關於薑餅人的英語故事
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篇二
The Gingerbread Man
小薑餅人
An old woman was baking one day, and she made some gingerbread. She had some dough left over,
一天有一位了老太婆在烤麵包，她做了一些薑餅，還剩下一些麵糰。
so she made the shape of a little man. She made eyes for him, a nose and a smiling mouth all of currants, and placed more currants down his front to look like buttons. Then she laid him on a baking tray and put him into the oven to bake.
於是她把麵糰捏成了一個小人，她用醋栗製成了小人的眼睛、鼻子和微笑的嘴巴，還沿著他的前胸做成了鈕釦。
然後她把他裝進烤盤，放進烤箱。
After a little while, she heard something rattling at the oven door. She opened it and to her surprise out jumped the little gingerbread man she had made. She tried to catch him as he ran across the kitchen, but he slipped past her, calling as he ran:
過了一小會兒，她聽到烤箱的門那裡有什麼東西在咯咯響。她開啟烤箱，出乎意料的是她做的小薑餅人跳了出來。他在廚房裡到處亂跑。老太婆想要抓住他，但是他逃脫了，邊跑邊喊：
"Run, run, as fast as you can,
You can't catch me, I'm the gingerbread man!"
“跑啊，跑啊，快點跑。你抓不到我，我是小薑餅人。”
She chased after him into the garden where her husband was digging. He put down
his spade and tried to catch him too, but as the gingerbread man sped past him he called over his shoulder:
老太婆追著他跑進花園，在那兒她的老伴兒在挖土，他放下鐵杴，想抓住他。但是小薑餅人跑過他的身邊，回頭喊道：
"Run, run, as fast as you can,
You can't catch me, I'm the gingerbread man!"
“跑啊，跑啊，快點跑。你們抓不到我，我是小薑餅人。”
As he ran down the road he passed a cow. The cow called out, "Stop, gingerbread man! You look good to eat!" But the gingerbread man laughed and shouted over his shoulder:
他沿著馬路跑，越過了一頭牛，老牛喊道：“不要跑，小薑餅人，你看起來很好吃。” 但是小薑餅人笑著大聲喊道：
"I've run from an old woman
And an old man.
Run, run, as fast as you can,
You can't catch me, I'm the gingerbread man!"
“我跑過一個老太婆和一個老頭。跑啊，跑啊，快點跑。你們抓不到我，我是小薑餅人。”
The cow ran after the old woman and the old man, and soon they all passed a horse. "Stop!" called out the horse, "I'd like to eat you." But the gingerbread man called out:
老牛在老夫婦後面跟著跑起來，很快他們越過一匹馬。
“別跑了，”馬喊道，“我想要吃你。”但是小薑餅人大聲喊道：
"I've run from an old woman
And an old man,
And a cow!
Run, run, as fast as you can,
You can't catch me, I'm the gingerbread man!"
“我跑過一個老太婆，一個老頭，還有一頭牛，跑啊，跑啊，快點跑。你們 抓不到我，我是小薑餅人。”
He ran on, with the old woman and the old man and the cow and the horse following, and he went past a party of people haymaking. They all looked up as they saw the gingerbread man, and as he passed them he called out:
小薑餅人繼續跑著，老夫婦倆、牛和馬在後面跟著。有一群人在割晒牧草。他們都抬起頭來看著他。小薑餅人跑過他們，喊道：
"I've run from an old woman,
And from an old man,
And a cow and a horse.
Run, run, as fast as you can,
You can't catch me, I'm the gingerbread man!"
“我跑過一個老太婆， 一個老頭，一頭和一匹馬。跑啊，跑啊，快點跑。你們抓不到我，我是小薑餅人。”
The haymakers joined in the chase behind the old woman and the old man, the cow and the horse, and they all followed,him as he ran through the fields. There he met a fox, so he called out to the fox:
割晒牧草的人也跟著追趕起來。他們跟著小薑餅人跑過田野。在那兒他遇到一隻狐狸。他向著狐狸大聲喊道：
"Run, run, as fast as you can,
You can't catch me, I'm the gingerbread man!"
跑啊，跑啊，快點跑。你抓不到我，我是小薑餅人。”
But the sly fox said, "Why should I bother to catch you?" although he thought to himself, "That gingerbread man would be good to eat."
