A Horse Story
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
Table of Contents The Letter.
目录： The Letter.
4 Meeting Samson.
4 会见萨姆森。
8 Aunt Rita’s Journal.
8 丽塔姨妈杂志.
12 The Ride.
12骑.
15 Leaving Samson.
15 离开萨姆森。
20 Glossary.
20 词汇表。
24 The Letter June 4 I can’t believe I’m in the back seat of the car instead of at the pool.
24 6月的信函 4,我不敢相信我坐在车后座,
Who is Aunt Rita anyway?
丽塔阿姨是谁?
Why would she leave Dad a stinky old farm?
为什么她会离开爸爸 一个臭老农场?
It’s sad that she died, but this woman, who I had never heard of until today, has ruined my summer.
但这位我直到今天才听说过的女人却毁了我的夏天。
I wish the letter had gotten lost in the mail.
我希望信在邮件里丢失了
Then Dad would never have known that his aunt left him a farm in Kentucky.
那样爸爸就不会知道他的姨妈在肯塔基州给他留下了农场.
Mom and Dad are teachers.
爸妈是老师
What do they know about being farmers?
他们知道什么是农民?
June 5 I was slipping down the pool slide when I smelled something horrible.
6月5日 我闻到可怕的东西时 滑倒了游泳池的滑道
Then I saw it.
然后我看见了
The pool was filled with cow manure!
游泳池里充满了牛粪!
I tried to stop, but I couldn’t, and just as my toes were about to slip into the pool, I woke up.
我试图停下来,但我不能, 就在我的脚趾要滑入泳池的时候,我醒来了。
Whew, it was just a dream, but then the smell hit me hard.
哦,这只是一个梦, 但后来的味道打我很重。
I sprang up in my seat.
我在座位上出现了。
We were turning into the farm’s driveway.
我们变成农场的车道。
I plugged my nose and tried not to breathe.
我插上我的鼻子 试图不呼吸。
A man and a boy dressed in overalls waved to us from the front porch.
一男一男穿衣服的男孩从前廊向我们挥手.
The boy looked a few years older than me.
那孩子看起来比我大几岁
Dad said that Mr.
爸爸说,先生。
Winn and his fifteen-year-old son, Henry, would be showing us around the farm.
温恩和他十五岁的儿子 亨利,会带我们参观农场
All I wanted to do was go to bed.
我只想睡觉
I grabbed my suitcase and walked inside.
我拿起我的手提箱走进去。
Mom said I could have first pick of the bedrooms, so I dragged my suitcase up the stairs.
妈妈说我可以先挑卧室 所以我把箱子拖上楼梯
There were three bedrooms.
有三间卧室
I chose the one that faced away from the farm.
我选择了那个远离农场的人
Maybe, I thought, that would help me forget where I was.
也许,我想,那会 帮助我忘记我在哪里。
June 7 I can’t believe how slow time passes around here.
6月7日,
I’ve never been so bored.
我从来没有这么无聊过。
I miss the pool.
我错过了游泳池。
I miss my friends.
我想念我的朋友们。
I’d rather be at school than here on this stinky old farm.
我宁愿去学校,
I’m avoiding Dad.
我在躲着爸爸。
He’s mad at me because I’m not helping out.
他生我的气是因为我不帮忙。
It’s his farm; let him do the work!
这是他的农场,
June 9 Dad yelled at me at dinner.
6月(半天会议) 9个爸爸在晚餐时骂我
He said I’d best stop feeling sorry for myself and start pitching in.
他表示我最好不要为自己感到难过,
I refused to look at him because I didn’t want him to see me crying.
我拒绝看着他,
I just stared at my plate.
我只是盯着我的盘子。
Dad said, starting tomorrow morning, I have to help Henry tend to the animals.
爸爸说 从明天早上开始 我得帮亨利照顾动物
“Tend to” the animals?
“送去”这些动物?
Dad acts like he really is a farmer.
爸爸表现得像个农民
Meeting Samson June 10 Mom woke me at five this morning so I could meet Henry at six.
6月10日 萨姆森会议 妈妈早上五点叫醒我 让我六点见亨利
Why do farmers wake up so early?
为什么农民这么早醒来?
Henry was working in the barn when he saw me.
亨利看到我的时候在谷仓工作
He waved hello and said he had heard I wasn’t too eager to help out, so I could just follow him around and watch.
他挥手问候, 并说他听说我不太急于帮忙,
At least Henry understands me.
至少亨利会理解我
I trailed along as Henry cleaned out the chicken coop.
我跟着亨利清理鸡舍
It was disgusting!
太恶心了!
When he was done, Henry collected some eggs and dropped them gently into a basket.
完成后,亨利收集出一些鸡蛋并轻轻地扔入一篮子.
