每天一個(gè)英文故事：拇指姑娘(圖)

孩子在4歲左右進(jìn)入語(yǔ)言敏感期，在這之前，媽媽們的任務(wù)就是給孩子的語(yǔ)言輸出做好儲(chǔ)備，也就是我們常說(shuō)的磨耳朵，但是應(yīng)該給孩子聽什么，這常常是新手媽媽的難題。

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拇指姑娘

She had a little house of her own, a little garden too, this woman of whom I am going to tell you, but for all that she was not quite happy.

If only I had a little child of my own,she said, Then, indeed, I should be quite happy.

And an old witch heard what the woman had wished, and said, Oh, but that is easily managed. Here is a barley-corn. Plant it in a flower-pot and tend it carefully, and then you will see what will happen.

The woman was in a great hurry to go home and plant the barley-corn, but she did not forget to say ;thank you; to the old witch. She not only thanked her, she even stayed to give her six silver pennies.

And what do you think happened? Almost before the corn was planted, up shot a large and beautiful flower. It was still unopened. The petals were folded closely together, but it looked like a tulip. It really was a tulip, a red and yellow one, too.

The woman loved flowers. She stooped and kissed the beautiful bud. As her lips touched the petals, they burst open, and oh! wonder of wonders! there in the very middle of the flower, there sat a little child. Such a tiny, pretty little maiden she was.

They called her Thumbelina. That was because she was no bigger than the womans thumb.

And where do you think she slept?

When she slept little Thumbelina lay in her cradle on a tiny heap of violets, with the petal of a pale pink rose to cover her.

And where do you think she played? A table was her playground. On the table the woman placed a plate of water. Little Thumbelina called that her lake.

Round the plate were scented flowers, the blossoms laying on the edge, while the pale green stalks reached thirstily down to the water.

She peeped at her, this ugly toad.

How beautiful the little maiden is, she croaked. She will make a lovely bride for my handsome son. And she lifted the little cradle, with Thumbelina in it, and hopped out through the broken window-pane, down into the garden.

At the foot of the garden was a broad stream. Here, under the muddy banks lived the old toad with her son.

今天我要講給大家聽的是一個(gè)婦女的故事,她有自己的一間小屋和一個(gè)小花園,但她還是開心不起來(lái)。

她說(shuō),我要是有個(gè)一丁點(diǎn)小的孩子該多好啊,這樣我會(huì)多么開心啊。

消息傳到了一個(gè)女巫的耳朵里,她說(shuō),哦,這好辦的很!這是一顆大麥粒,把它種到花盆里,然后你就等著看會(huì)發(fā)生什么吧。

女人趕緊跑回家種下麥粒,她沒(méi)忘對(duì)巫婆說(shuō)聲謝謝,不僅如此,她還給了巫婆6個(gè)銀幣。

你猜發(fā)生了什么?麥粒剛種下去,一朵美麗的大花就破土而出。這是一朵沒(méi)開放的花,它的葉子緊緊的包在一起,看起來(lái)像是一朵郁金香。它真的是一朵郁金香,而且是紅中帶黃的。

女人非常喜歡花。她彎腰在美麗的花蕾上親了一下。她的嘴唇一碰到花瓣,花兒立刻綻放了!噢,太美妙了!就在花的中央,坐著一個(gè)小小孩兒!多么小,多么可愛的一個(gè)少女啊!

大家叫她拇指姑娘。因?yàn)樗挥幸粋€(gè)人的拇指那么點(diǎn)大。

你們知道她睡在哪里嗎?

小小拇指姑娘睡覺時(shí)躺在用紫羅蘭花瓣墊著的胡桃殼里,蓋的是粉色玫瑰花瓣。

你知道她又是在怎么玩耍嗎?一張桌子就是她玩耍的天地,女人在桌上放了一盤子水,拇指姑娘把它叫做她的湖

盤子上擺了一圈芳香的花兒,花朵沿著邊兒排開,而嫩綠的枝干貪婪地伸向水中。

In the lake floated a large tulip leaf. This was Thumbelinas little boat. Seated there she sailed from side to side of her little lake, rowing cleverly with two white horse hairs. As she rowed backwards and forwards she sang softly to herself. The woman listening hardly, and thought she had never known so sweet a song.

And now such a sad thing happened.

In through the broken window-pane hopped a big toad, oh! such an ugly big toad. She hopped right on to the table, where Thumbelina lay dreaming in her tiny cradle, under the pale pink rose leaf.

How handsome she thought him! But he was really very ugly. Indeed, he was exactly like his mother.

When he saw little Thumbelina in her tiny cradle, he croaked with delight.

Do not make so much noise, said his mother, or you will wake the tiny creature. We may lose her if we are not careful. The slightest breeze would waft her far away. She is as light as gossamer.

Then the old toad carried Thumbelina out into the middle of the stream. She will be safe here, she said, as she laid her gently on one of the leaves of a large water lily, and paddled back to her son.

We will make ready the best rooms under the mud,she told him, and then you and the little maiden will be married.

Poor little Thumbelina! She had not seen the ugly big toad yet, nor her ugly son.

When she woke up early in the morning, how she wept! Water all around her! How could she reach the shore? Poor little Thumbelina!

