英语美文：童趣童真

 　　Childrens Tiff¹

　　Two little kids went out to play

　　In their backyard one summer day.  

　　They gazed at cotton candy sky,

　　And argued as the clouds sailed by.

　　"There goes a fluffy² sheep!" Tim cried,

　　As Kimmy scrutinized³ the sky.

　　"I do not see a sheep," she said.

　　"I see a flock of birds, instead."

　　"How lovely are the birds!" said he.

　　"Look there's a swarm⁴ of bumble bees,

　　And there goes a train, a foot long!"

　　"Oh no brother, you are so wrong."

　　"Pesky Kimmy, don't be a pain,

　　'Cos you are driving me insane.

　　Go away and leave me alone

　　To just imagine on my own!"

　　"Okay then, I'll leave you alone,

　　But when you see a shape unknown,

　　Do not go screaming out to me,

　　'Cos I won't tell you what I see."

　　"Leave me alone and let me be,

　　I don't need you to play with me!"

　　Feeling lonely, she blurted⁵ out,

　　"If you need me just give a shout!"

　　Notefluffy：披着绒毛的　　scrutinized：细察　　flock：一群　　insane：极愚蠢的    blurted：未加思索地冲口而出

1 tiff   

n.小争吵，生气

参考例句：

• They patched up their tiff again.他们平息了争执，又和好如初了。
• There was a new tiff between the two girls.那两个女孩之间有一场新的吵嘴。

2 fluffy   

adj.有绒毛的，空洞的

参考例句：

• Newly hatched chicks are like fluffy balls.刚孵出的小鸡像绒毛球。
• The steamed bread is very fluffy.馒头很暄。

3 scrutinized   

v.仔细检查，详审( scrutinize的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The jeweler scrutinized the diamond for flaws. 宝石商人仔细察看钻石有无瑕庇 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• Together we scrutinized the twelve lemon cakes from the delicatessen shop. 我们一起把甜食店里买来的十二块柠檬蛋糕细细打量了一番。 来自英汉文学 - 盖茨比

4 swarm   

n.(昆虫)等一大群；vi.成群飞舞；蜂拥而入

参考例句：

• There is a swarm of bees in the tree.这树上有一窝蜜蜂。
• A swarm of ants are moving busily.一群蚂蚁正在忙碌地搬家。

5 blurted   

v.突然说出，脱口而出( blurt的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• She blurted it out before I could stop her. 我还没来得及制止，她已脱口而出。
• He blurted out the truth, that he committed the crime. 他不慎说出了真相，说是他犯了那个罪。 来自《简明英汉词典》