Heads West
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
Johnny Appleseed had the strongest legs and feet any man ever had.
约翰尼 苹果籽的腿和脚都比男人强
He was like a flying jackrabbit.
他就像一只飞来飞去的兔子
He never wore shoes, but he could jump over the widest river in one giant leap.
他从不穿鞋子 但他可以跳出一条最宽的河
Johnny was born around the time of the American Revolution and grew up in Massachusetts.
约翰尼大约出生在美国革命时期,在马萨诸塞州长大.
He loved sitting under trees and eating apples.
他喜欢坐在树下吃苹果
One day, he heard people talk of moving out West to live, and he knew they would need apples when they got there.
有一天,他听到人们说要搬出西部居住,他知道他们到达那里后需要苹果.
Johnny gathered apple seeds and headed out West ahead of the settlers.
约翰尼收集了苹果种子,并领先于定居者出走的西部.
Johnny was a scrawny man.
约翰尼是个瘦子
His arms and legs were as thin as tree branches but as strong as iron bars.
他的手臂和腿像树枝一样瘦 但和铁棒一样强壮
Johnny wore an old cloth sack for a shirt, with holes cut out for his head and arms.
Johnny穿着一件旧布袋换上衬衫 头和手臂被挖出洞
He always carried his shovel and a bag of apple seeds that never seemed to run out.
他总是带着他的铲子和一袋苹果种子,似乎从未用完.
He was quite a sight—he even wore a cooking pot on his head!
他的目光不错,甚至头上还穿了个锅!
Johnny loved nature more than just about anybody.
强尼更爱自然 不只是关于任何人。
He loved to walk from sunup to sundown and whistled wherever he went.
他喜欢从日出到日出走去,并吹口哨去任何地方.
Birds often followed Johnny to hear him make his music.
鸟常跟随约翰尼去听他制作音乐.
Johnny understood everything the birds said and talked right back to them with his whistles.
Johnny明白鸟儿说的话 用口哨回话
Johnny’s legs carried him lightning fast from one clearing to the next.
Johnny的腿抬起闪电,
Whenever Johnny came to a clearing, he’d stop, dig a hole, and put an apple seed in it.
当约翰尼来到一个空地时,他会停下来,挖个洞,然后放个苹果种子。
Then he’d push the pile of dirt back into the hole with his big bare feet.
然后他把一堆泥土推回洞里,
After planting seeds all day, Johnny would sleep under the stars.
在播了一整天的种子之后,约翰尼会睡在星星下.
Apple trees as tall as Johnny would grow faster than weeds in the clearings.
和强尼一样高的苹果树 比空地里的杂草生长得快
Johnny would smile as big as a pumpkin before racing on to a new place.
Johnny会笑得跟南瓜一样大 然后再去新地方
Every morning, Johnny took the pot off his head, turned it right side up, and placed it under a tree.
每天早晨,约翰尼把锅从他头上取出,将锅右侧翻起,放入一棵树下.
When Johnny came back in the evening, the pot was always full of delicious fruits or vegetables.
当约翰尼晚上回来时,锅里总是充满了美味的水果或蔬菜.
Sometimes it was sweet potatoes, and at other times corn, nuts, or berries.
有时是甜薯,有时是玉米,坚果或浆果.
Johnny was always happy to find these foods in his pot because he never ate meat of any kind.
约翰尼总是很高兴在他的锅里找到这些食物,因为他从未吃过任何种类的肉.
He loved all the animals and didn’t want to see them harmed in any way.
他爱所有动物,
Some Shawnee watched Johnny from behind rocks and trees as he traveled through their lands.
一些肖尼从石头和树后看约翰尼,他穿越了他们的土地.
He was different from any white man they had ever seen, and he made strange sounds with his mouth.
他和他们见过的白人不同 他用嘴发出奇怪的声音
The Shawnee were also impressed by the love and respect Johnny showed even thorny plants and dangerous animals.
肖尼人也对约翰尼的爱与尊重留下了深刻的印象,约翰尼展示了甚至有刺的植物和危险的动物.