Down under the mud the old toad was very busy, decking the best room with buttercups and buds of water-lilies to make it gay for her little daughter-in-law, Thumbelina.

Now we will go to bring her little bed and place it ready, said the old toad, and together she and her son swam out to the leaf where little Thumbelina sat.

Croak, croak, was all the young toad could say, as he looked at his pretty little bride.

Then they took away the tiny little bed, and Thumbelina was left alone.

How the tears stained her pretty little face! How fast they fell into the stream! Even the fish as they swam hither and thither thought, How it rains to-day, as the tiny drops fell thick and fast.

They popped up their heads and saw the forlorn little maiden.

She shall not marry the ugly toad, they said, as they looked with eager eyes at the pretty child. No, she shall not marry the ugly toad.

But what could the little fish do to help Thumbelina?

Oh! they were such clever little fish!

They found the green stem which held the leaf on which Thumbelina sat. They bit it with their little sharp teeth, and they never stopped biting, till at last they bit the green stem through; and away, down the stream, floated the leaf, carrying with the little Thumbelina.

Free, free!; she sang, and her voice tinkled as a chime of fairy bells. ;Free, free! ; she sang merrily as she floated down the stream, away, far way out of reach of the ugly old toad and her ugly son.

And as she floated on, the little wild birds sang round her, and on the banks the little wild harebells bowed to her.

Butterflies were flitting here and there in the sunshine. A pretty little white one fluttered on to the leaf on which sat Thumbelina. He loved the tiny maiden so well that he settled down beside her.

Now she was quite happy! Birds around here, flowers near her, and the water gleaming like gold in the summer sunshine. What besides could little Thumbelina wish?

She took off her sash and threw one end of it round the butterfly. The other end she fastened firmly to the leaf. On and on floated the leaf, the little maiden and the butterfly.

Suddenly a great cockchafer buzzed along. Alas! he caught sight of little Thumbelina. He flew to her, put his claw round her tiny waist and carried her off, up on to a tree.

Poor little Thumbelina! How frightened she was! How grieved she was, too. Would he fly away, she wondered, or would her sash hold him fast?

The cockchafer was charmed with the little maiden. He placed her tenderly on the largest leaf he could find. He gathered honey for her from the flowers, and as she sipped it, he sat near and told her how beautiful she looked.

But there were other chafers living in the tree, and when they came to see little Thumbelina, they said, ;She is not pretty at all.

She only has two legs, said one.

She has no feelers,said another.

Some said she was too thin, others said she was too fat, and then they all buzzed and hummed together, How ugly she is, how ugly she is! But all the time little Thumbelina was the prettiest, daintiest little maiden that ever lived.

And now the cockchafer who had flown off with little Thumbelina thought he had been rather foolish to admire her.

He looked at her again. Pretty? No, after all she was not very pretty. He would have nothing to do with her, and away he and all the other chafers flew. Only first they carried little Thumbelina down from the tree and placed her on a daisy. She wept because she was so ugly - so ugly that the chafers could not live with her. But all the time, you know, she was the prettiest little maiden in the world.

湖里漂著一片大郁金香葉子,這是拇指姑娘的小船。她靈巧的用兩根白馬尾做漿,把小船從湖的這頭劃到那頭。她來(lái)來(lái)回回劃船時(shí)輕輕地哼著歌兒,女人豎著耳朵聽著,她覺得從來(lái)沒(méi)聽過(guò)這么一首甜美的歌。

可是就在這時(shí)發(fā)生了一件令人傷心的事。

一只大癩蛤蟆從破窗格子里跳了進(jìn)來(lái)。天啊,多么丑陋的一只癩蛤蟆,她一下子跳到桌上,拇指姑娘此刻正蓋著粉紅的玫瑰花瓣,躺在小搖籃里做著美夢(mèng)呢。

這只丑蛤蟆偷窺著她,

呱呱,這姑娘真漂亮!正好做我那漂亮兒子的新娘!于是她抓起拇指姑娘正睡著的小搖籃,從破窗格子跳了出去,跳進(jìn)了花園。

花園底下有一條寬寬的小溪,癩蛤蟆和她兒子就住在這泥濘的岸邊。n4507.cn

癩蛤蟆覺得她兒子長(zhǎng)的好看極了,但事實(shí)上他非常丑。他和他媽簡(jiǎn)直就是一個(gè)模子里鑄出來(lái)的!

當(dāng)他看見小床里的拇指姑娘時(shí),興奮的呱呱大叫起來(lái)。

別吵!他媽說(shuō),你會(huì)把這小可愛吵醒的!我們不小心點(diǎn)的話會(huì)讓她跑掉的!微風(fēng)都能把她吹走,她就像紗一樣輕啊。

老蛤蟆把拇指姑娘背到河中央,她在這里會(huì)很安全,她說(shuō),把她輕輕地放在一片大睡蓮的葉子上,然后游回到兒子身邊。

我們要在泥巴下建幾間最好的屋子,老蛤蟆說(shuō),這樣你和她就可以結(jié)婚啦!

