小故事

Two Bats
两只蝙蝠
Two vampire bats wake up in the middle of the night, thirsty for blood. One says, "Lets fly out of the cave and get some blood."
两只吸血蝙蝠在半夜醒来，想要喝血。一只蝙蝠说：“我们飞到洞外去找些血喝。”
"We're new here," says the second one. "It's dark out, and we don't know where to look. We'd better wait until the other bats go with us."
“我们是新来的，”另一只说，“外面太黑了，我们不知道到哪儿去找。还是等其它蝙蝠带我们一起去吧。”
The first bat replies, "Who needs them? I can find some blood somewhere."
第一只蝙蝠答道：“谁需要它们？我能找到血。”
He flies out of the cave.
它飞出洞去。
When he returned, he is covered with blood.
它回来的时候浑身是血。
The second bat says excitedly, "Where did you get the blood?"
另一只蝙蝠兴奋地问：“你从哪儿弄到的血？”
The first bat takes his buddy to the mouth of the cave. Pointing into the night, he asks, "See that black building over there?"
第一只蝙蝠把同伴带到洞口，指向茫茫夜色，问道：“你看到那边那栋黑色的建筑了吗？”
"Yes," the other bat answers.
“看到了，”另一只蝙蝠答道。
"Well," says the first bat, "I didn't."
“可是，”第一只蝙蝠说，“我没看见。”

重点讲解

重点讲解：
1. wake up
醒；醒来；唤醒；弄醒；
eg. I didn't wake up until I heard the alarm clock.
直到听到闹钟的铃声我才醒来。
eg. This idea hit me when I wake up this morning.
我今早醒来时，突然想起这个主意。
2. be thirsty for
渴望的；渴求的；
eg. People should understand how thirsty for revenge they are.
人们应该理解他们复仇的愿望是多么强烈。
eg. He is thirsty for power.
他渴望掌权。
3. be covered with
被…所覆盖，覆盖着，盖满…；
eg. To add verisimilitude, the stage is covered with sand for the desert scenes.
为了更加逼真，舞台上铺满了沙子作为沙漠的场景。
eg. The mountain peak was covered with snow.
积雪覆盖了山巅。