The Moon Bowl
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
Once Upon a Time, or The Problem Once upon a time, all the rivers in the world ran into deep holes in the ground.
一次一次,或者问题 昔出世间一切河道入地入地入地入地入地入地入地入地入地入地入地入地入地入地入地入地入地入地入地入地入地入地入地入地入地入地入地入地入地入地入地入地入地入地入地入地入地入地入地入地入地入地入地入地入地入地入地入地入地入地入地入地入地入地入地入地入地入地入地出地入地入地入地入地入地入地入地入地入地入地入地入地入地入地入地入地入地入地入地入地入地入地入地入地入地入地入地入地入地入地入地入地入地入地入地入地入地入地入地入地入地入地入地入地入地入地入地入地入地入地入地入地入地入地入地入地入地入地入地入地入地入地入地入地
There were no ponds or lakes where people could save their drinking water.
没有池塘或湖泊可供人们保存饮用水。
The rivers became full only when a woman tipped over an enormous bowl of water on the moon and poured rain down to the Earth.
只有当一个女人在月球上 倾注出一碗巨大的水 并倒入地上时 河流才变得满满
But she didn’t always tip the bowl in a timely fashion.
她并不总是及时给碗小费。
In fact, sometimes the bowl would tip just slightly, not far enough to spill any water out.
事实上,有时碗会略微倾斜, 不足以溢出任何水。
It was deeply frustrating to all the people on Earth who watched the bowl, waiting for rain.
这让地球上所有看着碗等雨的人深感沮丧.
“Isn’t that just like a woman, to change her mind for no reason!
这难道不是像女人一样,
She tips it one way, and then tips it right back,” they said.
她用一种方法给它指点,然后直接把它指回,"他们说.
The people mistakenly thought that women were silly and couldn’t make decisions.
人们错误地认为女人很傻,
One year, it had been months since the moon bowl had tipped.
一年,月球碗已经过了几个月了
The rivers were so skimpy you could see the stones at the bottom.
河流太平滑了 你可以看到最下方的石头
Everyone was worried because wash day was coming.
大家都很担心 因为洗手日快到了
“Silly woman!
“沉默的女人!
Can’t she make up her mind?”
她不能下定决心吗? “
the people grumbled.
人们抱怨。
The Hero Of course, the tale of the moon bowl is a fairy tale, so there must be a hero and a princess.
英雄们 当然,月球碗的故事是童话,所以一定有英雄和公主.
The hero was a humble woodchopper named Tom.
英雄是一位叫汤姆的谦卑木匠.
The princess was named Charlotte, and she was, of course, incredibly beautiful.
公主被命名为夏洛特, 当然,她是令人难以置信的美丽。
One day, the beautiful princess spied Tom the woodchopper chopping wood, and she instantly fell in love with him.
有一天,美丽的公主监视 砍柴的汤姆 她立刻爱上了他
Tom glimpsed Charlotte through the trees and fell in love with her as well.
汤姆从树上窥出夏洛特,也爱上了她.
So the princess skipped off to tell her father, the king.
于是公主跳下去告诉了父亲,国王.
“Father, I have seen the man I want to marry.
“父亲,我见过我想娶的男人。
His axe flies like the wind itself, and the motion of his body is like a river.”
他的斧子会像风本身一样飞来飞去,他身体的运动就像一条河流. “
“A river, hmm?”
“一条河流,嗯? “
said the king, and he began to think.
国王说,他开始思考。
Of course this is a fairy tale, so the king had to think of some task for Tom to perform before he could marry Charlotte.
当然这是一个童话故事,所以国王在嫁给夏洛特之前,不得不想出一些任务让汤姆来表演.
“I’ve got a task for this Tom to complete before he can marry you.
在汤姆嫁给你之前,
He must go to that silly woman on the moon.
他必须去月球上那个傻女人那里
He must make her tip the moon bowl over so we might have some rain.”
他必须让她把月球碗倾斜 这样我们就可以下雨了 “
The Task Tom was brought to the castle and told of his task.
任务汤姆被带入城堡,并被告知他的任务.