“但是狡猾的狐狸說道：“我為什麼要自找麻煩呢，我不想抓你。”但是他心裡想到：“小薑餅人一定很好吃。”
Just after he had run past the fox the gingerbread man had to stop because he came to a wide, deep, swift-flowing river.
小薑餅人從狐狸的身邊跑過，前面是一條 又寬、又深、流得又快的河。小薑餅人不得不停下來。
The fox saw the old woman and the old man, the cow, the horse and the haymakers all chasing the gingerbread man so he said,
狐狸看到大家都在追趕小薑餅人，於是他說道：
"Jump on my back, and I'll take you across the river!" The gingerbread man jumped on the fox's back and the fox began to swim.
“跳到我的背上來，我帶你過河。”
小薑餅人跳上狐狸的脊背，狐狸開始游泳。
As they reached the middle of the river, where the water was deep, the fox said,
當他們游到河的中間時，在河水很深的地方，狐狸說道：
"Can you stand on my head, Gingerbread Man, or you will get wet." So the gingerbread man pulled himself up and stood on the fox's head.
“你能站在我的頭上嗎。小薑餅人。要不然你會溼的。”
於是小薑餅人爬到狐狸的頭頂。
As the current flowed more swiftly, the fox said,
水流更急了，狐狸說道：
"Can you move on to my nose, Gingerbread Man, so that I can carry you more safely? I would not like you to drown." The gingerbread man slid on to the fox's nose. But when they reached the bank of the river, the fox suddenly went snap! The gingerbread man disappeared into the fox's mouth, and was never seen again.
“你能挪到我的鼻子上來嗎?小薑餅人，那樣我能更加安全地馱著你?我可不想讓你淹死 。”
小薑餅人滑到狐狸的鼻子上，但是當他們游到河對岸時，狐狸突然咬了他一口。小薑餅人消失在狐狸的嘴裡，就再也看不到他了。
篇一
Once upon a time a little old woman and a little old man lived in a cottage. One day the little old woman made a gingerbread man. She gave him currants for eyes and
cherries for buttons. She put him in the oven to bake.
The little old woman and little old man were very hungry and wanted to eat the gingerbread man. As soon as he was cooked, the little old woman opened the oven door. The gingerbread man jumped out of the tin and ran out of the open window shouting, 'Don't eat me!'
The little old woman and little old man ran after the gingerbread man.
'Stop! Stop!' they yelled.The gingerbread man did not look back. He ran on saying,
'Run, run as fast as you can! You can't catch me, I'm the gingerbread man!'
Down the lane he sped when he came to a pig. 'Stop! Stop! I would like to eat you," shouted the pig. The gingerbread man was too fast. He ran on saying "Run, run as fast as you can. You can't catch me, I'm the gingerbread man.”
A little further on he met a cow. 'Stop! Stop! little man,' called the hungry cow, 'I want to eat you.' Again the gingerbread man was too fast. He sped on down the road saying, "Run, run as fast as you can. You can't catch me, I'm the gingerbread man."
The cow began to chase the gingerbread man along with the pig, and the little old woman. But the gingerbread man was too fast for them.
It was not long before the gingerbread man came to a horse. 'Stop! Stop!' shouted the horse. 'I want to eat you, little man.' But the gingerbread man did not stop. He said,'Run, run as fast as you can. You can't catch me, I'm the gingerbread man.'
The horse joined in the chase. The gingerbread man laughed and laughed, until he came to a river. 'Oh no!' he cried, 'They will catch me. How can I cross the river?'
A sly fox came out from behind a tree. 'I can help you cross the river,' said the fox. 'Jump on to my tail and I will swim across.'
'You won't eat me, will you?' said the gingerbread man.
'Of course not,' said the fox. 'I just want to help.'
The gingerbread man climbed on the fox's tail. Soon the gingerbread man began to get wet. 'Climb onto my back,' said the fox. So the gingerbread man did. As he swam the fox said, 'You are too heavy. I am tired. Jump onto my nose.' So the gingerbread man did as he was told.
No sooner had they reached the other side, than the fox tossed the gingerbread man up in the air. He opened his mouth and 'Snap!' that was the end of the gingerbread man.
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