2007年高考英语北京卷 - 阅读理解C

Lying in the sun on a rock, the cougar saw Jeb and his son, Tom before they saw it. Jeb put his bag down quickly and pulled his jacket open with both hands, making himself look big to the cougar, It worked. The cougar hesitated, ready to attack Jeb, but ready to forget the whole thing, too.
在岩石上晒太阳的美洲狮看见了杰布和他的儿子汤姆，他们也看见了美洲狮。杰布迅速放下包，用双手拉开夹克，让自己在美洲狮前显得高大，很有用。美洲狮犹豫了，准备攻击杰布，但也准备忘记这一切。

Jeb let go of his jacket, grasped Tom and held him across his body, making a cross. Now the cougar’s enemy looked even bigger, and it rose up, ready to move away, but unfortunately Tom got scared and struggled free of Jeb.
杰布松开夹克，抓住汤姆，把他抱在身上，画了一个十字架。现在美洲狮的敌人看起来更大了，它站起来，准备离开，但不幸的是汤姆被吓坏了，尽力挣脱杰布的双手。

“Tom, no!” shouted his father.
“汤姆，不！”他父亲喊道。

But Tom broke and ran and that’s the last thing you do with a cougar. The second Tom broke free, Jeb threw himself on the cougar, just as it jumped from the rock. They hit each other in mid-air and both fell. The cougar was on Jeb in a flash, forgetting about Tom, which was what Jeb wanted.
但是汤姆挣脱跑了，这是你对美洲狮做的最后一件事。汤姆第二次挣脱时，杰布扑向美洲狮，而美洲狮正从岩石上跳下来。他们在半空中相撞，都摔倒了。美洲狮在一瞬间扑向杰布，忘记了汤姆，这正是杰布想要的。

Cougars are not as big as most people think and a determined manstands a chance, even with just his fists. As the cougar’s claws got into his left shoulder, Jeb swung his fist at its eyes and hit hard. The animal howled and put its head back. Jeb followed up with his other fist. Then out of the corner of his eye. Jeb saw Tom. The boy was running back to help his father.
美洲狮并不像大多数人想象的那么大，一个意志坚定的人即使只用拳头，也有机会。当美洲狮的爪子伸进他的左肩时，杰布挥舞着拳头猛击它的眼睛。美洲狮嚎叫着把头往后仰。杰布用另一只拳头紧跟其后，然后美洲狮跳出了他的视线，杰布看见了汤姆，汤姆跑回去帮助他父亲。

“Knife, Tom,” shouted Jeb.
“刀，汤姆，”杰布喊道。

The boy ran to his father’s bag, while Jeb started shouting as well as hitting, to keep the cougar’s attention away from Tom. Tom got the knife and ran over to Jeb. The cougar was moving its head in and out, trying to find a way through the wall Jeb was making out of his arms. Tom swung with the knife, into the cougar’s back. It howled horribly and ran off into the mountains.
汤姆跑向他父亲的包，杰布开始一边喊叫一边击打，以使美洲狮的注意力远离汤姆。汤姆拿起刀子，跑向杰布。美洲狮把头移来移去，试图找到一条路穿过杰布用胳膊围成的墙。汤姆挥舞着刀，刺进了美洲狮后背，它惨叫一声，跑进了山里。

The whole fight had taken about thirty seconds.
整场战斗持续了大约30秒。