He is too lazy to go the long way round,and he comes not by the road,but prefers a short cut in a straight line down the bank,and sticks in the snow,hangs on to the bushes,slides on his back as he comes-and all this slowly,with pauses.

• 他懒得走远路，不肯顺着大道下坡，却抄近路，从上边顺着直线下坡，这样 一来就常常陷在雪堆里，或者被灌木钩住，或者仰面朝天滑下坡来，所有这些都进行得很慢，不时停顿下来。