九年级上册英语课文TomSawyer aint

Tom Sawyer paints the fence

xx·xx油漆篱笆

On Saturday morning, every boy in town was happy, except Tom Sawyer.星期六早上，镇上的每个男孩都很开心，除了汤姆。

Tom's aunt gave him a task of painting their fence.

xx的姑妈给了他一个油漆篱笆的任务。

It was 30 yards long and three yards high.

篱笆长三十码，xx码。

He painted one board and surveyed his progress,and then he sat down to have a rest.

他油漆了其中一块篱笆，随后查看了一下进展，然后他坐下来休息。

Tom began to think of the games that he wanted to play.

xx开始想起了他想玩的游戏。

He knew the boys who were free would soon come along and make fun of him.他知道（自由的/不用做工作的）男孩会很快过来取笑他。

Just then, he had an idea.

那时，他想到了个（绝妙的）主意。

He picked up his brush and went back to work.

他拿起他的油漆刷，继续工作。

Ben Rogers came along the road.

本·xx从路上走了过来。

He was singing happily and carrying an apple.

他高兴地哼着歌，手里拿着一个苹果。

"I'm going swimming," said Ben.

“我正要去游泳，”本说。

" Do you want to come? Oh, you have to work, don't you? What a pity!"“你想去吗？哦，你不得不工作了，难道不是吗？真遗憾啊！”

"Work?" said Tom.

“工作？”xx说道。

"This isn't work. I'm enjoying myself.

“（我觉得）这不是工作。我正乐在其中。

Does a boy get a chance to paint a fence like this every day?" Then he went on painting.

不是每一个男孩每天都能得到刷篱笆这个机会的。”他继续刷着篱笆，说道。

Ben watched Tom in silence.

本注视着xx，陷入了沉默中。

He became more and more interested.

他越来越感兴趣。

After a while, he said, "Tom, will you let me do some painting?"过了一会儿，他说，“汤姆，你能让我刷一下篱笆吗？”

Tom said, " No, Ben, I can't.

xx说，“本，我不可以。

Aunt Polly warned me to do it well.I'm the only person that can do it right."波莉姨妈警告我必须要刷得很好。我是唯一能刷得很好的人。”

"Oh, please, Tom, " said Ben.

“噢，求你了，xx，”本说。

"I can do it. I'll be really careful. I'll give you half my apple.“我可以做到。（并且）我会很小心的。我会给你我的半个苹果。Wait, I'll give you all of it."

不，我给你整个苹果吧。”

"That's a deal," said Tom.

“就这么说好了，”xx说。

"But you must be careful."

“但你必须要小心。”

Tom gave Ben his brush with worry on his face but joy in his heart.汤姆一脸担心的样子把刷子递给了本，但他的心里却暗暗窃喜。

He sat down again and started to eat the apple.

他坐下来，开始吃起苹果来。

When Ben got tired, Billy Fisher was waiting.

当本觉得累了，比利·费雪正等着（要刷篱笆）。

He gave Tom a kite for the chance to paint.

他给了汤姆一个风筝（作为报酬），得到了刷篱笆的机会。

Then Johnny Miller offered him two toy soldiers.

接着，约翰尼·米勒给了他两个玩具士兵。Soon Tom had got many new toys, and the fence got three coats of paint.很快，汤姆得到了许多新的玩具，和刷好在篱笆上的三层油漆。

Aunt Polly was so pleased that she gave Tom a big apple!

波莉姨妈非常高兴，她奖励给汤姆一个大苹果！