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自己整理的《火车宝宝》文本
Granpuff
小老头
One winter′s night when the cold wind blew，the engines found it hard to sleep。
“What we need,”suggested Toby, “Is to listen to a story.”
“A mysterious story ,”said Percy.
“But ,”added Duck , “it must have a happy ending.”
“Driver told me a story,”said Thomas.
So everyone listened.
冬天夜里，冷风呼呼的吹，小火车们都睡不着。托比建议着，朋友们，我们需要床边故事哦！“没错！”培西附和道，“神奇有趣的故事！”“但是！”达克跟着说，“它必须是快乐结局！”“驾驶说过一个故事。”汤玛仕说，“大家注意听哦！”
suggested [sə'dʒɛstid] 建议
mysterious[mi'stiəriəs] adj. 神秘的；不可思议的；难解的
added ['ædid]
adj. 更多的；额外的v. 增加（add的过去分词）
“Once upon a time ,”began Thomas.“There were three little engines who lived in their own little shed on their own little railway.Their names were Duke , Stuart and Falcon.Duke was the oldest and named after His Grace the Duke of Sodor.”He was proud of this and loved to keep the little engines in order.
Whenever they did anything that Duke thought wrong ,he would say ,“That would never suit His Grace!”
“很久很久以前，”汤玛仕开始说了，“有三辆小火车，一起住在他们自己的小机房自己的小铁轨上，他们叫做公爵、史都华和福康，公爵的年纪最大，他的名字来自伟大的多多公爵，他以这一点为傲，平常就喜欢管理小火车们，要是小火车们做错了事，公爵会说，这样会让多多公爵丢脸
shed [ʃed]
n. 小屋，棚；分水岭
duke [dju:k, du:k]n. 公爵，（公国的）君主；公爵（种）樱桃
be proud of: 为自豪 | 以自豪 | 为而感到自豪
proud [praud]
adj. 自豪的；得意的；自负的
to keep:保存
in order:按顺序 | 妥当 | 秩序井然
whenever [hwen'evə, hwən-]
无论何时 | 任何时间 | 无论什么时候
suit [sju:t, su:t]
vt. 适合；使适应vi. 合适；相称
Other engines came and went . But Duke outlasted them all .Stuart and Falcon used to call him Granpuff . They were fond of him but they got very tired of hearing all about His Grace !Sometimes they would tease him and chant ′Engines come and engines go Granpuff goes on forever .′
“You impertinent scallywags ,”Duke would say .
“Whatever are you engines coming to .”
“Never mind Granpuff .We′re only young once .”
“Well you′d better mind ,unless you want to end up like Smudger .”
其他小火车来来去去，但是公爵永远都在。史都华和福康都叫他小老头，他们很喜欢他但是他们很讨厌听公爵碎碎念的。他们会嘲笑他，说着……小火车来，小火车去，小老头永远不会走。
公爵会说，你们两个小顽皮鬼，你们说这话什么意思啊！
别生气，小老头，开开玩笑而已。
最好小心一点，不然会跟那个史麦格他样
used to
过去常常 | 以前 | 经常
be fond of:喜欢 | 爱好 | 喜爱
tired ['taiəd]adj. 疲倦的；v. 疲倦；对腻烦（tire的过去分词形式）
tease [ti:z] vt. 取笑；戏弄；n. 戏弄vi. 取笑
chant [tʃɑ:nt, tʃænt] vi. 唱歌；反覆地唱歌
go on forever 永远继续下去 | 持续很长时间
impertinent [im'pə:tinənt] adj. 不恰当的；无礼的；粗鲁的；不相干的
scallywag ['skæliwæɡ]n. 饭桶；流氓；无赖（等于scalawag）
come to
v. 想起；共计
“Ooooh ! Granpuff whatever happened ?”
“Smudger ,”said Duke , “was a show off .He rode roughly and often came off the rails……I warned him to be careful but he took no notice .”
“Listen Duke ”“ who worries about a few spills ?”
“We do here ,”I said but Smudger just laughed .
Until one day ,Manager said he was going to make him useful at last .
Smudger stopped laughing then .”
“Why ? w-w-what did he do ?”
