日课｜英文故事：The Nest

Jessie老师英语美文朗读，今天给大家讲一个英文小故事。

纯正美音，适合模仿学习。

The Nest

Mother could not find her thread. “I had a whole spool of it,” she told the family. “Now it is gone.”

Aunt Jean could not find her left black glove. “I can’t wear only one glove!” she cried.

Stan hopped up and down in one green sock and one blue sock. “Who would take one green sock?”

Someone had taken Jill’s pink hair ribbon. “It’s a mystery,” she said. “Who is taking our things?”

Stan decided to find out who the thief was. He looked high. He looked low. He opened cabinet doors. Finally, he found the thief.

“It’s a mouse!” he said. There in a cabinet was a nest. It was made of shredded newspaper, white thread, a black glove, a green sock, and a pink ribbon. Inside the nest were five mouse babies!

窝

妈妈找不到她的线。“我有一整卷，”她告诉家人。“现在它不见了。”

吉恩阿姨找不到她的左黑手套。“我不能只戴一只手套！”她哭了。

斯坦穿着一只绿袜子和一只蓝袜子上下跳跃。“谁会拿一只绿袜子？”

有人拿走了吉尔的粉色发带。“这是个谜，”她说。“谁拿走了我们的东西？”

斯坦决定找出小偷是谁。他看起来很高。他看起来很低沉。他打开了柜门。最后，他找到了小偷。

“是只老鼠！他说。在一个柜子里有一个巢。它是用碎纸、白线、黑手套、绿袜子和粉红丝带做成的。在巢里有五个老鼠宝宝！

【注释】

1. nest 鸟巢；窝

2. thread （棉、毛、丝等的）线

3. spool 线轴；缠线框

4. gone 离开了；不在

5. glove 手套

6. hop  (of a person 人) 单脚跳行

7. pink 粉红色的

8. ribbon 带子；丝带

9. mystery 神秘的事物；不可理解之事；奥秘

10. thief 贼；小偷；窃贼

11. high 在高处；向高处；高

12. low 低；向下

13. cabinet 储藏柜

14. finally 终于；最终

15. shredded 切碎的；撕碎的

16. inside 在里面

读完这个故事，来回答个问题吧！

In this story, mystery means . . .

a. a novel.

b. puzzle.

c. a movie.

d. mouse.

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