🔊 "Was it all a dream?" wondered Shasta. But it couldn’t have been a dream for there in the grass before him he saw the deep, large print of the Lion’s front right paw. It took one’s breath away to think of the weight that could make a footprint like that. But there was something more remarkable than the size about it. As he looked at it, water had already filled the bottom of it. Soon it was full to the brim, and then overflowing, and a little stream was running downhill, past him, over the grass.

“这一切都是梦吗？”沙斯塔心想。但这不可能是梦,因为在他面前的草地上,他看到了狮子右前爪留下的深深大大的脚印。想到能留下如此足迹的重量,简直令人屏息。但更引人注目的并非其大小,而是别的。他看着水已经灌满了足印的底部,很快便盈满溢出,一条小溪流正顺着山坡流下,经过他身边,流过草地。

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remarkable /rɪˈmɑːrkəbl/

adj. 非凡的；显著的➕

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overflowing /ˌoʊvərˈfloʊɪŋ/

v. 溢出；充满➕

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brim /brɪm/

n. 边缘；边➕

🔊 Shasta stooped and drank - a very long drink - and then dipped his face in and splashed his head. It was extremely cold, and clear as glass, and refreshed him very much. After that he stood up, shaking the water out of his ears and flinging the wet hair back from his forehead, and began to take stock of his surroundings.

沙斯塔俯身喝了起来--喝了很久--然后将脸浸入水中,撩起水拍打头部。水极冷,清澈如玻璃,令他精神大振。之后他站起身,甩干耳朵里的水,把湿头发从额头往后一捋,开始打量四周的环境。

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stooped /stuːpt/

v. 弯腰；俯身➕

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refreshed /rɪˈfreʃt/

v. 使精神振作；使恢复精力➕

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flinging /ˈflɪŋɪŋ/

v. 扔；抛；猛甩➕

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surroundings /səˈraʊndɪŋz/

n. 环境；周围的事物➕

🔊 Apparently it was still very early morning. The sun had only just risen, and it had risen out of the forests which he saw low down and far away on his right. The country which he was looking at was absolutely new to him. It was a green valley-land dotted with trees through which he caught the gleam of a river that wound away roughly to the North-West. On the far side of the valley there were high and even rocky hills, but they were lower than the mountains he had seen yesterday. Then he began to guess where he was. He turned and looked behind him and saw that the slope on which he was standing belonged to a range of far higher mountains.

显然仍是清晨。太阳刚刚升起,从他右侧远处低矮的森林上方升起。眼前的景致对他来说完全陌生。那是一片点缀着树木的绿色谷地,透过树丛,他能瞥见一条大致向西北蜿蜒的河流的闪光。山谷的远方是高大甚至岩石嶙峋的山丘,但比昨天看到的山脉要低矮。于是他开始猜测自己身在何处。他转过身,看见身后他所站的山坡属于一道远为高耸的山脉。

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apparently /əˈpærəntli/

adv. 显然；表面上➕

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dotted /ˈdɑːtɪd/

v. 点缀；散布➕

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gleam /ɡliːm/

n. 闪光；微光➕

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wound /waʊnd/

v. 蜿蜒（wind的过去式）➕

🔊 "I see," said Shasta to himself. "Those are the big mountains between Archenland and Narnia. I was on the other side of them yesterday. I must have come through the pass in the night. What luck that I hit it! - at least it wasn’t luck at all really, it was Him. And now I’m in Narnia."

“我明白了,”沙斯塔自言自语道,“那些是阿钦兰和纳尼亚之间的大山。昨天我还在山的另一边。我一定是夜里穿过了隘口。我运气真好--至少那根本不是运气,而是祂。现在我在纳尼亚了。”

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pass /pæs/

n. 关口；通道➕

🔊 He turned and unsaddled his horse and took off its bridle - "Though you are a perfectly horrid horse," he said. It took no notice of this remark and immediately began eating grass. That horse had a very low opinion of Shasta.

他转身卸下马鞍,取下缰绳--“尽管你是一匹非常可恶的马,”他说。那匹马对此话毫无反应,立刻开始吃草。那匹马对沙斯塔的评价很低。

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unsaddled /ʌnˈsædld/

v. 卸下马鞍➕

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bridle /ˈbraɪdl/

n. 马笼头；缰绳➕

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horrid /ˈhɔːrɪd/

adj. 可怕的；令人厌恶的➕

🔊 "I wish I could eat grass!" thought Shasta. "It’s no good going back to Anvard, it’ll all be besieged. I’d better get lower down into the valley and see if I can get anything to eat."

