LESSON 34 THE LARK¹ 第三十四课 百灵鸟

Three boys, Dick, Sam, and Ned, went out to play in the fields², and fine fun they had³. Dick，Sam还有Ned三个男孩在田间玩耍，很开心。

As they sat⁴ down to rest for a short time, they heard a lark sing. 在他们坐下来短暂休息时，听到一只百灵鸟在唱歌。

How well he sings!" said⁵ Dick. "He must be quite close to us, I think," said Sam."I should like to see him," said Ned. 唱的多好啊！"Dick感慨道，Sam说"我觉得它离我们一定很近，"Ned接着说"我想看看它."

There he is, then,"said Sam; "so you can soon have your wish." Sam说"他在那，很快你就可以实现愿望了。"

Where?"said Dick; and up he sprang, just in time to see the lark as he rose⁶ once more high in the air. 哪儿呢？"Dick快速的起身问道，就在此时他看到这只百灵鸟再一次飞向天空。

See, there he is, as he sings his sweet song to the boys. 看，在那儿，一边唱着美妙的歌曲一边向男孩飞来。

Just then Dick saw⁷ that Ned had a small stone in his hand. Dick thought⁸ that he meant to throw it at the poor lark. 就在这时Dick看到Ned的手里拿着一个小石子。Dick觉得Ned想把石子扔向百灵鸟。

So he said, "Ned, do you mean to throw that stone at him?" 所以就说道"Ned，你是要对百灵鸟扔石子吗？

"Yes; why not? What harm⁹ would¹⁰ there be?"said Ned;"I want you to see how well I can aim¹¹." 是啊，为什么不呢？会有什么伤害呢？"Ned回答道，"我想让你看看我瞄的有多准。"

For shame¹², Ned!" said Dick."Throw down the stone. Why should you want to kill¹³ the poor bird, that sings so sweet a song to us? 太丢脸了，Ned"Dick说道，"把石子扔掉。你为什么想杀死这只歌唱如此美妙的鸟儿呢？

If you like, I will soon show you that I can aim quite as well as you can. But I should not like to aim to do ill." 等会我给你展示我也可以瞄的像你一样准。但我不会用它做些不好的事情。"

This made¹⁴ both Ned and Sam laugh; and Ned threw down the stone. 这让Ned和Sam都笑了，Ned也扔掉了石子。

The lark went on with his song. Ned said,"I do like to hear the lark sing; how glad I am that I did¹⁵ not try to kill him." 这只百灵鸟继续歌唱。Ned说"我喜欢听它唱歌，我很高兴我没有试图伤害它。"