He kissed Princess Charlotte goodbye and set out to make the woman on the moon tip her bowl over.
他亲吻了夏洛特公主的告别,并出发让月球上的女人把碗倒过来.
After three days of walking, Tom realized that he didn’t know how to get to the moon.
经过三天的行走,汤姆意识到自己不知道如何去月球.
He was hot and tired.
他又热又累
He thought it might be nice to feel the breeze on the back of his neck.
他认为感受他脖子后部的微风可能很好.
So he took out his axe and started chopping.
于是取出他的斧头并开始砍.
“Wouldn’t it be nice,” he thought, “to feel the wind on the back of my neck with my eyes closed?”
他认为“闭上眼睛感受我脖子后部的风, “
And so Tom closed his eyes.
所以汤姆闭上了眼睛
And what do you know, on the third chop that Tom chopped with his eyes closed, whiz-bang, he flew straight to the moon.
汤姆闭上了眼睛砍了第三刀 他直飞到月球
Tom opened his eyes.
汤姆睁开眼睛
There in front of him was an old man stooping over the ground.
在他面前有个老头子在地上行走
He carried a long glass stick, and he was using the stick to draw in the dust.
他带着一根长长的玻璃棒,正用这根棍子来画出尘埃.
The man was nothing but rickety old bones that rattled when he coughed.
他咳嗽时会颤抖的老骨头
And he coughed all the time, for he stirred up plenty of dust as he drew.
他总是咳嗽,因为他在画画的时候, 扬起许多尘埃。
“Sir, what are you drawing?”
“先生,你在画什么? “
Tom asked politely.
汤姆礼貌地问
The rickety man peered sideways.
矮小的男人在侧面对视
“A diagram!
“图!
I am drawing a diagram of how to line up the stars.
我正在绘制一个图表,说明如何排列星星。
Look at them all out there in the sky, here and there and splashed about, twinkling and winking.
看看他们都在那里, 在天空,这里和那里, 喷出,闪闪发光和眨眼。
I’m trying to find a way to organize them.
我试图想办法组织他们。
See, I’m going to trim their corners nice and square and line them up, biggest on top, next biggest, and so on, etcetera.”
我将修剪他们的角落, “
“But sir, how will you reach the stars to move them around?”
“但是,先生,你怎样才能到达星星来移动它们呢? “
asked Tom, very politely.
问汤姆,非常礼貌。
Just then the old man had a great coughing fit.
刚刚那老头咳嗽得厉害
Tom was quite sure his bones would crumble and join the clouds of dust that swirled all about them.
汤姆很确定他的骨头会倒塌 与尘埃相接 尘埃笼罩
“Why,” coughed the old man, “I’ll get to that when I get to it.
“为什么,”这名老人咳嗽道,“我到时会知道。
First things first.”
先为事. “
“Well, if you don’t mind me asking, what good would organizing the stars do?”
“如果你不介意我问, “
asked Tom, ever so politely.
问汤姆,永远如此礼貌。
“Fool!
" 胡说!
Simpleton!”
斯皮尔顿!”
cried the rickety man.
哭出那个顽皮人.
“Can’t you see that this is important work?
“你看不出这是一件重要的工作吗?
I’m dealing with the stars, boy, and the stars are very important.
我面对的是星星,
Yes, very important!
对,很重要!
My work is much too important for me to waste time answering your foolish questions.”
我的工作太重要了 我无法浪费时间回答你愚蠢的问题 “
“Well, I’ll be moving along then,” Tom said, “if only you could tell me where the moon bowl is.
汤姆说:“如果你能告诉我月球碗在哪,
I need to speak with the woman who tips it.”
我需要和给它指针的女人谈谈 “
“The woman who tips the moon bowl?”
“给月球碗打针的女人? “
said the rickety man.
说那个小矮人
And then he began a great coughing fit that seemed to last a full half-hour.
然后他开始一个很好的咳嗽 似乎持续了整整半小时。
This was very clever of the old man, because he was trying to buy time to think.
这是非常聪明的老人, 因为他试图争取时间思考。
“What a silly chore it is to tip over the moon bowl,” he finally choked.
