“Rhyme Crime”
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
The sound of rain pounding on my office window pane filled the February room with gloom.
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It was noon.
当时是中午。
I was munching lunch, noting that I had made some rhymes when I would rather have been out solving crimes.
我在吃午饭,注意到我做了一些押韵 当我宁愿出去解决犯罪。
My name is Smith, Word Smith.
我的名字是史密斯,Word Smith。
I’m a private detective —a private eye.
我是私人侦探,
Actually, I’m more of a private I since I specialize in cases involving the twenty-six letters of the alphabet and all forms of the words and phrases they form.
事实上,我是一个私人,因为我专门处理涉及字母表26个字母和所有形式词和短语的案件。
I figured that with all the wet weather we were having, even the people who break the rules of grammar in their everyday speech were staying at home.
我想,我们所有的湿天气, 即使那些在日常演讲中违反语法规则的人, 都留在家里。
So, I took another bite of p-i-z-z-a and went back to the daily crossword puzzle.
于是,我又咬了个P-i-z-z-a,回到了日常的填字谜题.
“Number four down.
“第4个下降。
A seven-letter word meaning, ‘the same.’
一个七个字母的词的意思,`同样。 " ; "
” From my previous answers, I knew this one started with an S.
“ 从我之前的答案中,我知道这个开始是一个S.
It was right there on the tip of my tongue, so I spit it out: “sausage” —the spicy kind.
它就在我舌头尖端, 所以我吐出: “香水”—— 辣味的那种。
Luckily, it landed in a dark and dim place near the trash.
幸运的是,它降落在一个黑暗而阴暗的地方 在垃圾堆附近。
“Yuck.
“讨厌。
I won’t order sausage pizza from Antonio’s again.”
我不会再向安东尼奥订购香肠披萨了。 “
Then I wrote down the correct answer in the crossword, “synonym,” and moved on to the next clue.
之后我写下了填词"同义词"中的正确答案并转到下一条线索.
That’s when the door opened and in walked a bespectacled, bow-tied man wearing a blue suit.
这时门打开,
“My name is Ben Brannoor.
“我的名字是本·布兰诺尔。
I’m the proprietor of a greeting-card store.”
我是贺卡店的老板。 “
“Nice scansion,” I said, approvingly.
我说,“不错的扫描,”是赞成的。
“Six syllables per rhyme.”
“每个韵母有六个音节。 “
“Ah, you are indeed Word Smith.”
你确是传言的, “
“And by your accent I can tell you are British, in which case the umbrella you’re shaking out on my freshly waxed floors would be called a bumbershoot.”
“根据你的口音,我可以告诉你是英国人,在这种情况下,你在我的新蜡地上发抖的雨伞将被称为"一发"。 “
(#3 Across in yesterday’s crossword.)
(# 3 横跨昨天的交叉词)
“But since I admire the alliteration of your name, dress, accent, and accessories— everything beginning with the letter B—I forgive you.
“但是,由于我钦佩对你的名字、衣服、口音和饰品——从字母B开始的一切——的描述,我原谅你。
Now what can I do for you?”
我能为你做什么? “
Ben Brannoor explained that Valentine’s Day, which was coming up, was the biggest holiday of the year for the greeting-card business.
本·布兰诺尔(Ben Brannoor)解释说,即将到来的情人节是当年贺卡业最大的节日.
But customers were leaving his store empty-handed.
但顾客却把店空了
Why?
为什么?
Someone or something had taken the rhyme out of all the greeting cards.
有人或什么的 取出押韵 所有的贺卡。
All that were left were plain sentences!
剩下的都是简单的句子!
Where had the rhymes gone?
押韵呢?
“Look at this one,” he said.
他说,“看看这个,”
“It is usually my number one seller.
“这通常是我的头号销售商。
Now I may as well store it in the cellar.”
现在我还是把它放在地窖里好了 “
I examined the cream-colored card with gold- embossed lettering.
我检查了涂有克丽丝彩色的卡片 上面印有金色的字
The cover showed a bouquet of flowers inside a heart.
封面上放出一束花花 在心脏里
While I was looking at this beautiful card, a lump of sentimental joy welled up in my throat, unless that was a reaction to the sausage I’d just eaten.
