夏洛的网 第74期:家里的谈话

 　　Chapter 8 A Talk at Home

　　第八章 家里的谈话

　　On Sunday morning Mr. and Mrs. Arable¹ and Fern were sitting at breakfast in the kitchen.

　　星期日早晨，阿拉布尔先生和太太跟弗恩一起坐在厨房里吃早饭。

　　Avery had finished and was upstairs looking for his slingshot.

　　艾弗里已经吃好，正在楼上找他的弹弓。

　　"Did you know that Uncle Homer's goslings had hatched?" asked Fern.

　　“你们知道吗，霍默舅舅的小鹅已经孵出来了？”弗恩问道。

　　"How many?" asked Mr. Arable.

　　“多少只？”阿拉布尔先生问道。

　　"Seven," replied Fern.

　　“七只，”弗恩回答，

　　"There were eight eggs but one egg didn't hatch

　　“蛋有八个，可其中一个没孵出小鹅来，

　　and the goose told Templeton she didn't want it any more, so he took it away."

　　母鹅对坦普尔顿说，这蛋它不要了，坦普尔顿可以把它拿走。”

1 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？