Lesson 12
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A Bedtime Story about B ir ds

写一写

sk ir t 裙子

b ir d 鸟

th ir d 第三

读一读

It’s time for bed. Mary takes off her sk ir t and puts on her pajamas. But she isn’t sleepy at all. So the little g ir l asks her mother to tell her a very, very long story, or she is not going to bed.So her mother begins to tell her a story like this，“There is a very big old house, and there is some rice in it. One day, a big b ir d goes into the house and comes out with a grain of rice.Then another b ir d goes into the house and comes out with a grain of rice. Then a th ir d b ir d goes into the house and comes out with a grain of rice. Then a fourth b ir d… Then a fifth b ir d…”

“Stop, stop! I want to sleep,”Mary shouts.

注解

pajamas 睡衣（用复数形式）

not sleepy at all 一点也不困

or 要不然

a grain of rice 一粒米

a + 序数词（second, third…） 又一，再一

想一想

根据故事内容判断正（ T ）误（ F ）。

（ ）1. Mary wants her mother to tell her a long story.

（ ）2. Mary’s mother tells Mary a story about lions and tigers.

（ ）3. The story has a house with rice in it.

（ ）4. Mary wants to sleep in the end.（in the end 最后 ）

（ ）5.Mary likes the story about birds.

译文

关于鸟的睡前故事

该睡觉了，玛丽脱下裙子，换上睡衣，可她却一点儿也不困。于是，小姑娘就叫妈妈给她讲一个很长很长的故事，要不然她就不睡觉。于是，妈妈开始这样给她讲故事：

“有一个很大的老房子，里面有一些米。有一天，一只很大的鸟来到了房子里，衔着一粒米出来了，然后另一只鸟来到了房子里，衔着一粒米出来了，然后又有一只鸟来到了房子里，衔着一粒米出来了，然后又有一只鸟……然后又有一只鸟……”

“停，停！我想睡觉了。”玛丽叫道。 hm63ZIHU89sPoY5yt8lOngCz3mT8PfdLLPigcgxRH42en/jEeOaJ1B3sn79eQ2gA