我看着这张漂亮的卡片时,
I opened the card and read the poem inside: “Roses are red.
我打开了牌并在里面读了这首诗:“罗斯是红色的。
Violets are blue.
紫罗兰是蓝色的。
If I had ten dollars, I’d spend it on my pet salamander.”
如果我有10美元,我会花在我的宠物沙拉曼德身上。 “
“Horridly unromantic, isn’t it?”
“这很不浪漫, “
Ben cried.
班 cried而哭.
“Maybe it’s a Valentine’s Day card for an amphibian lover,” I suggested.
“也许是两栖情人的情人节卡片,
“The last word in that poem is supposed to be you, and you know it.”
“这首诗的最后一句话应该是你,你知道的。 “
He thrust another card toward me, which I read, dutifully.
他又给我加了一张牌,我读过,很忠诚
“It’s Valentine’s Day, dear.
" 这是情人节,亲爱的。
My heart is full of love.
心生爱心.
It’s true we fit together.
我们确实能融为一体。
Like a hand in a bowl of oatmeal.”
如手入一碗燕麦. “
“Glove!
“爱!
Glove is what that poem is going for,” said Ben, so exasperated his bow tie untied.
Ben说, 手套正是那首诗的目的,
“True, it is an odd poem,” I concluded, “And maybe a bit gross, but not illegal.”
“真的,这首诗很奇特,”我最后说,“也许有点恶心,但不是非法的。 “
“That’s exactly what the bobbies said when they came to investigate.”
" 鲍比来调查时正是这么说的。 “
I knew that bobbies, another British word beginning with a B, is a synonym for police (#12 down, the day-before-yesterday’s crossword).
我知道bbbies(另一个从B开始的英国语词)是警察的同义词(#12下,
“The police said they couldn’t do anything about the nonrhyming cards, because technically nothing had been stolen; the cards were still on their racks,” Ben added.
" 警察说,他们无法对无韵卡采取任何行动,因为技术上没有任何东西被偷;这些卡片仍然被放在他们的架上。 "
“I suspect some type of linguistic foul play is at work.”
“我怀疑某种语言的恶作剧正在发生。 “
Was there a case here?
这里有案子吗?
Could rhymes really disappear?
押韵真的会消失吗?
Or was this just some lazy greeting- card writers getting away with word-murder?
还是只是一些懒惰的问候... 写纸条的作家用文字谋杀逃跑了?
And how could something called “play” be considered work?
如何将“游戏”视为工作?
As was my habit when lost in thought, which I much prefer being lost in rather than the woods at night, (or downtown Metropolis at any time), I went to squint through the slats of the 1940s Venetian blinds I had installed in my office.
就像我在思索中迷失的习惯一样, 我更喜欢在晚上的树林中迷失, 而不是在大都会市中心,
I gazed across the avenue at the billboard advertising my favorite candy, with its famous rhyming slogan: “When you’re feeling low this can’t be beat.
我在街对面的广告牌上 宣传我最喜欢的糖果 上面写着著名的赞美口号: “当你感到低落时,
Reach for a Choco-Ball.
找到一个Choco -Ball。
It’s so yummy to smack with a five-iron.”
用五铁棒一拳真好吃 “
Huh?
是吗?
Something smelled fishy, and it wasn’t my day-old tuna sandwich.
也不是我的一天的金枪鱼三明治。
Then I noticed a stream of angry people leaving the theater down the block.
然后我注意到一阵愤怒的人 离开剧院在街上。
It was just 3:00 pm; the Wednesday matinee of the hit musical comedy Young Love Is Old School shouldn’t let out for another hour.
音乐喜剧"年轻相爱"(Young Love Is Old School)的周三晚间,
Ben and I went down to see what was up.
本和我下去看看发生了什么
A crowd of well-dressed women milled about the theater.
一群穿好衣服的女人在剧院里磨坊
“Why is everyone leaving the show so early?”
“为什么每个人都这么早离开节目? “
I asked one of the patrons.
我问了一个赞助人。
“You didn’t pay good money to come into the city to see an understudy in the role who wasn’t up to your expectations?”
