英语小达人 255 No Word about Ears

 　　No Word about Ears

　　不能提耳朵

　　Little Johnnys's next doors had a baby. Unfortunately¹, the baby was born without ears.

　　小约翰尼的邻居生了小孩。不幸的是宝宝生来没有耳朵。

　　When they arrived home from the hospital, the parents invited Little Johnny's family to come over and see their new baby. Little Johnny's dad had a talk with little Johnny before going to the neighbors.

　　从医院回到家后，宝宝的父母邀请小约翰尼一家过来看新生儿。在过去之前，爸爸和小约翰尼谈了一次话。

　　He said, "Now, son... that poor baby was born with no ears. I want you to be on your best behavior and not say one word about his ears or I am really going to spank² you when we get back home."

　　爸爸说：“呃，孩子……那个可怜的婴儿生来没有耳朵。我希望你能好好表现，不要提他的耳朵。否则我们回来后，我真的会揍你一顿的。”

　　"I promise not to mention his ears at all," said Little Johnny.

　　小约翰尼答道：“我保证绝不提他的耳朵。”

　　At the neighbor's home, Little Johnny leaned³ over in the crib and touched the baby's hand. He looked at its mother and said, "Oh, what a beautiful little baby." The mother said, "Thank you very much, Little Johnny."

　　在邻居家里，小约翰尼俯身在童床上，摸了摸宝宝的小手。然后转向宝宝的妈妈说：“多漂亮的小宝宝啊！”“太谢谢你这样说了，小约翰尼。”

　　He then said, "This baby has perfect little hands and perfect little feet. Why... just look at his pretty little eyes... Did his doctor say that he can see good?"

　　他又接着说道：“小宝宝长着漂亮的小手和小脚。呃……瞧瞧这对漂亮的眼睛……医生说他的眼睛没问题吧？”

　　The Mother said, "Why, yes Johnny... his doctor said he has 20/20 vision⁴."

　　宝宝妈妈答道：“当然，约翰尼，医生说他的视力足有2.0。”

　　Little Johnny said, "Well, it's a good thing, 'cause he sure couldn't wear glasses!!!"

　　小约翰尼说：“哦，这就好啦，因为他肯定戴不了眼镜！！！”

1 unfortunately   

adv.不幸地，可惜的是

参考例句：

• I called on you yesterday,but unfortunately you were out.昨天我来看你，但是不幸的是你不在。
• She had gone home,unfortunately.遗憾的是她已回家了。

2 spank   

v.打，拍打(在屁股上)

参考例句：

• Be careful.If you don't work hard,I'll spank your bottom.你再不好好学习，小心被打屁股。
• He does it very often.I really get mad.I can't help spank him sometimes.他经常这样做。我很气愤。有时候我忍不住打他的屁股。

3 leaned   

v.（使）倾斜，屈身( lean的过去式和过去分词 )；倚；依赖；使斜靠

参考例句：

• He leaned forward, his hands clasped tightly together. 他俯身向前，双手十字交错地紧握着。
• He leaned back, exulting at the success of his plan. 他向后一靠，为自己计划成功而得意扬扬。

4 vision   

n.视觉，先见之明，光景，视力，眼力，幻想，影像；vt.幻想

参考例句：

• The wall cuts across our line of vision.那面墙挡住了我们的视线。
• Much reading has impaired his vision.大量读书损害了他的视力。