The Forest People

丛林者

Colonel Wilbur and his wife Mary were flying over the tropics in their private plane. But suddenly the engine caught fire. It was impossible to extinguish the fire, so they were forced to land in the forest.

威尔伯上校和他的妻子玛丽正乘坐他们的私人飞机飞越热带地区。但是引擎突然着火，而扑灭火苗是不可能的，所以他们迫降在森林里。

What are we going to do? said Mary. "Can you fix the plane?"

“我们该怎么办?”玛丽问道。“你能把飞机修好吗?”

Wilbur said, "That's impossible. I am not a technician, and the plane is out of gasoline. We'll have to find help. "

威伯说:“那不可能。我不是飞机技工，而且飞机也没油了。我们得找人帮忙。”

Wilbur and Mary walked through the forest. It was difficult to find a path through the trees. Mary even tore her dress on sharp thorns. Suddenly, they saw some huts and lots of miniature people, cooking and making weapons with flint.

威尔伯和玛丽穿过森林，路很崎岖。玛丽的衣服甚至被锋利的刺扎破了。突然，他们看到一些小屋和许多矮人，正在用燧石做饭和制作武器。

I'll ask them for help, said Wilbur.

“我会请他们帮忙的。”威伯说。

No! Don't go! They are deformed! said Mary. "They'll harass us! They may have a contagious virus that will make us sick! We won't know how to cure it. We'll surely end up as corpses!"

“不!不要去!他们是畸形人!”玛丽说。“我们会因此受到困扰的!他们可能会传染给我们一种病毒!我们不知道该如何治愈，那我们就死定了!”

Wilbur tried to persuade Mary to go to the forest people, but she refused to integrate with them. She had the assumption that the small people were dangerous. "Let's keep walking. We're sure to find someone sooner or later. "

威伯试图说服玛丽到森林里去，但她拒绝了。她认为这些矮人是危险的。“我们继续往前走吧，迟早会找到人的。”

For three days, the couple searched, but they found no one who could help them in their crisis. It was uncomfortable, and they were hungry without any source of nutrition. Plus, the forest was filled with dangerous beasts. Finally, Mary agreed to return to the forest people.

这对夫妇找了三天，但没有找到任何能帮助他们的人。他们很难受，而且他们很饿，因为没有东西可吃。此外，森林里充满了危险的野兽。最后，玛丽同意回到森林里去。

When Wilbur and Mary arrived at the village, the forest people immediately welcomed them. They gave them bread made from barely to eat and a place to sleep. The next day, the forest people led Wilbur and Mary through the trees, and they promptly arrived at a small town. From there, they took a bus to the city where they found an embassy.

威伯和玛丽到达村子时，森林里的人们立刻表示欢迎。他们为夫妇两提供食宿。第二天，森林里的人们领着威伯和玛丽穿过树林，很快就来到了一个小镇。他们从那里乘公共汽车前往城里的大使馆。

Mary was sorry that she had not trusted the forest people sooner. She learned the value of not discriminating against people who are different.

玛丽很后悔没有早点相信森林里的人，她也懂得了不该歧视与众不同的人。

核心单词表

assumption n.假设

barley n.大麦

beast n.野兽

colonel n.陆军上校

contagious adj.感染性的

corpse n.尸体

crisis n.危机

cure v.治愈

deformed adj.畸形的

discriminate v.歧视

embassy n.大使馆

extinguish v.熄灭

flint n.燧石

harass v.骚扰

integrate v.使…成整体

miniature adj.微型的

nutrition n.营养

promptly adv.迅速地;

technician n.技师

tropics n.热带地区

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