共 16 句 · 中英对照 · 对应本级 10 个目标词
开始练这一级 →Long before, a man told a story about a golden bird.很久以前,一个男人讲了一个关于一只「金色」的鸟的故事。 People said the bird came from a place far away.人们说这只鸟来自很远很远的地方。 The bird was like a small sun in the sky.那只鸟像天上一轮小小的太阳。 People said its color was gold, and not yellow.人们说它的颜色是「金子」的颜色,而不是黄色。
Every morning he looked for it again.每天早上他都再去找它。 He said it possibly lived near the old river.他说它「可能」住在老河附近。 One summer he went there to see it.有一年夏天他去那里看它。 The weather was very dry, and the river was low.天气很「干」,河水很浅。
The bird did not come that day.那天鸟没有来。 It was impossible to find it in tall grass.在高高的草里找到它是「不可能的」。 At first, finding the bird seemed possible, but later it looked impossible to him.起初,找到那只鸟看起来是「可能的」,但后来在他看来那又是「不可能的」。 His friends commonly laughed at him.他的朋友们「通常」都「笑」他。
He said he did not mind their laughing, because the story was wonderful.他说他不在意他们的笑,因为那个故事太「棒」了。 I wonder if the bird was real.我想知道那只鸟是不是真的。 Nobody knows, but people still tell that story.没有人知道,但人们仍然讲那个故事。 Even now, children laugh at the end.直到现在,孩子们听到结尾还是会「笑」。
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