美国小学英语教材5:第234课 祖母的那不勒斯之旅(3)

（单词翻译）

Two creamy oxen with spreading horns stood in the stalls; these oxen were the pride of Ugo’s heart. With them he plowed¹ his land, drew the wheat in his farmcart from field to threshing-floor, and occasionally took the family to Florence. They always went, for example, to the Cathedral on Easter Day, each carrying a little pot of new-springing wheat, as a symbol of life in the springtime. Or they went at Christmas, to see the little wax image of the Christ Child in the manger and to sing carols, standing² in the huge aisles³.

两只牛角张开的乳白色公牛站在牛栏里；这些牛是乌戈心中的骄傲。他和他们一起耕地，用他的农用马车把麦子从田野拖到打谷场，偶尔带着全家到弗洛伦斯去。例如，他们总是在复活节那天去教堂，每个人都带着一壶刚发芽的小麦，作为春天生命的象征。或者他们在圣诞节的时候，去看耶稣在马槽里的蜡像，站在巨大的过道里唱圣诞颂歌。

Besides themselves and their children, there was Grandmother, old and bent⁴, bright-eyed and busy, as she sat in her chair in the kitchen. There were six stools about the table, and one chair, an American rocking-chair sent over as a present to Grandmother by Uncle Matteo, who had gone to America to live. Anyone might sit on any of the six stools, but only Grandmother sat in the rocking-chair.

除了他们和他们的孩子，还有祖母，她上了年纪，虽弯腰驼背，但眼睛炯炯有神，正在厨房里的椅子上坐着。桌子周围有六把凳子，还有一把椅子，一把美国摇椅，是去美国生活的马泰奥叔叔送给祖母的礼物。任何人都可以坐在这六把凳子上，但是只有祖母坐在摇椅上。