Cali and Wanda Lou

美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习

We’re On Our Way My name is Cali.

我们正走在我们的路上 我的名字是卡利。

My owner, Wanda Lou named me Cali because I’m a calico cat from California.

我的主人万达 我是加州的卡利克猫,

We live in a little house on a quiet street where everybody knows everybody and nothing unusual ever happens.

我们住在一个小房子 在一条安静的街道上 每个人都认识每个人 没有什么不寻常的事情发生。

That’s why Wanda Lou loves to travel.

这就是为什么万达 卢爱出行.

Wanda Lou likes mysterious places, strange sights, and rare animals.

万达 卢喜欢神秘的地方,奇特的景色,以及稀有的动物.

When she takes her suitcase and my purple carpetbag out of the closet and tacks a list on the refrigerator of things to pack, I know we’re on our way.

当她把行李箱和我的紫色地毯袋从衣柜取出,

This time we are going to Asia.

这次我们要去亚洲

First stop: Japan.

首站:日本.

Tokyo: City of Electric Lights The flight from Los Angeles to Tokyo, the capital of Japan, takes ten hours.

东京: 电灯之城 从洛杉矶飞往日本首都东京的航班需要10个小时.

It seemed like forever to me.

在我看来是永远的

I cuddled up on Wanda Lou’s lap and took a long nap.

我拥抱了万达卢的腿,

Finally, we arrived at Narita airport.

最后,我们到达了奈丽塔机场.

Since we are not citizens of Japan, we were considered foreigners.

由于我们不是日本公民,我们被认为是外国人。

Wanda Lou had to stand in line to show her passport.

万达 卢不得不排队出示护照.

It gave me a chance to get my first look at Japan.

让我有机会第一次看日本

There were people walking everywhere in every direction.

到处都有人走来走去

They bowed when they greeted each other, and they spoke in a language I didn’t understand.

他们互相问候时鞠躬,

The first place we visited in Tokyo was the Imperial Palace.

我们在东京访问的第一个地方是皇宫.

It is surrounded by a moat and a huge stone wall.

它被护城河和巨大的石墙所包围。

Tourists are not allowed inside because the royal family lives there.

游客不得入内,因为皇室住在那里.

So, we walked around the outside and saw the beautiful gardens.

所以,我们走在外边 看到美丽的花园。

Next, we took a monorail around the Tokyo Zoo.

接下来我们绕着东京动物园走一圈

I saw a huge spotted leopard that looked like one of my relatives.

我看到一只巨大的斑点豹 看起来像我的亲戚之一。

He must have frightened Wanda Lou because she squeezed me.

他一定是吓倒了万达卢 因为她挤我

I meowed at him.

我对他低头了

He growled back.

他咆哮回来。

That evening, we went shopping in the Ginza district, where there were tall buildings, modern stores, and a lot of neon signs.

当天晚上,我们去银沙区购物,那里有高高的建筑,现代商店,以及许多霓虹灯标志.

Wanda Lou bought a red kimono and a pink obi for herself.

万达 卢为自己买了红和服和粉红发.

And a yellow silk scarf for me.

还有一条黄丝巾给我

I felt like one cool cat.

我觉得像只酷猫

“Mmm!

“嗯!

Something smells wonderful,” said Wanda Lou as she sniffed the delicious aroma of tempura coming from a nearby restaurant.

万达说, 卢闻到附近餐馆出产的香气

I heard her stomach growl as she looked at the menu posted outside.

我听到她的胃咆哮 当她看着外面的菜单。

The menu was written in Japanese, but she could tell from the pictures that they served sushi made with squid, eel, and octopus.

菜单是用日文写成的,但从他们服务于用鱿鱼,鳗鱼和章鱼所制作的寿司的照片上可以得知.

We went inside.

我们进去了

Wanda Lou ate tuna with ivory chopsticks.

万达 卢用象牙筷子吃金枪鱼.

She offered some to me.

她给了我一些。

Though we liked Tokyo, it was time to leave.

虽然我们喜欢东京, 是时候离开。

Wanda Lou bowed and said sayonara to our server, and we hopped on a plane to China.

万达 卢鞠躬向我们的服务器说"说",我们乘飞机去中国.

Beijing: City of Extremes Beijing, the capital of China, is a large, old, and mysterious place.

北京:中国首都北京市是一座大而古老而神秘的地方.

