夏洛的网 第157期:多里安医生(11)

 　　"Oh, Avery," chuckled¹ Mrs. Arable². “噢，艾弗里，”阿拉布尔太太格格笑，

　　"Avery is always fine. “艾弗里一直很好。

　　Of course, he gets into poison ivy³ and gets stung by wasps⁴ and bees and brings frogs and snakes home 当然，他碰上过毒漆，被黄蜂和蜜蜂蛰过，把青蛙和蛇带回来。

　　and breaks everything he lays his hands on. 而且手碰到什么打破什么。

　　He's fine." 不过他很好。”

　　"Good!" said the doctor. “那就好！”医生说。

　　Mrs. Arable said goodbye and thanked Dr. Dorian very much for his advice. 阿拉布尔太太跟多里安医生告别，非常感谢他的指点。

　　She felt greatly relieved. 她完全放心了。

1 chuckled   

轻声地笑( chuckle的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• She chuckled at the memory. 想起这件事她就暗自发笑。
• She chuckled softly to herself as she remembered his astonished look. 想起他那惊讶的表情，她就轻轻地暗自发笑。

2 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？

3 ivy   

n.常青藤，常春藤

参考例句：

• Her wedding bouquet consisted of roses and ivy.她的婚礼花篮包括玫瑰和长春藤。
• The wall is covered all over with ivy.墙上爬满了常春藤。

4 wasps   

黄蜂( wasp的名词复数 )； 胡蜂； 易动怒的人； 刻毒的人

参考例句：

• There's a wasps' nest in that old tree. 那棵老树上有一个黄蜂巢。
• We live in dread not only of unpleasant insects like spiders or wasps, but of quite harmless ones like moths. 我们不仅生活在对象蜘蛛或黄蜂这样的小虫的惧怕中，而且生活在对诸如飞蛾这样无害昆虫的惧怕中