Woolly and Fang
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
Millions of years ago the earth was always warm.
数百万年前,地球总是温暖的。
All creatures, dinosaurs and others, that roamed the earth enjoyed good lives.
所有在地上游荡的生物 恐龙和其他人 都享受着美好的生活
And then, the earth became bitterly cold.
后出地为苦寒所取.
Lakes and rivers froze solid.
湖泊和河流冻结了固体。
The snow began to fall and became so deep that it compacted, turning into massive frozen mountains called glaciers.
雪地开始倒下并变得如此地深而收缩,变成被称作"冰川"的大规模冰冻山地.
These glaciers continued to grow and grow, and soon the earth was nearly completely covered in ice.
这些冰川继续生长和生长,很快地地地几乎完全被冰所覆盖.
A winter’s chill, like no other, draped the earth in icy wonder.
冬天的寒冷, 不像其他的一样,
Crystalline snow blanketed the earth.
水晶雪覆盖了地球。
It was like a white rose— beautiful, but with bitterly long, cold thorns.
它就像一朵白色的玫瑰 -- -- 美丽,但有苦长而冷的刺。
It was the coming of the Ice Age.
冰河时代的到来
The dinosaurs and other creatures were unable to survive the sharp thorns of the Ice Age.
恐龙和其他生物无法活过冰河时代的尖刺.
But some creatures did survive.
但有些生物确实存活下来了
There were great bears with thick layers of fat and heavy coats of fur.
有大熊 有厚厚的脂肪和厚厚的皮毛
There were woolly mammoths, elephant-like creatures, covered in long, thick hair.
有羊毛毛,象形动物,被长而厚的头发所覆盖.
Their tusks were long and curved, well-suited to move chunks of ice and snow as they searched for grasses beneath the frozen snow and ice.
在冰冻地冰下寻找草地时,它们的长发和弯曲,非常适合移动一整块冰雪.
Here, too, were the mighty saber-toothed tigers—heavy of coat, and strong of limb.
这里有雄伟的剑齿虎,有大衣,有强壮的肢体。
They were called saber-toothed because their two upper fangs were curved like a sword or saber.
他们被称为"剑齿",因为他们的两个上牙被弯曲得像剑或剑.
They were hunters who preyed upon those creatures that lived on the edge of the glaciers.
他们是猎人 猎取那些生活在冰川边缘的生物。
They ate anything and everything that they could catch.
他们吃任何东西和一切 他们可以捕捉。
One of their favorite foods was the woolly mammoth.
他们最喜欢的食物之一 是羊毛猛毛。
Now, the mammoth may have been the tigers’ favorite food, but it was also the most dangerous.
猛毛象可能是老虎最喜欢的食物,
For, you see, the mammoths were just that, mammoth.
因为,你看,长毛象就是那样,长毛象。
They were big and had thick hides covered by long, woolly coats.
它们很大 有厚厚的皮被长长的羊毛外衣所覆盖
Some of them weighed over a ton, and could easily step on a saber-toothed tiger.
有的体重超过一吨 很容易踩到一头剑齿虎
More importantly, if a mammoth was mad, its long, curled tusks could be great weapons.
更重要的是,如果一头猛毛象疯了, 它的长长而卷曲的长牙可能是伟大的武器。
The saber-toothed tigers contented themselves with snacking on the smaller creatures that lived on and around the blue-ice glacier.
剑齿虎以小吃来满足于生活在蓝冰冰川上和周围的小生物.
Still, they looked for any opportunity to have a big woolly mammoth meal.
不过,他们还是想找机会吃一顿羊毛毛大餐。
They watched for the old, the injured, and, a special delicacy, the baby mammoth.
他们看着老的,受伤的, 和,一个特别的美味,婴儿乳房。
One blustery cold day, colder than most others, a baby saber-toothed tiger was born in a snow cave near the heart of a blue-ice glacier.
相较于多数人,一个多变多变的寒冷日,一头幼齿虎生于蓝冰冰川中心附近的雪洞.
His coat was thick, and he had two large eyes.
他的外衣很厚 有两只大眼睛
For the most part he looked like any other saber-toothed tiger.
大部分时候他看起来像其他的剑齿虎
But he had two of the longest saber teeth that you have ever seen.
但他有两颗你见过的最长的剑齿
Proudly, his mother and his father named him Fang.
