夏洛的网 第70期:坏消息(3)

 　　"They're going to what?" screamed Wilbur.

　　“他们要做什么？”威尔伯尖叫起来。

　　Fern grew rigid¹ on her stool.

　　弗恩在她的凳子上呆住了。

　　"Kill you. Turn you into smoked bacon and ham," continued the old sheep.

　　“杀你，把你变成熏肉火腿，”老羊说下去，

　　"Almost all young pigs get murdered by the farmer as soon as the real cold weather sets in.

　　“一到天气变得实在冷时，几乎所有的猪年纪轻轻地就都被农民杀了。

　　There's a regular conspiracy² around here to kill you at Christmastime.

　　在这里，圣诞节杀你们是一种固定的阴谋活动。

　　Everybody is in the plot - Lurvy, Zuckerman, even John Arable³."

　　人人参与——勒维，朱克曼，甚至约翰·阿拉布尔。

　　"Mr. Arable?" sobbed⁴ Wilbur. "Fern's father?"

　　“阿拉布尔先生？”威尔伯哭起来，“弗恩的爸爸？”

　　"Certainly. When a pig is to be butchered, everybody helps.

　　“当然，杀猪人人帮忙。

　　I'm an old sheep and I see the same thing, same old business, year after year.

　　我是只老羊，一年又一年，这同样的事情看多了，都是老一套。

　　Arable arrives with his .22, shoots the ..."

　　那个阿拉布尔拿着他那支点二二口径步枪到这里，一枪……”

1 rigid   

adj.严格的，死板的；刚硬的，僵硬的

参考例句：

• She became as rigid as adamant.她变得如顽石般的固执。
• The examination was so rigid that nearly all aspirants were ruled out.考试很严，几乎所有的考生都被淘汰了。

2 conspiracy   

n.阴谋，密谋，共谋

参考例句：

• The men were found guilty of conspiracy to murder.这些人被裁决犯有阴谋杀人罪。
• He claimed that it was all a conspiracy against him.他声称这一切都是一场针对他的阴谋。

3 arable   

adj.可耕的，适合种植的

参考例句：

• The terrain changed quickly from arable land to desert.那个地带很快就从耕地变成了沙漠。
• Do you know how much arable land has been desolated?你知道什么每年有多少土地荒漠化吗？

4 sobbed   

哭泣，啜泣( sob的过去式和过去分词 )； 哭诉，呜咽地说

参考例句：

• She sobbed out the story of her son's death. 她哭诉着她儿子的死。
• She sobbed out the sad story of her son's death. 她哽咽着诉说她儿子死去的悲惨经过。