讲比赛的英语故事:合家欢比赛
编者按：《The Caucus-race》是一个讲比赛的英语故事，这个故事讲述的是主人公在掉进兔子洞，与一只老鼠，一只猫之间发生的趣味故事。
The Caucus-race
合家欢比赛
讲述者
Hello. So far, Alice had been very small, then very tall, then very small again in this strange Wonderland she found when she chased a talking rabbit and fell down the rabbit hole. Now she was swimming in a pool of her own tears, wondering what was going to happen next.
大家好，在掉进兔子洞以后，Alice经历了身体变小又变大，继而又变小的神奇经历，现在她正被泡在由自己的眼泪汇成的水池里，想知道接下来会发生什么吗?
Alice
Ooh, whatever's this? It's a mouse!Hello mouse! You're a very big mouse… but then, I'm a very, very little girl today. Whatever next? If this mouse talks, I won't be at all surprised…Oh Mouse, do you know the way out of this pool? I'm very tired of swimming about here, Mouse! Mouse? Hmmm. Perhaps it doesn't understand English. Maybe it's a French mouse! Now, what was that French I learned in school? Où est machatte?
喔!这是什么东西?原来是只老鼠!老鼠你好!你的个头真大…我现在是一个非常非常小的小姑娘了，接下来呢，如果这只老鼠会说话，我也不会吃惊了。老鼠，你知道怎么样才能爬出水池吗?我实在是太累了…老鼠，老鼠?哦，可能它根本听不懂英语，也许他能听懂法语!让我想想，我在学校学过的法语有什么?Où est ma chatte(我的猫在哪里)?
老鼠
Chatte? Cat! Did you say cat?!
Chatte(猫)?你刚才在说猫?
Alice
Oh, I'm so sorry Mouse! I forgot mice don't like cats.
噢,对不起老鼠，我忘了你不喜欢猫。
老鼠
Would you like cats if you were me?
如果你是我你会喜欢猫吗?
Alice
Well… perhaps not. But my cat Dinahis different. She's such a sweet, quiet thing. If you meet her, I'm sure you'll like her.
好吧，也许不会，但是我的猫Dinah不一样，她很可爱很安静，如果你见到她你肯定也会喜欢上她的。
老鼠
We won't talk about cats any more,thank you!
我不想再讨论猫了，谢谢!
Alice
We won't! Er… do you - do you er…like dogs? They can be so sweet and they kill all the rats… and… Oh dear!
好吧…好吧…那…你喜欢狗吗?它们很可爱，而且还能捉老鼠…啊，天啊!
Alice
Oh please come back, dearMouse. We won't talk about cats or dogs, if you don't like them.Swim with me to the shore.
啊请回来…亲爱的老鼠…你不喜欢的话，我们不讨论猫和狗了，跟我一起游向岸边吧。
讲述者
So Alice and the mouse swam to the edge of the pool of tears. And as they swam, they were joined by lots of other creatures that had fallen into the pool, just like Alice and the mouse. There was a duck and a dodo and many other strange animals that Alice had never seen before. All the creatures had the same question.
Alice和小老鼠一起向岸边游去，在游的过程中，又有许多掉进水里的小动物加入了他们。有一只鸭子和一只渡渡鸟还有许多Alice没有见过的奇奇怪怪的小动物。所有的动物们都面临着同样的难题。
动物们
How can we get dry? What can we do?I'm so far away from my nest, that pool was very wet and salty, oh it's no good for my fur, etc…
我们怎么才能晾干身体呢?我们能做什么?我离自己的巢很远，而且那片水又湿又咸，对我的皮毛很不好…
渡渡鸟
We must have a Caucus-race!
我们必须来一次合家欢赛跑!
动物们
Hooray! Hoorah!
好啊!好啊!
Alice
What's a Caucus-race,Mr Dodo?
渡渡鸟先生，什么是合家欢赛跑?
渡渡鸟
The best way to explain a Caucus-raceis to have a Caucus-race!
百闻不如一见，一会儿你就知道了!
讲述者
It was the strangest race Alice had ever seen. The Dodo marked a circle for the race course and everyone stood anywhere they wanted to. Nobody said "One, two, three, go!" but everyone started running. Alice ran too, although she didn't quite know where she should run to. Everyone ran left and right in any direction they pleased.But after half an hour of running, everybody was quite dry again.
Alice从没见过这么奇怪的比赛。渡渡鸟画了一个圈，每个人都站在圈里自己喜欢的地方，没有人发令，但是大家都开始跑，Alice也开始跑，尽管她也不知道自己要跑向哪里。大家都朝着自己喜欢的方向跑，有的向左有的向右。过了半小时，大家的身上就都晾干了。
渡渡鸟
The race is over!
比赛结束!
七嘴八舌的声音
But who has won? Did I win? Who is the winner?
谁赢了啊?我赢了吗?谁是赢家?
渡渡鸟
Ah... yes... Who has won? Who has won? Everybody has won and everyone must have prizes! And she must give the prizes!
啊!是啊!谁赢了?谁赢了?大家都赢了，每个人都会有奖品!她会给我们发奖品!
Alice
Me?
我?
讲述者
Alice didn't have any prizes for a Caucus-race with her, but she searched in her pockets and found some sweets.She had enough sweets to give exactly one sweet to every runner.
但是Alice并没有准备什么奖品，她翻了翻口袋找到了一些糖果，足够给大家每人一块。
Alice
Here you are, one for you, and one for you…
这是你的，这是你的，这一块是你的…
动物们
Thank you very much… oh dear, this has no taste whatsoever… oh, I shall choke…it's rather good, yes very tasty…
非常感谢!喔，天呢，我还没尝到味道就吞下去了，被卡到嗓子了…啊…吞下去了…味道还不错。
Alice
And one for you – now, does everybody have one? Oh, I must say, my cat Dinah would love a Caucus-race…
现在大家都有糖吃了吗?啊!我必须得说，我的猫Dinah肯定会喜欢这个游戏的。
动物们
Let's go! Come away! Time for bed!Oh, is it that time already? Cats - ugh!
我们走!离开这，该去睡觉了!喔，已经这么晚了吗?猫…嘘!
Alice
Oh dear. I said it again. Come back!Please! I'm sorry! Poor Dinah. Nobody seems to like her down here and I'm sure she's the best cat in the world!
哦天哪!我又说这个词了。请回来!对不起嘛!可怜的Dinah，看来这儿没人喜欢她，但她是我心中全世界最好的猫咪!
讲述者
Poor Alice felt very lonely and sad.She cried quietly to herself for a while. But in a little while, she heard footsteps in the distance. She looked up to see who it was. Next time, I'll tell you who the footsteps belonged to, and how Alice got so big she filled a whole house, and what happened when she kicked poor Bill the lizard up and out of the chimney. Goodbye.
可怜的Alice又孤独又悲伤，她默默地哭了好一会儿。但是不一会她听到远处的脚步声，她抬起头一看….好了，今天故事就讲到这里，我们明天继续，给你揭晓这是谁的脚步声，以及Alice如何变得和屋子一样大的，她把可怜的蜥蜴比尔从烟囱里踢出去以后又发生了什么事呢?明天见!
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