美国小学英语教材1:第12课 小鸭叫嘎嘎

 　　Little Duck Says Quack¹ 小鸭叫嘎嘎

　　Once a little yellow duck went for a walk. 从前，有只小黄鸭外出散步。

　　As² it went along³ the road, it met a gray⁴ kitten⁵. 当它走在路上的时候，碰到了一只小灰猫。

　　"Mew, mew," said⁶ the kitten. “喵，喵，”小猫说。

　　"Oh!" said the little duck. “噢！”小鸭说。

　　What a pretty way to talk! 那样说话真好听啊！

　　I wish I could⁷ talk that way. 我希望我也能那样说话。

　　But little duck could not say mew. 但是小鸭子不会说喵。

　　All it could say was⁸ m-ack, m-ack. 它只会说“摩嘎，摩嘎”。

　　And that was not pretty at all 那声音可一点都不好听。

　　The little yellow duck went on down the road. 小黄鸭继续在路上走啊走。

　　Soon it came⁹ to a big brown dog. 不一会儿，它碰到了一只大棕狗。

　　"Bow-wow," said the dog. “汪，汪”，狗说。

　　"Oh!" said the little duck. “噢！”小鸭说。

　　What a pretty way to talk! 那样说话真好听啊！

　　I wish I could talk that way. 我希望我也能那样说话。

　　But it could not say "bow-wow." 但它不会说“汪，汪”。

　　All the little duck could say was b-ack, b-ack. 小鸭子只会说“波嘎，波嘎”。

　　And that was not pretty at all. 那声音可一点都不好听。

　　The little yellow duck went on. 小黄鸭继续往前走。

　　By and by it saw¹⁰ a pretty bird. 没过多久，它看见了一只漂亮的鸟儿。

　　“Tweet, tweet," said the bird. “唧啾，唧啾”，鸟儿说。

　　"Oh!" said the little duck. “噢！”小鸭说。

　　What a pretty way to talk! 那样说话真好听啊！

　　I wish I could talk that way. 我希望我也能那样说话。

　　But the little duck found¹¹ that it could not say "tweet, tweet". 但是小鸭子发现它不会说“唧啾，唧啾”。

　　All little duck could say was "tyrack, tyrack". 小鸭子只会说“唧嘎，唧嘎”。

　　And that was not pretty at all. 那声音可一点都不好听。

　　Little yellow suck¹² was not happy. 小黄鸭很不开心。

　　It could not say "mew, mew." 它不会说“喵，喵”。

　　It could not say "bow-wow." 它不会说“汪，汪”。

　　It could not say "tweet, tweet." 它不会说“唧啾，唧啾”。

　　So the little duck went home. 于是小鸭子走回了家。

　　Mother duck saw it coming. "Quack, quack", said Mother Duck. 鸭妈妈看见小鸭子回来了。“嘎，嘎”，鸭妈妈说。

　　"Oh!" said Little Duck. “噢！”小鸭说。

　　That is a very pretty way to talk. 那样说话真好听啊。

　　I think I will talk that way, too. 我想我也能那样说话。

　　And little yellow duck found that it could say "quack, quack" very well. 然后小黄鸭发现它能把“嘎，嘎”说得非常好。

1 quack   

n.庸医；江湖医生；冒充内行的人；骗子

参考例句：

• He describes himself as a doctor,but I feel he is a quack.他自称是医生，可是我感觉他是个江湖骗子。
• The quack was stormed with questions.江湖骗子受到了猛烈的质问。

2 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。

3 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。

4 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。

5 kitten   

n.小猫

参考例句：

• The kitten plays with its tail.那只小猫在玩自己的尾巴。
• I picked up the shaking kitten.我捡起了那只颤抖着的小猫。

6 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。

7 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。

8 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。

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 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。

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 suck   

vt.吸，吮，吸入，吮吸，吸收，获得；vi.吸，吸奶；n.吸，吸入，吮吸

参考例句：

• It's good to suck in such clean fresh air for a change.换个环境，吸点清新空气，真是好极了。
• Bees suck honey from flowers.蜜蜂从花中吸吮蜜汁。