儿童英文故事读一读

 　　儿童英文故事不仅可以加强小孩的英文能力，还可以从故事中悟出一些道理给孩子，下面推荐一个故事——小马过河。

　　How a Colt Crossed the River

　　One day, a colt took a bag of wheat to the mill¹. As he was running with the bag on his back, he came to a small river. The colt could not decide whether he could cross it. Looking around, he saw a cow grazing² nearby. He asked, "Aunt Cow, could you tell me if I can cross the river?" The cow told him that he could and that the river was not very deep, just knee high.

　　The colt was crossing the river when a squirrel³ jumped down a tree and stopped him. The squirrel shouted, "Colt, stop! You'll drown⁴! One of my friends drowned⁵ just yesterday in the river." Not knowing what to do, the colt went home to consult⁶ his mom.

　　He told his mom his experience on the way. His mother said, "My child, don't always listen to others. You'd better go and try yourself. Then you'll know what to do."Later, at the river, the squirrel stopped the colt again. "Little horse, it's too dangerous!""No, I want to try myself", answered the colt. Then he crossed the river carefully.

　　On the other side of the river, the colt realized that the river was neither as shallow⁷ as the cow said nor as deep as the squirrel told him.

　　You see, real knowledge comes from practice.

　　小马过河

　　一天，小马驮着麦子去磨坊。

　　当他驮着口袋向前跑去时，突然发现一条小河挡住了去路。小马为难了，这可怎么办呢？

　　它向四周望了望，看见一头奶牛在河边吃草。小马问道：“牛阿姨，请您告诉我，这条河我能趟过去吗？”奶牛回答说：“水很浅，刚到膝盖。”

　　小马正准备过河，突然丛树上跳下一只松鼠，拦住它大叫道：“小马，别过河！你会被淹死的。昨天，我的一个伙伴就在这条河里淹死啦！”小马不知如何是好，于是决定回家问问妈妈。

　　小马把路上的经历告诉了妈妈。妈妈说：“孩子，光听别人说是不行的，你自己亲自去试一试，就知道答案了。”

　　小马回到河边，刚要下水，松鼠又大叫起来：“小马，你不要命啦？”小马说：“让我自己试试吧。”它一面回答一面下了河，小心地趟了过去。原来河水既不像老牛说的那样浅也不像松鼠说的那样深。

　　从文中，我们可以知道：别人都是从他们自己的角度来给为你诉述，而事情的争相是要靠自己体验得来的。

　　其实，不止儿童英文故事有魔力，英文动画片也可以让孩子提高英文能力，还能吸引孩子的注意力。

 

1 mill   

n.磨坊，碾磨机；制造厂，工厂；vt.磨，碾

参考例句：

• The rice mill was wrecked by the enemy bombing.碾米厂遭到了敌机的轰炸。
• The farmer took his grain to the mill.这个农民把谷子送到磨房。

2 grazing   

n. 放牧, 牧草 动词graze的现在分词

参考例句：

• There were cows grazing beside the river. 有些牛在河边吃草。
• Cows were grazing on the marshes. 牛群在湿地上吃草。

3 squirrel   

n.松鼠，松鼠的毛皮；vt.贮藏以备用

参考例句：

• The squirrel makes a store of nuts for the winter.松鼠贮藏坚果以备过冬。
• A squirrel hoards nuts for the winter.松鼠为过冬贮藏坚果。

4 drown   

vt.淹没，淹死；使沉湎，使迷恋

参考例句：

• The loud cheers drown out his shouts.欢呼声盖过了他的喊叫声。
• Don't play by the river in case you fall in and drown!不要在河边玩耍，以免你掉到河里淹死。

5 drowned   

v.（使）淹没， （使）溺死( drown的过去式和过去分词 )；浸透；浸泡；压过

参考例句：

• Voices rose in a crescendo and drowned him out. 人们讲话的声音越来越大，盖过了他的声音。
• Two children drowned after falling into the river. 两个孩子掉进河里淹死了。

6 consult   

vi.商讨，商量，协商，会诊；vt.向…请教，查阅，考虑

参考例句：

• I wish to consult you on a few questions.我有几个问题向您领教。
• Parents can consult the teachers on children.家长可以向老师询问孩子们的情况。

7 shallow   

adj.浅的，肤浅的，浅显易懂的；n.(pl.)浅滩，浅处；v.变浅

参考例句：

• The dish is too shallow to serve soup in.盘子太浅，盛不了汤。
• His analysis was always shallow.他的分析总是很肤浅的。