[2018年最新整理]大学体验英语(第三版)课文原文及翻译.docx

Frog?Story??蛙的故事A?couple?of?odd?things?have?happened?lately.??最近发生了几桩怪事儿。?I?have?a?log?cabin?in?those?woods?of?Northern?Wisconsin.?I?built?it?by?hand?and?also?added?a?greenhouse?to?the?front?of?it.?It?is?a?joy?to?live?in.?In?fact,?I?work?out?of?my?home?doing?audio?production?and?environmental?work.?As?a?tool?of?that?trade?I?have?a?computer?and?a?studio.我在北威斯康星州的树林中有一座小木屋。是我亲手搭建的，前面还有一间花房。住在里面相当惬意。实际上我是在户外做音频制作和环境方面的工作——作为干这一行的工具，我还装备了一间带电脑的工作室。?I?also?have?a?tree?frog?that?has?taken?up?residence?in?my?studio.??还有一只树蛙也在我的工作室中住了下来。?How?odd,?I?thought,?last?November?when?I?first?noticed?him?sitting?atop?my?sound-board?over?my?computer.I?figured?that?he(and?I?say?he,though?I?really?don’t?have?a?clue?if?she?is?a?he?or?vice?versa)?would?be?more?comfortable?in?the?greenhouse.?So?I?put?him?in?the?greenhouse.?Back?he?came.?And?stayed.?After?a?while?I?got?quite?used?to?the?fact?that?as?I?would?check?my?morning?email?and?online?news,?he?would?be?there?with?me?surveying?the?world.??去年十一月，我第一次惊讶地发现他（只是这样称呼罢了，事实上我并不知道该称“他”还是“她”）坐在电脑的音箱上。我把他放到花房里去，认为他待在那儿会更舒服一些。可他又跑回来待在原地。很快我就习惯了有他做伴，清晨我上网查收邮件和阅读新闻的时候，他也在一旁关注这个世界。?Then,?last?week,?as?he?was?climbing?around?looking?like?a?small?gray?/?green?human,?I?started?to?wonder?about?him.??可上周，我突然对这个爬上爬下的“小绿人或小灰人”产生了好奇心。?So,?there?I?was,?working?in?my?studio?and?my?computer?was?humming?along.I?had?to?stop?when?Tree?Frog?went?across?my?view.He?stopped?and?turned?around?and?just?sat?there?looking?at?me.Well,I?sat?back?and?looked?at?him.?For?five?months?now?he?had?been?riding?there?with?me?and?I?was?suddenly?overtaken?by?an?urge?to?know?why?he?was?there?and?not?in?the?greenhouse,where?I?figured?he’d?live?a?happier?frog?life.??于是有一天，我正在工作室里干活，电脑嗡嗡作响。当树蛙从我面前爬过时，我不得不停止工作。他停下了并转过身来，坐在那儿看着我。好吧，我也干脆停下来望着他。五个月了，他一直这样陪着我。我突然有一股强烈的欲望想了解他：为什么他要待在这儿而不乐意待在花房里？我认为对树蛙来说，花房显然要舒适得多。?“Why?are?you?here,”?I?found?myself?asking?him.??“你为什么待在这儿？”我情不自禁地问他。?As?I?looked?at?him,?dead?on,?his?eyes?looked?directly?at?me?and?I?heard?a?tone.?The?tone?seemed?to?hit?me?right?