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浣熊raccoon[英][rəˈku:n] [美][ræˈkun] 中英文小故事：偷蜜的浣熊 浣熊已经在温暖的树洞里睡了一整天了。醒来时已是黄昏，他舒展了一下身体,从他安家的高高的枯树上跳下来，出去寻找晚餐了。树林中央有一个湖泊，当浣熊离湖泊越来越近时，湖边的居民们都发出了警报声。首先，天鹅发出了警告的尖叫声，鹤重复了一声;湖的正中央，潜鸟沿着湖面低飞,接着回应了一声，声音在寂静的湖面上回响。浣熊欢快地加快了脚步，但他没有发现任何粗心的鸟儿，可以抓到手，只能从沙滩上捡一些贻贝，干净利落地剥开，香甜无比地吃起来。浣熊又往前走了一会儿，在深深的杂草从中蹦来跳去，四只爪一下子跳在臭鼬一家子身上——爸爸、妈妈和十二个孩子，他们蜷在碎干草做的柔软的小床上睡得正香。 “嘿！”臭鼬爸爸大叫道，“你这是什么意思？"他站起来抗议地看着浣熊。 "哦，对不起，对不起。”浣熊恳请臭鼬原谅，"很抱歉，我不是故意的！我只是想跑过去，根本没有看到你们。” "下次脚落地时最好小心点。”臭鼬抱怨道，浣熊又开心地往前跑去。 他爬到一棵大树上，发现一个窝中有两只红松鼠，但是还没等他伸出熊掌够着松鼠，就听见他们在树顶上愤怒地责骂声了。 “下来吧，朋友们！"浣熊叫道，“你们在上面干什么？为什么不下来？我不会伤害你们的！” "哈，你骗不了我们的。"松鼠笑了，浣熊又往前走去。 最后，他在树林深处发现了一棵巨大的空心树，一种特殊的甜味吸引了他。他闻了又闻，一直围着树打转，一直看到有什么东西从一个狭窄的缝隙中滴下来。他尝了尝，甜美无比。 他在树上爬上爬下地找了一番，终于找到一个口子，可以把爪子伸进去，拿出爪子来的时侯，他的熊掌上沾满了蜂蜜！ 浣熊这下子可高兴了，他用两只前掌挖啊挖啊，饱餐着这金黄色的浓蜜，直到他那漂亮的尖尖的脸上沾满了蜂蜜。 突然，他想把爪子伸进耳朵里，因为什么东西狠狠地刺痛了他，紧接着，他敏感的鼻子也被重重地刺伤了。他用两只黏糊糊的爪子搓了搓脸，那刺痛却更重、更锐利了，他疯狂地朝空中乱抓。最后他忘了抓住树枝，跌到了地上，发出一声尖叫。 浣熊在枯树叶上翻滚起来，全身上下、从头到脚都粘满了树叶，因为他们粘在他那光滑而又黏糊糊的毛上，最糟糕的是树叶蒙住了他的眼睛和他那布满深纹的脸。他又恐惧又痛苦，快疯了，他在森林里横冲直撞，大声叫喊着希望他的同类会来帮自己。 这时月亮已经很亮了，森林里许多居民都出来了。另一头浣熊听到了求助声，想去帮助他。但当他看到一个全身贴满了枯叶的可怕的怪物疯狂地向他跑来的时候，他转身就跑，逃命去了，因为他不知道这个可怕的怪物是什么。 偷了蜂蜜的浣熊以最快的速度跟在他后面跑，希望能赶上他，请他帮忙摘掉那些叶子。 于是他们跑啊跑啊，跑出了树林，到了湖边闪闪发光的白沙滩上。一只狐狸碰见了他们，狐狸看了一眼那个正在追一头惊恐无比的浣熊的怪物，他也吓坏了，转身以最快的速度飞奔而去。 这时，一头小熊从树林里大步跑了出来，坐在地上看着他们跑过。但当他看到那只粘满枯叶的浣熊时，吓得爬到了一棵树上让路。 这时，那头可怜的浣熊发起疯来，他几乎不知道自己在做什么。他跟着小熊爬上树，抓住了他的尾巴。 "呜，呜！”小熊咆哮着，浣熊放开了他。这时浣熊已筋疲力尽，羞愧不堪。这才做了他一开始就应该做的事情——跳入湖中，洗掉了大部分叶子，然后回到的空心树上，蜷起身子不停地添着自己那柔软的毛，直到舔干净了，才沉沉地睡去。 The Raccoon had been asleep all day in the snug hollow of a tree. The dusk was coming on when he awoke, stretched himself once or twice, and jumping down from the top of the tall, dead stump in which he made his home, set out to look for his supper. In the midst of the woods there was a lake, and all along the lake shore there rang out the alarm cries of the water people as the Raccoon came nearer and nearer. First the Swan gave a scream of warning. The Crane repeated the cry, and from the very middle of the lake the Loon, swimming low, took it up and echoed it back over the still water. The Raccoon sped merrily on, and finding no unwary bird that he could seize, he picked up a few mussel-shells from the beach, cracked them neatly and ate the sweet meat. A little further on, as he was leaping hither and thither through the long, tangled meadow grass, he landed with all four feet on a family of Skunks一father, mother and twelve little ones, who were curled up sound asleep in a soft bed of broken dry grass. “Huh!” exclaimed the father Skunk. “What do you mean by this, eh?” And he stood looking at him defiantly. “Oil，excuse me, excuse me，” begged the Raccoon. “I am very sorry. I did not mean to do it! I was just running along and I did not see you at all.” “Better be careful where you step next time.” grumbled the Skunk, and the Raccoon was glad to hurry on. Running up a tall tree he came upon two red Squirrels in one nest, but before he could get his paws upon one of them they were scolding angrily from the topmost branch. “Come down，friends!” called the Raccoon. “What are you doing up there? Why, I wouldn't harm you for anything!” “Ugh, you can’t fool us.” chattered the Squirrels, and the Raccoon went on. Deep in the woods, at last, he found a great hollow tree which attracted him by a peculiar sweet smell. He sniffed and sniffed, and