骄傲地说,他的母亲和父亲都叫他"方".
Coincidentally, not far away, in a snowfield on the other side of the blue-ice glacier, a mother mammoth gave birth to a new calf.
巧合的是,不远处,在蓝冰冰川另一边的雪地上,一头母乳毛生出一头新的小牛.
The calf’s tusks, though tiny, showed great promise for curve and length.
幼崽的牙齿虽然很小,
His ears and trunk were short, but that was to be expected.
他的耳朵和箱子很短,但这是预料之中的。
The hair that covered his body was long and thick.
遮住他身体的头发又长又厚.
Truly, this mammoth would be warm on the coldest of days.
这头长毛象在最冷的日子里会很暖和
His parents named him Woolly.
他的父母给他取名伍利.
Life was very hard during this time of icy cold.
在冰冷的这段时间里生活非常艰难
There was danger everywhere on and around the glacier.
冰川上和周围到处都是危险
There were deep crevasses hidden by thin layers of delicate snow that formed false bridges.
有深层的碎屑被细密的细密的雪层所隐藏 形成了假桥
Should you choose to walk across one of these bridges, your choice could be very wrong.
如果你选择走过这些桥梁之一, 你的选择可能非常错误。
The bridge of snow could collapse, and you would fall to the bottom of a deep crevasse with sheer walls of ice that could not be climbed.
雪之桥可能倒塌, 你会掉入一个深层的冰层下方, 上面的冰壁是无法攀登的。
Fang and Woolly grew and, although surrounded by danger, they filled their lives with adventure.
方克和伍利逐渐成长,虽然被危险所包围,但他们以冒险充满了生命.
They were young and full of life, and every day was a new experience.
他们年轻而充满了生命,每天都有新的经历.
And so they grew.
于是他们长大了。
Woolly would charge through the drifts of snow that blanketed the snowfields, exploding out on the other side.
伍利会在雪地上飘来飘去 雪地在另一边爆炸
He played and played but always under the watchful eyes of the entire herd of mammoths.
他演奏和演奏,但总是在 整个猛毛象群的监视下。
Fang lived inside the ice cave and only ventured out onto the slippery surface when his parents were there to watch over him.
Fang住在冰洞里 只是在他父母看望他的时候 冒险到滑水地表
There he would scamper and skid, chasing after a ball of hard-packed snow or stalking the shadows of his parents as they walked the ridge.
在那里他会偷跑和滑雪,追逐一球 硬包装的雪 或者跟踪他父母的影子 当他们走出山脊。
If it was possible, it seemed to be getting even colder around the blue-ice glacier.
如果有可能,它似乎在蓝冰冰川周围变得更冷.
Even the hardy grasses that grew beneath the snow had become scarce.
连积雪下生长的坚硬的草地也变得稀少.
The herd had moved the snow in the field from over the grass, and there was nothing left to eat.
牧群从草地上移出田地上取出雪来,再无所食.
So it came to be that the mammoths had to move away from the glacier.
因此,哺乳动物不得不离开冰川。
They began a migration toward the south to find warmth and food.
他们开始向南迁徙 寻找温暖和食物
The saber-toothed tigers always looked toward the snowfield and the herd of mammoths.
剑齿虎总是望向雪地和长毛象群.
Food was scarce on the glacier, and the thought of the meal below kept them on the prowl.
冰川上的食物稀缺,而下面的一顿饭的念头使得它们一直徘徊.
They would crouch behind boulders above the field and wait for an opportunity, a chance that never seemed to come.
他们会蹲在野外的巨石后 等待机会 机会似乎从未出现过
The glacier formed a mighty U around the snowfield.
冰川在雪地周围形成了强大的U.
The fastest way to the south would force the mammoths to climb up and over a steep, narrow section of massive ice.
向南走最快的路 将迫使长毛象 爬上和爬过一个陡峭而狭窄的冰层
Because of the cold and lack of food, it was a risk they had to take.
由于寒冷和缺乏食物,他们不得不冒这个风险。
Woolly, being the youngest, was placed in the middle of the herd.
作为最年轻的伍利被放入了牧群中间.
The snow was deep, but the mammoths’ feet trampled the snow into a packed path, making the going easy for Woolly.
雪很深, 但猛毛象的脚把雪踩入了一条被打乱的道路,
Together, as one, they moved up from the snowfield and onto the blue-ice glacier.
