美国小学英语教材5:第157课 内容回顾

A BACKWARD LOOK

内容回顾

Guillaume the flute¹ player, King Midas and Marygold, August, and Hiawatha—do you see that you have become acquainted² with some people you had never met before? You will perhaps find that your father and mother knew them years ago. It is strange how the boys and girls and men and women in stories become so well known. Almost anywhere you might go in our country you would find someone who knew of King Midas and of Hiawatha.

长笛手纪尧姆，迈达斯国王和玛丽戈尔德，奥古斯特，还有希阿瓦塔——你意识到你已经认识了一些你以前从未见过的人吗? 你也许会发现你的父母多年前就认识他们。奇怪的是，故事中的男孩和女孩，男人和女人怎么变得如此出名。几乎在我们国家的任何地方，你都会发现有人知道迈达斯国王和希阿瓦塔。

As you think back over these four stories you have read, which one did you like best? Can you give some good reasons why you liked it best? What happenings in the stories can you see almost as if you had been there? If you had to choose one of these stories to tell, which one would it be? Did any of these stories teach a good lesson? Which one was it, and what was the lesson?

当你回想你读过的这四个故事时，你最喜欢哪一个? 你能给出一些你最喜欢它的理由吗? 故事中发生了什么?你能看到几乎就像你去过那里一样的情景吗? 如果让你从这些故事中选择一个来讲述，你会选哪个? 这些故事能让我们学到什么吗? 是哪一个，学到了什么？

Of course, there are many other stories you ought to read. And you will want to read them because it will be fun to do so. If you liked “The Golden Touch,” there are Hawthorne’s Tanglewood Tales and his Wonder Book. “Hiawatha’s Childhood” is only a small part of the whole poem. The Song of Hiawatha. Did you get time to read any of the other five stories in Miss Crownfield’s book The Feast³ of Noel? If one of your classmates were ill, and you wanted to take him some stories to read, what four or five would you choose?

当然，还有许多其他的故事你应该读。你会想要阅读它们，因为这样做会很有趣。如果你喜欢《点金术》，这里有霍桑的《坦格伍德故事集》和他的奇幻小说。《海华沙的童年》只是整首诗《海华沙之歌》的一部分。你有时间读克朗菲尔德小姐的书《诺埃尔的盛宴》中的其他五个故事吗? 如果你的一个同学病了，你想带他读一些故事，你会选哪四篇还是哪五篇?

If you have already found the list of other “Stories We All Should Know” on page 432, you have had many happy hours with these books. Wouldn’t you like to tell the class some good story that you have found?

如果你已经在432页找到了其他“我们都应该知道的故事”的列表，那么你一定在阅读这些书的过程中度过了很多快乐的时光。你不想给全班同学讲一些你发现的好故事吗?

1 flute   

n.长笛；v.吹笛

参考例句：

• He took out his flute, and blew at it.他拿出笛子吹了起来。
• There is an extensive repertoire of music written for the flute.有很多供长笛演奏的曲目。

2 acquainted   

adj.对某事物熟悉的，对 某人认识的

参考例句：

• The students are already acquainted with the work of Shakespeare. 这些学生已经读过莎士比亚的著作。
• I have heard about your friend but I'm not acquainted with him. 我听说过你的朋友，但同他不熟。

3 feast   

n.盛宴，筵席，节日

参考例句：

• After the feast she spent a week dieting to salve her conscience.大吃了一顿之后，她花了一周时间节食以安慰自己。
• You shouldn't have troubled yourself to prepare such a feast!你不该准备这样丰盛的饭菜，这样太麻烦你了！