Chapter 2 Wilbur (2)
阅读前可以先喝点“鸡汤”，打点“鸡血”。（不知道为什么都和鸡有关系）
偶然看到这样的句子：“我觉得有种人越看越酷：别人说了再做，我是做了再说，别人说了也不一定做，我是做了也不一定说。反正，一切都是对自己的交代。”
在不改变血型，不改变星座的前提下，怎么成为更好的自己？诚实的为自己努力应该算一种方式。你不妨问问自己，我有多少努力是不被别人所知道的呢？
一个单词，一个人懂，另一个人不懂，可能他只需要三秒钟查字典就懂了。但是，愿意主动去查字典这个习惯可能需要培养很久很久很久，所以请注意培养自己的好习惯，这才是真正的奢侈品。它昂贵到无法用金钱购买，只能用时间一点一点打磨。
现在开始为自己努力，认真读懂每个句子吧。
Every morning after breakfast, Wilbur walked out to the road with Fern and waited with her till the bus came. She would wave good-bye to him, and he would stand and watch the bus until it vanished around a turn. While Fern was in school, Wilbur was shut up inside his yard. But as soon as she got home in the afternoon, she would take him out and he would follow her around the place. If she went into the house, Wilbur went, too. If she went upstairs, Wilbur would wait at the bottom step until she came down again. If she took her doll for a walk in the doll carriage, Wilbur followed along. Sometimes, on these journeys, Wilbur would get tired, and Fern would pick him up and put him in the carriage alongside the doll. He liked this. And if he was very tired, he would close his eyes and go to sleep under the doll’s blanket. He looked cute when his eyes were closed, because his lashes were so long. The doll would close her eyes, too, and Fern would wheel the carriage very slowly and smoothly so as not to wake her infants.
One warm afternoon, Fern and Avery put on bathing suits and went down to the brook for a swim. Wilbur tagged along at Fern’s heels. When she waded into the brook, Wilbur wades in with her. He found the water quite cold---too cold for his liking. So while the children swam and played and splashed water at each other, Wilbur amused himself in the mud along the edge of the brook, where it was warm and moist and delightfully sticky and oozy.
Every day was a happy day, and every night was peaceful.
本部分原文节选共295个单词。
原文句子赏析：
He found the water quite cold---too cold for his liking. So while the children swam and played and splashed water at each other, Wilbur amused himself in the mud along the edge of the brook, where it was warm and moist and delightfully sticky and oozy.
它觉得水很凉---凉得它受不了。因此，当两个孩子游泳、玩耍，相互泼水时，威尔伯就待在河边的烂泥里自得其乐，烂泥湿哒哒、黏糊糊的，温暖又舒服。
too ...for one's liking: 太...而让人受不了。
比如，This cake is quite sweet---too sweet for my liking. 这蛋糕太甜了---甜的让我受不了。
amuse oneself: 自娱自乐，自得其乐。
熟练掌握自娱自乐的人可以成为生活家。
一个人的成长过程基本可以经历忍受孤独、接受孤独和享受孤独的过程。享受孤独在某种程度上说就是有能力享受孤独，擅长自娱自乐。
《夏洛的网》的作者怀特亲自朗读这本书时，开头就说:I wrote it for children and to amuse myself. 写本书来娱乐自己，可谓自娱自乐的超高级版本了。
原文中的动词：
1. wheel: to push something that has wheels somewhere
朗文例句：Kate wheeled her bike into the garage.
看到wheel 第一反应就是轮子，其实也可以把它用作动词，意思是推动有轮子的物体。
2. tag along：to go somewhere with someone, especially when they have not asked you to go with them 在没被要求的情况下跟随某人去某处
近义词：tag on
朗文例句：Kate tagged along with Mum and Vicky.
3. wade：to walk through water that is not deep 涉水
4. amuse: to make time pass in an enjoyable way for someone, so that they do not get bored
近义词：entertain
朗文例句：The kids amused themselves playing hide-and-seek.
原文中的形容词：
1. sticky: 粘的
比如 sticky toffee 黏糊糊的太妃糖
If the dough is sticky, add more flour. 如果面团很粘，就再加些面粉。
2. oozy: soft and wet like mud 软泥般的
原文中的名词：
1.lash: 睫毛, 也可以说 eyelash