Charlotte’s Web（I）夏洛的網(wǎng) ( 一 )

在朱克曼家的谷倉里，這是威爾伯與夏洛的第一次友好交流。這段對(duì)話揭示了兩個(gè)不同物種之間可能發(fā)展出深厚友誼的種子，為這個(gè)經(jīng)典故事的展開奠定了基礎(chǔ)。

1 ）Salutations aregreetings，” said the voice.“When I say ‘salutations’， it’s justmy fancy way of saying hello or goodmorning. Actually， it’s a silly 2）expression，and I am surprised that I used it at all. As for mywhereabouts， that’s easy. Look up here in the corner ofthe doorway！ Here I am. Look， I’m waving！”

At last Wilbur saw the 3）creature that had spoken tohim in such a kindly way. Stretched across the upper partof the doorway was a big spiderweb， and hangingfrom the top of the web， head down， was alarge grey spider. She was about the size of agumdrop. She had eight legs， and she was waving oneof them at Wilbur in friendly greeting. “See me now？” sheasked.

“Oh， yes indeed，” said Wilbur. “Yes indeed！How are you？ Good morning！ Salutations！ Very pleasedto meet you. What is your name， please？ May I haveyour name？”

“My name，” said the spider， “is Charlotte.”

“Charlotte what？” asked Wilbur， eagerly.

“Charlotte A. Cavatica. But just call me Charlotte.”

1） salutation n. 致敬2） expression n. 表達(dá)3） creature n. 生物；動(dòng)物

“致敬是句問候用語，”那個(gè)聲音說道，“當(dāng)我說‘致敬’，就等于對(duì)你說‘你好’或是‘早上好’。（剩余417字）