LESSON 2 JOHNNY’S FIRST SNOWSTORM 乔尼初次见暴风雪

1.Johnny Reed was a little boy who never had seen a snowstorm till he was six years old.Before this, he had lived in a warm country, where the sun shines down on beautiful orange groves, and fi elds always sweet with fl owers.

2.But now he had come to visit his grandmother, who lived where the snow falls in winter.Johnny was standing at the window when the snow came down.

3.“O mamma!” he cried, joyfully, “do come quick, and see these little white birds fl ying down from heaven.”

4.“They are not birds, Johnny,” said mamma, smiling.

5.“Then maybe the little angels are losing their feathers! Oh! do tell me what it is; is it sugar? Let me taste it,” said Johnny.But when he tasted it, he gave a little jump—it was so cold.

6.“That is only snow, Johnny,” said his mother.

7.“What is snow, mother?”

8.“The snowflakes, Johnny, are little drops of water that fall from the clouds.But the air through which they pass is so cold it freezes them, and they come down turned into snow.”

9.As she said this, she brought out an old black hat from the closet.“See, Johnny! I have caught a snowfl ake on this hat.Look quick through this glass, and you will see how beautiful it is.”

10.Johnny looked through the glass.There lay the pure, feathery snowfl ake like a lovely little star.

11.“Twinkle, twinkle, little star!” he cried in delight.“Oh! please show me more snowfl akes, mother.”

12.So his mother caught several more, and they were all beautiful.

13.The next day Johnny had a fi ne play in the snow, and when he came in, he said, “I love snow; and I think snowballs are a great deal prettier than oranges.”

【中文阅读】

1.乔尼·瑞德是一个小男孩，直到六岁才看见暴风雪。在这之前，他一直住在一个天气暖和的乡村。在那里，阳光洒满美丽的满是橘子的山坡，田野里到处是芳香扑鼻的鲜花。

2.但是，现在他来看望奶奶，奶奶住的地方冬天常常下雪。当雪花纷飞时，乔尼站在窗前定睛观望。

3.“噢，妈妈！”乔尼快乐地喊道，“快过来，白色的小鸟从天堂上飞下来了。”

4.“它们不是鸟，乔尼。”妈妈微笑着说。

5.“那么，它们就是小天使，正在掉羽毛！噢，快告诉我，是什么，是糖吗？让我尝一尝。”乔尼说道。但当他品尝雪花时，他不禁惊跳起来——太凉了。

6.“那只是雪而已，乔尼。”妈妈说道。

7.“雪是什么，妈妈？”

8.“乔尼，雪就是从云彩上掉下的小水滴。不过，水滴从天上掉下来时，被寒冷的空气冻住了，就变成了从天而降的雪花。”

9.妈妈一边说，一边从橱柜里拿出一顶黑色的旧帽子。“看，乔尼，我用帽子接住了一片雪花。快透过这块玻璃看一看，你就知道雪花有多么美了。”

10.乔尼透过玻璃看着雪花，那片纯洁轻柔的雪花就像一颗可爱的小星星。

11.“一闪一闪的小星星！”乔尼快乐地喊道。“噢，妈妈，再给我接些雪花吧！”

12.于是，妈妈又接住了一些雪花，都是那么漂亮！

13.第二天，乔尼在雪地里玩得非常开心，进屋后，他说：“我太喜欢雪了，雪球可比橘子好玩多了。”