Question
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
“ Who bumped me?”
“________________________________________ 谁撞倒我? “
Tari shouted, jerking awake.
页:1 塔里喊叫着,
“Did you do itin your sleep?
你睡了吗?
Why do we move in our sleep?”
页:1 为什么我们要搬去睡觉? “
“Mother’s eyes snapped open.
“妈妈的眼睛睁开了。
Another “day of questions had begun, and no one “had even had breakfast yet.
页:1 “今天的问题已经开始,
Tari asked questions about the landscape as the family swung through the trees.
TariQQQ 问到关于地貌的问题,
“Why is the sky blue?
为什么天空是蓝色的?
Why are the hills high?”
页:1 为什么山高? “
He asked about other animals’ lives when they went to visit friends.
页:1 当他们去拜访朋友时,
“Why does Jaguar have spots?
为什么Jaguar有斑点?
Why do ants live underground?”
页:1 为什么蚂蚁住在地下? “
As Tari grew older, his questions had become more difficult.
他的提问变得更加困难。
Then one day, Tari asked aquestion that his parents could not answer.
页:1 塔里问他的父母不能回答。
“Why are we called spider monkeys?”
为什么我们叫蜘蛛猴? “
Tari’s parents could have guessed the answer to this question.
塔里的父母可以猜到,
But they felt it was time for Tari to figure some things out on his own.
页:1 但是,他们觉得,这已经是时间了。 塔里(Tari)想着,
“He asked about the tree they lived in “while he fell asleep in its branches.
页:1 “他问到树,他们住在树上,
“Why is ittall?
为什么?
Why does ithave “leaves?”
页:1 为什么它有“离开? “
He asked about foods while “the family prepared meals.
页:1 他问到食物,
“Why are “bananas tasty?
“为什么?
Why is corn yellow?”
页:1 为什么玉米是黄色的? “
“Tari’s curiosity was truly endless.
“Tari的好奇心确实无穷无尽。
“ But how can Ifind out where the name came from?”
“________________________________________ 但是,我怎么能找到一个名字来自哪里? “
“ Tari’s parents exchanged glances.
“Tari的父母互换了眼神。
“Well, Tari,” said his father, “there is someone who knows.
他的父亲说,“有人知道,
The Namer herself lives in the other world beyond our forest.”
页:1 我们的森林之外的世界 “
“ Tari had heard about the Namer before.
塔里(Tari)曾听说,
The animals in the forest had agreat respect for her and all of her mysteries.
页:1 森林里那些动物 对她和她的奥秘非常尊敬
“They tried to explain why they could not answer Tari’s simple question.
他们试图解释为什么他们不能回答。 塔里的问题很简单。
His mother took adeep breath and said, “ Inthe days before monkeys could talk with one another, the Namer of Animals gave every creature aname.
他的妈妈说,“在猴子面前,
Each animal carries its given name until the end of time.
每一个动物都带着它的名字 直到时间的结束
Generation after generation of spider monkeys have been called by that name.”
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T ari went to find his friend, Balam Iguana.
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She was always up for a good adventure.
页:1 她总是喜欢冒险
Sometimes she and T ari could figure things out without asking their parents.
有些时候,她和T i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i , i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i , i i i i i 为 i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i
Balam was very excited by the question of where names came from.
巴拉姆非常激动,
Her parents could only guess where the word iguanacame from.
页:1 她的父母只能说,
Tari and Balam decided to find the Namer in the other world and ask her where she had gotten their names.
塔里岛和塔里岛 BalamQQ决定在另一个世界找到Namer,
This was no small journey for aspider monkey and an iguana.
页:1 这是小旅行 猴子和蜥蜴
But the reward seemed well worth the trek.
页:1 但是 奖赏 似乎值得一试
Tari guessed that the Namer must be an incredible being.
页:1 塔里猜想,纳美人必须成为 不可思议的人。
Tari believed there were reasons for most things in the world.
