豹豹今天和你们一起读姗姗来迟的第八章。这一章内容不多比较好读。
兄妹四人来到了海狸先生家做客，饱餐一顿后海狸一家就给他们讲起来纳尼亚的事情，可是忽然很有小心机的爱德蒙不见了。所有的人就慌了起来......
“Ah, that’s bad,” said Mr. Beaver, shaking his head. “That’s a very, very bad business. ..."
这是件很糟糕的事。business也是个烦人的小词，有时候可数有时候不可数，(牛津双解如下)
[U]贸易；工作；营业额；职责；要处理的事
[C]公司He started a new business recently.
[sing.]只做单数名词，即本文，事情(a matter ,an event ,usually with an adj.)
It's none of your business.(新概念二第一课)
在第五章中出现了老教授对Susan的建议，
“We might all try minding our own business,” said he. And that was the end of that conversation.管好我们自己的事就行了。
“Well, they were heading northward when they were last seen and we all know what that means.”
head v.朝向
这里有一个passive的用法，was done, We use a passive verb to say what happens /happened (etc.)to the subject.Who or what causes the action is often unknown or unimportant.
所以此句只说他们(Faun和押解Faun的生物)被瞧见往北去了，谁看到的不重要。如果想说被谁看到＋by...即可。
eg. Is this room cleaned (by John) every day?
另外被动中be 有时会被get取代，不要认为是语法错误: There was a fight but nobody got hurt.
“Couldn’t we have some stratagem?” said Peter. “I mean couldn’t we dress up as something, or pretend to be—oh, peddlers or anything—or watch till she was gone out
stratagem常指花招，小策略，有时可与stragegy替换，但后者范围更广，比如我们看NBA NFL会出现strategy and tactic战略战术。
具体区别如下:(出自grammarist 网站)
Stratagem and strategy are sometimes interchangeable, but they are usually not synonyms.
The more common strategy is broader. Its main definitions are (1) a plan of action intended to accomplish a specific goal, and (2) the art or skill of using plans or stratagems, especially in war.
Stratagem is sometimes synonymous with strategy in military contexts, but its primary definition is a clever scheme for achieving an objective, often by deceiving an enemy. So while strategy can denote any plan of action, stratagem usually implies subterfuge or unconventional tactics.
“Oh, yes! Tell us about Aslan!” said several voices at once;
很生动，尽量避免人作主语也是写作中的技巧之一，学到了。
A voice came from behind .'Yes, this is Mary. Who are you?'
But the word has reached us that he has come back. He is in Narnia at this moment.
有消息说(即我们听说)阿斯兰已经来了。
后文还出现了Word has been sent that you are to meet him, ...
If she can stand on her two feet and look him in the face ...He’ll put all to rights as it says in an old rhyme in these parts:
look sb. in the face 直视
put sth. to right 使...正常
这里如果是stand on one's own feet就不是好好站着而是独立的意思了。
I can stand on my own (two)feet.
这一段歌谣写得挺美的，贴出来不翻译了，可以自行体会。
Wrong will be right, when Aslan comes in sight,
At the sound of his roar, sorrows will be no more,
When he bares his teeth, winter meets its death,
And when he shakes his mane, we shall have spring again.
Don’t you know who is the King of Beasts? Aslan is a lion—the Lion, the great Lion.
原来阿斯兰是群兽之王-狮子
狮子王电影的英文名字就叫 The Lion King,写到这豹豹忍不住哼起Can you feel the love tonight，实在是太好听了。电影也做推荐，经典迪士尼电影，里面的音乐很好听，词汇量要求不大。可以作为不挂字幕的电影入门。
“I’m longing to see him,” said Peter, “even if I do feel frightened when it comes to the point.”
long to do 渴望做某事 (long for+n./ving)
when it comes to the point是一个习语表示When one is forced to act or decide on something.到了那个时候
So things must be drawing near their end now he’s come and you’ve come.
must here means we feel sure sth. is true.
eg. You must be tired. (You must be joking.)
draw near靠近，来临
eg.Sth.draws near, I can feel it.
it’s on that that she bases her claim to be Queen.
就是因为那样她才(第一个that指代上面的事，it is that句型)
这个句子挺适合口语的。
That’s why she’s bad all through,...
因此她坏透了。all through自始至终，整个
说谁坏透了，哈利波特一中海格初见哈利说到伏地魔时就这么说See, there was this wizard who went... bad. As bad as you could go. Worse. Worse than worse. His name was...
But in general, take my advice, when you meet anything that’s going to be human and isn’t yet, or used to be human once and isn’t now, or ought to be human and isn’t, you keep your eyes on it and feel for your hatchet.
这段话写得很妙，把将来，过去都用到了。
take my advice和mark my words意思一致，后文有出现
used to 以前是而现在不
ought to be (should be), we can use should when sth. is not right or what we expect.
eg. I wonder where Liz is, she should be here by now.(She isn't here yet, and this is not normal.)
hatchet 短柄小斧头，这个词还是在玩游戏的时候学到的......
that’s the castle on the sea-coast down at the mouth of this river ...
河口the mouth of the river 小地点 at
另外河口也可以说 the river mouth ,the estuary在阅读材料(非小说)中后者较常见。
The snow was falling thickly and steadily, the green ice of the pool had vanished under a thick white blanket,...
这里描写下雪很厚，不停。steadily指逐渐地(也有镇定地 意思)
eg.The heat grew steadily greater.气温不断地升高。
后面一个拟人把雪大写了出来，后文还有描写雪的其他词团the soft new snow, the silently falling snow
“Do?” said Mr. Beaver, who was already putting on his snow-boots, “do? We must be off at once. We haven’t a moment to spare!”
snow-boots(两只靴子是一对，＋s)雪地靴还可以说snowshoes(分不分开都可以，两种情况都见过)，riding boots马靴 top boots长筒靴
We haven’t a moment to spare!没时间耽搁了，后文结尾出现了There’s not a moment to lose.
“There’s no point in looking for him,” said Mr. Beaver.与下文紧接出现的“The reason there’s no use looking,” said Mr. Beaver, ...同义复现，没什么用。
but the moment I set eyes on that brother of yours I said to myself ‘Treacherous.’
这一句没什么难点，主要是treacherous adj.背弃信义的，名词treachery,在本章中还出现了betrayal n. 背叛。
在第六章通缉令上还有一个词"treason"权力的游戏中算是中高频词汇了。
because she’ll want to use him as a decoy; as bait to catch the rest of you with.
decoy 和bait在这里属于近义词了。
Decoy is something used to put somebody in some direction, usually far from where they actually want to go.
Bait is something used to get or draw someone or something's attention or presence.(来自Hinative)
一般来说bait常见是指鱼饵，肉条作为引诱猎物等，decoy可能会是一个假道具，decoy这个词更高级一点点
这一章内容不难，就到此为止啦！下一章豹豹依旧会努力和你们一起读下去~加油！
I am a slow walker, but I never walk back.
