新概念英語(yǔ)青少版2B Unit 17 Lesson 33 A cuckoo in the nest

Unit 17 Lesson 33

第十七單元 第三十三課

A cuckoo in the nest

鳥(niǎo)窩中的布谷鳥(niǎo)

Paul's father,

保羅的爸爸

Ken Bruce is an engineer.

肯·布魯斯是一名工程師

He's also an enthusianstic birdwatcher.

他也是觀鳥(niǎo)愛(ài)好者

Last spring,

去年春天

two little birds appeared in his garden.

花園里來(lái)了兩只小鳥(niǎo)

Ken installed a webcam,

肯安了一臺(tái)網(wǎng)絡(luò)攝像機(jī)

and invited his neighbours to log on.

并讓鄰居上網(wǎng)觀看

Everyone watched enthusiastically.

大家都很感興趣

Soon, there was a little nest.

不久 出現(xiàn)了一個(gè)小鳥(niǎo)窩

Then, another bird arrived.

然后又來(lái)了一只鳥(niǎo)

It was a cuckoo.

一只布谷鳥(niǎo)

The cuckoo watched patiently.

布谷鳥(niǎo)耐心地觀察著

Three little eggs appeared in the nest.

之后鳥(niǎo)窩里出現(xiàn)了3 個(gè)小鳥(niǎo)蛋

The cuckoo waited.

布谷鳥(niǎo)等待著

Suddenly, she had her chance.

突然 她的機(jī)會(huì)來(lái)了

The mother wasn't there.

鳥(niǎo)媽媽不在窩里

The cuckoo darted to nest.

布谷鳥(niǎo)沖向鳥(niǎo)窩

In two seconds,

兩秒鐘后

there was a fourth egg beside the other three.

3個(gè)蛋旁邊多了一個(gè)蛋

After twelve days,

12天后

the young cuckoo hatched.

小布谷鳥(niǎo)孵出來(lái)了

The little birds hurried to get food,

小鳥(niǎo)急忙

for the baby cuckoo.

給它找食

Ken's neighbours watched excitedly.

肯的鄰居們很激動(dòng)地觀察著

The baby cuckoo picked up the other eggs easily,

小布谷鳥(niǎo)用后背輕易地抬起

with its back,

另外3個(gè)蛋

and pushed them out of the nest.

把它們推出了鳥(niǎo)窩

The birds returned and pushed food

小鳥(niǎo)回來(lái)了 把食物塞進(jìn)了

into its mouth.

小布谷鳥(niǎo)的嘴里

After twenty days,

20天后

the cuckoo was enormous!

小布谷鳥(niǎo)長(zhǎng)得非常大了

On 6th May,

5月6號(hào)

it opened its wings.

它展開(kāi)翅膀

In a moment,

一會(huì)兒

the nest was empty.

鳥(niǎo)窩空了

The show was over.

表演結(jié)束了

Ken's neighbours

當(dāng)然

are all enthusiastic birdwatchers now,

現(xiàn)在肯的鄰居

of course!

都成了觀鳥(niǎo)愛(ài)好者了