日课｜英文故事：The Young Owl

Jessie老师英语美文朗读，今天给大家读一个英文小故事。

纯正美音，适合模仿学习。

The Young Owl

Once there lived a young owl. All around him, the older owls could hoot. “Whoo, hoo, hoo!” they cried from the trees. But the young owl could not hoot yet. He was not old enough.

He tried and he tried to hoot. He took a deep breath through his beak. He blew out air. But he didn’t make a sound. The other owls laughed at him. “I will never be able to hoot,” the owl said sadly.

His mother said, “Wait and see, little owl. Very soon, you will have your grown-up voice. Then, you will hoot.”

One evening, months later, the young owl awoke in his tree. He opened his eyes to see a crow flying straight toward him. “Who, hoo, hoo are you?” he hooted. The crow flew away. The owl flew after him, hooting happily all the while. His mother had been right!

小猫头鹰

从前有一只小猫头鹰。在他周围，年长的猫头鹰们会鸣叫：“呼，呼，呼！“他们在树上叫着。但是那只小猫头鹰还不能鸣叫。他还不够大。

他试了又试，努力地鸣叫。他用嘴深深地吸了一口气，吹出气来。但他没有发出声音。其他猫头鹰都嘲笑他，小猫头鹰伤心地说：“我再也不会叫了。”

他妈妈说：“等着瞧吧，小猫头鹰。很快，你就会有你成年的声音了。那时，你就会鸣叫了。”

几个月后的一天晚上，小猫头鹰在树上醒来。他睁开眼睛，看到一只乌鸦正朝他飞来。“你是谁，呼，呼？”他鸣叫了起来。乌鸦飞走了。猫头鹰跟在他后面，一直快乐地叫着。他妈妈是对的！

【注释】

1. owl 猫头鹰

2. hoot 鸣叫

3. take a deep breath 深吸一口气

4. beak 鸟嘴；喙

5. blow out 吹出

6. make a sound 发出声音

7. wait and see 等着看；等着瞧

8. grown-up 成人的

9. awake 醒来

10. all the while 一直

读完这个故事，来回答个问题吧！

Why is the young owl happy at the end of the story?

a. because he can fly

b. because he can hoot

c. because he can blow out air

d. because he is too young

你可以留言告诉我你的答案哦！

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