夏洛的网 第175期:叔叔(1)

 　　CHAPTER 17  Uncle 第十七章   “叔叔”

　　When they pulled into the Fair Grounds, 车子开进集市场地时，

　　they could hear music and see the Ferris wheel turning in the sky. 他们听到音乐声，看到费里斯转轮在空中旋转。

　　They could smell the dust of the race track where the sprinkling cart had moistened it; 他们闻到被洒水车洒湿了的跑道的灰尘气味，

　　and they could smell hamburgers frying and see balloons aloft. 闻到煎牛肉饼的香味，看到气球飘在空中。

　　They could hear sheep blatting in their pens. 他们听到羊在羊栏里咩咩叫。

　　An enormous voice over the loudspeaker said: 扩音器里有人大声说：

　　"Attention, please! Will the owner of a Pontiac car, license¹ number H-2439, “请注意！那辆庞蒂亚克的车主，牌照号码h—2439，

　　please move your car away from the fireworks shed!" 请把你的汽车开走，不要停在烟火棚前面！”

　　"Can I have some money?" asked Fern. “可以给我点钱吗？”弗恩问道。

　　"Can I, too?" asked Avery. “也给我一点吗？”艾弗里问道。

　　"I'm going to win a doll by spinning a wheel and it will stop at the right number," said Fern. “我要去转轮盘赢一个洋娃娃，它一定停在我押的号码上面，”弗恩说。

　　"I'm going to steer² a jet plane and make it bump into another one." 我要去开喷气式飞机，让它撞另外一架。”

　　"Can I have a balloon?" asked Fern. “可以给我买个气球吗？”弗恩问道。

　　"Can I have a frozen custard and a cheeseburger and some raspberry soda³ pop?" asked Avery. “可以给我买奶油冰淇淋、干酪三明治、悬钩子汽水吗？”艾弗里问道。

　　"You children be quiet till we get the pig unloaded," said Mrs. Arable⁴. “你们孩子别吵，先等我们把猪搬下车。”阿拉布尔太太说。

1 license   

n.执照，许可证，特许；v.许可，特许

参考例句：

• The foreign guest has a license on the person.这个外国客人随身携带执照。
• The driver was arrested for having false license plates on his car.司机由于使用假车牌而被捕。

2 steer   

vt.驾驶，为…操舵；引导；vi.驾驶

参考例句：

• If you push the car, I'll steer it.如果你来推车，我就来驾车。
• It's no use trying to steer the boy into a course of action that suits you.想说服这孩子按你的方式行事是徒劳的。

3 soda   

n.苏打水；汽水

参考例句：

• She doesn't enjoy drinking chocolate soda.她不喜欢喝巧克力汽水。
• I will freshen your drink with more soda and ice cubes.我给你的饮料重加一些苏打水和冰块。

4 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？