Spring followed winter; summer followed spring. 冬去春来；春残夏至。 A year went by, and it was springtime again. Still no sign of Louis. 一年过去了，又是一个春天了。还是没有路易斯的消息。 Then one morning when Loui...
Chapter 8 Love 第八章 爱情 When Louis's father and mother discovered that Louis was missing, they felt awful. 路易斯的父母发现路易斯失踪后，感到非常担忧。 No other young swan had disappeared from the lakes--only Louis. 湖上...
Sam, if a man can walk three miles in one hour, how many miles can he walk in four hours? 萨姆，如果一个男人在一小时内能走三英里的话，那么他四小时能走多少英里？ It would depend on how tired he got after the first ho...
Louis picked up a fresh piece of chalk in his bill. He was scared. 路易斯用他的嘴叼起一枝新粉笔。他有些胆怯了。他使劲地盯着这个单词。 He took a good look at the word. A long word, he thought, is really no harder than...
Quiet, children! said Mrs. Hammerbotham sternly. We'll start with the letter A. 安静，孩子们！哈默博瑟姆太太严厉地说，我们下面从字母A开始学。 She picked up a piece of chalk and made a big A on the blackboard. Now you try...
What kind of a bird is he? she asked. 他是种什么鸟？她问。 He's a young Trumpeter Swan, said Sam. 他是一只年轻的号手天鹅，萨姆说， Right now he's sort of a dirty gray color, 现在他的颜色是暗灰的， but in another y...
Mr. Beaver looked at his son as though he didn't know whether to believe him or not. 比弗先生看着他的儿子，似乎他不知道该不该相信他。 But he went into the house. In a few minutes he came back. 可他还是进了屋。几分钟后...
I'm lucky, he thought. It's Sam. 我太幸运了，他想，那正是萨姆。 When Sam saw the swan, he laid down his ax and stood perfectly still. 萨姆一看到这只天鹅，就放下了他的斧子，一动不动地站在那里。 Louis walked...
Chapter 7 School Days 第七章 求学生涯 A few days after the swans arrived at their winter home on the Red Rock Lakes, Louis had an idea. 天鹅们到达他们在红石湖的冬居的几天后，路易斯有了一个主意。 He decided that sin...
The seven great birds stayed aloft about half an hour, then returned to the pond, the cob still in the lead. 七只大鸟在天上飞了大约半小时，然后便回到了池塘，领队的还是雄天鹅。 They all had a drink to celebrate the suc...
