英语小达人 112 Falling over the falls

 　　Falling over the falls

　　 堕落瀑布

　　Sure lots of people had done it. The first person to do it and live was a woman in the 1800s. Well, now it was Tammy's turn. She was going to get into a barrel¹ and be pushed from the top of Niagara Falls!

　　这件事的确有很多人做过，第一个做这件事又活下来的人士1800年代的意味女性。现在嘛，该轮到泰咪上场了。她即将进入一个大桶子里，然后让人从尼加拉瀑布最上面推下去！

　　People from newspapers came to take her picture. Her mother and sister were there for support. A few tourists watched and some took pictures.

　　人们从报纸上得知此一消息，纷纷前来替她拍照。她妈妈和姐姐也在那里帮忙。有些游客在那里观看，有些游客则在拍照。

　　Tammy climbed in to the barrel and looked over the 175-foot waterfall. They put on the lid and pushed her over.

　　泰咪爬进桶子，看着175英尺高的瀑布。他们盖上盖子，然后把她推了下去。

　　Inside the barrel Tammy knocked around like a penny in a jar. She was falling fast, and the pressure was almost too much. Water was leaking in the cracks. Tammy tried to plug her ears.

　　泰咪在桶子里面撞来撞去，就像罐子里的一分硬币一样。她坠落的速度很快，而且水压有点过大。水从裂缝里漏了进来，外面的水声则是大得要命，于是泰咪试着堵住耳朵。

　　She fell further and further, until she hit the water like a sack² of rocks. The barrel sunk down into the lake at the bottom of the waterfall. Just when Tammy thought she was going to die, the barrel bounced³ out of the water and floated to shore.

　　她进一步往下坠落，最后像一袋石头一样打中水面。桶子在瀑布下面往湖底下沉，就在泰咪觉得自己快活不成时，桶子弹出水面漂到了岸边。

　　She made it! She went over Niagara Falls and lived!

　　她成功了！她征服了尼加拉瀑布而活了下来！

1 barrel   

n.圆桶；一桶的量；枪管；vt.把...装桶

参考例句：

• I drew off three pints of beer from the barrel.我从酒桶里抽出三品脱啤酒。
• The man rolled the barrel into the yard.那个人把圆桶滚进院子。

2 sack   

n.袋子，劫掠；vt.解雇，劫掠，把...装入袋子

参考例句：

• They made him pay for his offence by giving him the sack.他们解雇了他，从而使他因自己的过错而受到了惩罚。
• If you're late again tomorrow,you'll get the sack!如果你明天再迟到，那就卷铺盖走吧！

3 bounced   

v.弹回( bounce的过去式和过去分词 )；（电子邮件）被退回；拒付；（朝某个方向）颠簸行进

参考例句：

• The ball bounced twice before he could reach it. 球弹了两次他才接到。
• The new car bounced along the bumpy mountain road. 这辆新车在崎岖的山路上颠簸行驶。 来自《简明英汉词典》