5个优美的睡前英语小故事

5个优美的睡前英语小故事

儿童故事正如朋友一样，陪伴着每一个小孩的成长。故事里面往往会给孩子们成长的启发，也会把小孩带到幻想的世界里面。睡前英语小故事精选了一系列有趣的英语小故事，配以故事中一些解析，让孩子在看故事的过程中学到英语。

1.农夫的宝藏

2.驴子和马

3.旅人与熊

4.池塘边的鹿

5.老太太与医生

1.The Farmer’s treasure

农夫的宝藏

There once was an old farmer. He was a hardworking man, so every year his harvest was very great.

One day, he became sick. He knew he would die soon. He wanted his two sons to look after the farm. "Long ago," he told them, "I put a great treasure in one of the vineyards."

After the farmer died, the sons began to dig carefully around the vines. Every day, they woke up early and worked until night. "We have to dig everywhere and find the treasure!" they said.

The two sons dug all summer, but they didn't find the treasure. They were tired and sad. They sat down near the fields and talked one day.

"Maybe our father was only dreaming," said the older son. The younger son was looking at the vineyards. The vines were full of big, juicy grapes. Suddenly, he understood. "Brother, this great harvest is our treasure!"

The older brother looked at the vines. "You're right!

Our father has taught us a wonderful lesson: Hard work brings great rewards."

Vocabulary

1.harvest n. 收获，获得

2. treasure n. 宝藏，珍贵物

3. vineyard n. 葡萄园

4. dig v. (dig-dig-dig) 挖；（用工具、手等）掘土

5. field n. 田地；原野

6. juicy adj. 多汁的

7. grape n. 葡萄

8. reward n. 报酬

英语补给站

Language Notes

look after 照顾

look after 类似于 take care of, 都有照顾（某人事物）的意思。

Adam looked after my house while I was gone.

我不在的时候，亚当替我看房子。

until 直到

until 指直到，后面接一个时间点或句子，表示持续做某事，到一个特定时间点才停止。

He kept working until it was dark.

他一直工作到天黑。

加上否定词的句型not…until…则是表示直到……才开始……

She didn’t show up until ten o’clock.

她十点才出现。（她十点之前都没有出现）

2.The donkey and the horse

驴子和马

A farmer wanted to bring ten bags of rice to the market and sell them. He put five bags of rice on his horse and five bags of rice on his donkey.

The bags were very heavy, and soon the donkey became tired. "Please," he said to the horse, "could you carry one of my bags for me? They're so heavy, and you are stronger than I am."

"No," said the horse. "I serve the farmer, not you. He gave me five bags to carry, not six! _

You must do your job, and I must do mine."

The farmer, the horse, and the donkey continued walking under the hot sun. The poor donkey became more and more

tired. Suddenly, he fell over at the side of the road. The farmer tried to pull the donkey to his feet, but the donkey was too tired to move. Then the farmer took the donkey's five bags of rice and put them on the horse. The horse realized he had made a big mistake. "If I had agreed to help the donkey," he cried, "I'd only have to carry one extra bag. Now I must carry all ten!" Vocabulary

1.heavy adj 沉重的

2.soon adv 很快地

3.serve v 服务；服役

4.suddenly adv 突然

5.realize v 了解到；发现

6.mistake n 错误

7.extra adj 额外的

英语补给站

Language Notes

fall over 跌倒

解析

fall over在此指跌倒

Rachel became dizzy and fell over.

瑞秋感到都晕而跌倒。