Two young girls were collecting firewood...是什么意思？

Two young girls were collecting firewood...

两个小女孩正在拾柴火。

two

n. 两个，两个东西，两点钟，一对；adj. 两个的，我

例句
He has been absent from his desk for two weeks...
他已经有两个星期没有坐在办公桌前了。

young

adj. 年幼的，有朝气的，年轻人的，青年的；n. 年轻人，幼小的动物，崽；

例句
...incentives to private landlords to accept young people as tenants.
鼓励私人房东租房给年轻人的措施

girls

n. 女儿( girl的名词复数 )，女孩，女工，（男人的）女朋友；

例句
'When I was an adolescent,' says a thirty-one-year-old man, 'I thought girls held all the aces.'
“当我还是个毛头小伙儿时，”一个31岁的男人说，“我觉得完全是女孩子说了算。”

were

be的过去时复数和第二人称单数形式，有时代替 was,用于条件从句、动词 wish 之后等；

例句
Shops, houses, and vehicles were set ablaze.
店铺、房子和车辆全都陷于火海。

collecting

v. 收集( collect的现在分词 )，收到，收藏，聚积；

例句
Two young girls were collecting firewood...
两个小女孩正在拾柴火。

firewood

n. 木柴，柴火，柴草，荛；

例句
I suggest we gather enough firewood to last the night...
我建议大家捡足够多的木柴来撑过这一晚。