歇了几天，补上第一部分的笔记。有声书听至chapter 16，广播剧暂时未复习。
Charlotte's Web
I. Before Breakfast
hoghouse
注: 猪圈(一般常用pigpen或pigsty)
Arable
注: adj.适于耕种的
one of the pigs is a runt. It’s very small and weak, and it will never amount to anything.
注: 发育不良的矮子
是个落脚猪，哈哈哈
a pitcher of cream
注: 一罐奶酪
The grass was wet and the earth smelled of springtime.
sopping
注: (非正式)湿透的
a litter of pigs
注: 一窝猪仔
This is the most terrible case of injustice I ever heard of
注: 的确
I’ll let you start it on a bottle
注: 拿奶瓶喂奶吗？
The kitchen table was set for breakfast, and the room smelled of coffee, bacon, damp plaster, and wood smoke from the stove.
注: so warm and cozy.
roller towel
注: 搓手毛巾
Her eyes were red from crying.
untimely death注: (医)夭折
The school bus will be along in half an hour.
The school bus honked from the road.
注: 叭叭，校车来了
She just sat and stared out of the window, thinking what a blissful world it was and how lucky she was to have entire charge of a pig.
注: what a cute child. THEIR WORLD ONCE WE had had, but now it is closed to us.
Pennsylvania
注: 宾夕法尼亚
II. Wilbur
she warmed his milk, tied his bib on, and held the bottle for him.
注: 小孩的围嘴
At two weeks of age, he was moved outdoors.It was apple-blossom time, and the days were getting warmer.
If she went upstairs, Wilbur would wait at the bottom step until she came down again.
He looked cute when his eyes were closed, because his lashes were so long.
注: 眼睫毛
Every day was a happy day, and every night was peaceful.
It was soon arranged. 注: 很快就安排好了
holler
注: n.喊
manure
注: n.肥料，粪堆(看到manure就想到mature和premature)
III. Escape
perspiration
注: n.汗水（常见词汇）
axle grease
注: 车轮子的润滑油
And whenever the cat was given a fish-head to eat, the barn would smell of fish.
sheepfold
注: 羊圈
grindstones注: n.砂轮
monkey wrenches
注: 活动扳手
grain sacks
注: 粮食袋
sheepfold
注: n.羊圈
a small strip of potato skin
注: 一小块土豆皮
root up the sod
注: 把草皮翻出来
sniffed the smells of afternoon,
注: 好微妙的用法
cocker spaniel注: 英国小猎犬
asparagus
注: 芦笋
on the place
注: 这块地盘
became excited to know that one of his friends had got free and was no longer penned up or tied fast.
注: 自由了，不用圈起来了
gander
注: n.雄鹅
honk
注: n. v.雁叫声
hullabaloo
注: n.喧闹（生词）
wheat middlings
注: 麦麸 middlings麸子
popover
注: n.脆薄空心饼
It’s the old pail trick, Wilbur. Don’t fall for it,
注: 这桶猪食是骗局，别去
captivity
注: n.被俘，囚禁
the trough
注: 食槽（常见词汇）
Reconsider
注: v.重新考虑
8-penny nails
注: 八寸长的钉子
Mr. Zuckerman scratched Wilbur’s back with a stick.
注: 噗……
IV. Loneliness
eaves
注: n.屋檐（eavesdropping 偷听）
thistle
注: 蓟（与primrose，heather一样是常见的植物）
pigweed
注: 藜，猪草
downspout
注: (美)水落管
Skim milk
注: 脱脂奶
raisins
注: ei 葡萄干
apple parings
注: 苹果皮
carrot scrapings
hominy
注: 玉米粥
provender注: (家畜的)干饲料
prune skins
注: 梅干皮
a morsel of this, a bit of that,
注: 一点这，一点那
upsidedown cake
注: 还真有这个
budge
注: v.稍微移动
I’m sitting-sitting on my eggs.
