CHAPTER 6 · 全书共 18 章
The Race 竞赛
第五章结尾，狐狸先生大喊“Dig for your lives!”——拖拉机几乎压到了狐狸一家头顶。这一章，机器和狐狸开始了一场拼命的竞赛：声音时远时近，山从完整变成火山口。谁先撑不住？
The Race —— 机器 vs 狐狸的拼命竞赛
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第五章结尾，狐狸先生大喊“Dig for your lives!”——拖拉机几乎压到了狐狸一家头顶。这一章，机器和狐狸开始了一场拼命的竞赛：声音时远时近，山从完整变成火山口。谁先撑不住？
The machines are digging harder and harder, and the foxes are digging deeper and deeper. This is a desperate race — the machines against the foxes. Now read “The Race” and listen to the sound see-saw.机器挖得越来越凶，狐狸挖得越来越深。这是一场拼命的竞赛——机器 vs 狐狸。现在来读《竞赛》，听一听声音的跷跷板。
Roald Dahl loves to make danger bigger and bigger. In Chapter 4 the shovels made a soft scrape. Now the machines go clanking, clanging and banging, until the noise is deafening. He also uses hyperbole (夸张) — the hole is so deep you could put a house into it — and simile (明喻): the big tree falls like a matchstick.罗尔德·达尔喜欢让危险「越来越大」。第四章的铁锹只是轻轻的刮擦声，现在机器叮叮当当、哐哐作响，直到震耳欲聋。他还用「夸张」——洞深得能装下一座房子；用「明喻」——大树像火柴棍一样被推倒。
The fox family dug for dear life, deeper and deeper, and escaped the shovels. Mrs Fox said the golden line: “Your father is a fantastic fox.” But at sunrise the next morning, Boggis, Bunce and Bean are still digging — and they are not giving up.狐狸一家拼命向下挖，越挖越深，躲过了铁锹。狐狸太太说出金句：“你们的爸爸是只了不起的狐狸。”可第二天日出时，博吉斯、邦斯和比恩还在挖——而且他们绝不放弃。
Chapter 6 is called “The Race”. Who is racing against whom? What do you think will happen?第六章叫《The Race 竞赛》。谁在和谁赛跑？你猜会发生什么？
Pick one to remember your prediction — come back after reading to check!
点一个选项记住你的预测，读完全章后回来揭晓答案。
Two more questions after reading · 还有两个小问题：
1. What does the hill look like by five o’clock?
到下午五点山丘变成什么样了？
2. Who comes to watch? What do they do?
谁跑来看热闹？他们做了什么？
跟着原文读一遍。橙色单词先别查——根据上下文猜一猜。点击任意单词弹出词典卡片（中英释义 · 发音 · 例句）；点段落开头的 ▶ 听朗读（英式男声）。
Now there began a desperate race, the machines against the foxes. In the beginning, the hill looked like this: a round green hill with trees on top. After about an hour, as the machines bit away more and more soil from the hilltop, it looked different: the top was flat and bare.
Sometimes the foxes would gain a little ground and the clanking noises would grow fainter and Mr Fox would say, “We’re going to make it! I’m sure we are!” But then a few moments later, the machines would come back at them and the crunch of the mighty shovels would get louder and louder. Once the foxes actually saw the sharp metal edge of one of the shovels as it scraped up the earth just behind them.
“Keep going, my darlings!” panted Mr Fox. “Don’t give up!”
“Keep going!” the fat Boggis shouted to Bunce and Bean. “We’ll get him any moment now!”
“Have you caught sight of him yet?” Bean called back.
“Not yet,” shouted Boggis. “But I think you’re close!”
“I’ll pick him up with my bucket!” shouted Bunce. “I’ll chop him to pieces!”
But by lunchtime the machines were still at it. So were the poor foxes. The farmers didn’t stop for lunch; they were too keen to finish the job. And by five o’clock in the afternoon, this is what had happened to the hill: the hole the machines had dug was like the crater of a volcano.
