Guess How Much I Love You
猜猜我有多爱你
Little Nut-brown Hare, who was going to bed, held on tight to Big Nut-brown Hare's very long ears.
想要去睡觉的栗色小兔子，它牢牢地捉住栗色的大兔子的长耳朵。
hare 野兔
Nut-brown Hare 栗色兔子
held on tight 牢牢捉住 ( hold - held - held )
He wanted to be sure that Big Nutbrown Hare was listening. “Guess how much I love you," he said.
他要大兔子好好听他说。“猜猜我有多爱你。”他说。
"Oh, I don't think I could guess that ," said Big Nutbrown Hare.
“噢，这我可猜不出来。”大兔子说。
" This much," said Little Nutbrown Hare, stretching out his arms as wide as they could go.
“ 这么多。” 小兔子说，他把手臂伸开，开得不能再开。
stretch 伸展
stretching out 伸展
as wide as 尽可能宽
as …… as …… 和……一样
as + 形容词原级 + as + 名词或者句子
Big Nutbrown Hare had even longer arms. " But I love YOU this much," he said.
大兔子的手臂要长得多，“我爱你有这么多。”他说
Hmm, that is a lot, thought Little Nutbrown Hare.
小兔子想：嗯，这真是很多。
" I love you as high as I can reach,” said Little Nutbrown Hare.
“我的手举得有多高，我就有多爱你。”小兔子说。
“ I love you as high as I can reach, ” said Big Nutbrown Hare.
“我的手举得有多高，我就有多爱你。”大兔子说。
That is quite high, thought Little Nutbrown Hare. I wish I had arms like that.
这可真高，小兔子想，我假如有那么长的手臂就好了。
I wish 后面的从句利用过去式，表达的是与现实相反的欲望
例如： I wish I could hop like that.
Then Little Nutbrown Hare had a good idea. He tumbled upside down and reached up the tree trunk with his feet.
小兔子又有了一个好主张，他倒立起来，把脚撑在树干上。
“ I love you all the way up to my toes!” he said.
“我爱你一贯到我的脚趾头。” 他说。
tumbled ['tʌmb(ə)l] 跌倒；
upside down 颠倒；
trunk [trʌŋk] 树干，大象的鼻子；
all the way 一贯到；
“And I love you all the way up to your toes,” said Big Nutbrown Hare, swinging him up over his head.
大兔子把小兔子抱起来，甩过自己的头顶，“我爱你一贯到你的脚趾头。”
over his head 超越他的头顶；
“ I love you as high as I can hop!” laughed Little Nutbrown Hare, bouncing up and down.
“我跳得多高就有多爱你！
”小兔子笑着跳上跳下。
bouncing ['baʊnsɪŋ] 连读跳跃；跳跃的，弹跳；
hop [hɒp] 单足跳跃；双足齐跳；
“ But I love you as high as I can hop,” smiled Big Nutbrown Hare - and he hopped so high that his ears touched the branches above.
“我跳得多高就有多爱你！
”大兔子也笑着跳起来，他跳得这么高，耳朵都碰到树枝了。
That's good hopping, thought Little Nutbrown Hare. I wish I could hop like that.
这真是跳得太棒了，小兔子想，我假如能跳得这么高就好了。
touch [tʌtʃt] 触摸，碰
above [ə'bʌv] 正上方；在…上面；
branches [bræntʃɪz] 分支；
" I love you all the way down the lane as far as the river,” cried Little Nutbrown Hare.
“我爱你，像这条小路伸到小河那么远。” 小兔子喊起来。
" I love you across the river and over the hills, " said Big Nutbrown Hare.
“我爱你，远到跨过小河，再翻过山丘。” 大兔子说。
lane [leɪn] 乡间小路；小巷；
cried [kraɪd] 在这里表示大喊，不是哭的意思；
across [ə'krɒs] 介词，穿过；cross 则是动词；
That's very far, thought Little Nutbrown Hare. He was almost too sleepy to think anymore.
这可真远，小兔子想。他太困了，想不出更多的东西出来了。
Then he looked beyond the thorn bushes, out into the big dark night. Nothing could be further than the sky.
他望着灌木丛那边的夜空，没有什么比黑沉沉的天空更远了。
too… to…太…而不能；
too sleepy to think anymore 太困以至于无法思考；
anymore [enɪ'mɔː] 不再；
beyond [bɪ'jɒnd] 超过，超越，那一边；
thorn [θɔːn] 荆棘；
bushes [bʊʃɪz] 灌木丛；
further ['fɜːðə] far的比较级；更深，更远；
" I love you right up to the MOON," he said, and closed his eyes.
“我爱你一贯到玉轮那里。” 说完，小兔子闭上了眼睛。
" Oh, that's far," said Big Nutbrown Hare. " That is very, very far."
“噢，这真是很远，” 大兔子说，“ 非常非常的远。”
right up 直到
Big Nutbrown Hare settled Little Nutbrown Hare into his bed of leaves. He leaned over and kissed him good night.
大兔子把小兔子放到用叶子铺成的床上。他低下头来亲了亲小兔子，对他说晚安。
settled ['setld] 安置；
bed ︵ of leaves 叶子做的床，把稳连读；
leaned [liːnd] 前俯 ; 倾斜
Then he lay down close by and whispered with a smile, " I love you right up to the moon-and back. "
然后他躺在小兔子的身边，微笑着轻声地说：“我爱你一贯到玉轮那里，再从玉轮上回到这里来。”
closed 动词，闭上
close by 副词，靠着；靠近；
whispered ['wɪspəd] 低声地；
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