木偶奇遇记 第127期:匹诺曹变成了一头驴子(8)

 　　"Let's hear the contract!" "Let us take off our caps together. All right?" “让我们先听听协定的内容。”“咱俩同时摘帽子，同意吗？”

　　"All right." "Ready then!" Pinocchio began to count, "One! Two! Three!" “同意。”“好，准备！”皮诺乔开始大声数：“一！二！三！”

　　At the word "Three!" the two boys pulled off their caps and threw them high in air. “一说到三，两个孩子同时摘下帽子，高高扔到半空。

　　And then a scene took place which is hard to believe, but it is all too true. 这时候出现的场面让人觉得不可置信，但却是千真万确的。

　　The Marionette¹ and his friend, Lamp-Wick, when they saw each other both stricken by the same misfortune,  皮诺乔和他的朋友，小灯芯—看见两个人遭到的都是同样的不幸，

　　instead of feeling sorrowful and ashamed, began to poke² fun at each other,  就不但不觉得害噪和伤心，反而大开对方玩笑，

　　and after much nonsense, they ended by bursting out into hearty³ laughter. 最后莫名其妙的哈哈大笑起来。

　　They laughed and laughed, and laughed again—laughed till they ached—laughed till they cried. 他们笑啊，笑啊，笑啊，直到笑到肚子疼，笑到流眼泪。

　　But all of a sudden Lamp-Wick stopped laughing. 可突然间小灯芯止住了笑。

　　He tottered⁴ and almost fell.  他摇摇摆摆几乎摔倒，

　　Pale as a ghost, he turned to Pinocchio and said: "Help, help, Pinocchio!" 脸色苍白如鬼，转头对皮诺乔说：“救命啊，救命啊，皮诺乔！”

1 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。

2 poke   

n.刺，戳，袋；vt.拨开，刺，戳；vi.戳，刺，捅，搜索，伸出，行动散慢

参考例句：

• We never thought she would poke her nose into this.想不到她会插上一手。
• Don't poke fun at me.别拿我凑趣儿。

3 hearty   

adj.热情友好的；衷心的；尽情的，纵情的

参考例句：

• After work they made a hearty meal in the worker's canteen.工作完了，他们在工人食堂饱餐了一顿。
• We accorded him a hearty welcome.我们给他热忱的欢迎。

4 tottered   

v.走得或动得不稳( totter的过去式和过去分词 )；踉跄；蹒跚；摇摇欲坠

参考例句：

• The pile of books tottered then fell. 这堆书晃了几下，然后就倒了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The wounded soldier tottered to his feet. 伤员摇摇晃晃地站了起来。 来自《简明英汉词典》