可憐的拇指姑娘!她還從沒(méi)見過(guò)這兩只丑癩蛤蟆啊。

拇指姑娘一早醒來(lái)發(fā)現(xiàn)自己的處境后,傷心的哭泣起來(lái),她的四周都是水!怎么回到岸上呢?可憐的拇指姑娘啊!

地底下呢, 老癩蛤蟆正忙著用燈芯草和黃睡蓮把房間裝飾了一番——新媳婦要住在里面,當(dāng)然應(yīng)該收拾得漂亮一點(diǎn)才對(duì)。

好了,現(xiàn)在我們要把她的小床搬來(lái)放到洞房里,老蛤蟆說(shuō),隨后她就和她的兒子向那片托著拇指姑娘的葉子游去。

閣!閣!呱!呱!呱!這位少爺看著他漂亮的小新娘所能講出的話,就只有這一點(diǎn)。

他們搬走了小床,把拇指姑娘一個(gè)人留在那里。

拇指姑娘哭花了她的小臉,眼淚滴進(jìn)了小河里。她哭得越來(lái)越傷心,眼淚滴得越來(lái)越快,游來(lái)游去的魚兒都在想,下大雨了呀?

他們探出小腦袋來(lái),看見了這個(gè)可憐的小姑娘。

他們焦急的看著這么個(gè)可人兒,大家一致認(rèn)為:她不能嫁給那個(gè)丑癩蛤蟆

但是小魚能幫上拇指姑娘什么忙呢?

喔,他們真是聰明的小東西!

它們找到了托著那片綠葉的梗子——拇指姑娘就坐在那上面。它們用小尖牙咬那個(gè)梗子,不停地咬,直到把它咬斷為止,使得這片葉子順著水流走了,帶著拇指姑娘流走了.

自由啦,自由啦,拇指姑娘唱起歌來(lái),歌聲像仙女的鈴鐺叮當(dāng)響。自由啦,自由啦,她一邊順著河漂流一邊愉快地唱歌,越漂越遠(yuǎn),漂到癩蛤蟆夠不著她的地方。

小鳥圍繞著她唱歌,岸邊野地里的藍(lán)鈴花也向她鞠躬。

蝴蝶在陽(yáng)光下飛來(lái)飛去,一只很可愛的白蝴蝶飛落到拇指姑娘坐著的葉子上來(lái),它是那么喜歡拇指姑娘于是它停在了她的身邊。

拇指姑娘真是太開心了!小鳥兒在旁邊飛,花兒也陪伴她左右,河水在夏日陽(yáng)光的照耀下閃爍著金光。除此之外小小拇指姑娘還賒求什么呢?

她解下腰帶,把一端系在蝴蝶身上,把另一端緊緊地系在葉子上。葉子帶著拇指姑娘一起很快地在水上流走了。

突然一只很大的金龜子嗡嗡嗡飛過(guò)。哎呀,他看到了她。他飛向她,用爪子抓住她纖細(xì)的腰,把她帶到一棵樹上去了。

可憐的拇指姑娘!她是多么地害怕!她又是多么地傷心!他飛走了沒(méi)有?腰帶會(huì)不會(huì)把他系的太緊了?

金龜子為這個(gè)小少女而傾倒,他溫柔地把她放在最大的一片葉子上,還取出蜜糖給她吃,她吸吮著蜜糖,他坐在旁邊告訴她是多么漂亮。

樹林里還住著其它金龜子,他們都跑來(lái)看拇指姑娘,呦,她長(zhǎng)的一點(diǎn)都不好看吶。

有一個(gè)說(shuō):她不過(guò)只有兩條腿罷了!

她連觸須都沒(méi)有!另一個(gè)說(shuō)。

他們七嘴八舌,有的說(shuō)她太瘦了,有的說(shuō)她太胖了, 然后所有的金龜子一齊叫道,她多么丑啊!太丑了!但不管怎么說(shuō)拇指姑娘確實(shí)是這個(gè)世界上最美麗,最嬌艷的姑娘。

于是現(xiàn)在呢,金龜子覺得自己崇拜她真是太傻了,他再仔細(xì)端詳她,真的很美嗎?不,并不是很美。他再也沒(méi)興趣為她做任何事情了,他和其他金龜子一起飛走 了。他們帶著她從樹上飛下來(lái),把她放在一朵雛菊上面。她在那上面哭得怪傷心的,因?yàn)樗L(zhǎng)得那么丑,連金龜子也不要她了?？墒撬匀皇侨藗兯胂蟛坏降囊粋€(gè) 最美麗的人兒。

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每天一個(gè)英文故事：受訓(xùn)的鸚鵡(圖)

There was a little old lady who was nearly blind, and she had three sons who wanted to prove which one was the best to her.

