小狐外传 第64期:奶奶情绪

 "Grannie is down in the dumps," said¹ Fox.

“奶奶情绪很低落，”小狐说，

We should do something to pick² up her spirits³.

我们应该做点什么让她开心起来。

Then Fox got⁴ one of his great ideas.

小狐有了一个好主意。

"Louise and I are going⁵ to make a video for Grannie," said Fox.

“露易丝跟我要给奶奶做个录影带，”小狐说。

"How sweet," said Mom. "But if anything happens to my camera..."

“真乖，”妈妈说，“但如果摄影机有什么损伤的话……”

"I know what I'm doing," said Fox.

“我知道我在做什么，”小狐说。

The next day the video was⁷ finished⁸.

第二天录像带做好了。

Fox's friends came⁶ for a look.

小狐的朋友们都跑来看。

"This better be good," said Carmen. "I'm very busy."

“一定要很好看啊，”卡门说，“我可是百忙中抽出时间。”

1 said   

v.动词say的过去式、过去分词

参考例句：

• He said to me that he could not come.他对我说他不能来。
• He said to his mother that he would do it by himself.他对他的母亲说他将自己独立做那件事。

2 pick   

n.精选，掘；鹤嘴锄；vt.摘，掘，凿，挑选，挖，挑剔；vi. 摘，掘，凿，挖，挑选

参考例句：

• Please don't pick the flowers.请勿攀折花木。
• We are going to pick apples.我们要去摘苹果。

3 spirits   

n.情绪；兴致；精灵；灵魂；精神( spirit的名词复数 )；情绪；灵魂；神灵

参考例句：

• He lost his spirits after the girl rejected his love. 那姑娘拒绝他的求爱后，他垂头丧气。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He felt in excellent spirits when he arrived home. 他回到家里时情绪非常好。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 got   

v.(get的过去式)得到，猜到，明白

参考例句：

• I just got some bad news.我刚得到一些坏消息。
• I have got far too much work to do.我要做的事太多了。

5 going   

n.去，离去，地面(或道路)的状况，工作情况；(复数形式）goings: 行为；adj.进行中的，流行的，现存的

参考例句：

• We're going to listen to a report this afternoon. 今天下午我们要去听报告。
• He hates leaving the office and going on holiday.他不愿离开办公室去度假。

6 came   

v.动词come的过去式

参考例句：

• I was surprised why he came here so early.他为什么那么早到这里，我很惊奇。
• The doctor came in time to save his life.医生及时来抢救他的生命。

7 was   

v.(is,am的过去式)是，在

参考例句：

• He said he was right.他说他是正确的。
• He was cold and hungry.他又冷又饿。

8 finished   

adj.完成的，精湛的；v.动词finish的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• We finished up everything there was on the table. 我们把桌上的东西全吃完了。
• We can certainly have the job finished on time.我们肯定能按时完成任务。