The Bird’s Nest
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
Rima is bored with Saturday cartoons, so she gets up and walks into the kitchen.
里玛对周六的卡通感到厌倦,于是起身走入厨房.
The counter is covered with baking sheets, a sack of sugar, pistachios.
柜台上布满了烘焙布,一袋糖,活塞.
“We’re going to bake today?”
“我们今天要烤? “
Rima asks.
里马问.
After a week at school learning English, it feels good to speak Arabic.
在学校学习英语一周后,说出阿拉伯语感觉很好.
“Tomorrow there will be a bake sale,” Rima’s mother explains.
Rima的母亲解释道,
“Bake sale?”
“面包销售? “
Rima asks.
里马问.
“What’s that?”
" 这是什么? “
“We refugees will bake our favorite sweets from home,” her mother says.
她母亲说,“我们难民将从家中烤出我们最喜欢的甜品。”
“ Americans will come to buy them.”
“美国人会来购买它们。 “
This time last year, when Rima was eight, home was a tent among many other tents.
去年里玛八岁的时候, 家里是许多其他帐篷的帐篷。
The year before that, home was the side of the road, a storm-tossed boat, a stranger’s basement.
之前的一年,家是路边,被暴风雨淹没的船只,是陌生人的地下室.
It was wherever they happened to lay their heads at night.
在他们晚上碰巧下地盘的地方
When Rima was six, though, home was a house in the country of Syria.
虽然里玛六岁时,故居是叙利亚国内的一栋房屋.
Home had a big window in the kitchen where black- and-white-tailed birds came to roost.
家厨房里有个大窗户 黑白相间的鸟儿都跑过来了
It had a carpet in the living room that smelled of honey and flour.
它在起居室有一张有蜂蜜和面粉味的地毯.
It had a bedroom with a perfect view of the moon.
它有一个卧室 月亮的完美景观。
What Is a Refugee?
什么是难民?
A refugee is a person who is forced to leave his or her country to seek safety in another country.
难民是指被迫离开本国到另一国寻求安全的人。
The term comes from the word refuge, which means a safe place—the very thing that refugees are in search of.
这个词来自“避难所”一词,意思是安全的地方——难民正在寻找的地方。
Refugees usually leave behind their family and friends as well as their home.
难民通常离开家人和朋友以及家园。
In the case of Rima and her mother, they left Syria because of war.
就里玛和她的母亲而言,他们因战争而离开叙利亚.
Since 2011, millions of Syrian families have fled their country and become refugees all over the world.
自2011年以来,数百万叙利亚家庭逃离了祖国并成为了世界各地的难民.
Now they live in an apartment in America, and her mother speaks in a hushed voice whenever she mentions Syria.
现在他们住在美国的一个公寓里 她妈妈每次提到叙利亚时都会用阴沉的声音说话
War came to Syria long before they left, and it has only gotten worse.
战争早在他们离开之前就来到了叙利亚,而战争只是变得更加糟糕了。
They are never going back.
他们再也不会回去了
There is nowhere to go back to.
无所可回.
Her mother opens the refrigerator and pulls out a box of dough noodles.
她妈妈打开冰箱取出一盒面条
Rima grabs some pistachios and begins to chop them.
里玛抓住了些活塞 开始砍了
They haven’t baked together in forever—and they are making bird’s nest baklava!
他们没有永远一起烤,
When they are done, the pistachios will sit inside the dough, just like little eggs in a nest.
当它们完成后,活生生的动物会坐在面团里, 就像小卵子在巢里一样。
Rima begins to hum an old song she loves from home.
里玛开始从家里哼起一首她喜欢的老歌.
The next day, the bake sale is crowded and noisy.
次日,"烤肉"发售拥挤而吵闹.
Everywhere Rima turns, she sees the sweets of her childhood.
无论里玛转身,她都会看到她童年的甜点.
and beyond them, a long line of families waiting.
在他们之外,还有一长串家庭等待着。
What if the Americans don’t like Syrian baking?
如果美国人不喜欢叙利亚烘焙呢?
They ooh and ahh, though, pointing at the trays.
不过,他们指着托盘
“What are these called?”
“这些叫什么来着? “
they ask in English before trying to repeat the food names in Arabic.
在尝试用阿拉伯语重复食物名称之前,
Rima thinks it’s fun to teach someone else a new language for a change.
Rima认为教别人换个新语言很有趣。
“Delicious,” they say, one by one, after biting into the baklava, and Rima blushes with pride.
他们说,“可爱的,”在被咬入baklava后,一个接一个地说,里玛以自负地脸红。
Rima and her mother return the next week, and the next.
丽玛和她的母亲下个礼拜就回来了 下个礼拜就回来了
Their bird’s nest baklava is the star of the bake sale.
他们的鸟巢 Baklava 是烤肉销售的明星。
Rima thinks people can taste the joy that she and her mother share in the kitchen.
