英文有声绘本《A color of his own》,教孩子学会接纳自己

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这本绘本是关于一只寂寞的变色龙:因为所在环境不同,它一直不断转换颜色。

每个动物都有自己的颜色,这只变色龙也希望能够有自己的颜色。

可是,即便它待在叶子上不动,也会随着季节的变化,随着叶子变成绿色、黄色、红色...

英文有声绘本《A color of his own》,教孩子学会接纳自己

《他自己的颜色》

直到它遇到了另外一只变色龙...

这个故事告诉孩子们,如果我们不能够改变环境,不能够改变我们身上的特质,不妨试着改变想法。接纳自己,你就是世上一抹独特的颜色。

故事富含哲理,耐人寻味,也是Leo Lionni写的故事中文字比较少的一本,适合小孩子阅读。

下面我带大家读一下:

英文有声绘本《A color of his own》,教孩子学会接纳自己

Parrots are green

鹦鹉是绿色的

goldfish are red

金鱼是红色的

英文有声绘本《A color of his own》,教孩子学会接纳自己

elephants are gray

大象是灰色的

pigs are pink.

猪是粉红色的。

All animals have a color of their own

所有的动物都有属于自己的颜色

英文有声绘本《A color of his own》,教孩子学会接纳自己

except for chameleons.

除了变色龙。

They change color wherever they go.

他们走到哪里,颜色也就变到哪里。

英文有声绘本《A color of his own》,教孩子学会接纳自己

On lemons they are yellow.

在柠檬上它们变成黄色。

In the heather they are purple.

在帚石楠花丛中它们变成紫色。

英文有声绘本《A color of his own》,教孩子学会接纳自己

And on the tiger they are striped like tigers.

在老虎身上时它们变成和老虎一样的条纹。

英文有声绘本《A color of his own》,教孩子学会接纳自己

One day a chameleon who was sitting on a tiger's tail said to himself,

有一天,一只坐在老虎尾巴上的变色龙对自己说:

"If I remain on a leaf I shall be green forever, and so I too will have a color of my own."

“如果我一直待在树叶上那我永远都是绿色,所以我也有属于自己的颜色了”。

英文有声绘本《A color of his own》,教孩子学会接纳自己

With this thought he cheerfully climbed onto the greenest leaf.

这样想着,它开心地爬到了最绿的那片叶子上。

But in autumn the leaf turned yellow-and so did the chameleon.

但是当秋天来临,树叶变黄的时候——它也随着树叶变成了黄色。

英文有声绘本《A color of his own》,教孩子学会接纳自己

Later the leaf turned red, and the chameleon too turned red.

后来,树叶变成了红色,变色龙也变成了红色。

And then the winter winds blew the leaf from the branch and with it the chameleon.

然后冬日冷风将叶子从枝头上吹了下来,它也跟着下来了。

英文有声绘本《A color of his own》,教孩子学会接纳自己

The chameleon was black in the long winter night.

在漫长的寒冬夜里,变色龙变成了黑色。

英文有声绘本《A color of his own》,教孩子学会接纳自己

But when spring came he walked out into the green grass. And there he met another chameleon.

但是,当春天来了,它走进绿色的草丛中时,他遇到了另一只变色龙。

He told his sad story.

它诉说了自己悲伤的故事。

"Won’t we ever have a color of our own?" he asked.

他问道,“我们永远都不会拥有属于我们自己的颜色吗?”

英文有声绘本《A color of his own》,教孩子学会接纳自己

"Im afraid not." said the other chameleon

who was older and wiser.

那只比较老也比较聪明的变色龙说,“恐怕是的。”

"But," he added, "why don't we stay together?

“但是,”他补充道,“我们为什么不呆在一起呢?”

we will still change color wherever we go,

but you and I will always be alike."

无论我们走到哪里我们的颜色还是会改变,但是你和我永远都是一样的。

英文有声绘本《A color of his own》,教孩子学会接纳自己

And so they remained side by side.

They were green together.

于是,他们一直呆在一起。他们一起变成绿色。

英文有声绘本《A color of his own》,教孩子学会接纳自己

and purple

变成紫色

and yellow

变成黄色

英文有声绘本《A color of his own》,教孩子学会接纳自己

and red with white polka dots.

还有红白相间的圆点花纹。

And they lived happily ever after.

最后永远快乐地生活在一起。


这本绘本的插画都是水彩画,如果孩子感兴趣,可以让孩子画一幅自己心中的变色龙哦~


英文有声绘本《A color of his own》,教孩子学会接纳自己


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