從前有一個(gè)近乎失明的小老太，她有三個(gè)兒子，每一個(gè)都想向母親證明自己對(duì)她最好。

Son 1 bought her a 15-room mansion, thinking this would surely be the best that any of them could offer her。

第一個(gè)兒子為她買下一棟有15個(gè)房間的大屋，他覺得這是對(duì)母親最好的孝順?lè)绞剑渌值芏急炔簧稀?/p>

Son 2 bought her a beautiful Mercedes with a chauffeur included, thinking this would surely win her approval。

二兒子為她買了一輛漂亮的奔馳，還配了個(gè)司機(jī)。他也覺得他一定會(huì)贏了。

Son 3 had to do something even better, so he bought her a parrot that he had been training for 15 years to memorize the entire Bible. You could ask the parrot any verse in the Bible, and he could quote it word for word. What a gift that would be。

老三為母親買了一只鸚鵡。這只鸚鵡接受了15年的訓(xùn)練，能一字不落地背誦整部圣經(jīng)，并且不論你問(wèn)他什么，他都能從圣經(jīng)里原句引出。

Well, the old lady went to the first son and said, "Son, the house is just gorgeous, but it's really much too big for me. I only live in one room, and it's too large to clean and take care of. I really don't need the house, but thank you anyway." Then she confronted her second son with, "Son, the car is beautiful. It has everything you could ever want on it, but I don't drive and really don't like the chauffeur, so please return the car."

這位老太太對(duì)他的第一個(gè)兒子說(shuō)：“孩子，你買的房子很棒。但是它太大了，我只能睡一間屋，還要花時(shí)間去 打理剩下的房間，謝謝你，但我實(shí)在不需要它。”接著她對(duì)二兒子說(shuō)：“你的車也很好，再不能找到比那更棒的車了，但我不會(huì)開車，也不喜歡那個(gè)司機(jī)，所以你把它拿去推了吧!”

Next, she went to Son 3 and said, "Son, I just want to thank you for your most thoughtful gift. That chicken was delicious."

最后，她對(duì)她的小兒子說(shuō)：“孩子，我要感謝你最棒的禮物!那只雞實(shí)在是美味啊!”

每天一個(gè)英文故事：小豬搬西瓜(圖)

孩子在4歲左右進(jìn)入語(yǔ)言敏感期，在這之前，媽媽們的任務(wù)就是給孩子的語(yǔ)言輸出做好儲(chǔ)備，也就是我們常說(shuō)的磨耳朵，但是應(yīng)該給孩子聽什么，這常常是新手媽媽的難題。

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The pig & Watermelon

In spring， the mother pig took the little pig LuLu to the foot of the mountain。 They planted some watermelon。

When summer came， there were many big round watermelons in the field。

One day， the sun was burning like a fire， it was terribly hot on the ground。 The mother pig said to the little pig：“Lulu， go to the field to pick a watermelon back，ok?” Lulu said happily：“Ok! No problem?！?/p>

Then he ran to the watermelon field。 When he got to the field， he was happy to find so many big green watermelons。 He chose one of the biggest watermelon and picked it from the vine。 Then he held it with his hands trying to lift is on his shoulder to carry it home。

“Wow!It‘s so heavy!” Lulu tried several times， but he failed。 And he was socked with sweat。 He wiped his sweat off and decided to have a rest。

Suddenly he saw the monkey Pipi。 He was playing with a hoop。 Lulu patted his head and said：“I‘ve got it?！?He thought，the round hoop can roll， the watermelon round too，then it can roll too.He then put the big melon on the ground and rolled it forward quickly。

At last he got home with the watermelon.The mother pig knew the story， she exclaimed：“My child， you‘re really clever!”

小豬搬西瓜

春天的時(shí)候，豬媽媽帶著小豬嚕嚕，在山坡下種了一大片西瓜。到了夏天，西瓜地里結(jié)滿了又圓又大的西瓜。

有一天，太陽(yáng)光火辣辣地照著大地，天啊，可熱了。豬媽媽對(duì)小豬說(shuō)：“嚕嚕，你到咱們的地里摘個(gè)大西瓜回來(lái)解解渴吧!”小豬嚕嚕高興地說(shuō)：“好吧!”說(shuō)完就往西瓜地里跑。到了地里一看。呵，到處躺著大西瓜，水靈靈的，真惹人喜愛!嚕嚕挑了個(gè)最大的摘了下來(lái)。它雙手摟著西瓜，想抱起來(lái)放在肩上扛回家?！皢?，好重呀!”嚕嚕試著抱了幾次都沒(méi)有抱起來(lái)，還累得滿頭大汗。 它直起身來(lái)，擦了擦臉上的汗水想休息一下，再去試試抱西瓜。突然，它看到小猴皮皮在山下邊的馬路上滾鐵環(huán)玩呢。小豬嚕嚕一拍后腦勺高興地說(shuō)：“有了，我有辦法了?！笔裁崔k法呢?小豬嚕嚕心想：鐵環(huán)是圓的，可以滾動(dòng)。西瓜也是圓的，不也可以滾動(dòng)嗎?想到這兒啊，小豬嚕嚕顧不上休息，把大西瓜放在地上。咕嚕嚕，咕嚕嚕地向前滾，一直把西瓜滾到家里。

豬媽媽看到小豬嚕嚕把又圓又大的西瓜搬回家，夸獎(jiǎng)嚕嚕是個(gè)愛動(dòng)腦筋的豬娃娃!

