一沁供稿
翻译:浅由
A Monkey and a Crocodile
猴子与鳄鱼
我们的朋友走着走着,看到远处有个人。当他走近一些时,他注意到这个当地人在不断地一边捡东西,一边又把捡起的东西抛进水里。
当朋友走得更近时,他注意到这个人是在捡被冲上海滩的海星,一次抛一只,他把它们都抛回到水里。
朋友很疑惑。他走近那个人并说道,“晚上好,朋友。我很好奇你在做什么。”
“我在把这些海星都抛回海洋里。你看,现在正处低潮时期,所有的海星都被冲上了岸。如果我不把它们抛回海里,它们会在这里缺氧而死。”
“我明白了,”我朋友回答说,“但这海滩上肯定有着数以千计的海星。你不可能把它们全都抛回海里。这实在是太多了。难道你没意识到这样的事情很可能在沿岸成百上千的海滩上都会上演吗?难道你不明白,你这样做可能并没有改变什么吗?”
当地人笑了,他弯腰捡起又一只海星,一边把海星抛回海里,一边回答,“那就努力改变这一只海星的命运吧!”
一沁供稿
翻译:浅由
假如你在日常生活中遇到了危险,你会怎么办?故事里的猴子在遇到危险时沉着冷静,利用自己的聪明才智摆脱了困境。让我们一起来学习一下吧!
They swam slowly. Suddenly, the mother crocodile saw the monkey,“Oh, a monkey! How nice if I have it for my dinner!”
Then she said to her son, “My son, do you love me?” “Yes, of course,”the baby crocodile answered. “Well, can you see that monkey? I want to eat his heart. Can you go and get it for me?” the mother crocodile asked.“All right.”
The baby crocodile swam near the river1)bank. Heshouted atthe monkey. “Hey, monkey! Would you like some bananas? There are many banana trees over there on the other bank of the river.” “Bananas? Hmm, I like them very much. But I can’t swim. How can I get there?” the monkey said. “Oh, I can carry you there.”“Really? Thank you very much!” the monkeyjumped ontothe crocodile’s back.
They swam towards the other side of the river. In the middle of the river, the crocodiledived intothe water. When hecame upagain, the monkey was wetall over. “Don’t do that again, or you’ll kill me!”the monkey shouted. “I know, but I must do that! Because my mother wants to eat your heart.” “My heart? Why didn’t you tell me earlier? I don’t have it with me, I left it in that tree. We should go back for it!” So they swam back.
As soon as they got to the bank, the monkey picked up a big stone and climbed up onto the tree as quickly as he could. Hehunghimselfupin the tree and shouted at the crocodile, “Don’t you want my heart? Well, catch!” the monkeythrewthe big stoneatthe crocodile.
他们游得很慢。突然,鳄鱼妈妈看到了一只猴子,“噢,是只猴子!如果它是我的晚餐那该有多好啊!”
然后她对她儿子说,“我的好儿子,你爱我吗?”“爱呀,当然爱,”鳄鱼宝宝回答说。“嗯,你看到那只猴子了吗?我想吃他的心脏。你能不能帮我把他的心脏取来?”鳄鱼妈妈问道。“好呀。”
于是,鳄鱼宝宝游到了河岸边。他冲猴子大声吆喝起来。“嘿,猴子!你想不想吃香蕉?河的对岸有很多香蕉树哦。”“香蕉?嗯,我很喜欢吃香蕉。但我不会游泳。我该怎么到那边去呢?”猴子说。“噢,我可以背你到那儿呀。”“真的吗?那真的很感谢你!”接着猴子就跳上了鳄鱼的背。
他们向河的另一边游去。可游到河中央时,鳄鱼潜入了水里。当他再次上来时,猴子全身都湿透了。“不要再这样做了,否则你会杀死我的!”猴子大喊道。“我知道,但我必须这样做!因为我妈妈想要吃你的心脏。”“我的心脏?为什么你不早点告诉我?我没把它带在身上,我把它留在了那棵树上。我们要折返回去拿!”于是,他们便游回去了。
他们一到达河岸,猴子就捡起一块大石头,尽自己最快的速度爬上了树。他挂在树上,对着鳄鱼大喊,“你不是想要我的心脏吗?嗯,抓住了!”接着猴子就把大石头扔向了鳄鱼。
词组加油站
shout at冲……大喊,吆喝
jump onto跳到……上
dive into下潜
come up升起,上升
all over浑身,到处
hang up把……挂起
throw at向……投去
1) bank [bæŋk] n. 堤,岸