🔊 After a few hours the road began to be rough, and the walking grew so difficult that the Scarecrow often stumbled over the yellow bricks, which were here very uneven. Sometimes, indeed, they were broken or missing altogether, leaving holes that Toto jumped across and Dorothy walked around. As for the Scarecrow, having no brains he walked straight ahead, and so stepped into the holes and fell at full length on the hard bricks. It never hurt him, however, and Dorothy would pick him up and set him upon his feet again, while he joined her in laughing merrily at his own mishap.

几个小时后,道路开始变得崎岖,步行变得如此困难,以至于稻草人经常被黄砖绊倒,这里的砖块非常不平整。有时,它们确实破碎或完全缺失,留下一些坑洞,托托跳了过去,多萝西则绕道而行。至于稻草人,由于没有脑子,他径直往前走,于是踩进坑里,整个人摔在坚硬的砖块上。然而,这从未伤到他,多萝西会把他扶起来,让他重新站好,而他则和她一起为自己的不幸遭遇开怀大笑。

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stumbled /ˈstʌmbld/

v. 绊倒,蹒跚➕

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mishap /ˈmɪshæp/

n. 轻微的事故,不幸的小事➕

🔊 The farms were not nearly so well cared for here as they were farther back. There were fewer houses and fewer fruit trees, and the farther they went the more dismal and lonesome the country became.

这里的农田远不如后方照料得那么好。房屋更少,果树也更少,他们走得越远,乡间就变得越荒凉、越孤寂。

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dismal /ˈdɪzməl/

adj. 阴郁的,凄凉的,惨淡的➕

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lonesome /ˈloʊnsəm/

adj. 孤独的,人迹罕至的➕

🔊 At noon they sat down by the roadside, near a little brook, and Dorothy opened her basket and got out some bread. She offered a piece to the Scarecrow, but he refused.

中午时分,他们在路边坐下,靠近一条小溪,多萝西打开篮子,拿出一些面包。她递给稻草人一块,但他拒绝了。

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brook /brʊk/

n. 小溪,小河➕

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offered /ˈɒfəd/

v. 提供,提议（offer的过去式）➕

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refused /rɪˈfjuːzd/

v. 拒绝,回绝（refuse的过去式）➕

🔊 "I am never hungry," he said; "and it is a lucky thing I am not. For my mouth is only painted, and if I should cut a hole in it so I could eat, the straw I am stuffed with would come out, and that would spoil the shape of my head."

“我从不饿,”他说；“而且我不饿是件幸运的事。因为我的嘴只是画上去的,如果我在上面切个洞以便吃东西,我里面塞的稻草就会漏出来,那会毁了我脑袋的形状。”

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painted /ˈpeɪntɪd/

v. （过去分词）描绘,给...上色➕

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stuffed /stʌft/

v. （过去分词）填满,填充➕

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spoil /spɔɪl/

v. 破坏,糟蹋,溺爱➕

🔊 Dorothy saw at once that this was true, so she only nodded and went on eating her bread.

多萝西立刻明白这是真的,所以她只是点点头,继续吃她的面包。

🔊 "Tell me something about yourself, and the country you came from," said the Scarecrow, when she had finished her dinner. So she told him all about Kansas, and how gray everything was there, and how the cyclone had carried her to this queer land of Oz. The Scarecrow listened carefully, and said, "I cannot understand why you should wish to leave this beautiful country and go back to the dry, gray place you call Kansas."

“告诉我一些关于你自己和你来自的国家的事吧,”稻草人在她吃完午饭后说。于是她告诉他所有关于堪萨斯州的事,那里的一切是多么灰暗,龙卷风是如何把她带到这个奇怪的奥兹国的。稻草人仔细听着,然后说:“我不明白你为什么想离开这个美丽的国家,回到那个你称之为堪萨斯州的干燥、灰暗的地方。”

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cyclone /ˈsaɪkloʊn/

n. 旋风,气旋➕

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queer /kwɪr/

adj. 奇怪的,古怪的➕

🔊 "That is because you have no brains," answered the girl. "No matter how dreary and gray our homes are, we people of flesh and blood would rather live there than in any other country, be it ever so beautiful. There is no place like home."

