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It was a large dairy．There were nearly a hundred milking cows．
Dairyman Crick milked six or eight of the difficult ones with his own hands．
奶場主克里克親自擠六到八頭不好擠的牛。
He could not trust them to the dairymaids, because if the cows were badly milked their milk would simply dry up．
他不放心把它們交給擠奶女工去擠, 因為如果奶牛沒被擠好, 它們就會不出奶的。
For a while there was no more talk among the milkers．
有一陣子, 擠奶工們沒有聲響。
Suddenly Mr Crick got up from his stool．
克里克先生突然從凳子上站了起來。
We're not getting as much milk from them as usual," he said．
我們今天擠的奶沒有平常的多。”他說道,
"We'd better sing them a song, friends, that's the only thing to do．"
“我們最好還是給他們唱支歌吧, 朋友們, 只有這樣啦。”
So the group of milkers started singing,to encourage the cows to give more．
于是這群擠奶工開始唱起歌來, 想促使奶牛們出更多的奶。
寫作佳語
trust sb to do：信賴某人做某事
e.g. Can I trust you to post this letter?
我托你把這封信寄走行嗎?
e.g. That's why I must trust you to keep this secret.
那就是為什么我必須得相信你會保守這個秘密的原因。
for a while：一陣子
e.g.They chattered away happily for a while.
他們高興地閑扯了一會兒。
e.g.The music soothed her for a while.
音樂讓她稍微安靜了一會兒。
get up
1. 站起來，起立，起身
e.g.I got up and walked over to where he was.
我起身走到他那邊。
2. 起床
They have to get up early in the morning.
他們大清早就得起床。
3. 打扮；裝扮，穿......的衣服
e.g.They knew how to get themselves up in those days.
那時候，他們懂得打扮。
as usual：和往常一樣，照常
e.g.Please carry on as usual while I am away.
我不在時，請照常干活。
e.g.Work went on as usual inside, uninterrupted by outside repairs.
外部裝修，內部照常營業(yè)。
