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《 Chester》 小马切斯特 by Syd Hoff悉德·霍夫 ![]()
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☟ Chester was a wild horse. He lived out West with other wild horses. 切斯特是一匹野马。 他和其他野马一同生活在西部。 3 O, ~& N6 E9 I
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☟ “I wish someone loved me.” said Chester. “I wish someone took care of me.” “我希望有人爱我。”切斯特说。 “我希望有人照顾我。” # _! E u; f' e; f
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☟ “You are silly.” said the other horses. “It is fun to be wild.” “你真傻。”其他野马说。 “当野马多有趣。” * Y: _8 X5 M$ y" d$ Y
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☟ One day men came with ropes. They were looking for wild horses. 一天,人们带着套马索来了。 他们正在寻找野马。 0 N4 Z+ k2 q, W5 w4 ?1 P! V3 V, ]! @& I
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☟ “I am glad to see you,” said Chester. Plesed put a rope on me.” “很高兴看到你们。”切斯特说。 “请套上我。” . F; i' E! g- d* {8 o
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☟ “That horse cannot run,” said the men. “We do not want him.” “这马不能跑。”人们说。 “我们不要这样的。”
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☟ They took all the other horses. They did not take Chester. 人们带走了其他所有的野马。 但是没有带走切斯特。
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☟ “No one wants me either,” said a skunk. “也没有任何人要我。”一只臭鼬说。
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☟ “I think I know why,” said Chester. He left in a hurry. “我想我知道为什么。”切斯特说。 他匆忙的离开了。 % U5 Z! |4 N4 ?
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☟ Chester ran and ran. He came to a farm. “Maybe someone here wants me,” he said. 切斯特一直跑啊跑啊。他来到了一个农场。 “也许这里有人会要我。”他说。
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☟ “You can’t give milk,” said a cow. “你不能产牛奶。”母牛说。
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☟ “And I pull the wagon around here,” said a white horse. “我在附近拉货车,”小白马说道。 7 y+ x- [' e' I( X |; X& {8 m- F
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☟ “ Good-by,”said Chester. He walked down the road. “再见,”切斯特道别到。 然后他沿着道路往前走去。; u# I- d v+ V9 M, n4 a* G
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3 }3 T* C$ k, d6 M( [A car came by. “This car has 250 horse power,” said the man in the car. 一辆车经过。 坐在车里的男人对切斯特说道: “这辆车有250马力。”
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☟ “ I have one horse power,”said Chester. “我有1马力,”切斯特回应道。 . |2 R0 w: n7 C7 |
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☟ The car stopped at a gas station. Chester stopped too. 随后这辆车停在了一个加油站。 切斯特也跟着停了下来。
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☟ “ I ’ll have ten gallons of gas,”said the man. “ I ’ll have ten gallons of water,”said Chester. “我要加十加仑的油,”这位男士说道。 “那我要十加仑的水,”切斯特跟着说道。
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☟ Chester saw a sign. “ I am hungry,” he said. 这时切斯特看到了一个标牌。 嘴里说着:“我好饿啊。”
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☟ “ Oh ,dear,I did not see the first letter. I cannot eat ‘ COATS,’ ”said Chester. “哎呀,糟糕,我没有看到第一个字母。 我可不能吃外套啊,”切斯特说道。 " _3 X) W- Y- L2 w A- U* M3 ^% ^
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☟ Chester saw a fruit store. “ I ’ll have a pound of apples,”said a lady. 切斯特看到了一家水果店。 有一位女士正在对店员说:“我要买一磅苹果。”
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☟ “ I’ll have a pound too,”said Chester. “Can you pay for them? ”said the man. “ No,”said Chester. “我也要一磅苹果,”切斯特说道。 “你付得起吗?”店员说道。 “不能…”切斯特回答道。
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☟ “Then come back when you can pay,” said the man. “All right,”said Chester. “Your apples are good.” “那等你有钱了再回来。”店员继续说道。 “那好吧,不过你的苹果看上真的很好吃。” 切斯特说道。
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☟ Chester looked in a house. A lady was having tea. “ How much sugar do you want? ”she said. 切斯特站在房子前,他向屋里看了看。 一位女士正在喝茶。 “你要加多少糖?”她向另一位女士问道。 3 i3 L+ \+ P5 J5 p6 L: ?6 d& X
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☟ “As much as I can have,”said Chester. “你就给多少我就吃多少,”切斯特回答道。
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☟ Chester went by a toy store. “ I wish I had a rocking horse,”said a child. 切斯特路过一家玩具店。 一个小孩子说道: “我多么希望我能拥有一匹摇摇马。”
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☟ “ I can be a rocking horse,”said Chester. “ Look!” “看,我能够成为你的摇摇马,”切斯特说道。 " d$ O1 ^& ?8 B/ S5 `/ f$ M! y1 c
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☟ “You are too big for house,”said the mother. “你太大了,我的房子装不下你,”小孩的妈妈说道。
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☟ Chester saw a statue of a horse. “ Maybe I can be a statue,”he said. 切斯特看到了一匹马的雕像。 “或许我也可以成为一尊雕像,”切斯特自言自语到。 $ V& E1 o) Y1 ]1 I [
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☟ He stood very still. 他一动也不动的站着。
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☟ All the people thought he was a statue. 人们都以为他是一尊雕像。
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☟ All the birds thought he was a statue. 小鸟们也以为他是一尊雕像。 3 e9 {6 i" Y! K" ?! E: |; K
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☟ Chester saw a lady with a feather in her hat. 这时,切斯特看到了一位女士向他走过来, 而她的帽子上插着一根羽毛。 ! N( B5 ~5 h" T% a1 M9 y
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☟ “ I will sneeze if that feather touches my nose,” said Chester. 切斯特心想:“如果那根羽毛碰到了我的鼻子, 那我会打喷嚏的。” " ?# O6 g3 [4 v# @
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☟ The feather touched his nose. 果然,这根羽毛还是碰到了切斯特的鼻子。
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☟ “AH-CHOO!” “AH—CHOO!”
