關於少兒英語故事醜小鴨

　　《醜小鴨》是一本含有童話和寓言的兒童作品。這本書寫了一隻天鵝蛋在鴨群中破殼後，因相貌怪異，讓同類鄙棄，歷經千辛萬苦、重重磨難之後長成了白天鵝。小編分享，希望可以幫助大家!

　　版本1

　　Long ago, in a farmyard many miles away, a Mother Duck sat on her nest. She was waiting for her eggs to hatch. Each day she proudly looked at them. There were six eggs, which meant six little ducklings to teach to swim.

　　One sunny spring morning, the first egg began to crack..

　　'Tap, tap, tap,' went the duckling inside, trying to get out. Mother Duck watched as the egg cracked open and out popped a fluffy duckling.

　　"One," said Mother Duck proudly.

　　The next day, the second egg hatched and out popped another fluffy duckling.

　　"Two," said Mother Duck proudly.

　　On the third day, duckling number three hatched.

　　"That leaves just three," said Mother Duck.

　　On the fourth and fifth day, ducklings number four and five hatched.

　　"That leaves just one," said Mother Duck, as she settled on her nest. Her ducklings gathered around her.

　　But on the sixth day nothing happened. Nor on the seventh.

　　"How strange," said Mother Duck on the seventh day. "It should have hatched by now."

　　One of the farmyard chickens wandered by.

　　"Oh," she said. "You're still there I thought you'd be on the pond by now."

　　"It's this last egg," said Mother Duck. "It hasn't hatched yet."

　　"Let me see," said the chicken. "Well no wonder. It looks like a goose egg to me. You'll be here for a long time."

　　"Oh dear," said Mother Duck. "I have my five little ducklings to teach to swim. What shall I do? I can't leave it."

　　"Aah well," said the chicken, and she wandered off.

　　The goose heard that one of her eggs was in Mother Duck's nest.

　　"Is it true?" she asked, as she puffed up to the nest. "Do you have one of my eggs?"

　　"I think so," said Mother Duck. They both looked in the nest.

　　"Huh," said the goose. "That's not mine. It looks more like that absent-minded turkey's egg."

　　As they looked, they suddenly heard the faint tapping. The shell was breaking.

　　"We'll soon see," said the goose.

　　They watched and waited.

　　"Oh," said the goose.

　　"Oh, dear," said Mother Duck, as she looked at the sixth duckling. It looked most strange, it was straggly and grey where its brothers and sisters were fluffy and yellow. It was also bigger than them.

　　It quacked as it saw its mother.

　　"Well, if it's a turkey," said the goose, "it won't swim."

　　Mother Duck hurried her ducklings to the pond. She waddled in and listened. Splash! Splish! Splosh! Splash! Splish! She turned and looked. All six ducklings followed her in the water.

　　"Oh, well," she said. "He can swim. He is definitely not a turkey."

　　The sixth duckling was very good at swimming, and was soon swimming better than his brothers and sisters.

　　Back at the farmyard, things did not go well for the little duckling. Everyone called him an ugly duckling. The chickens laughed at him, the turkeys chased him and the geese hissed at him.

　　Soon even his brothers and sisters would not talk to him, but when his mother turned away, he was very sad. He decided to leave the farmyard.

　　One sunny morning, he walked out of the farmyard and didn't look back. He wandered away, looking for somewhere new to live.

　　When he'd been walking a while he came to a large lake. There were some ducks swimming on it.

　　He swam up to them.

　　"May I stay on this lake?" he asked.

　　"Of course," said the ducks. "We'll be moving on soon. Why don't you join us, if you're on your own?"

　　"Thank you," said the duckling.

　　The duckling stayed on the lake and day by day he grew bigger. One day he looked up to see some large white birds flying gracefully over the lake.

　　"They're beautiful," he whispered, and then sighed. "I wonder who they are?"

　　One day the ducks came to see him.

　　"It's autumn, and we're going now," they told him, "join us if you want to."

　　Some ducks began to fly up to leave, but suddenly loud bangs were heard. Two of the ducks fell from the sky. Others flew up in fright, and more fell as more bangs were heard.

　　The duckling ran and hid. He found a bush and stayed there until the noise had died down. When it was quiet he sadly left the lake and headed away over the fields.

