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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。 ! f. p$ c0 G$ ^; J0 A4 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。” % M2 q$ ]$ m" o- s. R4 D4 z9 l
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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。
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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。” , r0 T) T7 A( a; A$ Z! ?+ z: n
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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。” ; w6 O3 l/ C' }8 B4 V
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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。 : A j9 L2 Q! j& `
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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。 & U9 N; F* Y* Y- u0 f2 v
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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。 ( y. I" N o5 [5 r- F' h) @
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☟ “You can’t give milk,” said a cow. “你不能产牛奶。”母牛说。 & n% K$ E0 C4 I+ S( x# j6 g8 j
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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。
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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。
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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。” . u8 y6 o+ b! Z0 K' I. \- z
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☟ “ I have one horse power,”said Chester. “我有1马力，”切斯特回应道。 & H/ D$ g% r: P7 e9 a
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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。 5 Q( a8 y- |4 z' l! i* A7 L; l
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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。 ( s; p2 [8 X+ C* _
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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。
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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。 / ^/ Y: H. X; I# F
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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。
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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。 ; p6 K/ b9 h) E9 e; Q
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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。
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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。 p I: w \1 B0 o! C, W
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☟ All the birds thought he was a statue. 小鸟们也以为他是一尊雕像。
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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。 ' A& {9 X# c2 j0 O4 {5 [2 H" _
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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。” - a" Z* n: s+ [9 k2 `/ M8 t7 |! j
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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。 * E' x) S& M$ D3 p
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☟ “AH-CHOO!” “AH—CHOO！” * k, V$ T! L2 l: ]0 y2 o1 s" q, ~
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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。 , j/ `* S3 P( x5 P8 i2 v, G, 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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0 Q0 k" ~5 Q+ X☟ 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。
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3 m7 L4 {: i+ M- A“ 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。 ( D* R3 l2 J; Z1 x* S, [, i
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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。 . b7 U/ Q& B9 t7 Z2 E9 i
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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。 . y z L5 d2 M+ u/ U2 x# k
6 z. t# D3 x5 c. c: o. f% D4 Z0 y☟ 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。 * S5 h* C" H8 E# f8 X' u+ T/ n
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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。 ! J* B$ T5 s) c/ v @" R" @9 `
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☟ The children ran to the horses. 孩子们跑向马匹。 2 m: c. N7 p8 m5 O
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☟ One little boy got on Chester. 一个小男孩骑在了切斯特的背上。 . M; k+ ?& f. T+ W: V
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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。 8 V/ I/ O. S, W) x5 o
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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。 8 _: o" Y; ^* ]$ o: x) P9 u% E
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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。 3 N# X( K! i- b$ r
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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。 " X. r9 m+ p9 s) W
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☟ They all said it together. “GIDDYAP!” 然后孩子们一起大声的喊到：“GIDDYAP！”
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☟ Chester ran. 切斯特就奔跑了起来。
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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。
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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。”
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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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