英国语文第一册 第47期:参观小店铺

 　　LESSON 47 A VISIT TO THE BLACKSMITH'S SHOP 第四十七课 访问Blacksmith的小店铺

　　Come, let us go to the smith's shop. What is he doing? 过来，让我们走进smith的店铺。他正在忙什么呢？

　　He has a forge: he blows the fire with a great pair of bellows¹, to make the iron hot. 他有一个铁匠铺：他用一双风箱吹火让铁烧的更红。

　　Now he takes it out with the tongs², and puts it upon the anvil³.  现在他用铁钳把铁拿出来放在了铁板上。

　　Now he beats it with a hammer. How hard he works! The sparks fly about; pretty bright sparks. 现在他用锤子锤打铁。工作很辛苦，火花四射相当明亮。

　　What is the blacksmith making? He is making nails, and horse-shoes, and a great many things. Blacksmith正在制作什么呢？他在做钉子，马掌，还有好多其他的东西。

　　What are nails and horse-shoes made of? They are made of iron. Iron is of great use to us.  钉子和马掌是由什么制成的呢？是铁，铁对我们来说用途很大。

　　It is used to make ploughs, wheels, ships, steam-engines, and all kinds of things. We could not do without iron. 被用来做犁子，轮子，船，蒸汽机还有其他的很多东西。我们离不开铁。

　　Steel is made of iron. Steel is very bright, and sharp, and hard. Knives and scissors are made of steel. 钢是由铁制成的。钢很亮，很尖，很硬。刀片和剪刀都是由钢制成的。

1 bellows   

n.风箱；发出吼叫声，咆哮（尤指因痛苦）( bellow的名词复数 )；（愤怒地）说出（某事），大叫v.发出吼叫声，咆哮（尤指因痛苦）( bellow的第三人称单数 )；（愤怒地）说出（某事），大叫

参考例句：

• His job is to blow the bellows for the blacksmith. 他的工作是给铁匠拉风箱。 来自辞典例句
• You could, I suppose, compare me to a blacksmith's bellows. 我想，你可能把我比作铁匠的风箱。 来自辞典例句

2 tongs   

n.钳；夹子

参考例句：

• She used tongs to put some more coal on the fire.她用火钳再夹一些煤放进炉子里。
• He picked up the hot metal with a pair of tongs.他用一把钳子夹起这块热金属。

3 anvil   

n.铁钻

参考例句：

• The blacksmith shaped a horseshoe on his anvil.铁匠在他的铁砧上打出一个马蹄形。
• The anvil onto which the staples are pressed was not assemble correctly.订书机上的铁砧安装错位。