每天一個(gè)英文故事：賣牛

孩子在4歲左右進(jìn)入語(yǔ)言敏感期，在這之前，媽媽們的任務(wù)就是給孩子的語(yǔ)言輸出做好儲(chǔ)備，也就是我們常說(shuō)的磨耳朵，但是應(yīng)該給孩子聽什么，這常常是新手媽媽的難題。

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An old man is selling a big cow. A young man comes to the cow and begins to look at it carefully. Then the old man goes up to him and says in his ears. “Don’t say anything about the cow before I sell it, then I will give you some meat。”

一位老人正在賣一頭大奶牛。一個(gè)年輕人來(lái)到奶牛旁邊開始仔細(xì)地看它。老人走過(guò)去對(duì)他耳語(yǔ)道：“在我賣掉這頭奶牛前不要說(shuō)任何話，過(guò)后我會(huì)給你一些肉?！?/p>

“All right,” says the young man. After the old man sells the cow, he gives the young man some meat and says, “Now, you can tell me how do you think of the bad leg of the cow?！?/p>

“好吧。”年輕男子說(shuō)道。老人賣掉了奶牛，他給了年輕人一些肉并說(shuō)道：“現(xiàn)在你能告訴我關(guān)于這頭奶牛有條壞腿你是怎么看的?”

“I didn’t find the bad leg,” says the young man. “Then why did you look at the cow carefully?” asks the old man。

“我沒(méi)發(fā)現(xiàn)壞腿呀?！蹦贻p男子說(shuō)?！澳悄銥槭裁醋屑?xì)地看著這頭牛?”老人問(wèn)道。

Then young man answers, “Because I have never seen a cow, and I wanted to know what it looks like?！?/p>

年輕人回答道：“因?yàn)槲覐奈匆娺^(guò)奶牛，我只想知道它長(zhǎng)得什么樣?！?/p>

每天一個(gè)英文故事：Meet My Monster

孩子在4歲左右進(jìn)入語(yǔ)言敏感期，在這之前，媽媽們的任務(wù)就是給孩子的語(yǔ)言輸出做好儲(chǔ)備，也就是我們常說(shuō)的磨耳朵，但是應(yīng)該給孩子聽什么，這常常是新手媽媽的難題。

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Meet my monster!

Don‘t be scared

Shake his paw。 Say， “Hi!”

見見我的小怪物!

別害怕。

握握他的爪子，打聲招呼，說(shuō)：“你好!”

He isn‘t mean

He isn‘t fierce

He is a little shy

他不壞。

他也不兇猛。

他只是有一點(diǎn)點(diǎn)害羞。

Mom can‘t see him

Dad can‘t see him

They don‘t think he’s there

媽媽看不到他，

爸爸也看不到他，

他們都不知道他就在那兒。

But I can see him very well

Just look at that blue hair!

但是我能清楚地看到他。

看他那藍(lán)色的頭發(fā)!

My monster loves to play

Me， too!

我的小怪物很喜歡玩耍。

我也是!

We love to play outside

We run and romp

We jump and stomp

我們喜歡在外面玩。

我們奔跑，嬉鬧。

我們跳躍，跺腳。

We climb

We crawl

We hide

我們攀登。

我們匍匐前進(jìn)。

我們還會(huì)躲起來(lái)。

If it rains， we play inside

I let my monster in

We play with dolls

下雨的時(shí)候，我們就會(huì)在屋里玩耍。

我會(huì)讓小怪物進(jìn)來(lái)。

我們一起玩玩偶。

We play with balls

He always lets me win!

I like to paint my monster‘s picture

It‘s so much fun to do!

I paint him glad

I paint him mad

I paint him feeling blue

我們也會(huì)玩球。

他總是會(huì)讓我贏。

我喜歡畫各種小怪物的畫像。

特別有趣!

我會(huì)畫開心的小怪物。

我會(huì)畫瘋狂的小怪物。

我也會(huì)畫傷心的小怪物。

My monster dances

Watch him go!

He spins just like a top

He drops

He flips

He taps

He tips

He never wants to stop

我的小怪物會(huì)跳舞。

看!

他旋轉(zhuǎn)起來(lái)就像是一只陀螺。

下落，

蹦跳，

踢踏，

踮腳。

他根本不想停下來(lái)。

My monster can be trouble， too

He loses all my toys

He makes a mess

He wears my dress

He makes a lot of noise

我的小怪物有時(shí)候也會(huì)變成一個(gè)小麻煩。

他把我所有的玩偶都弄丟了。

他把所有東西搞得亂糟糟的。

他還穿我的裙子。

他制造了許多噪音。

He likes to watch TV with me

He likes all kinds of shows

He laughs

He cries

He rubs his eyes

I help him blow his nose

他喜歡和我一起看電視，

他喜歡各種各樣的節(jié)目，

他會(huì)笑，

他也會(huì)哭。

他會(huì)揉揉眼睛，

我也會(huì)幫他擤擤鼻涕。

My monster eats things I don’t like

He eats string beans and beets

He eats green peas

He eats blue cheese

He eats and eats and EATS!

