Last Christmas, the circus owner, Jimmy Gates, decided to take some presents to a children's hospital. Dressed up as Father Christmas and accompanied by a 'guard of honour' of six pretty girls, he set off down the main street of the city riding a baby elephant called Jumbo. He should have known that the police would never allow this sort of thing. A policeman approached Jimmy and told him he ought to have gone along a side street as Jumbo was holding up the traffic. Though Jimmy agreed to go at once, Jumbo refused to move. Fifteen policemen had to push very hard to get him off the main street. The police had a difficult time, but they were most amused. 'Jumbo must weigh a few tons,' said a policeman afterwards, 'so it was fortunate that we didn't have to carry him. Of course, we should arrest him, but as he has a good record, we shall let him off this time.'
Have you watched the game last night? It was France versus Italy.
昨天晚上的比赛你看了吗？是法国队对意大利队。
2．Dressed up as Father Christmas and accompanied by a‘guard of honour’of six pretty girls, he set off down the main street of the city riding a baby elephant called Jumbo. 他打扮成圣诞老人，在由6个漂亮姑娘组成的“仪仗队”的陪同下，骑上一头名叫江伯的小象，沿着城里的主要街道出发了。
（1）dress up as表示“装扮成……（的样子）”，这里的 dressed 有表示状态的含义。
（2）在英国英语中，圣诞老人通常用 Father Christmas表示。Father大写可表示对老人的一种尊称：Father Baker（贝克大爷／老爹）。
（3）accompany (vt.)的主要含义是“陪伴”、“陪同”：
Jane accompanied her mother to the theatre last night.
昨天晚上，简陪她母亲去看戏了。
When I saw her yesterday, she was accompanied by her boyfriend.
昨天我见到她时，她正由她的男朋友陪着。
（4）guard of honour指“仪仗队”， guard可表示“（一队）警卫队”、“（一队）卫兵／哨兵”等。of six pretty girls中的 of表示“由……组成的”：
A group of six Chinese boys took part in the competition.
一个由6名中国男孩组成的小组参加了这次竞赛。
（5）down在这里是介词，表示“沿”、“顺”、“循”的意思：
Just walk down the street and you'll see the post office.
一直沿着这条街走，你就会看到邮局。
（6）baby可作形容词，表示“幼小的”、“小的”、“小型的”等含义：She likes to watch baby dogs.
她喜欢观看小狗。
She has a baby car.
她有一辆微型汽车。
3．…Jumbo was holding up the traffic. ……江伯阻碍了交通。
hold up 为固定短语，其含义之一为“阻止”、“使停顿”、“延误”、“阻碍”：
If you park the car in the street, it'll hold up the traffic.
如果你把车停在街上，它将会阻碍交通。
4．to get him off the main street, 把它推离主要街道。get off在这里表示“从……移去／除去”：
Please get the box off the boat.
请把那箱子从小船上弄下来。
5．…they were most amused.……他们感到很有趣。
most 在这里相当于very。
6．…but as he has a good record, we shall let him off this time. ……但由于它一贯表现很好，这次我们饶了它。
1.He was dressed up as Father Christmas and with a accompany by six pretty girls, he set off down the main street of the city riding Jumbo a baby elephant.
2.Well, he told Jimmy Gates he ought to have gone along a side street because Jumbo was holding up the traffic.
3.No, of course not. He was unwilling to move and eventually he was pushed off the main street by fifteen policmen.
Do u think that animals have their own ways of thinking of looking at the world? and do u think they have their own feelings? Do u think we human beings have the right to manipulate them to do what we think that they ought to do?
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