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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。 9 a- t% z8 @3 s% c& A+ n+ e
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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。”
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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。”
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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。 7 l b8 K, q8 H& r% Y3 o/ f
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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。” 4 s& g& o7 F; 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。 , l8 b6 y+ Q: V! f2 V% Z
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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。 ( Q& h+ K; X5 S
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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。 / X7 T) g @0 H* ]* t+ T
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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 h, P- H2 F; C+ m
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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。( `" c# L& p0 ~8 l( i4 R2 u
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4 U. Y% j- I% ?/ kA 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。
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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。 4 i+ x: U5 f- _+ v' M$ b# @
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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。 4 L) V% b9 {* y6 _
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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。” % v+ x4 ?" T6 a
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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。 + [% Z- m% t7 ~: W
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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。 , c. p, u5 J8 ^/ [% g1 y+ v
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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。
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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。 " u8 K3 Z: c% o3 @$ J
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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。 % C) t) S- U+ X8 j) x
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☟ All the birds thought he was a statue. 小鸟们也以为他是一尊雕像。 r5 u, ^: R& u6 S* O8 h% r
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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。 9 B; b9 O. t) B1 F7 o8 A5 V0 J
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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。”
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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。 9 s( n3 B8 C* M/ \
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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。 ' Z i5 }. ?0 ?+ R9 s i
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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。 : t2 h; |. v( e/ E- ^3 U
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☟ 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。 " i. K/ N- `: H9 {
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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。 0 {' V9 u8 _' G' a; q
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☟ “ What will we do? ” said the firemen. “我们该怎么办？”消防员们说道。 6 R1 `; |5 W K
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4 @* \3 R$ Y: f! t2 Q“ 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。
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8 z7 t# m" i( J☟ He got them there in time. 最后，他将消防员们准时拖到了目的地。
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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。
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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。 3 q( X/ t' r% u- V* G
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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。
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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。 : b9 G9 U8 q( w/ ^4 k' \( J
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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。 . C7 }; a& c! Q( X$ J
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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。 * v+ x& x. l# _8 _- z* E
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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。 ) l3 b1 D, a c, G
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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。
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7 `+ n9 D' u% k1 h5 C- Q☟ They all said it together. “GIDDYAP!” 然后孩子们一起大声的喊到：“GIDDYAP！” & O+ p# N( D9 R0 J1 J" g
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☟ Chester ran. 切斯特就奔跑了起来。 ! U2 M; f' S1 S- K
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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。 4 W# e5 V8 U; e" y+ g( T
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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。
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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。” . d& I: B- E6 ]
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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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