山洞里的小男孩

有一个小孩叫Harry，他住在一个山洞里。Harry是个小小发明家。他的邻居Chief Grump性情古怪，看什么都不顺眼。Harry送给他一件礼物，让他很开心，一起看一下到底是怎样的一件礼物呢？

1. Hi！ My name is Harry. I live with my family in this cave. I like to make new things.

大家好，我叫Harry。我们一家住在这个洞穴里。我喜欢发明新东西。

2. This is Chief Grump. He is always mad about something. Tomorrow is his birthday. Maybe my present can make him happy. Wow！ I have never seen anything like it！

这是Chief Grump。他经常发火。明天是他的生日。大概我的礼物会让他开心吧。哇！我从没见过这么棒的礼物。

3. Its time for Chief Grumps party. He gets lots of presents. A rock， some wood， a fish and a bone. Chief Grump says， “I do not want these！” He throws them down the hill.

Chief Grump生日宴会的时间到了。他收到了很多礼物：一块石头，一些木头，一条鱼和一根骨头。他说：“我不想要什么生日宴！”他把所有的东西扔下了山。

4. Now Chief Grump opens my present. “What does it do？” Everyone looks at my new thing. But no one can guess what it does. Not even me.

然后Chief Grump打开了我的礼物。“这是用来干嘛的？”所有人都看着我的新发明。但是没人能猜出这是个什么东西。就连我自己也不知道。

5. Chief Grump says， “It does not do anything！” He kicks it down the hill. Hey！ Now I know what this new thing does. It rolls！

Chief Grump说：“它什么用处也没有！”他把它踢下了山。嗨！我终于知道这个新发明的用处了。它可以滚！

6. I take it back. I put something here. I add something there. Maybe Chief Grump will like it now. I tell him， “Sit here. Put your feet there.” I give him a push.

我把它拿回来。我在这里加點东西，那里添点零件。可能Chief Grump现在就会喜欢它了。我告诉他说：“请坐。把你的脚放在上面。”我推了他一下。

7. Look！ I make something really new. And I make Chief Grump smile！

瞧！我真的发明了新玩意。我让Chief Grump笑了。

◎练一练：把中英文意思对应的用线连起来。

something good 任何崭新的东西

anything bad 好的东西

something funny 任何不好的东西

anything new 好笑的东西