The Sleeping Dog
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
Long ago, in the time before there were people, a dog was found sleeping in the middle of a dark forest.
很久以前,在人们出现之前,发现一只狗在一片黑暗森林中睡觉.
It was sleeping on its side with its legs spread in front of it.
它正在它的侧面睡觉,它的腿被伸到它的前面。
It was happy.
很高兴
It was the first dog ever to live on the Earth.
是世界上第一只活了下来的狗
Most of the time, the dog just slept.
大多数时候,狗只是睡着了。
The dog sleeping all day wasn’t a problem.
这只狗整天都在睡觉,
But it became a problem when a monkey saw it lying there.
但当一只猴子看见它躺在地上时,就成了一个问题.
Now, the monkey was a nice enough animal, but it caused more than its share of trouble.
现在,这只猴子已经足够好动物了, 但它引起了更多的麻烦。
The monkey jumped from a tree to the ground.
这只猴子从一棵树上跳到地上
It looked at the dog from the front and then from the back.
它从前面看狗,然后从后面看狗.
The monkey couldn’t make head or tail of this creature.
猴子无法制造这种生物的头部或尾巴。
So the monkey climbed into a tree and hung upside down to see if the dog looked different from that angle.
于是这只猴子爬入一棵树上并倒吊倒地地地看狗是否与那个角度不同.
The dog looked just the same upside down.
那只狗倒着看
The monkey couldn’t figure out what the dog was.
这只猴子不知道狗是什么。
Remember that this was the very first dog on Earth.
记住,这是地球上第一只狗。
No one had ever seen a dog before.
没人见过狗
The monkey wanted to tell the other animals what it had found.
猴子想告诉其他动物它发现了什么。
Monkeys, as I’m sure you know, have big mouths.
我敢肯定,猴子有大嘴巴。
Many animals came to see what the monkey had found.
许多动物来看猴子发现了什么.
“So,” the monkey began, “this is the new creature I have found.
“所以,”猴子开始说:“这是我找到的新生物。
Have any of you ever seen one before?”
你们谁见过吗? “
An elephant bent its head way down and looked at the dog.
一头大象弯下头来看着狗.
“Well,” said the elephant, curling its trunk as it spoke, “it’s not an elephant.”
“嗯,”大象说,那头大象把树干卷起来,“它不是一头大象。 “
“Thanks a lot,” said Monkey.
Monkey说:“非常感谢,”
“You aren’t being very helpful.”
“你没有多大帮助。 “
Next in line was a gentle okapi.
下一个是温柔的克克比
It took a good look at the sleeping dog.
它仔细看了睡狗。
In a voice the others could barely hear, the okapi said, “Sorry, I can’t help you.
其他人几乎听不见,
It’s not an okapi, and I’m sure it isn’t a giraffe.”
我确信这不是长颈鹿。 “
Now it was the pangolin’s turn.
现在轮到潘戈林了。
Its body was covered with rough scales.
其身体被粗糙的鳞片所覆盖.
The pangolin was very slow.
平果林相去甚缓.
If the pangolin had any thoughts about the dog, no one would hear them.
如果潘果林对狗有任何想法,没有人会听到.
The pangolin looked at the sleeping dog for a very long time.
潘高林看睡狗相去甚长.
Then it rocked back and forth, settled to the ground, and fell asleep without saying a word.
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The monkey asked every animal to take a turn.
猕猴请一切畜生作一转相.
They each looked at the sleeping dog.
他们都看着睡狗
Not one of them knew what it was or whose family it belonged to.
他们中没有一个知道它是什么 或属于谁的家庭。
A tortoise was sitting quietly in a tree.
一只乌龟悄悄地坐在一棵树上。
No one was sure how it had gotten up there, but that is another story.
没有人知道它是如何到达那里, 但这是另一个故事。
The tortoise was very smart and was also very old.
乌龟非常聪明,也非常老.
It knew what the dog was.
它知道狗是谁。
In fact, it knew just about everything there was to know.
事实上,它只知道一切
“Have you given up?”
“你放弃了吗? “
the tortoise asked the monkey.
龟子问猴.
The monkey replied, “Yes, I think so.
这只猴子回答说,“我想是的。
We cannot decide whose family this creature is from.”
我们无法决定这个生物来自哪个家庭。 “
Tortoise replied, “You might want to call him ‘Dog’ unless you have a better name.
龟子回答说: " 你也许想叫他"狗",除非你有更好的名字。
If you ask me, and you didn’t, ‘Dog’ is the perfect name.”
若你问我, “
Hearing its name spoken, the dog woke up.
听到它的名字,狗醒来。
It was not happy to be awake.
醒来不高兴。
It saw all the other animals staring at it.
它看到其他动物都盯着它看
“Who was mean enough to wake me up?”
“谁够卑鄙来唤醒我? “
the dog asked.
狗问。
It wasn’t feeling very polite.
感觉不太礼貌,
The dog bared its big, pointed teeth and growled.
被狗咬了一大把尖牙并长出来
It barked and barked.
有叫有叫无叫.
All the animals scattered.
一切畜生散去.
They were afraid that the dog wanted to eat them.
他们害怕狗想吃它们
The tortoise was safe in its tree, since dogs can’t climb trees.
因为狗不能爬树,
“You can’t get me.
“你抓不到我。
But from now on, all the animals will run from you, and you will chase them,” said the tortoise, laughing as it tucked its head into its shell.
但从现在起,所有的动物都会从你身边跑出来,你就会追赶他们,“乌龟说,当乌龟把头塞入外壳时,他们笑了起来。
Even today, a dog will chase anything it sees, unless, of course, it is sleeping.
即使是今天,狗也会追逐它看到的一切 除非它睡着了
Dogs still like to sleep, too.
狗还是喜欢睡觉
That night Monkey sang a new song: “So now we all know why You let a sleeping dog lie.”
当晚"猴子"唱出一首新歌: “现在我们都知道为什么你让一只睡着的狗撒谎了。 “
On that day, though, the animals had already made the mistake of waking up the sleeping dog.
但那天,动物们已经犯了 唤醒睡狗的错误
But a lesson was learned, and it has been passed down over time.
但是,已经吸取了教训,随着时间的推移,它已经逝去。
Even today, it is best to let a sleeping dog lie.
即使是今天 也最好让一只睡狗撒谎