The Starfish

海星

Last summer I took a trip to an island. I had a lot of fun. I sat and watched the waves and listened to the ocean. I learned to identify birds. I discovered pretty things and enjoyed the taste of new foods. It was a very nice time.

去年夏天，我到一個(gè)海島上旅游，玩得很開(kāi)心。我坐在海邊，看海浪一層接一層，聽(tīng)海水涌動(dòng)的聲音。我學(xué)會(huì)了分辨鳥(niǎo)類(lèi)。我還看到了從未見(jiàn)過(guò)的漂亮的東西，享用到了沒(méi)吃過(guò)的食物。那真是一段美好的時(shí)光。

One evening I took a pleasant walk by the ocean. When the waves came in, many starfish fell on the beach. Some starfish went back into the water, and they were safe. But other starfish were still on the sand. They would die if they did not get into the water. There were many starfish on the beach that night. It made me sad, but I knew I could not fix the problem. I stepped very carefully so I did not damage them.

一天晚上，我在海邊悠然自得地散步，海浪沖上來(lái)很多海星。很多海星隨著波浪又退回了對(duì)它們安全的水里。然而還是有一部分被留在了沙灘上，如果不及時(shí)回到水里就會(huì)死掉。那天晚上，海灘上滿是海星。我很難過(guò)，因?yàn)榫炔涣怂鼈儭Ｎ颐恳徊蕉夹⌒囊硪恚悦獠鹊剿鼈儭?/p>

Then I saw a little girl. She was also sad about the starfish. She wanted to prevent all of them from dying. She asked me if I could perhaps help her.

然后我看見(jiàn)了一個(gè)同樣因此而難過(guò)的小女孩。她想救它們，所以跑來(lái)問(wèn)我能否幫忙一起救救這些海星。

To be frank, I don’t think we can do anything, I said.

我說(shuō)：“老實(shí)說(shuō)，我覺(jué)得我們救不了這么多。”

The little girl started to cry. She sat back against a rock and thought for a while. Finally, the emotion was gone. She stopped crying and stood up. Then she picked up a starfish and threw it into the water.

女孩聽(tīng)后就哭了。她靠著一塊巖石坐下來(lái)想了一會(huì)。終于，她抹干眼淚，不再顯得悲傷。她站起來(lái)開(kāi)始拿起一只海星扔回水里。

What are you doing? I asked her. But she did not answer me. She just threw as many starfish as she could. “You cannot save all of them!” I said.

“你在做什么呢？”我問(wèn)她。但她沒(méi)有理睬我，只是盡力把海星都扔回海里。“你救不了這么多的！”我說(shuō)道。

She stopped to look at me. “No, I cannot save them all,” she replied. Then she picked up a very big starfish and said, “But I can save this one.” And then she smiled and threw the starfish as far as she could into the ocean.

她停下來(lái)對(duì)我說(shuō)：“對(duì)，我確實(shí)救不了全部海星，”隨后她拿起一只大海星繼續(xù)說(shuō)道：“但我能救這一只。”然后她笑了，邊笑邊盡力把海星往水里扔。

單詞

against prep.反對(duì)，違反，靠

beach n.沙灘

damage v.損害

discover v.發(fā)現(xiàn)

emotion n.表情，情感

fix v.修理，安裝

frank adj.坦白的，直率的

identify v.確定，識(shí)別

island n.島嶼

ocean n.海洋

perhaps adv.可能，也許

pleasant adj.舒適的

prevent v.阻止

rock n.巖石

save v.挽救

step v. 走，邁步

still adv.仍然

taste n.味道，品味

throw v.扔

wave n.波浪