Wanda Lou was excited to see everything.

万达 卢看到一切很兴奋

Then, in the wink of a cat’s eye, we were off to Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City.

然后,在一只猫眼中,我们去了天安门广场和紫禁城。

Tiananmen Square is one of the largest public meeting places in the world—big enough for a million people to gather.

天安门广场是世界上最大的公共聚会地之一——规模足以让一百万人聚集.

Nearby is the Forbidden City where emperors and their families lived and ruled for 500 years.

相邻是被禁之城,皇帝和他们的家族在此居住并统治了500年.

Now it is open to visitors and thousands of them wander through the 9,999 rooms.

现在,它向游客开放,成千上万的人在9999个房间中徘徊。

Some tourists were rude and shoved and pushed us, and I fell out of my carpetbag without Wanda Lou noticing.

一些游客粗鲁地推倒并推倒了我们,我从我的地毯袋上掉下来,没有万达·卢的注意.

I tried to call her, but there were so many people and so much noise that she didn’t hear me.

我试着打电话给她,

I was alone under a pagoda in the Forbidden City.

独入紫禁城一塔下.

I was sad.

我很伤心。

I wondered whether Wanda Lou would ever find me.

我想知道万达卢会不会找到我

I waited and waited and tried not to be seen, but a Miss Chang saw me and picked me up.

我等了等了想不被人看见,却有张小姐看见我,接起我来.

I was frightened.

我吓坏了。

I didn’t want a new owner.

我不想要一个新的主人。

And then, Miss Chang held me up and said, “Here she is.

还有,小姐 张抱起我说道:"她来了.

Here’s your lost kitty.”

你的猫咪不见了 “

Wanda Lou came running.

万达 卢跑过来了

She hugged and kissed me.

她拥抱并吻了我。

I didn’t even mind getting wet from her tears.

我甚至不介意从她眼泪中弄湿。

Miss Chang felt so sorry for Wanda Lou that she invited us to a Peking duck lunch.

 ̅ 张 felt对万达卢感到非常抱歉,她邀请了我们去北京吃鸭子午餐.

At lunch, she told us about some unusual Chinese customs.

午餐时,她告诉我们一些不寻常的中国风俗.

She said, in China, it is impolite to point the spout of a teapot at your guest.

她说,在中国,用茶壶来指着你的客人是不礼貌的。

And it’s bad luck to drop your chopsticks or place them on top of your bowl.

或把筷子放在碗上,

“That’s very interesting,” Wanda Lou said as she took her chopsticks off her bowl and was careful not to drop them.

“这很有趣,”万达 卢说,当她把筷子从碗上取出时,小心不要掉下.

After lunch, Miss Chang took us to the Great Wall of China, which looks like a gigantic dragon winding 4,163 miles up and down mountains and across deserts.

午饭后,小姐 张带我们到中国长城, 长城看起来像一条巨龙 在上下4,163英里的山上和下游, 穿过沙漠。

She told us it was built 2,000 years ago to defend China from its enemies.

她告诉我们它建于2000年前,是为了保卫中国免受它的敌人.

As we walked along the wall, a little girl named Li saw me and said in English that was hard to understand, “That kitty is so cute.

当我们走在墙上, 一个小女孩叫 李 Li看见我,用英语说,这很难理解,“那只小猫好可爱。

Can I hold her?”

我能抱抱她吗? “

Wanda Lou said yes.

万达 卢说是.

Li carried me halfway up the hill.

李从珂载我上半山去.

I liked Beijing.

我喜欢北京

“Before leaving Beijing,” Miss Chang told Wanda Lou, “you must see the giant pandas.

“在离开北京之前,”张小姐告诉万达·卢:“你必须看到大熊猫。

Perhaps Li would like to join us.”

也许 李 would想加入. “

Li was delighted to go to the Beijing Zoo.

李自成高兴去北京动物园.

So were we.

我们也是

We watched the roly-poly bears munch on bamboo, do somersaults, and wrestle with each other.

我们在竹子上看到罗利-宝莱坞熊出没, 做一些动作, 并互相摔跤。

I thought they would be fun to play with, but Wanda Lou said it was time to go.

我以为他们玩起来会很有趣 但旺达·卢说该走了

We said zai jian to Miss Chang and boarded a plane for Bangkok, Thailand.

