英语口语大赢家Topic57:童话世界Fairytale World

丹尼尔和阿美在期中考试中都取得了好成绩，所以今天妈妈带他们俩来欢乐谷，他们玩得还挺开心的，一起来看看吧。

 

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May: Do you know how happy I am? The Ant Kingdom is a perfect world with colorful fairy tales. It seems like the air is fresh here.

Daniel: Just kids like that.

May: Come on baby, s trying to pretend like a man. If you go there, you are sure to like them.

Daniel: Hurry up! Hurry up! What lovely caterpillars² are over there!

May: I said you are sure to like them. There is the Grand Parade Of Ants Carnival³ in a few minutes in the square. You will experience a dream of fantasy.

Daniel: What's that?

May: All kinds of insects dress themselves up. They drive straight their own Flower Cars along the Parade Avenue of Ants Kingdom.

Daniel: That's splendid. Can you take three pictures of me with them?

May: I thought you had grown out of such child practice.

Daniel: Cut it out. Look at my smile, and it seems like the flowers in the spring. Right?

May: Gross!

Daniel: Hurry up! The smile is frozen on my face.

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阿美：你知道我有多开心吗？蚂蚁王国是一个充满着多姿多彩童话的完美世界。连这里的空气都似乎新鲜了许多。

丹尼尔：只有小孩子才喜欢这种地方。

阿美：得了吧，小朋友，别老是装大人了。如果你到了那里，你一定会喜欢的。

丹尼尔：快点！快点！看那边的毛毛虫多可爱啊！

阿美：我就说你一定会喜欢它们吧。几分钟后在广场中会有蚂蚁狂欢大游行！你将会经历一个梦幻之旅。

丹尼尔：那是什么？

阿美：所以“昆虫”都盛装打扮起来。他们将架着自己的花车在蚂蚁王国的游行道径直地行进。

丹尼尔：太棒了！能帮我和它们拍三张照片吗？

阿美：我还以为你已经玩腻了这种小孩子的游戏了呢。

丹尼尔：打住。看我笑得就跟春天里的花朵一样。是不是呀？

阿美：恶心！

丹尼尔：快点！我的笑容都僵了。

经典背诵 Recitation
May: I like going to the Amusement Park very much. The Ant Kingdom is a perfect place with colorful fairy tales and I love it. But Daniel says only kids like that. But he is a kid himself too. Anyway each time we go there together we can experience a dream of fantasies.

生词小结
ant n. 蚂蚁

kingdom n. 王国

colorful adj. 多姿多彩的

pretend vt. 假装

caterpillar¹ n. 毛毛虫

parade n. 游行

carnival n. 嘉年华会，狂欢会

fantasy n. 幻想

avenue n. 大道

splendid adj. 极好的

注释
I thought you had grown out of such child practice. 我还以为你已经玩腻了这种小孩子的游戏了呢。其中grow out of 是指“因长大而不再做”。thought 用过去式表达的是“我过去以为你已经不再喜欢小孩子的游戏，可是现在却不这样认为了。”

Cut it out. 别提了，打住。

Dress … up 为……打扮

语音小结 Pronunciation
辅音（二）3组8个组合音

发音小贴士：

（1）第一个字母发得很快，很快过渡到下两个音节。

（2）切忌在三个音节中加入元音

1. /spr/ 与 /skw/ ：spring spread square squash

对比练习 /spr/与/skw/ spring and square spread and squeeze spray and squash

2. /str/, /skr/ 与 /spl/ ：straight street screen splendid

对比练习 /str/, /skr/ 与/spl/ straight and scream and split street and screen and splendid strong and script and split

3. /fl/, /fr/ 与/r/ ：flower fresh three throw

对比练习 /fl/, /fr/ 与 /r/ flee and free and three fly and fry and thread flog and frog and throw

 

1 caterpillar   

n.毛虫，蝴蝶的幼虫

参考例句：

• A butterfly is produced by metamorphosis from a caterpillar.蝴蝶是由毛虫脱胎变成的。
• A caterpillar must pass through the cocoon stage to become a butterfly.毛毛虫必须经过茧的阶段才能变成蝴蝶。

2 caterpillars   

n.毛虫( caterpillar的名词复数 )；履带

参考例句：

• Caterpillars eat the young leaves of this plant. 毛毛虫吃这种植物的嫩叶。
• Caterpillars change into butterflies or moths. 毛虫能变成蝴蝶或蛾子。 来自辞典例句

3 carnival   

n.嘉年华会，狂欢，狂欢节，巡回表演

参考例句：

• I got some good shots of the carnival.我有几个狂欢节的精彩镜头。
• Our street puts on a carnival every year.我们街的居民每年举行一次嘉年华会。