-
Thumbelina
?
A woman sits in her
sunflower garden.
< br>woman['w
?
m
?
n]
女人
sunflower['s
?
nfla
??
(r)
]
太阳花
She is very
sad.
garden. ['
ɡɑ
:dn
?
(r)]
花园
A fairy comes to her and asks,
fairy ['fe
?
r
?
]
仙子
ask
[
ɑ
:sk]
询问
”Why are you
so sad?”
sad[s?d]
伤心的
”I have no children.”Cries the
woman.
children['t
??
ldr
?
n]
孩子们
（复数）
child [t
?
a
?
ld]
孩子
Take this seed
and plant it.
”
says the
fairy.
take
[te
?
k]
拿
接受
se
ed[si:d]
种子
plant[pl
ɑ
:nt]
种
The woman
plants the seed,
The seed grows into a
beautiful sunflower.
grow[
ɡ
r
??
]
生长
beautiful
['bju:t
?
fl]
美丽的
She sees a
tiny pretty girl in it.
tiny ['ta
?
n
?
]
极小的
pretty ['pr
?
t
?
]
漂亮的
“Y
ou are as tiny as my
thumb,
”
she says
as [
?
z]
像
thumb[
θ
?
m]
拇指
“
I
’
ll
name you Tumbelina
”
name[ne
?
m]
n:
名字
v:
命名
“What would you like to wear?”Asks
Thumbelina
’
s
mother.
wear[we
?
(r)]
穿
“Hmm
I would like to wear a
pink dress,
”
says [p
< br>??
k]
粉红色的
dress[dres]
连衣裙
One day an ugly toad sees it.
ugly ['
< br>?
ɡ
l
?
]
丑陋的
toad
[t
??
d]
癞蛤蟆
“
You are very beautiful
,
”
he says.
“I
want to marry you.”
want
[w
?
nt]
想
marry ['m?r
?
]
结婚
The ugly toad
takes her with him.
“
Stay here on this lily
pad,
”
says the toad.
lily
['l
?
l
?
]
睡莲
pad [p?d]
垫子
“I’
ll be back with some
food.
”
back
[b?k]
返回
food [fu:d]
食物
Thumbelina
begins to cry.
begin [bi
?ɡ
in]
开始
cry [krai]
哭泣
“
Why
are you crying?
”
asks a
goldfish.
goldfish['
ɡ
??
ldf
??
]
金鱼
“I
don
’
t want to marry the
toad,
”
Thumbelina cries.
“
I want to go
home.
”
go [
ɡ
??
]
走
home[h
??
m]
家
“I
can help
you,
”
says the goldfish.
help [help]
帮助
He sings,
”
on the
lily pad,there
’
s a pretty y,
merrily, merrily, merrily!
I
’
ll help her find
her home.
”
merrily [
?
mer
?
li]
愉快地
“
This is
fun,
”
says Thumbelina.
fun[f
?
n]
有趣的
“I
like sitting on the lily
pad.
”
He
can
’
t find her home.
can
’
t [k
ɑ
:nt]
（
can not
[k?n]
）
不能
find [fa
?
nd]
寻找
“
You should look for a new
home,
”
says the goldfish.
should[
??
d]
应该
look for[luk
f
?
:]
寻找
Thumbelina
seees a beautiful red flower.
“
This can be my new
home,
’
she says.
“
Thank you
,goldfish.
”
Spring passes and summer comes.
spring [spr
??
]
春天
pass[p
ɑ
:s]
通过
Thumbelina
is
happy.
summer
['s
?
m
?
(r)]
夏天
come
[k
?
m]
到
来
She
plays hide-and-seek withr abbits.
hide-and-seek
[
?
ha
?
d
n
?
si:k]
捉迷藏
rabbit['r?b
?
t]
兔
子