This brave fox wandered up on our porch. He's half cat, half dog, and all cute.
When the fox first came for a visit we instantly named it "Freddy the Fox."
But after we got to know it we found out Freddy is actually Frederica.
porch-门廊 cute-漂亮的/娇小的 instant-立刻/马上
But after we got to know it we found out Freddy is actually Frederica（Freddy 是个男孩的名字，而Frederica是个女孩名字，作者后来才知道这只狐狸是个小姑娘）
I think one of these guys is Freddy.（可能是Freddy蔡出生不久的照片）
He just walked up the stairs and crawled through this gate. Brave little guy.
I opened the gate and then he was even more brave. Obviously looking for handouts
.（很胆大，找食物吃，很瘦小，可怜啊）
crawl-爬行/匍匐前进 handout-救济品
The slow shutter blur adds some interesting texture.
shutter -快门 texture-构造(这里指慢速的快门为照片带来了有趣的效果)
Obviously looking for food (which we didn't give him).
Someone must feed him because he's amazingly friendly.
(作者真残忍,明知道小家伙是来找食物的,也不给她,但是同时也指出可能别人会给,因为小家伙太友好了)
Looks mean - actually he was still waking up.(还没有睡醒呢)
I guess we have a friend. Freddy as we've started calling him (although we don't know if he's a he or a she),
came back this morning. (小Freddy在一天早上又出现了,或许我们能成为朋友吧)
Tatiana and I had been sitting on the porch and on the way back in the house I spotted the little guy sleeping near our shed.
This was the first photo I got of him, looking down from the porch. (作者和她的朋友坐在门廊上,作者发现小家伙睡在附近,就亲自给她来了张俯拍)
spot-斑点/认出
I was lucky and had my telephoto lens (200mm) on the camera when he came for a visit. He's sporting his winter look.
(作者有幸用手机在近距离给小家伙来了张特写,小家伙似乎已经换上冬装了)
He's back! We were just talking about him last week too. He's definitely gained some weight and fuzziness.(小家伙变的健康和漂亮了)
definitely -确切的/肯定的
This is Freddy's first winter, he's looking much fluffier now than he did in the spring.
(小家伙的第一个冬天,换上了漂亮的皮毛)
fluffy-绒毛
Tatiana snapped this shot of Freddy when I was in New York.
Its been really cold outside and Tatiana thought he wanted to come inside the house.
I don't think that would be a good idea. Nice shot Tatiana.
(作者去纽约了,她的朋友Tatiana 拍下的小家伙)
snap-快门声
We sat motionless looking at each other for a while.(我们彼此静静相望)
motionless-静止的/固定的
Should we be concerned that this guy is getting too tame?
He's starting to feel like a pet the way he hangs out on our porch.
We found him sunbathing on the porch this morning.
（我们应该为小家伙的温顺而奇怪吗？她在门廊逗留的时候简直就像我的宠物，清早，小家伙在享受阳光）
tame-温顺的/驯服的
hangs out -逗留/徘徊
The brave little fox was checking out my camera.
I held out the camera and snapped it as the fox sniffed the lens. Lucky shot.
（勇敢的小家伙观察着镜头，我举着相机，而她嗅着镜头，于是有了这张照片）
sniff-嗅/闻
He squeezes between the wood in the gate when he comes up on the porch.
When he gets spooked he dives back through the gate with amazing agility.
（小家伙从门的木栅栏中钻入门廊，当有动静的时候，就转身从栅栏中钻出，灵活的让人吃惊）
squeeze-挤/拮据
spookー异常
agility-灵活的
We were enjoying the amazingly nice weather Eastern morning when the fox decided to drop by for a visit.
（享受东部早晨的阳光）
Freddy is Friendly Today （友好的Freddy ）
I'm going to bite your toes（脚指头好吃吗？）
toe-脚指
We haven't seen the fox for a while since we've been on the road for a month.
I think Freddy missed us.
（外出一个月，小家伙非常想念我们）
We're in the big process of stripping and refinishing the deck. （开始重修翻修门廊的地板了）
We thought we wouldn't see Freddy for a while with all of the power tools around.
（为此可能有一段时间看不到小家伙了）
But he came for a visit anyways. （可是她还是来了）
The stripped wood in the foreground adds an interesting texture
（用翻修的木条作为前景，一幅多有趣的照片啊）
strip-剥夺/条状物 refinish-修补/翻新 foreground-前景
I guess the fox approves of the newly stained deck. I've never seen the fox sleep on the porch before.
I used to have a dog that would hang out on the porch.
Perhaps the stain helped get rid of the smell of the dog and the fox now feels more comfortable?
（小家伙在新漆的板上睡觉了，这是从来没有过的，也许以前的板粘上了狗的气味使小家伙感到不舒服吧）
approves-赞成/接受 stain-沾染
Freddy the Fox makes sure I'm using Firefox as my internet browser.
（一只网上冲浪的狐狸）
Fox Shadow （狐影）
Shadow -影子
I was welcomed home from three weeks on the road by Freddy the Fox.
（欢迎回家）
Olga asked on the way home from the airport ,"Does the fox still come around?"
（在从机场回家的路上，Olga还问，小家伙还在吗？）
I hadn't seen the fox for weeks but wouldn't you know it, the fox greeted Olga on her first night home.
（我好几个星期没有看到小家伙了，但是又怎么能想到，在Olga到家的那个晚上，小家伙会来迎接她？）
greet-欢迎/问候
Now that the snow has melted some, Freddy came for a visit sporting a fluffy winter coat.
（雪总算融化了一些了，小家伙穿着她那漂亮的冬装又出现了）
melt-融化
Snowy Fox （雪狐）
Snow Cute Fox（可爱的雪狐）
Laughing Fox （快乐的狐狸）
Winter Fox（冬天的小家伙）
The fox was hit by a car about 50' from where it was born.
（然而，一个生命就这样逝去，在离她出生仅仅50码的地方）
God bless Freddy，God bless every fox like Freddy.......
Thank you for sharing Freddie's all life with us...
