双语讲解青蛙和蟾蜍系列The Letter一封信

The Letter一封信

Toad was sitting on his front porch.

蟾蜍正坐在门廊上。

Frog came along and said, “What is the matter, Toad? You are lookingsad.”

What is the matter？你怎么了？青蛙走过来问，你看起来有点伤心。

“Yes,” said Toad. “This is my sad time of day.

现在是我的伤心时间，蟾蜍说。

It is the time when I wait for the mail to come. It always makes mevery unhappy.”

Mail表示信件，蟾蜍说，每当我等信来的时候，我都很不开心very unhappy。

“Why is that?” asked Frog. “Because I never get any mail,” said Toad.

为什么呢？--因为我从来没有收到过一封信，蟾蜍伤心地回答。

“Not ever?” asked Frog. “No, never,” said Toad.

从来没有吗？--是的，从来没有，蟾蜍说，

“No one has ever sent me a letter. Every day my mailbox is empty. Thatis why waiting for the mail is a sad time for me.”

从来没有人给我寄过一封信，我的信箱每天都是空的，所以等信来的时候就是我的伤心时间。

Frog and Toad sat on the porch, feeling sad together.

青蛙和蟾蜍一起坐在门廊上，陪着他一起伤心。

Then Frog said, “I have to go home now, Toad. There is something that Imust do.”

这时青蛙说，我得回家一趟，我有重要的事情要办。

Frog hurried home. He found a pencil and a piece of paper.

青蛙急忙回到家，找到了一支笔和一张纸

He wrote on the paper. He put the paper in an envelope.

然后他在纸上写了点什么，把纸放进了一个信封an envelope。

On the envelope he wrote “A LETTER FOR TOAD.”

在信封上他写上了，“蟾蜍收”。

Frog ran out of his house. He saw a snail that he knew.

青蛙跑出门，碰到了认识的一只蜗牛。

“Snail,” said Frog, “please take this letter to Toad’s house and put itin his mailbox.”

青蛙对蜗牛说，请帮我把信带到蟾蜍家，放进他的信箱里。

“Sure,” said the snail. “Right away.”

没问题，马上就去！蜗牛痛快地答应了。

Then Frog ran back to Toad’s house. Toad was in bed, taking a nap.

青蛙跑回蟾蜍家，发现蟾蜍正躺在床上休息。

“Toad,” said Frog, “I think you should get up and wait for the mailsome more.”

蟾蜍，我觉得你应该起来，再多等一会。

“No,” said Toad, “I am tired of waiting for the mail.”

不，我已经厌倦等待一封信了，蟾蜍躺在床上说。

Frog looked out of the window at Toad’s mailbox. The snail was notthere yet.

青蛙着急地望着外面的信箱，蜗牛还没来。

“Toad,” said Frog, “you never know when someone may send you a letter.”

蟾蜍，说不定有人会给你寄信的。

“No, no,” said Toad. “I do not think anyone will ever send me aletter.”

不，没人会给我写信的，蟾蜍不耐烦地说。

Frog looked out of the window. The snail was not there yet.

青蛙看了看窗外，蜗牛还是没来。

“But, Toad,” said Frog, “someone may send you a letter today.”

但是，今天说不定有人会给你写信的。

“Don’t be silly,” said Toad. “No one has ever sent me a letter before,and no one will send me a letter today.”

别傻了，以前没人给我写信，今天也不会有人给我写信的。蟾蜍根本不相信青蛙说的话。

Frog looked out of the window. The snail was still not there.

青蛙继续望着窗外，蜗牛怎么还没来？

“Frog, why do you keep looking out of the window?” asked Toad.

你干嘛一直看着窗外？蟾蜍问青蛙。

“Because now I am waiting for the mail,” said Frog.

因为我正在等一封信，青蛙回答。

“But there will not be any,” said Toad.可是不会有信的。

“Oh, yes there will,” said Frog, “because I have sent you a letter.”

当然会有啦，因为我寄给你一封信，青蛙笑着说。

“You have?” said Toad. “What did you write in the letter?”

真的吗?蟾蜍很意外，你在信里写了什么？

Frog said, “I wrote ‘Dear Toad, I am glad that you are my best friend.Your best friend, Frog.”

我写了，亲爱的蟾蜍，你是我最好的朋友我感到很开心。你最好的朋友，青蛙。

Frog and Toad waited a long time. Four days later the snail got toToad’s house and gave him the letter from Frog.

青蛙和蟾蜍等了很久很久，四天之后，蜗牛终于爬到了蟾蜍家，把青蛙写的信送到了蟾蜍手里。

Toad was very pleased to have it.

收到信，蟾蜍真的太开心了。