各位妈妈和小朋友们
你们好
快乐流利说英语
带你一起读绘本,听故事
说起朋友,谈起友谊
我们或许听到过很多感动的故事
想问小朋友们的是
你们的好朋友多不多
他们都属于什么类型的人呢
今天,带给大家的故事名字叫做《A Sick Day for Amos McGee》,这本美丽绘本是一对夫妻档的最佳合作。
童书作者Philip C. Stead用轻快带点节奏感的文字,描绘出老先生与动物之间深厚的情谊,作者的妻子Erin Stead则创作画面,用手绘勾勒出动物与人之间的柔软表情。
文字当中有些单词可能对很多小朋友们有些陌生,但不要太担心噢。它们只是看上去陌生,其实都是我们比较熟悉的动物或者物品的名字。
为方便阅读,提供给大家一些单词的简要翻译。
sugar bowl糖碗 spoonful一匙的
oatmeal 燕麦粥 teacup茶杯
Belly腹部 amble缓行
elephant大象tortoise 乌龟
penguin 企鹅rhinoceros 犀牛
sniffle 抽鼻子chill 寒颤
sneezes 打喷嚏pawns 棋子
castles 城堡stretch 伸展
patiently 耐心地owl 猫头鹰
perch 栖息 Hooray 万岁
shell 壳handkerchief 手帕
好了,开始听故事吧,图片放大看能看到更多细节噢!
AMos McGee was an early riser,
Every morning when the alarm clanged,
He swung his legs get out of bed and swapped his pajamas for a fresh-presse uniform.
阿莫·麦吉是个早起的人,
每天早晨当闹铃“叮铃铃”地响起时,
他摆摆腿,下床来,脱下睡衣,换上熨得笔挺的制服。
He wouldwind hiswatch and set a pot of water toboil......,saying to the sugar bowl," A spoonful for my oatmeal, and two for my teacup."
他会给怀表上好弦,煮上一壶开水,对糖罐子说:“请给我的燕麦粥里来一勺,茶杯里来两勺。”
Belly full and ready for the workday, he’d amble out the door.
吃饱肚子,准备好上班去了,他就从容轻松地走出家门。
Every day Amos waited for the number five bus.
阿莫每天都要坐5路公共汽车。
"Next stop,City Zoo,"the bus driver would call.
巴士司机喊:“下一站,动物园。”
"6 a.m.Right on time,"he’reply.
阿莫应声说:“6点整,很准时。”
Amo has a lot to do at the zoo,but he always made time to visit hie good friends.
在动物园里,阿莫有很多事情要做。但他总要挤出时间去看望几位好朋友。
He would play chess with the elephant.
(who thought and thought bofore making a move)
他跟大象下国际象棋
(大象每下一步都要想啊想)
run races with the tortoise (who never ever lost)
和乌龟赛跑(乌龟从没输过)
sit quietly with the penguin
(who was very shy)
陪企鹅安静地坐一坐
(企鹅特别害羞)
lend a handkerchief to the rhinoceros
(who always had a runny nose)
给犀牛递手绢
(犀牛总爱流鼻涕),
and,at sun sets, read stories to the owl
(who was afraid of the black).
太阳落山时,为猫头鹰读书讲故事
(因为这只猫头鹰怕黑)。
One day,AMos McGee AWOKEwith the sniffles,and the sneezes, and the chills. He swung his achy legs out of bed, curled them back again and said., "Ugh, I do not think I will be going to work today."
有一天,阿莫醒来时,抽了几下鼻子,打了几个喷嚏,还不住地打冷战。他摆动酸痛的腿,坐到床边,又蜷缩回来。他对自己说:“哎呦,我今天恐怕不能去工作了。”
Meanwhile AT THE ZOO ...
The animals waited for their friends.
The elephant arranged his pawns and polish his castles.
The tortoise stretched his legs and limbered up.
The penguin satpatiently,all by himself.
The rhinoceroses worried that his allergies were worsening.
The owl perched atop a tall stack of storybooks, scratching his head with concern.
"Where isAMos McGee AWOKE?"The animals wondered.
此时,在动物园里......
动物们在等待他们的朋友。
大象在摆弄棋子,把车擦了又擦。
乌龟伸伸脖子蹬蹬腿,做热身运动。
企鹅独自耐心地坐着。
犀牛担心自己的过敏症状又加重了。
猫头鹰栖息在高高的一摞故事书上,满怀关切的搔着头。
动物们都很想知道:“阿莫在哪儿呢?”
Later that day
这天晚些时候......
"Hooray!My good friends are here!"
“万岁!好朋友们来了!”
The elephant prepared a game of chess.AMos Amos
大象摆好了一盘棋,
thought and thought before making move.
阿莫每下一步棋都要想啊想。
" I'm too tired to run racestoday,"saidAmoto the tortoise.
“今天我太累了,不能赛跑了。”阿莫对乌龟说。
"Let's play hide-and-seek instead."
“我们改玩捉迷藏吧。”
The tortoise hid inside his shell.
乌龟躲在龟壳里。
Amos hid beneath the covers.
阿莫藏在被子下。
Amos yawned,"I could use a nap,"
阿莫打个哈欠说:“我可要打个盹了。”
The penguin sat quietly, keeping Amos's feetwarm.
企鹅安静地坐着,给阿莫暖暖脚。
"Ah - chool!" Amos awoke with a sneeze.
Therhinoceroswas ready with a handkerchief.
“阿——嚏!”阿莫打个喷嚏醒过来。
犀牛已经为他准备好一条手绢。
"I'm beginning to feel much better,thank you,"saidAmos to his friends,
He swungs his legs out of bed ."Perhaps we will share a pot oftea ?"
阿莫对朋友们说:“谢谢你们,我已经感觉好多了。”
他摆摆腿,下床来,对他们说:
“大家一起来喝壶茶怎么样?”
Amos wound his alarm clock.
"It's getting late," he said.
" After all,we have a morning bus to catch."
So Amos said goodnight to the elephant.
And goodnight to the tortoise.
And goodnight to the penguin.And goodnight to the rhinoceros.And goodnight to the owl,who-knowing that Amos was afraid of the dark-read a story aloud before turning out the light.
阿莫调好闹钟。
“时间不早了。”他说。
“明儿一早还要赶早班车呢。”
于是阿莫跟大象说晚安。
然后跟乌龟说晚安。
然后跟企鹅说晚安。
然后跟犀牛说晚安。
然后跟猫头鹰说晚安。
猫头鹰知道阿莫怕黑,
还在灯前为他读书讲故事。
小朋友们,故事读完了,是不是觉得阿莫与动物们的关系特别好?
对了,这就是一个关于友谊的故事。
故事里的阿莫跟大象下棋,陪伴企鹅坐着,给犀牛递毛巾擦鼻涕,与乌龟赛跑,为怕黑的猫头鹰讲故事,他用自己的行动表达了对这些动物的热爱、尊重,成为动物的好朋友,与他们和谐相处。
反过来,当阿莫生病没去上班时,动物们非常想念他,并坐公交车去家里看望阿莫。热闹的家里,大象跟他下棋,企鹅给他暖脚,犀牛为他递纸巾,一起喝茶,他们把阿莫平时对他们的好记在心里,回馈给了阿莫。
你看,友谊就是这么简单,付出真心的同时,也会收到朋友满心的爱。
相信每个小朋友们都有自己的好朋友。不知你和你的好朋友都做过哪些让彼此感动的事情呢?可以跟爸爸妈妈分享,让他们认识你的好朋友,也可以在下面留言,让更多的人知道你们珍贵的友谊噢!
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