It was such an extraordinary sight that crowds of people came rushing out from the surrounding villages. They stood on the edge of the crater and stared down at Boggis and Bunce and Bean. “Hey there, Boggis! What’s going on?” “We’re after a fox!” “You must be mad!” The people jeered and laughed. But this only made the three farmers more furious and more obstinate and more determined than ever not to give up until they had caught the fox.
这一章：一边是喘着气指挥全家往下挖的狐狸先生，一边是发了疯、不吃不喝也要抓到狐狸的三个农场主。还有一群跑来看热闹的村民。
这一章是机器对狐狸的赛跑。记叙文写「对抗」，可以一边写声音（由远而近），一边写人物的话和反应，让紧张一浪高过一浪。
The machines were both black. They were murderous, brutal-looking monsters.
Dahl describes machines as if they were animals — black monsters. Even without a human face, the machines feel like characters: big, dark and evil.
达尔把机器写得像猛兽——黑色的怪物。虽然没有人的脸，机器却像角色一样：又大、又黑、又凶。
"Keep going, my darlings!" panted Mr Fox. "Don't give up!" ... "I'll chop him to pieces!" shouted Bunce.
Two voices fight across the hill: Mr Fox pants encouragement, Bunce screams violence. The dialogue itself becomes the race.
两种声音隔着山丘交战：狐狸先生喘着气打气，邦斯尖声威胁。对话本身就成了这场赛跑。
Once the foxes actually saw the sharp metal edge of one of the shovels as it scraped up the earth just behind them.
"Scraped up the earth just behind them" — the danger is literally at their heels. One action sentence makes the chase feel skin-close.
铁铲「就在身后刮起泥土」——危险已经贴着脚跟。一句动作描写，让追逐变得近在咫尺。
But this only made the three farmers more furious and more obstinate and more determined than ever.
Three "more"s climb like stairs: more furious, more obstinate, more determined. Inner anger grows with every jeer — a rising wave of stubbornness.
三个「更加」像台阶一样往上爬：更怒、更倔、更坚决。每一声嘲笑都让内心的火气升级，固执像浪一样越堆越高。
In the beginning, the hill looked like this: a round green hill with trees on top. ... the hole the machines had dug was like the crater of a volcano.
Before and after in two pictures: a round green hill becomes a volcano crater. The landscape itself tells the story of the battle — no words about winning or losing are needed.
两张画做前后对比：圆润的绿山丘变成了火山口。地形本身就讲完了这场战斗——输赢根本不用多说。
这一章按「一整天的时间」推进：竞赛开始（清晨）→ 拉锯（时近时远）→ 双方喊话（正午）→ 火山口（傍晚五点）→ 围观与倔强（收束）。时间一分一秒都是较量。
At the beginning the hill was round and green with trees on top. An hour later ... the hilltop was flat and bald.
清晨山丘还圆绿，一小时后就被机器啃平啃秃。
How it expands · 怎么展开：用「山丘前后对比」展开——围绕 round and green / flat and bald 两个画面，一个小时后中间发生了什么？留白里全是机器的轰鸣。
For a while the foxes were winning, and the machines sounded further away ... but before long the machines were back, crunching and grinding louder and louder.
狐狸一度领先，机器又追上来，声音越来越近。
How it expands · 怎么展开：围绕 sounded 展开——用声音写战局：远去（希望）→ 回来（恐惧）。一个听力镜头，胜负全在耳朵里。
“Keep digging, my dears! Don’t give up!” said Mr Fox. “I’ll scoop him up in a bucket and chop him to bits!” yelled Bunce.
狐狸爸爸为家人打气；农场主发誓要把狐狸剁成碎片。
How it expands · 怎么展开：双线对话展开：地下是爱（my dears），地上是恨（chop him to bits）。一边写，一边把两边的力量对比清楚。
By lunchtime the machines were still digging ... By five o’clock in the afternoon, the hill looked like a volcano crater!
