第9课

Lesson Nine

Magpies on the Maple Tree

1.There is a maple tree standing by the ferry pier in our village. I like it very much.

2. It is like a big, tall, green umbrella, always open.

3.Its green foliage shades the village ferry pier. There is a magpie's nest in the maple tree. I like it very much.

4.Yes, I like to stand under the maple tree and look up at the magpie's nest.

5.I often imagine that the magpie talks to me. I call her my Aunt Magpie in my heart, as if in a fairy tale.

6.I really like it.

7.Last Sunday morning, I was about to go to the woods on the opposite bank by boat to collect firewood, and I discovered six little magpies in Aunt Magpie's nest.

8.Just as if in a fairy tale, in my heart I called the little magpies my magpie brothers, just like in a fairy tale.

9.Since that day, whenever I was free, I would come to the ferry pier and stand under the maple tree to visit my magpie brothers.

10.The magpie brothers grew up really fast, which was very great.

11.I saw Aunt Magpie standing by the nest, teaching the little magpies to sing, or teaching them to play games, or teaching them her own invented phonetic alphabet.

12. “Magpie!

13. Magpie!

14. Magpie!”

15. Auntie Magpie said.

16. I knew that this was their a, o, e.

17. The magpie brothers repeated: “Magpie, magpie, magpie…"

18. This morning, when the sun rose from behind the hills on the opposite bank of the ferry pier, I saw Aunt Magpie standing by the nest, pointing at the sun and asking my magpie brothers: “Magpie?”

19. “Magpie, magpie, magpie?”

20. I understood that she was saying: “Look!

21. What is that?”

22. The Magpie brothers replied happily: “Magpie!

23. Magpie!

24. Magpie!”

25. I understood. The magpie brothers were quickly answering: “Mom, that is the sun!

26. The sun has risen!”

27. I was so happy!

生词表：

magpies   喜鹊（复数）

maple    枫树

ferry   渡口

pier   码头

village   村庄

tall   高的

umbrella   伞

foliage   绿荫

shades   遮蔽（第三人称单数）

nest   窝

stand   站

looked up 抬头看（过去式）

magpie   喜鹊

call    称呼

heart   心中

fairy tales 童话故事

really    真地

last Sunday   上个星期天

was about to 将要

woods   树林（复数）

opposite bank 对岸

by boat    乘船

collect收   集

firewood   木柴

discovered    发现（过去式）

just like    像

called    称呼

brothers   弟弟（复数）

since    自从

free   空闲

ferry pier   渡口

visit    看望

grew up 成长（过去式）

fast   快地

great   极好的

saw   看见（过去式）

teaching   教（动名词）

play games 做游戏

phonetic   语音的

alphabet   字母

invented   发明（过去式）

knew   知道（过去式）

followed   跟着（过去式）

rose   升起（过去式）

hills   小山（复数）

pointing at   指着

understood   懂得（过去式）

meant   意思

replied   回答（过去式）

quickly 很快地

sun   太阳

has rise   已经升起（现在完成时）

happy    高兴

枫树上的喜鹊

1.我们村的渡口旁有一棵枫树，我很喜欢它。

2.它好像一把很大又很高的绿色太阳伞，一直打开着。

3.它的绿荫遮蔽了村里的渡口。枫树上有一个喜鹊的窝，我喜欢极了。

4.是的，我喜欢站在枫树下，抬头看喜鹊的窝。

5.我常常觉得喜鹊会跟我说话，我像童话书里那样，在心中称呼她是我的喜鹊阿姨。

6.我真是喜欢极了。

7.上个星期天早上，我正要撑着渡船到对岸的树林里去打柴，发现喜鹊阿姨的鸟窝里有六只小喜鹊了。

8.我真是像童话书里那样，在心中称呼小喜鹊是我的喜鹊弟弟。

9.从那天起，我一有空，便来到渡口边，站在枫树下看望我的喜鹊弟弟。

10.喜鹊弟弟长得真快，好极了。

11我看见喜鹊阿姨站在窝边，一会儿教喜鹊弟弟唱歌，一会儿教喜鹊弟弟做游戏，一会儿教他们自己发明的拼音字母……

12.“鹊!

13. 鹊!

14. 鹊!”

15.喜鹊阿姨教道。

16.我知道，这便是a、o、e。

17.喜鹊弟弟也跟着学：“鹊，鹊，鹊……”

18.今天早上，太阳从渡口对岸山冈后面升上来了，我看见喜鹊阿姨站在窝边，指着上升的太阳，问喜鹊弟弟：“鹊!

19.鹊鹊鹊?”

20.我懂得，她问话的意思是：“看!

21.那是什么?”

22.喜鹊弟弟一齐快乐地回答：“鹊!

23.鹊鹊!

24.鹊鹊鹊！”

25.我懂得，喜鹊弟弟很快给出了答案：“妈妈，那是太阳!

26.太阳升上来了!”

27.我真高兴啊!