One summer, when Sam Beaver was about twenty, he and his father were sitting in their camp in Canada. 一个夏天的某日,快长到二十岁的萨姆正和它的父亲坐在他们在加拿大的营帐里。 It was after supper. Mr. Beaver was roc

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From Boston, Louis would lead his family to the Philadelphia Zoo and show them Bird Lake. 离开波士顿后,路易斯会领着全家飞到费城动物园,让他们看看鸟湖。 Here, he would be greeted warmly by the Head Man in Charge of Bird

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Meantime, back on the sidewalk in front of the music store, the judge was announcing his decision. 这时候,在乐器店门前的人行道上,那个法官正在宣布他的判决。 On the basis of the testimony, he said solemnly, 根据证词,他

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讲解文本: brag 吹牛,自夸,夸口 Don't brag about what you're going to do. Do something first. 先别吹你要做什么,做出点事情来。 He often brags about how well he plays football. 他常常自夸他足球踢得如何如何好。

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Call an ambulance! screamed the lady. 叫救护车!那个女士尖叫。 I'll have to take that money to the station house, said the policeman. 我要把这些钱带到警察局去,那个警察说, This is a complicated case. Anything that invo

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A policeman hurried to the scene and started to hold the crowd back. 一个警察赶到了出事现场,把人群往后推。 Stand back! he shouted. The swan is wounded. Give him air! 退后!他大喊,这只天鹅受伤了。让他透透气!

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Chapter 4 The Cygnets 第四章 小天鹅 During the night, the swan thought she heard a pipping sound from the eggs. 那天夜里,雌天鹅觉得她听到了小天鹅用嘴啄蛋壳的声音。 And in the hour just before dawn, she was sure she fe

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Late in the afternoon, the swan was rewarded for her patience. 下午晚些时候,雌天鹅的耐心得到了回报。 She gazed down, and there, pushing her feathers aside, came a tiny head--the first baby, the first cygnet. 她往身下望去,在

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An hour went by. 一小时过去了。 One of the cygnets, more daring than the others, left the nest and teetered around on the shore of the little island. 一只比其他的更胆大的小天鹅离开了窝,颤颤巍巍地在小岛的岸边一圈圈

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The afternoon was warm; the sun was bright. 这个下午很温暖,太阳也很明亮。 The swan decided she could safely leave her eggs for a few minutes. 雌天鹅觉得暂时离开她的蛋,出去几分钟也不会有事。 She stood up. First

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Chapter 5 Louis 第五章 路易斯 One evening a few weeks later, when the cygnets were asleep, the swan said to the cob, 几周后的一个晚上,当小天鹅们还在睡着的时候,雌天鹅对雄天鹅说: Have you noticed anything differe

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What kind of a bird is he? she asked. 他是种什么鸟?她问。 He's a young Trumpeter Swan, said Sam. 他是一只年轻的号手天鹅,萨姆说, Right now he's sort of a dirty gray color, 现在他的颜色是暗灰的, but in another y

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I'm lucky, he thought. It's Sam. 我太幸运了,他想,那正是萨姆。 When Sam saw the swan, he laid down his ax and stood perfectly still. 萨姆一看到这只天鹅,就放下了他的斧子,一动不动地站在那里。 Louis walked

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Chapter 7 School Days 第七章 求学生涯 A few days after the swans arrived at their winter home on the Red Rock Lakes, Louis had an idea. 天鹅们到达他们在红石湖的冬居的几天后,路易斯有了一个主意。 He decided that sin

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Flying was not as easy as it once had been. 这一次的飞行不像以前那么容易了, If you've ever tried to fly with a trumpet dangling from your neck 如果你试过和一把在你的脖子上晃来晃去的小号, and a slate flapping in

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The cob swam over to his son and made a presentation speech. 雄天鹅游向他的儿子,发表了一通赠送演说。 Louis, he said, I have been on a journey to the haunts of men. 路易斯,他说,我到人们的老窝做了一次旅行。 I

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Back in Billings, the news spread rapidly. 回头再说比林斯,这个消息在比林斯迅速传开了。 This was the first time a swan had broken into a music store and made off with a trumpet. 一只天鹅闯入一家乐器店偷走一把小号的

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Chapter 8 Love 第八章 爱情 When Louis's father and mother discovered that Louis was missing, they felt awful. 路易斯的父母发现路易斯失踪后,感到非常担忧。 No other young swan had disappeared from the lakes--only Louis. 湖上

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Sam, if a man can walk three miles in one hour, how many miles can he walk in four hours? 萨姆,如果一个男人在一小时内能走三英里的话,那么他四小时能走多少英里? It would depend on how tired he got after the first ho

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Quiet, children! said Mrs. Hammerbotham sternly. We'll start with the letter A. 安静,孩子们!哈默博瑟姆太太严厉地说,我们下面从字母A开始学。 She picked up a piece of chalk and made a big A on the blackboard. Now you try

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