午饭不停工，到傍晚五点山变成火山口。
How it expands · 怎么展开：用「时间节点」展开：lunchtime → five o’clock，两个钟点把一整天压进两句话，再用比喻（火山口）把结果砸到读者眼前。
People came running from the village ... “They’ve gone crazy!” But the more they laughed, the angrier and more stubborn the farmers became.
村民围观嘲笑，农场主反而更怒更倔。
How it expands · 怎么展开：收尾加进「第三方视角」：村民的笑声既是场面，也是反作用力——嘲笑把农场主的倔强又顶高了一截。冲突在笑声里继续升温。
这是时间顺序结构，复述时跟着一天走：清晨 → 拉锯 → 正午 → 傍晚 → 围观。
小提示：与「思维导图」搭配用——把导图的枝条按 清晨 → 拉锯 → 正午 → 傍晚 → 围观 排好，先看导图复述一遍，再合上导图凭记忆复述一遍。
从早到晚，机器挖了整整一天——山越来越矮，坑越来越深，人越来越疯。
把第六章的信息装进这张「思维导图」，再沿着复述支架讲一遍——你也能当小老师！
把句子补充完整，就完成了第六章的复述。
复述加分：用 First / Then / Next / Also / Finally 把六句话串起来；讲到声音时，要先变远（小声）再变近（大声）；讲到 “louder and louder” 时声音要越来越大；最后一句“more obstinate”要咬着牙说。
5 张图卡按情节顺序排好。看着图片，用英文把第六章讲出来——点击图片可以放大，每张图点开都有一句「提示句」帮你起头。
提示：图卡可左右滑动查看全部 5 张；点「看看提示句」展开英文句子；点图片放大全屏。
小挑战：先看着图讲一遍，再合上图卡，只凭记忆讲一遍——能做到，第六章就真正属于你了！
这一章，Dahl 把「竞赛」写成了一场你追我赶的拉锯战：声音时远时近，对话你来我往，山从绿色变成火山口。秘密武器是这六招：
Dahl 没有只写一边——他让狐狸往下逃、机器往下挖，两条线同时跑。用 In the beginning / After an hour / by lunchtime / By five o'clock 四个时间词，把山的变化一步一步画出来。读者像在看一场延时摄影。
按时间顺序一步一步写——中文叫「时序叙述」或「递进式描写」；四个时间节点像四张快照，把变化拍给你看。
声音一远一近，像跷跷板：fainter（远了）→ louder and louder（又近了）。读者跟着狐狸一起经历「希望—失望—希望—失望」的过山车。这种「张弛交替」是紧张感的秘诀。
紧张—放松—再紧张——中文叫「张弛法」；声音一远一近就是「一伏一起」，像荡秋千，越荡越高。
狐狸在地下喊一句，农夫在地上喊一句；农夫你一句我一句，像打乒乓球。句子短、说话人多、台词一句接一句——读起来节奏飞快，像真的在听两边喊话。
短句对话交替推进——中文小说也常用这种「你一句我一句」的写法，叫「对话交锋」；说话动词（panted / shouted / called back）让每个人有自己的声音。
比较级 + and + 比较级 =「越来越……」。louder and louder 是「越来越响」；more furious and more obstinate and more determined 连着三个 more，像三级跳——农场主的疯狂一层比一层高。
一层比一层高——中文叫「层递」或「递进」；三个 more 连用就是「一浪高过一浪」，情绪推到顶。
So were the foxes = The foxes were still digging too. 把 So 放到句首、主谓倒装，一句话就把「两边都在拼命」对上了——比写一整句 The foxes were still digging too 简洁有力得多。
为了强调把词序颠倒——中文叫「倒装」；“So were the foxes” 的「So 提前」就是为了强调「狐狸也一样」，半句就接住上一句。
村民的嘲笑本来该让他们停手，可 Dahl 用一个 But 反转——嘲笑非但没用，反而像火上浇油。三个 more 叠在一起，把农场主的固执写到了顶点。这句话也告诉我们：真正的对手不是狐狸，是他们自己的倔脾气。抄进你的好句本吧。
本来该往这边走，结果偏偏往反方向走——中文叫「反衬」或「反转」；嘲笑本应降温，结果火上浇油，人物的固执一下子立住了。
