儿童中英对照阅短文.doc

Bananas for Lunch 香蕉午餐 A fat monkey likes eating?bananas?very much. 一只小胖猴子很喜欢吃香蕉。 He had bananas for lunch. He?peeled?one and ate one more and then, one more， one banana, two bananas, three bananas, four… 他拿香蕉做午餐，他剥一个香蕉，用力地吃着，吃着，吃着，吃了1个香蕉，2个香蕉，3个香蕉，4个…… He ate and ate, but he wanted more, he peeled and he ate, peeled and he ate,?fivebananas, six bananas, seven bananas,?eight?… 他不停地吃， 但是他还想要更多！他边吃，边剥，5个香蕉，6个香蕉，7个香蕉，8个…… He peeled two more and continued two more. He ate?whole?bunch?of bananas and can’tsleep. 他又剥了两个，继续撑着吃。他吃了一整串香蕉以致不能躺下睡觉了。 词义解析： 1.banana：香蕉2.lunch：午餐3.peel：剥4.five：五5.eight：八6.continue：继续7.whole：完整的8.bunch：串9.sleep：睡觉 It is said that there was a farmer served a poor boy on a cold windy?Chrismas Eve?and gave him a big?chrisemas?meal. The boy cut a Fir trees branch and inserted it into the earth . He said, every year this time. there will be many?presents?in this branch. I wish I can pay back to your favor by this beautiful Fir tree. After the boy left, the farmer discovered that the branch had grow up as a big tree. Then he realized that the boy was an?envoy?of the god. This is the origin of the chrismas day. In western countries, Whatever you are, everyone will prepare a chrismas tree to increase the happiness of the chrismas day. Chrismas trees are made of evergreen tree like Fir trees and they represent the long lives.People put candles, flowers , toys, stars on the tree and they put chrismas present on the tree. On Chrismas Eve, people sing and dance happily and they enjoy themselves around the tree. 一个传说记载。据说有一位农民在一个风雪交加的圣诞夜里接待了一个饥寒交迫的小孩，让他吃了一顿丰盛的圣诞晚餐，这个孩子告别时折了一根杉树枝插在地上。 他说：“年年此日，礼物满枝，留此美丽的杉村，报答你的好意。”小孩走后，农民发现那树枝竟变成了一棵小树 他才明白自己接待的原来是一位上帝的使者。这个故事就成为圣诞树的来源。在西方，不论是否基督徒，过圣诞节时都要准备一棵圣诞树，以增加节日的欢乐气氛。 圣诞树一般是用杉柏之类的常绿树做成，象征生命长存。树上装饰着各种灯烛、彩花、玩具、星星，挂上各种圣诞礼物。圣诞之夜，人们围着圣诞树唱歌跳舞，尽情欢乐。 The Clever King Solomon 聪明的国王所罗门 Long long ago, there was a king. Solomon was his name. He was very?clever. 很久很久之前，有一位国王，他的名字叫所罗门，他非常聪明。 In his?country, there were two wo