第四天 《彼得·潘》留下生活的印记

CHAPTER8 THE MERMAIDS’ LAGOON 第八章 美人鱼的环礁湖

The bubbles of many colours made in rainbow water they treat as balls, hitting them gaily from one to another with their tails, 

她们把彩虹照耀下的五颜六色的水泡当作皮球，用尾巴欢快地拍来拍去；

1、treat v.以…态度对待; 以…方式对待 n.乐事; 乐趣; 款待; treat or trick

2、gaily adv.快乐地; 欢乐地; 喜气洋洋地;

and trying to keep them in the rainbow till they burst. 

她们还试着把水泡留在彩虹里，直到它们破裂为止。

3､keep v.(使) 保持，处于; 继续

4､burst v.(使) 爆裂，胀开; 

The goals are at each end of the rainbow, and the keepers only are allowed to use their hands. 

球门在彩虹的两端，只有守门员才能用手触碰球。

5､keeper n.看守人; 保管人; goal-keepers守门员; teacher，worker, reader 

Sometimes a dozen of these games will be going on in the lagoon at a time, and it is quite a pretty sight.

有时候环礁湖里会同时进行十几场这样的比赛，真是一道靓丽的风景线。

6､a dozen of 一打; 十二个

But the moment the children tried to join in they had to play by themselves, for the mermaids immediately disappeared. 

不过，一旦有孩子尝试加入，美人鱼就会一下子全部消失，他们只能自己玩自己的。

7､join in 加入，参加（活动）；

8､mermaid (传说中的) 美人鱼;

Nevertheless we have proof that they secretly watched the interlopers, and were not above taking an idea from them; 

尽管如此，我们却有证据可以证明，这些美人鱼其实在悄悄地观望着这些闯入者，而且乐于从他们那里学到新点子。

9､interloper n.闯入者; 干涉者;

for John introduced a new way of hitting the bubble, with the head instead of the hand, and the mermaids adopted it. This is the one mark that John has left on the Neverland.

约翰发明了一种击水泡的新方法，不是用手，而是用头。美人鱼们采纳了这个方法。这是约翰在梦幻岛上留下的一个印记。

10､introduce v. 把…介绍(给)；使初次了解; 使尝试;

11､A instead of B 用A代替B;

12､mark n.记号; 标记; 痕迹; 

CHAPTER9 THE NEVER BIRD 第九章 梦幻鸟

In fanciful stories people can talk to the birds freely, 

在童话故事中，人和鸟能自如地交谈，

1､fanciful adj.想象的; 

and I wish for the moment I could pretend that this was such a story, and say that Peter replied intelligently to the Never bird; 

我此刻真希望我也可以假装这是一个童话故事，这样我就可以告诉你们，彼得机智地回复了梦幻鸟。

2､pretend v.假装; 佯装; (在游戏中) 装扮

3､reply v.回答; 答复; 回应; 

4､intelligently adv.聪明地；明智地;

5､Never bird n.梦幻鸟 

but truth is best, and I want to tell only what really happened. Well, not only could they not understand each other, but they forgot their manners.

但我最好还是实话实说：他们不仅互相听不懂，而且都忘记了礼貌。

6､manner n.举止; 态度; 礼貌; 

CHAPTER10 THE HAPPY HOME  第十章　快乐的家

We have now reached the evening that was to be known among them as the Night of Nights, because of its adventures and their upshot.

现在，我们到了被称为是“夜中之夜”的时间了。之所以叫“夜中之夜”，是因为这一晚发生的事情及后果都影响深远。

1、Night of Nights 夜中之夜

2、adventure n.冒险经历; 奇遇; 冒险的刺激;

3、upshot n.最后结果; 结局;

The day, as if quietly gathering its forces, had been almost uneventful, 

白天的时候，一切仿佛都在悄悄地积蓄力量，看上去似乎风平浪静。

4、gather v.聚集; 集合; 召集;

and now the redskins in their blankets were at their posts above, while, below, the children were having their evening meal; 

但这会儿夜晚来临了，印第安人正裹着毯子在地面上站岗，孩子们则在地下的家里吃着晚饭。

5、above prep.在…上面

all except Peter, who had gone out to get the time. The way you got the time on the island was to find the crocodile, and then stay near him till the clock struck.

只有彼得不在，他出去打听时间了。在这个岛上想要打听时间，唯一的方法就是找到那条鳄鱼，然后靠近它，听它肚子里的时钟报时。

6、strike v.撞; 碰; 撞击;