Sammy Stuf fit
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
When Sammy Was Young What is it about stuff?
山米年轻的时候 什么东西?
It seems no one can get enough of it.
似乎没有人能受够它。
We want bigger stuff, and we want faster stuff.
我们想要更大的东西,我们需要更快的东西。
And we want fancier stuff.
我们想要更风扇的东西。
We just seem to want more and more stuff.
我们似乎越来越想要的东西。
There wasn’t anyone who liked stuff more than Sammy Stuffit.
没有人比Sammy Stuffit更喜欢的东西。
He began collecting stuff when he was five.
他五岁开始收集东西.
And he never quit collecting it.
他从不放弃收集它。
He just kept getting more stuff, and he kept stashing it away.
他只是不断得到更多的东西, 他一直藏起来。
When Sammy got stuff, he stuffed it somewhere.
山米得到东西后,他把它塞入了某个地方.
The more he got, the more he stuffed.
他得到的越多,他塞得越多。
He didn’t use it.
他没有使用。
Rather, he just stuffed it.
相反,他只是塞进去了。
He stuffed it here, he stuffed it there, and he stuffed it everywhere.
他把它塞在这里, 他把它塞在那里, 他把它塞到任何地方。
When Sammy was five, he stuffed stuff in his dresser.
山米五岁时,他把东西塞入他梳妆台.
He stuffed rocks in his sock drawer.
他在袜子抽屉里塞了石头
He stuffed baseball cards, stamps, and bottle caps in his pants drawer.
他把棒球卡、邮票和瓶盖塞入了裤子抽屉
He stuffed toy cars and trucks in drawers.
他在抽屉里塞了玩具车和卡车
Soon his dresser was so stuffed he had no room for more stuff.
不久,他的梳妆台被塞满了东西,他没有空间做更多的事.
When Sammy turned six, he stuffed stuff in his closet.
萨米六岁时,他把东西塞进衣柜里.
He stuffed stuff under his bed, and he stuffed stuff in the corners of his room.
他把东西塞到床下 然后把东西塞到房间的角落里
Soon his room became so stuffed with stuff that there was no room for Sammy.
很快他的房间就挤满了东西 塞米没有地方住
Sammy Gets Older As Sammy grew older, he just got more and more stuff.
山姆变老了,他得到的东西越来越多
He stuffed the attic, the basement, and the garage with stuff.
他把阁楼、地下室和车库都塞了东西
Stuff was everywhere in and around Sammy’s house.
Sammy家周围到处都有东西。
Sammy had every game ever made.
Sammy做了所有游戏
He didn’t have just one of each game.
他不只是每个游戏之一。
Instead, he had many of each.
相反,他拥有许多每个。
He had 16 televisions, 24 radios, 9 stereos, and 32 bicycles.
他拥有16个电视机,24个收音机,9个立体声,以及32个自行车.
He had thousands of books and CDs, and he had computer hardware and software.
他拥有上千本书和CD,他拥有计算机硬件和软件.
It seemed there was nothing Sammy didn’t have.
Sammy似乎没有什么东西。
He had more stuff than anyone else on the planet.
他拥有的东西比地球上任何人都多。
Years passed.
多年过去了。
Sammy got even older, and so did much of his stuff.
山米长大了,他的东西也大了
But that didn’t stop Sammy from collecting more stuff.
但这并不阻止Sammy收集更多东西。
And he never threw anything away.
他从不丢东西
He just got newer stuff to stuff away with his older stuff.
他刚拿了些新东西来收拾旧东西
Every time Sammy filled one place with stuff, he would buy another place to put more stuff.
每次Sammy给一个地方填满了东西 他会买另一个地方放更多的东西
He bought garages and barns.
他买了车库和谷仓
He bought warehouses and boxcars, and he bought barges and boats.
他购买了仓库和箱车,并购买了驳船和船只.
And he stuffed them all with more stuff.
他把它们都塞入了更多的东西。
When someone asked to borrow some of Sammy’s stuff, Sammy refused.