“你没有花很多钱来城中, “
“No, all the leads were performing today, and in fine voice, too,” replied the patron, ironically named Mrs.
“不,所有线索今天都在表演,而且声音也很好。”
Rhett Orically.
瑞特奥利克
“So, what was the problem?”
“那么,问题是什么? “
“Besides the director not reeling in the overacting actors?
“除了导演,
It was the song lyrics!
这是歌词!
They didn’t rhyme.”
他们没有押韵。 “
“Ah-ha!”
“啊,哈!”
I said, noting the palindrome.
我说了,注意到了广场。
“Ah-ha!”
“啊,哈!”
Mrs.
夫人,请原谅
Rhett Orically continued.
Rhett Oritical继续.
“I have the cast album and saw the original show in London—so I know the lyrics!
“我有这张投影专辑,
In the first act, Hiram Hornswoggle, the dashing young pharmacist vows eternal love for Hermione Hillybottom, the spunky, young animal rights activist who, on an undercover assignment, works the drugstore’s cosmetics counter.
在第一幕中,Hiram Hornswoggle, 破碎的年轻药剂师誓言永远爱着Hermione Hillybottin, 年轻的动物权利活动家,
But instead of singing, ‘The full moon in June makes me want to swoon,’ he crooned, ‘The full moon in October makes me want to break out in an itchy rash that can’t be treated with antibiotics.’
而不是唱出“六月的满月让我想摇摇欲坠 ” , 他喊道 : “ 十月的满月让我想爆发出无法用抗生素治疗的痒疹。 " ; "
Terrible.
糟糕透顶了
And painful.
还有痛苦
We didn’t want to sit through that.
我们不想坐视不管。
Why, the image is frightful.
为什么,图像是可怕的。
Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have to meet up with my group for some caloric cake and coffee before we take the bus back to Ketchum.
请原谅, 在坐公交车回克查姆之前, 我必须和我的团队见面, 吃点热蛋糕和咖啡。
“ First, greeting cards, then advertising slogans, and now song lyrics.
“首先,打贺卡,然后宣传口号,现在歌词。
Ben Brannoor was right: Someone was stealing all the rhymes and replacing them with un-rhymes.
本·布兰诺尔(Ben Brannoor)说得对:有人在偷取所有押韵并取而代之的是无韵.
But who could be so evil, so dastardly?
但谁能如此邪恶,如此卑鄙?
I was drawing a blank, and not just blank verse.
我画的是空白的, 不只是空白的诗句。
Ben and I returned to my office.
本和我回到我的办公室。
That’s when it hit me like a ton of bricks!
这时,
A truckload of dirt!
一卡车的泥土!
A pound of pennies!
一磅硬币!
Well, actually it was more like one brick, thrown through the window, with a note attached.
其实它更像是一块砖头 从窗户上扔出来 上面附了个字条
“Occupational hazard,” I explained.
" 职业危险, " 我作了解释。
“Being a film-noir-style private investigator, I lose a lot of windows this way.”
“我身为电影风格的私人调查员, “
“Let me read the note,” said Ben.
本说,“让我读读该说明”。
“Okay, but don’t forget that the note was addressed to me.”
“好吧,但不要忘记该照会是写给我的。 “
Ben read, “If you want the rhymes back and then some/You will have to pay my ransom.”
Ben读道:“如果你想要回押韵,那么有些人/你必须支付我的赎金。 “
“Me,” I said.
" 我," 我说。
“Of course you, the note was addressed to you.”
“当然,该照会是写给你的。 “
“No, the word ‘me’ is missing from the second line of the note.
" 不,注中第二行没有 " 我 " 一词。
It should say ‘pay me my ransom.’
它应该说:"给我我的赎金。 " ; "
Any decent poet who can tell his iambic from his pentameter would hear that the second line needs one more syllable to have a musical cadence.
任何能从他五角星中分辨出他阴茎的正派诗人都会听到第二行需要再一个音节才能有音乐腔.
Now who could that ‘me’ be?
现在,谁能成为‘我'?
Who would be so overconfident that they would misplace their ‘me’ when it mattered?”
谁会过于自信,以致于他们把“我”放在重要位置呢? “
I took the note from Ben, read it again, and immediately sang out, “E.
