温馨夜读 PART1 05 A Friend In Need 患难真情
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[00:00.56]A Friend In Need 患难真情
[00:08.32]Brownie and Spotty were neighbor dogs who met every day to play together.
[00:15.00]Like pairs of dogs you can find in any neighborhood,
[00:18.24]these two loved each other and played together so often
[00:22.11]that they had worn a path through the grass of the field between their respective houses.
[00:27.69]One evening, Brownie's family noticed that Brownie hadn't returned home.
[00:32.83]They went looking for him with no success.
[00:35.89]Brownie didn't show up the next day,
[00:38.15]and, despite their efforts to find him, by the next week he was still missing.
[00:43.77]Curiously, Spotty showed up at Brownie's house alone.
[00:47.71]Barking, whining 1 and generally pestering 2 Brownie's human family.
[00:52.63]Busy with their own lives, they just ignored the nervous little neighbor dog.
[00:58.21]Finally, one morning Spotty refused to take“no”for an answer.
[01:03.79]Ted 3, Brownie's owner, was steadily 4 harassed 5 by the furious, adamant 6 little dog.
[01:10.69]Spotty followed Ted about, barking insistently 7,
[01:14.30]then darting 8 toward a nearby empty lot and back,
[01:18.13]as if to say,“Follow me! It's urgent!”
[01:21.08]Eventually, Ted followed the frantic 9 Spotty across the empty lot
[01:26.77]as Spotty paused to race back and bark encouragingly.
[01:30.86]The little dog led the man under a tree, past clumps 10 of trees,
[01:35.78]to a desolate 11 spot a half mile from the house.
[01:38.70]There Ted found his beloved Brownie alive,
[01:42.45]one of his hind 12 legs crushed in a steel leghold trap.
[01:46.79]Horrified, Ted now wished he'd taken Spotty's earlier appeals seriously.
[01:53.14]Then Ted noticed something quite remarkable 13.
[01:56.86]Spotty had done more than simply led Brownie's human owner to his trapped friend.
[02:02.87]In a circle around the injured dog,
[02:05.50]Ted found an array of dog food and table scraps
[02:09.46]which were later identified as the remains 14 of every meal Spotty had been fed that week!
[02:15.89]Spotty had been visiting Brownie regularly,
[02:18.99]in a single minded quest to keep his friend alive by sacrificing his own comfort.
[02:25.08]Spotty had evidently stayed with Brownie to protect him from predators 15,
[02:30.33]snuggling with him at night to keep him warm and nuzzling him to keep his spirits up.
[02:36.35]Brownie recovered. For many years thereafter,
[02:39.75]the two families watched the faithful friends frolicking and chasing each other
[02:44.59]down that well worn path between their houses.
[02:47.51]No matter what occurs,
[02:49.68]we should be loyal to our friends and help them out of trouble.
[02:52.98]Only in this way can we make true friends and be true friends to others.
- He's always pestering me to help him with his homework. 他总是泡蘑菇要我帮他做作业。
- I'm telling you once and for all, if you don't stop pestering me you'll be sorry. 我这是最后一次警告你。如果你不停止纠缠我，你将来会后悔的。
- The invaders gut ted the village.侵略者把村中财物洗劫一空。
- She often teds the corn when it's sunny.天好的时候她就翻晒玉米。
- The scope of man's use of natural resources will steadily grow.人类利用自然资源的广度将日益扩大。
- Our educational reform was steadily led onto the correct path.我们的教学改革慢慢上轨道了。
- We are adamant on the building of a well-off society.在建设小康社会这一点上，我们是坚定不移的。
- Veronica was quite adamant that they should stay on.维罗妮卡坚信他们必须继续留下去。
- Still Rhett did not look at her. His eyes were bent insistently on Melanie's white face. 瑞德还是看也不看她，他的眼睛死死地盯着媚兰苍白的脸。
- These are the questions which we should think and explore insistently. 怎样实现这一主体性等问题仍要求我们不断思考、探索。
- Swallows were darting through the clouds. 燕子穿云急飞。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- Swallows were darting through the air. 燕子在空中掠过。 来自辞典例句
- I've had a frantic rush to get my work done.我急急忙忙地赶完工作。
- He made frantic dash for the departing train.他发疯似地冲向正开出的火车。
- These plants quickly form dense clumps. 这些植物很快形成了浓密的树丛。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The bulbs were over. All that remained of them were clumps of brown leaves. 这些鳞茎死了，剩下的只是一丛丛的黃叶子。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The city was burned into a desolate waste.那座城市被烧成一片废墟。
- We all felt absolutely desolate when she left.她走后，我们都觉得万分孤寂。
- The animal is able to stand up on its hind limbs.这种动物能够用后肢站立。
- Don't hind her in her studies.不要在学业上扯她后腿。
- She has made remarkable headway in her writing skills.她在写作技巧方面有了长足进步。
- These cars are remarkable for the quietness of their engines.这些汽车因发动机没有噪音而不同凡响。