我们跟张小姐说蔡健 搭飞机去泰国曼谷

Bangkok: City of Angels People in Thailand call Bangkok the “City of Angels”—the same as Los Angeles.

曼谷:泰国天使之城将曼谷称为"天使之城"-与洛杉矶相同.

I thought it looked like a picture from a book of fairy tales.

我以为这看起来像童话书上的照片

The Grand Palace has golden spires, glittering mosaics, and mystical statues.

大行宫有金色的螺旋,有闪闪发光的镶嵌相,有神秘的雕像.

There are statues of fat cats and skinny dogs and ferocious demons.

有"肥猫"和"瘦狗"和"凶魔"等雕像.

Then there is the Reclining Buddha that is so huge he looks like a gold jet plane, lying on his side.

还有卧底活佛, 如此之大 他看起来像一个金喷气机, 躺在他身边。

The Emerald Buddha is much smaller but very beautiful.

翡翠活佛虽更小但非常美丽.

He’s carved out of one piece of jade.

他从一块玉上雕出.

The Thai people love him so much that they dress him in different clothes according to the season.

泰国人很爱他,因此根据赛季的不同穿好他的衣服.

Getting around Bangkok was quite easy for Wanda Lou and me.

对万达卢和我来说,

There were taxis, buses, an air-conditioned sky train, and boats on the river.

有出租车,公交车,有空调的天际列车,还有河上的船只.

We took a tuk-tuk to Suan Lumpini.

我们把一个tuk -tuk到 Suan Lumpini。

It’s a park where people fly kites, jog, and lift weights.

在公园里人们会飞风筝、跑步和举重。

A tuk-tuk is a noisy three-wheeled taxi that swerves from left to right.

Tuk-tuk是一个吵闹的三轮出租车,从左到右旋转.

It went so fast that Wanda Lou had to hold onto me so I wouldn’t fall out.

越快越好,

In Suan Lumpini, we went to the Snake Farm.

在苏安隆皮尼,我们去了蛇农场。

We saw boas, pythons, and vipers.

我们看见了野猪、蟒蛇和毒蛇

But it was the king cobras that scared me the most.

但最让我害怕的是眼镜蛇王

They were so huge.

他们是如此巨大。

I think they could swallow me down in one gulp.

我想他们可以把我吞在地上

Actually, these snakes are very valuable because their venom is used for antivenom to cure snakebites.

实际上,这些蛇非常有价值,因为它们的毒液被用来抗毒来治疗蛇斑.

Some people in Bangkok live in the modern part of the city.

曼谷有部分人居住在该市的现代地段.

Others live on the river.

有的住在河边

That’s where we headed next.

这就是我们接下来的方向。

We boarded a long-tailed boat and sailed down a klong.

我们登上一条长尾船 航行下来一克龙。

People live in homes on the banks of the canal.

人们住在运河岸边的家中.

We saw them washing their clothes, bathing their babies, cooking their meals—even watching television and talking on cell phones.

我们看见他们洗衣服、给孩子洗澡、做饭,

Vendors paddled their floating shops from home to home selling all sorts of things.

卖家们把漂浮的店铺从家挤到家 卖出各种各样的东西

They sold handwoven fabrics, tropical fruits like uglis that are smelly but sweet, and steaming bowls of noodle soup.

他们出售手织的织物,热带水果,如有味道但又甜的乌格利斯等,并蒸碗面汤.

The people were so friendly.

人民是如此友好。

I was deciding I liked Bangkok best of all when Wanda Lou said, “Time to go home, Cali.”

我决定我最喜欢曼谷,

As the plane took off, we sadly said farewell—sayonara to Japan, zai jian to China, and sawatdi to Thailand.

飞机起飞时,我们遗憾地告别了日本、中国和泰国。

There’s No Place Like Home Finally, we were at home in our little house, which is no Imperial Palace, on our narrow street, which is no Great Wall, where there are no boas or cobras and nothing unusual like floating shops.

没有像家一样的地方 最后,我们在家里的小房子,这里不是帝国宫殿,在我们狭窄的街道上,那里不是长城,那里没有波斯人或眼镜蛇,没有什么像漂浮的商店一样不寻常.

I concluded that traveling with Wanda Lou is great and meeting people from other parts of the world is fun, but there’s still.

我总结道, 和旺达·卢一起旅行是伟大的,