我从Ben那里拿了笔记,再读一遍,立即唱出“E.
E.
（字母E）
Cunning is ‘me’!”
Cunning是「我」!
“What?”
“什么情况? “
said Ben, startled by my outburst.
班说,吓到我了
“But.
“但是,
you’re Word Smith.
您是Word Smith。
It says so right on the glass of your office door.
你的办公室门玻璃上写着
I can see it from here.”
我从这里可以看到它。 “
“That you can, though from my vantage point, it reads, ‘ Word Smith.’
“尽管从我的角度讲,你可以读出`史密斯之言'。 " ; "
And true, I’m he.
并且,
Or rather, I am me, but the poet E.
或者说,我是我,但诗人E。
E.
（字母E）
Cunning, or as she writes it, all lowercase, ‘e.
Cunning,或者她写的,都是小写,‘e.
e.
e. 资源
cunning,’ is the note writer who needed a ‘me.’
写纸条的人需要‘我'。 " ; "
I explained to Ben that e.
我向本解释过
e.
e. 资源
, which stood for Eleanor Elizabeth, not extraordinary ego, which is what you must have to refer to yourself only by your initials, was once a successful poet.
代表Eleanor Elizabeth的 而不是非凡的自负 也就是你必须用首字母来形容自己
She broke onto the poetry scene with daring poems that never used commas or capital letters.
她用从未用过逗号或大写字母的大胆诗歌打破了诗歌的场景.
The beatniks thought she was “out-of-sight” and the rappers thought she was “da bomb,” though English teachers thought she could use extra homework on punctuation.
虽然英语老师认为她可以多做点心作业,
e.
e. 资源
e.
e. 资源
became the darling of the poetry circuit.
成为诗歌流派的爱人
She even hosted her own TV show, “For Better or Verse.”
她甚至主持她自己的电视剧“For Better or Verse. “
But she got too famous too fast.
但她的名声太快了
She couldn’t handle the pressure of constantly coming up with pithy witticisms and witty pithicisms, and her skyrocketing career plummeted as quickly as it took off —thanks to me.
她无法承受不断出现低智多谋和低智多谋的压力,
Back when I was on the Grammar Police, I caught her passing off bad rhymes, such as “oven” with “nothin’,” and her poetic license was revoked.
她的诗作执照被吊销。
“The last I heard, she was writing silly bumper stickers.”
“我最后听到的是,她在写愚蠢的保险杠贴纸。 “
“Ah, so she must need money!”
“啊,所以她必须需要钱! “
said Ben.
说本。
“That’s why she did it.
“这就是她这样做的原因。
I wonder how much is the ransom?
我想知道赎金多少钱?
The note didn’t say.”
便条没有说。 “
Just then, another brick with another note crashed through another window.
刚刚,另一块砖与另一张纸条从另一扇窗子撞了下来.
“You had to ask?”
" 你不得不问? “
I grumbled.
我发牢骚
This note said, “I’m not doing it for money.
这份说明说,“我这样做不是为了钱。
I’m doing it to prove my domination of all things poetic.
我这样做是为了证明我对一切诗歌的支配。
Meet me at the Synonym Bun Cafe tonight for the Poetry Triathlon.”
今晚在同义咖啡馆见 为"诗歌三重唱" “
So that was her plan!
这就是她的计划!
She would use all the stolen rhymes to help her win the biggest event in the world of professional poetry!
她会用所有被偷走的韵律来帮助她赢得职业诗歌界最大的盛会!
All the superstars of poetry would be there: Joyce Killjoy, Edgar Allan Woe, and Tanka, the Japanese haiku expert.
所有诗歌的超巨星都会在那里:乔伊斯·克利乔伊(Joyce Killjoy),埃德加·艾伦·沃德(Edgar Allan Woe)和日本海库专家坦克.
Dr.
医生
Snooze, the beloved author of rhyming bedtime stories, would be the judge.
斯努兹,最爱的诗歌作家 床上故事,将是法官。
We got to the cafe shortly before 8:00 pm.
我们8点前到咖啡馆
The place was in an uproar.
那地方当时很生气
The only poet on the main stage was e.
主舞台上唯一的诗人是e.
e.
e. 资源
cunning!
