夏洛的网 第43期:夏洛

 　　Chapter 5 Charlotte

　　第五章 夏洛

　　The night seemed long. Wilbur's stomach was empty and his mind was full.

　　这一夜好像特别长。威尔伯肚子空空的，可是心满满的，都是心事。

　　And when your stomach is empty and your mind is full, it's always hard to sleep.

　　一个人肚子空空，心事重重，总是睡不好觉的。

　　A dozen times during the night Wilbur woke and stared into the blackness,

　　这天夜里威尔伯醒来十几次，看着黑暗，

　　listening to the sounds and trying to figure out what time it was.

　　听着响声，想要琢磨出这是什么时间了。

　　A barn is never perfectly¹ quiet.

　　一间谷仓是永远不可能十分安静的。

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　　Even at midnight there is usually something stirring.

　　连半夜里也总是有动静。

　　The first time he woke, he heard Templeton gnawing² a hole in the grain bin³.

　　第一次醒来时，它听到坦普尔顿在粮仓里啃洞。

　　Templeton's teeth scraped loudly against the wood and made quite a racket.

　　坦普尔顿的牙齿很响地啃着木头，发出很大的叽嘎声。

　　"That crazy rat!" thought Wilbur.

　　“那发疯的老鼠！”威尔伯在心里说，

　　"Why does he have to stay up all night,

　　为什么它一定要整夜醒着，

　　grinding his clashers and destroying people's property?

　　叽嘎叽嘎磨它的牙齿、破坏人的财产呢？

　　Why can't he go to sleep, like any decent animal?"

　　为什么它不能像所有正正经经的动物那样睡觉呢？”

1 perfectly   

adv.完美地，无可非议地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The witnesses were each perfectly certain of what they said.证人们个个对自己所说的话十分肯定。
• Everything that we're doing is all perfectly above board.我们做的每件事情都是光明正大的。

2 gnawing   

a.痛苦的，折磨人的

参考例句：

• The dog was gnawing a bone. 那狗在啃骨头。
• These doubts had been gnawing at him for some time. 这些疑虑已经折磨他一段时间了。

3 bin   

n.箱柜；vt.放入箱内；[计算机] DOS文件名:二进制目标文件

参考例句：

• He emptied several bags of rice into a bin.他把几袋米倒进大箱里。
• He threw the empty bottles in the bin.他把空瓶子扔进垃圾箱。