胡敏讀故事記托福詞匯055：一個名字的由來 How It Got the Name

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2015年12月12日

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Lesson 55 How It Got the Name 一個名字的由來

“I think crows are pests,” John said, biting into a crisp biscuit.

“我認為烏鴉是有害動物。”約翰邊說，便咬了一口脆餅干。

“I do too, but this one is rather rare,” I replied. “Its feathers are the color of crude oil. It has a crimson head. The pattern resembles a royal crown. It is probably a result of crossbreeding. I learned about crossbreeding when I read a critique of that famous book about bird-breeding. It was a very critical article.”

“我也這樣認為，但我們要找的這種卻是很稀罕，”我回答到，“它有原油色的羽毛，深紅色的頭。樣式很像一個皇家王冠。它可能是雜交繁殖的結果。我是從閱讀那本關于鳥類雜交的著作的評論開始懂得雜交知識的。那是篇很重要的文章。”

“We’ve been crisscrossing this crosscut forest for hours,” John said, wiping the sweat from his brow. “How are we supposed to find it?”

“我們已經來回往返橫切森林好幾個小時了，”約翰說著，擦了擦頭上的汗水。“我們怎樣才能找到它呢?”

“There it is,” I replied. “It’s stuck in that crevice near that crooked tree. Call the rest of the rescue crew. We might need some help.”

“它在那。”我回答，“它夾在那棵彎樹旁的裂縫里。去呼叫其他救援人員，我們可能需要一些幫助。”

Soon, there was crowd of rescuers around us. “This is a crucial moment,” I told everyone. “Be quiet.”

不久，來了一群救援人員。“現(xiàn)在是緊要關頭，”我對大家說，“要保持安靜。”

I crept towards the crevice. I cringed when I saw that a branch from a fallen tree had crippled the crow’s legs. It was suffering. This was a critical point in the mission. I called out for someone to hand me a metal tool to pry the branch away from the crow.

我朝裂縫爬過去。來到眼前，當我發(fā)現(xiàn)原來是倒下的大樹的樹枝傷及烏鴉的雙腿而致殘的時候，我畏縮不前了。它痛苦地掙扎這。這是救援任務的緊急關頭。我叫別人遞給我一個金屬工具把樹枝從烏鴉身上撬開。

“Here, use this,” John said, as he handed me a crude looking metal bar.

“給，用這個。”約翰說著，遞給我一個外觀粗糙的金屬棒。

It was a crucial moment. I used the bar to pry the fallen tree from the crevice and to pull the branch off the crow. “Whew, thank goodness for this tool,” I signed. “Hey, John, what do you call this metal bar?”

決定性的時候到了。我用那根棒子把倒在地上的樹從裂縫處撬起，把壓在烏鴉身上的樹枝拉走。烏鴉得救了。“哇!多虧了這個棒子。”我長出了一口氣，“嗨，約翰，這跟金屬棒叫什么?”

“It doesn’t have name,” John replied. “But perhaps from now on, we should call it s crowbar.”

“它沒有名字，”約翰回答到，“但也許從現(xiàn)在開始，我們可以管他叫烏鴉棒，也就是撬棍的意思。”

Words:

crevice n. 缺口，裂縫

crew n. 全體人員，(工作)隊

crimson adj. 深紅色的

cringe n. 畏縮

cripple vt. 削弱，使殘廢

crisp adj. 脆的，易碎的

crisscross vi. (十字)交叉;vt. 在…上交叉往來，往返奔波于…

critical adj. 評論的，批評的;危急的;非常重要的