英国语文第二册 第5期:早起

 　　LESSON 5 Early rising 第五课  早起

　　Get up, little sister; the morning is bright, 快起床，小妹妹，看早晨多么明亮，

　　And the birds are all singing to welcome the light: 所有的小鸟都唱着歌来欢迎这些光芒；

　　The buds are all opening; the dew's on the flower; 所有的花蕾都绽放着；露珠儿挂在花朵上；

　　If you shake but a branch, see, there falls quite a shower. 轻轻地摇一摇枝叶，看，就会掉落阵阵甘雨。

　　By the side of their mothers, look, under the trees, 看，在那树下，羊妈妈的身边，

　　How the young lambs are skipping about as they please; 小羊们尽情跳跃；

　　And by all those rings on the water, I know, 我想，水边传来的清脆的声音，

　　The fishes are merrily swimming below. 是那鱼儿在欢乐地畅游。

　　The bee, I dare say, has been long on the wing, 我敢说，那小蜜蜂一定仍在勤劳地飞行，

　　To get honey from every flower of spring; 来每一朵春天的花儿上采蜜。

　　For the bee never idles, but labours all day, 蜜蜂从不偷懒，天天忙碌，

　　Thinking (wise little insect) work better than play. 它们是智慧的小虫子，想着工作胜于嬉戏。

　　The lark¹'s singing gaily²; it loves the bright sun, 百灵鸟欢乐地唱着歌儿；它喜欢明亮的太阳，

　　And rejoices that now the gay spring has begun: 庆祝着令人开心的春天来临了；

　　For the spring is so cheerful, I think 'twould be wrong 春天是那么的欢乐，所以我想，

　　If we did not feel happy to hear the lark's song. 没有人不为百灵鸟的歌声而欢呼雀跃。

　　Get up; for when all things are merry and glad, 起来吧，当一切都那么欢喜快乐，

　　Good children should never be lazy or sad: 好孩子不应该慵懒或悲伤；

　　For God gives us daylight, dear sister, that we 小妹妹，帝赐予了我们日光，

　　May rejoice like the lark, and may work like the bee. 让我们能像百灵鸟一样欢乐，像蜜蜂一样勤劳。

1 lark   

n.云雀，百灵鸟；n.嬉戏，玩笑；vi.嬉戏

参考例句：

• He thinks it cruel to confine a lark in a cage.他认为把云雀关在笼子里太残忍了。
• She lived in the village with her grandparents as cheerful as a lark.她同祖父母一起住在乡间非常快活。

2 gaily   

adv.欢乐地，高兴地

参考例句：

• The children sing gaily.孩子们欢唱着。
• She waved goodbye very gaily.她欢快地挥手告别。