注: 哈哈hatching
goslings
注: 小鹅
duckling 小鸭子
woodpecker
注: 啄木鸟wood+peck+er
Pigs mean less than nothing to me.
猪比啥都不是还不是
stairway注: 楼梯
“Well,” said Wilbur, “it means to have fun, to frolic, to run and skip and make merry.”
注: v嬉戏 frolic
sourly
注: 乖僻地
glutton
注: 贪食者（gluttony）
This was almost more than Wilbur could stand: on this dreary, rainy day to see his breakfast being eaten by somebody else. 注: 不能忍
two spoonfuls of sulphur
注: 两勺硫磺
molasses
注: n.糖浆
Darkness settled over everything.
注: 黑暗笼罩
V. Charlotte
THE NIGHT seemed long. Wilbur’s stomach was empty and his mind was full.
And when your stomach is empty and your mind is full, it’s always hard to sleep.
“Why aren’t you asleep, Wilbur?”
“Too many things on my mind,” said Wilbur.
I have nothing at all on my mind, but I’ve too many things under my behind.
注:这里指屁股下面，因为她在孵蛋
How long does it take a goose egg to hatch?
Approximately
注: 大约
The only sound was a slight scraping noise from the rooftop, where the weather-vane swung back and forth.
注: 好有画面感
Through a small window, a faint gleam appeared. One by one the stars went out. Wilbur could see the goose a few feet away. She sat with head tucked under a wing. Then he could see the sheep and the lambs. The sky lightened.
the window ledge注: 窗台（散文飞蛾之死刚见到）
The sheep looked at each other in disgust.
“Stop your nonsense, Wilbur!” said the oldest sheep. “If you have a new friend here, you are probably disturbing his rest; and the quickest way to spoil a friendship is to wake somebody up in the morning before he is ready. How can you be sure your friend is an early riser?”
的确如此
objectionable
注: (正式)令人反感的
Salutations are greetings
注: 致敬(祝福)是问候
As for my whereabouts, that’s easy. Look up here in the corner of the doorway! Here I am. Look, I’m waving!
注: 想找我很容易
spiderweb
注: 蜘蛛网
gumdrop注: 软糖，橡皮糖
“Well, I am pretty,” replied Charlotte. “There’s no denying that. Almost all spiders are rather nice-looking.
注: 哈哈哈
gnats
注: 叮人的小虫
midges
注: 蚊
daddy longlegs
注: (正式)长脚蚊(《长腿叔叔》也是这个名字Daddy Long Legs)
centipedes
注: n.蜈蚣（以前记过，忘了）
inheritance
注: n.继承
bloodthirsty
注: 残忍的
who did not intend to be argued out of his position.
注: 并不想争论
multiply
注: x
The goose had been listening to this conversation and chuckling to herself. “There are a lot of things Wilbur doesn’t know about life,” she thought. “He’s really a very innocent little pig. He doesn’t even know what’s going to happen to him around Christmastime;
注: 圣诞节
wakeful night注: 不眠之夜(Sleepless in Seattle)
scheming
注: 奸诈的
VI. Summer Days
THE EARLY summer days on a farm are the happiest and fairest days of the year. 注: 最快乐美好的日子
Now that school was over, Fern visited the barn almost every day, to sit quietly on her stool. The animals treated her as an equal. The sheep lay calmly at her feet.
注: 把她当自己人了
the cutter bar
注: 收割机的长条割刀
Next day, if there was no thunder shower, all hands would help rake and pitch and load, and the hay would be hauled to the barn in the high hay wagon, with Fern and Avery riding at the top of the load.
注: 好一片繁忙
timothy
注: 梯牧草，牛草
jubilee
注: 欢乐的日子
Peabody
注: 白喉雀
phoebe
注: 京燕
teeter
注: v.n.踉跄
interlude
注: n.插曲
Cheeky
注: 厚脸皮的
In early summer there are plenty of things for a child to eat and drink and suck and chew.
