Babe the Blue Ox
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
Paul Bunyan was a giant lumberjack.
保罗·邦扬是一个巨大的伐木工。
He stood sixty-three axe handles high, give or take a handle.
他站着63把斧头 高高地, 给或拿一把.
When Paul shouted “Timber!”
当保罗喊着“Timber!”
and swung his axe, a hundred trees would fall.
并摇起他的斧子,百棵树会倒下。
Back in Paul’s day, America was growing fast, and people needed wood to build houses and towns.
早在保罗时代,美国发展迅速,人们需要用木材来建造房屋和城镇.
Farmers needed wild land cleared so they could grow crops.
农民需要清理出野地,以便种植作物。
Paul showed an early talent for knocking down trees.
保罗展现出早期击倒树木的才华.
As a baby, he rolled over in his sleep one night and knocked down a mile of Maine forest.
小时候,他睡了一晚就翻了过来 撞倒了缅因州的一英里森林
He always knew he’d be a lumberjack, and soon it was time to follow his dream.
他一直知道自己会是个伐木工,
“ I’m off to log the North Woods,” he told his parents.
他告诉父母,
“ Good luck, son,” they said.
“...... 祝好运,孩子,”他们说。
“Watch where you step!”
注意脚步!
Paul got a job at a logging camp.
保罗在一个伐木营找到工作.
Chopping down trees was easy, but he wished he had someone to help him haul the logs to the river.
砍倒树很容易 但他希望有人帮他把木头拖到河里
Then came the Winter of the Blue Snow.
然后是蓝雪之冬
Beautiful blue snow fell for days.
美丽的蓝色雪落了好几天
Paul came across a snowdrift as big as a house with two hairy blue ears sticking out of it.
保罗遇到一个大到像房子一样大的雪地,两只有毛发的蓝色耳朵从里面插出.
“Moo!”
“哞！”
it softly bellowed.
它柔软地被赞美。
Paul lifted those ears, and out came a sickly baby ox that had been stuck in the snow.
保罗抬起耳朵,出来了一只被困入雪地的病态婴儿牛.
The ox was blue all over from the cold.
牛从寒而来,一地一地被蓝.
Paul brought the ox back to camp and cared for him all night.
保罗将公牛带回了营地并照顾他一整晚.
In the morning, the ox was feeling better, but he stayed blue.
早晨,公牛感觉好些了,但他还是保持了蓝色.
He licked Paul on the neck.
他舔了保罗的脖子。
Paul laughed.
保罗笑了
“I’ll call you Babe,” he said.
" 我会叫你宝贝, " 他说。
They went off to Michigan, where Paul set up his own logging camp.
他们去了密歇根,保罗在那里建立了自己的伐木营地.
Babe grew like crazy and soon was so big that folks could hardly see him end to end.
宝宝长得像疯子 很快就长大了 以至于人们几乎看不到他的结局
None of the local watering holes were big enough for Babe to drink from.
当地所有的取水孔都没有大到让贝比喝出.
Paul solved that problem by using his axe to dig the Great Lakes.
保罗用斧头挖出大湖,解决了这个问题.
Paul’s logging camp was filled with hundreds of lumberjacks.
保罗的伐木营里挤满了数百个伐木工。
They were a hungry bunch, and their favorite food was pancakes.
他们是一群饥饿的人 他们最喜欢的食物是煎饼
“ More pancakes!”
“更多的煎饼!”
they’d call, but the cooks couldn’t make enough.
厨师却赚不到足够的钱。
Sourdough Sam, the chief cook, feared that the men would quit if they didn’t get more pancakes.
厨师萨姆(Sourdough Sam)担心,
“ Don’t worry, Sam.
“...... 别担心,山姆。
I’ll solve this,” Paul said.
保罗说:
Paul sat and thought about the problem awhile.
保罗坐了一会儿 考虑过这个问题
Then he and Babe disappeared.
然后他和贝比失踪了
About a week later, Babe returned to camp pulling an iron griddle.
大约一周后,贝比回到了营里拉起铁网.
That griddle was a mile wide if it was an inch!
如果是一英寸的话,那根绳子宽一英里!
