夏洛的网 第52期:夏洛(10)

 　　A fly that had been crawling along Wilbur's trough had flown up

　　一只苍蝇本来在威尔伯的食物槽上爬，这会儿飞起来，

　　and blundered into the lower part of Charlotte's web and was tangled¹ in the sticky threads.

　　撞到夏洛那个网的底下部分，给黏性的蜘蛛丝缠住了。

　　The fly was beating its wings furiously, trying to break loose and free itself.

　　苍蝇拼命扑打翅膀，想要挣脱逃走。

　　"First," said Charlotte, "I dive at him."

　　“首先，”夏洛说，“我向它潜下去。”

　　She plunged² headfirst toward the fly.

　　它头在前向苍蝇扑下去。

　　As she dropped, a tiny silken thread unwound from her rear end.

　　它下来时，一根细丝从它后面吐出来。

　　夏洛的网

　　"Next, I wrap him up." She grabbed the fly, threw a few jets of silk around it,

　　“接下来，我把它捆住，”它抓住苍蝇，吐出几根丝捆住它，

　　and rolled it over and over, wrapping it so that it couldn't move.

　　把它翻过来翻过去，捆得它动也不能动。

　　Wilbur watched in horror. He could hardly believe what he was seeing,

　　威尔伯惊恐地看着。它简直不能相信它所看到的事，

　　and although he detested³ flies, he was sorry for this one.

　　虽然它讨厌苍蝇，可为这一只感到难过。

　　"There!" said Charlotte.

　　“好了！”夏洛说，

　　"Now I knock him out, so he'll be more comfortable."

　　“现在我让它失去知觉，好叫它舒服些。”

　　She bit the fly. "He can't feel a thing now," she remarked.

　　它咬了苍蝇一口。“它现在什么感觉也没有了，”它说，

　　"He'll make a perfect breakfast for me."

　　“它可以当我的美味早餐了。”

1 tangled   

adj. 纠缠的，紊乱的 动词tangle的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• Your hair's so tangled that I can't comb it. 你的头发太乱了，我梳不动。
• A movement caught his eye in the tangled undergrowth. 乱灌木丛里的晃动引起了他的注意。

2 plunged   

v.颠簸( plunge的过去式和过去分词 )；暴跌；骤降；突降

参考例句：

• The train derailed and plunged into the river. 火车脱轨栽进了河里。
• She lost her balance and plunged 100 feet to her death. 她没有站稳，从100英尺的高处跌下摔死了。

3 detested   

v.憎恶，嫌恶，痛恨( detest的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• They detested each other on sight. 他们互相看着就不顺眼。
• The freethinker hated the formalist; the lover of liberty detested the disciplinarian. 自由思想者总是不喜欢拘泥形式者，爱好自由者总是憎恶清规戒律者。 来自辞典例句