Hungry Plant
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
One afternoon, April was doing her homework when her father brought her a present.
一天下午,April在做作业,当时她父亲给她带了礼物。
He handed her a funny-looking plant, called a pitcher plant.
他给了她一个有趣的外观植物,叫做"投子植物".
“This is a special plant,” he told her.
他告诉她,“这是一种特殊的植物”。
“It eats insects.”
“它吃昆虫。 “
“Wow,” April replied, “that’s cool.”
“哇,”四月回答说,“这很酷。 “
April took the plant up to her room and set it on the windowsill.
April把植物带到她的房间 放在窗台上
She wanted it to get some sun.
她希望它得到一些太阳。
“ I’ll name you Harold,” she said to the plant.
" 我会叫你哈罗德, " 她对工厂说。
She began to look at the little book that came with the plant.
她开始看随植物而来的小书.
It showed pictures of flies and spiders being eaten by the plant.
它展示了被植物吃掉的苍蝇和蜘蛛的照片.
April learned that she was only supposed to feed Harold once a week.
April得知她每周只能喂哈罗德一顿.
April went downstairs and outside.
艾普丽尔下楼去外面
She looked around the yard and found a small anthill.
她在院子周围找了个小蚁丘.
She caught some of the ants in a jar and took them to her room.
她把一些蚂蚁放入了罐子里,然后把他们带到她的房间.
April poured the ants into the plant tank and waited.
4月将蚂蚁倒入了植物箱并等待.
One ant crawled into the plant’s pitcher and got stuck.
一只蚂蚁爬入了工厂的投手并被卡住.
It was trapped by hairs inside of the pitcher.
被投手内部的毛被困住.
April thought the way Harold ate insects was really strange, but she liked him.
艾普丽尔认为哈罗德吃昆虫的方式确实很奇怪,但她喜欢他.
On her way out of her room, she grabbed some jellybeans from a jar on her dresser.
在出房间的路上,她从她梳妆台上的一个罐子上拿起一些水母.
Harold saw this and wondered what a jellybean might taste like.
哈罗德看到这个 想知道果冻的味道是什么
Flies and ants are nice, but a red jellybean would be very nice.
苍蝇和蚂蚁是很好的, 但红色的果冻是非常好的。
The next time Harold saw April bringing him some ants, he thought about the jellybeans she always ate.
接下来哈罗德看到艾普丽尔给他带了些蚂蚁,他想到她总是吃的水母豆.
He wanted a red one.
他想要红色的
But when she opened the lid, it was just more ants.
但当她打开盖子时, 它只是更多的蚂蚁。
At least they were the spicy, red kind.
至少他们是辣的 红色的
The next week, April brought Harold a fat, wiggly worm.
接下来的一周,April给Harold带来了一头肥胖的蠕虫.
She dropped the worm straight into his pitcher.
她把虫子直接扔到他的投手身上
It was a nice treat for Harold after only eating ants for the last few weeks.
过去几周里哈罗德只吃过蚂蚁后 感觉不错
But he still wanted a red jellybean.
但他还是想要个红色的果冻.
A week later, April brought Harold more insects.
一周后,艾普尔给哈罗德带来了更多的昆虫.
Harold thought about jellybeans.
哈罗德想到了果冻.
He thought and thought as hard as he could.
他尽他所能思考和思考。
Jellybeans.
荆豆.
Jellybeans.
荆豆.
Jellybeans.
荆豆.
Jellybeans.
荆豆.
He repeated the thought over and over.
他一遍又一遍地重复了这个想法。
April ate a couple of jellybeans before feeding Harold more insects.
四月先吃一对果冻后再喂哈罗德更多的昆虫.
When April opened the lid to Harold’s home, she only had a couple of small spiders.
当艾普尔打开盖子到哈罗德的家时,她只有一对小蜘蛛.
Harold was disappointed that she didn’t feed him a red jellybean.
哈罗德对没有喂他吃红果冻感到失望。
But he was very hungry.
但他很饿
He felt grateful that April fed him so well.
他对April给他如此好的食物感到感激.
Yet, he really wanted a jellybean.
然而,他真的想要一个果冻。
That night, when April was going to bed, she ate a jellybean before brushing her teeth.
当晚,当艾普丽尔去睡觉时,她先吃一粒果冻豆再刷牙.
Then she took another one—a red one—and placed it into Harold’s pitcher.
她又拿了一颗红色的,放在哈罗德的投手那里。
Harold was so excited that his leaves began to shake.
哈罗德非常兴奋,以至于他的叶子开始发抖.
The jellybean was smooth and kind of hard.
果冻很平滑 有点硬
As it sat inside the pitcher, it became soft and sticky.
当它坐在投手内部时,变得柔软而粘.
The flavor began to ooze out.
口味开始喷出来。
It tasted so sweet, so wonderful.
它的味道如此甜美,如此美妙。
He felt himself glowing with joy.
他感到自己欢快地发光
The next day April noticed that Harold looked happy.
次日,四月注意到哈罗德看起来很快乐.
“Hi there, Harold,” she said.
"嗨,你们好, 哈罗德,”她说。
“You sure look happy today.
“你今天看起来确实很开心。
Did you like the jellybean?”
你喜欢果冻吗? “
Harold tried to smile by curling one of his leaves.
哈罗德试图通过卷起一枝叶子来微笑.
He felt very happy.
他感到非常高兴。
He really enjoyed his jellybean.
他真的很享受果冻
From that day on, Harold got one red jellybean each week.
从那天起,哈罗德每周要吃一粒红果冻豆.
It was a midweek treat between regular meals.
平时的吃饭是周半的招待
He grew bigger and stronger.
他越来越强大了
Soon, he was big enough to eat crickets and grasshoppers.
不久后,他又大到能吃板球和草hopper.
April and Harold were good friends.
艾普丽尔和哈罗德是好朋友.
Harold even got to go to school with her once for show-and-tell.
哈罗德甚至得和她去上学一次 表演和演讲。
That day he only got a cricket to eat.
那天他只有一只板球要吃
A couple of days later, though, he got a green jellybean.
几天后,他得到了一个绿色果冻。
Wow, thought Harold, all the colors are tasty.
哇,哈罗德,所有的颜色都是美味的。
As much as Harold loved all the colors of jellybeans, red ones were still his favorites.
虽然哈罗德很喜欢水母的所有颜色,但红色的仍然是他最喜欢的.