里玛认为人们可以尝到她和母亲在厨房中分享的快乐.
Joy and peace after three years living as refugees, never settled or safe enough to bake together.
在作为难民生活了三年之后,欢乐和安宁从未安顿或安全到足以一起烘烤.
One week, a boy named Andy from Rima’s school stops by her table with his family.
一个叫Andy的男孩与家人在桌子旁停留。
“ At my house in Syria, birds built nests just like this outside our kitchen window,” Rima tells him.
“...... 在叙利亚的我家里,
When Andy hands her three dollar bills, Rima says, “Yislamou.”
当安迪交出她三块钱的钞票时,里马说道:“Yislamou。
“Sorry,” she adds, blushing.
她补充说,“对不起”,脸红。
“Yislamou is how we say ‘thank you’ in Syria.”
“Yislamou是我们在叙利亚说`谢谢'的方式。
“Yislamou, then,” says Andy, lifting her baklava with a grin.
“那么, 安迪,举起她的 Baklava 笑一笑。
Rima and Andy don’t talk at school.
Rima和Andy在学校不说话。
He plays during recess with the other boys, and Rima spends half the day learning English.
他在休息期间与其他男孩一起打球,里玛花半天时间学习英语.
But every weekend, Andy and his family return to the bake sale.
但每个周末,安迪和他的家人都回到了烘焙销售.
Each time, Andy asks Rima how to say something new in Arabic: hello, goodbye, you’re welcome.
每次都这样 Andy问Rima如何用阿拉伯语说新话:你好,
Rima says the words clearly and slowly.
里玛说得清楚而缓慢.
Andy’s accent is awful, but she knows not to tease.
安迪的口音很差,
Rima doesn’t like it when the kids at school tease her about her English.
Rima不喜欢学校孩子嘲笑她英文。
One day, Rima tells Andy about how, when she was little, she would pick pistachios straight from her grandparents’ tree.
有一天,里玛告诉 Andy说她小时候会从祖父母的树上直接取出活塞。
“You must miss it there,” Andy says, and suddenly Rima’s eyes fill with tears.
Andy说, “你一定怀念那里,” 突然里马的双眼满是泪水。
Ashamed, she ducks her head.
羞愧地,她鸭出她的头。
Andy just smiles, though—a kind smile, Rima thinks.
安迪只是微笑,虽然 - 一个善良的微笑,里玛认为。
Afterward, as they pack up, Rima’s mother says, “Who is that boy who always talks to you?
之后,当他们收拾行李时,里马的母亲说:"那个总是跟你说话的男孩是谁?
A friend?”
一个朋友? “
“No,” Rima mumbles.
"不","里玛喃喃".
“Just a boy from school.”
“只是一个来自学校的男孩。 “
That week during recess, Rima is reading on a bench when Andy taps her on the shoulder.
休息那个星期 里玛在长凳上看书 当安迪拍她的肩膀。
“I want to show you something,” he says.
他说:“我想给你看样东西。”
He points to the woods behind the school, and the two walk toward them together.
他指向学校后面的树林 两人一起走向他们
“Look,” Andy says and points again.
Andy说,
Rima gasps.
里马喘息。
There in some blackberry brambles is a bird’s nest.
在黑莓花丛中,
The two of them look more closely: inside the nest sit four perfect eggs.
二人相貌更相近:巢内坐有四个完美的卵.
“Wow,” Rima breathes.
"哇,"里马呼吸。
Andy nods.
安迪点头。
“They really do look just like your baklava,” he whispers.
他低声说,
“I wonder if they’ll live close to home once they hatch,” Rima says, “or fly far away to somewhere new.”
Rima说:「或者飞去新的地方。 “
Andy puts his hands in his pockets.
安迪把手放在口袋里
“Rima?”
“里马? “
he says shyly.
他说很害羞
“I know you’re sad to have left your first home behind.
“我知道你伤心地离开了你的第一个家。
But I want you to know that here in your new home, you are.
但我想让你知道 在你的新家,你是。
my sadiq.”
我的马迪克。 “
He looks at her.
他看着她
“Did I say that right?
“我这样说对吗?
Sadiq?”
萨迪克? “
Rima grins.
丽玛笑了
“Of course,” she tells him.
“当然,”她告诉他。
His Arabic sounds as awful as ever, but she means the words with all her heart.
他的阿拉伯语听起来像往常一样可怕,但她全心全意地说这些话。
“There’s no wrong way to say friend.”
“没有说朋友的错误方法。 “
Glossary accent (n.)
词汇口音(n.)
a style of pronunciation or way of speaking a language (p.
发音的风格或说出某种语言的方式(p.
11) Arabic (n.)
11) 阿拉伯语(n.
the language originally of the Arab people, now widely spoken in the Middle East and Northern Africa (p.
原为阿拉伯人民的语言,现为中东和北非地区广泛使用的语言(p.
3) baklava (n.)
3）果仁蜜饼（名词）
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