How the Mice Beat the Men

美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习

The mice and the men ate the same foods.

老鼠和男人吃同样的食物。

They lived in the same houses.

他们住在同一所房子里。

But they did not like each other at all.

但他们根本不喜欢对方

The mice said the men ate too much food.

老鼠说男人吃太多食物了

The men said the mice gnawed the walls of the houses.

男人说老鼠咬了房子的墙

The mice and men decided to go to war.

老鼠和男人决定去打仗

The men were sure they would win.

男人们肯定会赢

They were so much bigger than the mice.

他们比老鼠大得多

The men did many things to get ready for the war.

他们做了很多事情来准备战争

They put new strings on their bows.

他们把新弦 在他们的弓上。

They put feathers on their arrows.

他们把羽毛放在箭上。

They made slings to throw rocks at the mice.

他们制造了花样来向老鼠扔石头.

Before the war, the men had a big war dance.

战前,男士们曾出演一出大战之舞.

The dancing made them very tired.

跳舞让他们很累

They all fell asleep.

他们都睡着了。

Then the little mice crept into the room.

然后小老鼠钻入房间

They gnawed the strings of the bows.

他们咬断了弓弦

They cut the feathers from the arrows.

他们从箭上割去羽毛.

They broke the slings with their sharp teeth.

他们用锋利的牙齿打碎了树苗.

Then they gave a great war yell.

然后他们大喊大叫

“Squeak!”

嘘!

The men woke up, and they saw the mice.

男人醒来,他们看到老鼠。

They reached for their bows, but the strings were gnawed.

他们伸出弓来,但绳子被咬了

They picked up their arrows.

他们拿起他们的箭。

The feathers were all cut.

羽毛被全部剪断了.

They took up their slings.

他们拿起绳子。

Every sling was broken.

每根丝被打碎。

The men had nothing to fight with.

男人们没什么可争的

They could not drive the mice away.

他们不能把老鼠赶走。

The mice won the war, even though they were smaller.

老鼠赢得了战争,尽管它们较小.

Mice have been in men’s houses ever since.

从那时起,老鼠就在男人家里。