英语小达人 342 Bad Seeing-Eye Dog

 　　Bad Seeing-Eye Dog

　　不称职的导盲犬

　　A blind man is walking down the street with his seeing-eye dog one day.

　　一天，一只导盲犬领着一个盲人在街上走。

　　They come to a busy intersection¹, and the dog, ignoring the high volume of traffic zooming² by on the street, leads the blind man right out into the thick of traffic.

　　他们来到一个车水马龙的十字路口。那只狗不顾路上飞驰而过的车流，将盲人直接带进车辆最密集处。

　　This is followed by the screech³ of tires and horns blaring as panicked drivers try desperately⁴ not to run the pair down.

　　慌乱的司机们拼命地躲开他们，尖锐的刹车声和刺耳的喇叭声此起彼伏。

　　The blind man and the dog finally reach the safety of the sidewalk on the other side of the street, and the blind man pulls a cookie out of his coat pocket, which he offers to the dog.

　　导盲犬终于将盲人领到马路对面的人行道上。盲人从口袋里拿出一块饼干，递给导盲犬。

　　A passerby⁵, having observed the near fatal incident, can't control his amazement⁶ and commented to the blind man, "What! Your dog nearly got you killed! Why on earth are you rewarding him with a cookie?"

　　一个刚好目睹了这极其危险的一幕的路人，实在奈不住自己的惊奇，对盲人说：“你在做什么！你的狗刚刚差点儿害死你！你怎么还能奖给它饼干吃？”

　　The blind man turns partially⁷ in his direction and replies, "To find out where his head is, so I can kick his bottom."

　　盲人转向他的方向答道：“得找到它的头在哪里，我才好踢它的屁股。”

1 intersection   

n.交集，十字路口，交叉点；[计算机] 交集

参考例句：

• There is a stop sign at an intersection.在交叉路口处有停车标志。
• Bridges are used to avoid the intersection of a railway and a highway.桥用来避免铁路和公路直接交叉。

2 zooming   

adj.快速上升的v.（飞机、汽车等）急速移动( zoom的过去分词 )；（价格、费用等）急升，猛涨

参考例句：

• Zooming and panning are navigational tools for exploring 2D and 3D information. 缩放和平移是浏览二维和三维信息的导航工具。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓
• Panning and zooming, especially when paired together, create navigation difficulties for users. 对于用户来说，平移和缩放一起使用时，产生了更多的导航困难。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓

3 screech   

n./v.尖叫；(发出)刺耳的声音

参考例句：

• He heard a screech of brakes and then fell down. 他听到汽车刹车发出的尖锐的声音,然后就摔倒了。
• The screech of jet planes violated the peace of the afternoon. 喷射机的尖啸声侵犯了下午的平静。

4 desperately   

adv.极度渴望地，绝望地，孤注一掷地

参考例句：

• He was desperately seeking a way to see her again.他正拼命想办法再见她一面。
• He longed desperately to be back at home.他非常渴望回家。

5 passerby   

n.过路人，行人

参考例句：

• We had our photo taken by a passerby.我们请了一个路人为我们照相。
• A passerby heard her screams and rushed to her aid.一个过路人听见她的尖叫，便冲过去帮助她。

6 amazement   

n.惊奇，惊讶

参考例句：

• All those around him looked at him with amazement.周围的人都对他投射出惊异的眼光。
• He looked at me in blank amazement.他带着迷茫惊诧的神情望着我。

7 partially   

adv.部分地，从某些方面讲

参考例句：

• The door was partially concealed by the drapes.门有一部分被门帘遮住了。
• The police managed to restore calm and the curfew was partially lifted.警方设法恢复了平静，宵禁部分解除。