Chapter 3 Escape (4)
如果总是想着这本书有22章，而现在只读到第三章，什么时候才能读完呢？其实只要重新定义一下目标，情况就会马上变得不同。比如今天的阅读目标就是以下这384个单词。静下心来，目标不知不觉就完成了。
另外，如果你能够享受阅读本身，也就是阅读的过程，可能就不会太在意是否读完一本书，而更在意自己在阅读中获得的独特体验。如果心情浮躁，肤浅的翻完一本书，只是用“翻完”来安慰自己，那又有什么意义呢。读书，还是对自己诚实比较好。
The goose heard the racket and she, too, started hollering. "Run-run-rum downhill, make for the woods, the woods!" she shouted to Wilbur. "They'll never-never-never catch you in the woods."
The cocker spaniel heard the commotion and he ran out from the barn to join the chase. Mr. Zuckerman heard, and he came out of the machine shed where he was mending a tool. Lurvy, the hired man, heard the noise and came up from the asparagus patch where he was pulling weeds. Everybody walked toward Wilbur and Wilbur didn't know what to do. The woods seemed a long way off, and anyway, he had never been down there in the woods and wasn't sure he would like it.
"Ge around behind him, Lurvy," said Mr. Zuckerman, "and drive him toward the barn! And take it easy---don't rush him! I'll go and get a bucket of slops."
The news of Wilbur's escape spread rapidly among the animals on the place. Whenever any creature broke loose on Zuckerman's farm, the event was of great interest to the others. The goose shouted to the nearest cow that Wilbur was free, and soon all the cows knew. Then one of the cows told one of the sheep, and soon all the sheep knew. The lambs learned about it from their mothers. The horses, in their stalls in the barn, pricked up their ears when they heard the goose hollering; and soon the horses had caught on to what was happening. "Wilbur's out," they said. Every animal stirred and lifted its head and became excited to know that one of his friends had got free and was no longer penned up or tied fast.
Wilbur didn't know what to do or which way to run. It seemed as though everybody was after him. "If this is what it's like to be free," he thought, "I believe I'd rather be penned up in my own yard."
The cocker spaniel was sneaking up on him from one side, Lurvy the hired man was sneaking up on him from the other side. Mrs. Zuckerman stood ready to head him off if he started for the garden, and now Mr. Zuckerman was coming down toward him carrying a pail. "This is really awful," thought Wilbur. "Why doesn't Fern come?" He began to cry.
原文中的动词：
1. make for：to go in the direction of a particular place 走向（某个地方）
近义词：head for
例句：I think it’s time we made for home.
2. break loose: to get away from someone or something by using force or effort 摆脱，挣脱
例句：The prisoner broke loose and ran away.
3. prick up：
prick (up) your ears：if you prick up your ears or your ears prick up, you listen carefully because you have heard something interesting 竖起耳朵仔细听
例句：Jay pricked up his ears when I mentioned a vacation.
4. catch on to：to begin to understand or realize something 理解
例句：It was a long time before the police caught on to what he was really doing.
5. stir：to move slightly 走动
例句：The crowd began to stir as they waited for the band to start.
6. sneak up：to come near someone very quietly, so that they do not see you until you reach them 悄悄地靠近
7. head off: to stop someone going somewhere by moving in front of them 阻止
例句：Soldiers headed them off at the border.
原文中的名词：
1. racket：吵闹
2. commotion：骚动
3. asparagus：芦笋
4. a bucket of slops：一桶猪食
及时复习：
"Run-run-rum downhill, （m ） the woods, the woods!" she shouted to Wilbur.
Whenever any creature （ b ） on Zuckerman's farm, the event was of great interest to the others.
The horses, in their stalls in the barn, （p ） their ears when they heard the goose hollering; and soon the horses had （c ） what was happening.
The cocker spaniel was （s ） on him from one side, Lurvy the hired man was sneaking up on him from the other side. Mrs. Zuckerman stood ready to （ h ） if he started for the garden, and now Mr. Zuckerman was coming down toward him carrying a pail.