Charlotte’s Web（I）夏洛的网 ( 一 )

在朱克曼家的谷仓里，这是威尔伯与夏洛的第一次友好交流。这段对话揭示了两个不同物种之间可能发展出深厚友谊的种子，为这个经典故事的展开奠定了基础。

1 ）Salutations aregreetings，” said the voice.“When I say ‘salutations’， it’s justmy fancy way of saying hello or goodmorning. Actually， it’s a silly 2）expression，and I am surprised that I used it at all. As for mywhereabouts， that’s easy. Look up here in the corner ofthe doorway！ Here I am. Look， I’m waving！”

At last Wilbur saw the 3）creature that had spoken tohim in such a kindly way. Stretched across the upper partof the doorway was a big spiderweb， and hangingfrom the top of the web， head down， was alarge grey spider. She was about the size of agumdrop. She had eight legs， and she was waving oneof them at Wilbur in friendly greeting. “See me now？” sheasked.

“Oh， yes indeed，” said Wilbur. “Yes indeed！How are you？ Good morning！ Salutations！ Very pleasedto meet you. What is your name， please？ May I haveyour name？”

“My name，” said the spider， “is Charlotte.”

“Charlotte what？” asked Wilbur， eagerly.

“Charlotte A. Cavatica. But just call me Charlotte.”

1） salutation n. 致敬2） expression n. 表达3） creature n. 生物；动物

“致敬是句问候用语，”那个声音说道，“当我说‘致敬’，就等于对你说‘你好’或是‘早上好’。（剩余417字）