英語故事閲讀水中撈月

猴子老月的故事大家都看過嗎?今天小編為大家帶來的是英文版的，歡迎閲讀!

　　水中撈月

A long time ago, there was a Bo Luo Nai City in the State of Jia Shi. Outside the city was a large forest, where 500 macaques lived.

One night the 500 macaques wandered around and came to a ni ju lu (bodhi) tree. Under the tree was a deep ancient well. The water in the well was very clean and reflected the full moon in the sky.

The leading macaque bent1 over the well and watched carefully for a while. Then it jumped onto the edge of the well and said to the others: "Alas2! Today the moon has died and fallen into this well. Let us scoop3 it up together; otherwise the nights will be dark forever."

All the macaques tweaked their ears and scratched their cheeks, saying:"The well is so deep. How can we scoop up the moon?"

The leading macaque had a sudden brainwave and said: "I have it! I will climb up the tree and grasp a branch, then another one grasps my tail. In this way, one following another in succession4, can't we hang down into the well?"

When the other macaques heard this, they jumped with joy. So they linked their heads and tails together, extending5 longer and longer until they almost touched the surface of the well water. At this moment, the branch broke with a big crack and all 500 macaques fell into the ancient well.

很久以前，在伽屍國有一座波羅奈城。城外有一片大森林，森林裏生活着五百隻稱猴。

有一天晚上，五百隻稱猴到處遊逛，來到了一棵尼俱律樹畔。樹下，有一口很深的古井，井水清悠悠的，映出了天上的一輪圓月。

領頭的稱猴俯在井邊仔細看了一陣，然後跳到井台上對大家説：“不好了，今天月亮死了，就落在這口井中。讓我們一起把它撈出來，不然的話，夜晚就永遠黑暗了。”

眾猴聽了，個個抓耳撓腮，説:“井這麼深，怎樣才能把月亮撈起來呢?”

領頭的稱猴靈機一動，説:“辦法有了!我爬上樹，抓住樹枝，然後另一個抓住我的尾巴，這樣一個一個接下去，不就可以垂到井裏去了嗎?”

大家一聽，都高興得歡蹦亂跳。於是，猴們頭尾相連，越接越長，眼看就要碰到水面了。這時候，只聽見咔嚓一聲巨響，樹枝斷了，五百隻稱猴統統掉進了古井。

　　詞彙積累

1 bent QQ8yD

n.愛好，癖好;adj.彎的`;決心的，一心的

參考例句：

He was fully bent upon the project.他一心撲在這項計劃上。

We bent over backward to help them.我們盡了最大努力幫助他們。

2 alas Rx8z1

int.唉(表示悲傷、憂愁、恐懼等)

參考例句：

Alas!The window is broken!哎呀!窗子破了!

Alas,the truth is less romantic.然而，真理很少帶有浪漫色彩。

3 scoop QD1zn

n.鏟子，舀取，獨家新聞;v.汲取，舀取，搶先登出

參考例句：

In the morning he must get his boy to scoop it out.早上一定得叫傭人把它剜出來。

Uh,one scoop of coffee and one scoop of chocolate for me.我要一勺咖啡的和一勺巧克力的。

4 succession Rsewd

n.連續，一連串，一系列;v.接替，繼任

參考例句：

He gave forth a series of works in rapid succession.他很快連續發表了一系列的作品。

His succession as headmaster was not in any doubt.他繼任校長是確定無疑的。

5 extending 2d47b2bcfb4463f75bc8cb298d00e41b

v.(空間、時間等)延伸，延續( extend的現在分詞 );伸展;給予;延長

參考例句：

We are extending the radio network. 我們正在擴大廣播網。 來自《簡明英漢詞典》

A romance extending over several years was culminated. 一場數年之久的戀愛就此圓滿告終。 來自《簡明英漢詞典》