讀點(diǎn)好英文:The AppIe Tree 蘋果樹

The AppIe Tree 蘋果樹

·Jerome·

A long time ago, there was a huge apple tree. A little boy loved to come and lay around it every day.He climbed to the tree top, ate the apples, took a nap under the shadow……He loved the tree and the tree loved to play with him.

Time went by……the little boy had grown up and he no longer played around the tree every day. One day, the boy came back to the tree and he looked sad.“Come and play with me，”the tree asked the boy.“I am no longer a kid.I don't play around trees anymore.”the boy replied，“I want toys.I need money to buy them.”“Sorry, but I don't have money……but you can pick all my apples and sell them.So, you will have money.”The boy was so excited.He grabbed all the apples on the tree and left happily.The boy never came back after he picked the apples.The tree was sad.

One day, the boy returned and the tree was so excited.“Come and play with me，”the tree said.“I don't have time to play. I have to work for my family.We need a house for sheIter.Can you help me?”“Sorry, but I don't have a house.But you can chop off my branches to build your house.”So the boy cut all the branches off the tree and left happily.The tree was glad to see him happy but the boy never came back since then.The tree was again lonely and sad.

One hot summer day, the boy returned and the tree was deIighted.“Come and play with me！”the tree said.“I am sad and getting old. I want to go sailing to relax myself.Can you give me a boat?”“Use my trunk to build your boat.You can sail far away and be happy.”So the boy cut the tree trunk to make a boat.He went sailing and never showed up for a long time.The tree was happy, but it was not true.

Finally, the boy returned after he left for so many years.“Sorry, my boy. But I don't have anything for you anymore.No more apples for you……”the tree said.

“I don't have teeth to bite，”the boy replied.

“No more trunk for you to climb on.”

“I am too old for that now，”the boy said.

“I really can't give you anything……the only thing left is my dying roots，”the tree said with tears.

“I don't need much now, just a place to rest. I am tired after all these years.”the boy replied.

“Good！Old tree roots are the best place to lean on and rest. Come, come sit down with me and rest.”The boy sat down and the tree was glad and smiled with tears……

This is a story of everyone. The tree is our parent.When we were young, we loved to play with Mom and Dad……When we were grown up, we left them, and only came to them when we need something or when we are in trouble.No matter what, parents will always be there and give everything they could to make you happy.You may think that the boy is crueI to the tree but that's how all of us are treating our parents.

杰羅姆

很久很久以前，有一棵又高又大的蘋果樹。一個(gè)小男孩天天到樹下玩，爬到樹頂，摘蘋果吃，在樹蔭下睡覺。他愛蘋果樹，蘋果樹也愛和他一起玩。

后來，小男孩長大了，不再天天來玩了。一天他又來到樹下，很傷心的樣子。蘋果樹說：“和我一起玩吧?！蹦泻⒄f：“不行，我不小了，不能再和你玩了。我想要玩具，可是沒錢買?！碧O果樹說：“很遺憾，我也沒錢。不過，把我所有的果子摘下來賣掉，你不就有錢了嗎？”男孩十分激動(dòng)。他摘了所有的蘋果，高高興興地走了。之后，男孩好久都沒有來。蘋果樹很傷心。

有一天，男孩終于來了，樹很是興奮，說：“和我一起玩吧?！蹦泻⒄f：“不行，我沒有時(shí)間，我要為家而奮斗，我們需要一幢房子，你能幫我嗎？”“對不起，我沒有房子，”蘋果樹說，“不過你可以用我的樹枝去搭房子?！庇谑牵泻⒖诚滤械臉渲?，高高興興地回去蓋房子了?？吹侥泻⒏吲d，樹好快樂。從此，男孩又不來了。樹再次陷入了孤單和悲傷之中。

一個(gè)炎熱的夏天，男孩回來了，樹太高興了：“來呀！孩子，來和我玩呀?！蹦泻s說：“我心情不好，一天天老了，我想揚(yáng)帆出海去輕松一下，你能給我一艘船嗎？”蘋果樹說：“把我的樹干砍了，拿去做船吧！這樣你就可以開心地遠(yuǎn)行了?！庇谑悄泻⒖诚铝怂臉涓?，造了條船，然后出海遠(yuǎn)航。樹看到男孩高興它也很高興，但男孩又是很久沒有回來。樹再次陷入虛幻的快樂之中。

許多年過去了，男孩終于回來了。蘋果樹說：“對不起，孩子，我已經(jīng)沒有東西可以給你了，我沒有蘋果了?！?/p>

男孩說：“我的牙都掉了，吃不了蘋果了?！?/p>

蘋果樹又說：“我沒有可以讓你爬的樹干了。”

男孩說：“我老了，爬不動(dòng)了?！?/p>

“我再也沒有什么能給你的了……只剩下這瀕臨枯死的老根了?！睒淅蠝I縱橫地說。

男孩說：“這么多年過去了，現(xiàn)在我感到累了，什么也不想要了，只要一個(gè)休息的地方?！?/p>

“好??！老根是最適合坐下來休息的，來啊，坐下來和我一起休息吧！”男孩坐了下來，蘋果樹高興地流下了熱淚……

這就是我們每個(gè)人的故事，這棵樹就是我們的父母。小時(shí)候，我們喜歡和爸爸媽媽玩……長大后，我們就離開了他們，只有在需要什么東西或遇到麻煩的時(shí)候，才會(huì)回到他們的身邊。無論如何，父母永遠(yuǎn)都在那兒，傾其所有使你快樂。你可能認(rèn)為這個(gè)男孩對樹很殘酷，但這就是我們每個(gè)人對待父母的方式。

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核心單詞

grab[gr?b]v.攫取，抓取

sheIter['?elt?]n.遮蓋物；躲避處

branch[bra：nt?]n.樹枝；支線；支路

deIighted[di'laitid]adj.高興的，快樂的

dying['daii?]adj.垂死的；快熄滅的

crueI['kru?l]adj.殘忍的，殘酷的

實(shí)用句型

Time went by……the IittIe boy had grown up and he no Ionger pIayed around the tree every day.

后來，小男孩長大了，不再天天來玩了。

①had grown是過去完成時(shí)had+done的形式。

②no longer不再，等于not……any longer。

翻譯練習(xí)

1.小男孩正在玩一架玩具飛機(jī)。（play with）

2.我明天動(dòng)身去倫敦。（leave for）

3.他總是依賴別人的幫助。（lean on）