散文：忠诚的朋友Part 11

【英文原文】

  "The next day he was nailing up some honeysuckle against the porch, when he heard the Miller¹'s voice calling to him from the road. So he jumped off the ladder, and ran down the garden, and looked over the wall.

  "There was the Miller with a large sack of flour on his back.

  "'Dear little Hans,' said the Miller, 'would you mind carrying this sack of flour for me to market?'

  "'Oh, I am so sorry,' said Hans, 'but I am really very busy to-day. I have got all my creepers to nail up, and all my flowers to water, and all my grass to roll.'

  "'Well, really,' said the Miller, 'I think that, considering that I am going to give you my wheelbarrow, it is rather unfriendly of you to refuse.'

  "'Oh, don't say that,' cried little Hans, 'I wouldn't be unfriendly for the whole world'; and he ran in for his cap, and trudged² off with the big sack on his shoulders.

 

【词汇简析】

honeysuckle n. 忍冬花

creeper n. 藤蔓

1 miller   

n.磨坊主

参考例句：

• Every miller draws water to his own mill.磨坊主都往自己磨里注水。
• The skilful miller killed millions of lions with his ski.技术娴熟的磨坊主用雪橇杀死了上百万头狮子。

2 trudged   

vt.& vi.跋涉，吃力地走（trudge的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• He trudged the last two miles to the town. 他步履艰难地走完最后两英里到了城里。
• He trudged wearily along the path. 他沿着小路疲惫地走去。 来自《简明英汉词典》