by Donna Klein

翻譯：法比仔

A Real Thanksgiving Day

by Donna Klein

翻譯：法比仔

一個(gè)真正的感恩節(jié)

High school football was a Thanksgiving tradition in my hometown. Usually, Mom was the one who stayed at home, while Dad, my sister and I headed out to the game. One year, my aunt decided to give Mom a break and offered to help make the turkey and all the1)trimming ['tr?m??] n. 收拾，整頓trimmings, so Mom could attend the game with us.

When we got home, my aunt had quite the story to tell! She decided to place a paper bag like a tent over the turkey. It wasn’t too long before smoke was coming from the oven. She opened the oven door to find that the paper bag was on fi re! She was unsure what to do next and started to panic. The kitchen was filled with smoke.

Fortunately, our neighbor was in his yard during that time. He came in and removed the2)flaming ['fle?m??] adj. 燃燒的flaming turkey from the oven, stamped out the fire, and calmed down my aunt. After getting rid of the ashes, the turkey went back into the oven.

When we arrived home after the game, we had no idea what happened until she told us. We all had a good laugh and shared a3)prayer [pre?] n. 祈禱，祈禱文prayer of thanksgiving for a delicious turkey and having a home that was still4)intact [?n't?kt] adj. 完整無缺的intact! We also made sure to visit our neighbor to let him know how thankful we were. He really saved the day!

詞組加油站

stamp out 撲滅，踩滅

get rid of 處理掉

save the day

轉(zhuǎn)危為安，化險(xiǎn)為夷

名師考點(diǎn)小結(jié)

1. offer作及物動詞時(shí)，意為“提供”，表示“提供給某人某物”要用“offer sb. sth.”或“offer sth. to sb.”。offer后面也可跟不定式，表示“主動提出或建議做某事”。例如：

His father offered me a lot of money last year.

=His father offered a lot of money to me last year.他父親在去年給了我很多錢。

The little boy offered an old woman his seat.

=The little boy offered his seat to an old woman.小男孩把他的座位讓給了一位老太太。

I’m glad that they offered to help us.

我很高興他們愿意幫助我們。

2. what to do是“疑問詞+不定式”，這種結(jié)構(gòu)在英語中相當(dāng)于一個(gè)名詞短語，在句子中起名詞的作用，可以作主語、賓語和表語等句子成分。例如：

He didn’t know how to answer her. 他不知道該怎樣回答她。

When to start has not been decided. 何時(shí)開始尚未決定。

I don’t know who to ask advice from. 我不知道應(yīng)該向誰征求意見。

Would you please advise me which to buy? 你能否告訴我買哪一個(gè)比較好？

參考譯文

高中的橄欖球賽是我家鄉(xiāng)的一個(gè)感恩節(jié)傳統(tǒng)。通常，媽媽都會守在家中，而爸爸、妹妹還有我則會去看比賽。記得有一年，我的姑媽決定要讓我媽媽休息一下，并提出要來我家?guī)兔ψ龌痣u，以及收拾整個(gè)屋子，于是媽媽便可與我們一起去看比賽了。

當(dāng)我們回到家的時(shí)候，姑媽可有一堆故事要訴說了！她的主意是將一個(gè)紙袋像帳篷一樣地蓋在火雞上，可沒過多久烤箱就開始冒煙了。她打開烤箱門，發(fā)現(xiàn)紙袋著火了！她不知道下一步該怎么辦，開始驚慌起來。廚房里滿是煙。

幸運(yùn)的是，當(dāng)時(shí)我們的鄰居正在他家的院子里。他走進(jìn)來，把燃燒著的火雞從烤箱里拿出來，撲滅了火，還安撫了一下我的姑媽。將火雞上的灰燼撣掉后，他再次把火雞放進(jìn)了烤箱。

比賽結(jié)束后，我們回到家，根本不知道發(fā)生了什么，直到姑媽告訴我們一切。我們都大笑起來，并分享了感恩節(jié)的祈禱文，感恩擁有這頓美味的火雞和一個(gè)依然完整的家！我們還前去拜訪了我們的鄰居，讓他知道我們真的很感激他。他真的讓我們化險(xiǎn)為夷了！