美国小学英语教材1:第10课 小熊和蜂蜜

 　　Little Bear and the Honey¹ 小熊和蜂蜜

　　Once there was² a little brown bear who lived in the woods. 从前，森林里住着一只小棕熊。

　　One fine summer morning he went for a walk. 一个晴朗的夏日清晨，它出去散步。

　　He wanted to see what he could⁴ find in the big woods. 它想看看在大森林里能找到些什么。

　　As³ he went along⁵, he thought⁶, "Oh, my, how hungry I am! 它一边走一边想，“哎呀，我现在好饿啊！

　　I wish I could find something to eat.  我希望我能找到些东西吃。

　　I wish I could find something good. I wish I could find some honey. 我希望我能找到些好东西。我希望我能找到一些蜂蜜。

　　All at once, Little Bear stopped and began to sniff⁷. 突然，小熊停了下来，开始嗅探。

　　Sniff, sniff, sniff he went. 它到处嗅探。

　　Oh, oh!" said⁸ Little Bear. I smell something good.  “噢，天那！”小熊说。“我闻到了好东西。

　　It smells like honey. It must be honey. 闻起来像蜂蜜。一定是蜂蜜。

　　It must be up in that tree. I will see. 一定在那棵树上。我要上去看看。

　　Little Brown Bear began to climb up the big tree. 小棕熊开始爬那棵大树。

　　Up, up, up he went. At last he came⁹ to a dark¹⁰ hole in the tree. 它爬啊爬，越爬越高。最后它爬到了这棵树的黑洞前。

　　Sniff, sniff went his black nose. 它用它的黑鼻子嗅了嗅。

　　"Oh, oh, oh!" said Little Bear. “哎呀呀！”小熊说。

　　"How good it smells! It is honey." “味道真好闻！它是蜂蜜！”

　　Little Bear put his brown head into the dark hole. 小熊把棕色的脑袋伸进了黑洞里。

　　He found¹¹ some honey, but he found some bees, too. 它发现了一些蜂蜜，但也发现了一些蜜蜂。

　　All at once a bee stung¹² Little Bear on his black nose. 突然，一只蜜蜂在小熊的黑鼻子上蛰了一下。

　　"Oh, my! Oh, my!" he cried. I will climb down. “哎呀，哎呀！”它叫到。我要爬下树了。”

　　So he went down the tree and ran¹³ home to his mother. 于是，它爬下了树，跑回家去找它妈妈。

　　My, my!" said Mother Bear. "What a big, big nose you have!" 天那，天那！”熊妈妈说。“你的鼻子怎么这么大啊！”

　　Then Little Bear told his mother about the honey tree. 于是，小熊跟它妈妈说了蜂蜜树的事。

　　He told her about the bees, too. 它也跟妈妈说了蜜蜂的事。

　　Mother Bear laughed and laughed. 熊妈妈大笑起来。

　　"You funny little bear!" she said. “你真是一只有趣的小熊！”它说。

　　"The next time you want honey you must ask me how to get it. “下次你想要吃蜂蜜的时候，你得问我怎么弄到它。

　　Then she put something cold on his big, big nose. 然后，她把一些凉凉的东西敷在它大大的鼻子上。

　　And soon Little Bear was asleep¹⁴. 不一会儿，小熊就睡着了。

1 honey   

n.蜂蜜，甜蜜，爱人；adj.蜂蜜似的，甜蜜的，甘美的；vt.加蜜使甜

参考例句：

• Honey is very sweet.蜂蜜很甜。
• That car is a honey.那辆轿车是个宝贝。

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 as   

conj.按照；如同

参考例句：

• He got work in a hotel as a waiter.他在一家旅馆找到了当服务生的工作。
• In the hotel,the old men were drinking away as usual.在旅馆里，这些老人和往常一样喝个不停。

4 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。

5 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。

6 thought   

n.想法，思想，思维，思潮，关心，挂念；v.vbl.think的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• It was just a thought.这仅仅是一个想法。
• She thought he had a cold.她认为他感冒了。

7 sniff   

vi.嗅…味道；抽鼻涕；对嗤之以鼻，蔑视

参考例句：

• The police used dogs to sniff out the criminals in their hiding - place.警察使用警犬查出了罪犯的藏身地点。
• When Munchie meets a dog on the beach, they sniff each other for a while.当麦奇在海滩上碰到另一条狗的时候，他们会彼此嗅一会儿。

8 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。

9 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。

10 dark   

adj.黑色的；暗的；黑暗的

参考例句：

• The night is too dark for us to see.夜间太暗，我们看不见。
• The sky was dark blue and clear when the moon came up.月亮出来时，天空是深蓝色的，非常晴朗。

11 found   

v.建立，创立，创办；vbl.(find的过去分词)找到

参考例句：

• I found him at home.我发现他在家。
• The United Nations was found in 1945.联合国于1945年成立。

12 stung   

螫伤，刺伤( sting的过去式和过去分词 )； 感到剧痛； 激怒； 使不安

参考例句：

• I was stung on the arm by a wasp. 我的胳膊给黄蜂蜇了一下。
• Her arm was beginning to swell up where the bee had stung her. 她胳膊给蜜蜂蜇了，肿了起来。

13 ran   

vbl.run的过去式

参考例句：

• He ran,and then slowed down to a walk.他跑着，然后放慢速度步行。
• As soon as Marie opened the door,the dog ran in.当玛丽一打开门，狗就跑了进来。

14 asleep   

adj.睡熟了的，麻木的；adv.熟睡地

参考例句：

• The baby seems to be asleep.那婴孩好像是睡着了。
• My right foot is asleep.我的右脚麻木了。