夏洛的网 第178期:叔叔(4)

 　　As soon as the people were gone, Charlotte spoke¹ to Wilbur. 人们一走，夏洛就对威尔伯说：

　　"It's a good thing you can't see what I see," she said. “我在上面看到的东西是你在下面看不到的。”它说。

　　"What do you see?" asked Wilbur. “你看到什么了？”威尔伯问道。

　　"There's a pig in the next pen and he's enormous. “隔壁猪圈有只猪，很大很大。

　　I'm afraid he's much bigger than you are." 我怕它比你大多了。”

　　"Maybe he's older than I am, and has had more time to grow," suggested Wilbur. “也许它的岁数比我大，活得比我长。”威尔伯说。

　　Tears began to come to his eyes. 它的眼里流出了泪水。

　　"I'll drop down and have a closer look," Charlotte said. “让我吊下去好好近看看它。”夏洛说。

　　Then she crawled along a beam till she was directly over the next pen. 于是它顺着横梁爬到隔壁猪圈上面。

　　She let herself down on a dragline until she hung in the air just in front of the big pig's snout. 它吐出一根长丝，一直落到那大猪的鼻子前面。

　　"May I have your name?" she asked, politely. “能请问一下，你叫什么名字吗？”夏洛彬彬有礼地问道。

　　The pig stared at her. 那猪看着它。

　　"No name," he said in a big, hearty² voice. "Just call me Uncle." “我没有名字，”它响亮地大声说。“那就叫我‘叔叔’吧。”

　　"Very well, Uncle," replied Charlotte. “很好，‘叔叔’，”夏洛回答说，

　　"What is the date of your birth? Are you a spring pig?" “你是哪一天出生的？你是春猪吗？”

　　"Sure I'm a spring pig," replied Uncle. “我当然是春猪，”“叔叔”回答说，

　　"What did you think I was, a spring chicken? “你以为我是什么，一只春鸡吗？

　　Haw, haw - that's a good one, eh, Sister." 哈，哈——这笑话不错吧，对吗，小妹妹？”

　　"Mildly funny," said Charlotte. "I've heard funnier ones, though. “相当滑稽，”夏洛说，“不过我听到过更滑稽的。

　　Glad to have met you, and now I must be going." 很高兴碰到你，现在我得走了。”

　　She ascended³ slowly and returned to Wilbur's pen. 夏洛慢慢地爬上去，回到威尔伯的猪圈。

1 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

2 hearty   

adj.热情友好的；衷心的；尽情的，纵情的

参考例句：

• After work they made a hearty meal in the worker's canteen.工作完了，他们在工人食堂饱餐了一顿。
• We accorded him a hearty welcome.我们给他热忱的欢迎。

3 ascended   

v.上升，攀登( ascend的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He has ascended into heaven. 他已经升入了天堂。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The climbers slowly ascended the mountain. 爬山运动员慢慢地登上了这座山。 来自《简明英汉词典》