“噢，小老头，他怎么了？”
“史麦格，”公爵说，“就是太爱炫耀了。他乱开火车，所以常常出轨 ……我警告他要小心点，但他就是不听！”
“听着，公爵，没有什么号担心的啦！”
“大家都会，”公爵说，“但是史麦格一直笑我。”
直到有一天，经理说他要让史麦格派用场。史麦格才停止笑声
“为什么？他做了什么?”
show off
炫耀；卖弄
roughly ['rʌfli]
adv. 粗糙地；概略地
off the rails
出轨的
“He turned him into a generator .He′s still there behind our shed .He′ll never move again .”
After that ,Stuart and Falcon became Really Useful engines and all three were happy together for many years .
Then hard times came .The mines in the hills closed and the railway was closed too. People came to buy the engines ,“We′ll take Stuart and Falcon .”
No-one wanted Duke .They thought him too old .
“Cheer up Granpuff ,”called Stuart .“We′ll find you a nice railway and then you can come and keep us in order .”
They tried to be brave and cheerful， but no-one really thought their dreams would come true .
“他把他变成了发电机，他还在我们机房后面，永远都动不了。”
后来呢，史都华跟福康就变得很有用的小火车，他们快乐的一起工作了好多年。可是好景不长，山上的矿场关闭了，铁路也跟着封起来。有人来机房买火车，“我们要买史都华和福康。”没有人要买公爵，他们觉得他太老。
“别难过，小老头，”史都华叫着，“我们会帮你解决，这样你就可以继续管理我们了。”
他们试着逗公爵开心点，可是他们知道这个梦想很难实现。
generator ['dʒenəreitə]n. 发电机；发生器；生产者
behind [bi'haind]
在后面 | 之后 | 在后
shed [ʃed] n. 小屋，棚；分水岭
after that 之后；在那之后
hard times 不景气；市面萧条
mines
n. 矿山（mine的复数）；地雷
cheer up
使高兴；高兴起来；使振奋
brave [breiv]
adj. 勇敢的；华丽的n. 勇士vt. 勇敢地面对
cheerful ['tʃiəful]
adj. 快乐的；愉快的；高兴的
dreams [dri:mz]n. 梦想，美梦（dream的复数形式）
Duke′s Driver and Fireman oiled and greased him one last time .They sheeted him snugly and said good-bye .They had to go away and find work .
Duke was alone .“Oh well ,” he sighed ,“I′ll go to sleep .It′ll help to pass the time .”
公爵的驾驶和火夫最后一次为他上好机油，他们将他停好，跟他道别。他们必须去找工作才行。公爵非常孤单。“唉，算了，”他叹息着，“睡一下好了，睡觉可以度过时间啊！”
fireman ['faiəmən] n. 消防队员；救火队员；锅炉工
oil and grease 油脂
last time 上次；最后一次
sheet [ʃi:t]vt. 覆盖；盖上被单；使成大片
snugly ['snʌɡli]
adv. 舒适地；隐蔽地；贴身地；紧密地
be alone 独自；孤单的
sigh [sai] n. 叹息，叹气
pass the time 打发时间；消磨时光
Winter torrents washed soils from the hills .Trees and bushes grew all around .You wouldn′t have known a shed was there .Let alone a little engine asleep inside .
“That′s not a happy ending ,” exclaimed Percy .
“Ah ,” murmured Thomas sleepily .
“There will be but that′ll have to wait until next time .”
冬天的融雪冲刷山坡土壤，花草树木满山乱长，机房都被植物给覆盖住了，没有人知道小火车在里面睡觉。培西埋怨着，这不是个快乐结局，汤玛仕睡眼惺忪地说，哎呦，我好困哦，快乐结局下回再说好了！
torrent ['tɔrənt, 'tɔ:-]
连续不断湍流山溪 | 急流 | 山洪
soil [sɔil]
n. 土地；土壤；国家；粪便；务农；温床vt. 弄脏；污辱vi. 变脏
bush [buʃ] n. 灌木；矮树丛
let alone
更别提 | 不打扰 | 不碰
murmur ['mə:mə]vt. 低声说 |
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发表于 2011-8-8 10:31:00
感谢分享的在线原版电影地址哈~我们家不知道啥年月能用上，不过这个是好东西