“我希望能吃草！”沙斯塔心想,“回安瓦德没用,那里肯定已被围困。我最好下到山谷里,看看能不能弄点吃的。”

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besieged /bɪˈsiːdʒd/

v. 被围攻；被包围➕

🔊 So he went on downhill (the thick dew was cruelly cold to his bare feet) till he came into a wood. There was a kind of track running through it and he had not followed this for many minutes when he heard a thick and rather wheezy voice saying to him.

于是他继续下山（厚厚的露水对他的赤脚来说冷得刺骨）,直到走进一片树林。林间有一条小路,他沿着小路走了没几分钟,就听见一个低沉而略带喘息的声音对他说。

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dew /djuː/

n. 露水➕

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wheezy /ˈwiːzi/

adj. 喘息声的；呼哧呼哧的➕

🔊 "Good morning, neighbour."

“早上好,邻居。”

🔊 Shasta looked round eagerly to find the speaker and presently saw a small, prickly person with a dark face who had just come out from among the trees. At least, it was small for a person but very big indeed for a hedgehog, which was what it was.

沙斯塔急切地环顾四周,寻找说话者,很快便看到一个矮小、多刺、脸色黝黑的家伙刚从树丛中走出来。至少,作为一个人来说它算矮小,但作为一只刺猬,它确实非常巨大--它正是刺猬。

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eagerly /ˈiːɡərli/

adv. 急切地；渴望地➕

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presently /ˈprezntli/

adv. 不久；目前➕

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prickly /ˈprɪkli/

adj. 多刺的；易怒的➕

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hedgehog /ˈhedʒhɒɡ/

n. 刺猬➕

🔊 "Good morning," said Shasta. "But I’m not a neighbour. In fact I’m a stranger in these parts."

“早上好,”沙斯塔说,“但我不是邻居。事实上,我是这一带的陌生人。”

🔊 "Ah?" said the Hedgehog inquiringly.

“啊？”刺猬询问道。

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inquiringly /ɪnˈkwaɪərɪŋli/

adv. 询问地；探询地➕

🔊 "I’ve come over the mountains - from Archenland, you know."

“我翻越了群山--从阿钦兰来的,你知道。”

🔊 "Ha, Archenland," said the Hedgehog. "That’s a terrible long way. Never been there myself."

“哈,阿钦兰,”刺猬说,“那可真是远得可怕。我自己从没去过那儿。”

🔊 "And I think, perhaps," said Shasta, "someone ought to be told that there’s an army of savage Calormenes attacking Anvard at this very moment."

“而且我想,也许,”沙斯塔说,“应该有人被告知,此时此刻有一支野蛮的卡乐门军队正在进攻安瓦德。”

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savage /ˈsævɪdʒ/

adj. 野蛮的；凶猛的➕

🔊 "You don’t say so!" answered the Hedgehog. "Well, think of that. And they do say that Calormen is hundreds and thousands of miles away, right at the world’s end, across a great sea of sand."

“真的吗？”刺猬回答道,“哎呀,真没想到。人家都说卡乐门在千百里之外,就在世界的尽头,要穿过一片巨大的沙海呢。”

🔊 "It’s not nearly as far as you think," said Shasta. "And oughtn’t something to be done about this attack on Anvard? Oughtn’t your High King to be told?"

“其实没你想的那么远,”沙斯塔说,“难道不应该对这次进攻安瓦德采取点什么措施吗？难道不应该报告你们的至高王吗？”

🔊 "Certain sure, something ought to be done about it," said the Hedgehog. "But you see I’m just on my way to bed for a good day’s sleep. Hullo, neighbour!"

“那当然,当然应该采取点措施,”刺猬说,“但你看,我正要上床睡个好觉呢。喂,邻居！”

🔊 The last words were addressed to an immense biscuit-coloured rabbit whose head had just popped up from somewhere beside the path. The Hedgehog immediately told the Rabbit what it had just learned from Shasta. The Rabbit agreed that this was very remarkable news and that somebody ought to tell someone about it with a view to doing something.

最后一句话是对一只巨大的饼干色兔子说的,兔子的脑袋刚从路边某处冒出来。刺猬立刻把刚从沙斯塔那里听来的消息告诉了兔子。兔子同意这消息非常了不起,应该有人告诉某个人,以便采取行动。

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immense /ɪˈmens/

adj. 巨大的,极大的➕

🔊 And so it went on. Every few minutes they were joined by other creatures, some from the branches overhead and some from little underground houses at their feet, till the party consisted of five rabbits, a squirrel, two magpies, a goat-foot faun, and a mouse, who all talked at the same time and all agreed with the Hedgehog. For the truth was that in that golden age when the Witch and the Winter had gone and Peter the High King ruled at Cair Paravel, the smaller woodland people of Narnia were so safe and happy that they were getting a little careless.