我的小怪物喜歡吃我不喜歡吃的東西。

他吃豆角和甜菜根，

他吃綠色的豌豆，

他吃藍(lán)色的芝士。

他吃呀吃，吃呀吃。

My monster takes a bath with me

We both sit in the tub

We splash and splish like two big fish

We scrub and scrub and SCRUB

我的小怪物會(huì)和我一起洗澡。

我們會(huì)一起坐在浴缸里。

我們就像是兩只大魚一樣撲騰著水。

我們洗呀洗，洗呀洗。

My monster loves to read with me

I read。 He holds the book

He loves the pictures most of all

We look and look and LOOK

我的小怪物喜歡和我一起讀書

我讀，他拿著書。

他最喜歡書里的圖片了。

我們看呀看，看呀看。

My monster is a pest in bed

He always steals the sheet

He snores。 He sheds

He hogs the bed

He kicks his big， cold feet

我的小怪物在床上是個(gè)搗蛋鬼。

他總是偷偷地拿走床單。

他打呼嚕。他流口水。

他還會(huì)拱床。

還會(huì)蹬他又大又冷的腳。

But I don‘t care

I need him there

但是，我并不在乎。

我需要他在那兒。

My monster is my friend

I love him so

He doesn‘t know…

He is really just pretend!

我的小怪物是我的朋友。

我非常愛他。

他不知道……

他真的只是在假裝不知道!

每天一個(gè)英文故事：魚和水的故事

孩子在4歲左右進(jìn)入語(yǔ)言敏感期，在這之前，媽媽們的任務(wù)就是給孩子的語(yǔ)言輸出做好儲(chǔ)備，也就是我們常說(shuō)的磨耳朵，但是應(yīng)該給孩子聽什么，這常常是新手媽媽的難題。

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Fish says to Water: I am crying all the time, but you never know, because I'm in the water.

魚對(duì)水說(shuō)：我整天哭泣，不過(guò)你看不見我的眼淚，因?yàn)槲以谒小?/p>

Water says: I know, because you are in my heart all the time.

水對(duì)魚說(shuō);我能感覺到你的眼淚，因?yàn)槟阍谖倚闹小?/p>

I'm not the fish, you are not the water. Can you see my lonely tears?

我不是魚，你也不是水。你能看見我寂寞的眼淚嗎?

Fish says to Water: I will never leave you, because I can't live without you.

魚對(duì)水說(shuō)：我永遠(yuǎn)不會(huì)離開你，因?yàn)殡x開你，我無(wú)法生存。

Water says: I know, but if your heart is missing?

水對(duì)魚說(shuō)：我知道，可是如果你的心不在呢?

I'm not the fish, you are not the water. I won't leave you, because I love you.

我不是魚，你也不是水。我不離開你是因?yàn)槲覑勰恪?/p>

But, am I in your heart?

可是，你的心里有我嗎?

Fish says to Water: Im so lonely, because I only can live in the water.

魚對(duì)水說(shuō)：我很寂寞，因?yàn)槲抑荒艽谒小?/p>

Water says: I know, because your loneliness is in my heart.

水對(duì)魚說(shuō)：我知道，因?yàn)槲业男睦镅b著你的寂寞。

I'm not the fish, you are not the water. I'm lonely, because Im missing you.

我不是魚，你也不是水。我寂寞是因?yàn)槲宜寄钅恪?/p>

But, can you feel it?

可是，遠(yuǎn)方的你能感受到嗎?

Fish says to Water: If there is not the fish in the water, then what is else left here?

魚對(duì)水說(shuō)：如果沒(méi)有魚，那水里還會(huì)剩下什么?

Water says: If you were not here, then how I was?

水對(duì)魚說(shuō)：如果沒(méi)有你，那又怎么會(huì)有我?

I'm not the fish, you are not the water. I will still living very well without your love.

我不是魚，你也不是水。沒(méi)有你的愛，我依然會(huì)好好的活。

But, living very well does not mean forget.

可是，好好的活并不代表我可以把你忘記。

Fish says to Water: I cant go outside to see the world is the biggest regret in my life.

魚對(duì)水說(shuō)：一輩子不能出去看看外面的世界，是我最大的遺憾。

Water says: I cant let you give up this idea is my biggest defeat in my life.

水對(duì)魚說(shuō)：一輩子不能打消你的這個(gè)念頭，是我最大的失敗。

I'm not the fish, you are not the water. Now I just want a promise for a whole life.

我不是魚，你也不是水?，F(xiàn)在的我只想要一個(gè)一輩子的承諾。

But, can you　burden it?

可是，你負(fù)擔(dān)得起嗎?

Fish says to Water: Am I the first fish in your whole life?

魚對(duì)水說(shuō)：在你的一生中，我是第幾條魚?

Water says: you are not the first fish in the water, but you are the first fish in my heart.

水對(duì)魚說(shuō)：你不是在水中的第一條魚，但卻是在我心中的第一條。

I'm not the fish, you are not the water. Both of us are not the first person to each other.

我不是魚，你也不是水?？墒牵阒绬?你卻是我第一個(gè)想嫁的人。

But, you know? You are the first one who makes me take care of.

可是，你知道嗎?你卻是我第一個(gè)想嫁的人。

Fish says to Water: Can you belive fall in love at first sight?

魚對(duì)水說(shuō)：你相信一見鐘情嗎?

Water says: The moment when I wake up to you are a fish, I already knew you will swim to my heart.