他们一起从雪地上爬到蓝冰冰川上
As they started down the other side, they realized there was something watching from the ice cliffs above.
当他们从另一边开始, 他们意识到有东西从上面的冰崖上看。
The scent of the saber-toothed tiger was heavy in the air.
剑齿虎的气味在空中很重.
The mammoths in the lead began swinging their massive tusks from side to side while trumpeting a challenge to the hunters above.
领先部位的猛毛象开始从一面向一面挥起巨大的长牙,同时向上方的猎人吹出挑战.
But food had been very scarce for the saber-toothed tigers, and they knew that their only source of food was migrating.
但对于剑齿虎来说食物非常稀少,他们知道他们唯一的食物来源是迁徙.
With a roar that shattered the stillness of the day, they attacked.
怒吼粉碎了今天的静态 他们袭击了这里
They leaped from the rocks, hoping to frighten the herd into scattering to make the weak more vulnerable.
他们从岩石上跳出,希望吓跑群落而散去,使弱者更加脆弱.
The weakest—the meal they sought—was in the middle.
最弱者,即他们所寻求的食品,正在中间。
It was a small mammoth named Woolly.
是一只叫伍利的小猛马
As one the herd began to run, Woolly stumbling along, his ears extended in fear.
当一个牧群开始奔跑时,伍利绊倒了,他的耳朵在恐惧中伸展.
The large cats charged, leaping onto the back of one of the older females at the back of the running herd.
一只大猫在奔跑群的后背上跳跃
She bellowed in anger and pain, pulling from the safety of the herd.
她愤怒而痛苦地哀嚎 从牧群的安全中拔出
Woolly knew that voice.
伍利知道那个声音
It was his mother!
这是他的母亲!
He turned toward the sound and ran out of the safety of the herd, just as the group thundered across a snow bridge above a deep crevasse.
他向着声音跑去 跑出牧群的安全, 就像一群人雷霆过雪桥 上方的深裂。
The saber-toothed tigers had what they wanted!
剑齿虎有他们想要的!
The weakest was now isolated from the herd.
弱者现在与群群隔绝。
They leaped from the female’s back and crouched facing the charging calf.
他们从雌鸟背上跳出,并蹲下面对充电的小牛。
Woolly’s mother, not realizing what was happening, stood there dazed.
伍利的母亲没有意识到发生了什么,却站在那里晕倒了。
Woolly continued his charge.
伍利继续他的指控。
The male saber-toothed tiger stood his ground, and then slipped to the side, allowing Woolly to continue his charge toward the female cat.
雄性剑齿虎站起地来,后滑倒到侧面,让伍利能继续对雌性猫负责.
Now they had him trapped between the two of them.
现在他们把他困在他们俩之间
This would be an easy kill.
这样就很容易了
Meanwhile, Woolly’s mother, as strong as strong could be, shook and rolled her shoulders to free herself from the clinging beasts.
同时,伍利的母亲虽然力气强大,却摇摇欲坠地将她的肩膀从紧身兽中解救出来。
But the tigers had teeth and claws buried in her thick hide, and they were not easily thrown.
但老虎有牙齿和爪子被埋入她厚厚的花皮中,并不容易被抛出.
No one knows who would have won the battle between the tigers and the mammoth cow.
没人知道谁能赢得老虎和母牛的战斗
For at that moment, Woolly raced back up the packed snow trail, his tiny curved tusks raised for battle.
在那一刻,伍利跑回了 被打满了的雪地上, 他的微小弯曲的长象牙 升起战斗。
The large female cat hissed and hunched her massive back, the coarse hair bristling.
雌性大猫扭扭扭扭扭扭扭扭扭扭扭扭扭扭扭扭扭扭扭扭扭扭扭扭扭扭扭扭扭扭
Her mouth was open wide, exposing the lower, razor-sharp teeth.
她的口是开阔的, 暴露出下,剃刀尖的牙齿。
Her long fangs curved down from above.
她的长牙从上方弯下
Woolly skidded to a stop.
伍利滑倒到一个站。
He turned to run, only to face the male, who was crouching behind, waiting to attack.
他转而跑去,只面对正在蹲下等待进攻的雄性.
Woolly was trapped.
伍丽被困.
Fear overcame him, and he stood there frozen still.
恐惧压倒了他, 他站在那里冻住。
His trunk swiped back and forth in the snow, matching the angry snaps of the cats’ tails.