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☟ “ Statues don’t sneeze,” said the birds and the people. “ Horses do,”said Chester. He walked away. “雕像可不会打喷嚏!”小鸟和人们一同说道。 “但是马会,”切斯特回答道。 然后他就走开了。 % B# x% b) {' R7 _1 k, d+ @
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☟ Chester walked by a fire house. “Long ago horses pulled the fire engines,” said a man. 切斯特经过一个消防站。 “在以前,消防车都是靠马拉的。” 一个男士说道。
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% @/ J7 W1 Q" M. z* [☟ The bells rang! There was a fire some place. 这时,警报声响了。 有个地方发生了火灾。
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☟ Down the poles came the firemen. 消防员们从铁杆上滑下来。
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☟ They could not start the engine. 但是发动机却无法启动。
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☟ “ What will we do? ” said the firemen. “我们该怎么办?”消防员们说道。 4 z/ k, w9 s. b. u
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2 r) D- y* E! A/ R# s( C“ I will get you there in time,” said Chester. “我会准时把你们送到目的地去。”切斯特说道。
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☟ Down the street they went. “Clang! Clang! Clang! ” said Chester. 他们顺着道路向前面驶去。 “叮!叮!叮!”切斯特喊道。 F& F$ ~( g w& V- c- Q7 ?
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☟ “ Thank you,”said the firemen. “ The engine is running again. We do not need you now.” “非常感谢你!现在发动机又可以启动了, 我们不再需要你的帮忙了,”消防员说道。 5 p5 _( [; i+ H2 @
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☟ Chester walked and walked. He saw a merry-go-round. 切斯特走啊走啊走。 他看到了一个旋转木马。 2 M6 t8 O) M8 X
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☟ “ I think they need me here,”he said. “在这里,我觉得他们会需要我的,”切斯特心想。 $ \0 J4 [; i! @7 N" T. J4 i# F
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☟ The children ran to the horses. 孩子们跑向马匹。
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☟ One little boy got on Chester. 一个小男孩骑在了切斯特的背上。 : X8 \0 V/ x J1 W
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☟ Around and around they went! The children loved the ride. So did Chester. 他们转了一圈又一圈。 孩子们非常喜欢。 切斯特也一样。
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☟ The ride ended. The children got off the horses. 时间到了。 孩子们纷纷下了马。
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☟ “My horse was real,”said the little boy. “我的马是真的,”小男孩说道。
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☟ “He was not real,”said the children. “Merry-go-round horses are never real.” “他是假的,旋转木马一直都是假的马,” 孩子们说道。 $ x x6 k( \, a& `2 [ s+ b6 D
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☟ “A real horse runs when you say ‘Giddyap!’ ”said one child. “Let’s say it,”said another child. 另一个孩子补充到:“当你说'Giddyap!'时, 一匹真正的马会奔跑” “那我们一起说吧,”另一个孩子说道。 / H* [3 }2 z- l- J+ b
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☟ They all said it together. “GIDDYAP!” 然后孩子们一起大声的喊到:“GIDDYAP!” & c) f8 W$ [% H* y( c
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☟ Chester ran. 切斯特就奔跑了起来。 * b& y8 b9 Y6 u# q7 h1 b6 v2 }. t4 p& T: x
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☟ He ran and ran and ran. The men with ropes saw him. “Whoa!”they said. 他一直跑啊跑啊跑。 这时,带着套马索的人们看到了切斯特。 “哇!”他们惊讶地叫到。 % D% X* D: l8 b* A7 Q
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☟ “Do you still want to come with us?” said the man. “Yes”,said the Chester. “你依旧想跟我们一起走吗?”这个男的说。 “是的”,切斯特说道。 6 i, }% j$ D2 V& a5 S
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☟ They took him to a bright, clean stable. All the other horses were there. 他们把他带到了一个干净明亮的马棚。 之前被带走的野马都在这里。
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☟ “You were right,Chester,”said the horses. “It is fun here. it is nice to be loved and cared for.” “切斯特,你说得对,”野马们说道。 “这真是个有趣的地方, 而且被人疼爱,被人照顾是多么的幸福。” / y7 ?1 {4 M' Q& k+ i# P5 [
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☟ That makes sense,”said Chester. “Good horse sense.” “有道理,”切斯特说道。 “飞一样的感觉!” 必学词汇
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