They were all different colors—not like the eggs at the supermarket back home.
他们的颜色都不同,
Then we headed to a small barn.
然后我们去了一个小谷仓。
Henry opened the top half of the door, and much to my surprise a reddish-orange horse poked its head through the door.
亨利打开了上半边的门, 更让我惊讶的是,一匹红橘子马从门上戳出头来。
A thick, white stripe split its face in two.
厚而白的条纹将相貌一分为二.
I didn’t know Aunt Rita had a horse.
我不知道丽塔阿姨有匹马。
Henry introduced me to Samson and asked if I liked horses.
亨利把我介绍给萨姆森,问我是否喜欢马.
I lied and said I thought they were okay.
我撒谎说他们没事
Actually, I don’t like them and can’t understand why so many girls my age do.
其实我不喜欢她们,
I watched as Henry opened the bottom half of the door and led Samson to a fenced area.
我看着亨利打开了门的下半部,并带领萨姆森去一个有栅栏的区域.
He said that Samson liked to graze on grass during the morning, and that we would come back later and feed him some oats.
他说,萨姆森喜欢在早晨吃草,我们会回来喂他吃点燕麦.
He fetched a hose and brought it to a big metal trough, which he filled with water.
他拿了个水管,带到一个大金属槽里,灌了水。
As he walked back with the hose, he tripped over a big, white block.
当他带着水管走回来时,他绊倒了一大块白色地块.
He asked if I knew what it was.
他问我是否知道是什么。
I didn’t really care.
我并不关心。
He said it was a salt block and that horses need to lick salt blocks because they lose a lot of salt when they sweat.
他说这是一个盐块,而马需要舔盐块,因为出汗后会损失很多盐.
Then Henry accused Samson of moving the salt block so he would trip on it.
之后亨利指责萨姆森移动了盐块,以便他去旅行.
“Maybe he’s mad because Rita died,” he added.
「也许他生气是因为Rita死了,
Then he grabbed a brush and began stroking the horse with it.
然后他抓住了一根刷子,开始用它来拖马.
He talked quietly to Samson as he groomed him.
他在培养他时和萨姆森悄悄地交谈.
Samson didn’t seem mad to me.
萨姆森似乎没有生气。
June 17 I’ve been helping Henry for a week now— even on the weekend.
6月17日 (英语). 我帮了亨利一个星期,
We talk a little every day.
我们每天都聊一点
He told me that his dad and Aunt Rita were friends and that Mr.
他告诉我他爸爸和丽塔阿姨是朋友,还有...
Winn helped her with the farm.
温恩帮助她农场。
But she took care of most of it by herself, which is pretty incredible since she was in her eighties when she died.
但是她自己照顾了大部分,这是相当不可思议的,因为她去世时已经80多岁了.
Henry said he was going to miss her.
亨利说他会想念她
He also mentioned that Aunt Rita’s house is probably full of interesting old stuff.
他还提到丽塔姨妈的房子可能充满了有趣的旧东西.
June 18 It rained this morning, but I still had to do my chores!
6月18日,纽约 今早下雨了,但我还是得做家务!
What a disgusting mess!
真恶心!
Mud was everywhere, and the manure smelled worse than ever.
泥出处相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去相去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
Mom said it might rain all day.
妈妈说可能会下雨一整天
I remembered what Henry said—that there was probably interesting stuff in Aunt Rita’s house.
我记得Henry说过的话, Rita阿姨家里可能有有趣的东西。
I think I’ll snoop around today.
今天我会四处看看。
Aunt Rita’s Journal June 19 I didn’t want Mom to catch me snooping, so I started in my bedroom closet.
丽塔姨妈6月19日的《日刊》 所以我开始在我的卧室衣柜里。
It was filled with cool stuff.
里面装满了很酷的东西
I found a faded blue book that was sticking out from underneath an old box.
我发现一本淡出的蓝皮书 从一个旧盒子下面插出
I opened the cover and read the words “Dear Diary.”
我打开封面,读了“亲爱的日记。 “
I had found a journal.
我找到一本日记
I started to read, and then stopped.
我开始阅读,然后停止。
I wouldn’t want anyone reading my journal.
我不想任何人看我的日记。
But I decided Aunt Rita would probably want us, her family, to know more about her.
但我决定丽塔姨妈可能希望我们,她的家人, 了解更多关于她的情况。
June 20 I spent all day reading the journal.
6月20日,纽约 我花了一整天看日记。
It was like reading a really good book.
这就像读一本非常好的书。
Aunt Rita started writing when she was twelve, after her mom died.
丽塔阿姨12岁时开始写作,在她妈妈去世后.
She thought writing might ease her sadness.
她认为写作可以减轻她的悲伤.
Her dad had to work, so he left her with neighbors who lived on a farm.
