Landon’s Pumpkins
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
Table of Contents Planning.
目录 规划。
4 Planting.
4 种植业。
7 Growing.
7 增长.
9 Harvesting.
9 收获。
12 Glossary.
12 词汇表。
16 Planning Landon was carrying the papers, cans, and plastic to the recycle bins after dinner.
16 Planning Landon在晚饭后将文件,罐子和塑料带到了回收箱.
A bright newspaper ad caught his attention.
一个明亮的报纸广告引起了他的注意.
Get Your Seeds Now for Fall Harvest Bright orange pumpkins, yellow corn, and green beans smiled from the ad.
现在把种子拿来 秋季收获 亮橙色南瓜 黄玉米和绿豆从广告上笑出
Landon put the plastics, cans, and papers in the proper recycling bins and hurried to find his father.
Landon把塑料,罐子和证件放进适当的回收箱,并匆忙地去找他的父亲.
“Dad, do you remember that sick-looking jack-o’ -lantern I carved last year?”
“爸爸,你还记得去年我雕刻的那位病态的长相吗? “
“Um, I remember.”
“嗯,我记得。 “
Dad set his book down as Landon sat on the couch beside him.
爸爸把书放在他旁边的沙发上
“Well, I was thinking, I could use my allowance to buy pumpkin seeds.
“我想,我可以用我的零用钱买南瓜种子。
Then I could grow pumpkins.
然后,我可以种南瓜。
I’d have enough of them for Chad and me to practice carving.”
让乍得和我练习雕刻。 “
“That sounds like a good plan,” Dad said.
“这听起来是个好计划。”
“I would need a space in the garden to plant them,” Landon said.
Landon说:“我需要在花园里留个空间来种植它们。”
“Oh, I think we can manage that,” Dad said.
“哦,我想我们可以做到这一点,”爸爸说。
Landon remembered last Halloween.
兰登记得上个万圣节
He and Chad, his five-year-old brother, had spent their allowances on two pumpkins.
他和他五岁的弟弟乍得在两个南瓜上花掉了津贴。
Chad had drawn a scary face on his with markers.
乍得用标记画出一张可怕的脸。
Landon had wanted to try carving his own for the first time.
Landon第一次想自己雕刻
Dad had shown him how to hold the knife and cut safely.
爸爸教他如何拿起刀子 安全地切开
Landon had worked on his pumpkin for a long time, but he had really messed it up.
兰登在南瓜上工作了很久 但他真的搞砸了
It hadn’t looked at all like a jack-o’- lantern.
并不像灯笼。
He wanted to start over, but he had no other pumpkin to carve.
他想重新开始 但他没有其他南瓜可以雕刻
Planting The next day, Dad tilled a small patch of ground in the garden.
种植 第二天,爸爸在花园里耕种了一小块地.
“Get some compost, and we’ll mix it in the soil.”
将混入土壤。 “
Landon knew that they would need compost to make the plants healthy.
兰登知道他们需要堆肥才能使植物健康.
All year long, he had put grass clippings, fallen leaves, and fruit and vegetable peels into the compost drum, and then covered each layer with dirt.
一整年,他都把草剪子,倒叶子,水果和蔬菜皮放入了堆肥桶中,然后用泥土覆盖了每一层.
Dad had told him that this reduced the garbage they sent to the landfill.
爸爸告诉他,这减少了垃圾 发送到垃圾填埋场。
After raking the tilled ground, Landon followed the directions on the seed packet.
在打捞出耕地后,兰登遵循了种子包上的方向.
He planted the pumpkin seeds he bought at the store in three little mounds.
他在商店里把买来的南瓜种子植入了三个小丘.
He planted four or five seeds in each mound.
他在每个山丘上植入了四五个种子.
He left an arm’s-length space between each mound for the vines to grow.
他在每个山丘之间留下了长臂的空间,供藤蔓生长。
Then he stamped the dirt down with his feet.
后以脚印出出出土.
Finally he got the watering can, filled it with water, and gently sprinkled each mound until the soil was wet.
最后他得到了取水罐,充满了水, 轻轻地洒了每个丘,直到土壤被湿了。
Growing In a few days, Landon saw little green shoots making cracks in the ground.
增长 几天后,兰登看到小绿地拍摄出地上出裂缝.
In another few days, the shoots grew leaves.
再过几天,镜头会长出叶子
“It looks like frost tonight,” said the weather reporter on television.
电视上的气象记者说,
“You’d better make sure your tender garden plants are covered.”
“你最好确保你温柔的花园植物都覆盖好。 “
Landon thought and thought.
兰登想相想.
How can I protect my pumpkins?
我怎么保护我的南瓜?
A blanket or newspapers might smash the little plants.
毯子或报纸可能会砸碎小植物
After dinner, Landon spotted three empty, plastic two-liter juice bottles on the counter.
晚饭后,兰登发现柜台上有3个空的,可塑的2升汁瓶.
It was his job to take them out to the recycle bin.
他的工作是带他们去回收站
They might work, he thought.
他认为他们可能有用
He cut off the bottoms of the bottles and tossed the bottoms into the plastics bin.
他把瓶子的底部切开,把底部扔入了塑料桶.
Then he took the top parts out to his pumpkin patch and set one over each tiny plant like a miniature greenhouse.
然后他把顶部的零件 带到他的南瓜地块 并设置一个在每一个小植物上 像一个微型温室。
Dad smiled.
爸爸笑了起来
“I’m glad to see you reusing things.”
“我很高兴看到你重用东西。 “
Landon took the bottles off in the morning so the plants wouldn’t bake in the sun.
兰登早上把瓶子取出,
He saved the bottles to use the following night.
