(单词翻译:单击)
How Ethan Found a Pet
伊桑宠物寻找记
While Ethan was in the mountains, he learned about the wild animals living there.
伊桑住在山里的时候,他悉知生活在那里的野生动物 。
This story will tell you how he found a wonderful pet.
这则故事将会告诉你,他是怎样找到一个神奇宠物的 。
Ethan's brother was Captain of the rangers who took care of a large forest in the White Mountains.
伊桑的哥哥是护林员的队长,他们主要负责看管怀特山脉里的大片森林 。
A great many wild animals lived in the forest, and it was part of the rangers' work to see that no one hurt them.
许多野生动物住在那片森林里,确保没有人伤害野生动物也是护林员们的工作内容之一 。
Ethan was very proud of his big brother.
伊桑以他的哥哥为骄傲 。
"A captain," he thought, "can do anything that a brave, strong man can do."
他想,一个队长可以做到任何一个强壮、勇敢的人可以做的事 。
So he was a very happy boy when his mother and father let him go one winter to visit his brother.
所以,当他的父母让他去哥哥那里逗留一整个冬天的时候,他非常高兴 。
The Captain lived in a small log house.
队长哥哥住在一个小木屋里 。
Every morning he and Ethan went to a big rock from which they could see far across the forest.
每天早上他和伊桑都会到一块巨大的岩石上,他们从那里可以看到整片的森林 。
One morning as they stood on the rock, Ethan saw two men crossing an open place in the forest below them.
一天早上,他们站在岩石上的时候,伊桑看到了两个人正穿过他们下方的一片空地 。
The Captain saw them, too, and Ethan knew from the look on his brother's face that something was wrong.
队长哥哥也看到了他们,从哥哥脸上的表情看,伊桑知道要出事了 。
"They are carrying guns," the Captain told him.
他们拿着枪,队长哥哥告诉他 。
"They will kill some animal if I don't stop them. I must hurry." And he started down the mountain-side.
如果我不阻止他们的话,他们会猎杀动物 。我必须赶过去 。说完他便顺着山路下去了 。