Lesson 27 A wet night雨夜
What happened to the boys in the night?
Late in the afternoon, the boys put up their tent in the middle of a field. As soon as this was done, they cooked a meal over an open fire. They were all hungry and the food smelled good. After a wonderful meal, they told stories and sang songs by the campfire. But some time later it began to rain. The boys felt tired so they put out the fire and crept into their tent. Their sleeping bags were warm and comfortable, so they all slept soundly. In the middle of the night, two boys woke up and began shouting. The tent was full of water! They all leapt out of their sleeping bags and hurried outside. It was raining heavily and they found that a stream had formed in the field. The stream wound its way across the field and then flowed right under their tent!
参考译文
come的过去式傍晚时分，孩子们在田野中央搭起了帐篷。这件事刚刚做完，他们就在篝火上烧起了饭。他们全都饿了，饭菜散发出阵阵香味。他们美美地吃了一顿饭后，就围在营火旁讲起了故事，唱起了歌。但过了一阵子。天下起雨来，于是他们扑灭了篝火，钻进了帐篷。睡袋既暖和又舒服，所以，他们都睡得很香。午夜前后，有两个孩子醒了，大声叫了起来。原来帐篷里到处都是水！他们全都跳出睡袋，跑到外面。雨下得很大，他们发现地上已经形成了一条小溪。那小溪弯弯曲曲穿过田野，然后正好从他们的帐篷底下流过去。
【New words and expressions】（15）
1 tent[tent] n.帐篷 2 field[fi:ld] n.田地，田野 3 smell [smel] v.闻起来 4 wonderful['wʌndəful] a.极好的 5 campfire['kæmpˌfaiə] n.营火，篝火 6 creep [kri:p] v.爬行 7 sleeping bag['sli:piŋ] 睡袋 8 comfortable['kʌmfətəbəl] a.舒适的，安逸的 9 soundly['sʌundli] ad.香甜地 10 leap [li:p] v.跳跃，跳起 11 heavily['hevili] ad.大量地 12 stream[stri:m] n.小溪 13 form [fɔ:m] v.形成 联通宽带密码14 wind [wind, waind] v.蜿蜒 15 right [rait] ad.正好 |
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一．单词讲解：
tent老年人运动 n. 帐篷
put up a tent 搭帐篷
/pitch [pitʃ] a tent
peg down a tent 用木桩固定帐篷
pull down a tent 拆帐篷
/strike a tent
eg. We always sleep in a tent when we go camping. 我们宿营时，总是睡在帐篷里。
field n. 天地，田野，领域，专业，视野
in the field 在田地里
develop unexplored fields of industries 开发未曾探索的工业领域
one’s special field 某人的专业
a wide field of vision 广阔的视野
smell v. 闻起来
smelled/smelt
1) （感官动词） + adj.
2) 不用于被动语态，不用于进行时态
eg. The fish smells good. 这鱼闻起来不错。
eg. The fish smells delicious. 这鱼闻起来就好吃。
这类动词很常见：
eg. The story sounds interesting. 这故事听起来很有趣。
(sound 听起来)
eg. The girl looks charming. 那女孩看上去很有魅力。
(look 看起来)
eg. The material feels soft. 这布料摸上去很柔软。
(feel 摸起来)
smell v. 嗅到（实意动词）
eg. I can smell trouble coming. 我凭直觉感到要有麻烦了。
eg. I smelled something burnt. 我闻到有什么东西烧糊了。
smell round/smell about 东嗅西嗅，到处打听
/no around
eg. The dogs were smelling round, perhaps they smelt the thief.
这些狗到处闻 ，也许它们闻到贼的气味了。
smell of 带有…气味（通常指令人不快的气味）
eg. Your breath smells of brandy. 你的呼吸带有白兰地的气味。
eg. The hou smells of paint. 这座房子有油漆的气味。
wonderful adj. 极好的
campfire n. 营火，篝火
camp
n. 营地
a holiday camp 度假营地
a prison camp 战俘营
an army camp 军营
a concentration camp （德国纳粹的）集中营
pitch a camp 扎营
have a foot in both camps 脚踏两只船
have a foot in the grave 行将就木
camp
v. 设营，扎营，宿营，露营
go camping 野营度假
eg. They camped near the top of the mountain. 他们在山顶附近扎营。
campfire 营火，篝火
open fire 在野外生的火，篝火
bonfire ['bɔn,faiə] n. 营火，篝火
全民健身广场舞camp bed 折叠床，行军床
creep v. 慢慢地，悄悄地或偷偷地移动（尤指弯着腰走）
(crept, crept)
eg. The cat crept silently towards the bird. 那只猫悄悄地接近那只鸟。
bell the cat 舍己为人，为他人利益去冒险
bell the cat是一个固定短语，意思是四喜鸭子“为了大家的利益承担风险”，这个短语是怎么来的呢？
bell the cat源自一个故事：有一窝老鼠，因为怕猫，不敢出去找食物。其中有一只老鼠想了一个办法，在猫的脖子上套一个铃铛，这样，他们就可以知道猫在哪里，然后避开它找食物。这个办法得到全体老鼠的一致拥护，但有一个最重要的问题尚未解决：谁去给猫套铃铛呢？也就是：Who will bell the cat? 这个故事的结局怎样，没有明确的说法，但bell the cat这个短语却被人们反复引用，成了习语。
eg. It's quite difficult to get a man who can bell the cat.
很难找到危险时刻能够挺身而出的人了。
eg. All the men agreed that they wanted a pay increa, but nobody offered to bell the cat and ask their employer for the money.
大家都想加薪，但谁肯承担这个风险去向老板提出来呢？
eg. "Down with the weekend homework!"shouted all the boys. However, none of them dared to bell the cat and say that to the teacher.介绍一个人
“打倒周末作业”，所有男孩子都叫道，但是无人敢去向老师提出来。
eg. The thief crept along the corridor ['kɔridɔ:]. 那个贼悄悄地溜过走廊。
eg. Old age creeps on you before you realize it. 人不知不觉变老了。
eg. The boys crept into their tent.
crawl [krɔ:l] 爬，爬行，匍匐前进
crawl 使用于如蛇类，无足，以腹部着地而行或者动作迟缓之虫类，而creep则表示四足动物缓慢而行，然而，快速前进之虫类，仍多以creep 表示。
sleeping bag百川入海 睡袋
sleeging car 卧铺车厢
/sleeper
sleeping pill 安眠药
eg. Let sleeping dogs lie. （谚）不捅马蜂窝，蜂也不来蛰。
comfortable adj. 舒适的
comfort n.
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1) 舒适，身心健康，安慰
live in comfort 过得舒适
a few words of comfort 几句安慰的话
2) 令人安慰的人或事 (single)
eg. Her children are a great comfort to her. 对她来说，孩子们是很大的安慰。
