猫咪宝贝“汪汪”妈

By Ligitas Nefas/魏 勇（译）

◆语篇导读

在宠物界，很多人都称闻名于世的哈士奇为“二哈”，确实，很多时候他们都是宠物界的“搞笑担当”。但是，下面要讲的这只哈士奇不仅不“二”，反而还母爱泛滥。当她在树林中看到一窝快要死去的小猫咪时，主动承担起了妈妈的职责。

Service dog Banner hasa heartofgold.Not onlydoes she help owner Whitney with her disability，but also she lovesrescuingother animals in need and caring for them.

The 3-year-old Husky（哈士奇）has been together with Whitney since she was a little dog.Whitney trained Banner herself to help her and others with avarietyof things.Whitney said，“We do a lot of rescue，and sheisalwaysattached tocats.Two years ago I had my first bottle baby cat that was found in aditch，and Banner raised her.This is the first time she found something like this.”

What she found was just heartbreaking.Asealedpaper box was inthe woods，with 7 newborn cats inside only a day old andfrozento death.Banner ledWhitney to the woods，where after opening the box Whitney took out the tiny cats，one by one.“Someone must have just put them into the paper box，closed thelidtight and left them there to die，”Whitney said in an interview.“They probably thought that no one would ever discover them.I don't even know how Banner knew they were in there.The little cats were freezing and weren't meowing（猫叫）.”

Since that moment，Banner hasn't left the little cats and hasadoptedthem as if they were her own.“I'm so happy now theselittlecats will go on to live theirliveswith lovingfamilies because of Banner.It warms my heart，”Whitney said.

◆词语积淀

rescue/'reskjuː/n.援救

variety/və'raɪəti/n.不同种类

be attached to喜爱；依恋

ditch/dɪtʃ/n.沟；渠

sealed/siːld/adj.密封的

freeze/friːz/v.冰冻

lid/lɪd/n.盖子

adopt/ə'dɒpt/v.收养

◆典句赏析

1.Not only does she help owner Whitney with her disability，but also she loves rescuing other animals in need and caring for them.她不仅乐于帮助有残疾的主人惠特尼，而且乐于救助和照顾深陷麻烦的其他动物。

该句为并列句，not only...but also...是并列连词，意为“不仅……而且……”，当否定词not置于句首时，其所在的句子往往要部分倒装。care for是一个比较常见的固定词组，意为“照顾；照料”，后面接名词、代词等作宾语。in need是固定词组，意为“在危难中；在需要时”；如果表示“需要……”时，用in need of。

【即时尝试】露西不仅经常观看英语电影，而且经常练习英语口语。

2.Banner led Whitney to the woods，where after opening the box Whitney took out the tiny cats，one by one.班纳带着惠特尼来到了树林，在那里，惠特尼打开了纸盒，把小猫咪一只一只地抱了出来。

该句为复合句。where引导的是一个定语从句，修饰先行词the woods，where在该从句中作地点状语。one by one是固定词组，意为“一个接一个地”，在句中作方式状语。

【即时尝试】约翰回到了伦敦，在那里他遇到了他的好朋友。

3.Since that moment，Banner hasn't left the little cats and has adopted them as if they were her own.从那时起，班纳就没有离开过这些小猫。她收养了这些小猫，就好像他们是她的孩子一样。

该句为复合句。since是现在完成时态的标志性词，意为“自从……”。and在这里作顺接连词，连接两个并列的分句。as if意为“好像”，在该句中引导方式状语从句；当as if所引导的从句与事实不符时，往往要用虚拟语气，即用一般过去时表示与现在事实的不一致。

【即时尝试】露西对汤姆很好，就好像他是她的弟弟一样。

译文助读

服务犬班纳有着一颗金子般的心，她不仅乐于帮助有残疾的主人惠特尼，而且乐于救助和照顾深陷麻烦的其他动物。

这只三岁的哈士奇从小就陪伴着惠特尼，惠特尼会训练她帮助自己和其他人处理很多事情。惠特尼说：“我们进行了很多次救援，她也总是很喜欢小猫咪。两年前我的第一只小奶猫是在地沟里发现的，班纳养育了她。这是她第一次自己发现小猫。”

班纳的发现令人心碎。在树林里，一个密封的纸盒子里面有七只刚出生一天的小猫咪，他们都快要冻死了。班纳带着惠特尼来到了树林，在那里，惠特尼打开了纸盒，把小猫咪一只一只地抱了出来。“肯定是有人特意把他们放到了纸盒里，并紧紧地盖上了盖子，让他们在里面等死。”惠特尼在一次采访中说，“他们可能认为没有人会发现这些小猫，我也不知道班纳是怎么发现有小猫在纸盒子里的。这些小猫都冻坏了，不会出声了。”

从那时起，班纳就没有离开过这些小猫。她收养了这些小猫，就好像他们是她的孩子一样。“现在我很开心。因为班纳，这些小猫可以在充满爱的家庭里继续活下去了，这一幕温暖了我的心。”惠特尼说。