四年级美文诵读

1．Dear Little Fishby（France）André DahanDear little fish, I love you soI’ll feed you bread so you will grow.Each day, I’ll give you one sweet kissAnd promise you I’ll never miss!But on the day, my dear little fish,You grow too big for your small dish.I will take you to the sea,And in one move, I’ll let you free.How you’ll be so glad to go,But dear little fish, I’ll miss you so.I will wait all through the dayTo see if you turn’ round this way.And I will wait all through the night,To see if you come back in sight.Oh! I will throw my only hatTo see if you will bring it backAnd the first joy that I will see,Is when you bring it home to me.Your back will be my favorite boat,And together we will sail and float.Over the river and cross’ the sea,To a small island with a palm tree.There we will both live and play,“Catch the hat” by night and day.And I will know your love for meFor you came home when I set you free.Translation：亲爱的小鱼---（法）安德烈·德昂亲爱的小鱼，我好爱你。

为了让你快点长大，我会拿面包喂你。

每天，我都会送你一个甜蜜的吻，而且我保证永远也不会忘记。

可是，总有一天，我亲爱的小鱼，你会大得没法再呆在鱼缸里。

我会把你带到大海边，看着你自由地离去。

你是那么地快活！可是，亲爱的小鱼，我好想你……我会一整天在这儿等你，看你会不会游回来。

我会一整夜在这儿等你，看你会不会回到我的视线里。

哦，我会把我唯一的帽子扔进大海，看你会不会把它带回来。

如果你带着它回到这里，我将是怎样的惊喜！你会成为我最爱的小船，和我一起去远航。

穿过河流和大海，来到长着青青棕榈树的小岛。

我们就住在那里，一直玩“接帽子”的游戏。

我明白你对我的爱——我给了你自由，你却还是愿意回到我这里。

Culture Corner：About the author：安德鲁·德翰（AndréDahan）于1935年出生于阿尔及利亚，日后到巴黎留学，从国立巴黎艺大学毕业后，在巴黎装饰美术学校教书，目前与妻子与女儿居住于巴黎。

德翰很晚才开始他的绘本创作生涯，于五十二岁才推出第一部绘本作品《月亮你好吗？》，他已发表的二十多册作品在全世界广受欢迎，已于十几国推出译本。

德昂是世界级的图画书创作大师，被誉为“打造梦幻世界的魔术师”。

他的作品既温暖，又纯真，每幅图画都宛如一个梦幻世界，在他的笔下，色彩与情境的美妙共振，一直吸引着读者的目光。

Notes:Promise: 承诺，答应e.g. He promised me the book. He promised to help us. Island: 小岛e.g. He lived on a small island off the shore.Tips:And I will know your love for me.For you came home when I set you free. 我明白你对我的爱——我给了你自由，你却还是愿意回到我这里。

2. I’m BlackBy an African kidWhen I born, I blackWhen I grow up, I blackWhen I go in Sun, I blackWhen I scared, I blackWhen I sick, I blackAnd when I die, I still blackAnd you white fellowWhen you born, you pinkWhen you grow up, you whiteWhen you go in sun, you redWhen you cold, you blueWhen you scared, you yellowWhen you sick, you greenAnd when you die, you grayAnd you calling me colored?Translation：当我出生时，我是黑色的当我长大了，我是黑色的当我在下，我是黑色的当我寒冷时，我是黑色的当我害怕时，我是黑色的当我生病了，我是黑色的当我死了，我还是黑色的你——白种人当你出生时，你是粉红色的当你长大了，变成白色的当你在下，你是红色的你寒冷时，你是青色的你害怕时，你是黄色的你生病时，你是绿色的当你死时，你是灰色的而你，却叫我“有色人种”!Culture Corner：白人歧视黑人的原因：一，黑人长得像猴子。

二，黑人不团结并且目光短浅。

黑奴贸易兴起之初，白人往往是利用黑人去“捕捉”黑人，然后用一些廉价工业品去交换。

可笑的是“捕捉者”在大多数情况下后来又被白人利用其他的黑人“捕捉”，白人因此非常看不起他们。

三，文明落后，落后民族往往会被看不起。

种族歧视的原因：在南北战争之前，美国普遍存在着奴隶制度，大量的黑人和印第安人被当作奴隶来使用。

南北战争以后废除奴隶制，是属于政府行为，而英法殖民者带来的殖民文化和奴隶思想一直存在于“高贵”的白人种群中，在美国南方尤为普遍。

这种殖民思想和狂热的种族自大，也是美利坚文化无法形成一个具有特色的民族的原因，美国是移民和殖民国家，形成不了核心文化。

the reasons：American racial discrimination dates back to European slave trade period。

A report on human rights situation in the United States issued on Thursday said that racial discrimination is a deep-rooted social illness in that country as blacks and other minor ethnic groups are living in the bottom of the American society1. Race should not be distinguished by fit and unfit quality, but social development should be distinguished by fast and slow speed. When a nation’s civilization is higher than another nation’s,the former will have a feeling of superiority over the latter. This is one of the main causes of human historical racial discrimination.2. regardless of American black or other colored people like non-lineage American、Latin lineage American and Spanish lineage American, they are suffered from discrimination, partly because of jealousy. The higher people’s social class status is,the more narrow their hearts are, which it is the same as Jews masscured by German. Because Jews are very rich and clever, which is envious conditions, but some people show it in a radical way.3. The living conditions and educational level of black people are far lower than Causasian, causing vicious circle and enlarging the distance.Notes:Born: 出生的，诞生的。

e.g. The baby was born last Friday. 孩子是上星期五生的。

Black: 黑色的，黑人。

e.g. He is a famous black musician. 他是位著名的黑人音乐家。

Scared: 恐惧的。

e.g. My mother is scared to fly in a plane. 我母亲怕搭飞机。

Die：死。

e.g. My little dog died. 我的小狗死了。

White：白色的，白种人。

e.g. That restaurant used to serve whites only. 那家餐厅过去只接待白人。

3. Dreams---Langston HughesHold fast to dreamsFor if dreams dieLife is a broken-winged birdThat can never fly.Hold fast to dreamsFor when dreams goLife is a barren fieldFrozen only with snowTranslation：梦想紧紧抓住梦想，梦想若是消亡生命就象鸟儿折了翅膀再也不能飞翔紧紧抓住梦想，梦想若是消丧生命就象贫瘠的荒野，雪覆冰封，万物不再生长Culture Corner：James Langston Hughes：February 1, 1902 - May 22, 1967)Born in Joplin, Missouri, James Langston Hughes was a member of an abolitionist family. He was the great-great-grandson of Charles Henry Langston, brother of John Mercer Langston, who was the first Black American to be elected to public office, in 1855. Hughes attended Central High School in Cleveland, Ohio, but began writing poetry in the eighthgrade, and was selected as Class Poet.One of Hughes' finest essays appeared in the Nation in 1926, entitled "The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain". It spoke of Black writers and poets, "who would surrender racial pride in the name of a false integration," where a talented Black writer would prefer to be considered a poet, not a Black poet, which to Hughes meant he subconsciously wanted to write like a white poet.Langston Hughes was a prolific writer. In the forty-odd years between his first book in 1926 and his death in 1967, he devoted his life to writing and lecturing. He wrote sixteen books of poems, two novels, three collections of short stories, four volumes of "editorial" and "documentary" fiction, twenty plays, children's poetry, musicals and operas, three autobiographies, a dozen radio and television scripts and dozens of magazine articles.兰斯顿·休斯(1902—1967)在美国文坛,尤其是黑人文学方面,是一个举足轻重的人物。