龜兔賽跑

A Race between a Tortoise and a Hare

A hare(兔子) met a tortoise (烏龜)on the road .The hare walked， ran and jumped; the tortoise could only creep (爬行).

The hare was very proud (驕傲)and said to the other animals， “Look at the tortoise， his body is so small ，his legs are so short， he can only creep. I lift my feet to take a little walk， he must creep for a whole day.”

The tortoise said， “Yes， you are bigger and taller， your legs are longer， But you're proud， this is your shortcoming(短處，缺點).I think I may be first if we run a race(賽跑).”

“Ha! Ha! Little tortoise， you know yourself(你自己)so little. You cannot run， you can only creep， how can you run a race with me?”the hare said. “Well， we'll see，”said the tortoise.

When the animals knew the hare and the tortoise would run a race， some animals said，“Sure， the tortoise can never run a race with the hare.”But others said，“The hare is too proud， if the hare wins(贏) the race， he will not learn anything.”

Exercises:

1. What did the hare say about the tortoise?

2. What did the tortoise say about the hare?

3. What did the animals say about the race?

4. Do you think the hare was too proud?

5. What do you think of the race between a hare and a tortoise?

The next morning， the birds came， the ducks and chickens came， the little cats and dogs came， the monkeys， the elephants， the pandas---all the animals came. They wanted to know who would win the race. Before the tortoise and the hare began their race， an elephant stood up and said，“I'll be the judge(裁判)ofyour race， you start from here， run along the big lake and get back before night. The first back here will be champion(冠軍).”

The hare and the tortoise began running: the tortoise crept(creep—crept) slowly(慢慢地)，the hare ran and jumped very fast (很快地).When the hare had run half way， he stopped and looked back. He couldn't see any sign(痕跡) of the tortoise. The hare thought，“I'd like to have a nap(小睡)and wait(等待)for the tortoise. I need only one jump， I can be champion.”The hare lay down(躺下)and had a nap.“At twelve'clock， the tortoise crept to the place where the hare was sleeping; the tortoise didn't stop， he went on creeping. Nearly three hours later， the tortoise got back to the place where they had started; but when the hare came， it was already evening.”

Who won the race in the end?

Exercises:

1.Why did all the animals come to watch the race?

2.Who ran fast?

3.When the hare wanted to have a nap， what did he think?

4.Why didn't the tortoise have a nap?

5.Why could the tortoise win the race?

龜兔賽跑

一只野兔在路上遇見了一只烏龜。野兔走啊，跑啊，跳??；烏龜只能慢地爬行。

野兔非常驕傲，對其他動物說：“快看這只烏龜，他的身體那么小，他的腿那么短，他只能慢慢地爬行。我只要把我的腳抬起來稍微跳一步，他就得爬上一天。”

烏龜說：“是的，你的身體又高又大，而且你的腿很長，但是，你很驕傲，這是你的短處。我想如果我們來賽跑，說不定我可以得第一?！?/p>

“哈！哈！哈！小烏龜你太沒有自知之明了，你不能跑，只能慢慢爬，你怎么能和我賽跑呢？”野兔說。“那我們走著瞧。”烏龜說。

當動物們知道野兔和烏龜舉行比賽的時候，一些動物說：“確實，烏龜決不可能和野兔賽跑。”但是另外一些動物說：“如果兔子在比賽中得了第一，他什么東西也學不到?！?/p>

第二天早晨，小鳥來了，小鴨和小雞來了，小貓和小狗來了，猴子、大象、熊貓和其他所有的動物都來了，他們想知道誰能在比賽中獲得第一。烏龜和野兔就要開始賽跑了，一只大象站出來說：“我給你們當裁判，你們從這里出發，沿著這個大湖跑，在天黑之前回到這兒。第一個回到這兒的將是冠軍?！?/p>

龜兔賽跑開始了，烏龜慢慢地爬行，野兔飛快地跑啊，跳啊。當野兔跑到一半兒路程的時候，他停下來往后看，連烏龜的影子都看不見，野兔想：“我想小睡一會兒，等等烏龜，我只需要一個跳躍，就能當冠軍?！币巴锰上聛硭?。中午12點，烏龜爬到了野兔睡覺的地方，烏龜沒有停下來，他慢慢地爬啊，爬啊。又花了3個小時，烏龜爬到了他們出發的地方。而野兔到的時候，已經天黑了。

誰最終得到了第一名呢？