他终于窒息了。
“Thank goodness I have much more important work to do.
“谢天谢地, 我还有更重要的事要做
Turn around, lad, and I’ll hop on your back and show you where she is supposed to be.”
转过身来,我跳到你的背上,告诉你她应该在哪里。 “
The Hero’s Unbelievably Clever Solution Tom turned and crouched down, and the old man hopped on his back, piggyback style.
英雄不可思议的聪明解决方案 汤姆转过身来蹲倒了,那老汉就从他背上跳了起来,猪背式.
With a wave of the old man’s glass stick, they instantly arrived underneath the most enormous bowl Tom had ever seen.
他们马上来到了汤姆见过的最巨大的碗下。
It towered over them, silver and smooth and gleaming softly.
它俯瞰着他们,银色而光滑而柔和地闪烁。
Clearly it was full of water, for shining drops trickled down its sides.
显然它充满了水, 因为闪光的滴子 滴入了它的侧面。
“It tips from up top, on the rim,” croaked the rickety old man.
“它从上而上,从上而上,从上而上,从上而上,”
“How can I get up there?”
“我怎样才能上去? “
asked Tom.
问汤姆。
“Easy enough,” said the old man.
这位老先生说,“很容易”。
And with another wave of the glass stick, Tom and the old man were perched on the rim of the bowl.
并用又一波玻璃棒相接相接相接相接相接相接相接相接相接相接相接相接相接相接相接相接相接相接相接相接相接相接相接相接相接相接相接相接相接相接相接相接相接相接相接相接相接相接相接相接相接相接相接相接相接相接相接相接相接相接相接相接相接相接相接相接相接相接相接相接相接相接相接相接相接相接相接相接相接相接相接相接相接相接相接相相相接相接相相相接相相相相接相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相相
It was as though they stood on the edge of an enormous round lake.
就像是站在巨大的圆湖边上
“How could anyone tip over such a large, heavy bowl?”
“怎么能有人从这么大而沉重的碗上倾斜? “
asked Tom.
问汤姆。
“Simple, boy.
“简单,男孩。
Why, I barely need to brush it with the end of my stick, and over it goes.”
我几乎不需要用棍子来刷它 然后它就完了 “
And so the old man did.
故老汉所为也.
He reached out his glass stick and tipped the moon bowl slowly, slowly over.
他伸出玻璃棒 慢慢地向月球碗通风
The water ran out, singing over the silver sides of the bowl like a million glasses tinkling at once.
水流出来,在碗上银边上唱起,像一百万杯叮当.
Tom thought of the purring rivers and trickling raindrops falling down on Earth, and of how happy all the people must be to have rain.
汤姆想到了普林河和地上流下的小雨滴,想到了所有的人必须多么快乐才能有雨.
“Excuse me, sir, but I wonder how you know so much about tipping the bowl when it isn’t your job,” Tom said, ever so politely.
“对不起,先生,但我不知道你怎么会知道在这不是你的工作时给小费。 ”汤姆说,
“What?
“什么情况?
Huff!”
嘘!"
cried the old man.
哭着老人。
And he began coughing again, so much that Tom himself shook on the edge of the bowl.
然后他又开始咳嗽,以至于汤姆自己在碗边摇晃.
“What a stupid job, tipping over the moon bowl.
“多么愚蠢的工作,在月球碗上倾斜。
Why, an infant could tip this thing over!
为什么,一个婴儿可以给它小费!
I’m much too important to do anything as simple as this.
我太重要了,
Much too important!
这太重要了!
The stars, my boy—my brilliant mind was destined to work with the stars.
星星,我的孩子... 我聪明的头脑注定要和星星一起工作
Ridiculous moon bowl.”
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“It is your job to tip the moon bowl, isn’t it, sir?”
“你的工作是向月球碗倾斜,不是吗,先生? “
asked Tom, taking extra care to be especially polite.
问汤姆,多加小心 特别礼貌。
“Balderdash!
“巴尔德达什!
I was cut out for much greater things than minding the moon bowl.
