新概念英語青少版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

鳥窩中的布谷鳥

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.

他也是觀鳥愛好者

Last spring,

去年春天

two little birds appeared in his garden.

花園里來了兩只小鳥

Ken installed a webcam,

肯安了一臺網絡攝像機

and invited his neighbours to log on.

并讓鄰居上網觀看

Everyone watched enthusiastically.

大家都很感興趣

Soon, there was a little nest.

不久 出現(xiàn)了一個小鳥窩

Then, another bird arrived.

然后又來了一只鳥

It was a cuckoo.

一只布谷鳥

The cuckoo watched patiently.

布谷鳥耐心地觀察著

Three little eggs appeared in the nest.

之后鳥窩里出現(xiàn)了3 個小鳥蛋

The cuckoo waited.

布谷鳥等待著

Suddenly, she had her chance.

突然 她的機會來了

The mother wasn't there.

鳥媽媽不在窩里

The cuckoo darted to nest.

布谷鳥沖向鳥窩

In two seconds,

兩秒鐘后

there was a fourth egg beside the other three.

3個蛋旁邊多了一個蛋

After twelve days,

12天后

the young cuckoo hatched.

小布谷鳥孵出來了

The little birds hurried to get food,

小鳥急忙

for the baby cuckoo.

給它找食

Ken's neighbours watched excitedly.

肯的鄰居們很激動地觀察著

The baby cuckoo picked up the other eggs easily,

小布谷鳥用后背輕易地抬起

with its back,

另外3個蛋

and pushed them out of the nest.

把它們推出了鳥窩

The birds returned and pushed food

小鳥回來了 把食物塞進了

into its mouth.

小布谷鳥的嘴里

After twenty days,

20天后

the cuckoo was enormous!

小布谷鳥長得非常大了

On 6th May,

5月6號

it opened its wings.

它展開翅膀

In a moment,

一會兒

the nest was empty.

鳥窩空了

The show was over.

表演結束了

Ken's neighbours

當然

are all enthusiastic birdwatchers now,

現(xiàn)在肯的鄰居

of course!

都成了觀鳥愛好者了