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WHY DO WE BEAR THIS SHELL?为什么我们要背着壳?

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Little Snail asked her mother, “Why do we bear this hard and heavy shell as soon as we were born?”
Mother said, “Because our bodies don't have bones to support and we have to climb, not so fast, we need this shell to protect.”
Little Snail said, “Sister Caterpillar has no bones and doesn't climb fast, why she doesn't bear this hard and heavy shell?”
Mother said, “Because she can turn into a butterfly, the sky will protect her.”
Little Snail said, “But Brother Earthworm has no bones and doesn't climb fast either, nor will he become a butterfly, why doesn't he bear the hard and heavy shell?”
Mother replied, “Because he can dig into the earth, the earth will protect him.”
Little Snail cried, “We are so poor that neither the sky nor the earth will protect us.”
Mother comforted him, “So we have the shells! We neither rely on the sky nor the earth, but we rely on ourselves.”
先逐字读一遍短文,不认识的不着急查词典,读完一遍,不熟悉的生词大约心中有数了 , 再回头仔细读一遍,有生词的部分,细读 , 根据上下文猜测一下意思 。如果手头有纸笔不妨写下来 。最好通读三遍,文章的大约意思估计也就明白八九不离十了 。再逐字查阅生词 , 最后再对照译文,通读一两遍 。还有疑难不解的地方做好笔记请教他人 。

bear
英 [be?]美 [b?r]
vi. 承受;结果实
vt. 忍受;具有;支撑
n. 熊
n. (Bear)人名;(英)贝尔
bear => fer- "carry, bear".
承受,来自PIE *bher(1), 承受,带来,生育,同bring.
The developing countries bear the burden of an enormous external debt.
发展中国家背负着巨额外债 。

as soon as
英[?z su?n ?z]美[?z su?n ?z]
一旦; 立刻; 一…就…;
As soon as I get my money I'm out of here!
我一拿到钱就走!
【拓展】
as soon as的意思是“一……就……”,这个短语比较常用,口语和书面语都可以 。它的特点是在句子中的位置比较灵活,而且可以用于各种时态 。
当指未发生的动作时,时态规律是“主将从现”,即主句用一般将来时,从句用一般现在时代替一般将来时 。
如果强调过去发生的两个动作有先后关系,从句谓语动词可以用过去完成时 。

not so fast
字面意思是:不是那么快 。一般翻译为:不要那么急。别那么急嘛 。
在本文,显然是我们是怕的,不是那么快(所以无法躲避天敌的伤害,因此需要这层壳)
But wait a minute. Not so fast.
但先等一下,别这么快!

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caterpillar
英 ['k?t?p?l?]美 ['k?t?p?l?]
n. [无脊椎] 毛虫;履带车
adj. 有履带装置的
助记提示
1. Etymologically, a caterpillar is a 'hairy cat'.
cat, 猫 。-pil, 毛,词源同peel, depilatory(脱毛) 。因其毛如猫毛而得名 。
2. 由于毛毛虫很像坦克的履带 , 所以 caterpillar 既表毛毛虫 , 又表履带、链轨 。
The caterpillar will eventually metamorphose into a butterfly.
毛毛虫最终将蜕变成一只蝴蝶 。

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