【瑞思儿童故事】Beauty and the Beast美女与野兽
《美女与野兽》是美国迪士尼于1991年出品的动画电影，一经面世便广受好评。1992年，该片获得了金球奖“最佳音乐喜剧电影”奖。
下面，让我们一起来聆听美女和野兽之间的故事吧……
故事梗概：
一位商人在迷路的过程中依然不忘记自己对女儿的承诺，却不料因此得罪了一头野兽。
野兽同意只要商人把女儿送给自己，就放他回家。商人万般无奈之下与女儿商量，父爱之下，女儿同意前往野兽的城堡。没想到野兽的粗野外表下是一颗温柔的心，一直用耐心与善意去和女孩相处，慢慢的女孩也对野兽暗生情愫。
偶然之下，女儿得知父亲因自己久不归家而思念成疾且时日无多了，便央求野兽放自己回家与父亲相聚几日。虽万般不舍，野兽终归是同意了，但约定女孩七日之内便要归来。
女孩归家后太过开心，竟过了期限。野兽因此心碎不已，险些殒命。幸好女孩及时归来，而野兽竟变成了一位风度翩翩的王子，原来王子身受诅咒，唯有真爱才可解除。女孩的爱解除了诅咒，两人有情人终成眷属。
Beauty and the Beast
Once upon a time there lived a wealthy merchant and his three daughters.
One day, the father was to go to a far-off place and he asked his daughters what they wanted on his return. The first and the second daughter asked for lovely dresses. But the third daughter, whose name was Beauty, said, “Father, I only need a rose plucked by your hand.” The merchant, on his way back, had to cross through the deep forest. It was dark and the merchant tried to find a place to sleep. He suddenly found a huge castle and went inside to find nobody. There was a huge table with delicious food and he ate it all. Then the merchant went into the bedroom and slept on a soft and fluffy bed. The next day, too, the merchant did not find anyone in the castle. He saw a beautiful rose bush growing in the lawn and remembered Beauty’s gift. He plucked a red rose from the bush.
Suddenly, a ferocious looking beast sprang out of the bush. He was wearing fine silk clothes and roared, “I gave you food and a bed to sleep in! And now, you are stealing my roses!” The merchant was frightened and told the Beast about Beauty’s gift. The Beast decided to let him go only if he promised to send Beauty to this castle. The merchant agreed and ran back home. He cried and told his daughters about the Beast. But Beauty loved her father a lot and agreed to go stay with the Beast.
The Beast treated Beauty with a lot of kindness. He was never rude to her. He let her stay in the biggest room and let her roam in the beautiful garden. Beauty would sit near the fireplace and sew while the Beast kept her company. At first, Beauty was afraid of the Beast but slowly, she began to like him.
One day, the Beast asked Beauty to marry him, but she refused. She was still afraid of his fearful-looking face. The Beast still treated her kindly and with a lot of love. Beauty missed her father a lot. The Beast gave her a magic mirror and said, “Look at the mirror and you can see your family. Now you won’t feel lonely anymore.
One day, Beauty looked in the mirror and saw that father was very ill and dying. She went to the Beast and pleaded and cried, “Please let me go home! I only want to see my father before he dies!” But the Beast roared, “No! You promised you would never leave this castle!” Saying this, he stormed out of the room. But after some time, he came to Beauty and said, “You may go to stay with your father for seven days. But you must promise to return after that.” Beauty was very happy and agreed. Then she left and went to stay with her father. Her father, on seeing Beauty, felt very happy and soon recovered. Beauty stayed with her family for seven days and more. She forgot the Beast and his castle. But one night, she had a terrible nightmare in which she saw the Beast was very ill and about to die. He was crying, “Beauty, please come back!”
Beauty woke up and went back to the castle because she did not mean to hurt the Beast. She cried and said, “Please don’t die, Beast! I will live with you forever!” The Beast miraculously changed into a handsome prince. He said, “I was under a curse all these years and could only be relieved when someone fell in love with me. I am now cured of the curse because you truly love me.” And then, Beauty and the Beast were married and together they lived happily ever after.
故事英语角
beauty /'bjuti/
n. 美；美丽；美人；美好的东西
rose /roz/
n. 玫瑰，蔷薇；玫瑰红
forest /'fɔrɪst/
n. 森林
castle /'kæsl/
n. 城堡；象棋中的车
merchant /'mɝtʃənt/
n. 商人，批发商；店主
lost /lɔst/
adj. 失去的；丧失的；迷惑的
v. 遗失（lose的过去分词）；失败
prince /prɪns/
n. 王子，国君；亲王；贵族
n. (Prince)人名；(英、葡)普林斯；(法)普兰斯；
curse /kɝs/
n. 诅咒；咒骂
vt. 诅咒；咒骂
vi. 诅咒；咒骂
true love
真爱；挚爱，真情