水對(duì)魚說(shuō)：當(dāng)我意識(shí)到你是魚的那一刻，就知道你會(huì)游到我的心里。

I'm not the fish, you are not the water. I think I wouldn't love you for long, because it's love at first sight.

我不是魚，你也不是水。我以為我對(duì)你的愛不會(huì)長(zhǎng)久，因?yàn)槟鞘且灰婄娗椤?/p>

But I'm wrong, love is like the wine, store it longer and longer, it will be aromatic　more and more.

可是，我錯(cuò)了，感情如酒，越封越濃越長(zhǎng)久。

Fish says to Water: Why do I ask and you answer every time?

魚對(duì)水說(shuō)：為什么每次都是我問(wèn)你答?

Water says: Because I like that you understand my heart during the　interlocution.

水對(duì)魚說(shuō)：因?yàn)槲蚁矚g在問(wèn)答中讓你了解我的心。

I'm not the fish, you are not the water. Why you always let me wait?

我不是魚，你也不是水。為什么你總是讓我等待?

Don't you know, Wait=Lost belief=Give up?

難道你不知道，等待=失去信心=放棄。

If I'm the fish, you are the water, how nice that is?

如果我是魚，而你是水，那該多好!

The water always know the fish's idea, because the fish in the heart of the water.

水永遠(yuǎn)都知道魚的想法，因?yàn)轸~在水心里。

But I'm not the fish, you are not the water.

但是我不是魚，你也不是水。

You never know my love, maybe I'm not in your heart at all.

你永遠(yuǎn)都不知道我的愛，因?yàn)槲乙苍S根本就不在你的心里……

If I'm the fish, you are the water.

如果我是魚，你就是水。

Can I swim to your heart......

我可以游向你的

每天一個(gè)英文故事：貓與狐貍

孩子在4歲左右進(jìn)入語(yǔ)言敏感期，在這之前，媽媽們的任務(wù)就是給孩子的語(yǔ)言輸出做好儲(chǔ)備，也就是我們常說(shuō)的磨耳朵，但是應(yīng)該給孩子聽什么，這常常是新手媽媽的難題。

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It happened that the cat met Mr。 Fox in the woods。 She thought， “He is intelligent and well experienced， and is highly regarded in the world，” so she spoke to him in a friendly manner， “Good-day， my dear Mr。 Fox。 How is it going? How are you? How are you getting by in these hard times?”

The fox， filled with arrogance， examined the cat from head to feet， and for a long time did not know whether he should give an answer。 At last he said， “Oh， you poor beard-licker， you speckled fool， you hungry mouse hunter， what are you thinking? Have you the nerve to ask how I am doing? What do you know? How many tricks do you understand?”

“I understand but one，” answered the cat， modestly。

“What kind of a trick is it?” asked the fox。

“When the dogs are chasing me， I can jump into a tree and save myself。”

“Is that all?” said the fox。 “I am master of a hundred tricks， and in addition to that I have a sackful of cunning。 I feel sorry for you。 Come with me， and I will teach you how one escapes from the dogs?！?/p>

Just then a hunter came by with four dogs。 The cat jumped nimbly up a tree， and sat down at its top， where the branches and foliage completely hid her。

“Untie your sack， Mr。 Fox， untie your sack，” the cat shouted to him， but the dogs had already seized him， and were holding him fast。

“Oh， Mr。 Fox，” shouted the cat。 “You and your hundred tricks are left in the lurch。 If you been able to climb like I can， you would not have lost your life?！?/p>

一只貓?jiān)谏掷镉龅揭恢缓?，心想：“他又聰明，?jīng)驗(yàn)又豐富，挺受人尊重的?！膘妒撬苡押玫睾秃偞蛘泻簦骸叭瞻?，尊敬的狐貍先生，您好嗎?這些日子挺艱難的，您過(guò)得怎么樣?”

狐貍傲慢地將貓從頭到腳地打量了一番，半天拿不定主意是不是該和它說(shuō)話。最后它說(shuō)：“哦，你這個(gè)倒霉的長(zhǎng)著鬍子、滿身花紋的傻瓜、饑腸轆轆地追趕老鼠的傢伙，你會(huì)啥?有甚么資格問(wèn)我過(guò)得怎么樣?你都學(xué)了點(diǎn)甚么本事?”

“我只有一種本領(lǐng)?！必堉t虛地說(shuō)。

“甚么本領(lǐng)?”狐貍問(wèn)。

“有人追我的時(shí)候，我會(huì)爬到樹上去藏起來(lái)保護(hù)自己?！?/p>

“就這本事?”狐貍不屑地說(shuō)，“我掌握了上百種本領(lǐng)，而且還有滿口袋計(jì)謀。我真覺得你可憐，跟著我吧，我教你怎么從追捕中逃生?！?/p>

就在這時(shí)，獵人帶著四條狗走近了。貓敏捷地竄到一棵樹上，在樹頂上蹲伏下來(lái)，茂密的樹葉把它遮擋得嚴(yán)嚴(yán)實(shí)實(shí)。

“快打開你的計(jì)謀口袋，狐貍先生，快打開呀!”貓沖著狐貍喊道。可是獵狗已經(jīng)將狐貍撲倒咬住了?！鞍パ?，狐貍先生，”貓喊道，“你的千百種本領(lǐng)就這么給扔掉了!假如你能像我一樣爬樹就不至於丟了性命了!”

