夏洛的网 第117期:奇迹(8)

 　　Secrets are hard to keep. Long before Sunday came, the news spread all over the county. 要保密是很难的。离星期日还有好几天，消息却已经在全县传开了。

　　Everybody knew that a sign had appeared in a spider's web on the Zuckerman place. 朱克曼家的一个蜘蛛网出现了征兆这件事，简直无人不晓。

　　Everybody knew that the Zuckermans had a wondrous¹ pig. 个个都知道了朱克曼家有只王牌猪。

　　People came from miles around to look at Wilbur and to read the words on Charlotte's web. 周围多少英里的人赶来看威尔伯，读夏洛的网上那几个大字。

　　The Zuckermans' driveway was full of cars and trucks from morning till night - Fords and Chevvies 朱克曼家的车道上，从早到晚满是小汽车大卡车——福特车、雪佛莱汽车、

　　and Buick roadmasters and GMC pickups and Plymouths and Studebakers and Packards 别克车、通用小卡车、普利茅斯汽车、史蒂倍克汽车、帕卡德汽车、

　　and De Sotos with gyromatic transmissions and Oldsmobiles with rocket engines and Jeep station wagons² and Pontiacs. 带螺旋转动装置的德索托、带火箭发动机的奥尔兹汽车、吉普旅行车、庞蒂亚克汽车。

　　The news of the wonderful pig spread clear up into the hills, and farmers came rattling³ down in buggies and buckboards, 王牌猪的消息一直传到山里，农民乘轻便马车和平板马车嗒嗒嗒地赶来，

　　to stand hour after hour at Wilbur's pen admiring the miraculous⁴ animal. All said they had never seen such a pig before in their lives. 在威尔伯的猪圈前站上一个小时又一个小时，瞻仰这只奇迹般的小猪。大家异口同声地说，他们一辈子都没见过这样一只小猪。

1 wondrous   

adj.令人惊奇的，奇妙的；adv.惊人地；异乎寻常地；令人惊叹地

参考例句：

• The internal structure of the Department is wondrous to behold.看一下国务院的内部结构是很有意思的。
• We were driven across this wondrous vast land of lakes and forests.我们乘车穿越这片有着湖泊及森林的广袤而神奇的土地。

2 wagons   

n.四轮的运货马车( wagon的名词复数 )；铁路货车；小手推车

参考例句：

• The wagons were hauled by horses. 那些货车是马拉的。
• They drew their wagons into a laager and set up camp. 他们把马车围成一圈扎起营地。

3 rattling   

adj. 格格作响的, 活泼的, 很好的 adv. 极其, 很, 非常 动词rattle的现在分词

参考例句：

• This book is a rattling good read. 这是一本非常好的读物。
• At that same instant,a deafening explosion set the windows rattling. 正在这时，一声震耳欲聋的爆炸突然袭来，把窗玻璃震得当当地响。

4 miraculous   

adj.像奇迹一样的，不可思议的

参考例句：

• The wounded man made a miraculous recovery.伤员奇迹般地痊愈了。
• They won a miraculous victory over much stronger enemy.他们战胜了远比自己强大的敌人，赢得了非凡的胜利。