The UpDown Boy
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
There once was a boy who noticed that people had become very, very sad.
曾经有一个男孩注意到人们变得非常,非常悲伤.
And, of course, this made the boy very, very sad.
当然,这让这个男孩非常非常悲伤。
He tried to make the people laugh.
他试图让人民笑。
But no matter what wonderfully silly face he made, no one would smile.
但不管他做了什么愚蠢的表情 没人会笑
It was a sad world he lived in.
他生活的世界很悲惨
It was then that the boy made a magical discovery.
那时,那个男孩做了一个神奇的发现。
His discovery was made in the simplest of ways.
他的发现方式最简单.
He had bent over to pick up a ball.
他弯腰拿起一球。
As he was bent over, he saw the world through his legs—upside down.
当他弯腰的时候,他从他的腿上俯视世界。
It looked like people were walking on the ceiling.
看起来有人在天花板上行走
What had been up was now down.
一直以来的情况是,现在情况已经恶化了。
The long, sad frowns of the people, now upside down, looked like great big smiles.
人民长而悲眉相向,今倒倒地取出,相貌相去相去相去相去甚远.
The boy had found an Up Down world.
那男孩发现了一个"上下"的世界
So he placed his hands on the floor and lifted his legs high in the air.
于是将手放地上并高举起腿来.
His hands and arms did what his feet and legs had done so well before.
他的手和手臂都做了他的脚和腿以前做的好事。
Excited, the boy began to explore his new Up Down world.
兴奋地,男孩开始探索他新的"上下"世界.
Now what used to be up was down, and what used to be down was up.
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The floor was the ceiling, and the ceiling was the floor.
地上是天花板,地上是地花板。
And frowns were smiles.
眉头是微笑
He was the Up Down Boy.
他是"上下级男孩"。
There are good things and bad things about being an Up Down Boy.
做个"上下"男孩有好有坏
There is good and bad about up being down and down being up.
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There was used, gooey gum that used to be down but now was up.
曾经用过口香糖 曾经是倒的 但现在是起的
Up gooey gum stuck to the boy’s down hand.
口香糖粘在男孩的手上。
This was a bad thing!
这是件坏事!
Puddles that used to be down now were up.
从前倒下的水坑都起来了
Puddles were always a lot of fun.
水坑总是很有趣。
But little boys got in trouble when shoes walked in puddles.
但是小男孩们在水坑里走来走去的时候 遇到了麻烦
Shoes were hard to clean.
鞋是很难清理的。
Now that down was up, mud puddles felt squiggly good.
泥潭感觉很爽
Dirty walking hands could easily be cleaned.
肮脏的行走手很容易被清洗
This was a good thing!
这是件好事!
The cat that used to be down now was up, too.
以前倒地的猫也起来了
The cat thought the Up Down boy was funny.
猫认为"上下"男孩很有趣.
No more rubbing on the little boy’s legs that could kick and bump.
不再用能踢出并会出事的小男孩的腿来摩擦。
Now the cat rubbed on Up Down Boy’s cheeks and nose—tickly, tickly nose.
现在猫在"上下"男孩的脸颊和鼻子上被擦伤了。
“Oh, oh, oh ka-chew!”
“哦,哦,哦,卡丘!”
The puppy that lived down the street was the fastest and slickest licker around.
住在街上的小狗 是周围速度最快又最滑的
Now that down was up and up was down, the puppy had never had so much to quickly lick.
小狗从没有这么快就舔过
He had much to lick now that he was nose-to-nose with the Up Down boy.
他有很多东西要舔 现在他和"上下"男孩的鼻子对鼻子。
“Oh, yuck!”
"哦,讨厌!"
Dinnertime came.
晚餐时间到了
Still the Up Down boy was where up was down and down was up.
升起的男孩仍然在那里 升起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起起
The table and chair were up, so the boy put his head down on the chair.
桌子和椅子都在上面,所以男孩把头放在椅子上.
He tried to eat from the table that now was up instead of down.
他试图从现在的桌子上吃,而不是从下到上。
It would have been much easier had the boy had a sandwich or a bit of fruit.
如果男孩有三明治或水果的话,那就容易多了。
There was no sandwich.
没有三明治
There was no fruit.
没有水果
There was only a bowl of up soup.
当时只有一碗上汤.
The boy tried to down the soup.
童子尝下汤.
Oh, what a mess!
哦,真是一团糟!
The Up Down day went faster than fast.
暴风雨比快
Finally, it was time to go to bed.
最后,该睡觉了。
The boy started to put on his pajamas.
这男孩开始穿上睡衣。
Oh, no!
哦，不！
Now down was up and up was down, and what went where and how?
现在下行是上行,下行是下行,何去何从?
Pajama tops went on the bottom, which used to be the top.
帕贾玛顶部走入下方,原来是上方.
The bottoms, which were now the tops, covered the boy’s head.
现在的底部是顶部,盖住男孩的头。
It was all very confusing.
这一切都非常混乱。
Worse than worse, people were frowning again.
更糟糕的是,人们又皱眉了。
Their faces were turned upside down.
他们的脸被颠倒了。
The little Up Down Boy tried to make the people laugh.
"上下小男孩"想取笑众人.
But no matter what silly face he made, no one smiled—they could only frown.
但不管他做了什么傻事 没有人会笑 他们只会皱眉
And so the Up Down Boy went right side up.
于是"上下男孩"右侧向上
Now what was down was down, and what was up was up.
现在下来的东西下来了, 上面的东西起来。
Although he was now right side up again, this story doesn’t end going down.
虽然他现在又站在右侧,
There was a surprise waiting for the Up Down boy after he went right side up.
在Up Down男孩右上方后 有个惊喜等着他
What had seemed to be frowns were really smiles in this right-side-up world.
在右侧的世界里 眉毛看起来是微笑
The people had smiled when the Up Down boy had muddled through puddles.
当"上下"男孩被泥倒入水坑时,人们微笑了。
They laughed when he slurped his soup.
他们笑的时候,他淋了汤。
The people had forgotten for a time what had made them sad in our Up Down world.
人民已经忘记了 是什么让他们在我们的上下游世界感到悲伤。