英语课本剧Cocky Rooster

Cocky Rooster [ˈru:stə(r)] 自负的公鸡

Long, long ago, there was a beautiful rooster. He was very proud of his beauty. When his friends were out collecting food for winter, he just slept or sang songs. But soon, winter came... What happened?

剧中角色：Rooster Horse Frog Bee Woodpecker [ˈwʊdpekə(r)] 啄木Scene One 第一场景

Horse: Oh, spring, spring is coming. It's time to get up. Hi, guys, wake up, wake up! Spring is here! Spring is here!

All: wow, spring is here, spring is here.

Frog: Look, leaves are turning green. Flowers are opening.

Bee: And the river begins to dance. The air smells fresh!

Woodpecker: Listen, birds are singing.

All: It's spring now! It's spring now.

H: My dear friends, the whole year's work depends on a good start in spring. I think we should start to work right now.

F: Yes, we should plough（耕地[plaʊ）the fields and plant rice.

B: For us, it's time to collect pollen花粉. ['pɑːlən]

B: Oh, where is Mr. Rooster?

W: He must be dreaming now.

All: He is so lazy!

F: Why not wake him up and ask him to join us?

H: Mr. Rooster, wake up, wake up. It's spring now. We should start to work. All: Yes, we should start to work.

R: Oh, no, I'm still sleepy.

All: Oh! Sleepy??

B: No Rooster. It's spring now. Everyone should start to work.

R: Work? I don't need to work. My mum and dad never taught me how to work. F: You don't work? I can't believe it, what do you eat?

R: Eat? I can find food everywhere, worms, corns and grains. Why do I need to work?

B: Oh! Look, Mr. Rooster has become so beautiful.

All: Oh yes, he is so beautiful!!

R: You are right, I'm so beautiful, so I don't need to work at all. Look at me, red crest and colorful coat, shiny neck and golden feet. Do you have anything like these?

H: Rooster, we are not so pretty as you are, but we can do much work.

B: Yes, yes, we can make the sweetest honey in the world.

F: We can plant rice and wipe out the pests害虫['pests] in the fields.

W: When the trees are sick, I can cure治疗[kjʊr them.

H: I can carry heavy things for others.

R: Stop! Look at your big eyes and wide mouth, your gray feathers, and you, you are always dirty. All of you are so ugly. I will never play with you. It's a waste of time to talk with you. I would like to go and have dreams now.

H: And we should start to work now. All: Bye.

Scene Two 第二场景

R: Oh, it is a fine day. Look! The sun is shining, the birds are singing. It is great to have a barbecue on the beach. Hi, Frog! Hi, little Bee! Hi, Woodpecker! Oh? Where are they? They are not here. I can do it by myself. Oh, there is a piece of field. I am going to have a rest there.

F: Oh, my God. Rooster, what are you doing? It is my rice field. Oh! You have destroyed the seedlings. They are growing well, but you destroyed them. You must pay for it, pay for it!

R: What? Pay for it? No way!!

W: Hey, my friends, why are you crying?

F: Rooster spoiled the seedlings.

W: Don't worry. We can plant it again.

R: Oh, there are flowers over there. How beautiful they are!! One, two, three… B: Oh, my God, Rooster, what are you doing? They are my flowers!

R: Yours? No one told me that.

B: You can't pick them, I need them to make honey.

R: What? Make honey? But I like flowers. I never care about honey.

B: No, you cannot do that! You cannot do that!

All: What's the matter?

B: Rooster spoilt my flowers.

F: He has destroyed my seedlings!

H: Rooster, you are wrong. You should say sorry to them.

R: What? Say sorry to them? No way! Don't waste my time, I will go to the beach and have a picnic

All: Oh, Rooster!