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1、How I Lost Four Ounces in Three Weeks（我怎样在三周里减了四盎司体重）1. Im not fat, I told my neighbor, but I would like to lose a littleabout ten pounds.1、我对邻居说：“我不算胖，但是我想减点体重大约10磅左右吧。”2. Ten pounds? he said. Thats easy. I lost 20 pounds just by running every day.2、他回答说：“减10磅？那不费事。我只是每天跑步，就掉了20磅了。”3. Thats when I
2、made up my mind. I would run, too. Id run on Willow Road, which goes by the end of our block. And Id outfit myself in a pair of white shorts, sneakers and a sweat shirt. Id have the right clothes, so I wouldnt look silly.3、我就是从那时起下定决心的。我也要跑步，我可以在柳条街上跑步。那条街是我们街尽头处的横街，我得买一条白短裤，一双运动鞋和一件圆领长袖运动衫打扮一下，我穿上合
3、适的服装，就不会显得傻气了。4. To begin with, I decided to run up Willow Road as far as the Emersons house. That was about a mile.4、我决定开始时跑到柳条街上埃默生家的房子那儿。大约有一英里远。5. By the time I got to the end of our block, my legs had turned to stone. And I felt as if somebody had lit a campfire in my chest! I limped on for ano
4、ther hundred yards. The thing to do, I decided, was to stop as soon as I came to a good place for a rest. At once I said to myself, This looks like a good place ! And I fell, panting, to the earth.5、我跑到我们这条街尽头的时候，腿像石头一样又硬又重。我觉得好像有人在我的胸膛里点了一堆篝火！我又跛着向前跑了100码。我想，这时该做的事是一旦找到一个适于休息的地方就停下来休息。我马上对自己说：“这儿看上
5、去是个好地方!”就气喘吁吁地瘫倒在地上。6. After some time, I sat up. Youre out of shape, I told myself. Youve got to work up to things bit by bit. Give yourself time!6、过了一会，我坐了起来。我告诫自己，“你久不锻炼，竞技状态不佳，得慢慢加码才行。给自己一点时间吧!”7. I stood up and walked home.7、我站起身，走着回家了。en8. Every morning for three weeks, Mondays through Fridays
6、, I burst from my house and ran toward the Emerson place. I went a bit further every time. Weekends I rested up. Finally, I decided that I was ready to run the whole mile. Of course, Id stop a few times along the route to rest.8、在三周的时间里，从周一到周五的每天早晨我都从家门冲出，向埃默生家方向跑去，每天将距离拉长一点。周末我就休息。我终于决定可以跑完这一英里的里程了
7、，当然，中途我得停下来休息几次。9. I made the big push on Saturday. That was a mistake. I had forgotten that the neighborhood children would not be in school that day.9、星期六我发起了猛攻。那是一个错误的决定。我忘记了街坊的孩子们那天不上学。10. I was no more than halfway up the block when I sensed that I had an audience. There were all the children,
8、standing on their front lawns staring at me. I waved. Most likely, they were admiring my brisk pace. Then I learned the awful truth. As I turned onto Willow Road, a half-dozen eight-year-olds ran out and settled into a steady trot beside me.10、我还没跑完我们街道的一半，就感觉到我吸引了一批观众。所有的孩子们都站在家门前的草坪上注视着我。我向他们挥手致意。
9、我想他们很可能是在羡慕我轻快的步伐。后来我才了解到糟糕的事实。我向柳条街拐去的时候，跑出来六个八岁的孩子，他们在我身边稳步小跑起来。11. Hey, mister, said one, my little brother can run faster than this, and hes only six.11、一个小孩子对我说：“嗨，先生，我小弟弟跑得比这还快，他只有六岁。”12. Oh, yeah! I barked. When hes as old as . But there my air ran out. I stopped talking in order to save my b
10、reath.12、我大声说：“呵，是吗？等他长到像我一样年纪”可是这时我喘不过气了。为了省口气，我只好不说了。13. We paced onward. Up ahead, I could see a shady maple tree, and ideal rest stop. Sweat dripped into my eyes as I pushed toward the tree. Then, just as the shade was within reach, a small voice said, Hey, mister, well race you!13、我们向前跑去。我能看到前方
11、有一棵树影浓密的枫树，那儿是一个理想的休息地点。我向那棵树推进，汗水流进了我的眼睛，这时，就在我要到达那棵树底下的时候，一个孩子小声说：“嗨，先生，我们跟您比谁跑得快！”14. The eight-year-olds tore out in front of me and were soon out of sight. My spirit was broken. I staggered off the road into a clump of underbrush and dropped like a sack of bricks.14、那几个八岁的孩子在我面前飞奔起来，很快就跑得无影无踪了。
12、我的斗志全丧失了，我蹒跚着从街道上走下来，进到一丛树林中，像一袋子砖头似的瘫在地上。15. I was still resting there ten minutes later when I heard childrens voices.15、10分钟过去了，我还坐在那儿休息，这时我听到孩子们的声音。16. They must have caught him, one voice said.16、一个孩子说：“他们一定超过他了。”17. Yes, another replied. He did all right for an old man, though. He must have ru
13、n the whole two miles from the mental hospital.17、一个孩子答道：“一定，但是对于一个老年人来说，他跑得不算慢。他一定是从精神病院那儿一直跑过来的，已经跑了整整两英里了。”18. Still I wouldnt give up. The best way to run without an audience, I decided, was to run after dark.18、尽管如此，我还是不肯放弃跑步，我断定要想不吸引观众，最好是在天黑以后跑。19. Well, enjoy yourself, my wife said. Ive got
14、to drive Andy to his trumpet lesson.19、妻子对我说：“你玩你的吧，我得开车送安迪去学吹小号了。”20. I set out into the dark, sure that I would finally reach the Emersons. I had just turned the corner when something the size of a watermelon shot out at me. It began barking and wouldnt stop. It was the Barts bulldog. I shouted an
15、d sent him back to the Barts front lawn, but I could feel a rising fear. After all, there were lots of dogs in our neighborhood.20、我跑进夜色之中，我坚信这一次我终于能跑到埃默生家那儿了。我刚刚拐过弯去，就有一个像西瓜那么大的东西向我冲来。它开始狂吠，不肯停下，它是巴特家的斗牛狗。我叫喊着把它赶回巴特家门前的草坪上，但是我感到内心里有一种不断增长的恐惧。我们街区里毕竟是有许多狗。21. My hunch was right. Two minutes later I
16、set off the Abels boxer. He circled around me, barking, and refused to leave. Next it was the OBriens poodle and then a strange sheep dog.21、我的预感没有错，两分钟以后，我引来了艾贝尔斯家的拳师狗，它围着我绕来绕去，狂吠着，不肯离去。接着奥布赖恩家的狮子狗来了，后来又来了一只陌生的牧羊狗。22. I was nervous, but I led the parade onward. Once in a while Id say, Nice fella! to no