Everywhere you look is life; even the little ball of spit on the weed stalk, if you poke it apart, has a green worm inside it.
It was on a day in early summer that the goose eggs hatched.
gratified
注: 高兴的
unremitting effort
注: 不懈努力
“It’s a dud, I guess,” said the goose.
注: 哑弹(也表示没有小鸡小鸭子的蛋，哈利波特哑炮squib，squid乌贼)
The rat had no morals, no conscience, no scruples, no consideration, no decency, no milk of rodent kindness, no compunctions, no higher feeling, no friendliness, no anything.
注: 这只耗子不讲道义，没同情心，无所顾忌，不顾他人，没有品德，没有啮齿类动物的仁慈心肠，从不会良心不安，毫无高尚情感，没有友情，什么好的地方都没有。
“It means nobody will be able to live here on account of the smell. A rotten egg is a regular stink bomb.”
注: 哈哈哈
VII. Bad News
pestering
注: v.使烦恼
“It’s real thoughtful of you to do that, Charlotte,” he said.
He enjoyed good health and he gained a lot of weight.
conspiracy
注: n.阴谋
I’m an old sheep and I see the same thing, same old business, year after year. Arable arrives with his .22, shoots the . . .”
注: 0.22径口的枪
It’s also the dirtiest trick I ever heard of. What people don’t think of!”
注:人类，有什么又做不出来
That remains to be seen. But I am going to save you, and I want you to quiet down immediately. You’re carrying on in a childish way. Stop your crying! I can’t stand hysterics.”
注: 夏洛特好温柔
VIII. A Talk at Home
slingshot
注: n.弹弓（Ame. A slingshot is a catapult.）
I haven’t the faintest idea,
注: 一点都不知道
Aren’t you spending quite a lot of time there?
IX. Wilbur’s Boast
A SPIDER’S web is stronger than it looks. Although it is made of thin, delicate strands, the web is not easily broken.
注: 线
trochanter
注: (昆虫)转节(腿部)
femur
注: 股骨
patella
注: 膝盖骨
tibia
注: 胫骨(昆虫胫节)
tarsus
注: 踝骨
spinneret
注: n.喷丝头
dragline
注: n.牵引绳索
Anything to oblige
注: 任何要求
I advise you to put the idea out of your mind.
Queensborough Bridge
注: 昆斯伯勒大桥（Queensborough），位于纽约皇后区。是曼哈囤中城跨东河(East River)连接皇后区的干桥。
They don’t catch anything. They just keep trotting back and forth across the bridge thinking there is something better on the other side. If they’d hang head-down at the top of the thing and wait quietly, maybe something good would come along. But no—with men it’s rush, rush, rush, every minute. I’m glad I’m a sedentary spider
注: 哈哈哈
What does sedentary mean?
注: 坐着的，定居的
Means I sit still a good part of the time and don’t go wandering all over creation.
beechnuts
注: 山毛榉坚果
Fern knew it was almost suppertime but she couldn’t bear to leave.
Swallows passed on silent wings, in and out of the doorways, bringing food to their young ones.
the tree toad
注: 树蟾
All these sounds made him feel comfortable and happy, for he loved life and loved to be a part of the world on a summer evening.
pipers注: 吹笛人
I don’t really know. But I’m working on a plan
But don’t fail to let me know if there’s anything I can do to help, no matter how slight
Never hurry and never worry!
Keep fit, and don’t lose your nerve.
注: 保持健康不要气馁
X. An Explosion
dishpan
注:洗碗盆
Can I look for eggs in the henhouse, Aunt Edith?
It had been a narrow escape.注: 死里逃生
gulped
注: v.狼吞虎咽吃
summer squash
注: 西葫芦，矮南瓜
gingersnap
注: 姜饼（gingerbread，gingernut，Ginger Beer）
raspberry jell-O
注: 覆盆子果冻
The afternoon passed, and evening came. Shadows lengthened. The cool and kindly breath of evening entered through doors and windows.
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