№.1 - He would stand and gaze up at her with adoring eyes.

　　【译文】他会站起来，用充满深情的眼睛注视她。

　　【重点词汇双语释义】adoring: liking and admiring someone very much

　　【短语笔记】gaze at - 凝视, 注视

　　【例】He sat a seat opposite me and gaze at me. (他坐在我对面的座位上，目不转睛地盯着我。)

　　№.2 - In a short time he had dug a tunnel in the straw. He crawled into the tunnel and disappeared from sight, completely covered with straw.

　　【译文】不一会儿，它便在稻草堆里挖出了一条通道。他钻进隧道里，整个儿被稻草埋住，不见了。

　　【小编评注】一连串动作描写，生动而形象，一直憨态可掬的小猪形象渐渐在读者心中明晰起来。这便是童话的魅力，给孩子们的眼睛插上翅膀，让大人们的目光落入这个世界柔软与安宁的景象中。

　　【短语笔记】in a short time - 不久，一会儿，少顷

　　【例】A new daily will appear in a short time in our town.(一份新的日报不久将在本市发行。)

　　№.3 - When he was five weeks old, Mr. Arable said he was now big enough to sell, and would have to be sold. Fern broke down and wept. But her father was firm about it.

　　【译文】当威尔伯五个星期大时，艾拉伯尔先生说，他现在已经够大了，可以拿去卖了。芬听后，放声大哭起来。但爸爸却很坚决。

　　【小编评注】孩子心灵的柔软因此而愈显纯净，而成人世界的道理总是有些坚硬，冰冷和无奈。

　　【短语笔记】break down - 彻底失败，崩溃，停止运转，坍塌，(数据、观点等)站不住脚

　　【例】Her health broke down under the pressure of work.(工作的压力把她的身体弄垮了。)