Aesop’s Fables
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
Table of Contents The Fox and the Stork.
内容列表 The Fox and the Stork. 福克斯与斯多克.
4 The Fox and the Crow.
4"狐狸与乌鸦".
6 The Crow and the Pitcher.
6"乌鸦"和"皮克".
8 The Dog and His Reflection.
8"狗和他的反射".
9 The Peacock.
9"孔雀传".
10 The City Mouse and the Country Mouse.
10"城市老鼠"和"乡村老鼠".
12 The Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing.
12 《羊所穿之狼》。
14 Glossary.
14 词汇表。
16 The Fox and the Stork The fox had the stork over to eat soup.
福克斯和斯托克 狐狸把stor子吃了汤.
The fox put the soup in a flat dish.
狐将汤入平盘.
The stork could not eat any soup.
鹤不能吃任何汤。
He could not reach it with his long beak.
他的长喙无法到达它。
The fox ate all the soup, and the stork went hungry.
狐狸吃通了通了通了通了汤,白鹤也饿死了.
The next day, the stork invited the fox over for dinner.
次日,鹤来请了狐狸来吃饭.
The stork put some meat in a jar with a long neck.
鹤将一些肉放入长颈的罐中.
The stork ate easily because his long beak fit into the jar.
白鹳容易吃,因为他的长喙能放入罐子.
The fox could not get to the meat.
狐狸无法到达肉。
This time he went hungry.
这次他饿了。
The fox admitted that he had been wrong.
狐狸承认自己错了.
Moral: If you do mean things to others, they might do mean things to you in return.
道义: 如果你真的对别人意味着什么, 他们可能会对你意味着什么作为回报。
The Fox and the Crow The fox saw the crow fly to her favorite branch.
狐狸和乌鸦 狐狸看到乌鸦飞到她最爱的树枝上.
She had a piece of cheese in her beak.
她嘴里有一块起司
The fox thought for a moment.
狐出一时想.
He walked under the crow’s branch and looked up at her.
他走在乌鸦的树枝下,抬头看着她。
“You are the prettiest bird I have ever seen,” said the fox.
狐狸说,“你是我见过的最漂亮的鸟了。”
The crow looked down at the fox.
乌鸦向下看狐狸.
“You fly so fast and gracefully.
“你飞得如此快而优雅。
I bet you can sing, too,” he said.
我打赌你也可以唱歌,”他说。
The crow loved to hear compliments.
乌鸦喜欢听到恭维声
She decided to sing for the fox.
她决定为狐狸唱歌.
She opened her beak to sing.
她打开了她的喙来唱歌。
The cheese fell into the fox’s mouth.
起司倒入狐口.
When he was done eating, he said, “Thank you very much.
他吃完饭后说:“非常感谢。
That was all I really wanted.”
这就是我真正想要的。 “
Moral: Do not trust strangers who try to flatter you.
道义: 不要相信陌生人 谁试图奉承你。
The Crow and the Pitcher The crow had been flying all day, and he was very thirsty.
乌鸦和猎人 乌鸦飞了一整天,他非常渴.
He came across a pitcher that was half full of water.
他遇到一个半满水的投手
He could not reach the water in the pitcher to drink.
他无法到达投手的水喝。
His beak could not reach down the neck of the pitcher.
他的喙无法从投手的脖子上伸出
He tried tipping the pitcher, but it was too heavy.
他试图向投手倾斜,但太重了.
He saw that there were pebbles all over the ground.
他看见地上到处都是卵石
He began to drop pebbles one at a time into the pitcher.
他开始一次投出一粒卵石.
It took a very long time, but the water rose to the top.
花了很长的时间,但水升到顶上.
Then he drank all the water he wanted.
然后,他喝了所有他想要的水。
Moral: Doing things little by little is just as good as doing things all at once.
道义: 就跟一次一次一次地做一样好
The Dog and His Reflection A dog was walking across the bridge over a stream.
狗和他的反射 一条狗正走过一道小桥
He had a nice piece of meat in his mouth.
他嘴里有一块不错的肉
He looked down.
他往下看,我看见了
He thought that he saw another dog.
他以为他看见了另一只狗
He thought the other dog had meat, too.
他以为另一只狗也有肉
He snapped at the meat in the dog’s mouth.
他用狗口里的肉咬了一下。
His own meat fell into the water.
他自己的肉掉入了水中.
Then he realized it was not another dog after all.
然后他意识到那不是另一只狗
It was only his reflection.
这只是他的倒影。
Moral: If you are always greedy for more, you might lose what you already have.
道义: 如果你总是贪得无厌 你可能会失去你已经拥有的东西
The Peacock Peacock’s strange voice made people laugh.
"孔雀"孔雀的怪声让人大笑.
He wished he could sing beautiful songs like the nightingale.
他希望他能唱出夜莺等美丽的歌曲.
Peacock asked the goddess of animals for a new voice.
孔雀向动物女神求取新声.
The goddess replied, “You are jealous of the nightingale, but you should not be.
女神回答说:"你嫉妒夜莺,但你不应该嫉妒.
The feathers on your neck shine with every color of the rainbow.
你脖子上的羽毛用彩虹的颜色发光
And your tail looks as if it is covered in gems.
你的尾巴好像被宝石覆盖了
No one has it all.
没有人拥有这一切。
The falcon is very fast.
猎鹰非常快
The eagle is very strong.
老鹰很强壮
The parrot can speak.
鹦鹉能说.
The raven is smart.
乌鸦聪明.
The nightingale has a pretty song.
夜莺有一首漂亮的歌。
You are big and beautiful.
你是大而美丽的。
You are special just as you are.”
你和你一样特别 “
Moral: No one can be the best at everything.
道义: 无有能作一切最上正法.
Treasure your own gifts and talents.
珍惜自己天赋和才华.
The City Mouse and the Country Mouse The poor country mouse came to visit his cousin, the rich city mouse.
城市鼠标和乡村鼠标 穷乡鼠来探望堂弟富城鼠.
There were many things to do in the city.
城里有很多事情要做
The country mouse had never seen so many other mice.
乡下老鼠从未见过这么多其他老鼠
The city mouse warned the country mouse that there was a cat in the house.
城市老鼠警告乡村老鼠屋内有只猫.
The country mouse was scared.
乡鼠被吓跑.
He decided that he would rather live in the poor, quiet country than live in fear every day.
他决定宁可活在贫穷而安静的国家,也不愿每天生活在恐惧中.
With that, the country mouse happily left for his humble home.
有了它,乡下老鼠就幸福地离开了 回到他卑微的家
Moral: It is better to live simply in safety than to live in luxury and fear.
道义: 仅仅生活在安全之中比生活在奢侈和恐惧之中要好。
The Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing A wolf put on a costume to look like a sheep.
羊之狼的服装 一只狼穿上了相貌像羊的服装.
The wolf then went to a nearby pasture where there were many sheep.
狼随后去附近的牧场,那里有许多羊.
The shepherd let him into the pasture, thinking that he was a sheep.
牧人放入牧地,以为羊.
The wolf was about to bite a poor lamb when the shepherd saw what he was doing.
牧羊人看见他在做什么,狼就要咬了一只可怜的羊了.
The shepherd threw the wolf out of the pasture and told him not to come back.
牧羊人将狼从草地上扔出并告诉他不要回来.
From that day on, the shepherd never let a sheep into the pasture until he checked it for sharp teeth.
从那天起,牧羊人从不放羊入牧地,直到他检查出锋利的牙齿.
Moral: The way things look is not always the way things are.
道义: 事物的外观并非始终如此.