The Bear and the Sisters
Two sisters were playing games on the bank(岸)of a river. They were playing happily. One of them was named Janny, the other was Rose. While they were running to the foot of a hill, they saw a big brown bear(熊)standing before them. They were very frightened(受驚嚇)。They ran away at once.
“Please don’t run! I won’t eat you. I’m a man, not a bear, I’m friendly,?the bear said. The two girls looked at the bear:they bear stood up , his hair(毛,頭發(fā))all fell away(落下來).There, a young man stood, he was tall, he had good lookds(模樣)”It’s lucky(幸運)for me to meet you ,you can save(救)me, ”he said.
“Who are you ?How can we save you?”
.”“I’m Scoff. My father and mother don’t know I’m a bear now, they are always(一直)looking for me. They don’t know where I am. I see them often(經(jīng)常),but I cannot talk to them . Let me tell you something about me. ”
Exercises:
1 What were the sisters doing? Where were they?
2 What did the girls see on the bank of the river?
3 What did the bear say to the girls?
4 Was the man their friend?
5 What did the girls ask the man?
“I was(am--was)a prince(王子),”he young man said, “One day, I played (play--played)on the bank of the river, an old woman came, she said(say--said)something and threw(throw--threw)a brown coat at me. The old woman turned (變)me into a brown bear. She said, ‘Only when you meet two girls on the bank of the river, and one of them is willing(愿意)to be your wife(妻子)cam you be a man again(再,又)’oday, it’s my good fortune(好運氣)to meet you here. If one of you is willing to be my wife , you can save me.”The two sisters’faces turned red, the younger sister said,“If we can save you , I would like to be your wife.”he prince said,“Thank goodness! Thank you very much . From now on , we’re brother and sisters, the old woman cannot do anything to me. Let’s go home, my father and mother will be very happy to see us.?The prince took the two sisters to his home. The prince became the king, they were very happy.
Exercises:
1 Who was the man before the old woman turned him into a bear?
2 Who turned the man into a bear?
3 When could the bear become a man again?
4 What did the younger sister say to the man? Why?
5 Where did the man and the girls go?
熊和兩姐妹
有兩姐妹在河邊做游戲。她們玩得非常開心。一個名叫珍妮,另一個叫羅絲。當(dāng)她們朝著山腳跑去的時候,看見一只棕熊站在她們前面,這只熊很大。她們嚇得趕緊跑開。
“請別跑!我不會吃你們。我是人,不是熊,我是友好的?!毙苷f。這兩個女孩看著熊,只見熊直立起來,身上的毛全落到了地上。在那里,站著一個青年,高高的個子,模樣英俊?!坝鲆娔銈兾液苄疫\,你們能救我。”他說。
“你是誰?我們怎么能救你?”
“我叫斯格夫。我父親和母親不知道現(xiàn)在我變成了一只熊,他們一直在尋找我,不知道我在什么地方。我看見過他們,但是,我無法和他們說話。我給你們講一講我的故事吧!”
“我以前是一個王子,”這個青年說,“一天,我在河邊玩,一個老太婆走來,嘴里念念有詞。她把一件褐色外套朝我丟來,就這樣把我變成了一只棕熊。她說:‘只有當(dāng)你在河邊遇見兩個女孩子,并且她們之中的一個愿意做你的妻子,你才能再變成人。’今天,我在這里遇到你們,是我的運氣。不知道你們倆有沒有一個愿意做我的妻子。如果愿意,你們就能救我?!眱山忝玫哪樁技t了。妹妹說:“如果我們能救你,我愿意做你的妻子。”王子說:“謝天謝地!太謝謝你們了。從今以后,我們便是兄弟姐妹,老太婆再也不能對我為所欲為了。我們回家吧,我的父親、母親看見我們會非常高興的。”
王子把姐妹倆帶到他的家。王子后來成了國王,他們生活得非常幸福。