Audiobook Dictation: “Off on the plain they heard…”

Off on the plain they heard a rich tenor voice raised in the song of the cowman.

远处的平原上，他们听见一个浑厚的男高音唱起了牛仔之歌。

"Little black bull came down the hillside, Down the hillside, down the hillside, Little black bull came down the hillside, Long time ago."

“小黑牛走下山坡，走下山坡，走下山坡，小黑牛走下山坡，在很久很久以前。”

"I don't call that much of a song," sniffed Chunky contemptuously after a moment of silence on the part of the group.

“我可不觉得那算什么好歌，”大伙沉默了片刻后，胖墩轻蔑地哼了一声。

"Even if I can't sing, I can beat that."

“就算我不会唱歌，也能比那唱得好。”

"Better not try it out on the range," smiled the foreman.

“最好别在牧场上试，”工头笑着说。

"Not on the range?

“不能在牧场上？

Why not?" demanded the boy.

为什么不行？”男孩追问道。

"Bob thinks it might stampede the herd," spoke up Big-foot Sanders.

“鲍勃是怕你把牛群吓得乱跑，”大脚桑德斯插嘴道。

A loud laugh followed at Chunky's expense.

大家哄堂大笑，拿胖墩开涮。

"When you get to be half as good a man on cows as your friend the Pinto, here, you'll be a full grown man," added Big-foot.

“等你对付牛的本事有你这位朋友花斑仔一半好，你就算真正长大成人了，”大脚补充道。