　　He came to another lake and there he stayed. Winter was coming and he was alone. As the days grew colder, he found that it was harder to find food.

　　The one morning he woke and found that he couldn't move. The lake had frozen and he was stuck in the ice. The day passed and the duckling was giving up hope of being found. But late in the afternoon a man walking his dog saw him. He broke the ice, and the duckling was free. He ran across the ice and hid. He didn't dare to go on the ice again.

　　Winter passed, spring came, and the ice melted.

　　The duckling stretched his wings and found that they were strong enough to carry him. He flew upon and over the lake, high above the trees and fields. He should have been very happy, but he was not because he felt so lonely.

　　A few days later, he looked up to see the large white birds he had seen in the autumn. They looked beautiful as they landed on the lake. The duckling admired their glossy white feathers and long necks. He swan over to take a closer look at them.

　　"Please," he said shyly. "Will you tell me who you are. You are so beautiful and I am so ugly. I've never seen anybody like you."

　　"Ugly," cried one of the white birds. "How silly!"

　　"We're swans," said another. "Why do you think you're ugly? Look at yourself in the water."

　　The duckling looked and caught sight of his own reflection. He gasped in surprise, for instead of seeing a fat, grey duckling he saw a swan with a long elegant neck and a bright orange bill. "I'm like you," he cried. "I'm a swan, too."

　　"Definitely," said the swan, with a smile.

　　"Does that mean I can stay with you, and not live alone?"

　　"Of course," said the swans.

　　At that moment two children ran down to the lake. "Ooh, look!" they cried. "The swans are back and there's a new one, too. Isn't he beautiful!"

　　The ugly duckling stretched his neck and ruffled his feathers with pride.

　　Then it was time to go flying with all of the other swans and, as the duckling took off from the lake, he could see his new beautiful reflection in the water.

　　版本2

　　Mother Duck is sitting on her eggs, The eggs break and the ducklings come one by one.

　　鴨媽媽正在孵它的蛋。蛋開了，小鴨子們一個接一個地出來了。

　　But a duckling is different from others ,It looks very hungry .Its brothers and sisters dislike it. They often laugh at him and bite him. So the ugly duckling goes away.

　　但是有一隻小鴨子和別的不同，它看起來非常醜。它的兄弟姐妹不喜歡它，它們經常取笑它、咬它。於是醜小鴨就走了。

　　When the ugly duckling wakes up the next day, it finds some wild ducks are surrounding it. The wild ducks warn,“You are so ugly. Don’t come up near us”

　　第二天，當醜小鴨醒來的時候，發現一群野鴨正圍著它。野鴨們警告它說：“你太醜了，不要靠近我們”

　　The ugly duckling is leaving here and a big dog appears. It stares at the duckling. The duckling is very scared. It thinks the big dog will eat it. But the big dog shakes his head and runs away. The ugly duckling says, ”I am so ugly that the bi dog doesn’t want to eat me.”

　　正當醜小鴨要離開這兒的時候，一條大狗出現了。它盯著醜小鴨。醜小鴨非常害怕，它以為這條大狗要把它吃掉。但是這條大狗搖搖頭，跑開了。醜小鴨說：“我太醜了，就連大狗都不想吃我。”

　　It is dark, The ugly ducklings comes to a house .It’s too tired. It falls asleep near the door of the house. Early next morning, an old women opens the door. She finds the duckling and lets it in. There is a hen and a cat in the house. They dislike the duckling, either. So the ugly duckling goes away

　　天黑了，醜小鴨來到一座房子面前。它太累了，在離房門不遠處睡著了。第二天一大早，一個老婦人把門開啟，她發現了這隻鴨子，讓他進來了。房子裡有一隻母雞和一隻貓，它們不喜歡醜小鴨。於是醜小鴨就走開了。

　　Autumn comes, One day ,the ugly duckling comes to a river. It sees some white and big birds are flying across the river. They’re swans. They are so beautiful. The duckling envies them very much

　　秋天來了，一天醜小鴨來到河邊，他看見一些又大又白的鳥正飛過河，它們是天鵝，它們非常漂亮，醜小鴨羨慕極了。

　　Winter comes, It become colder and colder. The river is iced. The ugly duckling is caught by the ice in the river.

