1、1朗 文 少 儿 英 语 第 三 册 小 故 事ContentsUnit 1 My Activities Little Stories: The Ant and the GrasshopperUnit 2 Family Activities Little Stories: The Two BrothersUnit 3 City and Country Little Stories: City Mouse and Country MouseUnit 4 Animal Homes Little Stories: Why the Owl Says “Who“ Unit 5 The Weather L
2、ittle Stories: Can We Go to the Beach TodayUnit 6 The Five Senses Little Stories: The Princess Cant LaughUnit 7 The Foods I Eat Uttle Book: The Three Wishes Unit 8 Health Habits Little Stories: A Healthy GirlUnit 9 TV and Movies Little Stories: TV In Two Languages2Unit 1: Little Stories: The Ant and
3、 the GrasshopperAnt lives next to Grasshopper. Ant says, “I like to work and go to school every day.“Every day Ant gets up at 7:15. She finds food before school. She reads and writes. A After school she plays soccer. Ant works and works. Grasshopper doesnt like to work.One day Grasshopper gets up at
4、 10:00. She says, “I like to hop and sing every day.“ She gets dressed and eats breakfast. After breakfast she hops and sings and watches TV. At 11:45 she goes back to sleep.Ant walks home at lunch. She sees Grasshopper and says, “Hello!“ Grasshopper opens one eye and asks, “What time is it?“Ant say
5、s, “Its 12:45.“ Grasshopper sits up and smiles. “Is it time for lunch?“ she asks.“Yes,“ says Ant, “but you dont have any food.“Grasshopper looks at Ants food. “Can I eat some of your food?“ she asks.Ant says, “I work every day. You hop and I sing and play.“Grasshopper says, “After lunch, I can work.
6、“ Ant gives Grasshopper some food. After lunch Grasshopper hops and sings and works!Unit 2 Little Stories: The Two BrothersIn a town in the mountains there is a little family. The father is a doctor. The mother is a doctor. The two brothers in the family say, “We dont want to be doctors.“What do you
7、 want to be?“ asks the father.The brothers say, “We always go for walks in the mountains. How about shepherds?“The next day the two brothers go up the mountain. They find a shepherd with his sheep and he teaches them. “We can be shepherds!“ they say.After they eat lunch, they go to sleep under a tre
8、e.A horn pokes Big Brother in the arm. He jumps up and says to Little Brother, “Get up! Lets get out of here!“ T hey do not look behind and see the sheep with horns.They start to run down the mountain. Horns poke into them from behind. They cry.“Help!“ They get to a river and swim.When they get home
9、 their mother asks, “Do you like being shepherds?“Big Brother says, “No! We can fight fires, fix teeth, help sick people, and teach sports.“ “But we never want to be shepherds,“ says Little Brother.Unit 3 Little Stories: City Mouse and Country MouseOne day City Mouse takes a bus to the country to se
10、e his cousin. Country Mouse. He sees cows and horses in the fields. He sees ponds and fences and birds. The bus stops at a farm.Country Mouse is waiting. “Hello, Cousin! Im happy to see you,“ says Country Mouse.3But soon City Mouse is not happy. “Im hungry. There is no food! And its cold here in the
11、 barn,“ he says. “Lets go to the city. You can live in my apartment. Theres food and its warm.“Country Mouse touches his cold nose. “Yes, lets go!“ he says.The two cousins take the bus to the city. They see a restaurant, a skating rink, and a museum. Country Mouse says, “Heres our stop!“ They get of
12、f the bus and go into the apartment. There are milk and cheese on a big table. City Mouse and Country Mouse are happy.But before they can eat, a big cat comes in. The cat wants to eat them! They have to hide behind the refrigerator. Country Mouse says, “Now Im hungry, and a cat wants to eat me! Im g
13、oing back to the country!“Unit 4 Little Stories: Why the Owl Says “Who“ There are many birds in the forest. Birds with red and green feathers sing in the trees. Birds with yellow and purple feathers come from the plains.But there is one bird in the forest who has no feathers. She sits in a tree and
14、cries and cries, “I have no feathers!“The birds in the forest say, “Lets help the bird with no feathers.“ The parrot gives her a red feather. The owl gives her a brownfeather. Soon the sad bird gets five feathers, ten feathers, twenty feathers! She laughs, “I dont need you. Now I have many feathers.
