Winnie Under the Sea

绘本阅讀

夏日炎炎，美好的假日里，女巫温妮和她的黑猫威尔伯动身去海岛度假啦！那里有蓝色的大海、金色的沙滩、高大的椰子树，还有舒适的度假小屋。温妮迫不及待地潜入海底，映入眼帘的是海豚、海龟和珊瑚，真美呀！黑猫威尔伯也想去海底看看，怎么办呢？女巫温妮举起魔杖，念出咒语——ABRACADABRA！ 这下子，黑猫威尔伯会变成什么呢？快打开绘本，跟随女巫温妮和黑猫威尔伯一起开启这场惊心动魄的海底奇旅吧！

It was holiday time for Winnie the Witch and her black cat，Wilbur.

“Where will we go this year， Wilbur？”asked Winnie.

She searched the internet and found a little island， with blue sea， golden sand， and coconut trees.

She packed her suitcase， Wilbur jumped onto her shoulder， and they zoomed up into the sky.

At last， there was the island. It did look lovely.

They landed on the golden sand， and found a comfortable hut.

Winnie was having a lovely time. The sea was full of fish.

There were dolphins， turtles and coral. It was so beautiful.

Wilbur wanted to see the fish， but he hated getting wet.

Then Winnie waved her magic wand， shouted， ABRACADABRA！

And Wilbur was no longer a cat. He was a cat-fish！

Wilbur the cat-fish dived into the waves and swam away.

He chased some tiny fish. Then he dived under a dogfish and played with a crayfish.

Wilbur the cat-fish was having so much fun. Winnie wanted to be a fish as well.

But she had to hold her magic wand. What could she be？

Winnie waved her wand， shouted， ABRACADABRA！

And she was an octopus with orange and yellow legs， holding a magic wand！

It was fun being an octopus. Thousands of fish swam with them.

Tiny fish， big fish， and suddenly ...

A sea lion flipped its tail， and Winnie lost her wand.

She grabbed at it， but missed.

Down， down， it sank into the wreck of an old sailing ship， and disappeared.

“Bubble， bubble， bubble，”wailed Winnie.

“Bubble， bubble， bubble，”cried Wilbur.

They didnt want to stay under the sea forever.

Where was the magic wand？ In the treasure chest！

Wilbur flipped it out. Winnie grabbed it， waved it five times，shouted，ABRACADABRA！

And a witch and a cat floated back to the shore.

“Too exciting. We wont do that again.”Winnie said.

Then Winnie had another wonderful idea.

A little yellow boat was bobbing on the waves.

Winnie waved her magic wand， shouted， ABRACADABRA！

And there was a yellow submarine.

Winnie and Wilbur went on board.

The fish swam up to the windows and looked in.

“Its lovely under the sea， isnt it， Wilbur？”said Winnie.

“Its lovely and dry in here，”Wilbur thought.

Funny knowledges：

英文单词“catfish”的意思并不是“猫鱼”，而是“鲶鱼”。鲶鱼也叫胡子鱼，是亚马逊地区最常见的鱼类之一。这种鱼的显著特征是周身无鳞，头扁口阔，上下颌各有四根胡须，背部较黑，而腹部呈白色。想一想，绘本中为什么黑猫威尔伯变成了“cat-fish”呢？

绘本中所呈现的海底世界有好多鱼类啊！你认识哪些？可以圈画出来，说出它们的英文名字，和伙伴们比一比，看谁的百科知识储量更丰富吧！

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