狡猾!
Joyce Killjoy had suffered a mysterious accident in which she fell out of a tree.
乔伊丝·克乔伊遭遇了一场神秘的事故,她从一棵树上倒下.
Edgar Allan Woe called to say he was too afraid to leave his house because a crazy black bird kept knocking at his door.
埃德加·艾伦 呜呼地说,他太害怕离开他的房子,因为一只疯狂的黑鸟不停地敲他的门.
Tanka sent a note, in the form of a 5-7-5 haiku: “ I must send regrets.
Tanka以5至7至5海库的形式发出了一份说明:“我必须表示遗憾。
Cannot attend the contest.
无法参加比赛 。
Too ill to travel.”
太病出行去来. “
All of the all-star poets were no shows.
所有全明星诗人都没有表演.
Coincidences?
巧合吗?
I don’t think so.
我不这么认为。
I knew e.
и笵
e.
e. 资源
was behind this, so I stepped forward.
是幕后黑手 所以我挺身而出
“May I compete?”
“我可以竞争吗? “
I asked.
我问。
“Well, I don’t know.
“嗯,我不知道。
Serious poets usually dress in all-black.
严肃的诗人一般会穿通黑.
You look more like a member of a game-show audience,” Dr.
你看上去更像是一个游戏观众的成员,
Snooze observed, “but I guess we can overlook that.
Snooze说:“但我想我们可以忽略这一点。
What do you say, e.
你怎么说,e.
e.
e. 资源
“Me against the great Word Smith?
“我反对伟大的"史密斯"一词?
Oh, I am shaking with fear,” she said sarcastically.
她讽刺地说,
“I’ve been waiting for this moment!
「我一直在等这一刻!
I’ll show him no mercy, though it’ll be like taking candy from a baby.”
我将毫不留情, “
So Eleanor Elizabeth had a sweet tooth for revenge!
所以埃莉诺·伊丽莎白为了报仇 有了一颗甜牙!
Well, I wasn’t going to give up without a bite, I mean fight.
我不会放弃,
“The first event is similes, which are comparisons using like or as,” explained Dr.
“第一个事件是类似事件,是用类似或以类似方式进行比较。”
Snooze.
斯诺兹
“The image is ‘sunset.’
“图像为`日落'。 " ; "
e.
e. 资源
e.
e. 资源
, you’re up.”
你起来了 “
She clasped her hands in front of her chest and cleared her throat.
她把双手伸到胸前并清了喉咙。
“The sun burnished the Western sky like a bright orange comet.”
“太阳像一颗亮橙色彗星把西方天空烧焦了。 “
The audience oohed, ahhed, and applauded appreciatively at the word picture she drew.
观众对她画的字眼赞美
It was my turn.
轮到我了
Sweat poured from my brow like a waterfall after a spring thaw.
汗从我眉毛中涌出 如瀑布后一春冻.
Gee, that wasn’t a half-bad simile for someone so nervous.
对如此紧张的人来说,
“Five seconds, Smith,” said Dr.
“5秒钟,史密斯,”医生说。
Snooze.
斯诺兹
“Um.
“嗯。
the sunset glowed.
夕阳发光了
no.
没有。
blazed.
被烧了
no, glowed like a.
不,发光像个。
yellow bug light on a hazy July night.”
黄色的虫子在七月的夜里照亮 “
A few embarrassed giggles from the audience broke the uncomfortable silence.
一些来自观众的尴尬取笑打破了不舒服的沉默.
I definitely lost that round.
我肯定输了那一回合。
“The next event is hyperboles, which are extravagant exaggerations, not to be taken literally, and often ridiculous to make a point,” said Dr.
“下一个事件是夸大其词,这是过分夸张的夸张,不是从字面上讲,而常常是荒谬的。”
Snooze.
斯诺兹
“I’m the best at hyperbole,” said e.
“我最擅长夸张,
e.
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The audience cheered her playful use of a superlative.
观众们为她玩弄超级乐器而欢呼.
“Really?”
“真的吗? “
I said.
我说了
“I could beat you with my tongue tied behind my back.”
“我可以把舌头绑在背后打你。 “
The audience jeered and the penalty whistle blew.
观众大笑,罚哨声响起.
