美国小学英语教材1:第1课 玩具象

 　　The Toy Elephant 玩具象

　　Tom and Polly had¹ a new toy. 汤姆和波莉有一个新玩具。

　　It was² a little gray³ elephant. 它是一只灰色的小象。

　　His name was Jumbo. 他的名字叫金宝。

　　I like Jumbo, said⁴ Polly. “我喜欢金宝，”波莉说，

　　"He is a good little elephant. “他是一只很好的小象。

　　But I want to see a big elephant. 但是我想看大象。

　　Big elephants are funny. 大象有趣。

　　Toy elephants are not very funny." 玩具象不是很有趣。”

　　Tom said, "We will take Jumbo to the zoo. 汤姆说：“我们带着金宝去动物园吧。

　　Then he can see the big elephants." 那样，他就可以看见大象了。”

　　So Tom and Polly and Jumbo went to the zoo. 于是汤姆、波莉和金宝去了动物园。

　　I like the zoo, said Polly. “我喜欢动物园，”波莉说，

　　Jumbo likes it, too. “金宝也喜欢。”

　　They saw⁵ four big elephants in the elephant house. 他们在大象馆里见到了四头大象。

　　One elephant was very, very big. 有一头象非常非常大。

　　Polly said, "Look, Jumbo. See that big, big elephant." 波莉说：“金宝，快看。看那头很大很大的象。”

　　Then a man came⁶ along⁷ and looked at Jumbo. 这时，一个人走过来看金宝。

　　Is that a baby elephant? he said. “这是一头象宝宝吗？”他说。

　　Polly laughed and said, "Oh, no. 波莉笑着说：“噢，不是。

　　This is just a toy elephant. His name is Jumbo." 这只是一只玩具象。“他的名字叫金宝。”

　　The man said, "Jumbo must see a big elephant do some tricks⁹." 那个人说：“金宝一定要看看大象的马戏表演。”

　　The man went to a big elephant. 那个人走到一头大象跟前。

　　Up, up! Stand up! he said. “站起来！站起来！”他说。

　　Up, up went the big elephant. 那头大象就站了起来。

　　Down, down! said the man. “坐下，坐下！”那个人说。

　　And the elephant sat¹⁰ down. 然后大象就坐下了。

　　How Tom and Polly laughed! 汤姆和波莉笑得好开心！

　　The big elephant looked so funny! 那头大象看起来真有趣！

　　Then the man said, "Look, children! 这时，那个人说：“看，孩子们!

　　Now the big elephant will stand on his head." 现在大象要表演倒立了。”

　　Oh, oh! said Tom. That is a good trick⁸. “噢，天哪！”汤姆说，“这个马戏真不错。”

　　Polly said, "Oh, my! I wish Jumbo could¹¹ do that. 波莉说：“噢，天哪！我希望金宝也能那样做。

　　But he can not do any tricks. 但他不会表演任何马戏。

　　He is just a toy elephant." 他只是一只玩具象。”

　　The next morning Polly went to get Jumbo. 第二天早晨，波莉去找金宝。

　　Guess what she saw. 你猜她看到了什么。

　　Tom, Tom! she called. "Look at Jumbo! He can do one trick. “汤姆，汤姆！” 她喊道，“看金宝!他也会耍马戏了。

　　He can stand on his head." 他会倒立了。”

　　Tom laughed. Oh, Polly! he said. Little Jumbo thinks that he is the big elephant at the zoo. 汤姆笑了。“噢，波莉！”他说，“小金宝以为自己是动物园里的那头大象呢。”

1 had   

vbl.have的过去式和过去分词；conj.有

参考例句：

• I just had a good idea!我有个好主意！
• The boy had a small branch of a tree in his hand.这个男孩手上拿一条小树枝。

2 was   

v.(is,am的过去式)是，在

参考例句：

• He said he was right.他说他是正确的。
• He was cold and hungry.他又冷又饿。

3 gray   

n.灰色；adj.灰色的，阴沉的；v.变灰色；（计算机）灰色

参考例句：

• She was dressed in gray.她穿着灰色的衣服。
• His hair was gray and he was short and fat.他头发灰白，长得又矮又胖。

4 said   

v.动词say的过去式、过去分词

参考例句：

• He said to me that he could not come.他对我说他不能来。
• He said to his mother that he would do it by himself.他对他的母亲说他将自己独立做那件事。

5 saw   

vbl.看见(see的过去式)；n.锯；v.用锯子锯

参考例句：

• Would you like to saw a tree for me?你能为我锯棵树吗？
• The moment I saw you,I knew you were angry with me.我一看到你，就知道你在生我的气。

6 came   

v.动词come的过去式

参考例句：

• I was surprised why he came here so early.他为什么那么早到这里，我很惊奇。
• The doctor came in time to save his life.医生及时来抢救他的生命。

7 along   

adv.一道，一起；prep.沿着，顺着

参考例句：

• Would you like to come along?你想一起去吗？
• They walked slowly along the road.他们沿着公路慢慢走。

8 trick   

n.诡计，欺诈，谋略，恶作剧；癖好；决窍；vt.戏弄，欺骗，装饰；vi. 哄骗

参考例句：

• Don't try to trick me!不要欺骗我！
• He has played me a trick.他跟我开了个玩笑。

9 tricks   

n.戏法( trick的名词复数 )；把戏；计谋；诀窍v.哄骗，欺骗( trick的第三人称单数 )；打扮

参考例句：

• a dirty tricks campaign 肮脏卑鄙的竞选运动
• Some of the magic tricks called for audience participation. 有些魔术要求有观众的参与。 来自《简明英汉词典》

10 sat   

v.（sit的过去式，过去分词）坐

参考例句：

• He sat on a chair.他坐在椅子上。
• The mother sat by the sick child all night long.妈妈整夜守在生病的孩子身旁。

11 could   

v.能，可能(can的过去式)；aux.v.(can的过去式)能；可以

参考例句：

• Could I open the window?我可以打开窗子吗？
• I could wait ten minutes.我可以等十分钟。