今晚,VIPKID北美名校外教Kevin老師為大家?guī)硇」适?/span>《An Oyster 驕傲的牡蠣》親愛的粑粑麻麻們!快讓寶貝來聽外教讀睡前故事吧↓↓
朗讀:Kevin老師
音樂:VIPKID原創(chuàng)
An oyster that was very proud was talking with a fish. 'Let’s be friends and we can look after each other whenever the fisherman's net comes along,' the fish suggested.
一只非常驕傲的牡蠣正在和一條魚說話。“我們做朋友吧,這樣,當(dāng)漁夫的漁網(wǎng)罩過來的時(shí)候,我們就可以互相幫助了?!濒~建議說。
驕傲的牡蠣回答說:“我有堅(jiān)硬的殼。合上殼之后我就安全了,沒有任何東西可以傷害到我?!?/span>
'But when you close your shell, you may not know what is happening.' answered the fish.
“可是,當(dāng)你合上殼時(shí),你可能不知道外面發(fā)生了什么事?!濒~不解地問。
Still the oyster boasted that he was perfectly safe and he needed no friends to warn him.
可是牡蠣還是繼續(xù)夸耀自己是絕對安全的,根本不需要任何朋友來提醒它。
Suddenly, there was a great splashing sound and the oyster closed his shell and very quickly kept quiet.
突然,傳來一聲巨響,濺起無數(shù)水花,牡蠣馬上合上殼,不作聲了。
'What could the splashing have been? Was it a net, and was the fish caught? ' the oyster wondered. When at last the oyster opened his shell, he found himself in a strange place.
“濺起水花的聲音是怎么回事呢?是漁網(wǎng)嗎,魚被抓住了嗎?”牡蠣自問道??墒钱?dāng)牡蠣打開殼的時(shí)候,卻發(fā)現(xiàn)自己在一個(gè)陌生的地方。
'Where am I? ' He looked for the fish but it was no longer around.
“我在哪兒?”它找魚,魚卻不在它旁邊。
牡蠣悲哀地發(fā)現(xiàn)自己正躺在魚販子的攤位上,背上還貼著一張寫有“出售”字樣的標(biāo)簽。
【VIPKID小貼士】教大家一個(gè)關(guān)于oyster的習(xí)語,叫做“the world is your oyster”。這個(gè)習(xí)語是被莎士比亞首先給寫到紙上的,是一個(gè)表達(dá)“充滿希望”的說法;形象地說,它給人這么一種感覺:當(dāng)您打開某件東西的時(shí)候,您也許會(huì)在其中發(fā)現(xiàn)珍寶。
造句:The world is your oyster when you are learning at VIPKID. 當(dāng)你在VIPKID學(xué)習(xí),世界是屬于你的!
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