The Trumpeter Swan was almost extinct, said the game warden. 号手天鹅也快灭绝了,这个执法官说, People kept shooting them, like this crazy storekeeper. But now they are making a comeback. 因为人们不断地朝他们开枪,就像这...
Meantime, back on the sidewalk in front of the music store, the judge was announcing his decision. 这时候,在乐器店门前的人行道上,那个法官正在宣布他的判决。 On the basis of the testimony, he said solemnly, 根据证词,他...
Well, said the little boy, I was very thirsty, 好的,这个小男孩说,我当时很渴, and so I wanted to go to a candy store and get something to drink. 所以想去一家糖果店买点饮料喝。 Just tell what you saw, please, Alfred, s...
Call an ambulance! screamed the lady. 叫救护车!那个女士尖叫。 I'll have to take that money to the station house, said the policeman. 我要把这些钱带到警察局去,那个警察说, This is a complicated case. Anything that invo...
A policeman hurried to the scene and started to hold the crowd back. 一个警察赶到了出事现场,把人群往后推。 Stand back! he shouted. The swan is wounded. Give him air! 退后!他大喊,这只天鹅受伤了。让他透透气!...
The cob had been seen already by people down below. 雄天鹅早已被下面的人们发现了。 One of the salesmen in the music store was standing by the front window, looking out. 乐器店的一个店员正站在前面的橱窗旁,往外观察着...
I shall go, he said to his wife. I shall redeem my honor. 我马上就走,他对他的妻子说,我要去赎回我的名誉。 I shall return to Billings, the scene of my crime--a great city, teeming with life-- 我要回到比林斯,回到我的...
Chapter 20 Billings 第二十章 比林斯 On a bright clear day in January, Louis and Serena came home to the Red Rock Lakes. 在一月的某个清爽的日子里,路易斯和塞蕾娜回到了红石湖的家。 From among the thousands of waterfo...
Early the next morning, long before the Zoo people came to work, Sam left Philadelphia by plane. 第二天一早,萨姆就坐飞机离开了费城,那时离工作人员来动物园上班的时间还早着呢。 Louis and Serena went along with hi...
That's right, replied Sam. 太对了,萨姆回答, But some animals do like to acquire things, even though they don't pay anything for them. 不过有些动物也喜欢收集东西,即使他们从不必为此付钱。 Such as? asked the Head Ma...