夏洛的网 第54期:夏洛(12)

 　　"Why not? It's true, and I have to say what is true.

　　“为什么不说？这是真的，我得说实话。

　　I am not entirely¹ happy about my diet of flies and bugs², but it's the way I'm made.

　　我对吃苍蝇和甲虫并不真正感到快活，可我天生就这样。

　　A spider has to pick up a living somehow or other, and I happen to be a trapper.

　　蜘蛛总得想办法活下去啊，碰巧我是一个结网捉虫的。

　　I just naturally build a web and trap flies and other insects.

　　我只是生来就结网捉苍蝇和其他昆虫。

　　My mother was a trapper before me. Her mother was a trapper before her.

　　在我之前，我妈妈结网捉虫。在它之前，它妈妈结网捉虫。

　　All our family have been trappers.

　　我们一家都结网捉虫。

　　Way back for thousands and thousands of years we spiders have been laying for flies and bugs."

　　再回过去几千几万年，我们蜘蛛一直埋伏着捉苍蝇和甲虫。”

　　夏洛的网

　　"It's a miserable³ inheritance," said Wilbur, gloomily.

　　“这真是一种悲惨的遗传，”威尔伯难过地说。

　　He was sad because his new friend was so bloodthirsty.

　　它之所以这么难过是因为它这位新朋友那么嗜血。

　　"Yes, it is," agreed Charlotte. "But I can't help it.

　　“不错，是这样，”夏洛同意说，“可我没办法。

　　I don't know how the first spider in the early days of the world

　　我不知道开天辟地以来，第一只蜘蛛是怎么会

　　happened to think up this fancy idea of spinning a web,

　　想出结网这个异想天开的主意的，

　　but she did, and it was clever of her, too.

　　可它做到了，它也真叫聪明。

　　And since then, all of us spiders have had to work the same trick. It's not a bad pitch, on the whole."

　　从此以后，我们所有的蜘蛛都得玩同样的把戏。总的说来，这不是个坏点子。”

1 entirely   

ad.全部地，完整地；完全地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The fire was entirely caused by their neglect of duty. 那场火灾完全是由于他们失职而引起的。
• His life was entirely given up to the educational work. 他的一生统统献给了教育工作。

2 bugs   

adj.疯狂的，发疯的n.窃听器( bug的名词复数 )；病菌；虫子；[计算机]（制作软件程序所产生的意料不到的）错误

参考例句：

• All programs have bugs and need endless refinement. 所有的程序都有漏洞，都需要不断改进。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The sacks of rice were swarming with bugs. 一袋袋的米里长满了虫子。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 miserable   

adj.悲惨的，痛苦的；可怜的，糟糕的

参考例句：

• It was miserable of you to make fun of him.你取笑他，这是可耻的。
• Her past life was miserable.她过去的生活很苦。