他的后车厢在雪地上相接而来,
With her trunk, she grabbed the female saber-toothed tiger from behind and lifted her high in the air.
她用她的后车厢从后方抓住了雌性剑齿虎并举起她高高的空中.
Then, with a twist of her mighty head, she dashed the cat onto the ice.
然后,用她强大的头的曲折, 她把猫撞到冰上。
One thunderous step and the tiger was dead.
出一出雷出相而虎已死.
She quickly turned her attention to the larger male saber-toothed tiger, who had swung at Woolly with his massive clawed paw.
她迅速将注意力转向了更大的雄性剑齿虎,他用他巨大的爪子向伍利挥舞.
Woolly had backed away just in time, but his side had been raked with the jagged claws.
伍利及时退后了 但他的侧面被被夹住的爪子所打
Then, just as all seemed lost, all was saved.
然后,就像所有看起来都失去了一样,一切都得到了拯救。
The ice shook with the thundering feet of Woolly’s mother.
冰被伍利母亲的打雷脚震出.
She had shaken off the pain of her wounds, and the attacked became the attacker.
她已经摆脱了伤痛,被袭击者成为了袭击者。
Woolly’s mother lowered her massive, high- domed skull and charged.
伍利的母亲将她巨大的高额头骨放下并充电.
The saber-toothed tiger, focusing only on the meal at hand, never saw her coming.
剑齿虎只把注意力放在手边的饭上,从未见过她来.
Her head smashed into his side, just as he attempted to finish Woolly off.
她的头撞到他那边了 就像他试图把伍利干掉一样
Using all of her massive weight, she pressed down on the saber-toothed tiger, and instantly he, too, was dead.
她用她巨大的重量 压倒了剑齿虎 立刻他也死了
Blood dripping down her side from the wounds on her back, she turned to see if there were more.
血从她背上的伤口倒下 她转过身来看看有没有更多
But there was nothing there, except for a small, frightened mammoth calf.
但除了一只被吓跑的毛毛小牛 什么都没有
Time was running out.
时间不多了
Urging Woolly to follow, she hurried back down the snow-packed trail to the narrow ice bridge across the crevasse.
迫使伍利跟随她,她匆匆地从被积雪包裹的道上走回了穿越克瓦斯的狭窄冰桥.
She started across, with Woolly following.
她从对面开始,伍利跟着来
The snow bridge, weakened by the herd that had gone before, began to crumble.
雪桥被之前的群牛所削弱,开始倒塌.
Chunks of snow and ice broke away as the bridge slowly collapsed.
当大桥慢慢倒塌时 冰和雪就断了
Woolly stopped at the last possible moment, stepping back onto the solid ice of the glacier.
伍利在最后可能的时刻停了下来,回到了冰川的固冰上.
With a gasp, he watched as his mother fell from the bridge into the seemingly bottomless chasm.
他看着母亲从桥上掉入了看似无底的阴道
His heart pounded, and large tears formed and froze in the corners of his eyes.
他的心跳起来,眼角上形成并冻结了巨大的眼泪。
His mother was gone!
他妈妈不见了!
Worse than worse, he was trapped on the glacier, and the herd was on the other side, fading from view.
比更糟糕的是,他被困在了冰川上,而牧群则在另一边,从视野中消失.
He trumpeted a long, lonely tone that echoed down into the chasm.
他吹出一个长而孤独的语气,在阴道中回响.
And then, there was only silence.
然后,只有沉默。
Woolly’s call did not go unheard.
伍利的电话没有被听到。
For in an ice-cave not far away, a young saber-toothed tiger first heard the blood call of his parents, and then, last, the haunting farewell from the young calf.
因为在一个不远处的冰洞里,一只年轻的剑齿虎先是听到他父母的血叫声,再最后从幼犊那里传出缠绕的道别.
Now, the ending of this story is up to you.
现在,这个故事的结局由你决定.
What happens next to these two young creatures trapped in isolation on the blue-ice glacier?
这两只被困在蓝冰冰川上 被隔离的年轻生物会怎么样?
What do they do for food?
他们做什么的食物?
What does Woolly do for shelter?
怎么样? 伍利做为避难所?
Does the hunter become the hunted?
猎人变成被猎人了吗?
Just how will it end?
怎么会结束?
The author would like to know what you think and why.
作者想知道你的想法和原因。