美国语文第五册第150期:鹌鹑(3)-英语课

时间：2019-01-17 作者：英语课 分类：美国语文第五册

英语课

　　I never yet heard of the parental 1 tenderness of a trout 2, eating up his little baby, 我未曾听说有似水柔情的鳟鱼父母，它们能吃光自己的宝贝；

　　nor of the filial gratitude 3 of a spider, nipping the life out of his gray-headed father, and usurping 4 his web. 亦未曾听说有孝顺感恩的蜘蛛，那些能咬死垂老的父母，从而占据它们的窝。
　　But if you would see the purest, the sincerest, the most affecting piety 5 of a parent's love, 但是，如果你觉察到父母对子女纯粹真挚及感人至深的眷爱，
　　startle a young family of quails 6, and watch the conduct of the mother. 势必惊讶于鹌鹑的幼小家庭，不妨看看鹌鹑母亲的所作所为吧。
　　She will not leave you. No, not she. 她不会丢下子女逃之夭夭，决不！
　　But she will fall at your feet, uttering a noise which none but a distressed 7 mother can make, 她会假装落到人们脚边，发出母亲的唯一痛苦声音。
　　and she will run, and flutter, and seem to try to be caught, and cheat your outstretched hand, 她同时奔跑，一边拍动双翼，似乎即将被人捉住。她会欺骗你张开手掌，
　　and affect to be wing-broken and wounded, and yet have just strength to tumble along, 假装它的翅膀断了或受伤，甚至费劲地一路翻滚，
　　until she has drawn 8 you, fatigued 9, a safe distance from her threatened children and the young hopes of her heart; 直到把你折磨得筋疲力尽，将你从她受到生命威胁的孩子处成功引开，这才是她的希望所在。
　　and then will she mount, whirring with glad strength, and away through the maze 10 of trees you have not seen before, 然后，她最终就呼啦啦快乐地飞走，飞进那些你不曾知晓的树林深处，飞去她潜藏孩子的地方，
　　like a close-shot bullet, fly to her skulking 11 infants, 像近距离射出的子弹，倏尔不知所终。
　　Listen now. Do you hear those three half-plaintive notes, quickly and clearly poured out? 听！你听见那三声近乎悲痛哀伤、急速清晰的倾诉心声吗？
　　She is calling the boys and girls together. 她在呼唤她的儿女聚拢一起。

1 parental

adj.父母的；父的；母的

He encourages parental involvement in the running of school.他鼓励学生家长参与学校的管理。
Children always revolt against parental disciplines.孩子们总是反抗父母的管束。

2 trout

n.鳟鱼；鲑鱼(属)

Thousands of young salmon and trout have been killed by the pollution.成千上万的鲑鱼和鳟鱼的鱼苗因污染而死亡。
We hooked a trout and had it for breakfast.我们钓了一条鳟鱼，早饭时吃了。

3 gratitude

adj.感激，感谢

I have expressed the depth of my gratitude to him.我向他表示了深切的谢意。
She could not help her tears of gratitude rolling down her face.她感激的泪珠禁不住沿着面颊流了下来。

4 usurping

篡夺，霸占( usurp的现在分词 )；盗用；篡夺，篡权

Earlier the Ukrainian President dissolved Parliament because it claimed it was usurping power. 之前乌克兰总统解散国会因为国会声称要夺权。

5 piety

n.虔诚，虔敬

They were drawn to the church not by piety but by curiosity.他们去教堂不是出于虔诚而是出于好奇。
Experience makes us see an enormous difference between piety and goodness.经验使我们看到虔诚与善意之间有着巨大的区别。

6 quails

鹌鹑( quail的名词复数 )；鹌鹑肉