事情就这样继续下去。每隔几分钟就有其他动物加入,有的来自头顶的树枝,有的来自脚下的小地洞,直到这群人包括五只兔子、一只松鼠、两只喜鹊、一个羊蹄的羊人和一只老鼠,他们都同时说话,而且都同意刺猬的看法。事实是,在那个女巫和冬天已离去、至高王彼得统治着凯尔帕拉维尔的黄金时代,纳尼亚的小林地居民们如此安全快乐,以至于变得有些粗心大意。

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consisted /kənˈsɪstɪd/

v. 由...组成（consist的过去式）➕

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faun /fɔːn/

n. 半人半羊的牧神➕

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woodland /ˈwʊdlənd/

n. 林地,林区➕

🔊 Presently, however, two more practical people arrived in the little wood. One was a Red Dwarf whose name appeared to be Duffle. The other was a stag, a beautiful lordly creature with wide liquid eyes, dappled flanks and legs so thin and graceful that they looked as if you could break them with two fingers.

然而不久,两个更为务实的人来到了小树林里。一个是红矮人,名字似乎是达夫尔。另一个是牡鹿,一只美丽而威严的生物,有着水汪汪的大眼睛、斑驳的侧腹和纤细优雅的腿,看起来仿佛两根手指就能折断。

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practical /ˈpræktɪkl/

adj. 实际的,实用的➕

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stag /stæɡ/

n. 雄鹿➕

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lordly /ˈlɔːrdli/

adj. 贵族般的,高傲的➕

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dappled /ˈdæpld/

adj. 有斑点的,花斑的➕

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flanks /flæŋks/

n. 胁腹,侧翼（flank的复数）➕

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graceful /ˈɡreɪsfl/

adj. 优雅的,优美的➕

🔊 "Lion alive!" roared the Dwarf as soon as he had heard the news. "And if that’s so, why are we all standing still, chattering? Enemies at Anvard! News must be sent to Cair Paravel at once. The army must be called out. Narnia must go to the aid of King Lune."

“狮子在上！”矮人一听到消息就吼道,“如果真是这样,我们为什么还站着闲聊？敌人在安瓦德！必须立刻把消息送到凯尔帕拉维尔。必须调集军队。纳尼亚必须去援助伦恩国王。”

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roared /rɔːrd/

v. 咆哮,吼叫（roar的过去式）➕

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chattering /ˈtʃætərɪŋ/

v. 喋喋不休,吱吱叫（chatter的现在分词）➕

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aid /eɪd/

n. 援助,帮助➕

🔊 "Ah!" said the Hedgehog. "But you won’t find the High King at the Cair. He’s away to the North trouncing those giants. And talking of giants, neighbours, that puts me in mind -"

“啊！”刺猬说,“但你在凯尔宫找不到至高王。他去北方教训那些巨人了。说到巨人,邻居们,这让我想起--”

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trouncing /ˈtraʊnsɪŋ/

v. 痛打,严厉批评（trounce的现在分词）➕

🔊 "Who’ll take our message?" interrupted the Dwarf. "Anyone here got more speed than me?"

“谁来传递消息？”矮人打断道,“这里有谁比我跑得更快吗？”

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interrupted /ˌɪntəˈrʌptɪd/

v. 打断（interrupt的过去式）➕

🔊 "I’ve got speed," said the Stag. "What’s my message? How many Calormenes?"

“我跑得快,”牡鹿说,“我要带什么消息？有多少卡乐门人？”

🔊 "Two hundred: under Prince Rabadash. And -" But the Stag was already away - all four legs off the ground at once, and in a moment its white stern had disappeared among the remoter trees.

“两百人:由拉巴达什王子率领。还有--”但牡鹿已经离开了--四条腿同时离地,转眼间它白色的臀部已消失在远处的树丛中。

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stern /stɜːrn/

n. 尾部,船尾（此处指鹿的尾部）➕

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remoter /rɪˈmoʊtər/

adj. 更遥远的（remote的比较级）➕

🔊 "Wonder where he’s going," said a Rabbit. "He won’t find the High King at Cair Paravel, you know."

