日课｜英文故事：The Strong Princess
The Strong Princess
Once upon a time, there lived a strong princess. She could build castle walls with heavy rocks. She could put fallen trees across the river to make a bridge. She could even pick up her horse!
The boys in the land thought they should be stronger than a girl. “People will think we’re weak if the princess can lift more than we can,” they said. They decided to trick the princess.
One day, she walked on the road with her horse and saw an awful sight. Two boys lay under a fallen tree in the mud. The princess tried to lift the tree. She tried and she tried, but she could not lift it. She fell in the mud. The boys jumped up. “You’re not strong now,” they laughed.
The princess saw what had happened. The boys had tied a rope around the tree and weighted it down with a big rock. But the princess said nothing. She knew that she was strong. That was all that mattered.
从前，有一位强壮的公主。她能用重石砌城堡的墙。她可以把倒下的树放过河对岸来造一座桥。她甚至可以把她的马抱起来！
陆地上的男孩们认为他们应该比女孩强壮。”他们说：“如果公主能比我们举起更多的东西，人们会认为我们很虚弱。”他们决定欺骗公主。
一天，她牵着马走在路上，看到一个可怕的景象。两个男孩躺在一棵倒在泥里的树下。公主想把树抬起来。她试了又试，但抬不起来。她掉进泥里了。孩子们跳了起来。”你现在不强壮了，”他们笑着说。
公主看到了发生的一切。男孩们把绳子系在树上，用一块大石头把它压了下来。但是公主什么也没说。她知道自己很强。这才是最重要的。
strong 强壮的；强大的；坚强的
princess 公主
heavy 重的；沉的
fallen 倒下的；落下的
pick up 拿起；提起；拾起；捡起
weak 虚弱的；无力的
lift 提起；举起
decide 对…作出抉择；决定
trick 欺骗；欺诈
awful 可怕的；很坏的；极讨厌的
sight 看见（或看得见）的事物；景象；情景
weight 加重量于；使负重
matter 事关紧要；要紧；有重大影响