我被切出 更多的事情 比小心月球碗。
Why I.
为什么是我?
I.
我从小就喜欢
oh, rubbish.
哦,废话。
Yes, I’m the one who’s supposed to tip the moon bowl,” the old man grumbled.
”这位老人抱怨说,
“All that bowl ever does is keep me from my real work.
“那个碗让我无法从事真正的工作。
It’s important work, you know, lining up the stars.
这是重要的工作,你知道, 排上星星。
Much more important than that silly moon bowl.”
比那个愚蠢的月球碗更重要 “
“But sir, if you don’t mind me asking, why would you tip it partway and then put it back?
“但是,先生,如果你不介意我问一下,你为什么要给它小费然后放回去?
It makes the people on Earth quite angry.”
它使地球上的人相当愤怒。 “
The rickety man stammered and choked and jostled.
顽人相接相接而相克而相克而相克.
“I don’t have time, you great oaf!
「我没有时间,
I must get back to my work!”
我必须回去工作!
he cried.
他哭了起来。
And he shouted so violently that Tom lost his balance (you do remember that he was riding piggyback, don’t you?)
(你记得他骑着小猪背,
The rickety man fell right into the moon bowl while Tom fell outside to the ground.
顽皮人倒入了月球碗,而汤姆则倒出地外.
Tom heard the scratching sound of the old man scrambling up the inside of the bowl.
汤姆听到老头子在碗内打出刮伤的声音.
Soon he saw the old man’s long nose peering over the edge.
很快,他看到老人的长鼻子在边缘仰望.
“My stick!”
“我的棍子!”
he cried.
他哭了起来。
“How will I draw my diagrams without my stick?
“没有我的棍子,我怎么画我的图?
And how will I get down?
我怎么下来?
Toss it up to me, boy.”
扔给我,孩子。 “
Tom looked around him, and sure enough, the glass stick had fallen near his feet.
汤姆环顾四周,很确定,玻璃棒已经倒在他脚下.
Tom laughed.
汤姆笑了
“Well, now that you’re inside the bowl, I suppose you’ll do your job,” he said.
“既然你已经身在碗里,
“If you don’t tip the bowl when it’s full, the water will come up to your nose.
“如果碗满了,
I’m sorry, sir, but I have to be leaving now.”
对不起,先生,我得走了。 “
And Tom tipped his cap ever so politely, waved the glass stick, and in an instant was back at the king’s palace.
汤姆如此礼貌地挥起玻璃棒,
Happily Ever After, or The End “Did it happen to rain here?”
幸福的过去,或者说结局“这里有没有下雨? “
asked Tom.
问汤姆。
“Rain!”
“雷恩!”
cried the king.
哭出王来.
“Why, it rained more than I can ever remember it raining.
“为什么,雨雨比我想的还多。
The fields are full of grain and the rivers are full of sweet drinking water.
田地多有谷物,河流多有甜味的饮用水.
Plus I’ll be able to get my washing done.
我将可以洗衣服。
Good show, Tom!”
好样的,汤姆!”
“And I must inform you,” continued Tom, “that the woman on the moon is really a man.
“我必须告诉你,” 汤姆继续说,“月球上的女人真的是个男人。
And he changes his mind not because he’s silly, but because he thinks he’s much more important than the moon bowl.”
他改变主意不是因为他很傻 而是因为他觉得他比月球碗更重要 “
Just then, the princess came in and saw Tom, and she flew into his arms.
刚刚,公主进来看见了汤姆,她飞入了他的怀中.
They were married that day, and you can probably guess how they lived after that.
他们那天结了婚,你大概可以猜到他们在那之后是怎么活下来的.
As for the old man in the moon bowl, he doesn’t dare jump out, because he’s nothing but bones.
至于月球碗里的老人,
Sometimes he gets so angry that he lets the water get almost up to his nose before leaning over and letting the rain out.
有时他很生气,让他让水几乎爬到鼻子上,再靠过去放出雨水.
But thank goodness he’s leaving the stars alone.
但谢天谢地,
I think they look quite nice just the way they are, don’t you?
我觉得他们看起来不错,