《夏洛的网》英文版精读训练（25）

这是《夏洛的网》第十章第2部分节选。文中讲到小女孩Fern和哥哥Avery荡了一上午秋千后，打算去看小猪Wilbur。刚到谷仓，哥哥就发现了蜘蛛Charlotte，并且想把它占为己有。

美好的语言，值得记忆。

When the children grew tired of swinging, they went down toward the pasture and picked wild raspberries and ate them. Their tongues turned from purple to red. Fern bit into a raspberry that had a bad-tasting bug inside it, and got discouraged. Avery found an empty candy box and put his frog in it. The frog seemed tired after his morning in the swing. The children walked slowly up toward the barn. They, too, were tired and hardly had energy enough to walk.

这段文字生动描写了两个孩子悠闲美好的童年时光，我非常喜欢。如果可以，尽力尝试去背诵和默写。(背诵或默写的时候，用总时间的三分之一阅读，用三分之二的时间背诵或默写，然后在对照原文改错。眼睛盯着文字阅读要比背诵或默写轻松很多，但记忆效果远不如尝试背诵或默写，也就是说一分耕耘，一分收获。花费力气越多，得到的效果也就越好。付出和获得有对称性。具体原因参考 How We Learn by Benedict Carey，一本关于学习方法的书，科学严谨，推荐！)

一点一滴，积累语言力量。

1.When the children grew tired of swinging, they went down toward the pasture and picked wild raspberries and ate them. （孩子们逐渐厌倦了荡秋千，他们就慢慢走向牧场，并且一路上采摘覆盆子吃。）

这个句子是个主从句，主句是they went down toward the pasture and? picked ?wild raspberries and ate them，从句是When the children? grew tired of ?swinging。具体说，这个从句是个时间状语从句，具体名称你可以不必太理会，只需要知道“When the children? grew tired of ?swinging”在句子中的作用是提供主句内容发生的时间。也就是说当孩子们玩腻了荡秋千的时候，他们就去采摘果子吃了。

grow: 动词，最常见的意思是种植或者生长。在本文中意思是“逐渐变得”（to change and become different quite slowly），grow tired of ：逐渐厌倦。

朗文例句：Donna has grown tired of being a model.?

2. Fern bit into a raspberry that had a bad-tasting bug inside it, and got discouraged .（Fern咬了一颗覆盆子，里面有一只难吃的甲虫，大倒胃口。）

bad-tasting: 难吃的

平时总是学习“好吃的”、“美味的”，如果需要表达“难吃的”，也要有词可用。

discouraged: 灰心的，丧气的（no longer having the confidence you need to continue doing something）没有足够的信心去做现在正在做的事情的状态。Fern吃了有甲虫的覆盆子后就不会在想吃下一颗了。

3. They, too, were tired and hardly had energy enough to walk.（他们也累了，走不动了。）

hardly had energy enough to do something: 没有力气做某事，估计每个人都或多或少体会过这种感觉吧

4. Wilbur's heart almost stopped when he saw what was going on.（Wilbur 一见这情景，吓得心都要停止跳动了。）

heart almost stopped: 心脏都快要停止跳动，用于极度恐惧的时候。

5.?"Leave it alone!" commanded Fern. "You've got a frog---isn't that enough?" （“别动它,Avery!” Fern 大叫。“你已经有一只青蛙了，还不够吗？”）

一个问题：为什么这里“You've got a frog”要用现在完成时呢？

我们可以从语言功能的角度来解释。现在完成时的一个功能是提供理由，这里Fern命令哥哥Avery快住手的理由就是他已经有一只青蛙了，就应该满足了，所以用了现在完成时。

作文之前先作句。

1. When the children? grew tired of ?swinging, they went down toward the pasture and? picked ?wild raspberries and ate them.

做个句子：When I grew tired of writing, I went to the gym.

你也来试试，用上grow tired of?

2. Fern bit into a raspberry that had a? bad-tasting ?bug inside it, and got? discouraged .

我做个句子试试：I bit into an apple that had a bad-tasting worm inside it, and got discouraged.

你也来试试：用上bad-tasting, discouraged

3. They, too, were tired and? hardly had energy enough ?to walk

我先来： I were tired and hardly had energy enough to read.

该你了：

4. Wilbur's? heart almost stopped ?when he saw what was going on.

An interesting sentence from my son: My heart almost stopped when my teacher came into the classroom with the exam results. ?hahahahahaha

"Let's build a tree house," suggested Avery. "I want to live in a tree, with my frog."

"I'm going to visit Wilbur," Fern announced.

They climbed the fence into the lane and walked lazily toward the pigpen. Wilbur heard them coming and got up.

Avery noticed the spider web, and , coming closer, he saw Charlotte.

"Hey, look at that big spider!" he said. "It's tremenjus."

"Leave it alone!" commanded Fern. "You've got a frog---isn't that enough?"

"That's a fine spider and I'm going to capture it," said Avery. He took the cover off the candy box. Then he picked up a stick. "I'm going to knock that spider into this box," he said.

Wilbur's heart almost stopped when he saw what was going on. This might be the end of Charlotte if the boy succeeded in catching her.

"You stop it, Avery!" cried Fern.