美國語文第二冊 第29期：老虎
LESSON 32
第32課
lion
獅子
body
身體
stripes
條紋
delight
情趣
English
英語
prey
獵物
tiger
老虎
collar
領(lǐng)
tigress
母老虎
frightful
可怕
seize
搶占
chain
鏈
unlike
不同
swiftest
最快的
animals
動物
roar
吼
giant
巨人
slightest
絲毫
officers
人員
whiskers
晶須
THE TIGER
老虎
The tiger is a giant cat. His body is nearly covered with black stripes.
老虎像只巨大的貓。它的身上長有黑色條紋。
Unlike the lion, he runs so fast that the swiftest horse can not overtake him.
和獅子不同的是，它跑得很快， 連跑得最快的馬也趕不上它。
He goes over the ground by making bounds or springs, one after another.
它一次接一次地跳躍飛奔，越過大地。
By night, as well as by day, the tiger watches for his prey.
在夜里，和白天一樣，老虎守候著它的獵物。
With a frightful roar, he will seize a man, and carry him off.
隨著一聲可怕的大吼，它可以抓住一個人，并致他于死。
Have you ever thought what use whiskers are to cats?
你想過貓是如何使用其胡須的嗎？
Lions have great whiskers, and so have tigers and all other animals of the cat kind.
和老虎及其他貓科動物一樣，獅子也有很長的胡須。
Whenever you find an animal with whiskers like the cat's, you may be sure that animal steals softly among branches and thick bushes.
一旦你找到了一只長著和貓一樣的胡須的動物， 你可能會發(fā)現(xiàn)，他們常常安靜地藏在樹枝和茂密的灌木叢里。
By the slightest touch on the tiger's whiskers, he knows when there is anything in his road.
借助胡須上輕微的觸覺，老虎能知曉何時會有東西出現(xiàn)在他的周圍。
A few years ago, some English officers went out to hunt.
幾年前，一些英國官員外出打獵。
When coming home from their day's sport, they found a little tiger kitten.
當他們結(jié)束白天的狩獵回家時，他們發(fā)現(xiàn)了一只小老虎。
They took it with them and tied it, with a collar and chain, to the pole of their tent.
他們把它捉住，用衣帶和鎖鏈綁在帳篷的桿子上，
It played about, to the delight of all who saw it.
被所有看到它的人戲弄。
One evening, just as it was growing dark, they heard a sound that frightened them greatly.
一天夜里，他們聽到了一陣令他們十分恐懼的聲音。
It was the roar of a tiger.
那是老虎的吼聲。
The kitten pulled at the chain, and tried to break away.
小老虎正在掙脫鎖鏈，試圖逃跑。
With a sharp cry, it answered the voice outside.
一陣急促的叫聲過后，外面?zhèn)鱽砹藨?yīng)和聲。
All at once, a large tigress bounded into the middle of the tent.
突然，一只大母老虎跳進帳篷中。
She caught her kitten by the neck, and broke the chain which bound it.
它用脖頸吻了吻她的孩子，撕開了綁著的鎖鏈。
Then turning to the door of the tent, she dashed away as suddenly as she had come.
然后，它轉(zhuǎn)身回到帳篷門口，和來時一樣迅速地跑掉了。
