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1805年4月2日,安徒生(Hans Christian Andersen)出生在丹麥歐登堡。今年,世界各國的人們都在紀(jì)念他誕辰200周年。感謝他為我們留下了這么多精彩的童話故事。讓我們在假期里靜下心來,一起讀一讀英文版的安徒生童話吧!希望同學(xué)們能通過查字典把故事讀順哦!
Many,many years ago,there lived an emperor(2).He had a new coat for every hour of the day.
One day,two swindlers(3) came to this city?they made people believe(4) that they were weavers(5).They said the clothes they madepossessed(6) the wonderful quality(7) of being invisible(8)to any man who was unfit(9) for his office(10) or stupid(11).
The emperor gave a large sum of money to the swindlers. They set up two looms(12),and pretended (13) to be very hard at work,but they did nothing whatever on the looms.
“I should very much like to know how they are getting on with the cloth,” thought the emperor. Then he sent his honest(14) old minister(15) to the weavers. “I cannot see anything at all,” but the old minister did not say so. “Oh,it is very pretty.” he praised(16) the cloth,which he did not see. “It is very excellent(17),” he said to the emperor.
At last the emperor wished to see it himself,while it was still on the loom. “What is this?” thought the emperor, “I do not see anything at all. That is terrible(18) ?。粒?I stupid?Am I unfit to be emperor?No,no,I cannot say that I was unable(19) to see the cloth.” So, he said,“Really! Your cloth has my gracious(20) approval(21),” and nodding(22) contentedly(23).
The swindlers then asked for more money,silk(24) and gold-cloth,which they required for weaving. Several days later,they pretended to take the cloth from the loom,and worked about in the air and said at last,“The emperor’s new suit is now ready.”
The emperor undressed(25),and the swindlers pretended to put the new suit upon him,one piece after another?and the emperor looked at himself in the glass from every side. “How well they look?。龋铮?well they fit!” said all.
The emperor marched(26) in procession(27) under a beautiful canopy(28).“How well it fits him!” “What a beautiful pattern?。祝瑁幔?fine colours!” “That is a magnificent(29) suit of clothes!” Never were emperor’s clothesmore admired than now. “But he has nothing on at all,” said a little child at last. “But he has nothing on at all,” cried at last the whole people. That made a deep impression upon the emperor,for it seemed to him that they were right?but he thought to himself,“Now I must bear up to the end.”
(1)suit套裝(大家想一想,我們學(xué)了多少有關(guān)衣服的名詞?)
(2)emperor 皇帝
(3)swindler騙子
(4)believe 相信
(5)weaver織布工
(6)原形possess,擁有
(7)quality 質(zhì)量
(8)invisible看不見的
(9)unfit不適合
(10)這兒的office不是“辦公室”的意思,而是指“公職”或“職責(zé)”
(11)stupid愚笨的
(12)loom織布機(jī)
(13)原形pretend,假裝
(14)honest忠誠,誠實
(15)minister大臣
(16)原形praise,贊揚
(17)excellent優(yōu)秀的(你會用幾種方式贊揚別人?)
(18)terrible可怕的
(19)unable是able的反義詞,不能
(20)gracious莊重的
(21)approval贊同
(22)原形nod,點頭
(23)contentedly滿意地
(24)silk絲綢
(25)原形undress,脫掉衣服
(26)原形march,行進(jìn)
(27)procession隊伍
(28)canopy篷
(29)magnificent豪華的