育兒心得：小小圖書角，快樂(lè)每一天

育兒心得：小小圖書角，快樂(lè)每一天

兒子三歲，雖然入園沒(méi)多久，但每天很開心，也學(xué)了不少兒歌，尤其是他特別喜歡看圖書，每天回家都會(huì)講：我今天看了托馬斯書了，我看了花園寶寶書了，媽媽你給我買好不好……。感謝幼兒園為兒子的成長(zhǎng)提供了好的環(huán)境。

為了進(jìn)一步培養(yǎng)兒子的興趣，我們決定給他創(chuàng)設(shè)一個(gè)圖書角。星期天帶著兒子去購(gòu)書中心挑選了他喜歡的圖書，一下子將好看的圖書全都搬回了家，兒子別提有多高興，好動(dòng)的兒子也能靜靜地坐下來(lái)看好一會(huì)兒。可是好景不長(zhǎng)，沒(méi)兩天，兒子坐不住了，看書的時(shí)候東翻翻，西看看，不停的換書，要么拿著書，跑來(lái)跑去，一會(huì)沙發(fā)上看書，一會(huì)兒餐桌上看書，雖然興趣不減，但耐性已不足了，怎么辦呢？我們決定從圖書角著手，首先我在圖書架上作好標(biāo)志，有汽車的、小動(dòng)物的、人物的標(biāo)志，然后，以送書寶寶回家的游戲，和兒子將圖書分好類，送回了各自的家，這招真有效，兒子再也不亂扔書了。為了讓兒子認(rèn)真的看書，我和兒子又一起動(dòng)手做了一個(gè)寶盒，盒子里放上各種標(biāo)志和數(shù)字1、2、3卡片，每天看書前，讓兒子從寶盒里抽一張卡片出來(lái)，抽到汽車標(biāo)志的，就去汽車家里挑一本書看，如果抽到數(shù)字卡片，就可以任選和卡片數(shù)字一樣多的書看。為了滿足兒子對(duì)書中故事的表演欲望，我們又在圖書角增設(shè)了表演道具，買了一些手偶，還和兒子一起動(dòng)手做了一些頭飾。為了讓兒子養(yǎng)成好的看書習(xí)慣，我將兒子喜歡的喜羊羊帖帖紙用上來(lái)，每次看書的時(shí)候?qū)⒁粋€(gè)帖帖紙貼在右手的食指上，這樣喜羊羊就帶著他一頁(yè)一頁(yè)的翻書，從此以后，看書成了兒子一天最開心的事！

家庭環(huán)境對(duì)孩子的成長(zhǎng)有潛移默化的作用，營(yíng)造一個(gè)良好而又充滿活力的家庭氛圍是每一位家長(zhǎng)應(yīng)盡的責(zé)任，愿兒子的圖書角能陪伴他快樂(lè)健康地成長(zhǎng)！

灰姑娘，會(huì)讓孩子更軟弱？

許多媽媽可能沒(méi)有想到，給女孩子講《灰姑娘》等童話故事，會(huì)影響她們將來(lái)的心理健康。

英國(guó)《衛(wèi)報(bào)》報(bào)道：瑞典認(rèn)知心理治療會(huì)議發(fā)表報(bào)告指出，看《灰姑娘》過(guò)多，可能會(huì)影響女性的心理健康。受《灰姑娘》等童話故事影響深的女孩，長(zhǎng)大后即使被自己的愛人虐待也只會(huì)保持沉默，因?yàn)樗齻冋`以為忍耐、憐憫和愛可以改變自己的另一半。

英國(guó)德比大學(xué)的心理治療師史密茨訪問(wèn)了67名感情受過(guò)傷害的女性，其中有61人是連續(xù)遭受感情創(chuàng)傷。她們相信忍耐、同情和愛可以改變伴侶；相反，沒(méi)有受過(guò)傷害的女性都認(rèn)為忍耐、同情和愛不是改變另一半的積極方式，與其繼續(xù)受到傷害，還不如早日離開。

史密茨通過(guò)對(duì)照兩組受訪者研究發(fā)現(xiàn)：婚姻受傷害的女性對(duì)《灰姑娘》及其他童話故事中的順從女性角色都極其認(rèn)同，總相信會(huì)有白馬王子或英雄相救。女孩子如果長(zhǎng)期以這些角色為榜樣，長(zhǎng)大后必然會(huì)受到很大傷害。她們不明白，問(wèn)題的核心是自己救自己。

史密茨表示：我們?cè)诤⑼瘯r(shí)期通過(guò)故事里的人物來(lái)認(rèn)識(shí)自己及與別人的關(guān)系，如果長(zhǎng)期保持這種弱者思想，長(zhǎng)大之后就很難改變。她建議家長(zhǎng)給子女講故事時(shí)，應(yīng)有針對(duì)性地選擇榜樣，這樣就能使孩子從小養(yǎng)成自立的習(xí)慣，讓他們明白自救的道理。