夏洛的网 第76期:家里的谈话(3)

 　　"Charlotte?" said Mrs. Arable¹. "Who's Charlotte?"

　　“夏洛？”阿拉布尔太太说，“夏洛是谁？”

　　"She's Wilbur's best friend. She's terribly clever."

　　“是威尔伯最好的朋友。它聪明极了。”

　　"What does she look like?" asked Mrs. Arable.

　　“她是什么样子的？”阿拉布尔太太问道。

　　"Well-l," said Fern, thoughtfully, "she has eight legs. All spiders do, I guess."

　　“这——个嘛，”弗恩一边想一边回答，“它有八条腿。我想所有的蜘蛛都有八条腿。”

　　"Charlotte is a spider?" asked Fern's mother.

　　“夏洛是只蜘蛛？”弗恩的妈妈问道。

　　Fern nodded. "A big grey one.

　　弗恩点点头。“一只灰色的大蜘蛛。

　　She has a web across the top of Wilbur's doorway².

　　它在威尔伯的门口顶上织了张网。

　　She catches flies and sucks their blood. Wilbur adores her."

　　它捉苍蝇吸它们的血。威尔伯对它佩服极了。”

　　"Does he really?" said Mrs. Arable, rather vaguely³.

　　“威尔伯真这样？”阿拉布尔太太含含糊糊地说。

　　She was staring at Fern with a worried expression on her face.

　　她看着弗恩的脸，十分担心的样子。

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？

2 doorway   

n.门口，(喻)入门；门路，途径

参考例句：

• They huddled in the shop doorway to shelter from the rain.他们挤在商店门口躲雨。
• Mary suddenly appeared in the doorway.玛丽突然出现在门口。

3 vaguely   

adv.含糊地，暖昧地

参考例句：

• He had talked vaguely of going to work abroad.他含糊其词地说了到国外工作的事。
• He looked vaguely before him with unseeing eyes.他迷迷糊糊的望着前面，对一切都视而不见。