他保存了酒瓶,用于第二天晚上.
Soon the nights turned warmer, and the plants were too large for the bottles.
不久后夜色变暖了,植物对瓶子来说太大了.
Landon pulled stubborn weeds and watered his thirsty plants.
兰登拔出固执的杂草并给口渴的植物取水.
As the temperature crept higher, pumpkin vines stretched over the ground like a carpet of ivy.
随着温度升高,南瓜藤像常青藤的地毯一样伸向地上.
Landon happily wiped the sweat from his face when he realized that no room remained for more weeds to grow.
兰登意识到没有空间让更多的杂草能长出后,高兴地将汗从他脸上擦去.
Soon bright yellow flowers appeared, and then small green balls grew in their place.
很快明亮的黄色花朵就出现了,而后小绿球会在其所处生长.
The vines sprawled onto the lawn and into Dad’s part of the garden.
藤蔓会伸入草地,
Harvesting The green balls grew bigger and bigger.
收获 绿球越来越大
By Halloween, Landon had a dozen bright orange pumpkins.
到万圣节,兰登有一打亮橙色南瓜.
He sold six to the neighbors, gave Chad three, and saved three for himself.
他卖出6个给邻居,给了Chad3个,并为自己节省了3个.
Landon cut the tops off his three pumpkins and scooped out the insides.
兰登从他三个南瓜上切出顶上并取出内出.
Yuck, he thought, this looks like good stuff for the compost drum for next year’s garden.
他觉得这对明年的园林来说是件好事。
Then he noticed that the seeds looked just like the ones he had planted in the spring.
然后他注意到种子看起来就像他在春天所种的种子一样.
I can recycle these to grow pumpkins next year, he thought, and I won’t have to buy new ones.
我明年可以回收这些南瓜,
Landon spread the seeds on paper to dry.
兰登以纸上放出种子去干.
But there were many more seeds than he wanted to plant.
但种子比他想要的还要多
“Dad, do you know of anything I can do with a hundred pumpkin seeds?”
“爸爸,你知道我用一百个南瓜种子能做些什么吗? “
Landon asked.
兰登问.
“Well, when I was a boy, we used to roast them in the oven and eat them,” Dad said.
“当我还是个孩子的时候,我们经常把她们烤入烤箱吃。”
“They tasted pretty good.”
“它们味道不错。 “
“Hey, Dad, good idea.
“嘿,爸爸,好主意。
I can reuse them as a snack.”
我可以把它们作为零食再使用。 “
“Who would have thought I could use the three R’s—reduce, reuse, and recycle—to grow pumpkins?”
" 谁会想到我能用三个R的-减量、再利用和再生-来种植南瓜? “
he said.
他说。
Glossary allowances (n.)
词汇津贴(不详)
sums of money given out (p.
发放的资金数额(第5页)
5) carving (v.)
5) 雕刻 (五.
cutting with care (p.
切除时注意(第3页)
5) compost (n.)
5) 堆肥 (n.
a mixture of decaying organic material, such as vegetables, plant clippings, or newspapers (p.
一种腐烂有机物的混合物,如蔬菜、植物剪接或报纸(p.
7) frost (n.)
7) 有霜 (n.
tiny pieces of ice that form on things when the temperature falls below freezing (p.
当温度降到冰冻下方时形成的细小冰块(p.
9) harvest (n.)
9)收成(n.
time when crops are gathered (p.
收割作物的时间(p.
4) landfill (n.)
4) 填埋(n.)
a place where garbage is emptied and covered with dirt (p.
一个垃圾被清空并被泥土覆盖的地方(p.
7) recycle (v.)
7) 再循环(五.
to break down something to its basic parts to be used again (p.
将一些东西分解到其基本部件中再被使用(p.
4) reduced (v.)
4) 减少(五.
made smaller (p.
变小(p.
7) shoots (n.)
7) 射击 (n.
beginning parts of plants that grow above ground (p.
开始地上生长的植物部分(p.
9) stubborn (adj.)
9) 固执 (adj.
difficult to handle (p.
难以处理(p.
11) temperature (n.)
11) 温度(n.
the measure of how hot or cold something is (p.
衡量什么是多热多冷(p.
11) tilled (v.)
11)耕(五.
broke and turned soil for planting (p.
破碎后转为土壤种植(p.
7) Landon drew faces on his pumpkins.
7) Landon在他的南瓜上画了相貌.
Then he followed the lines with his carving knife.
后以雕刀相随行.
Each pumpkin looked better than the one before!
每个南瓜都比以前好看多了!
On Halloween night, Landon was proud of the six scary jack-o’-lanterns that glowed on the front porch!
在万圣节之夜,兰登为前门廊发光的六名恐怖的杰克-欧-兰特人而自豪!
Roasted Pumpkin Seeds Ingredients: 1½ to 2 cups pumpkin seeds 2 teaspoons melted butter salt (about a teaspoon)* To Make: 1.
烤南瓜种子:11⁄2到2个杯子南瓜种子 2个茶叶被黄油盐融化了(约一茶匙)* 制作: 1.
Get an adult to help you 2.
找个成年人来帮你 2
Preheat oven to 300° F 3.
预热烤箱到300°F 3.
Clean strings and pulp off your seeds, Lay them out on newspaper to dry for about 2-3 hours.
干净的绳子和纸浆 从你的种子, 把它们放在报纸上 干大约2 -3小时。
Mix seeds in a bowl with melted butter and salt.
将种子混合入一碗中并用被熔化的黄油和盐.
sheet.
床单。
brown.
褐色的。
Stir occasionally.
偶尔会
salt, Cajun seasoning, cinnamon or curry powder.
盐,卡琼调味,肉桂或咖喱粉.