美国小学英语教材5:第62课 长牙象彭博·库巴(8)

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He had taken a liking¹ to their food, especially to their bananas, and he used to make a business of raiding the villages. 他已经喜欢上了他们的食物，尤其是香蕉，他经常以袭击村庄为业。

He knew the difference between a fire on the ground that stayed there, and one in the hand that could be thrown; 他知道地上的火和在手里可以扔出去的火的区别；

he knew all about spears and about sharp sticks stuck in the ground; 他知道长矛和插在地上的尖棍的区别；

and whenever the natives played any of those tricks on him, he used to tear down the huts of the villages and trample² the fields under foot, just for revenge. 每当当地人对他耍这些花招时，他总是拆毁村庄的茅屋，践踏田野，只为报复。

After a while he got to trampling³ just for the fun of it. 过了一会儿，他开始为了好玩而践踏田野。

When he was in the banana groves⁴ at night, he used, to chuckle⁵ over the way the youngsters were smashing over the young trees not bearing fruit. 当他晚上在香蕉林里的时候，他常常笑着看着那些年轻象在没有结果的小树上砸来砸去。

It was wasteful⁶, but it was good fun, and the natives could always plant others. 这很浪费，但很有趣，当地人总是可以种植其他植物。

Altogether he lived a lordly life, helping⁷ himself to what he liked and taking care to keep what he got; 总之，他过着贵族的生活，爱吃什么就吃什么，得到什么就拿什么;

his herd⁸ was the biggest in the country, and his name was the most feared by elephants and natives. 他的大象群是这个国家最大的，他的名字是大象和当地人最害怕的。

 

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