(单词翻译:单击)
ROB'S FIRST BLACKFISH DRIVE
罗布的第一只黑鲸
Edward Morgan
爱德华·摩根
Sometimes even a small boy or girl can do important work just as well as a grown man or woman.
有时甚至小孩可以身负重任,就像成年人一样 。
Rob Dunstan, just old enough to go on his first trip with the fishermen, proved that this is true.
罗布·邓斯坦刚好到了第一次和渔民们出海的年纪,他证明了这一点 。
When the trip was over, Captain Jim said to him,
航行结束后,吉姆船长对他说:
"Some day you'll make the best fisherman in the whole village."
“总有一天你会成为全村最好的渔夫 。”
Let's see what Rob did to make Captain Jim say that to him.
让我们看看罗布是如何让吉姆船长对他说这些话的 。
THE BLACKFISH COME AT LAST
黑鲸终于来了
Rob Dunstan and Charlie Fearing stood on the high bank above the beach one summer morning, looking out over the bay.
夏天的一个早晨,罗布·邓斯坦和查理·费神站在海滩上的高高的河岸上,眺望着海湾 。
"I don't see a sign of blackfish," said Charlie.
“我没有看到有黑鲸,”查理说 。
" Neither do I," answered Rob. "I guess we might as well go home."
“我也是,”罗布回答说 。“我想我们还是回家吧 。”
"Maybe there'll be a school of them tomorrow," said Charlie.
“也许明天会来一群,”查理说 。
"Blackfish don't seem to be so plentiful as they used to be," said Rob sadly.
“黑鲸似乎不像以前那么多了,”罗布伤心地说 。
"Why, my mother says she can remember the time when four or five schools came into the bay every summer;
“为什么,我妈妈说,她还记得每年夏天有四五群黑鲸来到这个海湾,
and last year there was only one."
去年只有一群 。”
Blackfish are really a small kind of whale, from fifteen to twenty feet long.
黑鲸实际上是一种小型鲸鱼,身长15到20英尺 。
Although they are not useful as food, they are sold for a good price because of the oil contained in their fat.
虽然它们不如食物作用大,但因为脂肪中含有油,所以卖得很好 。