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廖彩杏英文书单:The Mixed-Up Chameleon译文分享


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The Mixed-Up Chameleon

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On a shiny green leaf sat a small green chameleon.

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You could hardly see it.


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It moved onto a brown tree and turned brownish.


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Then it rested on a red flower and turned reddish.

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When the chameleon moved slowly across the yellow sand,

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it turned yellowish.


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在一片闪亮的绿叶上趴着一只绿色的小变色龙


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你几乎很难发现它


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它爬到褐色的树干上就变成了褐色


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它停在一朵红色的花朵上就变成了红色


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当它慢慢爬过一片黄沙地,就变成了黄色

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你几乎很难发现它

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But when it was cold and hungry,


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it turned grey and dull.

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it sat still and waited.

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当它又冷又饿时,它就变成暗淡的灰色。


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Only its eyes moved——

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up,down,sideways——

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until it spotted a fly.


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Then the chameleon's long and sticky tongue

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shot out and caught the fly.


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变色龙饿了,就一动不动的趴着等待。


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仅仅是眼睛上上下下,忽左忽右的转动——


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直到盯住了一只苍蝇。


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那时,变色龙的长长的,黏黏的舌头

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就会射出去,捉住苍蝇。


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When it was warm and had something to eat,


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it turned sparkling green.

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That was its life.


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It was not very exciting.

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变色龙暖和又有东西吃的时候,


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就变成亮丽的绿色。

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那就是它的生活。


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一点**也没有。


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但是有一天……


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But one day...


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...the chameleon saw a zoo !


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It had never seen so many beautiful animals.

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直到有一天,变色龙看到了动物园!


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它从来没有见过这么多漂亮的动物。


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The chameleon thought:

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How small I am,how slow,how weak!


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I wish I could be big and white like a polar bear.


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And the chameleon's wish came true.


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But was it happy?

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No !

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变色龙想:


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我身材太小,行动太慢,身体太弱!


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我要是能像北极熊又大又白就好了。

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变色龙梦想成真了。


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可是它快乐吗?

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一点也不快乐。


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I wish I could be handsome like a flamingo.


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我要像火烈鸟那样漂亮。

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I wish I could be smart like a fox.

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我要像狐狸那样优雅。

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I wish I could swim like a fish.

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我要像鱼儿会游泳。


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I wish I could run like a deer.

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我要像鹿会奔跑。


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I wish I could see things far away like a giraffe.


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我要像长颈鹿那样看得很远很远。


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I wish I could hide in a shell like a turtle.


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我要像乌龟那样能藏在壳里。


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I wish I could be strong like an elephant.


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我要像大象那样强壮。


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I wish I could be funny like a seal.


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我要像海豹那样有趣。


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I wish I could be like people.


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Just then a fly flew by.


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The chameleon was very hungry.

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But the chameleon was very mixed-up.


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It was a little of this and it was a little of that.

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And it couldn't catch the fly.


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我还想像人那样。


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这时,一只苍蝇飞过,


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变色龙觉得饿极了。

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槽糕的是,它只是拼拼凑凑起来的。


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有点像这个,又有点像那个,

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它已经捉不到苍蝇了。

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I wish I could be myself.

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The chameleon's wish came true.

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And it caught the fly!

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“我要成为我自己。”

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变色龙回到了原来的样子,


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它又能捉到苍蝇了!


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