双语讲解 青蛙和蟾蜍系列A Lost Button丢失的纽扣

A Lost Button丢失地纽扣

Toad and Frog went for a long walk. They walked across a large meadow.

a long walk，远足，就是长途行走。蟾蜍和青蛙去远足，他们走过了很多地方，先是穿过了一大片草场，a large meadow。

They walked in the woods. They walked along the river.

然后他们穿过树林，沿着一条小河走 

At last they went back home to Toad’s house.

最后他们回到了蟾蜍的家。

 “Oh, drat,” said Toad. “Not onlydo my feet hurt, but I have lost one of the buttons on my jacket.”

真倒霉，蟾蜍不仅走伤了脚，而且还丢了一样东西，a button on thejacket一颗上衣扣子

“Don’t worry,” said Frog. “We will go back to all the places where wewalked. We will soon find your button.”

没事的，青蛙安慰蟾蜍，我们回到原来的地方再走一遍，就能找到纽扣了。

They walked back to the large meadow. They began to look for the buttonin the tall grass.

他们回到了经过的第一个地方，meadow草场，在长得高高的草丛中找纽扣。

“Here is your button!” cried Frog.

青蛙找到了一颗纽扣。

 “That is not my button,” saidToad. “That button is black. My button was white.” Toad put the black button inhis pocket.

这颗纽扣是黑色的而蟾蜍的纽扣是白色的，不过蟾蜍还是把黑色纽扣放进了口袋。

A sparrow flew down. 一只麻雀飞了下来。

“Excuse me,” said the sparrow. “Did you lose a button? I found one.”

打扰一下，你丢了纽扣吗，我找到一颗。麻雀的嘴里叼着一颗纽扣。

“That is not my button,” said Toad. “That button has two holes. Mybutton had four holes.”

这颗纽扣有两个洞，而蟾蜍的有四个洞，这不是他的纽扣

Toad put the button with two holes in his pocket.

不过蟾蜍还是把两个洞的纽扣放进了口袋

They went back to the woods and looked on the dark paths.

他们又回到了经过的第二个地方，woods树林，开始在黑黑的小路上寻找。

“Here is your button,找到了！” said Frog. “That is not mybutton,这不是我的纽扣” cried Toad.

“That button is small. My button was big.” Toad put the small button inhis pocket.

这颗纽扣小我的纽扣大，说完蟾蜍又把小纽扣放进了口袋。

A raccoon came out from behind a tree.

这时一只浣熊从大树后面走出来。

 “I heard that you were lookingfor a button,” he said. “Here is one that I just found.”

听说你在找纽扣，我找到了一颗。

“That is not my button!” wailed Toad. “That button is square. My buttonwas round.”

又不是我的纽扣！蟾蜍开始抱怨，这颗是方的，我的纽扣是圆的。

Toad put the square button in his pocket.蟾蜍又把浣熊找到的方纽扣收进了口袋里。

Frog and Toad went back to the river. They looked for the button in themud.

青蛙和蟾蜍回到了他们经过的第三个地方，river小河边，他们开始在河边的泥地里找纽扣。

“Here is your button找到了！,” said Frog. “That is notmy button!”这不是我的纽扣 shouted Toad.

“That button is thin. My button was thick.” Toad put the thin button inhis pocket.

这颗纽扣是薄的，而我的是厚的，蟾蜍说着把薄纽扣也放进了口袋。

He was very angry. He jumped up and down and screamed,

蟾蜍很生气，他开始一边上蹿下跳一边大叫，

 “The whole world is covered withbuttons, and not one of them is mine!”

到处都是纽扣，可没有一颗是我的！ 

Toad ran home and slammed the door.

蟾蜍跑回家砰地关上了门。

There, on the floor, he saw his white, four-holed, big, round, thickbutton.

这时，他发现地板上有一颗白色，四个洞，又大又圆又厚的纽扣。

“Oh,” said Toad. “It was here all the time. What a lot of trouble Ihave made for Frog.”

这颗纽扣一直在这儿，我给青蛙找了多大的麻烦啊！蟾蜍有点内疚。

Toad took all of the buttons out of his pocket.

蟾蜍拿出了所有捡到的纽扣

He took his sewing box down from the shelf. Toad sewed the buttons allover his jacket.

他从架子上取下针线盒，把所有纽扣缝在了他的那件衣服上。

The next day Toad gave his jacket to Frog.

第二天蟾蜍把这件上衣送给了青蛙。

Frog thought that it was beautiful. He put it on and jumped for joy.

青蛙觉得这件衣服漂亮极了，穿上它高兴地蹦蹦跳跳。

None of the buttons fell off. Toad had sewed them on very well.

纽扣一颗都没掉，蟾蜍把它们缝地特别牢固。