美国小学英语教材1:第16课 小公鸡

 　　The Little Rooster 小公鸡

　　Once there was a man who had a little rooster. 从前有个人养了一只小公鸡。

　　The little rooster liked to get up early in the morning. 小公鸡喜欢大清早就起床。

　　The man did not like to get up so early. He wanted to sleep. 那个人不喜欢那么早就起床。他想睡觉。

　　But each morning the little rooster began to crow¹ very early. 但每天早上，小公鸡很早就开始报晓了。

　　"Cock-a-doodle-do!" he called. “喔喔喔！”他叫道。

　　Then the man could not sleep and had to get up. 然后，那个人睡不着了，不得不起床。

　　One morning the little rooster began to crow very, very early. 一天早上，小公鸡特别早就开始报晓了。

　　"Cock-a-doodle-do!" he called. “喔喔喔！”他叫道。

　　The noise woke the man up. 报晓声把那个人吵醒了。

　　"That little rooster will not let me sleep," he said. “那只小公鸡不让我睡觉了”，他说。

　　I will plant my garden. 我要去园子里种地了。

　　So he planted his garden. 于是，他就去园子里种地。

　　One night the man caught the rooster. 一天晚上，那个人抓住了小公鸡。

　　He put him into the barn². 他把小公鸡放进了谷仓。

　　"Now," said the man," I will stay in bed in the morning. “好了”，那个人说，“明天早上我可以睡个懒觉了。”

　　Early the next morning the rooster flew out of the barn. 第二天一大早，小公鸡从谷仓里飞了出来。

　　He ran to the house and began to crow again. 他跑到了房前，又开始报晓起来。

　　"Cock-a-doodle-do!" he called. “喔喔喔！”他叫道。

　　The man heard the little rooster and woke up. He was very angry. 那个人听到了小公鸡的叫声醒了过来。他气极了。

　　"Oh, dear!" he said. There is that little rooster again. “噢，天哪！”他说。又是那只小公鸡。

　　I'll find another place to put him this evening. 今天晚上我要找另外一个地方把他关进去。

　　I can not sleep now, and so I will weed³ my garden. 我现在睡不着了，那么我要去园子里除草了。

　　That night the man caught the little rooster again. 那天晚上那个人又抓住了小公鸡。

　　He took him to the barn and put him under a big basket. 他把小公鸡带到了谷仓，并把他盖在了大篮子底下。

　　Then he went to bed. 然后，他上床睡觉。

　　But very early the next morning the little rooster got out again. 但是第二天一大早，小公鸡又跑了出来。

　　"Cock-a-doodle-do!" he called. “喔喔喔！”他叫道。

　　The man woke up. 那个人醒了。

　　He caught the little rooster again and gave him away. 他又抓住了小公鸡并把他送走了。

　　That night the man had a long sleep. 那天晚上那个人睡了很长时间。

　　And the next night; and the next, and the next. 第二天晚上；以及接下来的每天晚上他都长睡不起。

　　He did not weed his garden. 他再也没去给他的园子除草了。

　　All summer long the weeds⁴ grew and grew. 整个夏天，园子里的杂草长啊长啊。

　　Then the man had nothing to eat. 于是，他就没有吃的东西了。

1 crow   

n.鸦；乌鸦

参考例句：

• Oh!The crow has a piece of meat.It looks great.哦！乌鸦有一块肉。看起来不错呀。
• His hair was as dark as a crow's wing.他的头发象乌鸦翅膀一样乌黑。

2 barn   

n.谷仓，饲料仓，牲口棚

参考例句：

• That big building is a barn for keeping the grain.那幢大房子是存放粮食的谷仓。
• The cows were driven into the barn.牛被赶进了牲口棚。

3 weed   

n.杂草，野草；vi.除草；vt.除…的草，剔除

参考例句：

• They pulled up the weed by the root.他们把野草连根拔起。
• Please help me to weed the garden.请帮我清除园里的草。

4 weeds   

n.（寡妇的）丧服，黑纱带；杂草( weed的名词复数 )；烟草；水草；大麻烟v.除杂草( weed的第三人称单数 )；说笑话，开玩笑( jest的过去式和过去分词 )；很早的

参考例句：

• The garden's completely overgrown with weeds. 花园里长满了杂草。
• Weeds grew through the cracks in the paving. 杂草从铺石路面的缝隙中长出来。