“不知道他去哪儿了,”一只兔子说,“他在凯尔帕拉维尔找不到至高王的,你知道。”

🔊 "He’ll find Queen Lucy," said Duffle. "And then hullo! What’s wrong with the Human? It looks pretty green. Why, I do believe it’s quite faint. Perhaps it’s mortal hungry. When did you last have a meal, youngster?"

“他会找到露西女王的,”达夫尔说,“然后,喂！这人类怎么了？脸色好苍白。哎呀,我看他快晕过去了。八成是饿坏了。小伙子,你上一顿是什么时候吃的？”

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mortal /ˈmɔːrtl/

adj. 致命的,极度的（口语中表示非常）➕

🔊 "Yesterday morning," said Shasta weakly.

“昨天早上,”沙斯塔虚弱地说。

🔊 "Come on, then, come on," said the Dwarf, at once throwing his thick little arms round Shasta’s waist to support him. "Why, neighbours, we ought all to be ashamed of ourselves! You come with me, lad. Breakfast! Better than talking."

“来,那就跟我来,”矮人说着,立刻用粗壮的小胳膊搂住沙斯塔的腰扶住他,“喂,邻居们,我们都该感到羞愧！你跟我来,小伙子。吃早饭！比说话强。”

🔊 With a great deal of bustle, muttering reproaches to itself, the Dwarf half led and half supported Shasta at a great speed further into the wood and a little downhill. It was a longer walk than Shasta wanted at that moment and his legs had begun to feel very shaky before they came out from the trees on to bare hillside. There they found a little house with a smoking chimney and an open door, and as they came to the doorway Duffle called out,

矮人一阵忙乱,嘴里嘟囔着自责的话,半推半扶地带着沙斯塔飞快地深入树林,略往下坡走。这段路比沙斯塔此刻想要的要长,在他们从树丛走出来到光秃秃的山坡上时,他的腿已经开始发抖。那里有一栋小房子,烟囱冒着烟,门敞开着,当他们来到门口时,达夫尔喊道,

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bustle /ˈbʌsl/

n. 忙碌,喧闹➕

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muttering /ˈmʌtərɪŋ/

v. 咕哝,低声说（mutter的现在分词）➕

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reproaches /rɪˈproʊtʃɪz/

n. 责备（reproach的复数）➕

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shaky /ˈʃeɪki/

adj. 摇晃的,不稳定的➕

🔊 "Hey, brothers! A visitor for breakfast."

“嘿,兄弟们！有客人来吃早饭了。”

🔊 And immediately, mixed with a sizzling sound, there came to Shasta a simply delightful smell. It was one he had never smelled in his life before, but I hope you have. It was, in fact, the smell of bacon and eggs and mushrooms all frying in a pan.

紧接着,伴随着滋滋的声响,一股无比诱人的香味飘向沙斯塔。这是他有生以来从未闻过的味道,但我希望你闻过。事实上,那是培根、鸡蛋和蘑菇在平底锅里一起煎炒的气味。

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immediately /ɪˈmiːdiətli/

adv. 立即地➕

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sizzling /ˈsɪzlɪŋ/

adj. 发嘶嘶声的；热烈的➕

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delightful /dɪˈlaɪtfʊl/

adj. 令人愉快的➕

🔊 "Mind your head, lad," said Duffle a moment too late, for Shasta had already bashed his forehead against the low lintel of the door. "Now," continued the Dwarf, "sit you down. The table’s a bit low for you, but then the stool’s low too. That’s right. And here’s porridge - and here’s a jug of cream - and here’s a spoon."

“小心头,小伙子,”达夫尔说得有点晚了,因为沙斯塔的前额已经撞在了低矮的门楣上。“来,”矮人继续说,“坐下吧。桌子对你来说有点低,不过凳子也低。这就对了。这里有粥--这一罐奶油--还有这把勺子。”

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bashed /bæʃt/

v. 猛撞➕

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forehead /ˈfɔːrhed/

n. 前额➕

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lintel /ˈlɪntəl/

n. 门楣➕

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Dwarf /dwɔːrf/

n. 矮人➕

🔊 By the time Shasta had finished his porridge, the Dwarf’s two brothers (whose names were Rogin and Bricklethumb) were putting the dish of bacon and eggs and mushrooms, and the coffee pot and the hot milk, and the toast, on the table.

