【英语原版童书】好饿的毛毛虫（1）

 In the light of the moon, a little egg lay¹ on the leaf².

 

One Sunday morning, the warm sun came³ up and-pop!-out of the egg came a tiny⁴ and very hungry caterpillar⁵.

 

He started to look for some food.

 

On Monday, he ate⁶ through one apple, but he was⁷ still hungry.

On Tuesday, he ate through two pears, but he was still hungry. 

  

On Wednesday, he ate through three plums, but he was still hungry. 

 

On Thursday, he ate through four strawberries, but he was still hungry. 

1 lay   

（lie的过去式和过去分词）；vt.击，放置，产卵，使平静，打赌，压平，设计；vi.生蛋，打赌，全力以赴；n.隐蔽处，计划，价格，生蛋，叙事诗，诗歌；adj.世俗的，外行的

参考例句：

• Please lay the knife on the dish.请把刀放在盘子上。
• All birds lay eggs.鸟都下蛋。

2 leaf   

n.叶，树叶，花瓣；v.生叶，翻...的页

参考例句：

• The trees are just beginning to leaf.树刚刚开始长叶子。
• He take a leaf out of the book.他从书上撕下一页。

3 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。

4 tiny   

adj.极小的，微小的

参考例句：

• She learned to swim when she was really tiny.她很小的时候就学会了游泳。
• The baby put his tiny hand in mine.那个婴儿把小手放在我的手中。

5 caterpillar   

n.毛虫，蝴蝶的幼虫

参考例句：

• A butterfly is produced by metamorphosis from a caterpillar.蝴蝶是由毛虫脱胎变成的。
• A caterpillar must pass through the cocoon stage to become a butterfly.毛毛虫必须经过茧的阶段才能变成蝴蝶。

6 ate   

v.吃，eat的过去式

参考例句：

• I ate a whole box of chocolates.我吃了一整盒巧克力。
• It's a long time since she ate out last time.她很长一段时间没在外面吃饭了。

7 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。