“那是因为你没有脑子,”女孩回答说。“无论我们的家多么沉闷、灰暗,我们这些有血有肉的人宁愿住在那里,而不是任何其他国家,无论它多么美丽。没有什么地方比得上家。”

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dreary /ˈdrɪri/

adj. 沉闷的,枯燥的,阴郁的➕

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flesh and blood /fleʃ ənd blʌd/

n. phrase. 血肉之躯,亲骨肉,普通人（有情感和弱点）➕

🔊 The Scarecrow sighed.

稻草人叹了口气。

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sighed /saɪd/

v. （过去式）叹息,叹气➕

🔊 "Of course I cannot understand it," he said. "If your heads were stuffed with straw, like mine, you would probably all live in the beautiful places, and then Kansas would have no people at all. It is fortunate for Kansas that you have brains."

“我当然无法理解,”他说。“如果你们的脑袋里也塞满了稻草,像我一样,你们可能都会住在美丽的地方,那么堪萨斯州就根本没有人了。你们有脑子,对堪萨斯州来说是幸运的。”

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fortunate /ˈfɔːrtʃənət/

adj. 幸运的,侥幸的➕

🔊 "Won't you tell me a story, while we are resting?" asked the child.

“我们休息的时候,你能给我讲个故事吗？”孩子问道。

🔊 The Scarecrow looked at her reproachfully, and answered, "My life has been so short that I really know nothing whatever. I was only made day before yesterday. What happened in the world before that time is all unknown to me. Luckily, when the farmer made my head, one of the first things he did was to paint my ears, so that I heard what was going on. There was another Munchkin with him, and the first thing I heard was the farmer saying, 'How do you like those ears?' 'They aren't straight,' answered the other. 'Never mind,' said the farmer; 'they are ears just the same,' which was true enough."

稻草人责备地看着她,回答说:“我的生命如此短暂,以至于我其实什么都不知道。我前天刚被做出来。在那之前世界上发生的事,我一无所知。幸运的是,农夫做我的头时,他做的第一件事之一就是画我的耳朵,所以我听到了周围发生的事情。当时还有另一个芒奇金人和他在一起,我听到的第一句话是农夫说:‘你觉得这些耳朵怎么样？’ ‘它们不直,’另一个回答。‘没关系,’农夫说；‘它们同样是耳朵,’这倒是真的。”

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reproachfully /rɪˈproʊtʃfəli/

adv. 责备地,谴责地➕

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unknown /ˌʌnˈnoʊn/

adj. 未知的,不为人知的➕

🔊 "Now I'll make the eyes," said the farmer. So he painted my right eye, and as soon as it was finished I found myself looking at him and at everything around me with a great deal of curiosity, for this was my first glimpse of the world. "That's a rather pretty eye," remarked the Munchkin who was watching the farmer; "blue paint is just the color for eyes." "I think I'll make the other a little bigger," said the farmer; and when the second eye was done I could see much better than before. Then he made my nose and my mouth; but I did not speak, because at that time I didn't know what a mouth was for. I had the fun of watching them make my body and my arms and legs; and when they fastened on my head, at last, I felt very proud, for I thought I was just as good a man as anyone."

“现在我来做眼睛,”农夫说。于是他画了我的右眼,一画完我就发现自己好奇地看着他和周围的一切,因为这是我第一次瞥见世界。“那只眼睛挺漂亮的,”看着农夫的芒奇金人说；“蓝色颜料正是眼睛的颜色。”“我想把另一只画得大一点,”农夫说；第二只眼睛画好后,我看得比以前清楚多了。然后他做了我的鼻子和嘴；但我没有说话,因为那时我不知道嘴是干什么用的。我有趣地看着他们做我的身体、胳膊和腿；最后当他们固定好我的头时,我感到非常自豪,因为我觉得自己和任何人一样是个好人。”

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curiosity /ˌkjʊriˈɑːsəti/

n. 好奇心,奇物➕

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glimpse /ɡlɪmps/

n. 一瞥,一看➕

🔊 "This fellow will scare the crows fast enough," said the farmer; "he looks just like a man." "Why, he is a man," said the other, and I quite agreed with him. The farmer carried me under his arm to the cornfield, and set me up on a tall stick, where you found me. He and his friend soon after walked away and left me alone."

