美国小学英语教材5:第47课 午夜猎狮(3)

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　　We had been turned in about half an hour when we suddenly heard a bone crack. 我们大约在半小时后才被叫醒，突然听到一声骨裂。

　　We slowly rose up and peeped out between the poles across the opening in the rear. 我们慢慢地站起来，从后面洞口的两根杆子中间探出头来。

　　Instead of the hyenas¹ we had expected, we saw an old lion. 我们看到的不是鬣狗，而是一头老狮子。

　　He had a short mane, but he was a big fellow. 它有一头短鬃毛，但他是个大个子。

　　When we saw him, we all started shaking. 当我们看到它时，我们都开始发抖。

　　It was not so much the fright as it was seeing a big lion just a few feet away. 与其说是害怕，不如说是因为还看见了几英尺外的一只大狮子。

　　As we watched, he started eating away on the zebra that had been placed there for bait. 就在我们注视着的时候，它开始不停地吃那只被放在那儿当诱饵的斑马。

　　Now and then he snarled² and growled³ deeply in his throat. 不时地在喉咙里咆哮。

　　We turned the flashlight on him; but instead of running away, he only crouched⁴ down behind the zebra. 我们把手电筒对准他;但是他没有逃跑，而是蹲在斑马的后面。

　　For several minutes we watched him. 我们看了它几分钟。

　　After a while he got over his fear of the light and began once more to eat. 过了一会儿，它克服了对光线的恐惧，又开始吃东西了。

　　Mr. Johnson says that he thinks the lions believe the flash of a hand-light or of a flare⁵ to be only lightning in the sky. 约翰逊说，他认为狮子相信手电或耀斑的闪光只是天空中的闪电。

　　Whatever this one thought, he showed no fear. 不管这人怎么想，他都不害怕。

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