第24课

Lesson Twenty-Four

When the World Was Still Young

1.When the world was still young, every single thing had to learn how to live.

2.The sun had to learn to how to shine, how to rise and set.

3.It also tried to do other things but failed.

4.For example, it tried to sing, but its voice was so unpleasant that it frightened this sensitive new world.

5.The moon did not know what to do.

6.Learn to shine?

7.It thought it was not a good idea during the day, but it was a good idea at night.

8.It could not decide, so it tried this and that. That is why it waxes and wanes.

9.It learns to constantly change.

10.The water started to learn how to flow.

11.It learned quickly, because there was only one way, that is, flowing downward all the time….

12.At that time, life was so simple.

13.They only needed to find out what the easiest thing for them to do was.

14.The world was changing slowly, and everything was growing freely.

15.Rain fell from the clouds and dropped into the soil. When people opened their eyes, they could see how beautiful everything was….

16.As long as everything did what seemed to be the easiest, the world was orderly.

17.The world is still quite orderly...

18. Oh!

19. Please say no more. It's better to start from the beginning.

20.This story has no ending, but there are many beginnings— many, many beginnings.

21. A long, long time ago, when the world was still young…

生词表：

when   当……时候

still   仍然

young   年轻

single   一个

learn   学习

live   生活

shine   发光

rise   升起

fall   落下

also   也

tried to 尝试(过去式

failed   失败(过去式)

for example 譬如

voice    声音

unpleasant   使人不愉快的

frightened   吓走

sensitive    敏感的

know   知道

shine   发光

idea   主意

at night 在晚上

decide   决定

waxes and wanes 有时圆有时缺

constantly   不断的

change   变化

starts    开始(第三人称单数)

flow   流动

quickly   很快地

way   方式

downward   低处

all the time 一直

simple   简单的

needed   需要(过去式)

find out   找出

easiest    最容易

slowly   慢慢地

freely   自由地

fell   落下(过去式 )

clouds   云(复数 )

dropped into 滴进

soil   土壤

beautiful   美好的

as long as 只要

orderly   有秩序的

quite    相当的

orderly   有秩序地

no more 不再

best   最好

start   开始

beginning   开头

story    故事

ending   结局

beginnings   开头(复数)

A long, long time ago 很久很久以前

young   年轻的

当世界年纪还小的时候

1.当世界年纪还小的时候,每样东西都必须学习怎么生活。

2. 太阳开始学发光，学着怎么上山下山。

3.它也试过做别的事但是都没有成功。

4.譬如说唱歌，它粗糙的声音，把这个敏感的新世界吓坏了。

5.月亮不知道自己该学些什么。

6.学发光吗?

7.白天它觉得这主意不好，晚上它又觉得这主意不错。

8.它一直无法决定，只好反反复复，一阵子这样，一阵子那样，所以看起来有时圆有时缺。

9.它学会的是不断的变化。

10.水开始学习流动。

11.它很快就学会了，因为只有种方式，那就是：一直往低处流，往低处流，往低处流……

12.那时候，生活就是这么简单。

13.每样东西只要弄明白自己做什么最容易就行了。

14.世界在慢慢变化，万物在自由生长。

15.雨从云里落下，滴进泥土里；人睁开眼睛，就可以看到一切有多美好………

16.只要万物都做它最容易做的事，这世界就很有秩序了。

17.这世界还相当有秩序……

18.哦!

19.不要往下讲了，最好再从头开始。

20.这个故事没有结局，却有很多开头，很多很多开头。

21.很久很久以前，当世界年纪还小的时候……