2026年中国故事英文版PPT-01 除夕 New Years Eve-新版.pdfVIP

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作者:WendyWong

朗读者：MegannWither

Lexile:350L

难度：相当于美国小学一年级

“年”是一种怪兽，在每年最后一天从海里出来，袭击村庄，村民们不得不

躲进山里来躲避年的攻击。直到有一天，一位老人想出一个好办法：他

将红纸贴在门上，点亮灯笼，让家里亮堂堂的，并穿上一件红外套。老

人的方法能奏效吗？

WelcometoALO7’sPowertoLearn!Today’sstoryisTheMonsterNian,

retoldbyWendyWongandnarratedbyMegannWither.

Onthelastnightoftheyear,amonstercomesoutofthesea.The

monster’snameisNian.Themonsterishungry!Itgoestoavillagenear

thesea.Iteatstheanimalsinthevillage.Thevillagershideinthe

mountains.

Mrs.Chenisleavingthevillage.

“Wait!”saysanoldman.“Whereareyougoing?”

“ThemonsterNianiscoming!”saysMrs.Chen.“Everyonehidesinthe

mountains.Wewaitforthenewyear.Comewithme!”

“Icanscarethemonsteraway,”saystheman.“CanIstayatyourhouse

tonight?”

“Youmaystayhere,”saysMrs.Chen.Butbecareful!”

“Iwillbefine,”saystheman.

HeputsredpaperonMrs.Chen’sdoor.Helightslanterns.Hemakes

thehouseverybright.Heputsonaredcoat.Hewaitsforthemonster.

Thatnight,Nianwalksoutofthesea.Nianisveryhungry.Itlooks

aroundthedarkvillage.ItseesthereddoorofMrs.Chen’shouse.It

seesthelanterns.ThebrightlightshurtNian’seyes.Itroarsloudly!

Themanhearsthemonster.Hethrowsthedooropen.BANG!

Heshoutsatthemonster.Hewaveshisarmsintheair.He

lightsfirecrackers.POP!POP!POP!

Themonsterseesthemanintheredcoat.Ithearstheloudnoisesandit

seesthefire.Themonsterisscared!Themanshouts,“GOAWAY!”Nian

turnsandrunsbacktothesea.

Thepeoplecomebacktothevillage.Theiranimalsandhousesaresafe.

TheyruntoMrs.Chen’shouse.

“Nianisgone,”saystheman.

“Howdidyoudoit?”asksMrs.Chen.

“Itwaseasy,”saystheman.“Nianisscaredoffire.Itdoesn’tlikethe

colorred,anditdoesn’tlikeloudnoises.”

Now,onthelastdayoftheyear,thevillagersputupredpaperandred

lanterns.Theylightloudfirecrackers.Theyhaveapartyforthenew

year.TheyknowNianw