美国小学英语教材3:第69课 无处不在的劳动者

 Part four Big and Little Workers 第四部分 大大小小的劳动者

Workers Everywhere 无处不在的劳动者

Stories in "Big and Little Workers" are not from the land of make-believe, as were "Old Tales¹." 大小小的劳动者里的故事，不是来自古老的传说里描述的梦幻大陆。

They are from our own world, in which we live every day; 而是来自我们每天生活的世界。

and they tell about some children and some grownup people who did their work so very well that they and many others were made happy. 故事讲述了一些孩子和大人因工作做得很好，从中得到了乐趣。

Perhaps you have tasks² that you do everyday³ at home. 或许你每天在家都有事情要做。

One story in this part of your book will show you how very different were the tasks that boys and girls did in their homes three hundred years ago. 本书的这一部分中有个故事会告诉你，300年前男孩和女孩在家里做的事情是多么的不同。

Did you ever try to make a plaything for yourself or someone else? 你有没有尝试给自己或其他人做过一个玩具？

Another story will tell you about a little boy who made toys so very well that people in far-away places sent for them. 一个小男孩做的玩具非常好，很远地方的人都来请他做。

Did you ever stop to think that many people are working for us while we are asleep? 你有没有想过，在我们睡觉的时候，有许多人在为我们工作？

These workers and many others you will read about in this part of your book. 你会在本书的这一部分中读到这些辛勤的劳动者的故事。

1 tales   

n.候补陪审员召集令；传说( tale的名词复数 )；（尤指充满惊险的）故事；（精彩但不一定完全真实的）讲述；传言

参考例句：

• The 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to Mo Yan"who with hallucinatory realism merges folk tales, history and the contemporary". 2012年诺贝尔文学奖得主为莫言，他“很好地将魔幻现实与民间故事、历史与当代结合在一起”。 来自互联网
• There are many stories about the nymphs in Roman fairy tales. 罗马神话中有许多关于仙女的故事。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 tasks   

n.工作，任务，差事( task的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• I've placed an asterisk next to the tasks I want you to do first. 我在要你首先完成的任务旁边标上了星号。
• The system is inadequate for the tasks it has to perform. 这个系统要完成它的任务还不够完善。

3 everyday   

adj.每天的，日常的，平常的

参考例句：

• Sweeping the floor is his everyday work.扫地是他的日常工作。
• He practices speaking English everyday.他每天练习说英语。