I’m the Small One
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
I’m smaller than everyone else my age.
我比其他人都小,
In the halls at school, the bigger kids sometimes bump into me or step on my toes.
在学校的大厅里,较大的孩子有时会撞到我或者踩到脚趾.
“Sorry, Sophie— I didn’t see you,” they say.
"对不起,苏菲... 他们说,
At the playground, little kids always want to play with me.
在操场上,小孩总是想跟我玩
Some even try to boss me around.
有些人甚至想控制我周围。
“Don’t climb up that big slide, little girl,” one kindergartner warned me last week.
“不要爬上那张大滑道, 小女孩,”上个星期,
“You might fall and hurt yourself.”
“你可能会摔倒并伤害自己。 “
“I think I’ll be okay,” I said.
「我想我会没事的」,
She watched me slide down, her mouth gaping open.
她看着我从地上滑下来 她的口裂开
My best friend, Casey, is one of the tallest kids in second grade.
我最好的朋友凯西 是二年级最高的孩子之一
Her legs are so long that when she walks, I have to jog to keep up with her.
她的腿太长了,当她走的时候, 我不得不跑步来跟上她。
Sometimes grown-ups ask her, “Who’s your little friend?”
有时大人会问她 “你的小朋友是谁? “
And one day while I was over at Casey’s house, her grandma thought Casey was babysitting me!
有一天我在凯西家的时候 她奶奶以为凯西在照顾我
I used to try to make myself taller.
我曾经试图使自己更高。
I hung from the tree in our backyard to stretch out my limbs.
我挂在我们后院的树上 伸出我的四肢。
I even ate my vegetables—all of them—but I never seemed to grow.
我甚至吃了我的蔬菜,
“Don’t worry,” Mom said.
" 别担心, " 妈妈说。
“Being small has its perks.”
“小的有其好处。 “
Did it?
是吗?
I’ d never noticed any.
我从来没有注意到。
One day, Mrs.
总有一天,夫人
Alvarez told the class that we’ d be putting on a spring play.
Alvarez告诉同学,
I practiced all the lines before the audition, but I never got a chance to deliver them.
试镜前我练习过所有的台词,但我从来没有机会交付.
As soon as I walked onstage, Mrs.
我一上台就走 夫人
Alvarez cried out, “Sophie!
阿尔瓦雷斯大喊道:“Sophie!
You’ll be perfect as the elf!
你会像精灵一样完美!
You’re just the right size for the costume.”
你只是合适的服装尺寸。 “
When the auditions were finished, Mom was waiting outside for me.
面试结束后 妈妈在外面等我
“Mrs.
“主席女士,
Alvarez made me an elf,” I grumbled.
Alvarez让我成了精灵,”我抱怨。
“I don’t want to be in the play anymore.”
我不想再演戏了。 “
“Oh, honey,” she said.
" 哦,亲爱的,"她说。
“I know you didn’t get the part you wanted, but I also know you love acting.
“我知道你没有得到你想要的角色,
I’ll bet you’ll be the best elf in the play.”
我敢打赌,你会是剧中最好的精灵。 “
That won’t be hard to do, I thought, since I’m the only elf in the play.
我认为这不会很难,
Mia got the lead role—a girl walking through a fairy forest in search of her lost dog.
米娅得到了一个主角——一个女孩走过一棵仙子森林来寻找她失去的狗.
In the last scene, she finds a box under a giant mushroom.
在最后一幕中,她发现了一个巨大的蘑菇下方的盒子.
When she opens it, guess what jumps out?
当她打开它, 猜猜什么跳出?
Mrs.
夫人,请原谅
Alvarez’s dog, Prince, played the dog role.
阿尔瓦雷斯的狗"王子"出演了"狗"角色.
She brought him to all the rehearsals.
她带他参加所有的排练
He liked all the kids, but he seemed to like me best.
他喜欢所有的孩子, 但他似乎最喜欢我。
The night of the show, my first line came early: “Let’s ask the Fairy Queen!”
演出当晚,我的一行早起:"让我们问仙后!
Dramatic stuff.
戏剧性的东西。
At the end, when Mia opened the box, Prince jumped out as planned.
最终,米娅打开盒子后,王子按照计划跳出.
He jumped into the giant mushroom, though, which fell over.
他跳入了巨大的蘑菇,虽然, 它掉下来。
Then he leaped off the stage and disappeared underneath it.
然后他从舞台上跳出 消失在舞台下
Mrs.
夫人,请原谅
Alvarez called him, but he whimpered and refused to come out.
阿尔瓦雷斯打电话给他,但他呜咽并拒绝出来.
The lights came on in the theater, and the audience started to fidget in their seats.
剧院的灯光照亮了,观众开始在自己的座位上发作.
The entire class gathered at the edge of the stage.
整个班级聚集在舞台的边缘.
“How are we going to get him out of there?”
“我们如何让他离开那里? “
Mrs.
夫人,请原谅
Alvarez asked.
阿尔瓦雷斯问.
“I’m small enough to squeeze under there,” I said.
我说,“我小到可以挤到下面。”
“I’ll get him.”
" 我会抓住他的。 “
I crawled through the dust and the cobwebs beneath the stage until I reached Prince.
我爬入了舞台下的灰尘和蜘蛛网 直到我到达了王子
As I talked to him softly, he licked my face.
当我轻轻地和他说话时 他舔了我的脸
When we emerged together, the audience clapped and cheered.
当我们一起出现时,观众欢呼并欢呼.
In fact, we got more applause than the stars at the end of the show.
事实上,我们得到了更多的掌声 比明星在节目的最后。
My parents were proud, and so was I.
我父母很骄傲 我也是
After that, I stopped worrying so much about my size.
之后,我不再担心我的大小
In fact, I decided that Mom was right: being small has its perks.
事实上,我决定妈妈是对的:小有好处。
Glossary audience (n.)
词汇受众(不详)
(n.)
(无)
(adj.)
(中文(简体) ).
(v.)
(五.)
(adj.)
(中文(简体) ).
(n.)
(无)