欧美人文风情第181篇:好书推荐

 This is Amber¹. We've made Amber a special book, just for her.  这是 Amber。我们为 Amber 创造出一本独一无二的书，专属于她。

It tells the story of a little girl who wakes up to find her name has disappeared.  这本书描述一个醒来发现自己名字不见了的小女孩的故事。

So, she heads off on a magical adventure to find it. 于是，她踏上一段奇幻冒险去寻找消失的名字。

She meets a friendly aardvark, who gives her the first letter of its name.  她遇到一只友善的土豚，它将自己名字的第一个字母送给女孩。

Next, she meets a rather famed mermaid², and a bear who really needs his sleep.  接着，她遇到一位满有名的美人鱼，还有一只十分需要睡眠的熊熊。

A very forgetful elephant, and a happy robot.  一只非常健忘的大象，还有一个快乐的机器人。

Each character gives Amber the first letter of their name.  每个角色都给了小 Amber 自己名字里的第一个字母。

And hey presto³! Her name is found. 然后，噹啷!找到她的名字了。

And it's not just for Amber.  而这不只是给 Amber 的。

We can make books for any child, boy or girl, with different characters giving different letters to make any name,  我们可以为任何孩子打造书本，无论是男孩或女孩，用不同角色给予不同字母来拼出任何名字，

and show that with courage, curiosity, and kindness,  并告诉孩子，只要有勇气、好奇心，以及善良，

anything is possible—even finding a missing name. 任何事都是可能的－－甚至是找出一个失踪的名字。

 

1 amber   

n.琥珀；琥珀色；adj.琥珀制的

参考例句：

• Would you like an amber necklace for your birthday?你过生日想要一条琥珀项链吗？
• This is a piece of little amber stones.这是一块小小的琥珀化石。

2 mermaid   

n.美人鱼

参考例句：

• How popular would that girl be with the only mermaid mom!和人鱼妈妈在一起，那个女孩会有多受欢迎！
• The little mermaid wasn't happy because she didn't want to wait.小美人鱼不太高兴，因为她等不及了。

3 presto   

adv.急速地；n.急板乐段；adj.急板的

参考例句：

• With something so important,you can't just wave a wand and presto!在这么重大的问题上，你想挥动一下指挥棒，转眼就变过来,办不到！
• I just turned the piece of wire in the lock and hey presto,the door opened.我把金属丝伸到锁孔里一拧，嘿，那门就开了。