Ants and Grasshopper蚂蚁和蚱蜢

樊丽红 伊洛

一群蚂蚁（Ants）和一只蚱蜢（Grasshopper）住在森林里。炎炎夏日，蚱蜢整天躺在草地上乘凉，唱歌，而蚂蚁们则顶着烈日在搬运粮食。很快，寒冷的冬天来了，蚂蚁们有了充足的食物过冬，而蚱蜢又会怎么办呢？

Lets read the story.

It is summer. Its so hot！

A Grasshopper is lying under shade.

He is drinking a glass of cold lemonade.

Grasshopper： What a hot day！ This lemonade is cool and sweet. I like it. Look， there are a group of ants. What are they doing？ Why are they working so hard？

lying （动词原形lie）躺； shade 树阴； lemonade 柠檬水；hard （副词）努力地

A group of ants are busy gathering food.

All of them are sweating.

Grasshopper： Hello， Ants. Why are you gathering food？

Ants： Because winter is coming. We must prepare.

Grasshopper： You are kidding！ Its only July. Winter is far away. Come and sing with me！

Ants： Sorry， were busy. And I suggest you should also gather some food. Or， you will starve in winter.

gather 收集；sweat 流汗；prepare 准备；kid 开玩笑；far away 遥远的；suggest 建议；or 否则；starve 挨饿

The Ants continue to gather food.

The Grasshopper continues to sing and dance.

Grasshopper： Poor Ants！ It is only summer. Winter is far away. Theres a lot of food here. I will sing alone. La， la， la， la. Lets sing and dance all day long.

continue 继续；poor 可怜的；alone 独自地

Soon autumn comes.

The weather is getting colder and colder.

Grasshopper： Achoo！ It is cool this morning.

The leaves are on the fields.

Is it already autumn？

But its not too bad.

And there is still enough food.

weather 天气；colder and colder越来越冷；achoo 啊嚏；leaves（leaf的复数形式）树叶；field 田野；already 已经；enough 充足的

Winter comes. The fields are now covered with snow.

The Grasshopper is looking for food.

Grasshopper： Oh， Im so cold and hungry！

I hate the cold weather. I hate winter.

Im starving to death！ What are the ants doing now？ They have a lot of food.

I can borrow some food from them.

cover覆盖；look for 寻找；hate 讨厌；death死亡；borrow 借

The Grasshopper knocks at the Ants door.

Grasshopper： Knock， knock.

Ants： Who is that？

Grasshopper： Im Grasshopper， your friend.

Ants： The lazy Grasshopper？ What brings you here？

Grasshopper： Hello， Ants.

Ants： Well， come in， please.

knock 敲；lazy 懒惰的；bring 带来

The Grasshopper comes into the Ants house.

Grasshopper： Wow， you have lots of food！ Im so hungry！ Can you give me a little food？ Sorry. I was wrong. I will work hard next time.

Ants： OK， we will lend you some food.

Grasshopper： Thank you.

Ants： Dont be lazy again.

Grasshopper： I promise！

come into 进入；was （am 的过去式）是；wrong错误的；lend 借给；promise 保证

请根据下列图片复述故事内容并排序。

A The Grasshopper asks the Ants for food.

B The Grasshopper sings and dances.

C The Ants gather food in summer.

D The Grasshopper looks for food.

E The Grasshopper drinks under shade in summer.

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（本栏目插图：海 涛）