英语小达人 111 Attack of the bats

 　　Attack of the bats

　　 蝙蝠的攻击

　　Dr. Moron¹ and his team of researchers study the sleeping pattern of bats. They believed that bats have dreams just like people.

　　莫朗博士和他的研究生团队要研究蝙蝠的睡眠模式。他们认为蝙蝠和人类一样会做梦。

　　Today he is putting his theories to test in a wet, dark cave filled with hundreds of sleeping bats. It is a dangerous job. If he wakes the bats they might attack him.

　　今天他要在一个又湿又暗、里头满是睡着蝙蝠的洞穴里，对他的理论进行试验。这项工作很危险，一旦惊醒蝙蝠，蝙蝠可能会对他进行攻击。

　　Dr. Moron shines his flashlight into the cave. He is careful not to point it into their eyes. He hunches² over and walks in. There is a strange noise coming from the cave- a hissing³ sound. Dr. Moron shudders⁴. He is scared, but he moves forward.

　　莫朗博士用手电筒照着洞穴，小心翼翼地不让手电筒照到蝙蝠的眼睛；接着弓着背走了进去。洞穴里传来一阵奇怪的嘶嘶声，莫朗博士发起抖来，觉得有点害怕，不过她还是往前继续走。

　　The cave is surprisingly warm and smells like cat fur. Dr. Moron makes a note in his book. While he is writing, his flashlight falls to the ground and goes out. It makes a loud noise as it hits the rocks below.

　　这个洞穴出人意料地温暖，而且闻起来有股猫尿的味道。莫朗博士在他的书上注记下来，结果当他写到一半时，手电筒掉到地上熄灭了；畏怯在撞到下面的石头时，弄出很大的声音。

　　He is standing⁵ in the dark. The loud noise wakes the bats and they attack Dr. Moron. He runs out of the cave screaming. He doesn't stop running until he gets back to his lab. His experiment had failed.

　　他站在黑暗之上，刚才那阵大的声音把蝙蝠给吵醒了，使得蝙蝠开始攻击莫朗博士。他尖叫着跑出了洞穴，一直跑回实验室。他这回的实验算是失败了。

1 moron   

n.极蠢之人，低能儿

参考例句：

• I used to think that Gordon was a moron.我曾以为戈登是个白痴。
• He's an absolute moron!他纯粹是个傻子！

2 hunches   

预感，直觉( hunch的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• A technical sergeant hunches in a cubicle. 一位技术军士在一间小屋里弯腰坐着。
• We often test our hunches on each other. 我们经常互相检验我们的第六感觉。

3 hissing   

n. 发嘶嘶声, 蔑视 动词hiss的现在分词形式

参考例句：

• The steam escaped with a loud hissing noise. 蒸汽大声地嘶嘶冒了出来。
• His ears were still hissing with the rustle of the leaves. 他耳朵里还听得萨萨萨的声音和屑索屑索的怪声。 来自汉英文学 - 春蚕

4 shudders   

n.颤动，打颤，战栗( shudder的名词复数 )v.战栗( shudder的第三人称单数 )；发抖；（机器、车辆等）突然震动；颤动

参考例句：

• It gives me the shudders. （（口语））它使我战栗。 来自辞典例句
• The ghastly sight gave him the shudders. 那恐怖的景象使他感到恐惧。 来自辞典例句

5 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。