For the next few days, the swans rested. 接下去的几天里,天鹅们一直在休息。 When they were hungry, they ate. When they were thirsty--which was a great deal of the time--they drank. 饿了,他们就吃。渴了--他们总是很渴--他

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After supper that evening, Sam and his father sat for a while on the porch. Sam was reading a bird book. 那天晚饭后,萨姆和父亲在门口坐了一会儿。萨姆在看一本介绍鸟类的书。 Pop, said Sam, do you think we'll be coming b

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The cob's wife pretended not to notice that her husband was showing off, but she saw it, all right, and she was proud of his strength and his courage. 雄天鹅的妻子假装没看到丈夫的卖弄,可她当然看见了,而且,她也为丈夫的

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Chapter 3 A Visitor 第三章 一个拜访者 One day, almost a week later, the swan slipped quietly into her nest and laid an egg. 大约一周后,有一天,雌天鹅轻轻地蹲坐到她的窝里,下了一个蛋。 Each day she tried to depos

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You can imagine the noise in the music store when the cob crashed through the window. 你能想像得出当雄天鹅从橱窗冲进乐器店时惹出的乱子有多大。 At the moment the glass broke, one of the clerks was showing a bass drum to a c

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For birds, spring is the time to find a mate. 对鸟类来说,春天是求偶的季节。 The warm sweet airs of spring stir strange feelings in young swans. 温和甜美的春风使年轻的天鹅们心里漾起一种奇特的感觉。 The males b

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Chapter 16 Philadelphia 第十六章 费城 Louis worked all the last week of September for the Swan Boat man in the Boston Public Garden. 路易斯在九月的最后一周里一直在为波士顿大众公园的天鹅游艇老板工作。 He was a gr

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Louis was right. Serena, the swan of his desiring, had been caught by the fierce storm and blown all the way across America. 路易斯是对的。塞蕾娜,他思慕的这只天鹅,不幸被猛烈的风暴卷住,一直吹到了美国的这个地方

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Bright and early next morning, 第二天天刚亮, Louis arranged his slate and his chalk pencil and his trumpet neatly around his neck 路易斯就把他的石板石笔还有小号都端正地挂在脖子上, and climbed into the back scat of Mr

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One of the new boys who had never been to camp before stood up. 一个以前从没参加过夏令营的新生站了起来。 Mr. Brickle, he said, why is this camp called Camp Kookooskoos? 布里克先生,他说,为什么这个夏令营叫库库斯

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Chapter 12 A Rescue 第十二章 救援 Louis liked to sleep on the lake. 路易斯喜欢睡在这个湖上。 At night, after blowing taps, he would waddle down to the sandy beach by the dock. 夜里,吹过熄灯号后,他就摇摇摆摆地走上船

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One morning when Sam was playing tennis with Applegate Skinner, Sam heard a clanking noise. 一天早上,在和阿普尔盖特斯金纳打网球时,萨姆听到了一种叮当声。 He looked behind him, and there, coming out of the woods, was a

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While everybody was making suggestions, 在大家纷纷献计的时候, Sam Beaver walked quietly to his tent. 萨姆比弗悄悄地向他的帐篷走去。 He returned in a few minutes with a long pole and a piece of fishline. 几分钟后他带着一

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Summer passed all too quickly. 夏天过得太快了。 On the last day of camp, Mr. Brickle called his counselors together and paid them what he owed them. 夏令营的最后一天,布里克先生把他的辅导员们召集到一起,付给他们他

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Dropping his slate and his chalk pencil and his trumpet, 路易斯摘下他的石板,石笔和小号, Louis splashed into the water and struck out, 跳到水里, beating his wings and kicking with his great webbed feet. 拍起翅膀,踢动着他

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The Head Man smiled. He knew just what Louis meant. 负责人的脸上露出了微笑。他明白路易斯的意思了。 For a while the two remained silent. Louis put his trumpet aside. 他们沉默了片刻。然后路易斯放下他的小号。 T

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Chapter 20 Billings 第二十章 比林斯 On a bright clear day in January, Louis and Serena came home to the Red Rock Lakes. 在一月的某个清爽的日子里,路易斯和塞蕾娜回到了红石湖的家。 From among the thousands of waterfo

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That's right, replied Sam. 太对了,萨姆回答, But some animals do like to acquire things, even though they don't pay anything for them. 不过有些动物也喜欢收集东西,即使他们从不必为此付钱。 Such as? asked the Head Ma

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Louis took his slate and told Sam about the fight with the keepers 路易斯拿起他的石板,告诉了萨姆他和管理员们的那场战斗, and about how the Head Man wanted to keep Serena captive by clipping the tip of one wing. 还有那个负

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Rescuers were forced to save a swan after ice formed around its beak when it fell asleep in a Chinese river where temperatures fell as low as minus eight. 在中国,一只天鹅在零下八度的气温下在河里睡着了,结果它的喙上结了一

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