英國語文第四冊(雙語):北美野牛(1)

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LESSON 33 The bison, or American buffalo

第三十三課 北美野牛

The bison, or buffalo as it is popularly called in America, is now almost extinct as a wild animal,

水牛，或者是美洲人所稱的野牛，現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)瀕臨滅絕。

but as late as a hundred years ago it inhabited the great plains of North America and thee astern slopes of the Rocky Mountains.

但是就在一個世紀(jì)前，它們還遍布北美大平原和落基山脈的山坡上。

There, vast flocks of the wild-looking animals, numbering often as many as ten thousand in a single herd, roamed over the prairies.

那里有大量的野牛，每群牛通常有一萬只，在大草原上游蕩。

Let us look at the bison as he may still be seen in some Canadian park,

我們還能在某些加拿大公園里看到野牛，

his red eyes glowing like coals of fire amid the mass of dark-brown or black hair which hangs over his head and neck and the whole fore part of his body,

野牛的眼睛紅得像燒著的煤塊，在它那深棕色或黑色的毛發(fā)中閃閃發(fā)光。它的毛發(fā)垂在頭和脖子以及前半身，

mingling with a beard that descends from the lower jaw to the knee.

其中還參雜著從下巴垂到膝蓋的胡子。

From his very awkward and heavy appearance, when seen at a distance, it would not be supposed that he is extremely active,

由于野牛外觀奇特又笨重，從遠處看不出它們有多么活躍。

capable of moving at a rapid rate, and of continuing his headlong career for an immense distance.

它們的速度非?？?，即使距離非常遠，

So sure of foot is he, also, that he can pass over ground where no horse could follow;

它們也能繼續(xù)向前沖，它們能通過馬無法行進的地方；

his limbs being in reality slender, and his body far more finely proportioned than would be supposed from its thick coating of hair.

野牛的四肢其實是細長的，這和它們?nèi)コ窈竦拿l(fā)后的身體是很成比例。