Up on a hill that was very tall, a little boy made a big snowball.
一个小男孩在一座很高的山上做了一个雪球。
（注：hill指小山,山丘，mountain指山，山脉，比hill来的大。）
He gave that snowball one hard throw.
他用力的抛起了雪球。
（注：这里throw[θro]作名词，hard throw即用力的一扔。）
Off it went and then-oh,no!
雪球掉了下来，哦，不！
The snow was falling.
天空中飘起了雪。
The wind was blowing.
风也开始呜呜的吹。
The snowball flew...
雪球飞了起来。
and kept on going!
一直飞呀飞
It went past boys and girls on sleds.
它穿过划着雪橇的男孩和女孩们。
（注：go past表示“走过、经过”的意思，past是介词，意为“途经”，“经过”。 ）
It went over everybody's heads.
它从所有人的头上越过
It stopped the cars.
小汽车因为它而停了下来。
It stopped the trucks.
小卡车因为它而停了下来。
It scared the feathers off some ducks.
它惊起了一群鸭子，掉下了一片片羽毛。
It chased away a dog and a cat.
它吓跑了一只猫和一只狗。
It knocked off many people's hats.
它撞掉了很多人的帽子。
But still the snowball did not stop.
可是但雪球还是没有停下来。
It flew into the ice-cream shop.
它飞进了一家冰淇淋店。
And while Miss Jones was on the phone, it dropped into an ice-cream cone.
它掉进了正在打电话的琼斯小姐手中的冰淇淋蛋筒里。
Just then, the boy came in, of course.
这时，那个小男孩走了进来。
He was as hungry as a horse.
他饿得前胸贴后背。
（注：英语中常常会出现as...as + 动物名称的俚语表达，如“as busy as a bee”形容非常忙碌的样子，as “graceful as a swan”形容姿态优雅的样子等）
He wanted something good to eat.
他想吃些美味的东西。
so with a dollar he bought a treat.
所以他用一美元买了一个。
（注：treat作为名词时解释为“乐事，乐趣，款待”等）
That's all. No more snowball!
故事说完了，没有别的雪球了。
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