夏洛的网 第18期:小猪威尔伯(9)

 　　It was soon arranged.

　　这事儿很快就办妥了。

　　Fern phoned and got her Aunt Edith,

　　弗恩打电话给她的伊迪丝舅妈，

　　and her Aunt Edith hollered for Uncle Homer,

　　伊迪丝舅妈去叫霍默舅舅，

　　and Uncle Homer came in from the barn and talked to Fern.

　　霍默舅舅从谷仓回来接弗恩的电话。

　　When he heard that the price was only six dollars,

　　他听说只要六块钱

　　he said he would buy the pig.

　　便说这猪他买下了。

　　Next day Wilbur was taken from his home under the apple tree

　　第二天，威尔伯就从它苹果树下的家里

　　and went to live in a manure¹ pile in the cellar of Zuckerman's barn.

　　给搬到朱克曼家谷仓底的肥料堆里。

1 manure   

n.粪，肥，肥粒；vt.施肥

参考例句：

• The farmers were distributing manure over the field.农民们正在田间施肥。
• The farmers used manure to keep up the fertility of their land.农夫们用粪保持其土质的肥沃。