精美中英对照小短文

A Smart Tortoise

聪明的乌龟

A tiger is hungry, he is looking for food. He sees a frog in front of him.

一只老虎很饥饿，他正在寻找食物。他看到一只青蛙在他前面。

“Haha! A frog! My dinner!” so he rushes at the frog. “

哈哈！一只青蛙，我有晚餐啦！”于是，他扑向青蛙。

Behind the tiger, there is a tortoise. The little tortoise sees it; he bites the tiger’s tail.

在老虎的后边，有一只乌龟。小乌龟看见了，他猛咬一下啊老虎的尾巴。

“Ouch!” cries the tiger and he looks back. The frog hears the voice and jumps into water.

“哎呦！”老虎疼得叫起来并回头看看。此时青蛙听见了老虎的声音，他迅速跳进水里。

“Thank you, little tortoise.” says the frog.

“谢谢你，小乌龟。”青蛙说。

But the tiger is very angry. “Bother it! I’ll throw you to the sky!”

大事老虎十分愤怒：“讨厌！我要把你扔到天上去。”

“Thank you, I like flying in the sky,” says the tortoise.

“谢谢你，我喜欢在天空飞翔。”乌龟说。

The tiger stops, “I will throw you into the river.”

老虎停下来：“那我就把你扔到到水里。”

“Oh, no! I can’t swim; I will die if you throw me into the water.” The tiger threw the tortoise into the water quickly.

“哦，不！我不会游泳，如果你把我扔井水里我会死的。”老虎很快就把乌龟仍进水了。

Here Good Friends

三个好朋友

One day, a monkey rides his bike near the river.

一天，一只猴子在河边骑车。

This time he sees a lion under a tree.The lion runs at him.

这时他看见树下有一只狮子，狮子向他跑来。

He is afraid and falls into the river.

他非常的害怕，掉进河里。

He can’t swim. He shouts.

他不会游泳，大叫起来。

The rabbit hears him. He jumps into the river. The rabbit swims to the monkey, but he can’t help him.

兔子听见了，跳进水里，但他却没有办法救猴子。

Luckily, an elephant comes along.

幸运的是，一只大象过来了。

He is very strong. He helps the rabbit and monkey.

大象非常强壮，救出了兔子和猴子。

Three friends are very happy. They go to the elephant’s home.

他们来到大象的家，在那里吃了一顿大餐。

Then, three of them become good friends.

从此他们成了好朋友。

狮和鼠

THE LION AND THE MOUSE

Lion was awakened from sleep by a Mouse running over his face.

一只老鼠从一只狮子面前跑过去，将它从梦中吵醒。

Rising up in anger, he caught him and was about to kill him.

狮子生气地跳起来，捉住老鼠，要弄死它。

when the Mouse piteously entreated, saying: "If you would only spare my life, I would be sure to repay your kindness."

老鼠哀求说：「只要你肯饶恕我这条小生命，我将来一定会报答你的大恩。」

The Lion laughed and let him go.

狮子便笑着放了它。

It happened shortly after this that the Lion was caught by some hunters, who bound him by strong ropes to the ground.

后来狮子被几个猎人捉住，用粗绳捆绑倒在地上。

The Mouse, recognizing his roar, came up, and gnawed the rope with his teeth, and setting him free, exclaimed:

老鼠听出是狮子的吼声，走来用牙齿咬断绳索，释放了牠，并大声说：

"You ridiculed the idea of my ever being able to help you, not expecting to receive from me any repayment of your favour; but now you know that it is possible for even a Mouse to confer benefits on a Lion."

「你当时嘲笑我想帮你的忙，而且也不指望我有什么机会报答。但是你现在知道了，就算是小老鼠，也能向狮子效劳的。」