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I was born on a farm. It had lots of green grass.
I lived on my mother's milk when I was young.
As I got older, I ate grass.
I ran around the field all day long.
I had lots of fun with my friends!
Sometimes we bit and kicked each other.
One day, my mother said to me,
"I hope you will grow up to be gentle and good.
Never bite or kick, even just in play."
bear 出生（bear-bore-born）
farm 农场
grass 草
field 牧场
bite 咬（bite-bit-bit）
kick 踢
grow up 长大
gentle 温和的
grass
I lived on my mother's milk.
我吃妈妈的奶。
▶live on：以……为生
As I got older, I ate grass.
我长大些后，就开始吃草。
▶as：当……时
I hope you will grow up to be gentle and good.
我希望你长大后温和有礼。
▶grow up to be：长成……
T □ F □
Black Beauty had no friends on the farm.
As I grew, I became handsome. My coat became blacker.
I had a star on my forehead and one of my feet was white.
One day, a man named Squire Gordon came to look at me.
"I like this one. I want to have him," he said to my master.
"OK. I will train him as a good horse," my master answered.
I had to wear a saddle on my back and horseshoes on my feet.
Then I was trained to carry someone and pull a carriage.
The time came to say goodbye to my mother.
She looked at me for a long time and said,
"Remember, do your best whatever happens and keep up your good name."
coat 皮毛
forehead 前额
master 主人
train 训练
wear 戴（wear-wore-worn）
saddle 马鞍
back 脊背
horseshoe 马蹄铁
carriage 马车
saddle
horseshoe
carriage
do your best whatever happens
不管发生什么事情都要尽你所能
▶do one's best：尽……所能
keep up your good name
保持你的好名声
▶keep up：保持
▶good name：好名声
What did Black Beauty wear on his back?
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Mr. Gordon's farm was very beautiful.
There were lots of big trees and nice grass.
I was taken into a large stable.
There was a horse called Ginger.
She was a very beautiful brown horse.
Soon Ginger and I became good friends.
I met a coachman named John and a stable boy named James.
John brushed my coat. Then he took me to Mr. Gordon and his wife.
"Oh, he is really beautiful!" cried Mrs. Gordon.
They decided to call me "Black Beauty".
I thought that was a nice name for me.
stable 马厩
brown 棕色的
coachman 马夫
brush 刷
decide 决定
stable
Then he took me to Mr. Gordon and his wife.
然后他带我去见高顿先生和太太。
▶take...to...：将……带到……
a coachman named John
马夫约翰
▶name：给……取名。例如：a garden named Eden 一座名叫伊甸园的花园
They decided to call me "Black Beauty".
他们决定叫我“黑骏马”。
▶decide + to + 动词原形：决定做……
Who brushed Black Beauty's coat?
□ Mr. Gordon.
□ John.
Sometimes Ginger and I pulled the carriage together. Ginger had a bad temper, but worked very hard.
She was the best partner.
One day, Ginger and I were resting under a tree.
Ginger said, "No one has ever been kind to me.
I was often beaten and treated very badly.
So I bite and kick people."
I was very sad to hear her story. It was different from mine.
"Mr. Gordon and John are nice. They will be good to you," I said.
After that, Ginger changed slowly.
She became gentle and happy.
pull 拉
temper 脾气
best 最好的
partner 搭档
rest 休息
kind 友善的
beat 打（beat-beat-beaten）
treat 对待
hear 听说（hear-heard-heard）
No one has ever been kind to me.
从来没有人对我好过。
▶has ever been:have/has + 动词过去分词，构成现在完成时，表示一个过去发生的动作或完成的状态，并且这个动作或状态对现在有影响。例如：I have never heard of it. 我从没听说过这件事。
It was different from mine.
她的经历跟我不一样。
▶be different from：与……不同
▶mine 在此处指my story。
T □ F □
Ginger's life was happy and nice.
It was raining very hard but Mr. Gordon and John had to go on a business trip.
I went back home late in the afternoon with Mr. Gordon and John.
When we got to the bridge, it was nearly dark.
I was a little afraid, but I didn't stop.
But just as I was putting my feet on the bridge,
I felt something was wrong.
I could not go forward so I stopped.
"Come on, Beauty!" John said to me.
Just then, a man ran out to us.
"Stop," the man cried,
"the bridge is broken in the middle!"
"Oh, thank God!" said my master.
bridge 桥
dark 黑暗的
afraid 担心的
wrong 不对劲的
break 断（break-broke-broken）
middle 中间
bridge
Mr. Gordon and John had to go on a business trip
高顿先生和约翰因为生意上的事得出趟差
▶business trip：出差（因生意上的事）
When we got to the bridge, it was nearly dark.
当我们来到一座桥前时，天已经快黑了。
▶get to：到达……
▶nearly：几乎，将近。例如：It's nearly one o'clock. 将近一点钟了。
Black Beauty stopped because the __________ was broken in the middle.
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In the middle of the night, we arrived at home finally.
Mrs. Gordon ran out of the door and cried,
"Oh, are you all right? I heard the bridge was broken. I was so worried!"
"Beauty saved us, my dear," said my master.
"Yes. Beauty was wiser than we were," said John.
Then John took me to the stable.
Oh, what a nice supper he gave me that night!
He made such a thick bed of straw for me as well.
arrive 到达
save 救
supper 晚餐
thick 厚的
bed （床铺似的）一层
straw 稻草
straw
Beauty was wiser than we were.
骏马比我们都聪明。
▶wiser: wise 的比较级，意为“更聪明”
▶形容词/副词比较级+ than：比……更……
Oh, what a nice supper he gave me that night!
哦，那天晚上他给我准备了一顿多么丰盛的晚餐啊！
▶what a nice supper: what + a/an + adj./adv. + n. 构成感叹句，= how + adj./adv. + a/an + n.
He made such a thick bed of straw for me as well.
他还为我铺了一层厚厚的稻草。
▶such：（表示惊叹或加强语气）如此的，这等的
▶as well：此外
John said, "Black Beauty was __________ than we were."
□ wiser
□ stronger