文化链接:金凤花姑娘(Goldilocks)是美国经典的童话角色。金凤花姑娘在森林中迷了路,误入三只熊的家,一开始她想知道她在那里,她冲着房子叫和听,但她没有听到任何回答,所以她进入了房子,她来到一个房间里,桌子上有三个碗里面有食物,她试了试,她喝了小熊的粥,坐坏了它的椅子,最后在小熊的床上恬然入睡。后来三个熊回来了,发现曾经有人来过。最后他们发现了床上的金凤花姑娘,而金凤花姑娘被惊醒后跑掉了,并且再也不会来森林了。
注:由于金凤花姑娘喜欢不冷不热粥,不软不硬的椅子,总之是“刚刚好”的东西,所以后来美国人常用金凤花姑娘(Goldilocks)来形容“刚刚好”。
故事文本:Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Papa Bear,Mama Bear,and Baby Bear lived in the forest.
“Ring,”went the telephone.”Come to my house for lunch,”said Auntie Bear.
“Yes,we will come,”said Mama Bear.
She set out bowls of stew to cool for supper.
Then,the Bears went to Auntie Bear’s house.
A little girl named Goldilocks lived in the village.
She discovered the Bears’ house and went inside
Without asking.She sat in a chair.
“This chair is too hard!”she complained.
The next chair was smaller,but too soft.
The third chair was just right.
She sat down with a flop,and the chair legs gave way.
Goldilocks saw the three bowls of stew.
The big bowl was much too hot!
“Maybe this bowl will be cooler,”she said.
Goldilocks was right,but it was too cold.
She grabbed the third bowl and gobbled it down.
It was just right.
Then with a yawn,she headed upstairs to the bedroom.
Goldilocks tried the first bed,but it was too hard.
The next was too soft.
Goldilocks sighed and fell asleep as she was
lying in the third bed.
When the Bears arrived home,Papa Bear shouted,
“Somebody’s been sitting on my chair!”Mama Bear cried,
“Somebody’s been sitting on my chair!”Then Baby Bear cried,
“Somebody’s been sitting on my chair and now it’s all broken!”
In the kitchen,Papa Bear looked into his bowl of stew.He said,
“Somebody’s been eating my stew!”Mama Bear cried,
“Somebody’s been eating my stew!”Baby Bear cried,
“Somebody’s been eating my stew,and they ate it all up!”
The three bears growled as they climbed the bedroom stairs.
Papa Bear growled,”Somebody’s been sleeping in my bed!”
Mama Bear growled,”Somebody’s been sleeping in my bed!”
Baby Bear cried,”Somebody’s been sleeping in my bed,
and there she is!”
Goldilocks woke up and wanted to run away,
but no one could move.They all froze in their tracks.
“Please,forgive me,”Goldilocks cried.
The Bears forgave her.
Goldilocks quit sneaking into people’s homes.