美国小学英语教材5:第271课 约翰去了玩具谷(1)（在线收听）

JOHN GOES DOWN TO TOY VALLEY

约翰去了玩具谷

Margaret Warner Morley

作者：玛格丽特·华纳·莫利

High up among the Alps Mountains in Austria lies Toy Valley. Here for many years men, women, and children have been carving wooden blocks into toys which are sold for boys and girls in many parts of the world.

玩具谷位于奥地利阿尔卑斯山脉的高处。多年来，这里的男人、女人和孩子们一直在把木块雕刻成玩具，卖给世界上许多地方的男孩和女孩。

Up on the side of a high mountain overlooking the valley, lived the Hofer family. In the thick forests Father Hofer chopped trees to be made into blocks for the wood-carvers down in the valley.

霍弗一家住在一座可以俯瞰山谷的高山边上。在茂密的森林里，父亲霍弗把树砍成块，让山谷里的伐木工人用。

THE SLED RIDE TO THE VALLEY

乘雪橇去山谷

Early one morning Father Hofer got out a sled, put on his wooden shoes with the long spikes in the heels, wrapped up well, and wound a scarf many times around his head and neck. John knew his father was going down to the village and almost fell over with surprise and delight when asked if he would like to go too. He was ready in a moment, and they trudged, all three, for Mother Hofer must see them start, through the snow to where the gully led down far toward the bottom of the valley.

一天清晨，霍弗神父从雪橇上下来，穿上木鞋，鞋跟上钉着长钉，把自己裹得严严实实，在头上和脖子上缠了好几条围巾。约翰知道他父亲要去村里，当被问及他是否也想去时，他惊喜得几乎摔倒了。他马上就准备好了，他们三个人一起艰难地走着，因为霍弗妈妈一定会看到他们出发了。他们穿过雪地，来到了那条通往谷底的深谷。