Leap Year Birthday

美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习

It was leap day, February 29.

2月29日是跳跃日。

It was a day that only comes once every four years.

今天每四年只来一次

It was also Leroy’s birthday.

也是勒罗伊的生日。

So was he eight years old or only two?

他八岁还是两岁?

Leroy was not sure.

勒罗伊不确定

Leroy wanted to learn about leap day.

勒罗伊想学习跳跃日.

He wanted to learn about people like him.

他想了解他这样的人

Leroy and his mom went to the library.

勒罗伊和他的妈妈去了图书馆。

LIBRARY The librarian asked Leroy’s mom to “be” the Sun.

比利时 图书馆员要求Leroy的母亲“成为”太阳。

She asked Leroy to “be” the Earth.

她要求勒罗伊“成为”地球。

She told Leroy to spin like a top.

她告诉勒罗伊像顶部一样旋转.

She also told him to make a big loop around his mom.

她还告诉他要绕着他妈妈走

“Every time you complete a spin, you complete one day,” the librarian said.

图书馆员说,“每次你完成一次旋转,就有一天完成。”

Every day, he also moved a little bit in his big loop around the Sun.

每天,他还在他环绕"太阳"的大回旋圈中移动了一点.

When he got back to the start, the librarian told him one year had gone by.

当他回到起点时,图书管理员告诉他一年过去了。

“That was 365 spins, or days,” she said.

她说,“这是365天的旋转”。

“However, a year is really a little bit more than 365 days,” she added.

她补充说,“然而,一年确实比365天多一点。”

“For a full year, the Earth has to spin a little bit more,” the librarian explained.

图书管理员解释说,“整整一年,地球必须再转一圈。”

“To do that, the Earth needs an extra six hours every year,” she said.

她说,“为了做到这一点,地球每年需要额外6小时。”

“Every four years, that adds up to one extra day,” she added.

她补充说,“每四年增加一天。”

“That is why leap years have 366 days,” she said.

她说,“这就是为什么飞跃年有366天的原因。”

Leroy got it at last!

勒罗伊终于得到了它!

Back home, Leroy’s friends jumped out at him.

回到家乡,勒罗伊的朋友跳出他.

“Happy birthday!”

生日快乐!

they shouted.

他们大叫。

Leroy’s mom brought out a cake with eight candles.

Leroy的妈妈带了个蛋糕,

Six candles were blue.

六根蜡烛是蓝色的。

Two were red for his leap year birthdays.

两个是红色的 他跳跃的生日。

Mom beamed at Leroy like the Sun beams at the Earth.

妈妈像地球的太阳光束一样在勒罗伊被束去.

Leroy beamed back.

勒罗相接而回.