英语小达人 119 From California to Mexico

 　　From California to Mexico

　　第23单元 从加州到墨西哥

　　Frank waved goodbye to all his friends there to wish him off. He jumped on his bike and started to pedal¹. First he would pedal to the end of his block and then to the outskirt of town and then right out of the state of California.

　　法兰克向前来祝他好运的朋友们挥手道别。他跳上脚踏车，踩着踏板开始出发。他要先骑到街尾再骑到市郊，然后直接骑出加州市。

　　Frank was riding his bike all the way along the coast to Mexico. The first day of his trip was good. The weather was nice and there were few hills. In fact, his first week was good, with the exception of a flat tire and mild sunburn.

　　法兰克打算沿着海岸一路骑着脚踏车到墨西哥。第一天行程还算顺利，天气很棒，斜坡也不多。事实上，除了爆胎和轻微的晒伤外，第一周情况算是不错。

　　Halfway² into his second week, Frank began to feel tired. A storm was coming. There was nowhere for him to stop for miles. He kept pedaling³ even though his legs were sore and tired. Then it began to rain a heavy, cold rain.

　　但是第二周过了一半时，法兰克开始觉得累了。而且出现了一场暴风雨；放眼望去，好几英里内都没有地方可以让他停下来躲避，尽管他的腿又痛又累，也只好不停地踩着脚踏车。

　　Frank could hardly see. His breath was getting short, his chest hurt. He had to keep going. Frank drove all through the night. By morning the storm had quit and the sun was out as Frank arrived at the Mexican border, tired and sore.

　　接着天空开始下起又大又冷的雨，让法拉克几乎看不到东西。他的呼吸越来越短促，胸口也开始疼痛，但仍需不断往前才行。法兰克整晚不停地骑，到了早上，暴风雨终于平息，太阳也出来了，这时全身疲累又酸痛的法兰克也骑到了墨西哥边境。

　　He had made it. He had biked all the way to Mexico!

　　他总算成功了，终于骑着脚踏车一路抵达了墨西哥！

1 pedal   

n.踏板；adj.脚的，踏脚的；v.用脚踏动，踩踏板

参考例句：

• He pressed down the accelerator pedal of his car.他踩下汽车的加速器踏板。
• I saw him pedal to school every morning.我看到他每天早晨骑自行车上学。

2 halfway   

adj.中途的，不彻底的，部分的；adv.半路地，在中途，在半途

参考例句：

• We had got only halfway when it began to get dark.走到半路，天就黑了。
• In study the worst danger is give up halfway.在学习上，最忌讳的是有始无终。

3 pedaling   

vt.& vi.踩自行车的踏板（pedal的现在分词形式）

参考例句：

• The back pedaling brake of the bike is out of order. 这辆自行车的倒轮闸失灵了。 来自互联网
• Suspension system effectively reduces reacting force of pedaling. 避震系统可以有效的减缓踩踏时的反作用力。 来自互联网