went round and round till he saw something trickling down a narrow crevice1. He tasted it and it was deliciously sweet. He ran up the tree and down again, and at last found an opening into which he could thrust his paw. He brought it out covered with honey! Now the Raccoon was happy. He ate and scooped, and scooped and ate the golden, trickling honey with both forepaws till his pretty, pointed face was daubed all over. Suddenly he tried to get a paw into his ear. Something hurt him terribly just then, and the next minute his sensitive nose was frightfully stung. He rubbed his face with both sticky paws. The sharp stings came thicker and faster, and he wildly clawed the air. At last he forgot to hold on to the branch any longer, and with a screech he tumbled to the ground. There he rolled and rolled on the dead leaves till he was covered with leaves from head to foot, for they stuck to his fine, sticky fur, and most of all they covered his eyes and his striped face. Mad with fright and pain he dashed through the forest calling to some one of his own kind to come to his aid. The moon was now bright, and many of the woods people were abroad. A second Raccoon heard the call and went to meet it. But when he saw a frightful object plastered2 with dry leaves racing madly toward him he turned and ran for his life, for he did not know what this thing might be. The Raccoon who had been stealing the honey ran after him as fast as he could, hoping to overtake and beg the other to help him get rid of his leaves. So they ran and they ran out of the woods on to the shining white beach around the lake. Here a Fox met them, but after one look at the queer object which was chasing the frightened Raccoon he too turned and ran at his best speed. Presently a young Bear came loping out of the wood and sat up on his haunches3 to see them go by. But when he got a good look at the Raccoon who was plastered with dead leaves, he scrambled up a tree to be out of the way. By this time the poor Raccoon was so frantic that he scarcely knew what he was doing. He ran up the tree after the Bear and got hold of his tail. “Woo，woo!” snarled the Bear, and the Raccoon let go. He was tired out and dreadfully ashamed. He did now what he ought to have done at the very first一he jumped into the lake and washed off most of the leaves. Then he got back to his hollow tree and curled himself up and licked and licked his soft fur till he had licked himself clean, and then he went to sleep. 中英文例句 1. Who doesn't like a raccoon? 谁不喜欢一个浣熊呢？ 2. But its folksy style-with jokes about raccoon hunting-may bemuse international readers. 但其不拘一格的风格书中提到了捉浣熊的笑话或许会令海外读者一头雾水。 3. We wondered why low-cost carrier germanwings had an airplane that resembled a raccoon until someone told us it's actually a bear, the official animal of berlin. 我们很想知道为啥廉价航空德国之翼要在飞机上画个浣熊，直到人家告诉我们这其实是只熊，柏林的吉祥物。 4. Sick or infant deer are considered a far safer match for most inebriated humans; kicking a raccoon or squirrel already dying by the side of the road is also recommended. 生病或幼年的鹿对绝大多数的醉汉来说被认为是最安全的酒后逗弄对象；对着已垂死于路边的浣熊或者松鼠踢弄也是安全值得推荐的。 5. To give human volunteers raccoon vision, researchers fed them a chemical similar to vitamin a, with the hope that it would turn into the night vision pigment. 为了让人类志愿者拥有浣熊视觉，研究者们给他们服用一种类似维生素a的化合物，希望这些化合物能转化为夜视色素。 |
