E.B.懷特---《夏洛的網》
發布時間：2012-07-19 共6頁
| 第 1 頁：chapter1 《夏洛的網》 |
| 第 2 頁：Chapter 2. Wilbur |
| 第 3 頁：Chapter 3(1). Escape |
| 第 4 頁：Chapter 4. Loneliness |
| 第 5 頁：Chapter 5. Charlotte |
| 第 6 頁：Chapter 6. Summer Days |
Chapter 4. Loneliness
№.1- When the sheep tired of standing in the rain, they walked slowly up the lane and into the fold.
【譯文】當綿羊們在雨中站得膩了，便慢吞吞地沿著小路回到了羊圈里。
【短語筆記】be tired of - 厭煩，對……厭倦
【例】It never be tired of solving my puzzles.(它從不疲倦地解決我的問題。)
【舉一反三】近義短語 - be tired with / get tired of
1) You may be tired with reading, but you should not be tired of it.(看書可能使你疲勞，但不應該對看書感到厭煩。)
2) But I suspect that a man who is not satisfied with one moon will also get tired of a dozen moons.(可是我相信 一個人如果對一個月亮感不到滿足，對十二個月亮也會感到厭倦。)
№.2 - Talking with Templeton was not the most interesting occupation in the world but it was better than nothing.
【譯文】雖然和坦普爾曼談天不是這世上最有趣的事情，但至少比什么都不做要好。
【短語筆記】be better than nothing - 比沒有……要好
【例】Something is better than nothing.(聊勝于無。)
【舉一反三】在了解了something和nothing之外，anything用法列舉如下：
1) 表示“某事”、“某東西”，主要用于否定句，疑問句及條件句中，用以代替 something (常譯為：什么…);表示“任何事”、“任何東西”，主要用于肯定句 (有時也可用于其它句型)：
Has anything interesting happened? 發生了什么有趣的事嗎?
We can’t believe anything he says. 無論他說什么，我們都不能相信。
I asked if anything was the matter. 我問是不是出了什么問題。
I want something to eat, and anything will do. 我想弄點東西吃，什么都行。
I am tired of his constant complaints.(他經常性的抱怨令我厭煩。)
2) 用作主語，謂語用單數;用代詞時也用單數 (it)：
Anything is better than nothing, isn’t it? 有點總比什么都沒有要好，不是嗎?
3) 與否定詞連用時，否定詞應置于其前，而不是其后 (參見 any 的有關用法)：
什么也不能阻擋我去。
正：Nothing can prevent me from going.
誤：Anything cannot prevent me from going.
4) 修飾anything的形容詞應置于其后：
Did you hear anything interesting there? 你在那兒聽到什么有趣的事了嗎?
5) 用于 be anything but, 意為“根本不是”、“一點不是”，可用于人和物：
He’s anything but a hero. 他絕不是英雄。
John is anything but (=far from) a good loser. 約翰完全輸不起。
Your answer is anything but perfect. 你的答復一點兒也不完美。
6) 用于 if anything, 意為“若有什么不同的話”：
If anything, this coat is more expensive than that one. 如果有什么不同的話，那就是這件衣服比那件更貴些。
He seems to have little, if anything, to do with this. 若要說他和這事有什么相關的話，那也似乎是很少的。
№.3 - He knew Templeton was getting soaked, out there in the pouring rain, but even that didn’t comfort him. Friendless, dejected, and hungry, he threw himself down in the manure and sobbed.
【譯文】他知道外面的雨水正澆著在那里大嚼的坦普爾曼，可這也不會使他感到有所安慰。無助，失意，饑餓……他趴在牛糞堆里啜泣起來。
【短語筆記】get soaked - 打濕
【例】A bicycle cape will protect you in wet weather.(自行車雨披可以使你在雨天騎車也不致淋濕。)
【舉一反三】be soaked to the skin (=be soaked through) - 渾身濕透
№.4 - Darkness settled over everything.
【譯文】黑暗朦朧了一切。
【小編評注】這句很短，但意味深長。
【短語筆記】settle over - 籠罩
【例】An air of sadness settled over the group.(悲傷的氣氛籠罩了整個團隊。)
【舉一反三】Darkness settled over the fields. Dust settled in the road. (黑暗籠罩田野。灰塵飄落在路上。)
