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focus1text 19 Sylvia’s bare feet and tiny fingers grabbed the tree’s rough trunk. Sharp dry branches scratched at her like cat’s claws as she climbed higher and higher. 20 When Sylvia had at last reached the tree’s highest branch, the golden sun’s rays hit the green forest. Two hawks flew together in slow-moving circles far below Sylvia. Sylvia felt as if she could go flying among the clouds, too. Translation 19 西尔维娅用赤脚和小手紧紧扒住粗糙的树干，越爬越高，松树尖硬的枝条像猫爪一样抓挠着她。 20 西尔维娅终于攀上了松树最上面的一根枝桠，这时，金色的阳光倾泻而下，映照着整个青翠的森林。两只鹰在西尔维娅脚下很远的地方缓缓盘旋，西尔维娅觉得自己仿佛也能在白云间自由地飞翔。 上海交通大学出版社 Back Next 2. Text: A white heron scratch: vi./vt. 抓，刮擦 e.g. The dog was scratching at the door to be let in. We scratched the paint off the wall. The cat scratched a hole in the ground. Note that slow-moving is a hyphenated adjective, which can be formed by joining an adjective or an adverb and a present participle. Other examples: fast-growing (高速发展的), far-reaching (深远的), long-lasting (持续时间长的), etc. focus1text 21 Suddenly Sylvia caught a flash of white that grew larger and larger. A bird with broad white wings and a long slender neck flew past Sylvia and landed on a pine branch below her. The white heron smoothed its feathers and called to its mate, sitting on their nest in a nearby tree. Then it flew away. Translation 21 突然，一道白光映入西尔维娅的眼帘，越来越大。那是一只有着白色大翅膀和细长脖子的鸟，它掠过西尔维娅，停在了她下面的一枝松桠上。这只白鹭理了理羽毛，对停在附近一棵树上的鸟巢里的同伴叫了一声，然后飞走了。 上海交通大学出版社 Back Next 2. Text: A white heron slender: a. 1) 细长的，纤细的 e.g. The willow has smooth bark and slender branches. 2) 苗条的 e.g. She’s got a beautiful slender figure. 3) 微薄的，不足的 e.g. The company only has a slender hope of survival. Note that smooth in the sentence is used as a verb, meaning “to make something smooth”. Many adjectives can also be used as verbs, such as dirty, busy, warm, slow, narrow, quiet, thin, empty, free, wrong, right, better, dry, dull, etc. e.g. The teacher failed to quiet the children. The car slowed down