夏洛的网 第56期:夏洛(14)

 　　The goose had been listening to this conversation and chuckling¹ to herself.

　　母鹅听到了它们这番对话，在那里咯咯暗笑：

　　"There are a lot of things Wilbur doesn't know about life," she thought.

　　“生活里有许多事威尔伯还不懂，”它想，

　　"He's really a very innocent little pig.

　　“它的确是只非常天真的小猪。

　　He doesn't even know what's going to happen to him around Christmastime;

　　它甚至不知道到了圣诞节有什么事要临头；

　　he has no idea that Mr. Zuckerman and Lurvy are plotting to kill him."

　　它一点不知道，朱克曼先生和勒维正在阴谋杀掉它。”

　　And the goose raised herself a bit

　　母鹅挺起点身子，

　　and poked² her eggs a little further under her

　　把身子底下那些蛋拨开一点，

　　so that they would receive the full heat from her warm body and soft feathers.

　　好叫它们充分得到它暖和的身体和蓬松的羽毛的温暖。

1 chuckling   

轻声地笑( chuckle的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• I could hear him chuckling to himself as he read his book. 他看书时，我能听见他的轻声发笑。
• He couldn't help chuckling aloud. 他忍不住的笑了出来。 来自汉英文学 - 骆驼祥子

2 poked   

v.伸出( poke的过去式和过去分词 )；戳出；拨弄；与（某人）性交

参考例句：

• She poked him in the ribs with her elbow. 她用胳膊肘顶他的肋部。
• His elbow poked out through his torn shirt sleeve. 他的胳膊从衬衫的破袖子中露了出来。 来自《简明英汉词典》