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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Chapter02-02)
本帖最后由 learnEnglish 于 2009-10-17 20:38 编辑 ; C0 _) U9 a$ \- q+ K
2 p+ x9 n& ]* e* h' K* v4 TTom appeared on the sidewalk with a bucket of whitewash and a long-handled brush. He surveyed the fence, and all gladness left him and a deep melancholy settled down upon his spirit. Thirty yards of board fence nine feet high. Life to him seemed hollow, and existence but a burden. Sighing, he dipped his brush and passed it along the topmost plank; repeated the operation; did it again; compared the insignificant whitewashed streak with the far-reaching continent of unwhitewashed fence, and sat down on a tree-box discouraged. Jim came skipping out at the gate with a tin pail, and singing ~Buffalo Gals. Bringing water from the town pump had always been hateful work in Tom's eyes, before, but now it did not strike him so. He remembered that there was company at the pump. White, mulatto, and negro boys and girls were always there waiting their turns, resting, trading playthings, quarrelling, fighting, skylarking. And he remembered that although the pump was only a hundred and fifty yards off, Jim never got back with a bucket of water under an hour -- and even then somebody generally had to go after him. Tom said:
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6 a9 ~$ _* X, \' a- d; }9 \1 G r"Say, Jim, I'll fetch the water if you'll whitewash some."5 T ?) |. G( q1 Y, w- o5 L* }8 m* H
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settle down = 安顿下来, 定居! o' @+ [6 w z8 H4 s3 `: ?! L1 X) ?0 ?
go after = 追在后面(催促), 追逐, 追求
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0 S. z& u: j* E$ i4 BBuffalo Gals => "Buffalo Gals" is a traditional American song.& l8 V) P- J1 l. v
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company = 同伴, etc.
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strike = 给以印象, 使想起, etc.
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发表于 2009-10-15 10:16
schnell
今天能把chapter2写完么？
楼主呢？