她爸爸不得不工作,所以他离开了她 邻居住在农场。
She hated the smell of the farm and wished she could stay home by herself.
她讨厌农场的气味,希望自己能留在家里.
When Mom called me to dinner, I couldn’t believe how long I’d been reading.
妈妈叫我吃饭时,
June 21 I know why Aunt Rita named her horse Samson.
6月21日,纽约 我知道为什么丽塔阿姨给她的马取了名字
According to her journal, she liked a boy named James Samson who worked on the farm.
根据她的日记,她喜欢一个叫詹姆斯·萨姆森的男孩,他在农场工作.
She liked to watch him, but she was too shy to talk to him.
她喜欢看他,但她太害羞,不敢和他说话.
One day he asked her if she wanted to ride one of the horses.
有一天他问她是否想骑马
She didn’t like horses, but she agreed because she wanted to be friends with James.
她并不喜欢马匹,
She rode a reddish-orange horse named Jack.
她骑着一只叫杰克的红橙马
He had a white stripe down his nose, just as Samson does.
他鼻子有条白条纹 就像萨姆森一样
Rita was nervous about riding, but she trusted James.
丽塔对骑马很紧张,但她信任詹姆斯.
She wrote all about her first ride in her journal.
她把第一次骑马的事写在日记上
It seemed to change her.
这似乎改变了她。
Riding horses couldn’t bring her mom back, she wrote, but now she had something to look forward to each day.
她写道骑马不能让她妈妈回来,
Mr.
先生,请问...
Winn and Henry had dinner with us tonight.
温恩和亨利今晚和我们共进晚餐
After dinner I asked Henry if I could ride Samson tomorrow.
晚饭后,我问亨利 我能不能骑山姆森明天。
He said yes!
他说是的!
The Ride June 22 When I got to the barn, I started helping Henry right away.
6月22日骑行 当我到了谷仓, 我开始帮助亨利立刻。
I think he was surprised because I usually don’t help much.
我觉得他很惊讶,
I just wanted to finish the chores so we could ride.
我只是想完成杂活 这样我们就可以骑马了
As we headed to Samson’s stall, I realized how much I had learned about taking care of farm animals.
在前往Samson的摊位时,我意识到自己在照顾农场动物方面学到了多少。
I’ve even gotten used to the smell.
我甚至习惯了这种味道。
Henry asked why I had changed my mind about riding Samson.
亨利问我为什么改变主意 骑萨姆森。
I didn’t want to tell him about Aunt Rita’s journal.
我不想告诉他丽塔姨妈的日记。
He might not think I should be into her private things, so I told him I was bored instead.
他可能不觉得我应该 进入她的私事, 所以我告诉他我很无聊取而代之。
When Henry opened the barn, Samson looked different to me.
亨利打开谷仓的时候 萨姆森看起来不一样
He seemed handsome.
他看起来很帅.
His colors were brighter.
他的颜色更亮.
I think he even smiled at me.
我觉得他甚至对我笑了
Henry put Samson’s saddle on and dragged a stepladder next to his side.
Henry把Samson的马鞍放在他旁边,
I climbed on.
我爬上来了。
Henry guided my left foot into the stirrup and then helped me swing my right leg up and over Samson’s back.
亨利引导我的左脚走入搅拌机,然后帮助我把右腿向上摆起并越过了萨姆森的后背.
Henry gave me a few pointers about how to ride before he led me and Samson out to the pasture.
亨利在带领我和萨姆森去牧场之前 给我一些如何骑马的指针
I held onto the reins and the saddle horn with all my might as we walked along.
我握住绳子和马鞍角 尽我所能地走过去
Riding a horse was just as Aunt Rita had described it—a little scary, but also very exciting.
骑一匹马就像丽塔姨妈描述的那样 有点可怕,但也非常令人兴奋。
I kept thinking: What if I fall?
我一直想着: 如果我摔倒怎么办?
What if Samson starts galloping?
如果山姆森开始奔跑呢?
What if he tries to throw me off?
如果他想甩掉我怎么办?
Yet he was so gentle.
然而,他是如此温柔。
I couldn’t believe I was riding a horse and liking it.
我不敢相信自己骑了匹马,
I couldn’t believe I was having fun!
我不敢相信我玩得很开心!
June 26 I spent the last few days taking riding lessons from Henry.
6月26日,纽约 过去几天我从亨利那里学了骑马
But it rained today, so I read more of Aunt Rita’s journal.
但今天下雨了,所以我读了更多丽塔阿姨的日记.
About six months after Rita started riding Jack, her dad announced that they were moving back to New York City.
丽塔开始骑杰克大约六个月后,她的父亲宣布他们要搬回纽约市.
He was too sad living in the town where Rita’s mom had died.
