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"I shall be glad to have your company," said Dorothy.
“我很高興有你這樣的一個(gè)同伴，”多蘿茜說。
"Thank you," he answered. "Now, if you will help me sew the silk together, we will begin to work on our balloon."
“謝謝你，”他回答說?！艾F(xiàn)在，如果你能幫我先把綢縫起來，我們就可以開始做我們的氣球了?！?/div>
So Dorothy took a needle and thread, and as fast as Oz cut the strips of silk into proper shape the girl sewed them neatly together.
多蘿茜便取出一枚針和線來，這個(gè)女孩子把綢片剪成很多的小塊，像奧芝做的一樣地快，并把它們整齊地縫在一起。
First there was a strip of light green silk, then a strip of dark green and then a strip of emerald green;
第一片是淡綠色的，第二片是深綠色的，第三片是翡翠綠的；
for Oz had a fancy to make the balloon in different shades of the color about them.
因?yàn)閵W芝有一個(gè)有趣的想法，他要用不同顏色的綢片來縫制這個(gè)輕氣球。
It took three days to sew all the strips together,
三天以后，他們把所有的綢片縫合在一起了，
but when it was finished they had a big bag of green silk more than twenty feet long.
這個(gè)輕氣球終于縫好了，他們面前一個(gè)比二十尺還長的一個(gè)巨大的綠綢袋。
Then Oz painted it on the inside with a coat of thin glue, to make it airtight, after which he announced that the balloon was ready.
接著奧芝用一層薄膠，涂在里面，使它不透氣，忙完這個(gè)，他就微笑著宣布那輕氣球已經(jīng)制作完成了。
"But we must have a basket to ride in," he said.
他說：“但是我們還得找一口籃子，好讓我們坐在下面?！?/div>
So he sent the soldier with the green whiskers for a big clothes basket, which he fastened with many ropes to the bottom of the balloon.
因此，他差遣那綠胡須的兵士，找來一塊巨大的布做的籃子，用繩子把它緊縛在輕氣球的底下。
When it was all ready, Oz sent word to his people that he was going to make a visit to a great brother Wizard who lived in the clouds.
當(dāng)一切準(zhǔn)備就緒的時(shí)候，奧芝對(duì)他的百姓宣稱，他要拜訪云瑞里的一個(gè)大魔術(shù)家。
The news spread rapidly throughout the city and everyone came to see the wonderful sight.
這個(gè)消息很快地傳遍了全城，所有人都想來看看這個(gè)奇異的現(xiàn)象。
Oz ordered the balloon carried out in front of the Palace,
奧芝命令把輕氣球放到宮殿的前面去，
and the people gazed upon it with much curiosity.
百姓們非常感興趣地抬頭望著它。
The Tin Woodman had chopped a big pile of wood, and now he made a fire of it,
鐵皮人已經(jīng)砍好一大堆的木柴，并把它們燒了起來，
and Oz held the bottom of the balloon over the fire so that the hot air that arose from it would be caught in the silken bag.
奧芝把輕氣球張?jiān)诨鹕厦?，使得熱氣上升，進(jìn)入綢袋里面。
Gradually the balloon swelled out and rose into the air, until finally the basket just touched the ground.
慢慢地，那輕氣球膨脹起來，同時(shí)在空中升起，一直升到那只籃子完全離開地面為止。
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| thread | [θred] |
想一想再看 n. 線，細(xì)絲，線索，思路，螺紋 |
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| touched | [tʌtʃt] |
想一想再看 adj. 受感動(dòng)的 adj. 精神失常的 |
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| announced | [ə'naunst] |
想一想再看 宣布的 |
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| tin | [tin] |
想一想再看 n. 罐頭，錫，聽頭 |
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| needle | ['ni:dl] |
想一想再看 n. 針 |
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| curiosity | [.kjuəri'ɔsiti] |
想一想再看 n. 好奇，好奇心 |
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| glue | [glu:] |
想一想再看 n. 膠，膠水，膠粘物 |
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| airtight | ['ɛətait] |
想一想再看 adj. 密封的，不透氣的，無懈可擊的 |
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| strip | [strip] |
想一想再看 n. 長條，條狀，脫衣舞 |
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| balloon | [bə'lu:n] |
想一想再看 n. 氣球 |
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