A Tale of A Tail

廣東佛山市南海區西樵實驗小學 唐雅勤 編譯

Long ago,there lived abeavernamed Ray.Ray was quiteproudof his nice thick tail.He spent a lot of time brushing andfluffingit.“I have asplendidtail,”Raybragged.“It’s the best tail that an animal can have.”

從前，有只海貍，名叫雷。它為它那毛茸茸的尾巴感到非常自豪，花了不少時間來梳理、蓬松尾巴?！拔矣幸粭l漂亮極了的尾巴，”雷炫耀道，“這是動物能夠擁有的最好的尾巴”。

One fine day in April,Ray went out.“It’s a nice day tochopwood,”he said.So Ray got his ax.He chopped,chopped,chopped a big tree eight times.The big treeswayedthis way and that.Then it fell on top of Ray’s tail! Ray tugged and tugged at his tail.Hegaspedwhen he pulled it out.

四月的某個晴天，雷外出了。“天氣不錯，適合砍樹。”雷說道。雷拿起斧子，他砍呀，砍呀，連續砍了八下。大樹來回晃了幾下，隨后砸在了雷的尾巴上。雷氣喘吁吁地扯呀扯，終于從樹底下扯出了尾巴。

“My tail is flat!”Ray wailed.

雷哭著說道：“我的尾巴變成扁的了?！?/p>

The sun looked down at him.She could tell that Ray felt bad about his tail.“A flat tail will help you swim fast,”the sun explained.

“A flat tail can send asignal,too.Justslapit on the water.”

太陽看出了雷對自己的尾巴很不滿意，看著雷解釋道：“扁扁的尾巴會讓你游得更快，拍打水面還可以傳送信號?！?/p>

That made Ray happy.

聽到這，雷豁然開朗。

“I have aspecialtail!”yelled Ray.Then Ray slapped his tail on the water.SLAP,SLAP,SLAP!

雷興奮地叫道：“我有一條特別的尾巴了！”雷在水里拍了好幾下尾巴，拍呀拍，拍呀拍，拍呀拍。

His pals came running.“Do you want our help?”they asked.

朋友門都跑來問它：“你需要我們幫忙嗎？”

“I want togiveyoua ride,”said Ray.“Hop on my tail.I willcarryyou across the lake.”

“讓我載你們一程吧！”雷回答說，“跳到我的尾巴上來，我載你們過去。”

And happy Ray swam off as fast as a fish.

雷相當開心，像魚兒一樣快速地游向對岸。

Notes:

beaver n.海貍

proud adj.驕傲的；自豪的

fluff v.抖松；使松散

splendid adj.非常好的

brag v.吹噓

chop v.砍；劈

sway v.搖擺

gasp v.喘氣；喘息

signal n.信號

slap v.打；拍

special adj.特別的

pal n.朋友

give … a ride v.搭載……

carry v.帶；載

I.Read the passage and judge TRUE (√) or FALSE (×).

1.In the past there lived a lion named Ray. ( )

2.Ray liked his nice thick tail very much. ( )

3.Ray had the best tail that all the animals had. ( )

4.Ray chopped wood in the forest on a fine day of April. ( )

5.Ray used his ax to chop a big tree. ( )

6.Ray didn’t pull his tail out from the tree. ( )

7.Ray wailed because he felt bad about his flat tail. ( )

8.The sun explained to Ray his new tail is bad for him. ( )

9.Ray’s new tail helped him swim fast. ( )

10.Ray’s nice thick tail gave his friend a ride. ( )

II.Put the following into Chinese.

1.long ago ____________

2.be proud of __________

3.go out _______________

4.a lot of time __________

5.feel bad about ________

6.brush and fluff _______

7.pull out _____________

8.send a signal _________

9.chop wood ___________

10.give a ride __________

11.on top of ___________

12.swam off ___________

III.Complete the sequence of the events and then retell the story.

1.First,Ray really liked his ____________tail very much.

2.Next,a tree ______and made Ray’s tail ______.He was______.

3.Then,the sun explained how a __________will help Ray.

4.Last,Ray’s flat tail helped him send a ______,swim ______,and give his pals ____________.