在Rita母亲去世的小镇,
Rita was sad too—and mad.
丽塔也很伤心 而且很生气
She didn’t want to leave James or Jack.
她不想离开詹姆斯或杰克。
After losing her mom, she couldn’t believe she was losing everything else too.
在失去母亲之后,
That’s how her journal ended.
她的日记就是这样结束的。
I wanted to find out more about Aunt Rita.
我想多了解一下丽塔阿姨
I asked Mom if the Winns could come to dinner.
我问妈妈 温夫妇可以来吃饭。
That’s when I told them about the journal and how it ended.
这时我告诉他们日记及其结局。
Mr.
先生,请问...
Winn explained that Rita never forgot Jack, and as soon as she was able she moved back to the country and bought herself another horse.
温恩解释说,丽塔从未忘记过杰克,一旦她能够搬回乡下,就自己买了一匹马.
And in her eighties, she was still quite the rider.
80年代,她还是个骑手
I wanted to know why she left the farm to Dad.
我想知道她为什么把农场留给爸爸
Mr.
先生,请问...
Winn smiled and said that Aunt Rita knew about me, and she knew I was the only young girl in the family tree.
温恩笑道:"丽塔姨妈知道我,她知道我是家中树上唯一一个年轻姑娘.
She wanted a young girl to look after Samson.
她希望一个年轻女孩照顾萨姆森.
Then Dad said we needed to discuss what would happen to the farm when it was time to go back home.
然后爸爸说我们需要讨论 农场会发生什么 当它的时间回家。
Leaving Samson June 27 Dad is actually considering selling the farm.
6月27日离开萨姆森 爸爸实际上正在考虑卖掉农场。
And he says if he does sell it, he’ll sell everything along with it, including Samson.
他表示,如果他真的卖了它,他就会把一切连同它一起卖出,包括萨姆森.
He says he’s just not ready to own a farm because it’s too much work.
他表示自己没有准备好拥有农场,
I told him that I wouldn’t let him do it!
我告诉他我不会让他这么做!
After all, Samson is mine.
毕竟,萨姆森是我的。
Aunt Rita wanted me to have him.
丽塔姨妈要我带走他
I love him.
我爱他。
There is no way that I’ll let Dad sell him.
我不可能让爸爸卖掉他。
July 1 Mr.
7月1日,日内瓦
Winn came by to see Dad and Mom last night.
温恩昨晚过来看爸爸妈妈
He offered to take care of the farm during the school year, while we’re away.
他提出在学年期间照顾农场,
Dad said he’d think about it.
爸爸说他会考虑的
I hate it when he says that!
我讨厌他这么说!
July 7 It’s a done deal!
7月(半天会议) 页:1 这已成定局!
Dad agreed to keep the farm.
爸爸同意保留农场
He hired Mr.
他雇佣了先生
Winn to run it for us.
赢了我们运行它。
I’ve never been so happy.
我从来没有这么高兴过。
As soon as I heard the news I ran out to tell Samson.
我一听到消息 就跑去告诉萨姆森
I think he understood.
我觉得他明白
July 18 I can’t believe I have to go home.
7月18日 (英语). 我不敢相信我必须回家。
Mom and Dad need to get their classrooms ready for the new school year.
爸妈要为新学年准备教室
I’m sure going to miss Mr.
我肯定会想念他。
Winn, Henry, and everything about Aunt Rita’s house.
温恩 亨利 还有丽塔阿姨家的一切
But most of all, I’ll miss Samson.
但最重要的是,我会想念萨姆森。
I can’t wait to get back to him and that old farm, even if it is a little stinky.
我迫不及待想回到他和那个老农场,
Explore More About Horses Horses are mammals.
探索更多关于马 马为哺乳动物.
They belong to the Equus family—the same family as zebras, mules, and donkeys.
他们属于埃克乌斯家族——与斑马,骡子和驴子同为一族.
Horse T alk foal a baby horse yearling a horse between one and two years old colt a male horse under three years old filly a female horse under three years old stallion an adult male horse mare an adult female horse pony a full-grown small horse A mare carries her baby for 1 1 months.
马 一匹长一到两岁的马 一只小马 一只小马 一只小马 一只小马 一只小马 一只小马 一只小马 一只小马
Most mares give birth in the spring to one baby, but twins are not uncommon.
大多数母马在春季生出一胎,但双胞胎并不罕见.
It takes three to four years for a horse to fully mature.
一匹马要花3到4年才能完全成熟.
Horses generally live to be between 20 and 25 years old, although they can live for up to 30 years.
马一般活到20-25岁,虽然可以活到30岁.
The oldest recorded horse was Old Billy, an English barge horse, who lived to be 62 years old.
最古老的有记载的马是一匹英国驳船马"老比利",他活了62岁.