John Henry
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
John Henry was born into a slave family.
约翰·亨利生于一个奴隶家庭.
When he was just a boy, he had to do the work of a full-grown man.
在他还是个男孩的时候,他不得不做一个成熟的人的工作.
He grew so fast that sometimes the pants he put on in the morning were too short by nightfall.
他长得这么快,有时他早上所穿的裤子会因为夜幕而太短.
Soon, he was the biggest man around and the strongest, too.
很快,他就是周围最大的人 也是最强壮的
When the Civil War ended, the slaves became free, but life was still hard.
内战结束后,奴隶们获得了自由,但生活依然艰难.
John Henry needed to find a job.
约翰·亨利需要找到一份工作。
“Who will hire me?”
“谁来雇用我? “
he wondered.
他问起
John Henry lived before there were cars or airplanes.
约翰·亨利在有汽车或飞机之前就住过.
Railroad companies were hiring workers to build tracks all across America.
铁路公司雇用工人 建造全美国的铁道。
The work was hard and dangerous, but John Henry was brave and strong.
工作艰难而危险,但约翰·亨利勇敢而坚强.
So, like many other black men who had once been slaves, he went to work on the railroad.
因此,像许多其他曾经是奴隶的黑人一样,他去铁路工作.
John Henry became a steel driver— a hammer man.
约翰·亨利成为了一名钢铁司机——一名锤子手.
Every day, he swung his twenty-pound hammer over and over again.
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Another man would hold a drill bit against a rock.
另一个人会用钻头来对付岩石
Then John Henry would hit the end of the drill bit with his hammer.
然后约翰 亨利会用锤子敲到钻头的一端
He broke up rocks and dug tunnels through hills to make a path for the tracks.
他把石头拆开,从山上挖出地道,为铁道打出一条道来.
The other workers liked John Henry.
其他工人喜欢约翰·亨利.
He worked harder and faster than any three other men.
他比其他三个人更努力、更快
John Henry had a deep, booming voice, and the other men enjoyed singing work songs with him.
约翰·亨利有着深厚而蓬勃的声音,其他男人也喜欢和他一起演唱工作歌曲.
One day, the railroad tracks ran smack into Big Bend Mountain.
有天,铁轨撞入了大弯山
Big Bend was so huge that the railroad couldn’t be built around it.
大班德是如此之大,
A tunnel would have to be built through the mountain instead.
必须通过山来建造隧道。
“Don’t worry,” John Henry said.
“别担心,”约翰·亨利说。
“That ol’ mountain’s just a big rock, and smashing through rocks is what I do.”
“那座山只是一块大石头, “
The men worked fast, and John Henry worked fastest of all.
男人们工作得很快,约翰·亨利工作得最快.
They hammered away at Big Bend Mountain.
他们用锤子打出大弯山。
But their boss wasn’t happy because he wanted the tunnel finished even faster.
因为他们希望隧道能更快完工。
The boss said he would fire the men if the tunnel wasn’t done on time.
如果隧道没有按时完工,
Then one day, a little man in a fancy suit arrived at the work camp.
有一天 一个穿高档西装的小家伙来到了工作营
He was selling a steam-powered machine that could drill through rock.
他在卖能钻出岩石的蒸汽机
His machine was the size of a locomotive, and it spit fire and smoke into the air.
他的机器和机车一样大,能向空中吐出火和烟.
“ My machine can drill faster than any of your workers,” the salesman told the boss.
“...... 我的机器能比任何你的工人钻得快。”
Most of the men looked down and shook their heads.
多数人低头摇头.
They feared he was right.
他们担心他是对的
But John Henry spoke up.
但是约翰 亨利说话了。
“That machine can’t beat me!”
这台机器打不倒我! “
he roared.
他咆哮着
The other men raised their heads and cheered.
其他人抬起头来欢呼.
Everyone came running to watch the contest.
大家都跑过来看比赛
John Henry stood tall in front of Big Bend Mountain.
约翰·亨利高高地站在大本德山前.
He gripped a hammer in his mighty hands.
他握起锤子 在他的强大的手中。
The salesman pulled the levers on his machine, and it made an awful noise.
推销员把操纵杆拉在他的机器上 发出可怕的声音
“When my machine wins, you’ll want to buy it.
“当我的机器赢了,
It will replace all these people!”
它将取代所有这些人!”
he yelled to the boss.
他对老板大叫
John Henry knew he had to beat the machine.
约翰 亨利知道他必须打败机器
If the machine won, the boss would fire the men and use the machine to drill through Big Bend Mountain.
如果机器获胜,老板会解雇这些人并用机器来钻通大本德山.
But if John Henry won, the boss wouldn’t want the machine.
但如果约翰 Henry赢了,
He’d keep paying the men.
他继续付钱给男人。
For the first time in his life, John Henry looked kind of small.
约翰·亨利一生中第一次看起来有点小.
Or maybe the machine just looked big.
也许机器看起来很大
But that didn’t scare John Henry.
但这并不吓倒约翰·亨利。
Whoo!
呜!
The whistle blew, and the contest began.
哨声响起,比赛开始了.
John Henry groaned as he swung his hammer into the rock.
约翰·亨利叹息着,当他把锤子挥入了岩石.
He heard the machine groan, too.
他听到机器呻吟声
“ A man is better than a machine,” he said under his breath.
他说,“一个人比机器好”。
John Henry swung his hammer as quick as lightning.
约翰·亨利快如闪电地挥起锤子.
He put all his strength into breaking through the rock.
他把所有力量都投入到破碎岩石中去.
He pushed ahead of the machine and didn’t look back.
他冲出机器,
Whoo!
呜!
The whistle blew again.
哨子又响了
The contest was over.
比赛结束了
John Henry had hammered through almost twice as much rock as the machine.
约翰·亨利用锤子击穿了几乎两倍于机器的岩石.
John Henry won!
约翰亨利赢了!
But the contest was too much for John Henry.
但这场比赛对约翰·亨利来说太过分了.
He was too strong even for his own heart.
他太强了,甚至对自己的心脏。
While the men were still cheering, he sat down against a rock and died.
当这些人还在欢呼时,他坐在一块石头上并死亡.
But he died happy, with his hammer in his hand.
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The other workers were sad to lose John Henry.
其他工人伤心地失去了约翰·亨利.
But they were also proud of him for saving their jobs.
但他们也为他节省工作而感到自豪.
From that day on, they sang a new song as they worked.
从那天起,他们在工作时唱出一首新歌.
It was a song about John Henry, the steel-driving man.
这是一首关于约翰·亨利的歌, 驾驶钢铁的人。
Glossary Civil War the war between the northern and southern states of the United States of America (1861–1865) (p.
民事词汇表 出战美国南北两州之战 (1861–1865)(p.
5) drill bit (n.)
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a metal cutting tool used to make a hole in something (p.
一个金属切割工具,用来在某物上打个洞(p.
5) fire (v.)
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to end a person’s job (p.
结束一个人的工作(p.
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to agree to pay someone to do a job (p.
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control arms that can be used to operate a machine (p.
用于操作机器的控制武器(p.
10) locomotive a vehicle that acts as a large engine to push or pull railroad cars along tracks (p.
10) 机车 一种起大发动机作用的车辆,可以沿轨行推或牵引铁路机车(p.
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4) slave (n.)
4) 奴隶 (n.
a person who is owned and completely controlled by another person (p.
由他人拥有和完全控制的人(第3页)。
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