2 Wilbur

【生词】

stroke: v. [T ]to move your hand gently over something 轻抚，抚摸

fix: v.[I,T] spoken to make arrangements for something;  She jumped out and ran to the kitchen to fix another bottle for him. Mr. Arable fixed a small yard specially for Wilbur.

woodshed:a place for storing wood for burning柴棚，柴房

blossom: /ˈblɒs ə m,ˋblɑsəm/ n.[C,U] a flower or the flowers on a tree or bush; in (full) blossom: with the flowers fully open

straw: n.[U]〔干的〕麦秆，稻草，禾秆

grunt: /ɡrʌnt,grʌnt/ v.[I,T] if a person or animal grunts, they make short low sounds in their throat 发出咕噜声

peer:v. [I always + adv/prep ]to look very carefully at something, especially because you are having difficulty seeing it. Fern peered through the door.

poke: [I,T] to quickly push your finger or some other pointed object into something or someone戳，捅，刺 poke sb/sth with sth

snout: [snaʊt] n.[C] the long nose of some kinds of animals, such as pigs

tunnel: ['tʌnl]n. [C ]1.a passage that has been dug under the ground for cars, trains etc to go through; 2.a passage under the ground that animals have dug to live in

enchant:/ɪnˋtʃænt/ v. [T ]formal if something that you see or hear enchants you, you like it very much

bathing ['beðɪŋ] suit: 泳衣

brook： n. [C ]a small stream

tag along：If someone goes somewhere and you tag along, you go with them, especially when they have not asked you to.

heel：脚后跟 Wilbur tagged along at Fern's heels.

wade: v. [I always + adv/prep, T ]to walk through water that is not deep

for sb’s liking:对某人来说〔与too 连用，表示否定〕He found the water quite cold -- too cold for his liking.

oozy: ['ʊzi]adj.soft and wet like mud

break down:If someone breaks down, they lose control of themselves and start crying.

weep:[wip] v.[I,T] formal or literary to cry, especially because you feel very sad. 过去式 wept过去分词 wept现在分词 weeping

scrap:[C] a small piece of paper, cloth etc

call up:If you call someone up, you telephone them. 

holler:informal to shout loudly

barn: n. a large farm building for storing crops, or for keeping animals in

manure: [mə'nʊr]n.粪肥 manure pile 粪堆

cellar：a room under a house or other building, often used for storing things

【值得学习的表达】

She warmed his milk, tied his bib on, and held the bottle for him.

Mrs. Arable gave him a feeding around noontime each day, when Fern was away in school.

He was never happier than when Fern was warming up a bottle for him.

He would stand and gaze up at her with adoring eyes.

He crawled into the tunnel, and disappeared from sight.

It relieved her mind to know that her baby would sleep covered up, and would stay warm.

She would wave good-bye to him,and he would stand and watch the bus until it vanished around a turn.

Sometimes, on these journeys,Wilbur would get tired, and Fern would pick him up and put him in the carriage alongside the doll.

He would close his eyes and go to sleep under the doll's blanket.

Fern would wheel the carriage very slowly and smoothly so as not to wake her infants.

So while the chidren swam and played and splashed water at each other, Wilbur amused himself in the mud along the edge of the brook, where it was warm and moist and delightfully sticky and oozy.

Her father was firm about it.

【感想】

1. Mr. Arable的教育方式再次在本章得以体现。面对Fern提出的Wilbur是否会冷的问题，Mr. Arable再次提出让Fern自己去观察然后得出结论。