中西对照小发现：英文 chronological order 就是中文「时序叙述」，tension & release 就是「张弛法」，comparatives 就是「层递/递进」，inversion 就是「倒装」，reversal 就是「反衬/反转」。给小朋友讲的时候，中英文术语可以互相借用，哪边熟讲哪边。
三个难度层级：先找细节，再推原因，最后谈看法。点「提示」给一点帮助，点「答案」对照想法。
1. What kind of race began? 开始了一场什么样的竞赛？
2. When did the foxes think they might make it? 狐狸什么时候觉得要成功了？
3. What did the foxes actually see once? 狐狸有一次真的看见了什么？
4. Why did the farmers not stop for lunch? 农场主为什么不吃午饭？
5. What did the hill look like by 5 o'clock? 下午五点山丘变成什么样了？
6. Why did villagers come from surrounding villages? 村民为什么从周围村子跑过来？
7. Were the villagers kind or cruel? Why did they laugh? 村民是善良还是残忍？他们为什么笑？
8. Why did the farmers become more obstinate after being laughed at? 为什么被嘲笑后他们反而更倔了？
9. The next chapter is called “Boggis's Chicken House Number One”. What do you think will happen? 下一章叫《博吉斯的一号鸡舍》，你觉得会发生什么？
Chapter 6 is a test of endurance: one day, one hill, two stubborn forces digging against each other. The foxes dig for their lives, the farmers dig for pride — and when the whole village laughs, the farmers only dig harder.
第六章是一场耐力的考验：一天、一座山、两股不肯松手的力气。狐狸为活命而挖，农场主为面子而挖——全村人笑话，他们反而挖得更狠。
每张词卡正面是原文句子——先根据上下文猜意思，再点击翻面验证。学完 12 个核心词，别忘了下面的「拓展好词」。
“Now there began a desperate race.”
猜一猜：悠闲的 / 拼命的 / 有趣的？
“the foxes would gain ground and the noises would grow fainter.”
猜一猜：占上风 / 后退 / 摔倒？
“the clanking noises would grow fainter.”
猜一猜：叮当响的 / 轻柔的 / 美妙的？
“the crunch of the mighty shovels.”
猜一猜：嘎吱声 / 歌声 / 笑声？
“one of the shovels as it scraped up the earth.”
猜一猜：轻轻放下 / 刮、铲起 / 埋起来？
“‘Keep going, my darlings!’ panted Mr Fox.”
猜一猜：大声喊 / 喘气说 / 睡着说？
“they were too keen to finish the job.”
猜一猜：不想做 / 热切地想 / 讨厌？
“You’ll never come prowling around my farm again!”
猜一猜：大摇大摆走 / 悄悄潜行 / 跳着走？
“driving their machines like maniacs.”
猜一猜：新手 / 疯子 / 老手？
“the hole ... was like the crater of a volcano.”
猜一猜：山顶 / 火山口 / 山脚？
“The people jeered and laughed.”
猜一猜：鼓掌 / 嘲笑 / 欢呼？
“more furious and more obstinate.”