当有人要求借用Sammy的一些东西时,Sammy拒绝了.
He said, “It is my stuff, and I want to keep it safe.”
他说:“这是我的东西,我想保证它的安全。 “
“ Besides, if I let someone use my stuff, they might not bring it back.
“此外,如果我让别人使用我的东西,他们可能不会把它带回来。
It is my stuff, and I am going to keep it for myself.”
这是我的东西,我要自己留着它。 “
Sammy Begins to Wonder One day, one of Sammy’s friends asked, “Sammy, what do you do with all your stuff?”
萨米开始神奇 Sammy的朋友问道:「Sammy, “
Sammy paused and thought about it.
山弥暂停想.
He thought and thought.
他思考和思考。
Then he scratched his head and he thought some more.
然后他抓起头,想着更多
“So, Sammy, what is it you do with all your stuff?”
“Sammy,你用你的东西做什么? “
Sammy’s friend asked again.
Sammy的朋友又问了一遍。
After thinking for what seemed a long, long time, Sammy finally answered.
在思考了看起来很长很长一段时间后,萨米终于回答了.
“Nothing,” Sammy said.
“没什么,”Sammy说。
“I do absolutely nothing with my stuff.”
“我完全不处理我的东西。 “
“Then why do you have so much of it?”
“那么,为什么你有这么多呢? “
Sammy’s friend asked.
Sammy的朋友问道:
“Because,” said Sammy.
Sammy说:“因为,”
“Because why?”
“为什么? “
pressed his friend.
压他的朋友。
Sammy didn’t know how to answer.
Sammy不知道如何回答。
So he just blurted out, “Because it makes me happy.”
因此,他只是模糊了,“因为它让我高兴。 “
“ Well, you sure don’t seem all that happy,” replied Sammy’s friend.
“...... 山米的朋友回答说,
“Besides, how can something you do absolutely nothing with make you happy?”
“此外,你怎么能完全不做任何事情来取悦你? “
“ Wouldn’t all that stuff you have stuffed away make someone who doesn’t have much stuff happier than it makes you?”
“...... 这些东西不会让你更快乐吗? “
Sammy didn’t know how to respond to his friend.
Sammy不知道如何回应朋友。
He became very frustrated.
他变得非常沮丧。
So he just stomped off.
所以他刚走开
But what his friend said made him think about all his stuff.
但他朋友的话让他想起他所有的东西
He began to think that maybe there was truth to what his friend had said.
他开始认为,也许他朋友所说的话是真实的。
Sammy Changes He thought about how his stuff just sat in drawers, closets, barns, warehouses, and boxcars.
萨米更改 他考虑过他的东西怎么坐在抽屉里 衣柜里 谷仓里 仓库里 箱车里
He began to realize that he never used it.
他开始意识到自己从未使用过.
And he suddenly came to realize it was just stuff.
他突然意识到这只是一些事情
So after thinking more and more about his stuff, Sammy made a decision.
所以在考虑他的东西后,Sammy做了一个决定.
He decided that having so much stuff stuffed away was silly.
他决定,有这么多的东西 充斥在外是愚蠢的。
He thought it made him selfish.
他认为这让他自私。
And he suddenly realized that it didn’t really make him happy.
他突然意识到这并没有真正让他高兴。
So Sammy gave a little of his stuff to someone who had very little stuff.
所以Sammy把他的一点东西给了一个拥有很少的东西的人.
He saw that the stuff made the person happy, and that made Sammy feel good.
他看到这些东西让人开心,让萨米感觉很好.
So he gave more stuff away, and that made him feel even better.
所以他给了更多的东西, 这让他感觉更好。
To Sammy’s surprise, giving his stuff to others made him happier than having the stuff for himself.
让Sammy感到惊讶的是,
Before long, Sammy had given most of his stuff away.
不久之后,Sammy把大部分东西都拿走了
He soon became known as Happy Sammy instead of Sammy Stuffit.
他很快被取名为"快乐的萨米"(Happy Sammy)来取而代之,取而代之的是"萨米"(Sammy Stuffit).