“That was a mixed metaphor, Word,” said Dr.
“Word博士说,这是一个混合的比喻。
Snooze.
斯诺兹
“If that happens again, you’ll forfeit the round.
“如果再发生这种情况,你就会失去这一回合。
Now, e.
现在,e.
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, here is your phrase: ‘My dog is so ugly.
这么说吧 我的狗好丑
Give us three hyperboles.”
给我们3个高血压。 “
“My dog is so ugly.
“我的狗太丑了。
we had to pay people to pet him.
我们不得不付钱给别人去宠他
the fleas moved out.
跳蚤们搬走了
he only has cat friends.”
他只有猫的朋友。 “
Bing-bing-bing!
叮叮叮！
e.
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had scored a perfect ten.
已经打出十分的好球
“Way to go!”
“该走了!”
hollered Ben.
大声叫出本.
“Oops, sorry, Word, but she really is the best at hyperbole.”
“Oops,对不起,Word,但她确实最擅长夸张。 “
“Beat that, Word-boy,” she said, “If you can.”
她说,“话童,你吃吧,如果你可以。 “
Dr.
医生
Snooze cut in before I could come back with a wisecrack.
斯努兹在我回来之前就切入了 一个聪明的手腕
“Your phrase, Smith is: ‘It’s so cold.
" 你的话,史密斯是:‘这太冷了.
Cold, cold.
冷,凉.
My brain froze as if it had taken a headfirst dive into a giant Slurpee.
我的大脑冻僵了 仿佛它第一次潜入了巨大的斯卢比
Then some hyperboles came to me.
然后,一些高血压来到我身边。
“It’s so cold the polar bears are wearing parkas.”
北极熊身穿帕克鞋, “
Yes!
没错!
“It’s so cold.
" 这太冷了。
the snow has turned blue.”
雪变蓝了 “
A bit esoteric, but in a poetry contest that could be to my advantage.
不过在一场诗歌大赛上 对我有好处
I needed one more.
我需要一个。
“It’s so cold, the ice cubes are.
冰块很冷,
blue.
蓝色
foul buzzer blared.
臭铃响了
“Redundant phrasing, Word.
“红色的用词,文字。
No good,” said Dr.
医生说,
Snooze.
斯诺兹
“Allow me to complete your set,” offered e.
“让我完成你的节目”,提供e。
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, a bit too self-satisfied.
有点太自负了
“It is so cold that when I tried to take out the garbage, it refused.”
“这太冷了,当我试图取出垃圾时,它拒绝了。 “
The crowd roared with laughter.
众以相笑而作吼.
I was down two rounds and felt so low I had to part my toes to see where I was going.
我跌倒了两回合,感觉太低了 我不得不分开我的脚趾,看看我要去哪里。
“Our final event is the synonym speed round.
“我们的最后活动是同义词速度回合。
Word, you’re first.
说,你是第一个。
Your word is happy.”
你的话很快乐 “
“You can do this, Word,” said Ben.
Ben说,“Word,你可以做到这一点。”
I have to do this, I said to myself, for all that is good about language!
我不得不这么做,我对自己说, 因为语言是好的!
“Joyful, gleeful, ecstatic.
“欢快活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活活
vocabulary.
词汇。
The crowd clapped politely.
人群以礼相待
“Your word, e.
“你的话,e。
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, is tasty,” said Dr.
“医生说,
Snooze.
斯诺兹
“A piece of cake,” said e.
e说,“一件小事”。
e.
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, winking to the crowd, who ate up her word play.
向人群眨眼,谁吃她的话剧。
She had purposely used an idiom which meant “easy,” but also implied something tasty.
她有意地使用了一种俗语,意思是“容易”,但也暗示了一些美味的东西。
“Delicious, delectable.
" 有德有德.
toothsome—” she said.
牙膏 -- " 她说。
“Two seconds left,” said Dr.
医生说,“还有两秒钟。”
Snooze.
斯诺兹
“And.
“和.
yummy,” called out Eleanor Elizabeth, smugly, but a bit shakily.
好吃","叫出埃莉诺·伊丽莎白,自以为是,但有点涩.
“Blat!”
布莱特!
went the bell that signaled a foul.
