The grass was wet and the earth smelled of springtime. (smell of springtime)
This is a matter of life and death, and you talk about controlling myself.
(This is a matter of life and death)
Tears ran down her cheeks and she took hold of the ax and tried to pull it out of her father's hand.
(Tears ran down her cheeks), (pull it out of her father's hand)
looking down at his daughter with love. (look sb. with love)
But this is different. A little girl is one thing, a little runty pig is another. (和对应中文的互译)
"I see no difference," replied Fern, still hanging on to the ax. "This is the most
terrible case of injustice I ever heard of." (I see no difference)
A queer look came over John Arable's face. He seemed almost ready to cry
himself.
Fern was upstairs changing her sneakers. (使用独立主格结构来表达)
The kitchen table was set for breakfast, and the room smelled of coffee, bacon, damp plaster, and wood
smoke from the stove. （smell of sth.）
Then he walked to the sink and washed his hands and dried them on the
roller towel. （dry them/his hands）
Her eyes were red from crying.
Then she lifted the lid of the carton.
There, inside, looking up at her, was the newborn pig. It was a white one. （ 整个句子的结构）
The morning light shone through its ears, turning them pink.
Fern couldn't take her eyes off the tiny pig. (can't take ones eyes off sb/sth.)
Then she opened the lid again, lifted the pig out, and held it against her cheek. （against her cheek）
That's a fine specimen of a pig, it's no bigger than a white rat. ( 表达方式 a fine specimen )
No, I only distribute pigs to early risers. (early risers)
It just shows what can happen if a person gets
out of bed promptly.
But Fern couldn't eat until her pig had had a drink of milk. ( a drink of milk 注意 drink 本来是动词)
Fern took no notice of the others in the bus. (take no notice of sb.)
She just sat and stared out of the window, thinking what a
blissful world it was and how lucky she was to have entire charge of a pig. (have entire charge of)