by Rosemary Wells
最早熟的西红柿
by Rosemary Wells
First Tomato
本篇适合：朗读、复述
小兔子克莱尔这天似乎遭遇了各种不顺心：早餐没吃饱，上学的路上鞋子又进了积雪，课堂有点闷……这时它来到了有“治愈”力的“兔子星球”，这里的世界一下就从寒冷的冬日切换到令人开心的夏天模式……克莱尔的一切不顺心立马就得到了治愈。克莱尔究竟在“兔子星球”里经历了什么呢？我们一起来看看吧。这个小故事语言优美，尤其是画线部分很有韵律感，适合大声朗诵哦。
Claire ate only three spoons of cornflakes for breakfast.
By eleven in the morning, maths had been going on for two hours.
On the way to school her shoes filled with snow.
Lunch was Claire’s least favorite—sandwiches.
At playtime Claire was the only girl not able to do a cartwheel.
Far beyond the moon and stars, twenty light-years south of Mars,
Once again the bus was late. Claire needs a visit to the Bunny Planet.
spins the Bunny Planet, and the Bunny Queen is Janet.
Janet says to Claire,“Come in. Here’s the day that should have been.”
I wash the beans and shell the peas and watch my mother cook.
I hear my mother calling when the summer winds blow,
“I’ve made you First Tomato soup because I love you so.”
Claire’s big warm bus comes at last. Out her window Claire sees the Bunny Planet near the evening star in the snowy sky. “It was there all along!” says Claire.
中文大意请见第44页。
spoon [spuːn] n. 匙（复数：spoons）
cornflake ['kɔːnfleɪk] n. 脆玉米片（复数：cornflakes）
fill with [fΙl wΙð] （使）充满 （过去式：filled）
sandwich [sænwΙtʃ] n. 三明治（复数：sandwiches）
playtime ['pleɪtaɪm] n. 游戏时间
cartwheel ['kαːtwiːl] n. 侧手翻
planet ['plænΙt] n. 行星
far beyond [fαː bΙ'jɒnd] 远远超出
light-year ['laɪt'jɪr] n. [天 ]光年（复数：light-years）
spin [spΙn] v. 快速旋转（第三人称单数：spins）
blow [bləʊ] v. 吹（第三人称单数：blows）
runner bean ['rΛnə（r） biːn] 红花菜豆（复数：runner beans）
sugar snap pea ['ʃʊɡə snap piː] 甜豆（复数：sugar snap peas）
ripe [raΙp] adj. 成熟的
hang [hæŋ] v. 悬挂（-ing形式：hanging）
vine [vaΙn] n. 藤
save [seΙv] v. 保存
shell [ʃel] v. 去壳
