god helps those who help themselves 天助自助者。
-背景知识-
-pony:
矮种马,根据国际马联(international federation for equestrian sports,FEI)的定义,149cmor151cm以下的成年马便可以称为pony。
特征是鬃毛、马尾、体毛较厚,小短腿,骨质较重,脑袋小,脖子粗等。他们天资聪明,性情温顺,适应性强,耐渴耐劳,容易与人亲近。
-swinging window:
【a large swinging window opened into the yard,which made it fresh and pleasant】
开窗,之所以用swinging这个词是因为开窗是通过中间的轴旋转打开的,用来给小黑和伙伴们透气用。
-词句解析-
1、i told him i never bit anything but grass and corn,and could not think what pleasure Ginger found in biting .
除了青草和谷物,我从不咬其他东西,所以不能理解Ginger到底有什么好乱咬的。
but:除...之外,同理except。
【例句】nobody shows up on his show but his friends.
2、so it is you who have turned me out of my box.
it is ...who/that...:强调句。原文中强调的是you,是你把我赶出了我的隔间。
判断一个句子是不是强调句:去掉it is 和who/that ,如果句子依旧完整说明是强调句。
turn sb out:(尤其指把某人从其长期定居的地方)赶走,撵走。
3、loose box:牲畜的独立隔间。
4、the stable into which i was taken was very big,with four good separate spaces.
stable:稳定的,稳固的,文中做名词,为马厩
which:指代前面的stable,还原短语变成take sb/sth into the stable,所以into不能省略。
5、fall into good hands 落入好人手里
fall into the wrong hands 落入坏人手里
6、in the course of the day:在...期间
7、dreadful:可怕的,糟糕的
cruel:残酷的,残忍的
steady:稳定的,镇定的
airy:通风的,轻快的,空中的
8、carriage :n.运输,运费,四轮马车
square:广场,正方形的
groom:马夫,新郎,v.打扮,使整洁,准备
gray:灰色的
9、quarrel with:争吵,挑剔,埋怨