“这家伙肯定能很快吓跑乌鸦,”农夫说；“他看起来就像个人。”“嘿,他就是个人,”另一个说,我完全同意他。农夫把我夹在胳膊下带到玉米田,把我固定在一根高杆上,就是你们找到我的地方。他和他的朋友很快就走开了,留下我一个人。”

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scare /sker/

v. 使害怕,惊吓➕

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cornfield /ˈkɔːrnfiːld/

n. 玉米田➕

🔊 "I did not like to be deserted this way; so I tried to walk after them, but my feet would not touch the ground, and I was forced to stay on that pole. It was a lonely life to lead, for I had nothing to think of, having been made such a little while before. Many crows and other birds flew into the cornfield, but as soon as they saw me they flew away again, thinking I was a Munchkin; and this pleased me and made me feel that I was quite an important person. By and by an old crow flew near me, and after looking at me carefully he perched upon my shoulder and said, 'I wonder if that farmer thought to fool me in this clumsy manner. Any crow of sense could see that you are only stuffed with straw.' Then he hopped down at my feet and ate all the corn he wanted. The other birds, seeing he was not harmed by me, came to eat the corn too, so in a short time there was a great flock of them about me."

“我不喜欢这样被遗弃；所以我试图跟着他们走,但我的脚碰不到地面,我被迫待在那根杆子上。这是一种孤独的生活,因为我没什么可想的,毕竟才被做出来不久。许多乌鸦和其他鸟飞进玉米田,但一看到我就又飞走了,以为我是个芒奇金人；这让我很高兴,让我觉得自己是个相当重要的人物。不久,一只老乌鸦飞近我,仔细看了看后,栖息在我的肩膀上,说:‘我怀疑那个农夫想用这种笨拙的方式愚弄我。任何有理智的乌鸦都能看出你只是塞满了稻草。’然后它跳到我脚下,吃了所有它想要的玉米。其他鸟儿看到我没有伤害它,也来吃玉米,所以短时间内我周围就有一大群鸟。”

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deserted /dɪˈzɜːrtɪd/

v. （过去分词）抛弃,遗弃➕

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perched /pɜːrtʃt/

v. （过去式/过去分词）栖息,停留（在高处）➕

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flock /flɑːk/

n. （鸟、羊等的）群,一大群人➕

🔊 "I felt sad at this, for it showed I was not such a good Scarecrow after all; but the old crow comforted me, saying: 'If you only had brains in your head you would be as good a man as any of them, and a better man than some of them. Brains are the only things worth having in this world, no matter whether one is a crow or a man.' "After the crows had gone I thought this over, and decided I would try hard to get some brains. By good luck, you came along and pulled me off the stake, and from what you say I am sure the great Oz will give me brains as soon as we get to the Emerald City."

“我为此感到悲伤,因为这表明我毕竟不是个好稻草人；但老乌鸦安慰我说:‘如果你脑袋里有脑子,你就会和他们任何人一样是个好人,甚至比其中一些人更好。在这个世界上,只有脑子才是值得拥有的东西,无论一个人是乌鸦还是人。’“乌鸦飞走后,我仔细想了想,决定努力去弄些脑子。幸运的是,你来了,把我从杆子上拉下来,根据你说的,我相信伟大的奥兹一到达翡翠城就会给我脑子。”

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comforted /ˈkʌmfərtɪd/

v. （过去式/过去分词）安慰,抚慰➕

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Emerald /ˈemərəld/

n. 翡翠,绿宝石；翠绿色➕

🔊 "I hope so," said Dorothy, earnestly, "since you seem anxious to have them." "Oh yes; I am anxious," returned the Scarecrow. "It is such an uncomfortable feeling to know one is a fool."

“我希望如此,”多萝西认真地说,“既然你似乎渴望拥有它们。”“哦,是的；我渴望,”稻草人回答说。“知道自己是个傻瓜,这种感觉太不舒服了。”

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earnestly /ˈɜːrnɪstli/

adv. 认真地,诚挚地➕

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anxious /ˈæŋkʃəs/

adj. 焦虑的,渴望的➕

🔊 "Well," said the girl, "let us go." And she handed the basket to the Scarecrow.

“好吧,”女孩说,“我们走吧。”她把篮子递给稻草人。

🔊 There were no fences at all by the road side now, and the land was rough and untilled. Towards evening they came to a great forest, where the trees grew so big and close together that their branches met over the road of yellow brick. It was almost dark under the trees, for the branches shut out the daylight; but the travellers did not stop, and went on into the forest.

