美国小学英语教材3:第187课 救生犬雅克(3)

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Every day I learned¹ something new, Francis always talked to me a great deal when we were working together, 我每天都学到一些新的东西。我和弗朗西斯在起工作的时候，他总是跟我说很多，

and so helped me to learn quickly the things that a dog ought to know. 帮助我尽快学会一只狗应该知道的事情。

Toward² the end of winter it happened that my mistress³ had not had a letter for several weeks. 冬天快结束的时候，我的女主人连续几周都没有收到一封来信。

So she was quite sad. Then, one afternoon, an airplane flew over our heads. 她很悲伤。后来，一天下午，一架飞机从我们的头顶飞过。

Looking up into the sky, I saw a white paper falling slowly downward⁴. 我向天空望去，看见了一张白色的纸片从空中慢慢地落了下来。

I watched to see where it fell, and ran after it with a bark of joy, for I thought that it was a letter from my master. 我一直注视着，看它落在哪里，然后欢快地叫着追了过去，因为我觉得那是一封我主人的来信。

Looking off in the distance, I saw other papers⁵ coming down from the airplane, 我遥望远方，看到还有其他的纸片从飞机上飘下来，

which I thought were more letters from other soldiers. 我觉得那是其他士兵的信件。

With the paper in my mouth I rushed into the house to my mistress and proudly laid it at her feet, wagging⁶ my tail very hard in great joy. 我衔着那张纸冲进屋子，来到女主人面前，自豪地把纸片放在她的脚下，然后我高兴地使劲儿摇着我的尾巴。

She took the paper in her hand and this is what she read: 她把纸片拿在手中，读道：

"Dogs are needed for the army, If you have a good dog, send him to a dog war-school, where he will be trained to serve his country." 军队需要狗。如果你有只好狗，请把他送到战时犬校，他将在那儿接受训练，为国效力。

 

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