猜一猜：听话的 / 顽固的 / 害怕的？
| Word | Meaning 释义 | From the text 原文 |
|---|---|---|
| fainter | adj. 更微弱的（faint 比较级） | “noises would grow fainter” |
| mighty | adj. 强大的；巨大的 | “the mighty shovels” |
| chop | v. 砍；剁 | “I'll chop him to pieces!” |
| dervish | n. 旋转舞僧（像发疯一样跳） | “hopping about like a dervish” |
| extraordinary | adj. 非凡的；惊人的 | “such an extraordinary sight” |
| surrounding | adj. 周围的 | “from the surrounding villages” |
| furious | adj. 狂怒的 | “more furious” |
本章的 4 个语法点都藏在课文句子里：每个点按「规则 → 原文例句 → 即时练习」三步走，最后做综合小测检验。先找比较级和 so 倒装，再看 such...that 和直接引语。
规则：「比较级 + and + 比较级」表示越来越……。短词加 -er + and + -er；长词用 more and more + 原级。表示程度在不断加深。
P2the crunch would get louder and louder. P5more furious and more obstinate and more determined than ever.
louder and louder = 越来越响；more and more angry = 越来越生气。三个 more 叠在一起，像三级跳，情绪推到顶。
1The weather got ___ and ___ (hot).
2She became ___ and ___ (nervous) before the test.
3翻译：天越来越黑了。
1. hotter and hotter——hot 是短词，双写 t + er。
2. more and more nervous——nervous 是长词，用 more and more。
3. It got darker and darker.——dark 的比较级是 darker。
规则：前一句说「……做了某事」，后一句要说「……也一样」时，可以把 So 放在句首，然后主谓倒装：So + be / 助动词 / 情态动词 + 主语。简短有力，承接上文。
P4The machines were still at it. So were the poor foxes. (= The foxes were still digging too.)
So were the foxes = 狐狸们也一样在挖。不用写一整句 The foxes were still digging too，一个 So 半句就接住了。
1">Tom is tall. So ___ Sam. (be 动词)
2I like apples. So ___ she. (do)
3用 So 倒装翻译：他们在挖，我们也在挖。
1. is——前句 is，后句 So is Sam。
2. does——前句 like（一般现在时第三人称），后句用 does。
3. They are digging. So are we.——are 倒装到 we 前面。
规则：such + a/an + 形容词 + 单数名词 + that 从句，表示「如此……以至于……」。such 修饰名词；so 修饰形容词。区别：such a good boy = so good a boy。
P5It was such an extraordinary sight that crowds of people came rushing out to look.
这景象太壮观了（such a sight），以至于村民都跑来看（that they came）。that 引导结果状语从句。
1It was ___ a hot day ___ we went swimming. (such / so / that)
2It was ___ an interesting book ___ I read it twice. (用 such...that)
3翻译：他跑得如此快，以至于没人能追上他。
1. such ... that——a hot day 是名词短语，用 such。
2. such ... that——an interesting book 是名词短语。
3. He ran so fast that nobody could catch him.——fast 是形容词/副词，用 so...that。
规则：直接引语就是把角色说的话原样放进引号。后面用说话动词 + 人名，让读者知道是谁在说。常见：say / shout / call / yell / pant / whisper。动词的位置可以放前面、中间或后面。
P3“Keep going!” panted Mr Fox. “Have you caught sight of him?” Bean called back. “Faster!” shouted Boggis.
panted（喘着气说）= 狐狸累坏了；shouted（大喊）= 农夫疯了；called back（回话）= 两个人在对话。换个动词，语气完全不同。
1“Help!” she ___ (cry).
2“Good morning,” he ___ (say) with a smile.
3写一句：爸爸生气地喊 “Stop!”（用 shout）
1. cried——哭着说。
2. said——微笑着说。
3. “Stop!” shouted Dad angrily.——shouted 体现生气。
5 道选择题 + 1 个配对游戏。先做选择题，再做配对，看看你能得几分！
1第六章开始的“竞赛”是什么 vs 什么？
2狐狸什么时候觉得自己快成功了？
3农夫午餐时间做了什么？
4到下午五点，山丘变成了什么？
5村民嘲笑后，农夫们怎么样了？
先点左边的角色，再点右边他说的话。
还有 3 对要配对。
这一页是你的自学地图：学习目标、学习步骤和全部答案都在这里，跟着走就能通关第六章。