页:1 TariQQ认为,
He wanted more than anything to find out what those reasons were.
页:1 他更想要知道这些原因。
Tari began wondering about the many names of forest animals.
塔里开始想着... ... ......
Spider monkey was not the strangest.
页:1 蜘蛛猴不是最奇特的
There was iguana, jaguar, macaw,and puma.
页:1 有蜥蜴 有美洲狮 有鹦鹉 有美洲狮
Tari began to think the Namer might be alittle silly.
塔里开始觉得纳美可能很愚蠢。
After swinging his arms for what seemed like days, Tari reached the edge of the trees and Balam stepped off his back.
在转动他的手臂之后,
They could not believe their eyes.
页:1 他们不能相信他们的眼睛
Neither had ever been outside the forest.
页:1 也没有去过森林外面
And neither of them had even begun to wonder about the other world beyond.
页:1 也开始怀疑世界之外,
A whole new series of questions drummed in Tari’s head.
页:1 在塔里的头部,
The object was smaller than many of the trees in the forest.
比起森林里的很多树,
And itwas much less impressive.
页:1 更别提让人印象深刻了
Tari and Balam went to the base of the object.
塔里岛和塔里岛 BalamQQ去到QQ对象的QQ基.
It looked like alot of branches were stuck together.
页:1 看起来像是一对一对一对一
Tari had seen things like this in the middle of the forest.
页:1 塔里看到这些东西,
They were left over from some long-ago creatures.
页:1 他们被一些长相生物留下
He climbed out of the tree and stared in amazement.
他从树上爬出,
There was space here where no trees grew!
页:1 这里有空间,没有树木生长的地方!
The sky was huge.
页:1 天空是... 巨大的。
Bigger than anything!
页:1 比任何东西都大!
Little green spikes covered the earth.
页:1 绿色的刺刺覆盖了地球
The friends were silent until their eyes settled on astrange object before them.
页:1 朋友们都沉默了 直到他们的眼睛安顿下来 在他们面前
It was the home of the Namer.
页:1 是纳美的故乡
“ Slowly, spider monkey,” said the Namer.
“________________________________________ 慢点,蜘蛛猴子,
“First of all, you are called spider monkey because the way you climb reminds me of aspider.”
因为攀登的方式让我想起了蜘蛛。 “
“ Oh!”
“哦,哦!”
said Tari, “that makes sense!
他说: 塔里,
But what about monkey?”
猴子怎么办? “
“Monkeyis aname for many kinds of creatures that resemble you,” the Namer said.
与你相似的生物,
“ Yes.
“________________________________________ 对
You looked like amonkey to me.
页:1 你看起来像我
And you, Balam, looked like an iguana.
页:1 而你 巴拉姆 看起来像蜥蜴
My favorite name in this rainforest is sloth.
页:1 我最喜欢这个名字,
Inamed him with asneeze.
我给他取了个名字
Iwas allergic to him.
我对他过敏
The cuckoo named herself, because of asound she made.
页:1 因为她做了一个声音。
And sometimes Ijust try to think of words that sound fun or make me laugh.”
页:1 有的时候 我试着去想这些话, “
Tari and Balam had reached their goal.
塔里岛和塔里岛 巴拉姆达到了他们的目标
While their names did not turn out to be as mysterious as they had thought, they were happy to know the truth.
页:1 虽然他们的名字,他们并不认为他们知道真相。
The Namer even invited them to come back ifthey ever had another question.
也邀请他们回来,
Tari’s parents welcomed him home.
塔里的父母欢迎他回家。
This time, they were asking all the questions.
页:1 这次,他们正在问所有的问题。
“ You see, when Iwas young, Ibegan to name animals.
“________________________________________ 你瞧,当我年轻时,我叫动物
I use names to separate one creature from another.
页:1 我用名字来区分一个生物
But whatever name Ichose, Iwas careful to stay true to each creature.”
但无论什么名字 I'chose, I's carely... “