铃声响了 信号是犯规的
“Sorry, e.
“对不起,e.
e.
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, but yummy is a slang word, and we can’t accept slang here,” explained Dr.
”医生解释道,
Snooze.
斯诺兹
“Word Smith wins that round.”
“Word Smith赢得了这一轮比赛。 “
The audience applauded louder now.
观众欢呼声大点
“Wait!”
“等等!” !
cried e.
哭着说
e.
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“I challenge.”
“我提出挑战。 “
Now the crowd really went wild.
现在人群真的疯了。
A challenge meant that I had to come up with yet another synonym for tasty and use it in a sentence.
挑战意味着我不得不想出另一个可口的同义词,并在句子中使用.
If I could do that, I’d get half her points.
如果我能做到,
But if I failed, she’d win the round—and the contest.
但若我失败, 她会赢得比赛,
Tasty.
尝取之.
I thought of appetizing, but that wasn’t strong enough and had as much to do with pleasing to the eye and sense of smell as with taste.
我本想开胃口,但这还不够强壮, 和对眼睛的取悦和嗅觉,
Unpalatable.
难受.
no, that was an antonym, which made me think of Antonio’s spicy sausage pizza.
不,那是个蚁名,让我想到安东尼奥的辣香肠披萨。
Yuck.
恶心
Then I thought of Antonio’s pizza the way I like it and out of my mouth came: Savory.
然后我想到了安东尼奥的披萨,我喜欢它,从我嘴里走出来:萨沃里。
“The savory slice of pepperoni pizza made my mouth water.”
“辣椒披萨的口味让我口出水来。 “
The crowd leaped to its feet and gave me a standing ovation.
人群一跃而入地出地出地出地出地出地出地出地出地出地出地出地出地出地出地出地出地出地出地出地出地出地出地出地出地出地出地出地出地出地出地出地出地出地出地出道.
Not only had I risen to e.
我不仅升到e。
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thrust me ahead of e.
把我推到e的前面来.
e.
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cunning.
狡猾
“You won, Word!”
"你赢了,言语!"
said Ben Brannoor, clapping.
说本·布兰诺,鼓掌
“Well done.”
“做得好。 “
“Or, as you British say, ‘Good show.’
“或者,正如你们英国人所说的,`好秀。 " ; "
Now let’s get back those rhymes in time for Valentine’s Day.”
现在让我们在情人节时, “
Eleanor Elizabeth sat on the floor of the stage, holding back tears.
埃莉诺·伊丽莎白坐在舞台上,挡住眼泪.
I took off the laurel crown that Dr.
我摘下博士的荣耀之冠
Snooze had placed on my head to symbolize my victory and brought it over to her.
斯努兹将我的胜利 放在我的头上,然后带给她
“You did a fine job, e.
“你做得很好,e。
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And if you noticed, you didn’t even need to use the stolen rhymes.
如果你注意到了, 你甚至不需要使用被窃取的押韵。
I think you deserve this crown.”
我认为你应该得到这个王冠。 “
“But, you won it, Word.”
你赢了,言语。
“True.
“真理。
But it doesn’t go with my film noir private detective look.
这与我的私人侦探形象不同。
You take it.
你拿着
Just give us back the rhymes.”
把押韵还给我们 “
crowd.
观众。
A single tear rolled down her cheek.
一滴泪从她脸上滚下来
“What I did was wrong.
“我的所作所为是错误的。
I see that now.
我现在明白了
I wanted to use the rhymes for my own selfish purposes.
我想用押韵来达到自私的目的
But there are millions of people out there who need rhymes for so many things: for songs and Valentine’s Day cards, and Mother’s Day cards, and to express the many wonderful moments that occur in our lives every day.
但有数百万人需要押韵来表达如此多的事情:歌曲和情人节卡片,母亲节卡片,并表达我们生活中每天发生的许多美妙时刻。
I’ll let myself heal and consider it a deal.
我会让自己痊愈,
” “You’re doing the right thing, e.
“你做的对,
e.
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,” I said softly, handing her a handkerchief.
我轻轻地说 给她一张手帕
“A good rhyme is a terrible thing to waste.”
“好押韵是浪费的可怕事。 “