Paul had it built in the big city.
保罗把它建在大城市。
When Sam saw the griddle, his eyes nearly popped out of his head.
山姆看到电磁盘时,他的眼睛几乎从他头上跳出.
“Now we’re cooking!”
“现在我们在做饭了!”
he cried.
他哭了起来。
Paul ordered a fire built under the griddle.
保罗下令在栅栏下起火
Babe, eager to help, drank all the water out of a lake.
宝贝,急着帮忙,把湖里的水都喝光了
The cooks used the empty lake bed as a bowl to mix the batter in.
厨师将空出湖床作一碗来搅拌打手入来.
Men strapped slabs of bacon onto their boots and skated around on the griddle.
男人们把一排培根绑在靴子上 滑行在吊篮上
When it was all greased up, the cooks poured their batter.
当这一切被抹去时,厨师们倒了他们的打手.
Soon, half a million pancakes were bubbling on the griddle.
不久,有50万个煎饼被搅在地上。
There was even a pipeline of syrup going straight to the tables.
甚至有一管糖浆直通桌子
The lumberjacks were finally happy, and no one ever quit Paul’s camp.
伐木工终于高兴了,
Those pancakes were too good!
那些煎饼太好吃了!
When the logging was done in one spot, Paul simply lifted the camp onto wheels, and Babe pulled it to a new place.
当伐木在一个地方完成时,保罗只是把营地抬上轮子,而贝比把它拉到一个新的地方.
One time, they set down their camp next to a twisty river in Wisconsin.
有一次,他们在威斯康辛的一条曲折的河边 建立了营地。
That river was so crooked that the logs the lumberjacks sent floating down would end up in an awful jam.
那条河太曲折了 木头掉下来的伐木工 最终会陷入可怕的困境
For weeks at a time, the sawmills downriver were waiting for logs that never came.
数周来,河下游的锯木厂 都在等从未到来的木头
Paul sat picking his teeth with a pine tree while he thought about the problem.
保罗一边坐着用一棵松树摘取牙齿,一边想着这个问题.
Paul had Ole, his blacksmith, forge a giant chain.
保罗有奥勒,他的铁匠, 伪造一个巨大的链条。
He hooked one end of the chain to Babe’s harness and the other end to a twist in the river.
他把链子的一端钩上贝比的绳子,另一端钩上河道的曲折.
“ Pull, Babe!”
"拉,宝贝!"
he commanded, and Babe pulled.
他命令, 和贝比拉。
Sweat poured off Babe, but the river wouldn’t budge.
但河水不会减弱。
“Harder!”
" Harder!" (美国英语)
Paul said.
保罗说。
Babe grunted and pulled harder.
宝宝叫了又用力拉
The muscles on his neck stood out like tree roots.
他脖子上的肌肉像树根一样突出
His legs dug in the earth, and his belly nearly touched the ground, but that old river was as crooked as ever.
他的腿被挖出地上 他的肚皮几乎触地而入 但那条老河还是那么弯曲
Then Paul saw the bend in the river give a shiver.
后来保罗看到河道的弯道会发抖.
“It’s working!”
" 它起作用了! "
he cried.
他哭了起来。
Babe let out a bellow that was heard all the way to Kansas.
贝比向堪萨斯州放出一道传来的声音
He gave a mighty tug, causing the river to snap like a whip.
他用强力的拖拉力,使河水像鞭子一样断了.
Then, with a CRACK!
然后,用Crack来!
it lay straight as a flagpole.
它像旗杆一样倒地
Everyone cheered.
大家欢呼.
Paul stuck out his chest with pride so much that his buttons popped off his shirt.
保罗很骄傲地插出胸口 他的纽扣从他衬衫上跳出
Paul and Babe went on to do many more great things.
保罗和贝比继续做了许多更伟大的事.
They were last seen working in the vast wilderness of Alaska.
他们最后一次被看见在阿拉斯加的荒野工作
Folks up there say they still sometimes hear a mighty voice in the woods calling out “Timber!”
人们说,他们有时仍然听到树林里响起“Timber”的强大声音。
followed by a rumbling “Moo!”
之后,又出现了一声叫喊的叫声。