15、“ And she flies out of the forest.The owl is mad. He wants to find that bird. He wants his feather. He flies out of the forest.He asks the monkey, who jumps in the jungle, “Who who who has my feather?“ The monkey doesnt know. He asks the whale, who swims in the ocean. “Who who- who has my feather?“
16、The whale doesnt know.He asks the crocodile, who crawls in the river. “Who who -who has my feather?“The crocodile doesnt know. He asks the camel, who walks in the desert, “Whowhowho has my feather?“ The camel doesnt know.To this day the owl says, “Who whowho.“ He is always looking for his feather.Un
17、it 5 Little Stories: Can We Go to the Beach Today ?Chile is south of the equator. Canada is north of the equator. In Chile, it is summer in December. It is winter in June. But in Canada, its the opposite. Its usually cold and snowy in December.Do you like lo go to the beachYou can go to the beach in
18、 July in Canada. And you can go to the beach in December in Chile.Do you like to play in the snow? Go to Canada from December to March. Go to Chile from June to August. Bring your jacket, hat, gloves, and skis!Tropical countries are near the equator. In tropical countries, there is usually no Spring
19、 or Fall. There is a rainy season and a dry season. Go to tropical countries in the dry season. You can go in the rainy season, but dont forget your umbrella, raincoat, and boots!4Unit 6 Little Stories: The Princess Cant LaughYesterday Princess Eva was happy. She went to a carnival. The weather was
20、sunny, and the food was delicious. There were clowns and a band. But there was a bad magician at the carnival.Princess Eva saw the magician and she laughed. The magician didnt laugh. He touched her mouth with a wand. He said. “From now on. you cant talk. You cant laugh. And Princess Eva couldnt make
21、 a sound.Princess Eva could feel, and hear, and see. and smell, and taste. But she couldnt talk. She couldnt laugh. A doctor came and looked at her fingers, her ears, her eyes, her nose, and her tongue. She wasnt sick. But something was wrong. Even a clown couldnt make her laugh! But then one day, a
22、 nice man came to town. He had a band of animals. His dog, his cat. and his horse sang for the princess. They made loud noises. They sounded bad! The princess started to laugh and laugh. “Look! I can laugh! I can talk!“ she cried. It was a happy day.Unit 7 Little Book: The Three Wishes One day a far
23、mer goes to cut down a tree on his farm. The tree says, “Oh, farmer, please dont cut me down.“ The farmer stops.The tree says, “Thank you! I am giving you and your family three wishes. You can have any three things you would like.“The farmer runs into his house. His father is putting breakfast on th
24、e table. There art4 eggs, slices of tomato, toast and butter, and orange juice. The farmer says, “We have three wishes from a tree!“his father doesnt listen. “Sit down and enjoy your breakfast,“ says his father.The farmer sits clown and says, “Oh, Id like sausages with my breakfast.“ Poof! And there
25、 is a bunch of sausages on his dish.The father gets mad. “You wish for sausages?“ he asks. “Id like to see those sausages on your nose!“ Poof! And the sausages are on the farmers nose.Then the farmer and his father hear the mother at the door. “Use wish number three!“ the father says.“Id like the sa
26、usages to disappear,“ the farmer says. Poof! The sausages disappear, along with the three wishes.The mother comes in. “Good morning/ she says. “It smells like sausages! Can I have some?“5Unit 8 Little Stories: A Healthy GirlMai-Lan is from Vietnam. She lives in Chicago. Every day she eats fish and c
27、hicken. She likes rice and vegetables. And she loves salads. Her favorite fruits are apples and oranges. And she likes ice creamchocolate ice cream!Mai-Lan likes to ride her hike. She loves to swim and go to the beach in the summer. On the playground, she jumps rope and plays games. Mai-Lan gets a l
28、ot of exercise. Shes a healthy girl.Usually Mai-Lan eats healthy foods, but yesterday she didnt. She ate a lot of candy. Usually she drinks milk and juice, but yesterday she didnt. She drank pop. Usually her bedtime is 9:00 P.M., but yesterday she didnt go to bed at 9:00. She stayed up past midnight
29、!Mai-Lan doesnt stay up late all the time.She did one time in the past year. Yesterday was the New Year celebration. Mai-Lan wanted to celebrate the New Year. She wanted to shout “Happy New Year!“ with her family at midnight. And she did.Unit 9 Little Stories: TV In Two LanguagesHello! My name is Da
30、vid. I live in Miami. My parents moved here when I was little. Theyre from Guatemala, and they speak Spanish. A lot of families in Miami speak Spanish. So there are a lot of Spanish TV shows.Last night I reviewed some TV shows for my school newspaper. I watched four kinds of shows. On the schedule a
31、t 7:00 was a comedy. I he story was boring, bul one charat ter was funny. I awarded the comedy show one star.Then there was a game show in Spanish. II was ext iting and funny. I awarded il three siars. Im happy I can speak Spanish and English. I can review a lot of shows! After the game show was a n
32、ature show. Il was interesting enough. I awarded il two stars.Then I watched a catoon show.Why?Because cartoons are my favorite shows! I awarded the cartoon show three stars.there was a scary movie at . I he IV reviewer awarded it tour stars. But I didnt get to watch it. I did my homework. Then it was time tor bed. In a few more years, I can watch late TV shows!6
