打谷场

training ground───训练场地

fishing ground───渔场

parading ground───练兵场；阅兵场

testing ground───试验场地

thrashing out───v.研究解决

throwing around───到处乱扔

training grounds───训练场地

arsing around───纵火

asking around───到处打听

do what prairie chickens do: scratch in the dirt for seeds and insects, cluck and cackle and fly just a few feet off the ground with wings thrashing in the wind.───松鸡一样去过日子——在土里扒拉着寻找种子和昆虫，发出咯咯咯的叫声，在风中拍动着翅膀只飞离地面几尺高。

After an interval of tickling and thrashing around, we lie on the ground with our hands clasped across our middles and Clare asks, “Is your wife a timetraveler too?”───挠了她一段时间后，我们躺在地上我们把手放在中间紧紧地握住，克莱尔问我，“你的妻子也是世界旅行者吗？”

dirt for seeds and insects, cluck and cackle and fly just a few feet off the ground with wings thrashing in the wind.───在泥土中寻找种子和昆虫，咯咯地叫，在风中扑打着翅膀，只飞离地面几尺高。