现在路边完全没有篱笆了,土地粗糙且未经耕种。傍晚时分,他们来到一片大森林,那里的树木长得如此高大茂密,树枝在黄砖路上方交织在一起。树下几乎一片漆黑,因为树枝遮住了日光；但旅行者们没有停下,继续走进森林。

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untilled /ʌnˈtɪld/

adj. 未耕种的,荒芜的➕

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travellers /ˈtræv(ə)ləz/

n. 旅行者们➕

🔊 "If this road goes in, it must come out," said the Scarecrow, "and as the Emerald City is at the other end of the road, we must go wherever it leads us." "Anyone would know that," said Dorothy. "Certainly; that is why I know it," returned the Scarecrow. "If it required brains to figure it out, I never should have said it."

“如果这条路通进去,它必定能通出来,”稻草人说,“既然翡翠城在路的另一端,我们必须沿着它走,无论它带我们去哪里。”“任何人都知道这一点,”多萝西说。“当然；这就是为什么我知道它,”稻草人回答说。“如果需要脑子才能想出来,我永远也不会说出口。”

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Emerald City /ˈemərəld ˈsɪti/

n. 翡翠城（故事中的专有名词）➕

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required /rɪˈkwaɪərd/

v. 需要,要求➕

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figure it out /ˈfɪɡjər ɪt aʊt/

phr. v. 弄明白,解决➕

🔊 After an hour or so the light faded away, and they found themselves stumbling along in the darkness. Dorothy could not see at all, but Toto could, for some dogs see very well in the dark; and the Scarecrow declared he could see as well as by day. So she took hold of his arm, and managed to get along fairly well.

大约一小时后,光线渐渐消失,他们发现自己在黑暗中蹒跚前行。多萝西完全看不见,但托托能看见,因为有些狗在黑暗中看得很清楚；稻草人声称他能像白天一样看得清楚。于是她抓住他的胳膊,设法走得相当顺利。

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faded away /ˈfeɪdɪd əˈweɪ/

phr. v. 逐渐消失➕

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stumbling /ˈstʌmblɪŋ/

v. (present participle). 绊倒,跌跌撞撞地走➕

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declared /dɪˈklerd/

v. 宣称,断言➕

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managed to /ˈmænɪdʒd tuː/

phr. v. 设法做成（某事）➕

🔊 "If you see any house, or any place where we can pass the night," she said, "you must tell me; for it is very uncomfortable walking in the dark."

“如果你看到任何房子,或任何我们可以过夜的地方,”她说,“你必须告诉我；因为在黑暗中行走非常不舒服。”

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pass the night /pæs ðə naɪt/

phr. v. 过夜,度过夜晚➕

🔊 Soon after the Scarecrow stopped. "I see a little cottage at the right of us," he said, "built of logs and branches. Shall we go there?" "Yes, indeed;" answered the child. "I am all tired out."

不久之后,稻草人停下了。“我看到右边有一间小木屋,”他说,“用原木和树枝搭成的。我们去那里好吗？”“好的,当然；”孩子回答说。“我累坏了。”

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cottage /ˈkɒtɪdʒ/

n. 小屋,村舍➕

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logs /lɒɡz/

n. (plural). 原木,圆木➕

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tired out /ˈtaɪərd aʊt/

adj. phrase. 筋疲力尽的➕

🔊 So the Scarecrow led her through the trees until they reached the cottage, and Dorothy entered and found a bed of dried leaves in one corner. She lay down at once, and with Toto beside her soon fell into a sound sleep. The Scarecrow, who was never tired, stood up in another corner and waited patiently until morning came.

于是稻草人领着她穿过树林,直到他们到达木屋,多萝西走进去,在一个角落找到一张干树叶铺成的床。她立刻躺下,托托在她身边,很快就沉沉睡去。稻草人从不疲倦,站在另一个角落,耐心地等待早晨的到来。

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patiently /ˈpeɪʃntli/

adv. 耐心地➕

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sound sleep /saʊnd sliːp/

n. phrase. 熟睡➕

Chapter four: The Road Through The Forest (第四章:穿越森林之路)

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