　　冬天來了，天氣變得越來越冷。小河結冰了，醜小鴨在河裡被凍住了。

　　A farmer finds the ugly duckling. He breaks the ice and brings it to his home. The children of the farmer want to play with the ugly duckling, but it thinks they will hurt itself. So it flies away.

　　一位農夫發現了醜小鴨，他把冰打破，把它帶回了家。農夫的孩子們想和醜小鴨玩，但是它以為孩子們會傷害它，就飛走了。

　　Spring comes, The ugly duckling comes to the river again .It sees the beautiful swans are swimming in the river. It comes to them and says, ”Kill me! I don’t want to live .I’m too ugly. I’m not happy at all.” The swans say to him, ”You aren’t ugly. You are a beautiful swan.” “No, you cheat me!” cries the ugly duckling. ”look at the water! You are so beautiful that we can’t compare with you!” say the swans.

　　春天來了，醜小鴨又來到河邊。它看見美麗的天鵝在河裡游泳。他遊了過去，說：“殺了我吧!我不想活了。我太醜了。我一點也不快樂。”天鵝對它說：“你不醜，你是一隻美麗的天鵝。”“不，你們騙我!”醜小鴨哭著說。“看看水裡吧。你是那樣漂亮，我都比不上你。”天鵝們說道。

　　The ugly duckling looks at the water. It really becomes a beautiful swan. It is very happy.

　　醜小鴨看水面，它真的變成了一隻美麗的天鵝，它開心極了。

　　版本3

　　A mother duck was brooding on her eggs near the margin of a pond. A flock of lovely baby ducks was soon born, making sweet peeping sounds when the eggs were broken. But one egg remained unbroken. "It is strange. Why has this egg not broken?"

　　The mother duck continued her brooding. At last, the egg was broken and a baby duck was born. However that baby duck was very ugly compared to the other baby ducks.

　　The mother duck was worried, but still she took the baby ducks near the water and taught them how to swim. The ugly duckling also swam with his brothers and sisters, moving his legs eagerly. "It is lucky though. That baby swims well." Still his brothers pecked at the ugly duckling with their bills.

　　"How hideous this baby duck is. We don't want to see you. Go to a cat." His brothers gave a very hard time to the poor duckling. "Stop it, don't do that!" The mother duck sighed and said, "Ah! I wish that this baby could live happily at another place."

　　The baby duck heard what his mother said and dropped tears of sorrow saying, "Mom, I will leave. Good-bye." The ugly duckling left his nest beyond the pond.

　　When he entered the forest, other birds were frightened by the baby duck and ran away. "Why do they run away? Is it because I am so awful?" The baby duck became sadder and plodded along the field.

　　Near the water beside the field, two wild ducks were playing around. "Yah, what is that ugly duck? Let's make fun of him." The two wild ducks flew up in the air and threw stones at the baby duck.

　　"Bang! Bang!" At that time, a hunter shot his gun. The two wild ducks fell down dead to the ground. "Uh? What is this small bird?" The hunter took home the awkward little baby duck along with the two wild ducks.

　　"Dad, what is this poor-looking bird?" "I took it with me in order to give it to you, my son. It was trembling with fear in the water." The children gave a hard time to the baby duck by pulling its wings and tail.

　　"That hurts! Ow!" The baby duck spilled a jug of milk while running away from the cruel hands of the children. The dishes on the table were also broken. The angry hunter sent out the baby duck with a flourish of his broomstick. And so the after being cast out from the house of the hunter, the ugly duckling spent a long and cold winter alone.

　　Finally spring came. The baby duck had a good stretch and flew up in the air vigorously. "Uh! I am flying!"

　　Upon the lake, a flock of white and pretty swans were playing around while swimming. "They are indeed pretty birds." The baby duck became sad. "Those birds may not like me as I am so ugly."

　　The baby duck tried to run away from the group of beautiful swans. "Hi! Where are you going? Come and play around with us!" The baby duck approached the swans hesitatingly. At that moment, the baby duck saw his own appearance reflected to the lake. There was one more beautiful swan gliding gracefully across the water.

　　The ugly duckling who overcame all suffering had finally become a beautiful swan. And so he lived happily ever after.