單元 11 驚人的豬
A reporter hear about an amazing pig and goes out to the farm in Arkansas to get the story. He finds the farmer near teh barn and asks him if the rumors about his pig are ture.
一名記者聽聞有條驚人的豬,便前往阿肯色州農(nóng)場一探究竟。他在谷倉附近找到養(yǎng)豬的農(nóng)夫,問他關(guān)于豬的謠言是否屬實。
"Yep,"says the farmer."The pig started squealing real loud when the house was on fire. He woke us all up and so we all got to safety. otherwise we might have been killed. That's some pig."
“沒錯。”農(nóng)夫說:“房子失火時,那條豬尖叫得好大聲,我們?nèi)勘凰承巡判颐庥陔y,不然大概全部葬身火窟了。真是條了不起的豬。”
"And didn't the pig save your boy from drowning?"asked the reporter.
“那條豬是不是也救了你差點淹死的小孩?”記者問道。
"Yep, he raced right into the pond and pulled my little boy by his shirt collar. Saved his life." the farmer says, wipping a tear from his eye.
“沒錯。他沖進水池,叼著我小孩的襯衫衣領(lǐng)把他拉出來救了他一命。”農(nóng)夫一邊說,一邊揩著眼角流下的淚水。
"Wow, I'd like to see this pig," the reporter says.
“哇,真想看看這條豬。”記者說。
"Well,come on over here."
“可以啊,請這邊走。”
The farmer leads the reporter over to a nearby pen. There in the mud the reporter sees a pig with a wooden leg.
農(nóng)夫帶著記者來到附近的一個畜欄,記者在一堆泥漿里看到一條裝著木腿的豬。
"Why does he have a wooden leg?"
“為什么它裝了木腿?”
The farmer replies,"Well, you don't eat a pig like that all at once."
農(nóng)夫回答:“這個嘛,這種豬你不會馬上一次把它吃光的。”