一、原文及譯文： On a shiny green leaf sat a small green chameleon. It moved onto a brown tree and turned brownish. Then it rested on a red flower and turned reddish. When the chameleon moved slowly across the yellow sand , it turned yellowish. You could hardly see it. 在一片閃亮的綠葉上趴著一只綠色的小變色龍。 它爬到褐色的樹干上就變成了褐色。 它停在一朵紅色的花朵上就變成了紅色。 當(dāng)它慢慢爬過一片黃沙地，就變成了黃色。 你幾乎很難發(fā)現(xiàn)它。 When the chameleon was warm and had something to eat , it turned sparkling green. But when it was cold and hungry , it turned and dull. 變色龍暖和又有東西吃的時候，就變成亮麗的綠色。 當(dāng)它又冷又餓時，它就變成暗淡的灰色。 When the chameleon was hungary , it sat still and waited. Only its eyes moved-up , down , sideways-until it spotted a fly. Then the chameleon's long and sticky tongue shot out and caught the fly. That was its life. It was not very exciting. But one day... 變色龍餓了，就一動不動的趴著等待。 僅僅是眼睛上上下下，忽左忽右的轉(zhuǎn)動——直到盯住了一只蒼蠅。 那時，變色龍的長長的，黏黏的舌頭就會射出去，捉住蒼蠅。 那就是它的生活。 一點激情也沒有。 但是有一天…… ...the chameleon saw a zoo ! It had never seen so many beautiful animals. 直到有一天，變色龍看到了動物園！ 它從來沒有見過這么多漂亮的動物。 The chameleon thought： How small I am , how slow , how weak ! I wish I could be big and white like a polar bear. And the chameleon's wish came true. But was it happy？ No ! 變色龍想： 我身材太小，行動太慢，身體太弱！ 我要是能像北極熊又大又白就好了。 變色龍夢想成真了。 可是它快樂嗎？ 一點也不快樂。 I wish I could be handsome like a flamingo. 我要像火烈鳥那樣漂亮。 I wish I could be smart like a fox. 我要像狐貍那樣優(yōu)雅。 I wish I could swim like a fish. 我要像魚兒會游泳。 I wish I could run like a deer. 我要像鹿會奔跑。 I wish I could see things for away like a giraffe. 我要像長頸鹿那樣看得很遠很遠。 I wish I could hide in a shell like a turtle. 我要像烏龜那樣能藏在殼里。 I wish I could be strong like an elephant. 我要像大象那樣強壯。 I wish I could be funny like a seal. 我要像海豹那樣有趣。 I wish I could be like people. Just then a fly flew by. The chameleon was very hungry. But the chameleon was very mixed-up. It was a little of this and it was a little of that. And it couldn't catch the fly. 我還想像人那樣。 這時，一只蒼蠅飛過， 變色龍覺得餓極了。 槽糕的是，它只是拼拼湊湊起來的。 有點像這個，又有點像那個， 它已經(jīng)捉不到蒼蠅了。 I wish I could be myself. The chameleon's wish came true. And it caught the fly ! “我要成為我自己?！?變色龍回到了原來的樣子， 它又能捉到蒼蠅了！ 課堂筆記： On a shiny green leaf sat a small green chameleon. 倒裝語序：a small green chameleon sat on a shiny green leaf. shiny ['?a?n?] 閃耀的；是由shine [?a?n] 發(fā)光、閃耀；這個動詞去掉 e 加上 y 變成的形容詞形式。 chameleon [k?'mi?l??n] 變色龍；其中的字母組合[ch]在這里發(fā)清輔音【k】；重音在第二個音節(jié)。 moved onto 轉(zhuǎn)移到；爬到； brownish ['bra?n??] 呈褐色的；其中的 [nish] 在Big Green Monster中提到，有點偏向于某個顏色的意思。所以這里也可以翻譯成，偏棕色的。 reddish ['red??] 有點微紅； moved across 爬過；穿過； yellowish ['jel????] 偏黃色的； hardly ['hɑ?dl?] 幾乎不；它是一個表否定的詞。 sparkle ['spɑ?k(?)l] 閃耀，閃閃發(fā)光；sparkling是sparkle的形容詞形式。表示閃閃發(fā)光的。 sparkling green 亮麗的綠色。 dull [d?l] 遲鈍、暗淡、無趣； gray dull 暗淡的灰色； still [st?l] 靜止的；不動的； sideways ['sa?dwe?z] 旁邊； spotted [?sp?t?d] 是個動詞，指發(fā)現(xiàn)，認出； fly 名詞，指蒼蠅； sticky ['st?k?] 粘粘的； tongue [t??] 舌頭； shot out 伸出；吐出；shot是shoot的過去分詞形式。 感嘆句的形式：How small I am , how slow , how weak ! The chameleon thought： wish came true 愿望成真； flamingo [fl??m??g??] 火烈鳥；重音在第二個音節(jié)； smart 漂亮的，整潔的； shell 烏龜殼； seal 海豹 句型：I wish I could 我希望我可以…… flew by 飛過；經(jīng)過； mixed-up 拼湊的，混雜的；