluffy balls.刚孵出的小鸡像绒毛球。
• The steamed bread is very fluffy.馒头很暄。

3 darting   

v.投掷，投射( dart的现在分词 )；向前冲，飞奔

参考例句：

• Swallows were darting through the clouds. 燕子穿云急飞。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• Swallows were darting through the air. 燕子在空中掠过。 来自辞典例句

4 marionette   

n.木偶

参考例句：

• With this marionette I wish to travel through the world.我希望带着这个木偶周游世界。
• The development of marionette had a great influence on the future development of opera.木偶戏的发展对以后的戏曲有十分重要的影响。

5 shriek   

v./n.尖叫，叫喊

参考例句：

• Suddenly he began to shriek loudly.突然他开始大声尖叫起来。
• People sometimes shriek because of terror,anger,or pain.人们有时会因为恐惧，气愤或疼痛而尖叫。

6 wailing   

v.哭叫，哀号( wail的现在分词 )；沱

参考例句：

• A police car raced past with its siren wailing. 一辆警车鸣着警报器飞驰而过。
• The little girl was wailing miserably. 那小女孩难过得号啕大哭。

7 grumbling   

adj. 喃喃鸣不平的, 出怨言的

参考例句：

• She's always grumbling to me about how badly she's treated at work. 她总是向我抱怨她在工作中如何受亏待。
• We didn't hear any grumbling about the food. 我们没听到过对食物的抱怨。