(1)原形wander,徘徊
(2)gingerbread姜餅
(3)butterscotch
咸的奶油糖果
(4)原形resound,
反復(fù)響起
(5)nibble
小口快速的吃
(6)munch大聲咬嚼
(7)strange 奇怪的
(8)witch 女巫
(9)cage 籠子
They wandered(1) for hours until they saw a gingerbread(2) house made of sweets.
The two were so hungry, they started to eat pieces of butterscotch(3), when a voice from the cottage resounded(4), “Do I hear a nibble(5) and munch(6)?”
“Why not come in, dear children,” said a lady, with a strange(7) look in her eyes. “My guests are never sothin !” said the witch(8). “ Tomorrow I will help you, but first we must go off to bed.”
But Hansel awoke locked up in a cage(9), for the witch planned to eat him instead!
Now, guessing the witch couldn’t see, Gretel handed her brother a bone.(10) “Pretend(11) that this bone is your finger. If you’re skinny(12), she’ll leave you alone.”
“Gretel,” said the witch, “It’s time to work. I want my house as neat(13)as a pin.”
Each day Gretel slaved as (當(dāng)……時(shí))Hansel was fed(原形feed,喂食).
“Eat well!” said the witch with a grin(14).
Then at night she’d feel Hansel’s finger, and think something surely was wrong. She’d stomp(15) and whine(16) in a squeaky voice, “You’ve been skinny for far too long.”
Impatient, the witch sent out Gretel. “Fetch me water to boil in my pot. I’m planning to feast(17) on Hansel tonight.”
When the pot started boiling that evening, the witch turned to Gretel and sighed(18),“Come check the oven to see if(19) it’s hot.”
“But I don’t know how,” Gretel lied.
So when the old witch bent(20) to show her, Gretel shoved(21) her with all of her might(22) . That witch got pitched(23) in the oven which Gretel then closed and shut tight.
Then Gretel unlocked(24) the cage with a key and out Hansel jumped with a whirl(旋轉(zhuǎn)).
They used the same keys to open a boxfilled with gold and diamonds and pearls(25) ! So they stuffed(26)their pockets with treasure(27)and went home.
(10)bone 骨頭
(11)pretend假裝
(12)skinny瘦的(它的近義詞是thin, 但它比thin更傳神,意思是瘦得皮包骨)
(13)neat整潔
(14)grin獰笑
(15)stomp跺腳
(16)whine抱怨
(17)feast盛宴
(18)原形sigh,嘆氣
(19)if 是否,是不是。我們學(xué)過表示條件的if
(20)原形bend,彎腰
(21)原形shove,
用力推
(22)might力量
(23)原形pitch,墜落
(24)原形unlock,開鎖
(25)pearl 珍珠
(26)原形stuff,塞
(27)treasure 珍寶
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參考譯文:
1.每天Gretel 被驅(qū)使干活, 而Hansel 被喂食。
2. 你瘦得太過分了。
3. Hansel 轉(zhuǎn)身跳了出來。