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Saving a Pigeon【译】救鸽子【单词】Saving 原型：save 动词现在进行式或动名词 [seyv][seɪv] v. 救；节省；保存 n. 救援，救助【专有名词】Pigeon ['pij-uh n]['pɪdʒɪn] n. 鸽子
When Julia left for school in the morning, she noticed a pigeon sitting very closely to the front door of her apartment building.【译】当茱莉亚早上去上学时，她注意到一只鸽子正坐在她公寓楼的前门附近。【单词】pigeon 名词 ['pij-uh n]['pɪdʒɪn] n. 鸽子【单词】sitting 原型：sit 动词现在进行式或动名词 [sit][sɪt] v. 坐；栖息；使就座 n. 坐；栖息【单词】closely 副词 ]['kləʊsli] adv. 紧密地；接近地；严密地；亲近地【单词】apartment 名词 [uh-'pahrt-muh nt][ə'pɑːtmənt] n. 一套公寓房间【单词】building 原型：build 动名词 [bild][bɪld] v. 建造；开发；创建；逐渐增强 n. 体格；身材【专有名词】Julia n. 朱莉娅(女子名)
Usually pigeons flew away whenever someone got too close to them, but this pigeon didn't seem to care.【译】通常当有人离鸽子太近时，鸽子就会飞走，但这只鸽子似乎并不在意。【单词】flew 原型：fly 动词过去式 [flahy][flaɪ] v. 飞；坐飞机；驾驶；逃跑；悬挂 n. 苍蝇；飞行；两翼昆虫【单词】whenever 从属连词 [hwen-'ev-er, wen-, hwuh n-, wuh n-][wen'evə] adv. 无论何时 conj. 每当；无论何时；随时
Julia didn't think too much of it though.【译】茱莉亚没想太多。【短语】too much 太多，如果后接名词只能接不可数名词（可数名词用too many）；例如：Maybe they feel too much pressure to do well on their tests. 可能他们感到要想在考试中表现好会有太多的压力。
When she got back home from school that afternoon, she noticed the pigeon was in the same exact place.【译】那天下午放学回家时，她注意到鸽子在同一个地方。【单词】exact 形容词 [ig-'zakt][ɪɡ'zækt] adj. 精密严谨的；确切的
It seemed the pigeon hadn't moved at all.【译】鸽子好像一点也没动。Julia moved closer.【译】茱莉亚走近了。She noticed the pigeon had a wound on its wing.【译】她注意到鸽子翅膀上有伤。【单词】wound 名词 [woond; Older Use and Literary wound][wuːnd] n. 创伤；伤害；伤口 v. 伤；伤害；缠绕；动词wind的过去式和过去分词【单词】wing 名词 [wing][wɪŋ] n. 翅膀；翼 v. 飞过；空运；临时发挥
She was worried that a dog or a cat would eat the injured animal.【译】她担心狗或猫会吃掉受伤的动物。【单词】dog 名词 [dawg, dog][dɒɡ] n. 狗；家伙；卑鄙的人；没用的东西 vt. （灾难等）缠住；跟踪【单词】cat 名词 [kat][kæt] n. 猫；猫科动物；狠毒的女人；吊锚机；独桅船【单词】eat 动词原形 [eet][iːt] v. 吃；吃饭；喝【单词】injured 原型：injure 过去分词做形容词 ['in-jer]['ɪndʒə] vt. 伤害；损害；损伤【单词】animal 名词 ['an-uh-muhl]['ænɪml] n. 动物；牲畜 adj. 动物的；野兽的
Julie ran upstairs to her apartment and told her mom about the pigeon.【译】朱莉跑到楼上她的公寓，把鸽子的事告诉了她妈妈。【单词】mom 名词 [mom][mɒm] n. 妈妈 abbr. 月中(=middle of month) abbr. 会议纪要(=Minutes of Meeting)【专有名词】Julie n. 朱莉(女子名)
"We have to help it!"【译】“我们必须帮助它！”
Julie insisted.【译】朱莉坚持说。【单词】insisted 原型：insist 动词过去式 [in-'sist][ɪn'sɪst] vt. 坚持；坚决主张 vi. 坚持；强调
Julie's mom made a disgusted face.【译】朱莉的妈妈做了一张恶心的脸。
"I don't want to.【译】“我不想。
Pigeons have diseases," she said.【译】鸽子有疾病，”她说。【单词】diseases 原型：disease 名词复数形式 [dih-'zeez][dɪ'ziːz] n. 疾病 v. 使…生病，感染
Julie began to cry.【译】朱莉哭了起来。【单词】began 原型：begin 动词过去式 [bih-'gin][bɪ'ɡɪn] v. 开始；着手【单词】cry 名词 [krahy][kraɪ] v. 哭；(大声)叫喊；(强烈)要求 n. 叫声；哭；喊
This made Julie's mom feel bad.【译】这让朱莉的妈妈很难过。
