今天为大家带来的这本绘本相信不用我介绍大家也都有所了解,它就是卡尔爷爷另一本经典绘本《The Very Hungry Caterpillar》(《好饿的毛毛虫》)。在这本绘本中孩子不仅可以了解关于星期的词汇、食物的词汇还能直观地感受到毛毛虫变成虫茧再到蝴蝶的过程,可以说是既有趣又有益。
之前介绍过卡尔爷爷的《Brown Bear Brown Bear What Do You See》非常适合低幼小朋友的英语启蒙,之后再来学习这本《The Very Hungry Caterpillar》相信孩子会更容易掌握。
【正文】
In the light of the moon a little egg lay on a leaf.
月光下,一个小小的卵躺在叶子上。
One Sunday morning the warm sun
came up and -- pop!--
out of the egg came a tiny
and very hungry caterpillar.
周末的清晨,温暖的太阳升起了。
砰!
一只又小又饿的毛毛虫从卵里钻出来了。
He started to look for some food.
他开始寻找食物。
On Monday he ate through one apple,
but he was still hungry.
周一,它吃了一个苹果,
但还是很饿。
On Tuesday he ate through two pears,
but he was still hungry.
周二,它吃了两个桃子,
但还是很饿。
On Wednesday he ate through three plums,
but he was still hungry.
周三,它吃了三颗李子,
但还是很饿。
On Thursday he ate through four strawberries,
but he was still hungry.
周四,他吃了四颗草莓,
还是很饿。
On Friday he ate through five oranges,
but he was still hungry.
周五,他吃了五个橘子,
还是很饿。
On Saturday he ate through
one piece of chocolate cake,
one ice-cream cone, one pickle,
one slice of Swiss cheese,
one slice of salami, one lollipop,
one piece of cherry pie, one sausage,
one cupcake, and one slice of watermelon.
周六,他吃了一块巧克力饼、
一盒冰激凌、一块黄瓜、
一块瑞士奶酪,
一片香肠,一个棒棒糖,
一个馅饼,一个香肠,
一个蛋糕,一片西瓜。
That night he had a stomachache!
到了晚上,他开始肚子疼!
The next day was Sunday again.
The caterpillar ate through one nice green leaf,
and after that he felt much better.
第二天又是周末了。
这只毛毛虫吃了一片新鲜的叶子,
感觉好多了。
Now he wasn’t hungry any more --
and he wasn’t a little caterpillar any more.
He was a big, fat caterpillar.
现在它终于不饿了——
而且它也不再是一只小毛毛虫。
它成了一只大大的、胖胖的毛毛虫。
He built a small house, called a cocoon,
around himself. He stayed inside for more than two weeks.
Then he nibbled a hole in the cocoon,
pushed his way out and…
它在自己周围建造了一个小房子,叫做茧,
在里面待了超过两周。
然后它把茧咬出一个洞,
钻了出来,然后…
he was a beautiful butterfly!
它成了一只美丽的蝴蝶!
【词汇】
lay [leɪ] vt. 躺下;产卵;
leaf [liːf] n. 叶子;
tiny [ˈtaɪni] adj. 极小的,微小的
caterpillar [ˈkætərpɪlər] n. [无脊椎] 毛虫;
plum [plʌm] n. 李子;
pickle [ˈpɪkl] n. 泡菜;
salami [səˈlɑːmi] n. 意大利蒜味腊肠
lollipop [ˈlɑːlipɑːp] n. 棒棒糖
stomachache [ˈstʌməkˌeɪk] n. 腹痛,胃痛
cocoon [kəˈkuːn] n. 茧;卵囊
【拓展】
手工拓展
关于好饿的毛毛虫的拓展又非常多,可以用橡皮泥和孩子一起做一只毛毛虫,还可以去户外观察毛毛虫和蝴蝶的区别,还有各种各样的练习册,填色拓展都非常适合。
词汇拓展
在《The Very Hungry Caterpillar》中涉及到很多基础词汇,可以利用闪卡帮助孩子记忆。家长说出一个词让孩子找对应的闪卡,针对大一点的孩子还可以将卡片倒扣让孩子训练记忆力,都是非常好的拓展方式。