等沙斯塔喝完粥,矮人的两个兄弟（名字是罗金和布里克勒桑姆）已经把一盘培根、鸡蛋和蘑菇、咖啡壶、热牛奶和烤面包片端上了桌。

🔊 It was all new and wonderful to Shasta for Calormene food is quite different. He didn’t even know what the slices of brown stuff were, for he had never seen toast before. He didn’t know what the yellow soft thing they smeared on the toast was, because in Calormen you nearly always get oil instead of butter. And the house itself was quite different from the dark, frowsty, fish-smelling hut of Arsheesh and from the pillared and carpeted halls in the palaces of Tashbaan. The roof was very low, and everything was made of wood, and there was a cuckoo-clock and a red-and-white checked table-cloth and a bowl of wild flowers and little curtains on the thick-paned windows. It was also rather troublesome having to use dwarf cups and plates and knives and forks. This meant that helpings were very small, but then there were a great many helpings, so that Shasta's plate or cup was being filled every moment, and every moment the Dwarfs themselves were saying, "Butter please," or "Another cup of coffee," or "I'd like a few more mushrooms," or "What about another bit of toast?" And when at last they had all eaten as much as they possibly could the three Dwarfs drew lots for who would do the washing-up, and Rogin was the unlucky one. Then Duffle and Bricklethumb took Shasta outside to a bench which ran against the cottage wall, and they all stretched out their legs and gave a great sigh of contentment and the two Dwarfs lit their pipes. The dew was off the grass now and the sun was warm; indeed, if there hadn't been a light breeze, it would have been too hot.

这一切对沙斯塔来说都是新奇美妙的,因为卡乐门的食物截然不同。他甚至不知道那些棕色的薄片是什么,因为他从未见过烤面包片。他也不知道涂抹在烤面包片上的黄色柔软东西是什么,因为在卡乐门,你几乎总是得到油而不是黄油。而房子本身也与阿什什那间黑暗、闷臭、带鱼腥味的小屋以及塔什班宫殿里那些有柱廊和地毯的大厅截然不同。屋顶非常低,一切都是木制的,还有一个布谷鸟钟、红白相间的格子桌布、一碗野花以及厚玻璃窗上的小窗帘。使用小矮人的杯子、盘子、刀叉也有些麻烦,这意味着每份量很小,但翻台很快,所以沙斯塔的盘子或杯子时刻都在被添满,而矮人们自己也在不停地说:“请递黄油”,或“再来杯咖啡”,或“我想再要些蘑菇”,或“再来一片烤面包如何？”最后,当他们全都吃得不能再饱时,三个矮人抽签决定谁洗碗,罗金是倒霉的那个。接着达夫尔和布里克勒桑姆带沙斯塔来到屋外靠墙的一条长凳上,他们全都伸展开腿,满意地长叹一口气,两个矮人点起了烟斗。此时草上的露水已干,阳光温暖；事实上,如果不是有一阵微风,天气会太热。

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smeared /smɪrd/

v. 涂抹；弄脏➕

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frowsty /ˈfraʊsti/

adj. 霉臭的；闷热的➕

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pillared /ˈpɪlərd/

adj. 有柱子的➕

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carpeted /ˈkɑːrpɪtɪd/

adj. 铺有地毯的➕

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cuckoo-clock /ˈkʊkuː klɒk/

n. 杜鹃钟➕

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checked /tʃekt/

adj. 格子的➕

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thick-paned /θɪk peɪnd/

adj. 厚玻璃窗的➕

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troublesome /ˈtrʌbəlsəm/

adj. 麻烦的；令人烦恼的➕

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helpings /ˈhelpɪŋz/

n. (食物的)份量➕

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washing-up /ˈwɒʃɪŋ ʌp/

n. 洗碗➕

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contentment /kənˈtentmənt/

n. 满足➕

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breeze /briːz/

n. 微风➕

🔊 "Now, Stranger," said Duffle, "I'll show you the lie of the land. You can see nearly all South Narnia from here, and we're rather proud of the view. Right away on your left, beyond those near hills, you can just see the Western Mountains. And that round hill away on your right is called the Hill of the Stone Table. Just beyond-"

“好了,陌生人,”达夫尔说,“我来给你看看地形。从这里你几乎能看到整个南纳尼亚,我们颇为自豪于这景色。在你的左手边远处,越过那些近处的山丘,你能看到西部山脉。右手边那个圆形的山丘叫石桌之丘。再远一点--”

🔊 But at that moment he was interrupted by a snore from Shasta who, what with his night's journey and his excellent breakfast, had fallen fast asleep.

但就在这时,他被沙斯塔的鼾声打断了--由于一夜奔波和丰盛的早餐,沙斯塔已沉沉睡去。

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snore /snɔːr/

n. 鼾声➕

Chapter twelve: Shasta in Narnia (第十二章:沙斯塔在纳尼亚)

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