She gave in, but she gave Julie some rules.【译】她屈服了，但她给了朱莉一些规矩。
The pigeon had to stay in the kitchen in a storage bin.【译】鸽子不得不呆在厨房的储物箱里。【单词】storage 形容词 ['stawr-ij, 'stohr-]['stɔːrɪdʒ] n. 保管；贮藏；仓库；保管费；[计]存储器【单词】bin 名词 [bin][bɪn] n. 箱柜；仓；垃圾箱 vt. 放入箱内
Julie's mom didn't want to have to touch the dirty bird.【译】朱莉的妈妈不想碰那只脏鸟。【单词】touch 名词 [tuhch][tʌtʃ] vt. 触摸；感动；吃；喝；触及 vi. 接触；联系 n. 触觉；接触；修饰；少许；痕迹【单词】dirty 形容词 ['dur-tee]['dɜːti] adj. 脏的；肮脏的；下流的；卑鄙的；腐败的；不正当的 v. 弄脏；玷污【单词】bird 名词 [burd][bɜːd] n. 鸟；禽
Julie put one of her old baby blankets on the bottom of a deep storage bin.【译】朱莉把她的一条旧婴儿毯放在一个很深的储物箱的底部。【单词】blankets 原型：blanket 名词复数形式 ['blang-kit]['blæŋkɪt] n. 毛毯；覆盖物；排字版 vt. 覆盖；用毯子裹；扑灭；挡风；使包含 adj. 包含所有的；适用于所有情形的【单词】bottom 名词 ['bot-uh m]['bɒtəm] n. 底部；底端 adj. 底部的 v. 触底；打(基础)
While Julie tried to feed the injured bird bits of moist bread, Julie's mom looked online for local animal rescue organizations.【译】当朱莉试图给受伤的小鸟喂湿面包时，朱莉的妈妈在网上寻找当地的动物救援组织。【单词】feed 动词原形 [feed][fiːd] vt. 喂养；饲养；靠 ... 为生；向 ... 提供 vi. 吃饲料；进餐 n. 一餐；饲料；饲养【单词】moist 形容词 [moist][mɔɪst] adj. 潮湿的；湿润的；[医]湿性的【单词】bread 名词 [bred][bred] n. 面包 vt. 在 ... 上撒面包屑【单词】online 形容词 ['on-'lahyn, 'awn-][ˌɒn'laɪn] adj. 联机的；在线的 adv. 在线地【单词】animal 形容词 ['an-uh-muhl]['ænɪml] n. 动物；牲畜 adj. 动物的；野兽的【单词】rescue 名词 ['res-kyoo]['reskjuː] vt. 营救；援救 n. 营救；救援
She felt silly trying to save a pigeon though.【译】不过，她想救一只鸽子却觉得很傻。【单词】save 动词原形 [seyv][seɪv] v. 救；节省；保存 n. 救援，救助
Finally she found an organization that would take the bird, but not until the next morning.【译】最后，她找到了一个可以带走这只鸟的组织，但要等到第二天早上。【语法】not until表示“直到……才”。经常用于强调结构中：It is/was not until 从句/表时间的词 that ...。如：It was not until the teacher came in that the students stopped talking.直到老师进来学生们才停止讲话。当Not until位于句首时，句子要倒装。其结构为：Not until 从句/表时间的词 助动词 (主句)主语 谓语 ...。如上面例句可以改为：Not until the teacher came in did the students stop talking.
Julie stayed up all night watching the bird.【译】朱莉整晚都在看鸟。【单词】watching 原型：watch 动词现在进行式或动名词 [woch][wɒtʃ] v. 注视；看守；观看 n. 手表；监视；看守；值班
The next morning Julia and her mother took the subway to the bird rescue organization.【译】第二天早上，茱莉亚和她妈妈乘地铁去了鸟类救援组织。
Many people on the train gave Julie and her mother strange looks.【译】火车上的许多人都对朱莉和她母亲投以奇怪的目光。【单词】train 名词 [treyn][treɪn] n. 列车；火车；行列；一系列 vt. 训练；培训；瞄准 vi. 进行锻炼，接收训练；练习【单词】strange 形容词 [streynj][streɪndʒ] adj. 奇怪的；陌生的；生疏或不自在的
Julie's mother just shrugged.【译】朱莉的妈妈只是耸了耸肩。
When they got to the rescue organization, Julie told the worker, "Please take good care of Sebastian".【译】当他们到达救援组织，朱莉告诉工人，“请好好照顾塞巴斯蒂安”。【单词】worker 名词 ['wur-ker]['wɜːkə] n. 工人；工作者【专有名词】Sebastian n. 塞巴斯蒂安(男子名)
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