01. 我的第一号作品（讲解）

节目文稿

Once when I was six years old I saw a magnificent picture in a book, called True Stories from Nature, about the primeval forest. It was a picture of a boa constrictor in the act of swallowing an animal. Here is a copy of the drawing.



In the book it said: “Boa constrictors swallow their prey whole, without chewing it. After that they are not able to move, and they sleep through the six months that they need for digestion.”

I pondered deeply, then, over the adventures of the jungle. And after some work with a colored pencil I succeeded in making my first drawing. My Drawing Number One. It looked something like this:

语言点

- magnificent：adj. 壮丽的，壮观的
- primeval：adj. 原始的；例：primeval world 原始世界

- boa constrictor：n. 大蟒蛇，巨蚺

- act：n. 行为

- swallow：v. 吞下，相信，接受；例：That’s hard to swallow. 难以下咽/难以相信/难以接受

- copy：n. 副本；v. 复制

- drawing：n. 图画

- chew：v. 咀嚼；bite 咬 - chew 嚼 - swallow 咽

- sleep through：一直睡；例：I slept last night. 我昨晚睡觉了。例：I slept through the night. 我一觉睡到天亮。

- digestion：n. 消化

- ponder：v. 仔细考虑

- adventure：n. 冒险活动；例：to have an adventure 经历一次历险

- colored pencil：彩色铅笔

- succeed in doing sth.：成功做某事

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