of a Monkey
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
There was once a friendly monkey who lived by the sea.
曾经有一只友好的猴子住在海边.
Her home was a great mkuyu (muh-KOO-yoo) tree.
她的家是一棵伟大的木yu树。
She liked to share its kuyu (KOO-yoo) fruit with the people from a nearby village.
她喜欢与附近的一个村庄的人们分享其果实。
One day, the monkey picked the last bit of fruit that hung over the land.
有一天,猴子选取了最后一点 挂在地上的水果。
To get more, she climbed onto a branch that hung over the sea.
为了获得更多,她爬上悬在海边的树枝.
“Hey you, monkey!”
"嘿,猴子!" "嘿,小猴子!"
called a voice from the water.
从水里发出声音
“Toss me some of that kuyu fruit,” the voice said.
“给我一些果子,”该声音说。
It was a shark swimming in the sea.
是在海里游泳的鲨鱼
The monkey dropped a fruit into his open mouth.
这只猴子把水果扔进他张开的嘴里
“Delicious,” the shark said.
鲨鱼说,“惊人”。
“I would thank you with a gift, but my home is far away,” he added.
他补充说,“我本想以一份礼物感谢你们,但我家很远。”
The shark told the monkey all about his home across the water.
鲨鱼告诉了猴子 他的家对面的水。
It contained many treasures.
它包含了许多珍宝。
He offered to take her there.
他提出带她去
“Just hop on my back,” he said.
他说,“跳到我的背上。”
The monkey leaped down.
猕猴一跃而下.
The shark swam and swam.
鲨鱼会游来游去
When the monkey looked behind her, she couldn’t see land anymore.
猴子看着她身后,
“Is it much farther?”
“还有更远的地方吗? “
she asked.
她问。
“A ways,” the shark replied.
鲨鱼回答“一种方式”。
“I searched the whole ocean to find you,” he explained.
他解释说:“我搜索了整个海洋来找到你。”
“Why?”
“为什么?”
the monkey asked.
猴子问。
The shark said, “My sultan is ill, and the only cure is a monkey’s heart.”
鲨鱼说:"我的苏丹病了,唯一的治疗方法就是猴子的心. “
Now the monkey understood that this had all been a trick.
现在,猴子明白 这都是个把戏。
If she was to survive, she must trick the shark in return.
如果她要活下来 她必须骗取鲨鱼的回报
“Your poor sultan!”
“你的可怜的苏丹!”
the monkey cried.
这只猴子哭了。
“If only you had told me, I would have brought my heart along,” she said.
她说,“如果只有你告诉我,我本会带回我的心。”
The shark slowed down.
鲨鱼减速了
“Your heart’s not here?”
" 你的心不在吗? “
he asked.
他问。
“I put it in a bag and hung it from my tree,” the monkey said.
猴子说,“我把它放在袋子里,挂在我的树上。”
“What a shame the shore is so far, or I would get it,” she added.
她补充说,“岸边这么远真可惜,否则我会得到的。”
“It’s not too far,” the shark said.
鲨鱼说,
He started swimming back.
他开始游泳回来。
The Sun was low in the sky when the mkuyu tree came into sight.
木库玉树出道后,太阳在天上低落.
They swam beneath a low branch.
它们游到一枝下
The monkey leaped up and scrambled away.
猕猴一跃而去.
“Where are you?”
“你们在哪里? “
the shark asked.
鲨鱼问。
“It’s late!”
“已经很晚了!”
called the monkey from behind the leaves.
叫做从树叶后方来的猴子
“You’d better begin your long journey home,” she told him.
“你最好开始长途跋涉,
The monkey climbed down onto land.
猴子爬上陆地
She walked toward the low huts to warn her village friends about the shark.
她走去低矮的小屋 警告她的村友鲨鱼。
The shark swam away, all alone.
鲨鱼独自游走