Keb Needs a Home

美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习

The life of a hermit crab isn’t so bad.

隐士蟹的生平还不错。

They live near the seashore, and they bask in the warm sun.

它们生活在近海附近,在温暖的太阳下会发泡.

They bathe in the salty sea, and they play in the surf.

他们去咸海洗澡,在冲浪中玩.

The views are great, too.

观点也很好。

Sunrises and sunsets can be pretty spectacular.

日出和日出可以相当壮观。

And you can’t beat the night sky with all its twinkling stars.

你无法用它闪烁的星星来击败夜空。

But for one hermit crab, life was not so great.

但对于一只隐士蟹来说 生活并不那么美好

You see, Keb was a hermit crab of spectacular proportions.

你看,克布是一个隐士蟹 惊人的比例。

You might think that being the biggest crab on the seashore had its advantages.

你可能会认为是海边最大的螃蟹有它的优点。

However, for Keb, the advantages were few and far between.

然而,对Keb来说,好处是很少的,而且很遥远。

One of the biggest problems with being big was just that— being big.

成为大人物的最大问题之一 就是成为大人物

Being big made it easy for hungry gulls to spot Keb as they hung like kites in the stiff sea breeze.

当它们像风筝一样被放入海风中时 饥饿的海鸥很容易发现克布

But there was a bigger problem.

但有一个更大的问题。

Keb could not find a home that was big enough for him.

Keb找不到一个足够大的房子

Hermit crabs live in the discarded shells of snails.

隐士蟹生活在被丢弃的蜗牛壳中.

As a crab grows, it moves out of one shell and into a bigger one.

随着螃蟹的生长,它从一个外壳中移出并进入更大的外壳.

The trouble is that most snails are not very big.

问题在于大多数蜗牛都不太大.

Now, that is not a huge problem for most normal-sized crabs, but for Keb it was a problem of great enormity.

这对大多数正常体型的螃蟹来说不是一个大问题, 但对于克布来说,这是一个巨大的问题。

Keb walked sideways up and down the shore.

Keb走在岸上和岸下

He searched and searched for a shell big enough to use as his home.

他搜出一发足以用作家的炮弹.

He waited and waited, hoping that soon one day a large shell would wash up on shore.

他等待并等待,希望很快有一天一发大炮弹会冲上岸来.

While he waited to find a proper home, Keb lived in a large hole in a rock.

正当他等待找到正统的家的时候,克布住在一块岩石上的一个大洞中.

Now, the hole was a fine home for most animals, but it was not a proper home for a hermit crab.

现在,这个洞对大多数动物来说是一个很好的家, 但对于隐士蟹来说,它不是一个合适的家.

Whenever Keb wanted to go out, he felt naked.

每当Keb想出去时,他都觉得自己裸体.

The other hermit crabs made fun of him, and the gulls swooped down to try to make him their dinner.

其他隐士螃蟹取笑他,而海鸥也向下冲去想让他做他们的晚餐.

Keb always managed to escape the gulls, but the teasing from other crabs hurt to the core of his feelings.

Keb总是设法逃脱了海鸥,但从其他螃蟹取笑却伤害了自己的感情核心.

To hide his nakedness, Keb tried everything.

为了掩盖他的裸体,克布尝试了一切.

First he gathered feathers he found along the shore and strung them together with old fishing line.

首先他收集了岸边发现的羽毛,并和旧的钓鱼线一起把它接上.

Then he wrapped them around his soft shell.

然后他把它们包在他的软壳上

But the other crabs thought he looked silly.

但其他螃蟹则认为他看起来很傻.

“Look at Keb now,” they said.

他们说,“现在看看Keb”。

“He thinks he’s a bird.

" 他认为他是一只鸟.

The next thing you know, he will try to fly.”

接下来,他会尝试飞行。 “

Keb’s feelings were hurt even more.

Keb的感情更受伤害。

He threw off the feathers and returned to his hole in the rock.

他抛出羽毛后回到了自己在岩石上的洞口.

Next he gathered seaweed and wove it together to make a fine-looking suit.

接下来他收集出海藻并一起编织出一出精美的外衣.

But soon the seaweed began to rot and smell.

但很快海藻也开始腐烂并发臭.

The smell was so bad that not even Keb could stand it.

臭得连克布都受不了

So he threw away his seaweed suit and returned to his hole in the rock.

于是弃去取出海藻服去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去去

Peering out of his hole one morning, Keb noticed something strange had washed ashore.

有一天早上Keb从洞里出来时 发现有怪事冲上岸

He crawled out of the hole to take a closer look.

他爬出洞去仔细看看

As he got closer he could see it was a boot.

当他走近时,他可以看到它是一个靴子。

And a very fine boot it was.

一个非常好的靴子。

Keb examined the boot more closely.

Keb更仔细地检查了靴子

It was made of rubber and would be perfect for stormy days when the cold wind and rain blew off the sea.

它由橡胶所制而成,在寒风和雨吹出大海的多起风暴的日子里是完美的.

And on the toe of the boot were two large eyes.

脚趾上是两只大眼睛

Ah-ha, thought Keb.

啊哈,以为克布.

These eyes will surely scare off the swooping gulls.

这双眼睛肯定会吓跑正在发抖的海鸥

The boot was bright blue, which was Keb’s favorite color in the world.

靴子是明亮的蓝色,这是克布在世界上最喜欢的颜色.

He had always admired the blue starfish in the tide pools and he thought that blue crabs were the most handsome of all crabs.

他一直钦佩潮池中的蓝海星,他觉得蓝蟹是所有螃蟹中最英俊的.

He had looked for a blue snail shell for a home when he was a smaller crab, but he had never found one.

他小时候曾为一家小螃蟹寻找过蓝色的蜗牛外壳,但一直没有找到.

Keb strutted down the shore wearing his new home.

Keb在岸上穿着他的新家

The gulls were frightened by the two large eyes looking up at them.

两只大眼睛看着海鸥吓坏了

And best of all, the boot was large.

最重要的是,靴子很大。

Keb looked inside and sized it up.

Keb查看了里面,并放大了尺寸。

The boot was most definitely big enough for Keb’s enormous body.

这双靴子绝对足够Keb的庞大身体。

He crawled into the boot.

他爬入了靴子里。

It was a perfect fit.

这是完美的合身。

The next week, Keb had an open house.

接下来的一周,克布有一个开放的房子.

All the other crabs came to see Keb’s home, and they all brought him gifts.

其他所有螃蟹都来Keb家,

Keb was no longer the laughingstock of all the crabs.

Keb不再是所有螃蟹的笑柄

He was the envy of the seashore.

他是海边的羡慕者

All the other crabs ooooed and aaaahed as Keb walked by.

其它的螃蟹在Keb行走时会出声出声

They were envious of Keb’s beautiful new home.

他们嫉妒Keb美丽的新家园。

Keb was not only the biggest crab on the shore, he was also the most handsome.

凯布不仅是岸上最大的螃蟹 他也是最帅的