Painted Eggs
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
Anna saw her mother taking large, brightly painted Easter eggs out of a box.
安娜看到她的母亲从一个盒子里取出大而明亮的复活节彩蛋.
“ They’re called pysanky eggs,” Anna’s mother said.
“...... 安娜的母亲说,
“They’re Ukrainian Easter eggs.
“他们是乌克兰复活节鸡蛋。
Your Grandmother Sasha gave them to us.”
你奶奶萨沙给我们的 “
“They’re real eggs?”
" 他们是真正的鸡蛋吗? “
Anna asked.
安娜问道.
“They’re so beautiful.”
" 他们是如此美丽。 “
“ Yes.
“对。
They’re goose eggs.
他们是鹅蛋。
Her grandmother painted them over 100 years ago, in Ukraine,” Anna’s mother said.
安娜的母亲说,
“She also brought something just for you.”
“她还给你带了些东西。 “
“ A music box!”
“音乐盒!”
Anna said as she began to wind it.
安娜说,当她开始风化它。
“ The music played.
“...... 音乐播放。
The doors opened.
门打开了
“There’s a dancing goose inside!”
“里面有只舞鹅!”
Anna said.
安娜说。
“ Ask her to read you the story about it after dinner,” said her mother.
“...... 她的母亲说,
“ The eggs must be hard to paint,” Anna said.
“...... Anna说, 鸡蛋一定很难画。
“ It takes time,” her grandmother said.
“...... 她的外祖母说,
“I’ll show you how to do it tomorrow.”
" 我明天教你怎么做。 “
“ Will you read me the story about the dancing goose and the blue egg tonight?”
“...... 你能给我讲讲今晚跳舞的鹅和蓝蛋的故事吗? “
Anna asked.
安娜问道.
“ Grandmother Sasha opened a large storybook.
“萨沙祖母打开了一本大型故事书。
“ There once was a kind old woman who lived all alone near the woods,” her grandmother began.
“...... 曾经有一个善良的老妇人独自住在树林附近,“她的外祖母开始这样生活。
“Her family was far away.
“她的家人离家很远。
Night after night, she sat and played her music box.”
一夜又一夜地,她坐下来演奏她的音乐盒. “
“ One cold morning, the old woman found a goose with a broken wing.
“...... 一个寒冷的早晨,那老妇人发现一只有破翅的鹅.
She took care of the goose all winter.”
她整个冬天都照顾鹅 “
“ When the goose was strong again, she laid one blue egg before she flew away.
“...... 当鹅再强壮的时候,她飞走之前就下了一个蓝色的蛋.
Soon, the blue egg hatched,” Grandmother Sasha read.
不久,蓝蛋孵出,"外祖母萨沙读了.
“ The baby goose loved the kind woman.
“...... 鹅宝宝喜欢那个善良的女人
It lived with her for the rest of her life,” read Sasha.
她的余生都和她在一起,
“The woman never felt all alone again.”
“妇女再也不感到孤独。 “
“ That’s the dancing goose in my music box!”
“...... 那是我音乐盒里的舞鹅!
Anna said.
安娜说。
“Anna got up early the next morning.
“安娜第二天早上起床。
“ This kistka pen draws with warm wax,” Sasha said, “as you would draw with ink.
“...... 萨沙说,“正如你用墨水所画的那样,
The design on this egg will have parts that are white, yellow, green, and dark blue.
这个蛋上的设计会有白色,黄色,绿色和深蓝色等部分.
I’m drawing the part I want to be yellow.”
我在画我想变成黄色的部分。 “
“ This wax will protect the yellow part of the design when I dip the whole egg in green dye,” Sasha explained.
“...... 我用绿色染料浸出整个鸡蛋时,
“ Another wax drawing protects the parts I want to be white.”
“...... 另一幅蜡画保护了我想变成白色的部分. “
“ Watch closely, while I tell you a story about painting eggs.”
“...... 仔细看,而我告诉你一个 画鸡蛋的故事。 “
“ One long winter in Ukraine, all the houses were snowed in for weeks,” she began.
“...... 乌克兰有一个漫长的冬天,
“No one could walk to the village.
“没有人可以步行去村庄。
One woman had dozens of goose eggs to sell but she couldn’t walk to the market.”
一名妇女有几十个鹅蛋要卖, “
“ The woman waited for the snow to melt.
“...... 妇等取出雪来融.
She became very bored,” Grandmother Sasha said.
她变得很无聊,
“She painted a cow’s face on an egg.
" 她把一头牛的脸涂在了鸡蛋上。
She painted a tree on another egg.
她把一棵树画在了另一个鸡蛋上.
She kept painting until she had painted them all!”
她一直画画,
“ That spring, the woman sold all her painted eggs at the village Easter fair,” her grandmother said.
“...... 她的外祖母说,
“People came from other villages to see her painted eggs.
“人们从其他村庄来看她所画的鸡蛋。
They all wanted to try their own designs, ” said her grandmother.
她祖母说,
“ Some people liked simple designs.
“...... 有些人喜欢简单的设计.
Others learned to paint in layers of colored dye and wax, as I am,” her grandmother said.
其他人像我一样学会用多层有色染料和蜡来作画。”
“Are you ready to try one?”
“你准备试一试吗? “
she asked.
她问。
“I’ll try a simple one,” Anna said, “ I’ll draw a dancing goose, then I’ll dip him in blue!”
”安娜说:“我会画起一只舞鹅,