Chapter 29 And some more……

　　The Eskimos got¹ thirty different names for snow, I say. I read it in a book.

　　I got a cousin, Rachel says. She got three different names.

　　There ain't thirty different kinds of snow, Lucy says. There are two kinds. The clean kind and the dirty kind, clean and dirty. Only two.

　　There are a million² zillion kinds, says Nenny. No two exactly³ alike⁴. Only how do you remember which one is which?

　　She got three last names and, let me see, two first names. One in English and one in Spanish…

　　And clouds got at least⁵ ten different names. I say.

　　Names for clouds? Nenny asks. Names just like you and me?

　　　　　　　　　　　　

　　爱斯基摩人给雪取了三十个不同的名字。我说。我在一本书里读到的。

　　我有个表妹，拉切尔说，她有三个不同的名字。

　　世界上没有三十种不同的雪，露西说，只有两种。干净的和脏的，净雪和脏雪。只有两种。

　　世界上有亿万种雪，蕾妮说，没有两种看上去一模一样。可你怎么记得哪种是哪种？

　　她有三个名字，让我想想，还有两个姓。一个英语的，一个西班牙语的……

　　云至少有十个不同的名字。我说。

　　云的名字？蕾妮问。像你我一样的名字？

1 got   

v.(get的过去式)得到，猜到，明白

参考例句：

• I just got some bad news.我刚得到一些坏消息。
• I have got far too much work to do.我要做的事太多了。

2 million   

num.百万，100万；n.无数，大众

参考例句：

• I've seen it a million times.我在书上看过无数遍了。
• What will you do if you had a million dollars?如果你有一百万美元，你会干什么？

3 exactly   

adv.准确地；严格地

参考例句：

• What I want is exactly this one.我要的就是这一个。
• I beg your pardon,what you say is not exactly correct.对不起，你说的话并不完全对。

4 alike   

adj.同样的，相像的；adv.一样地；同程度地　

参考例句：

• The twins are so alike that I can't tell which is which.这对双胞胎一模一样，我分辨不出谁是谁。
• All stories seemed dreadfully alike,no matter who told them.看来，不管谁讲，故事都是千篇一律的。

5 least   

adj.最小(少)的；adv.最少(小；不)；n.最小(少)

参考例句：

• He spends at least a part of his time in reading. 他至少有一部分空闲时间看书。
• The trip will take ten days,at least.这趟旅行顶少得10天时间。