第二十九讲

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    Text Study
    Para. 4 Perhaps I was a bit overenthusiastic in my feedings. In a few years we had more than eighty turkeys glaring at us through our windows if I was late with their food.     These “wild” birds would prance around the picnic table and perch on the porch, flapping their wings until I emerged with the bucket of corn.

    Translation
    Para. 4 也许我喂得太勤快了点，没过几年光景，要是我喂迟了点，就会有80 多只火鸡隔着窗户对我怒目而视。这些“野”鸟会在我家的野餐桌子上昂首阔步，或趴在门廊上，扑扇着翅膀，等着我挎着一桶玉米出现。

    glare
    vi. 怒目而视(at); 发出眩目的强光
    e.g.
    a. The men who were fighting glared at eachother.
    打架的两个人怒目对视。
    b. The searchlights glared, illuminating the prison yard.
    探照灯发出强光，照亮着监狱的场地。

    perch
    vi. 栖息
    e.g.
    a. The bird perched on a big branch.
    鸟栖息在一根大树枝上。
    b. The birds is hop about on their perch and twittering.
    鸟儿在栖木上跳来跳去,吱吱地叫著。

    bucket
    n. 桶
    e.g.
    a. She poured a bucket of water over me.
    她把一桶水倒在我身上。
    b. He poised the bucket of water on the head.
    他头上平稳地顶着那桶水

    flap
    v. 上下或左右移动、摆动；轻拍；振翅而飞
    e.g.
    a. The bird flapped its wings furiously.
    鸟儿使劲地扑打着翅膀。
    b. A pigeon emerges, wings flapping noisily, from the tower.
    一只鸽子从塔里钻出来，扑扑地拍打着翅膀。

    until
    conj.引导时间状语从句，表示“直到某时刻为止”
    e.g.
    We can’t start the job until we have the approval from the authority concerned.
    直到有相关部门的批准，我们才能开始这工作。
    prep. 表示“到某时刻为止”，“在某时刻之前”。
    e.g.
    Black people were denied the vote in the US until well into the 1950s.
    美国黑人直到20世纪50年代才获得选举权。

    Para. 4
    In a few years we had more than eighty turkeys glaring at us through our windows if I was late with their food. (Para. 4)
    没过几年光景，要是我喂迟了点，就会有80多只
    火鸡隔着窗户对我怒目而视。
    1) 该句的主要结构是we had more than eighty turkeys，而glaring at us through our windows …是现在分词短语作定语修饰eighty turkeys，相当于which glared at us。
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    Para. 4
    These “wild” birds would prance around the picnic table and perch on the porch, flapping their wings until I emerged with the bucket of corn. (Para. 4)
    这些“野”鸟会在我家的野餐桌子上昂首阔步，或趴在门廊上，扑扇着翅膀，等着我挎着一桶玉米出现。
    1) flapping their wings: 现在分词短语作伴随状语,
    表示与动词prance around同时发生的动作。

    Para. 4
    2) emerge: vi. 显露, 显现；（事实、意见等）暴露，被知晓
    e.g.
    a. The swimmer emerged from the lake.
    游泳者浮出湖面。
    b. He emerged as the leader at the age of thirty.
    他三十岁时初露锋芒担任了领袖。
    c. No new evidence emerged during the enquiry.
    在调查过程中未发现新证据。