Jugs in the Water

by anonymous

翻譯：寒星

Two1)jugs, one of2)clay and one of3)shiny4)brass,5)fl oated in the6)raging river. The river was7)swollen from the rain.

As the jugs8)swirled between the rocks9)jutting up out of the water,the brass jug said, “Stay close to me,friend. I’ll help you make your way!I’m hard and made of brass. I’m much stronger than clay.”

“Dear friend,” said the clay jug, “wait until we are in calm waters and we find a peaceful place. But now, keep your10)distance! What I really need is space! You can protect yourself from breaking on the rocks. That is true. But,how can you protect me from bumping into you?”

詞組加油站

be made of 由……做成

protect…from 使……免受……

bump into 撞上

1) jug [d??ɡ] n. 罐，壺

2) clay [kle?] n. 黏土

3) shiny ['?ɑ?n?] adj. 閃耀的，磨亮的

4) brass [brɑ?s] n. 黃銅

5) fl oat [fl??t] v. 漂浮

6) raging ['re?d???] adj. 猛烈的，狂暴的

7) swollen ['sw??l?n] adj. 膨脹的，漲滿的

8) swirl [sw??l] v. 旋轉

9) jut [d??t] v. 突出，伸出

10) distance ['d?st?ns] n. 距離

兩個罐子漂游在洶涌的河流中，一個是陶罐，另一個是亮锃锃的銅罐。河水因暴雨水位猛漲。

兩個水罐在水面上突出的巖石間打轉。銅罐說：“朋友，靠緊我。我會幫你開路！我是黃銅造的，很堅固，比你的陶土堅硬多了。”

“親愛的朋友，”陶罐說，“等我們到靜水區，找到平穩的地方再說吧。但是現在，請保持距離！我真正需要的是空間！你足以保護自己不撞碎在巖石上，這是事實。然而，要是我撞到你身上，你又如何能保護我呢？”

名師考點小結

“help sb. do/to do sth. ”意為“幫助某人做某事”，動詞不定式符號to可以省去，也可以不省。help還可用于“help sb. with sth.”，也意為“幫助某人做某事”。例如：They need someone to help look after children. 他們需要有人幫忙照看孩子。

Reading can help us to study English well. 閱讀有助于我們學好英語。

I helped him do/to do his work.=I helped him with his work. 我幫助他做好工作。

拓展：與help有關的表達：with one’s help在某人的幫助下；Help yourself. 請自便。