How Glooskap Found Summer
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
Glooskap traveled far to the north.
格洛斯卡普远道而去地北.
Everywhere he looked was cold and white with snow.
他看起来到处都是冰雪和白雪
He came to a house made of solid ice where a giant named Winter lived.
他来到了一座由坚固的冰所造出的房子,一个叫"冬"的巨人住在那里.
Long ago, it grew very cold.
很久以前,它变得非常寒冷。
Ice and snow covered the land.
地上被冰雪覆盖.
Fires could not keep people warm, and corn could not grow.
火灾无法使人们保持温暖,玉米也无法生长。
Glooskap, the leader of the people, had to do something.
人民领袖格洛斯卡普不得不有所作为.
“Wake up, Glooskap!”
“醒醒,格洛斯卡普!”
said the bird.
说鸟。
“In the south, you will find a woman who can defeat Winter,” said Tatler.
Tatler说,“在南方,你会找到一个能打败Winter的女人。”
Glooskap traveled far to the south.
格洛斯卡普远道而去地南.
He came to a land where it was warm and sunny.
他来到一个温暖而阳光灿烂的地方
Winter greeted Glooskap and invited him inside his house.
冬向格洛斯卡普问好并邀请他入住他家.
Winter began to tell stories of the time when he ruled the Earth.
冬天开始讲述他统治地球时的故事.
Soon Glooskap fell asleep under Winter’s spell.
很快,Glooskap在冬天的咒语下睡着了.
But Glooskap’s messenger, Tatler, woke him.
但格洛斯卡普的使者塔特勒将他叫醒.
Glooskap asked Summer to come north with him.
格洛斯卡普要求夏姆和他一起北上.
She followed him to Winter’s house of ice.
她跟着他去温特的冰屋。
Winter invited them in and asked them to sit down.
冬请入来并请坐.
He began to tell stories again.
他又开始讲故事了
Grass grew and flowers bloomed in the beautiful land.
草地长出花朵 在美丽的地上开花
Glooskap saw spirits dancing in a circle.
Glooskap看到鬼魂在一个圆圈里跳舞.
At the center of the circle was Summer.
圆心为夏.
She wore a crown of flowers in her long brown hair.
长棕发上戴花冠.
“You must leave this land and thaw your icy breath,” she said.
她说,“你必须离开这片土地并解冻你的冰冷呼吸。”
Winter wept, and his tears became rivers of melted snow and ice.
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The corn grew, and flowers bloomed again.
玉米长出,花朵又开花.
But Winter’s spells could not capture Summer.
但温特的咒语无法捕捉出夏日.
She began to chant her own spell, and sweat ran down Winter’s face.
她开始高呼自己的咒语,
“I am stronger than you,” said Summer.
夏默说:“我比你强壮。”
Since that day, Winter has ruled for part of the year.
从那天起,温特统治了一年中的一部分时间.
But every spring, Summer drives him away.
但每年春天,夏令时会把他赶走.
Sometimes it seems as if winter will never end.
有时,似乎冬天永远不会结束。
But Summer is stronger than Winter.
但"夏"比"冬"更强.
Spring will always come.
春来相会.
Summer told Winter, “You will have your own land in the north.
夏日对温特说:你们将在北方拥有自己的土地。
It will always be winter there.
那里永远是冬天
You may come and visit other lands for part of the year.
一年中你可以来其它地方参观
But in the spring, I will drive you out.”
但在春天,我会开车送你出去 “