龟兔赛跑 第2期

A Race between a Tortoise and a Hare

A hare(兔子) met a tortoise (乌龟)on the road .The hare walked, ran and jumped; the tortoise could only creep (爬行).

The hare was very proud (骄傲)and said to the other animals, “Look at the tortoise, his body is so small ,his legs are so short, he can only creep. I lift my feet to take a little walk, he must creep for a whole day.”

The tortoise said, “Yes, you are bigger and taller, your legs are longer, But you're proud, this is your shortcoming(短处，缺点).I think I may be first if we run a race(赛跑).”

“Ha! Ha! Little tortoise, you know yourself(你自己)so little. You cannot run, you can only creep, how can you run a race with me?”the hare said. “Well, we'll see,”said the tortoise.

When the animals knew the hare and the tortoise would run a race, some animals said,“Sure, the tortoise can never run a race with the hare.”But others said,“The hare is too proud, if the hare wins(赢) the race, he will not learn anything.”

Exercises:

1. What did the hare say about the tortoise?

2. What did the tortoise say about the hare?

3. What did the animals say about the race?

4. Do you think the hare was too proud?

5. What do you think of the race between a hare and a tortoise?

The next morning, the birds came, the ducks and chickens came, the little cats and dogs came, the monkeys, the elephants, the pandas---all the animals came. They wanted to know who would win the race. Before the tortoise and the hare began their race, an elephant stood up and said,“I'll be the judge(裁判)ofyour race, you start from here, run along the big lake and get back before night. The first back here will be champion(冠军).”

The hare and the tortoise began running: the tortoise crept(creep―crept) slowly(慢慢地),the hare ran and jumped very fast (很快地).When the hare had run half way, he stopped and looked back. He couldn't see any sign(痕迹) of the tortoise. The hare thought,“I'd like to have a nap(小睡)and wait(等待)for the tortoise. I need only one jump, I can be champion.”The hare lay down(躺下)and had a nap.“At twelve'clock, the tortoise crept to the place where the hare was sleeping; the tortoise didn't stop, he went on creeping. Nearly three hours later, the tortoise got back to the place where they had started; but when the hare came, it was already evening.”

Who won the race in the end?

Exercises:

1.Why did all the animals come to watch the race?

2.Who ran fast?

3.When the hare wanted to have a nap, what did he think?

4.Why didn't the tortoise have a nap?

5.Why could the tortoise win the race?

龟兔赛跑

一只野兔在路上遇见了一只乌龟。野兔走啊，跑啊，跳啊；乌龟只能慢地爬行。

野兔非常骄傲，对其他动物说：“快看这只乌龟，他的身体那么小，他的腿那么短，他只能慢慢地爬行。我只要把我的脚抬起来稍微跳一步，他就得爬上一天。”

乌龟说：“是的，你的身体又高又大，而且你的腿很长，但是，你很骄傲，这是你的短处。我想如果我们来赛跑，说不定我可以得第一。”

“哈！哈！哈！小乌龟你太没有自知之明了，你不能跑，只能慢慢爬，你怎么能和我赛跑呢？”野兔说。“那我们走着瞧。”乌龟说。

当动物们知道野兔和乌龟举行比赛的时候，一些动物说：“确实，乌龟决不可能和野兔赛跑。”但是另外一些动物说：“如果兔子在比赛中得了第一，他什么东西也学不到。”

第二天早晨，小鸟来了，小鸭和小鸡来了，小猫和小狗来了，猴子、大象、熊猫和其他所有的动物都来了，他们想知道谁能在比赛中获得第一。乌龟和野兔就要开始赛跑了，一只大象站出来说：“我给你们当裁判，你们从这里出发，沿着这个大湖跑，在天黑之前回到这儿。第一个回到这儿的将是冠军。”

龟兔赛跑开始了，乌龟慢慢地爬行，野兔飞快地跑啊，跳啊。当野兔跑到一半儿路程的时候，他停下来往后看，连乌龟的影子都看不见，野兔想：“我想小睡一会儿，等等乌龟，我只需要一个跳跃，就能当冠军。”野兔躺下来睡着了。中午12点，乌龟爬到了野兔睡觉的地方，乌龟没有停下来，他慢慢地爬啊，爬啊。又花了3个小时，乌龟爬到了他们出发的地方。而野兔到的时候，已经天黑了。

谁最终得到了第一名呢？