新课标小学英语阅读100篇 23

　　23  Where Are the Girl's Ducks?女孩的鸭子在哪里?

　　Once there was¹  a little girl. 从前有一个小女孩。

　　She spent the summer on her grandparents²' farm.她花了整个夏天都在她的祖父母的农场。

　　That year she was three. She knew some yellow ducks with orange feet. 那一年她是三岁。她知道一些黄色与橙色的鸭子的脚。

　　They lived in a little wooden³ house near the road. 他们住在一个小木屋在公路附近。

　　The little girl liked these ducks very much.这个小女孩非常喜欢这些鸭子。

　　Every day the ducks walked down the road to the pool⁴.每一天,鸭子走在路上到池中。

　　They went into the water. The little girl sat⁵ on the bank 他们进了水。小女孩坐在银行

　　and watched them swimming in the pool. 看着他们在池塘里游泳。

　　The Iittle girl talked to the ducks. They quacked⁷ (嘎嘎) back.小女孩跟鸭子。他们quacked(嘎嘎)回来。

　　Then one day the ducks were gone. 然后有一天,鸭子都不见了。

　　No one would⁸ say anything about them. 没有人会说些什么。

　　The IittIe girl was afraid to ask where they had⁹ gone. 这个小女孩不敢问他们去那儿。

　　One night everyone sat down for dinner. 一天晚上每个人都坐下来吃饭。

　　The food looked like a little duck. 食物看起来像个小鸭子。

　　The girl didn't want to eat. Can you guess why?这个女孩不想吃。你能猜出为什么?

　　WORD BANK

　　wooden／'wudn／adj．木制的

　　bank n．堤，岸

　　quack⁶ v．（指鸭）

　　呷呷地叫

　　be afraid of害怕

1 was   

v.(is,am的过去式)是，在

参考例句：

• He said he was right.他说他是正确的。
• He was cold and hungry.他又冷又饿。

2 grandparents   

n.祖父母；外祖父母

参考例句：

• I often visit my grandparents.我常常去看望祖父母。
• My grandparents live in shanghai.我的祖父母住在上海。

3 wooden   

adj.木制的；木头似的，呆笨的

参考例句：

• The room was full of wooden furniture.房间里摆满了木制家具。
• There's a wooden bridge over the river.河上有一座木桥。

4 pool   

n.水塘(池)，游泳池，撞球；vi.形成池塘；vt.集中，积累

参考例句：

• The swimming pool was opened to the public on July 1.游泳池于七月一日对外开放。
• At the end of half an hour the pool was nearly dry.这样过了半小时，坑里的水差不多舀光了。

5 sat   

v.（sit的过去式，过去分词）坐

参考例句：

• He sat on a chair.他坐在椅子上。
• The mother sat by the sick child all night long.妈妈整夜守在生病的孩子身旁。

6 quack   

n.庸医；江湖医生；冒充内行的人；骗子

参考例句：

• He describes himself as a doctor,but I feel he is a quack.他自称是医生，可是我感觉他是个江湖骗子。
• The quack was stormed with questions.江湖骗子受到了猛烈的质问。

7 quacked   

v.（鸭子）发出嘎嘎声( quack的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

8 would   

aux.will的过去式；愿，要；常常；大概；将要，会

参考例句：

• Why would you say that?为什么你会这么说？
• Would you please help me?你能帮帮我吗？

9 had   

vbl.have的过去式和过去分词；conj.有

参考例句：

• I just had a good idea!我有个好主意！
• The boy had a small branch of a tree in his hand.这个男孩手上拿一条小树枝。