The Shawnee tasted some apples from Johnny’s trees and wanted more.
肖尼人尝到约翰尼树上的一些苹果并想要更多.
They made friends with Johnny.
他们和强尼交了朋友
He sat around the fire with them while they ate applesauce and cornbread that he baked as a special treat.
他和他们坐在火堆里 一边吃他烤的苹果酱和玉米饼
After dinner, they danced around the fire late into the night.
晚饭后,他们绕着火跳到深夜.
Johnny could dance longer and higher than even the strongest Shawnee people.
强尼比最强的肖尼人更能跳舞
One day while Johnny was planting seeds, he heard a terrible howl in the woods.
有一天约翰尼在播种种子时,他听到树林里有可怕的叫声.
Johnny followed the sound and found a wolf caught in a steel trap.
强尼跟着声音,发现一头被钢圈夹住的狼.
Johnny spoke softly, gently patted the wolf’s head, and opened the trap.
强尼轻轻地说话,轻轻地拍了狼的头,并打开了陷阱.
From then on, that wolf followed Johnny everywhere.
从那时起,那只狼就跟随约翰尼到处跑去.
Johnny named him Roamer.
约翰尼给他取了罗默的名字
Roamer liked to dig the holes for the seeds, so Johnny planted apple trees twice as fast as before.
罗默喜欢为种子挖出洞来,于是约翰尼种植了两倍于前作的苹果树.
Johnny swiftly planted trees all over Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois.
约翰尼迅速在宾夕法尼亚州,俄亥俄州,印第安纳州和伊利诺伊州各地植树.
When the settlers finally arrived in their covered wagons, they were surprised to find red apples hanging in every orchard.
当定居者们最终乘坐被覆盖的马车抵达时,他们惊讶地发现每个果园都悬挂着红色的苹果.
What a treat in the wilderness!
在荒野里多好啊!
Some of the settlers held a square dance to celebrate, and Johnny got excited.
一些定居者举行广场舞会来庆祝,而约翰尼变得兴奋.
He danced so high that he didn’t come down until the next day.
他跳得这么高,
The Earth spun completely around before Johnny landed back on the ground at the end of his dance.
地球在约翰尼在舞蹈后期降落回到地上之前就已经完全旋转了.
A young settler boy named Joey was curious about Johnny’s cooking pot.
一个名叫乔伊的定居者男孩对约翰尼的锅很好奇。
Joey wondered how the pot became filled with food each day.
乔伊想知道这壶是如何每天被食物填满的.
One day, Joey hid and waited to see what would happen when Johnny left the pot under a tree.
有一天,乔伊躲了起来,等待着看到约翰尼把锅放入一棵树下时会发生什么.
Joey waited and waited for what seemed like hours.
乔伊等了好几个小时
Joey waited so long that he got tired and fell asleep.
乔伊等了这么久,就累了,睡着了.
When he woke up, the pot was full of potatoes, strawberries, and walnuts.
他醒来后,锅上放满了土豆,草莓和核桃.
Joey didn’t see anyone, but he found tracks from many kinds of animals around the pot.
Joey没有看到任何人,
In time, Johnny grew old and died.
随着时间的推移,约翰尼逐渐衰老并去世.
Roamer the Wolf carefully buried Johnny with his bag of apple seeds, shovel, and cooking pot.
狼人Roamer将约翰尼用他包里的苹果种子,铲子和煮锅小心地埋葬了.
That night, Roamer sat next to Johnny’s grave and howled long and sad at the golden moon.
当晚 Roamer坐在Johnny的坟墓旁边,
The birds came to pay their respects as well and sang their very best hymns.
鸟也前来拜会并唱出他们最优秀的颂歌.
Hundreds of other animals gathered at the edge of the forest to say good-bye to their fallen friend.
有上百只动物聚集在森林的边缘,与他们死去的朋友告别.
And still today, the sweetest apples in the whole country grow right in that very spot.
直到今天,全国最甜的苹果 都在那个地方生长