草堆

"And I KNEW you couldn't jump that heap," he teased.

&我就知道你跳不过这草堆。&他取笑她。

V# g6 d8 x; R: J$ o'}; V The road to Lightning Flat went through desolate country past a dozen abandoned ranches distributed over the plain at eight- and ten-mile intervals, houses sitting blank-eyed in the weeds, corral fences down.

Y 去赖特宁平原的路上要经过一座孤零零的村庄，每隔8到10英里就能看到一处荒凉的牧场，房子伫立在空荡荡的草堆中，篱笆东倒西歪。

They raised their pile of dry brush and damp weeds higher and higher, and when they saw the thick cloud begin to roll up and smother the tree, they broke out in a storm of joy-clamors.

他们把干柴湿草堆得越来越高；一见那浓烟袅袅而起把那棵树笼罩起来，他们就喜悦欢呼，像一阵狂风暴雨似的。

There was a fox on the prowl near the chicken coop ....

那头狐狸在草堆附近挖了几个洞。

You can be waylaid by the unexpected baboon sitting atop a fence post by the side of the road, by the odd shovel-mouthed lizard, or by the huge haystacklike homes of sociable weaver birds.

你也可能会遭受坐在路边围栏上的狒狒，零星的铁嘴蜥蜴巨大的像草堆一样群居的鸟的袭击。

Then visit the protests being staged by dairy farmers across Europe (tread carefully, as these usually involve burning hayricks, spilled milk and a clutch of confused cows).

然后，让我们去走访一下正在整个欧洲上演的奶农抗议吧（不过你最好小心谨慎，因为这些游行通常都有焚烧草堆、倾倒牛奶，还有疯牛狂奔）。

He'd been sleeping rough for a week,in ditch es and haystacks.

他在沟里和草堆里露宿了一个星期。

Lincoln asked :" What are you behind in haystacks, Armstrong small in large trees, are separated by 20 to 30 meters, you see?"

林肯问：&你在草堆后面，小阿姆斯特朗在大树下，相距有二三十米，你能看清楚吗？&

I remember making hideouts in newly cut hay, play ing cops and robbers in the woods, getting a speaking part in the school play

我记得在新割下的草堆里捉迷藏；在树林里玩&警察捉强盗&的游戏；在学校的戏剧里扮演有台词的角色。

His schooling certainly had nothing to do with it,for he ran away from home as a small boy, became a hobo, rode in boxcars, slept in haystacks, begged his food from door to door, and learned to read by looking out of boxcars at signs along the railway.

他的学校教育，跟他眼前的成功完全没有关系，他在幼年就离家出走，成了一个飘泊流浪者，偷乘火车，睡在草堆上过夜，挨家求乞。由车窗观看铁路两旁广告，让他认识了几个字。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。