曉曉時光之英文繪本篇《Guess how much I love you》
適讀年齡:3-8歲
讀書是一件溫暖的事,特別是當你選擇的讀本是溫暖系列,陪你讀書的人也是溫暖系列,那種感覺一定妙不可言。今天曉曉老師就介紹這本溫暖系繪本給大家《Guess how much I love you》。
書的主人公是little nutbrown and his dad 小栗兔在睡覺前要想告訴爸爸自己有多愛他,於是揪著爸爸的長耳朵不放手。
故事的開篇就非常溫暖可人,那樣的場景每個有寶貝的家裡都很熟悉,入睡前的溫暖廝磨,和我們的日常簡直如出一轍。
He wanted to be sure that Big Netbrown Hare was listening.
「Guess how much I love you,」he said.
「Oh, I don』t think I could guess that,」said Big Nutbrown Hare.
想確認爸爸在認真聽自己說話,想告訴爸爸自己有多喜歡他,多愛他……短短几句就把小栗兔天真,充滿愛和期待的個性表現得淋漓盡致。
「This much,」said Little Netbrown Hare,stretching out his arms as wide as they could go.
Big Netbrown Hare has even longer arms.
「But I love you this much,」he said.
Hmm,that is a lot,thought Little Netbrown Hare.
小栗兔和兔爸爸深深地愛著對方,他們用語言,用肢體,用目光傳達著這份對彼此的深情。讀到這樣的場景時,家長和寶貝們也別忘了伸出你們的雙手,一起進行這份愛的傳遞。
「I love you as high as I can reach,」said Little Netbrown Hare.
「I love you as high as I can reach,」said Big Netbrown Hare.
This is very high,thought Little Netbrown Hare.
I wish I had arms like that.
小栗兔給爸爸描述他對他的愛,爸爸也繼續回應著。在這裡我們會學到了很多描述程度的方法:as wide as/even longer/this much/a lot/as high as/very high...共讀時一定要配合動作一起體會。
Then Little Netbrown Hare Had a good idea.
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小栗兔繼續想出各種各樣的方法告訴爸爸自己對他的深情,他上躥下跳,舉高倒立……月亮升起來了,他終於累了,在爸爸給了他一個甜甜的吻之後,他終於乖乖躺倒了。
Then he lay down close by and whispered with a smile, 「I love you right up to the moon- and back.」
沒有什麼比天空更遙遠,更深邃,就像他對爸爸的愛一樣。他已經困得不行了,但這次他終於如願以償,找到了最恰當的比喻來描述他對爸爸的愛。
僅以這本溫暖的繪本獻給剛過去的父親節,祝寶貝和爸爸們幸福滿滿,相愛到永遠!
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